The human gastrointestinal tract
Bacterial Biofilms in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract
... Abstract Microbial biofilms were first described in 1936 and subsequent research has unveiled their ubiquity and physiological distinction from free-living (planktonic) microorganisms. In light of their emerging ...
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Comparison of the Colonization Ability of Autochthonous and Allochthonous Strains of Lactobacilli in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract
... the human gastrointestinal tract (Lactobacillus reuteri ATCC PTA 6475 (MM4-1a) and Lactobacillus mucosae FSL-04) with that of an allochthonous strain (Lactobacillus acidophilus ...the human ...
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Horizontal gene transfer in the human gastrointestinal tract: potential spread of antibiotic resistance genes
... the human gastrointestinal tract serve as a reservoir for antibiotic resistance genes that can be transferred to other resident intestinal bacteria or transient bacteria that pass through, but do not ...
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Fungi in the healthy human gastrointestinal tract
... healthy human gut microbiome contains mem- bers of all domains of life, with Eukarya primarily represented by the fungi and, in some populations, protists, notably ...the human myco- biome are provided by ...
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Roles of microRNAs in diseases of the human gastrointestinal tract
... Environmental factors play a key role in the development of many human diseases, including IBD and cancer. An excessive immune-response to antigens and microbiota in the gut is one of the contributing factors ...
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Fungi inhabiting the healthy human gastrointestinal tract: A diverse and dynamic community
... The composition of gut fungal communities differs no- tably from that of bacteria, with healthy humans harboring thousands of bacterial OTUs in something approximating a normal distribution, while the same individuals ...
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Ecology of bacteria in the human gastrointestinal tract—identification of keystone and foundation taxa
... The concepts of foundation and keystone species are used in conservation biology in order to identify and focus efforts on taxa that are particularly important in maintaining the structure, diversity and ultimately the ...
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The in vivo assessment of drug absorption from different regions of the human gastrointestinal tract
... Pellets containing ranitidine as a model drug were produced by the process of extrusion-spheronisation, and subsequently characterised according to a series of physico-mechanical criteria. The initial pellet formulations ...
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Effects of Cyanobacterial Toxins on the Human Gastrointestinal Tract and the Mucosal Innate Immune System
... acute gastrointestinal illnesses, chronic gastrointestinal illnesses connected to the consumption of cyanobacteria contaminated 101 water and chronic gastrointestinal illnesses connected to the ...
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Effects of cyanobacterial toxins on the human gastrointestinal tract and the mucosal innate immune system
... reach human populations via drinking water sup- plies in sufficiently high concentrations to cause adverse effects in the gastrointestinal system (Table ...
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Gastrointestinal Tract
... This sets up the potential for unrecognized acute as well as chronic disorders, some of which may be difficult to pinpoint in a developing infant and child, given the wide variations that exist. It is startling to note ...
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Gastrointestinal Tract Infections
... Cholera flourishes in communities with inadequate clean drinking water and sewage disposal The 1990s have witnessed the seventh pandemic of cholera spreading into Latin America, and the disease remains endemic in South ...
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Microflora of the Gastrointestinal Tract
... Adhesion of bacteria to intestinal mucosa is often recognized as a prerequisite for colonization of the human GI tract. Therefore, adhesion properties are important for both pathogenic bacteria and bacteria ...
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Carbon monoxide in human physiology – its role in the gastrointestinal tract
... The binding to guanylate cyclase, stimulation of the production of cGMP, activation of Ca2+- dependent potassium channels and stimulation of mitogen-activated protein kinases are well known cellular targets of CO action. ...
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Vascular Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract
... Indeed, presence of inflammation might attribute to the enhanced expression of HIF-1α 30 . Expression of HIF-1α was present in all patients with ischemic colitis and infectious colitis, and was also significantly more ...
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Bacteriophages in the gastrointestinal tract and their implications
... Phages are not only known as regulators of the bacte- rial population in the gut but can also play a role in other parts/organs of the human or animal organism [35]. It is assumed that phages can move, like ...
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Importance of Probiotics in Gastrointestinal Tract
... for human wellbeing and could affect infectious diseases such as allergic diseases, some types of cancer, a variety of intestinal inflammatory diseases and auto immune ...on human and animal shows that ...
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Isolation and study of histaminergic cells from the gastrointestinal tract of the human and other species
... 87 preincubated with the cells for 5 minutes before challenge whereas, in the latter study, the drug was added concurrently with the stimulus and the effect o f preincubation was not assessed. The results of the present ...
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The impact of asthma on the gastrointestinal tract (GIT)
... in human and animal tonsils, ileum, and appendix but their presence in the stomach has not been studied ...of human fundic and pyloric lamina propria sub-glandular lymphoid ...
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Role of -glucan in biology of gastrointestinal tract
... These data were confirmed by a large randomized clinical study in patients with resected colorectal cancer [119]. In vitro studies using Maitake-derived β-glucan showed strong inhibition of human gastric cancer ...
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