(2) INTESTINAL MUCOSA

Bugging of the intestinal mucosa.

An enormous array of adaptive mechanisms on both sides of the host–microbial interface reflects a complex coevolution. Deciphering the cross­talk at this interface may yield new insights into its relevance to health and disease. For example, Bar­ nich et al.1 have recently described a host response to bacteria in patients with Crohn’s disease. A vast variety and number of microorganisms normall...

Adenosine deaminase from calf intestinal mucosa.

In the course of studying the phosphoric acid esterases from calf intestinal mucosa (1, 2) the preparations were found to contain a potent deaminase for adenosine. The method of preparation is simple and the procedure indicates that this enzyme is quite stable. This deaminase is probably identical with that recently prepared by Brady (3) from the same material by a somewhat different procedure....

Significance of a Flat Small-intestinal Mucosa.

Response of the intestinal mucosa to ischaemia.

Malignancy and the Small-intestinal Mucosa.

The observations presented here suggest that malignancy anywhere in the body may be accompanied by a secondary change in the small-intestinal mucosa, including the flattened appearance that is usually seen in idiopathic steatorrhoea. The reverse of this association, that idiopathic steatorrhoea may be complicated by a reticulosis, has been reported by Gough et al. (1962). They described four ca...