Stelios F Assimakopoulos

TL;DR: The expression of tight junction (TJ) proteins is altered in the intestinal mucosa of patients with liver cirrhosis and study its potential association with the stage of liver disease and the development of systemic endotoxemia.

TL;DR: There is an emerging need for application of sensitive non-invasive and easily measured biomarkers of early intestinal injury in everyday clinical practice, guiding the early pharmacological intervention in critically ill patients to restore or prevent intestinal injury and improve their outcomes.

TL;DR: A review of the current state of knowledge of immediate and delayed allergic reactions in the currently available vaccines against COVID-19, together with the general and specific therapeutic considerations is presented in this paper.

TL;DR: Clinicians handling patients with obstructive jaundice should not neglect protecting the intestinal barrier function before, during and after intervention for the relief of this condition, which may improve their patients' outcome.

TL;DR: Inter intestinal TJs may exert a pathogenetic role in intestinal (inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease) and extraintestinal diseases (diabetes type 1, food allergies, autoimmune diseases), subsequently allowing the bacterial translocation phenomenon and promoting the systemic inflammatory response.