Abstract Background MC3-R and MC5-R receptors belong to the complex melanocortin system, which has shown a strong immunomodulatory activity in several studies. Data on role of these relation inflammatory bowel disease are still missing not fully elucidated. In this observational study we wanted evaluate expression profile them colonic mucosa Crohn’s Disease Ulcerative Colitis patients both trac...

Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) is the standard procedure for treatment of acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO), which can be performed with an external or endonasal approach. Numerous variations DCR have been described in literature that report varying rates success. The aim this study to describe approach and success rate DCR, nasal mucosa, bone lacrimal mucosa are sequentially removed.

BACKGROUND The cervical esophagus is normally lined by squamous epithelium and is usually not exposed to gastroesophageal reflux. The aims of this study were, first, to investigate whether cardiac mucosa can be acquired in the remnant cervical esophagus after esophagectomy and cervical esophagogastrostomy and, second, to characterize this mucosa if present. METHODS The medical records of 100 ...

1. In order to assess potential abnormalities in the control of mucosal proliferation, 30 patients with Barrett's oesophagus were studied in order to evaluate the presence and distribution of epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor-alpha and epidermal growth factor receptor to determine the Ki-67 labelling index in the affected oesophageal mucosa. Serial sections were analysed immun...

The objectives of this study were to investigate the shifts in rumen and colon mucosa-associated microbiota dairy calves fed a high milk replacer feeding rate before after weaning determine whether such are associated with tissue physiological measures. Longitudinal biopsy was performed collect mucosal tissues 4 ruminally cannulated Holstein bull (weaned at 6 wk age) end 5 (before weaning), 7 (...

Gastrointestinal duplications are rare congenital malformations and they may vary greatly in presentation, size, location and symptoms. The presence of ectopic gastric mucosa (EGM) in them is not common and they are difficult to diagnose prior to surgery. We present the case of a child with long intestinal duplication with ectopic gastric mucosa who presented with just severe anaemia and delaye...

Introduction: A strong relationship exists between cigarette smoking and the development of oral squamous cell carcinoma. Smoking can significantly increase cellular proliferation. Nevertheless, there is little reference in literature to the cytological assessment of oral mucosa in this respect. Methods: Changes in nuclear and neucleolar cytomorphometric parameters such as diameter, surface, nu...

AIM To investigate the microRNA expression profile in esophageal neosquamous epithelium from patients who had undergone ablation of Barrett's esophagus. METHODS High throughput screening using TaqMan® Array Human MicroRNA quantitative PCR was used to determine expression levels of 754 microRNAs in distal esophageal mucosa (1 cm above the gastro-esophageal junction) from 16 patients who had un...

The histological commitment of the lower oesophageal mucosa largely depends on a complex molecular landscape. After extended inflammatory insult due to gastroesophageal reflux disease, squamous oesophageal mucosa may differentiate into columnar metaplastic mucosa. In this setting, the presence of intestinal metaplasia is considered the starting point of Barrett's carcinogenetic cascade. Aside f...