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. 2020 Dec 12;11(6):114–130. doi: 10.4291/wjgp.v11.i6.114

Table 2.

Clinical intestinal permeability function in gastrointestinal diseases

Disease
Disease activity
Functional probe
Intestinal permeability change
Ref.
CD Not reported C/M Secondulfo et al[135], 2001
Not reported 51Cr-EDTA Jenkins et al[136], 1987
Low activity and high activity Iohexol Low activity: ↑; high activity: ↑ Gerova et al[55], 2011
Low activity and high activity L/M Low activity: ↑; high activity: ↑ Benjamin et al[57], 2008
Remission, low activity, and high activity L/M Remission: ↔; low activity: ↑; high activity: ↑ Welcker et al[82], 2004
Remission L/M Wyatt et al[52], 1993
Low activity L/M; L/R; R/M L/M: ↑; L/R: ↑; R/M: ↔ Katz et al[30], 1989
Low activity L/M; L/R; L/PEG; PEG/M; PEG/R Munkholm et al[45], 1994
UC Not reported 51Cr-EDTA Jenkins et al[136], 1987
Remission, low activity, and high activity C/M; C/R; L/M; L/R; Remission: ↔ or ↑1; low activity: ↔ or ↑1; high activity: ↑ Welcker et al[82], 2004
Low activity and high activity Iohexol Low activity: ↑; high activity: ↑ Gerova et al[55], 2011
Remission L/M; S; Su Büning et al[83], 2012
Remission L/M/S/Su/E/R 2 Wegh et al[81], 2019
IBS-D Active 51Cr-EDTA Gecse et al[103], 2012
51Cr-EDTA Dunlop et al[102], 2006
L/R Mujagic et al[105], 2014
L/M Shulman et al[98], 2014
L/M Vazquez-Roque et al[100], 2012
L/M Zhou et al[104], 2009
L/R Zhou et al[137], 2010
1

Increased or no change depending on the functional test.

2

Study did not include a true (healthy) control arm. 51Cr-EDTA: Chromium-51-ethylenediaminetetra-acetate; C: Cellobiose; CD: Crohn’s disease; E: Erythritol; IBS-D: Diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome; L: Lactulose; M: Mannitol; PEG: PEG400; R: L-rhamnose; S: Sucrose; Su: Sucralose; UC: Ulcerative colitis; ↑: Increase; ↔: No change.