Gut Metagenome as a Potential Diagnostic and Predictive Biomarker in Slow Transit Constipation
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 Slow transit constipation (STC) is one of the most frequent gastrointestinal diagnoses. In this study, we conducted a quantitative metagenomics study in 118 Chinese individuals.
Hongliang Tian +23 more
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The VirS/VirR two-component system regulates the anaerobic cytotoxicity, intestinal pathogenicity, and enterotoxemic lethality of Clostridium perfringens type C isolate CN3685. [PDF]
, 2011 Clostridium perfringens vegetative cells cause both histotoxic infections (e.g., gas gangrene) and diseases originating in the intestines (e.g., hemorrhagic necrotizing enteritis or lethal enterotoxemia).
Ma, Menglin +4 more
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A role for eosinophils in the intestinal immunity against infective Ascaris suum larvae [PDF]
, 2013 The aim of this study was to explore the mechanisms of resistance against invading Ascaris suum larvae in pigs. Pigs received a low dose of 100 A. suum eggs daily for 14 weeks.
Chiers, Koen +6 more
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Pyridostigmine in pediatric Intestinal pseudo-obstruction. case report of a 2-year old girl and literature review [PDF]
, 2019 Pediatric chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a rare disorder characterized by a severe impairment of gastrointestinal motility leading to intestinal obstruction symptoms in the absence of mechanical causes.
Caló, Girolamo +8 more
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Anthocyanin absorption and metabolism by human intestinal Caco-2 cells: a review [PDF]
, 2015 Anthocyanins from different plant sources have been shown to possess health beneficial effects against a number of chronic diseases. To obtain any influence in a specific tissue or organ, these bioactive compounds must be bioavailable, i.e., effectively ...
Battino, Maurizioeditor +4 more
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Rethinking the role of alpha toxin in Clostridium perfringens-associated enteric diseases : a review on bovine necro-haemorrhagic enteritis [PDF]
, 2017 Bovine necro-haemorrhagic enteritis is an economically important disease caused by Clostridium perfringens type A strains. The disease mainly affects calves under intensive rearing conditions and is characterized by sudden death associated with small ...
Deprez, Piet +6 more
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结直肠肛门外科, 2022 [Objectives] To investigate the efficacy of modified Bixie Shenshi Decoction combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine fumigation for treating postoperative wounds of simple low anal fistula with dampness-heat diffusing downward pattern and its effects ...
Wang Libo +6 more
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Rho-A prenylation and signaling link epithelial homeostasis to intestinal inflammation [PDF]
, 2016 Although defects in intestinal barrier function are discussed as a key pathogenic factor in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), the molecular pathways driving disease-specific alterations of intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) are largely ...
Alastair J.M. Watson +27 more
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The Gut-Brain Axis in IBD: An Investigator’s Perspective
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1995 Three clinical observations in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) prompt an examination of the role of gut-brain interactions in the pathophysiology of IBD.
Stephen M Collins +2 more
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Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2022 The ketogenic diet (KD) is a high-fat, adequate-protein, and very-low-carbohydrate diet regimen that mimics the metabolism of the fasting state to induce the production of ketone bodies. The KD has long been established as a remarkably successful dietary
Huiyuan Zhu +7 more
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