3.3. Effect of Sucralose and Sucrose on Bacterial Endotoxin Permeation and Protein Levels of iFABP in Differentiated Caco-2 Cells
To further assess if the increase in bacterial endotoxin levels found after the intake of sucrose was related to changes in intestinal barrier function and to compare these effects with those of sucralose, a model of the intestinal barrier, e.g., differentiated Caco-2 cells grown on trans-well inserts was employed in which cells were incubated with sucrose or sucralose in iso-sweet, physiological doses (see 