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Animal Cells and Systems, 2021 Constipation is a common disease that reduces life quality. Drugs of various mechanisms are being developed to resolve this affliction. Intestinal motility can be easily monitored in zebrafish, and so we selected this organism to develop a constipation ...
Dongwoo Kim +10 more
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The potential of ghrelin as a prokinetic
Regulatory Peptides, 2009 Ghrelin is a 28 amino-acid peptide discovered in 1999. It is synthesized mainly in endocrine cells of the gastric mucosa and secreted into the blood. Physiological contributions of the peptide in human include probably regulation of growth hormone and of appetite.
Poitras, Pierre, Tomasetto, Catherine
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Antibiotics, 2023 Background: Studies have demonstrated that the gut microbiome changes upon exposure to systemic antibiotics. There is a paucity of literature regarding impact on the gut microbiome by long-term usage of erythromycin ethyl succinate (EES) when utilized as
Aravind Thavamani +6 more
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A Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Prokinetic Agents against Glycemic Control
Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2019 Background. Prokinetic agents are used in diabetic gastroparesis patients to improve gastric emptying and upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. However, the efficacy of prokinetic agents against glycemic control is questionable. Therefore, we conducted a
Yeon-Ji Kim +2 more
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A Prokinetic Agent with a Dual Effect – Itopride – In the Treatment of Dysmotility [PDF]
European Medical Journal Gastroenterology, 2014 A wide range of dyspeptic symptoms in clinical practice reflect the high prevalence of functional disorders of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Prokinetic agents are the current mainstay in the therapy of functional dyspepsia.
Petr Dite +3 more
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Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease - Do Prokinetic Drugs have any Role in Management?
Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery, 2014 Objectives : 1. To diagnose laryngopharyngeal reflux disease (LPRD) clinically with the available subjective screening protocols (RefluxSymptomIndex and Reflux Finding Score) to categorize the disease based on its severity. 2.
Rahul Sarkar +4 more
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The Prokinetic Face of Ghrelin [PDF]
International Journal of Peptides, 2010 This review evaluated published data regarding the effects of ghrelin on GI motility using the PubMed database for English articles from 1999 to September 2009. Our strategy was to combine all available information from previous literature, in order to provide a complete structured review on the prokinetic properties of exogenous ghrelin and its ...
Hanaa S. Sallam, Jiande D. Z. Chen
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Prokinetics and their use in gastroenterology [PDF]
Vnitřní lékařství, 2018 Gastrointestinal motility disorders are reflected in clinical medicine not only in the form of functional disorders but also as primary organic units or secondary manifestations of other diseases and physicochemical effects. Recent sophisticated diagnostic methods and basic research in the field of digestive tract motility have shown significant ...
Jiří, Dolina +3 more
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Prokinetics for functional dyspepsia [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017 Dyspepsia is a common condition associated with gastrointestinal (GI) disease. Prokinetics are the treatment of choice for functional dyspepsia (FD). However, the role of prokinetics in FD treatment is still controversial.We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised control trials (RCTs) examining the efficacy of prokinetics in the ...
Rapat, Pittayanon +5 more
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Prokinetic agents in adult intensive care unit patients (PATIENCE)-An international inception cohort study protocol. [PDF]
Background Feeding intolerance is common in critically ill patients and can lead to malnutrition. Prokinetic agents may be used to enhance the uptake of nutrition.
Keus, Eric +16 more
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