Background: Ulcerative colitis has remained irremediable because of relapse and recurrence despite intake of conventional medicine, although natural products are seen to be a viable alternative.
Adebayo-Gege Grace +8 more
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Purinergic signaling in the gastrointestinal tract [PDF]
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.
Geoffrey Burnstock, Burnstock, G
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Impact of progesterone on the gastrointestinal tract: a comprehensive literature review. [PDF]
Women are more prone to gastrointestinal symptoms than men. A comprehensive literature search was performed to assess the impact of sex steroid hormone, especially progesterone, on the (healthy and diseased) gastrointestinal tract.
Coquoz, A, Regli, D, Stute, P
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A Fibreoptic Endoscopic Study of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania: a Retrospective Review of 240 Cases. [PDF]
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is recognized as a common and potentially life-threatening abdominal emergency that needs a prompt assessment and aggressive emergency treatment.
Wolfgang Scheppach +35 more
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Background Several clinical trials of nivolumab have reported good results, including those in patients with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. However, the response rate of this drug remains poor.
Yuka Takehara +8 more
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Histology of the gastrointestinal tract of the northern brown bandicoot, Isoodon macrourus (Marsupialia: Peramelidae) [PDF]
Published information on the histology of the gastrointestinal tract of peramelids is limited, with previous research only examining portions of the tract. We examined the histological structure of the gastrointestinal tract of eight adult I.
Klieve, Athol V. +5 more
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MLH1 germline mutation associated with Lynch syndrome in a family followed for more than 45 years
Background Lynch syndrome, is an autosomal dominantly inherited disease that predisposes individuals to a high risk of colorectal cancers, and some mismatch-repair genes have been identified as causative genes.
Tomoyuki Momma +14 more
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Persistence of anticancer activity in berry extracts after simulated gastrointestinal digestion and colonic fermentation [PDF]
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.
Allsopp Philip +51 more
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Management of gastrointestinal tract perforations [PDF]
Digestive endoscopy has evolved from primary diagnosis to extensive therapeutic approaches for the management of gastrointestinal diseases. Increased health awareness has encouraged more people to undergo endoscopic examinations.
Yunho Jung
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Metformin and the gastrointestinal tract [PDF]
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. +2 more
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