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Nutrition and the gastrointestinal tract [PDF]

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 2014
In this year’s issue, we again have a high-calibre collection of topical reviews. Gracie and Ford commence with an assessment of the role of symbiotics (i.e. probiotics and prebiotics given together) in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. They first review the many randomized trials of probiotics and the significant and persistent reductions in ...
Forbes, Alastair, Correia, M. Isabel T.D.   +1 more
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Metformin and the gastrointestinal tract [PDF]

Diabetologia, 2016
Metformin is an effective agent with a good safety profile that is widely used as a first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes, yet its mechanisms of action and variability in terms of efficacy and side effects remain poorly understood. Although the liver is recognised as a major site of metformin pharmacodynamics, recent evidence also implicates the gut
McCreight, Laura J., Bailey, Clifford J., Pearson, Ewan R.   +2 more
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Microbiota in the Gastrointestinal Tract [PDF]

Medical Sciences, 2018
Gut microbiota are permanent residents of humans with the highest concentrations being found in human colon. Humans get the first contact with bacteria at delivery, and microbiota are subject of permanent change during the life. The individual microbiota pattern is highly variable and varying environmental conditions, e.g., diets, antigen exposure ...
Walburga Dieterich, Monic Schink, Yurdagül Zopf   +2 more
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Persistence of anticancer activity in berry extracts after simulated gastrointestinal digestion and colonic fermentation [PDF]

, 2012
Fruit and vegetable consumption is associated at the population level with a protective effect against colorectal cancer. Phenolic compounds, especially abundant in berries, are of interest due to their putative anticancer activity.
A Gil-Izquierdo, A Gonzalez-Sarrias, A Perez-Vicente, A Petermann, Alan Crozier, AM Aura, B Holst, BN Singh, C Manach, C Parr, C Zhao, Chris I. R. Gill, Derek Stewart, DY Shin, EM Brown, EM Coates, Emma M. Brown, FJ Reyes-Zurita, FJB van Duijnhoven, G Borges, G Lala, G Williamson, Gema Pereira-Caro, GJ McDougall, GJ McDougall, Gordon J. McDougall, Ian Rowland, IT Johnson, J Ferlay, J van Duynhoven, JR Pearson, JW Yun, LA Boyd, LS Adams, M Jenner A, M Sharma, Masaru Katoh, MJ Bermudez-Soto, MJ McCann, NP Seeram, P Ramnani, Pamela Magee, PDS Spada, Philip Allsopp, PN Chen, PS Makena, R González-Barrio, Rocio González-Barrio, S Ramos, S Roowi, S Thomasset, SJ Duthie, SR Sahasrabudhe, YZ Hashim   +53 more
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Computer-Assisted Segmentation of Videocapsule Images Using Alpha-Divergence-Based Active Contour in the Framework of Intestinal Pathologies Detection [PDF]

, 2014
Visualization of the entire length of the gastrointestinal tract through natural orifices is a challenge for endoscopists. Videoendoscopy is currently the “gold standard” technique for diagnosis of different pathologies of the intestinal tract.
Dray, X., Granado, B., Histace, A., Matuszewski, Bogdan, Meziou, L., Precioso, F., Romain, O.   +6 more
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Intestinal macromolecular transport supporting adaptive immunity [PDF]

, 2019
The gastrointestinal tract performs opposing functions of nutrient absorption, barrier maintenance, and the delivery of luminal substances for the appropriate induction of tolerogenic or protective adaptive immunity.
Kulkarni, Devesha H, Newberry, Rodney D
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Cannabis and the Gastrointestinal Tract

Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020
Cannabis has been used for its medicinal purposes since ancient times. Its consumption leads to the activation of Cannabis receptors CB1 and CB2 that, through specific mechanisms can lead to modulation and progression of inflammation or repair. The novel findings are linked to the medical use of Cannabis in gastrointestinal (GI) system.
Manuela G. Neuman, Lawrence Cohen
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Purinergic signaling in the gastrointestinal tract [PDF]

, 2011
Geoffrey Burnstock completed a BSc at King's College London and a PhD at University College London. He held postdoctoral fellowships with Wilhelm Feldberg (National Institute for Medical Research), Edith Bülbring (University of Oxford) and C.
Burnstock, G
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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., Ismagilov, Rustem F., Rolando, Justin C.   +2 more
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Upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding in Ilorin, Nigeria - a report of 30 cases [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding refers to blood loss within the intraluminal gastrointestinal tract from any location between the upper oesophagus to the duodenum at the ligament of Treitz.
Jimoh, A.A.G, Olokoba, A.B, Olokoba, L.B
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