Assessment of exocrine pancreatic function in children and adolescents with direct and indirect testing [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 The exocrine pancreas plays an important role in digestion. Understanding of the physiology and regulation of exocrine function provides insight into disease processes and basis of functional testing. Specifically, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI)
Puanani Hopson +5 more
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Impaired exocrine pancreatic function in different stages of type 1 diabetes [PDF]
BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, 2021 Introduction Aim of this study was to investigate the pancreatic exocrine function in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) by multiple non-invasive tests.Research design and methods The study is a single-center, cross-sectional study of pancreatic ...
Giulia Martina Cavestro +13 more
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Exocrine pancreatic function is preserved in systemic sclerosis [PDF]
Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2019 Background Systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been suggested to cause exocrine pancreatic dysfunction. However, a case-control-based autopsy study failed to associate systemic sclerosis with any pancreatic histopathology.
Gracijela Bozovic +7 more
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Negative impact of reduced exocrine pancreatic function on sarcopenia risk in the asymptomatic general population [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionBackgroundIn patients with pancreatic disease, exocrine insufficiency facilitates sarcopenia. Here, we investigated whether impaired exocrine function in the asymptomatic general population is also associated with sarcopenia.MethodsWe pooled data from ...
Mats L. Wiese +11 more
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The effect of zinc deficiency and iron overload on endocrine and exocrine pancreatic function in children with transfusion-dependent thalassemia: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Pediatrics, 2021 Background Children with transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT) suffer from secondary hemosiderosis and the delirious effects this iron overload has on their different body organs, including the pancreas.
Suzan O. Mousa +3 more
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Sonographic pancreas echogenicity in cystic fibrosis compared to exocrine pancreatic function and pancreas fat content at Dixon-MRI. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 OBJECTIVE:Fatty infiltration of the pancreas is a dominating feature in cystic fibrosis (CF). We evaluate the association between pancreatic fat content assessed by Dixon magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), pancreatic echogenicity at ultrasonography (US ...
Trond Engjom +10 more
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Resveratrol in diabetes and pancreatic function: implications for the exocrine–endocrine pancreatic axis–a systematic review [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionPancreatic dysfunction plays an important role in the development and progression of diabetes mellitus. Resveratrol, a naturally occurring polyphenolic compound, has attracted considerable interest due to its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and metabolic
Ana Meden, Dušanka Mičetić-Turk
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Biomolecules, 2022 Pancreatic exocrine and endocrine dysfunctions often come together in the course of pancreatic diseases as interdependent manifestations of the same organ.
Marina Ciochina +4 more
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Pancreatitis in A Patient with Cystic Fibrosis Taking Ivacaftor
Children, 2020 Pancreatitis is rare in pancreatic insufficient cystic fibrosis patients. While pancreatic insufficiency has been considered irreversible until now, in the current era of new therapies with modulators of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator CFTR ...
Argyri Petrocheilou +2 more
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Pancreas—Its Functions, Disorders, and Physiological Impact on the Mammals’ Organism
Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 This review aimed to analyze the scientific literature on pancreatic diseases (especially exocrine pancreatic insufficiency). This review also describes the correlation between the physiological fitness of the pancreas and obesity.
Monika Karpińska, Marian Czauderna
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