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Data from four standardized protocols including 46 healthy adults exposed to 0, 2, 4, or 10 g of gluten were analyzed. All participants ingested fixed doses of lactulose and mannitol. Urine was collected cumulatively (0\u20136 h and 0\u201315 h) or by individual voids. u-GIP levels were measured by lateral-flow immunoassay, and lactulose and mannitol by ion chromatography. u-GIP excretion showed a clear dose dependence. Lactulose excretion increased transiently only at the 10 g dose during the 0\u20136 h interval, while mannitol excretion and LMR were unaffected. The u-GIP excretion index showed linear proportionality at the 2 g and 4 g doses but exhibited saturation kinetics at the 10 g dose. The 4 g dose showed the lowest interindividual variability. Sampling strategies yielded equivalent results. A 4 g gluten challenge combined with a 6 h urine collection demonstrated effectiveness in healthy volunteers and may be suitable for clinical application. Further research involving larger cohorts of both healthy individuals and patients with intestinal hyperpermeability is required to validate this method.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms27052286","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,2]],"date-time":"2026-03-02T10:24:34Z","timestamp":1772447074000},"page":"2286","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Standardizing Intestinal Permeability Assessment: Optimization of Gluten Dose and Urine Collection Times for u-GIP and Lactulose:Mannitol Ratio in Healthy Volunteers"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"27","author":[{"given":"Raquel","family":"Rodr\u00edguez-Ram\u00edrez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomedal S.L., 41900 Seville, Spain"},{"name":"Inorganic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mar\u00eda Auxiliadora","family":"Fern\u00e1ndez Peralbo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomedal S.L., 41900 Seville, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"\u00c1ngel","family":"Cebolla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomedal S.L., 41900 Seville, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9235-9496","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carolina","family":"Sousa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Seville, 41012 Seville, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Stolfi, C., Maresca, C., Monteleone, G., and Laudisi, F. 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