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SUBMITTER: Chin AC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC196934 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chin Alex C AC Vergnolle Nathalie N MacNaughton Wallace K WK Wallace John L JL Hollenberg Morley D MD Buret Andre G AG
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20030905 19
Proteinase-activated receptor 1 (PAR1)-mediated inflammation remains poorly understood. Here we characterize previously unrecognized effects of PAR1-induced apoptosis signaling, which contributes to epithelial barrier dysfunction. Incubation of epithelial cells with PAR1 agonists induced apoptosis and increased epithelial permeability in a caspase-3-dependent manner. Similarly, studies in vivo demonstrated that intracolonic infusion with PAR1 agonists increased colonic permeability in mice, and ...[more]