PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 29148173-4 2018 We showed that metformin alleviated dextran sodium sulphate (DSS)-induced decreases in transepithelial electrical resistance, FITC-dextran hyperpermeability, loss of the tight junction (TJ) proteins occludin and ZO-1 and bacterial translocation in Caco-2 cell monolayers or in colitis mice models. dextran sodium sulphate 36-59 occludin Homo sapiens 199-207