Abnormal transporter and tight junction protein expression in environmental enteric dysfunction

• Published in: The FASEB journal Vol. 36 Suppl 1
• Main Authors: Abtahi, Shabnam, Sailer, Anne, Sadiq, Kamran, Iqbal, Najeeha, Ahmed, Kumail, Kabir, Furqan, Ali, S A, Turner, Jerrold R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2022

Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED), which is pervasive in severely underresourced regions with poor sanitation, is characterized by malabsorption and stunted growth and leads to irreversible deficits in physical and intellectual development. Previous studies have associated increased intestinal...