Cholecystokinin (CCK) affects the intestinal motility but in ruminants the question has not been entirely explored. The aim of this study was to examine the precise effects of CCK-octapeptide (CCK-OP) and its amphibian analogue, cerulein, on duodenal motor activity in unfasted rams in the course of chronic experiments. Five rams underwent the implantation of a strain gauge force transducer to t...

Cellular self-eating promotes pancreatitis T o survive tough times, cells sometimes resort to a form of self-cannibalism called autophagy. But as Hashimoto et al. reveal, autophagy can have a down side, destroying the pancreas by prematurely activating a digestive enzyme. In autophagy, a vesicle swallows a portion of cytoplasm and ferries it to the lysosome for digestion. The process is often b...

Cellular self-eating promotes pancreatitis T o survive tough times, cells sometimes resort to a form of self-cannibalism called autophagy. But as Hashimoto et al. reveal, autophagy can have a down side, destroying the pancreas by prematurely activating a digestive enzyme. In autophagy, a vesicle swallows a portion of cytoplasm and ferries it to the lysosome for digestion. The process is often b...

In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the possible effects of thymoquinone administration on some cytokine levels in rats with experimental acute pancreatitis. No application made animals group K. TQ were intraperitoneally given 20 mg/kg daily for 9 days. AP animals, pancreatitis induced by intraperitoneal cerulein as first dose 50 µg/kg and 2 hours later 25 second 7th day study. Animals AP+T...