2'-fucosyllactose Supplementation Improves Gut-Brain Signaling and Diet-Induced Obese Phenotype and Changes the Gut Microbiota in High Fat-Fed Mice. [PDF]
, 2020 Obesity is characterized by fat accumulation, chronic inflammation and impaired satiety signaling, which may be due in part to gut microbial dysbiosis. Manipulations of the gut microbiota and its metabolites are attractive targets for obesity treatment ...
Barile, Daniela +5 more
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Laparoscopic Cecectomy for Diseases of the Appendix and Cecum
Journal of Coloproctology, 2023 Introduction The cecum is the first part of the large bowel. Cecectomy is a sufficient treatment for some patients, avoiding overtreatment by ileocolic resection.
Muharrem Oner, Maher A. Abbas
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Infection-generated electric field in gut epithelium drives bidirectional migration of macrophages. [PDF]
, 2019 Many bacterial pathogens hijack macrophages to egress from the port of entry to the lymphatic drainage and/or bloodstream, causing dissemination of life-threatening infections. However, the underlying mechanisms are not well understood.
Ferreira, Fernando +14 more
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Effects of Single-Dose Prucalopride on Intestinal Hypomotility in Horses: Preliminary Observations [PDF]
, 2017 Abnormalities of gastrointestinal motility are often a challenge in horses; however, the use of prokinetic drugs in such conditions must be firmly established yet.
Bassotti, G. +7 more
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Poultry Science, 2023 : An in vitro model of the upper gastrointestinal tract as well as the chicken cecum was developed to have a predictive tool for estimating the production performance of animals by analyzing the feeding value of a certain diet. The upper gastrointestinal
Sofia D. Forssten +2 more
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Colonization factors of Campylobacter jejuni in the chicken gut [PDF]
, 2011 Campylobacter contaminated broiler chicken meat is an important source of foodborne gastroenteritis and poses a serious health burden in industrialized countries.
Hermans, David +7 more
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A Quantitative Sequencing Framework for Absolute Abundance Measurements of Mucosal and Lumenal Microbial Communities [PDF]
, 2020 A fundamental goal in microbiome studies is determining which microbes affect host physiology. Standard methods for determining changes in microbial taxa measure relative, rather than absolute abundances.
Barlow, Jacob T. +2 more
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Rare Tumors, 2017 Myoepithelial tumors of the soft tissues represent a rare group of neoplasms that vary in their clinical behavior, pathologic features and genetics. They are histopathologically typified by a myoepithelial immunohistochemical phenotype, of expression of ...
Khin Thway +4 more
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Self-reinoculation with fecal flora changes microbiota density and composition leading to an altered bile-acid profile in the mouse small intestine [PDF]
, 2019 Background: The upper gastrointestinal tract plays a prominent role in human physiology as the primary site for enzymatic digestion and nutrient absorption, immune sampling, and drug uptake.
Bogatyrev, Said R. +2 more
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Fate of thymol and its monoglucosides in the gastrointestinal tract of piglets [PDF]
, 2020 The monoterpene thymol has been proposed as a valuable alternative to in-feed antibiotics in animal production. However, the effectiveness of the antimicrobial is comprised by its fast absorption in the upper gastrointestinal tract.
De Smet, Stefaan +5 more
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