Impaired intestinal barrier in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

CONCLUSIONS: The systemic expression of D-LA and I-FABP is dramatically higher in OSA patients, suggesting that hypoxia resulting from OSA might have the capacity to impair the intestinal barrier prior to the induction of multisystem dysfunction.
PMID: 32845474 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Sleep and Breathing - August 25, 2020 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Li Q, Xu T, Zhong H, Gao W, Shao C, Feng L, Li T Tags: Sleep Breath Source Type: research