CellWell record HH-431514
Intestinal permeability and the zonulin pathway: tight junctions, mucosal immunity, dietary modulators and clinical relevance
David Granizo Bermejo; Guillermo García-Pérez-de-Sevilla; Antonio Molina-López
Frontiers in Nutrition · 2026
In plain language
This narrative review links dietary factors such as excess sugar, fat, salt and alcohol to impaired intestinal barrier integrity, and notes that zonulin is the only known endogenous protein that reversibly regulates tight junction permeability.
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