Exopolysaccharides from Leuconostoc mesenteroides attenuate chronic kidney disease in mice by protecting the intestinal barrier

Feeding with 10% leucosaccharides for 3 weeks mitigated the development of adenine-induced chronic kidney disease in mice, as assessed by plasma urea, renal expression of inflammatory- and fibrosis-associated molecules, and colonic expression of tight junction proteins. Leucosaccharides are exopolys...

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Main Authors: Tran Van Hung, Jun Wanatanbe, Yasunori Yonejima, Keiko Hisa, Yoshinari Yamamoto, Takuya Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464618305759