A Rare Form of Chronic Granulomatous Disease (Type Iva) Presenting as Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Francisco A Sylvester

“…Chronic granulomatous disease can present initially with a clinical picture suggestive of chronic intestinal inflammation. Therefore it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of atypical inflammatory bowel disease, both in children and young adults.…”
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Combining Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection and Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy or Radiotherapy for Effective Management of Rectal Cancer with Deep Submucosal Invasion: A Case Series by Ji Hye Park, Jae Hyun Kim, Sung Hyun Ko, Seun Ja Park

“…On the other hand, a post-ESD pathological examination showed that the risk of lymph node metastasis increases with deep submucosal (SM) invasion, positive lymphovascular invasion, grade 2/3 tumor budding, and certain histological types. An intestinal resection with a lymph node dissection is recommended in these cases, and chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is also effective adjuvant therapy. …”
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Pneumatosis Coli Formation via Counterperfusion Supersaturation in a Patient with Severe Diarrhea by Eric Vecchio, Sehrish Jamot, Jason Ferreira

“…We present the case of an elderly male patient with known multiple myeloma who was hospitalized with profuse watery diarrhea and abdominal pain after a course of induction chemotherapy. Intestinal intramural gas was found on imaging and the diagnosis of pneumatosis intestinalis was confirmed by colonoscopy. …”
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Gut microbiota and Parkinson’s disease by Lin Wang, Ying Cui, Bingyu Han, Yitong Du, Kenish Sirajbhai Salewala, Shiya Wang, Wenlu Zhao, Hongxin Zhang, Sichen Wang, Xinran Xu, Jianpeng Ma, Yan Zhu, Houzhen Tuo, Ting Gao

“…The microbiota–gut–brain axis plays a crucial role in the development and progression of PD, and numerous studies have demonstrated the potential therapeutic benefits of modulations in the intestinal microbiota. This review provides insights into the characterization of the gut microbiota in patients with PD and highlights associations with clinical symptoms and underlying mechanisms. …”
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Primarily Proximal Jejunal Stone Causing Enterolith Ileus in a Patient without Evidence of Cholecystoenteric Fistula or Jejunal Diverticulosis by Houssam Khodor Abtar, Mostapha Mneimneh, Mazen M. Hammoud, Ahmed Zaaroura, Yasmina S. Papas

“…Stone formation within the intestinal lumen is called enterolith. This stone can encroach into the lumen causing obstruction and surgical emergency. …”
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Dealing with Foodborne Illness: Typhoid Fever, Salmonella Typhi by Karen Carver, Michael J. Mahovic, Renée M. Goodrich, Keith R. Schneider

“…This is not to be confused with the many other members of the bacterial group Salmonella (often called “non-typhi Salmonella”), which invade the intestines to cause salmonella food poisoning, or salmonellosis. …”
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Infection <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> and stomach cancer: state-of-the-art by A. A. Sheptulin

“…Eradication of Н. pylori results in decrease of atrophic gastritis severity, but does not affect intestinal metaplasia process. Nowadays it is indicated for patients with high risk of SC (having atrophic gastritis, postgastrectomy patients for early SC, first-degree relatives of patients with SC).Conclusion. …”
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Synthesis and Antimicrobial Evaluation of a New Series of N-1,3-Benzothiazol-2-ylbenzamides by Domenico Armenise, Alessia Carocci, Alessia Catalano, Marilena Muraglia, Ivana Defrenza, Nicolino De Laurentis, Antonio Rosato, Filomena Corbo, Carlo Franchini

“…Enterococcus faecalis is a Gram-positive commensal inhabitant of the intestinal tract of humans, animals, and insects. However, it is also an opportunistic pathogen and has emerged as a leading cause of hospital-acquired extraintestinal infections. …”
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Acute Pancreatitis and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding as Presenting Symptoms of a Duodenal Brunner’s Gland Hamartoma by Edy Stermer, Nizar Elias, Dean Keren, Tova Rainis, Omer Goldstein, Alexandra Lavy

