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Gut microbiome and intestinal barrier failure – The “Achilles heel” in hepatology?
8 Mar 2012
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Bacterial translocation (BT) includes the migration of viable microorganisms but also all microbial products (endotoxins such as lipopolysaccharide [LPS], lipoteichoic acid, bacterial DNA, peptidoglycans, and fragments, e.g. muramyldipeptide, etc.) across an even, anatomically intact intestinal barrier from the intestinal lumen to mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) and other extraintestinal organs and sites [2]....
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