Mucus is more than just a physical barrier for trapping oral microorganisms

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“swine flu”: when thinking globally and acting locally is more than just a slogan

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More than just a barrier: urothelium as a drug target for urinary bladder pain.

Although the urinary bladder urothelium has classically been thought of as a passive barrier to ions/solutes, a number of novel properties have been recently attributed to these cells. Studies have revealed that the urothelium is involved in sensory mechanisms (i.e., ability to express a number of sensor molecules or respond to thermal, mechanical, and chemical stimuli) and can release chemical...

Invited Review More than just a barrier: urothelium as a drug target for urinary bladder pain

Birder, Lori A. More than just a barrier: urothelium as a drug target for urinary bladder pain. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 289: F489–F495, 2005; doi:10.1152/ ajprenal.00467.2004.—Although the urinary bladder urothelium has classically been thought of as a passive barrier to ions/solutes, a number of novel properties have been recently attributed to these cells. Studies have revealed that the ur...

Metabolic endotoxaemia: is it more than just a gut feeling?

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article reviews the evidence linking gut bacteria, endotoxin, and its circulating levels with inflammatory induced obesity and metabolic disease (metabolic endotoxaemia). RECENT FINDINGS Gut flora analyses have allowed gut microbiota signatures (GMS) to be observed in animal studies of obesity/metabolic disease. In these studies, specific GMS result in a change in obesi...