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Keratins modulate colonocyte electrolyte transport via protein mistargeting.
The Journal of cell biology - 15 Mar 2004
Toivola Diana M, Krishnan Selvi, Binder Henry J, Singh Satish K, Omary M Bishr
Abstract excerpt
The function of intestinal keratins is unknown, although keratin 8 (K8)-null mice develop colitis, hyperplasia, diarrhea, and mistarget jejunal apical markers. We quantified the diarrhea in K8-null stool and examined its physiologic basis. Isolated crypt-units from K8-null and wild-type mice have similar viability. K8-null distal colon has normal tight junction permeability and paracellular transport but shows...
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