Data are accumulating that emphasize the important role of the intestinal barrier and intestinal permeability for health and disease. However, these terms are poorly defined, their assessment is a ...

If you have Crohn’s that affects the ileum or if you’ve had surgery to remove part of your small intestine called the ileum, you may develop anemia due to an inability to absorb enough vitamin ...

Digestive enzymes are found in the digestive system, including the mouth, stomach, and small intestine. They help you break down food and absorb nutrients. Sometimes, the body cannot make enough ...

However, it most commonly develops in the final section of the small intestine and colon. This type of IBD has become more common over time. In fact, around 1 million people in the United States ...

The small intestine has been implicated in gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal pain and bloating, but the role of small-intestinal microbiota, their microbial products, and their ...

The manuscript focuses on two of these, (i) a multihormonal cell type shown to express markers of pathogen/toxin and nutrient detection in the proximal small intestine, and (ii) on a EC-cluster in the ...

2017). These results indicate that the major bacterial compositions of the small intestine (jejunum and ileum) and large intestine (cecum and colon) were quite different. After a high-fat diet, the ...

Absorptive capacity was reduced and intestinal permeability significantly increased in AIDS, but did not correlate significantly with transit times. CONCLUSION Small bowel transit is accelerated in ...

School of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, U.K. School of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of East Anglia, ...

3 School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia Correspondence to Dr Erin R Shanahan, Gastroenterology Research, Level 5, ...