Lactobacillus plantarum has potential applications and health benefits. This comprehensive literature review highlights the probiotic properties of L. its ability to withstand adverse conditions adhere intestinal epithelium. It immense in food industry, focusing on fermentation, preservation, bioactive compound production. Furthermore, impact human health, including role modulating gut microbio...

Although the highest levels of PPARgamma expression in the body have been reported in the gastrointestinal epithelium, little is known about the physiological functions of that receptor in the gut. Moreover, there is considerable controversy concerning the effects of thiazolidinedione PPARgamma agonists on the two major diseases of the gastrointestinal track: colorectal cancer and inflammatory ...

INTRODUCTION we report on a case of heterotopic gastric mucosa in the neck of the gallbladder and we also review 95 other reports of HGM in the gallbladder in the international medical literature from 1977. AIM to evaluate the gold standard treatment in heterotopic gastric mucosa of the gallbladder by the analysis of literature, compared with our anecdotal experience. PATIENT AND METHOD a 4...

AIM OF THE STUDY Heterotopic gastric mucosa of the upper esophagus (HGMUE) may be connected with disorders of the upper gastrointestinal tract, exacerbated by Helicobacter pylori. Furthermore, HGMUE may be the origin of malignant progression to cervical esophageal carcinoma. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this work, 20 patients with diagnosed heterotopic gastric mucosa of the upper esophagus (HGMUE)...

background: heterotopic abdominal pregnancy is a rare entity which poses unique management challenges. case: a 24-year-old gravida 1 woman with history of two years infertility and treatment with clomiphene citrate presented with acute right lower quadrant abdominal pain. heterotopic abdominal pregnancy was recognized at 16 weeks gestation by transvaginal ultrasound scan. we aimed to remove ect...

In segmented organs, homeobox genes are involved in axial patterning and cell identity. Much less is known about their role in non-segmented endoderm derivatives such as the digestive epithelium. Using a xenograft model of fetal intestinal anlagen implanted under the skin of nude mice, we have investigated whether the expression of five homeobox genes (HoxA-4, HoxA-9, HoxC-8, Cdx-1 and Cdx-2) i...