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Project Number: | I01BX002526-05 |
| Title: | Small intestinal PepT1 expression plays a critical role in maintaining intestinal homeostasis and in shaping the gut microbiota |
| Principal Investigator: | Didier Merlin |
| Location: | Decatur, GA |
| Congressional District Code: | 4 |
| Research Service: | Biomedical Laboratory R&D |
| Project Period: | July 2018 - June 2022 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $156,800 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$670,250 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: PepT1, which is a member of the proton oligopeptide transporter (POT) superfamily, is well known to transport di/tripeptides. Our group and others have shown that PepT1 is highly expressed in epithelial cells of the small intestine, but present at low or undetectable levels in such cells of the normal large intestine (1-8). We previously showed that the expression and transport activities of PepT1 contribute to colitis and colitis associated cancer (5, 9). More recently, we reported that the fun... |