Epithelial Transport and Barrier Function Pathomechanisms in Gastrointestinal Disorders

The intestinal epithelium has to perform two opposing tasks: it must facilitate absorption and secretion of solutes and water and still provide a defense against unwanted uptake or loss of solutes, water, and noxious agents. This volume explores both functions as they interact in health and disease, focusing on: new regulative pathways and properties of solute transporters; the molecular basis of the barrier-forming paracellular structures; models for studying disturbed transport and barrier properties; and diarrhea caused by enterotoxins or by inflammatory bowel diseases.Schulzke, Jorg-Dieter is the author of 'Epithelial Transport and Barrier Function Pathomechanisms in Gastrointestinal Disorders' with ISBN 9781573312592 and ISBN 1573312592.