Proinflammatory Cytokines Disrupt Epithelial Barrier Function by Apoptosis-Independent Mechanisms

Matthias Bruewer, Andreas Luegering, Torsten Kucharzik, +4

The Journal of Immunology

ApoptosisImmunologyImmune RegulationCell DeathMucosal Barrier Function +16

Probiotic mixture VSL#3 protects the epithelial barrier by maintaining tight junction protein expression and preventing apoptosis in a murine model of colitis

Rudolf Mennigen, K Nolte, Emile Rijcken, +4

American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Interferon‐γ induces internalization of epithelial tight junction proteins via a macropinocytosis‐like process

Matthias Bruewer, Markus Utech, Andrei I. Ivanov, +3

The FASEB Journal

Major Internalization PathwaysSignal TransductionEpithelial PermeabilityCell SignalingImmunology +10

Mechanism of IFN-γ-induced Endocytosis of Tight Junction Proteins: Myosin II-dependent Vacuolarization of the Apical Plasma Membrane

Markus Utech, Andrei I. Ivanov, Stanislav Samarin, +5

Molecular Biology of the Cell

ImmunologyIfn-γ-induced EndocytosisPathologyCytoskeletonCell Junctions +22

Regulation of the intestinal epithelial barrier by the apical junctional complex

Mike G. Laukoetter, Matthias Bruewer, Asma Nusrat

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

RhoA, Rac1, and Cdc42 exert distinct effects on epithelial barrier via selective structural and biochemical modulation of junctional proteins and F-actin

Matthias Bruewer, Ann M. Hopkins, Michael E. Hobert, +2

American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology

Junctional ProteinsCell AdhesionMolecular BiologyCytoskeletonCell Junctions +19

Treatment of Thoracic Esophageal Anastomotic Leaks and Esophageal Perforations with Endoluminal Stents: Efficacy and Current Limitations

Dirk Tuebergen, Emile Rijcken, Rudolf Mennigen, +3

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Endovascular TechniqueEsophageal PerforationsLumen-apposing Metal StentThoracic SurgerySurgery +6

Effect of pyloric drainage procedures on gastric passage and bile reflux after esophagectomy with gastric conduit reconstruction

Daniel Palmes, Matthias Weilinghoff, Mario Colombo‐Benkmann, +2

Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery

Pyloric Drainage ProceduresEsophagusGastric PassageGastroenterologySurgery +5

Double Balloon Enteroscopy: A Useful Tool for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in the Pancreaticobiliary System

Christian Maaser, Frank Lenze, Maja Bokemeyer, +6

The American Journal of Gastroenterology

The Adenosine 2b Receptor Is Recruited to the Plasma Membrane and Associates with E3KARP and Ezrin upon Agonist Stimulation

Shanthi V. Sitaraman, Lixin Wang, Michelle Wong, +5

Journal of Biological Chemistry