Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) induced disruption of intestinal epithelial tight junction barrier is mediated by NF-κB activation

• Rana Al-Sadi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ralsadi@pennstatehealth.psu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Penn State University College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9826-5132

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• Jessica Engers ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jessica Engers, Mohammad Haque

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Penn State University College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6938-3415

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• Mohammad Haque ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jessica Engers, Mohammad Haque

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Penn State University College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Steven King ,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Penn State University College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Deemah Al-Omari ,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

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• Thomas Y. Ma

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Penn State University College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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