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Relation of Gallbladder Motility to Viscosity and Composition of Gallbladder Bile in Patients with Cholesterol Gallstones [PDF]

, 2009
Background/Aims: Increased viscosity and supersaturation of cholesterol in gallbladder bile, as well as an impaired motility of the gallbladder, are considered to be important factors in the pathogenesis of cholesterol gallstones.
Straub, Gundula, Juengst, Christoph, Schneider, Berthold, del Pozo, Reginald, Juengst, Dieter, Neubrand, Michael, Spelsberg, Fritz W., Althaus, Rupert, Gruendel, Denis, Huettl, Thomas P.   +9 more
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The biochemical and molecular characterisation of respiratory mucins in TB [PDF]

, 2006
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-112).The role of the dominant respiratory mucins (MUC5AC and MUC5B) and MUC2 has been investigated in chronic airway diseases as it is the mucin glycoprotein that confers upon mucus its biological ...
Govender, Ureshnie
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Microlithiasis: an important cause of ‘idiopathic’ acute pancreatitis?

Annals of Hepatology, 2003
Microlithiasis is the underlying cause in a significant proportion of patients with ‘idiopathic’ acute pancreatitis. The mechanism appears to be a relative deficiency of phosphatidylcholine in bile, with fast and extensive cholesterol crystallization as ...
Niels G. Venneman, Sigrid E. van Brummelen, Gerard P. van Berge-Henegouwen, Karel J. van Erpecum, MD, PhD   +3 more
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Lentinan -triggered butyrate-producing bacteria drive the expulsion of the intestinal helminth Trichinella spiralis in mice

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Trichinellosis caused by Trichinella spiralis is a serious zoonosis with a worldwide distribution. Lentinan (LNT) is known to modulate the intestinal environment with noted health benefits, yet the effect of LNT against intestinal helminth is unknown. In
Xuemin Jin, Yi Liu, Isabelle Vallee, Gregory Karadjian, Mingyuan Liu, Mingyuan Liu, Xiaolei Liu   +6 more
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Inhibitory effect of pentoxifylline on the synthesis and deposition of glycosaminoglycans in hypothyroid skin

Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2022
The skin manifestations in hypothyroidism are common but their advanced forms do not have adequate therapy. Along with achievement of euthyroidism, thyroid-associated dermatopathy (TAD) needs an inhibition of the proliferation and activation of ...
Georgeta Bocheva, Lina Malinova, Dimitar Bakalov, Georgi Bogdanov, Julieta Hristova, Dobrin Svinarov   +5 more
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Freeze-Dried Ham Promotes Azoxymethane-Induced Mucin-Depleted Foci and Aberrant Crypt Foci in Rat Colon [PDF]

, 2010
Processed and red meat consumption is associated with the risk of colorectal cancer. Meta-analyses have suggested that the risk associated with processed meat is higher. Most processed meats are cured and cooked, which leads to formation of free nitrosyl
Françoise Guéraud, Sylviane Taché, Taché, Sylviane, Ossama Allam, Santarelli, Raphaëlle, L., Charton, Michael, Denis E. Corpet, Chartron, Mickael, Pierre, Fabrice, Allam, Ossama, Naud, Nathalie, Pierre, Fabrice H.F., Guéraud, Françoise, Nathalie Naud, Santarelli, Raphaëlle L., Corpet, Denis E., Raphaëlle L. Santarelli, Fabrice H. F. Pierre   +17 more
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The Vaginal Lactobacillus gasseri YS1021 Effectively Degraded Mucin by Enzymolysis of M13 Metallopeptidase

Microorganisms
Mucin is the core component of the mucus layer barrier in the human reproductive tract and the interaction between mucin and commensal bacteria is crucial for the female reproductive health.
Jialing Hou, Jingyu Miao, Yanyan Dai, Yu Cui, Sheng Yin, Yunbo Luo   +5 more
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Extracellular vesicle lipidomics liquid biopsy reveals systemic and tumor microenvironment metabolic reprogramming in ovarian cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Extracellular vesicle (EV) lipidomic profiling of plasma and ascites from patients with high‐grade serous ovarian cancer and of ovarian cancer cell lines reveals enrichment of triglycerides (TGs), diacylglycerols (DGs), phosphatidylcholine (PCs), sphingomyelins (SMs), reflecting tumor metabolic reprogramming.
Shikha Rani, Dominic Guanzon, Andrew Lai, Katherin Scholz‐Romero, Sarah Reed, Edita Ritmejeryte, Rohan Lourie, Naven Chetty, Kaltin Ferguson, Carlos Salomon   +9 more
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The role of human breast milk mucus and mucins in HIV-AIDS [PDF]

, 2012
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.Milk molecules such as mucins, antibodies, bactericidal enzymes like lysozymes and fatty acids that lyse bacteria, viral particles and bacterial peptides, offer anti-microbial activity in milk ...
Mthembu, Yolanda
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Histopathology of morphea: Sensitivity of various named signs, a retrospective study

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2020
Background: Morphea or localized scleroderma is characterized histopathologically by sclerosis, fibrosis, and atrophy of the skin and subcutaneous tissue.
Rashmi Jindal, Nadia Shirazi, Payal Chauhan   +2 more
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