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Thomas Ma, MD, PhD

    • 5011 Citations
    • 38 h-Index
    1989 …2023
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    Projects 1989 2023

    Intestinal Barrier, Probiotic Bacteria, and the Gut-Liver Axis

    Ma, T.

    National Institutes of Health

    3/18/19 → 12/31/23

    Project: Research project

    Tight Junctions
    Probiotics
    Bacteria
    Permeability
    Liver

    Bifidobacterium bifidum modulation of intestinal barrier and intestinal inflammation.

    Ma, T.

    National Institutes of Health

    7/1/16 → 6/30/20

    Project: Research project

    Tight Junctions
    Inflammation
    Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
    Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase
    Animal Models

    TNF-alpha Modulation of Intestinal Epith. Permeability

    Ma, T.

    National Institutes of Health

    6/1/03 → 7/31/19

    Project: Research project

    Tight Junctions
    Permeability
    Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
    Lactobacillus acidophilus
    Crohn Disease

    INTESTINAL PERMEABILITY OF MOLECULAR PROBES

    Ma, T.

    National Institutes of Health

    3/15/89 → …

    Project: Research project

    Regulation of Intestinal Epithelial Tight Junction Barrier

    Ma, T.

    National Institutes of Health

    4/1/11 → 9/30/16

    Project: Research project

    Tight Junctions
    Lipopolysaccharides
    Permeability
    Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase
    Toll-Like Receptor 4

    Research Output 1989 2019

    • 5011 Citations
    • 38 h-Index
    • 83 Article
    • 3 Chapter
    • 3 Review article
    • 2 Letter

    Intestinal epithelial tight junction barrier regulation by autophagy-related protein ATG6/beclin 1

    Wong, M., Ganapathy, A. S., Suchanec, E., Laidler, L., Ma, T. & Nighot, P., May 1 2019, In : American journal of physiology. Cell physiology. 316, 5, p. C753-C765

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Occludin
    Tight Junctions
    Autophagy
    Caco-2 Cells
    Endocytosis

    Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Increase in Intestinal Permeability Is Mediated by TAK-1 Activation of IKK and MLCK/MYLK Gene

    Nighot, M., Rawat, M., Al-Sadi, R., Castillo, E. F., Nighot, P. & Ma, T., Apr 1 2019, In : American Journal of Pathology. 189, 4, p. 797-812 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase
    Tight Junctions
    Lipopolysaccharides
    Permeability
    Genes

    MMP-9-induced increase in intestinal epithelial tight permeability is mediated by p38 kinase signaling pathway activation of MLCK gene

    Al-Sadi, R., Youssef, M., Rawat, M., Guo, S., Dokladny, K., Haque, M., Watterson, M. D. & Ma, T., Feb 1 2019, In : American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 316, 2, p. G278-G290

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase
    MAP Kinase Signaling System
    Matrix Metalloproteinase 9
    Permeability
    Tight Junctions
    3 Citations (Scopus)

    Expression of programmed death-ligand 1 by human colonic CD90+ stromal cells differs between ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease and determines their capacity to suppress Th1 cells

    Beswick, E. J., Grim, C., Singh, A., Aguirre, J. E., Tafoya, M., Qiu, S., Rogler, G., McKee, R., Samedi, V., Ma, T., Reyes, V. E., Powell, D. W. & Pinchuk, I., May 30 2018, In : Frontiers in immunology. 9, MAY, 1125.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Th1 Cells
    Stromal Cells
    Ulcerative Colitis
    Crohn Disease
    Fibroblasts
    1 Citation (Scopus)

    Tight Junctions and the Intestinal Barrier

    Ma, T., Nighot, P. & Al-Sadi, R., Mar 28 2018, Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract: Sixth Edition. Elsevier Inc., Vol. 1-2. p. 587-639 53 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

    Tight Junctions
    Gastrointestinal Tract
    Epithelium
    Epithelial Cells
    Bacterial Antigens