Protective Effects of Bifidobacterium on Intestinal Barrier Function in LPS-Induced Enterocyte Barrier Injury of Caco-2 Monolayers and in a Rat NEC Model

• Xiang Ling ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiang Ling, Peng Linglong

  Affiliations Department of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China, Department of Pediatrics, Second People’s Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, China

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• Peng Linglong ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiang Ling, Peng Linglong

  Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

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• Du Weixia,

  Affiliation Department of Kidney Immunology, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

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• Wei Hong

  * E-mail: waehong@163.com

  Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China

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