Mammalian Tolerance to Amino Acid Heterochirality
Organisms use amino acids predominantly in l‐configuration. On the other hand, a series of studies show that a variety of d‐amino acids also occur in mammals and amino acid homochirality is not complete. Mammals de novo synthesize most amino acids with l‐configuration, but serine and aspartate are converted from l‐ to d‐configuration by endogenous ...
Jumpei Sasabe+4 more
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Restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch reservoir in ulcerative colitis : the first series from Malta [PDF]
Seventy five to eighty percent of patients with ulcerative colitis are more or less satisfactorily treated medically. Surgery cures the disease, but because proper surgical therapy has until recently necessitated a permanent ileostomy, physicians and ...
Gatt, Dennis
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ABSTRACT Background The increasing incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) presents significant medical and societal challenges. A well‐designed IBD database is crucial for both epidemiological studies and clinical management. However, inconsistencies between regional databases hinder cross‐institutional and international research, especially ...
Jingshuang Yan+12 more
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The Stressor Factors and Perceived Social Support in the Patients with Ulcerative Colitis
• Background: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) characterized with chronic inflammation of mucosal surface of bowels. Genetic, immunologic, environmental and individual factors contribute disease have been identified in ...
Hamid Afshar+4 more
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Endoscopic scoring indices for evaluation of disease activity in ulcerative colitis.
BACKGROUND Endoscopic assessment of mucosal disease activity is routinely used to determine eligibility and response to therapy in clinical trials of ulcerative colitis.
Nadia Mohammed Vashist+9 more
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Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic idiopathic inflammatory disorder of colon. Frequency of UC is gradually increasing over few years worldwide. Prevalence is 35 to 100/100,000 people in USA, 1% of them are infants. UC develops in a genetically predisposed individual with altered intestinal immune response. An eight-month-old girl presented with loose
Rukunuzzaman, A. S. M. Bazlul Karim
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Research gaps in diet and nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease. A topical review by D-ECCO Working Group (Dietitians of ECCO) [PDF]
Although the current doctrine of IBD pathogenesis proposes an interaction between environmental factors with gut microbiota in genetically-susceptible individuals, dietary exposures have attracted recent interest and are, at least in part, likely to ...
Allan, Philip+14 more
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Gut‐microbiota‐brain Axis and post‐traumatic epilepsy
Abstract There has been growing evidence that perturbations in gut‐microbiota‐brain axis (GMBA) are involved in mechanisms of chronic sequelae of traumatic brain injury (TBI). This review discusses the connection between GMBA and post‐traumatic epilepsy (PTE), the latter being a common outcome of TBI.
Andrey Mazarati
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An Address ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS AND ITS BEARING ON TREATMENT [PDF]
Herbert P. Hawkins
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Shorter Disease Duration Is Associated With Higher Rates of Response to Vedolizumab in Patients With Crohn's Disease But Not Ulcerative Colitis. [PDF]
Background & aimsPatients with Crohn's disease (CD), but not ulcerative colitis (UC), of shorter duration have higher rates of response to tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antagonists than patients with longer disease duration.
Aniwan, Satimai+33 more
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