Qi Tao

Oct 6, 2024 | mdpi.com | Qi Tao |Li-Ping Fan |Ji Feng |Zhi-Jie Zhang

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Dec 18, 2023 | mdpi.com | Qi Tao |Xiao Jun Zhang |Liping Jing |Lu Sun

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Nov 22, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Sai Ma |Engineering Nanjing |Xinyi Li |Qi Tao

1 INTRODUCTION The gastrointestinal tract is often considered an essential organ involved in the digestion of food and providing nutrients to the body. This environment of the gastrointestinal tract is composed of contents extremely complex. However, intestinal mucus (MUC) in the intestinal tract could effectively prevent pathogenic bacteria, endotoxins, and other harmful substances from crossing the intestinal mucus to the blood and the abdominal cavity (Jia & Han, 2023; Lai et al., 2022).