date:Sep 22, 2012
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Zonulin
For their new study, the Austrian scientists focused on levels of a particular protein called zonulin, which plays a key role in the integrity of structures in the intestine called tight junction: Increased zonulin levels is indicative of a leak in the intestine, they said, which would allow antigens to pass from the intestinal milieau, challenging the immune system to produce an immune response and subsequent inflammation and oxidative stress.
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