Mizuta, Yohei, Toku Takahashi, and Chung Owyang. Nitrergic regulation of colonic transit in rats. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 40): G275–G279, 1999.— Nitric oxide has been shown to be an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian colon, although its role in colonic transit remains unclear. We investigated the effect of the nitric oxide biosynthesis inhibitor NG-nitro-L-ar...

Viramontes, Blanca E., Allison Malcolm, Michael Camilleri, Lawrence A. Szarka, Sanna McKinzie, Duane D. Burton, and Alan R. Zinsmeister. Effects of an a2adrenergic agonist on gastrointestinal transit, colonic motility, and sensation in humans. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 281: G1468–G1476, 2001.—To characterize a2-adrenergic control of motor and sensory functions of gastrointestinal ...

Cougnon, Marc, Patrice Bouyer, Frédéric Jaisser, Aleksander Edelman, and Gabrielle Planelles. Ammonium transport by the colonic H1-K1-ATPase expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Cell Physiol. 46): C280–C287, 1999.—Functional expression of the rat colonic H1-K1-ATPase was obtained by coexpressing its catalytic a-subunit and the b1-subunit of the Na1-K1-ATPase in Xenopus laevis oocy...

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AIM Purpose of this study was to evaluate short and long term functional outcomes after TME (total mesorectal excision) for rectal cancer. The role of straight anastomosis or colonic J-pouch reconstruction is investigated, as well as the impact of preoperative chemoradiotherapy is analyzed as a cause of the so called "anterior resection syndrome". METHODS We enrolled 40 patients (17 male and ...

Yoo J, Chung C, Slice L, Sinnett-Smith J, Rozengurt E. Protein kinase D mediates synergistic expression of COX-2 induced by TNFand bradykinin in human colonic myofibroblasts. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 297: C1576–C1587, 2009. First published September 30, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00184.2009.—Myofibroblasts have recently been identified as major mediators of tumor necrosis factor(TNF)-associated...

Ramalingam S, Daughtridge GW, Johnston MJ, Gracz AD, Magness ST. Distinct levels of Sox9 expression mark colon epithelial stem cells that form colonoids in culture. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 302: G10–G20, 2012. First published October 13, 2011; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00277.2011.—Sox9 is an high-mobility group box transcription factor that is expressed in the stem cell zone of the small...

Traditionally known as a nosocomial organism and preponderance to infect the immunocompromised patients or withpreexisting structural damage in lung parenchyma1, Burkholderia cepacia infection an apparentlyimmunocompetent host ICU settings is not very commonly heard of. On other hand, acute colonicpseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie’s syndrome) also rare surgical complication. Here we present case of a...

colonic lipoma is a benign neoplasm that can lead to colonic obstruction but concomitant intussusception is rare in adults. in this case, colocolic intussusception due to a lipoma in the descending colon had occurred. by laparatomy, we diagnosed the problem , but reduction was impossible . so resection of the colon with mass was done and anastomosed. after surgery and 3 years follow up the pati...