Dietary Plant Lectins Appear to Be Transported from the Gut to Gain Access to and Alter Dopaminergic Neurons of Caenorhabditis elegans, a Potential Etiology of Parkinson’s Disease

Lectins from dietary plants have been shown to enhance drug absorption in the gastrointestinal tract of rats, be transported trans-synaptically as shown by tracing of axonal and dendritic paths, and enhance gene delivery. Other carbohydrate-binding protein toxins are known to traverse the gut intact...

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Autores principales: Zheng, Jolene, Wang, Mingming, Wei, Wenqian, Keller, Jeffrey N., Adhikari, Binita, King, Jason F., King, Michael L., Peng, Nan, Laine, Roger A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
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Nutrition
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4780318/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27014695
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2016.00007

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