Claudin-2
"Claudin-2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A claudin subtype that is associated with the formation of cation-selective channels and increased epithelial permeability. It is localized to the TIGHT JUNCTIONS of the PROXIMAL KIDNEY TUBULE and INTESTINAL EPITHELIUM.
| Descriptor ID |
D062446
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.940.200.200
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Claudin-2".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Claudin-2".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Claudin-2" by people in this website by year, and whether "Claudin-2" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Claudin-2" by people in Profiles.
-
Zheng L, Kelly CJ, Battista KD, Schaefer R, Lanis JM, Alexeev EE, Wang RX, Onyiah JC, Kominsky DJ, Colgan SP. Microbial-Derived Butyrate Promotes Epithelial Barrier Function through IL-10 Receptor-Dependent Repression of Claudin-2. J Immunol. 2017 10 15; 199(8):2976-2984.