“…Otherwise, they may be diagnosed in patients presenting with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding, anemia or symptoms of intestinal obstruction. The case of a young woman admitted for acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding along with acute pancreatitis is presented. …”
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Dealing with Foodborne Illness: Typhoid Fever, Salmonella Typhi by Karen Carver, Michael J. Mahovic, Renée M. Goodrich, Keith R. Schneider

“…This is not to be confused with the many other members of the bacterial group Salmonella (often called “non-typhi Salmonella”), which invade the intestines to cause salmonella food poisoning, or salmonellosis. …”
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Integrated microbiome, transcriptome and metabolome insight into the alleviating mechanisms of sheep milk in a DSS-induced colitis mouse model by Wenna Yao, Ruilin Du, Shuo Yan, Teligun Bao, Huimin Zhang, Fang Yang, Yue Xue, Yulong Zhao, Siqin Bao, Xihe Li, Yongli Song

“…Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a recurrent inflammatory disease affecting the gastrointestinal tract, including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). IBD mainly causes intestinal mucosal injury, intestinal flora and metabolite disturbance. …”
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Exploring the Underlying Mechanism of Weiling Decoction Alleviates Cold-Dampness Diarrhea Based on Network Pharmacology, Transcriptomics, Molecular Docking and Experimental Validat... by Yannan Zhang, Shuai Zhang, Yimeng Fan, Sijuan Huang, Shimin Wang, Zhihui Hao, Jianzhong Shen

“…WLD treatment significantly alleviated the symptoms of CDD, reduced intestinal damage, and diminished the inflammatory response. …”
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Morphological features of autoimmune gastritis by Ye. A. Losik, L. S. Selivanova, M. Yu. Konkov, T. L. Lapina, A. S. Tertychnyi, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Classical signs of AIH i.e. atrophy of mucosa of body of the stomach and intestinal metaplasia were not revealed. The signs of feeble inflammation in body of the stomach were found in 6 patients. …”
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An ultrasonic degraded polysaccharide extracted from Pueraria lobata ameliorate ischemic brain injury in mice by regulating the gut microbiota and LPS-TLR4 pathway by Yulong Zhang, Zuman Dou, Shanshan Li, Huaying Zhang, Shanshui Zeng, Xiangyu Zuo, Yu Xiao, Lingling Zhang, Zhixin Li, Qingfeng Zhu, Wenyang Zhang, Hui Niu, Qingfei Duan, Xiaoxia Chen, Zhuang Li, Hongwei Zhou, Qian Wang

“…Meanwhile, PLP-3 significantly repaired the intestinal barrier injury by increasing the expression of tight junction proteins (ZO-1 and Occludin) and increasing the number of goblet cells. …”
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shRNA-interfered of Nrf2 reveals a critical role for Keap1-Nrf2 signaling pathway during effects of zearalenone induced oxidative stress in IPEC-J2 cells by Qun Cheng, Shu Zhen Jiang, Li Bo Huang, Wei Ren Yang

“…Therefore, the Keap1-Nrf2 signaling pathway had an important protective effect in ZEA-induced intestinal oxidative stress.…”
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Optimizing Flammulina velutipes residue use: impact on health metrics and performance in three-yellow chickens by Yuanxiao Li, Yuanxiao Li, Dan Liu, Wang Li, Wang Li, Longmei Zhao, Pinghua Cao, Yanbo Ma, Yanbo Ma, Ke Ding, Cai Zhang, Cai Zhang, Ning Liu

“…IntroductionThis study investigated the effects of Flammulina velutipes residue (FVR) on performance, antioxidant function, immunity, and intestinal flora of broilers.MethodsA total of 192 one-day-old three-yellow chickens were divided into four groups of 48 chickens per group, 6 replicates per group and 8 chickens per replicate. …”
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Investigating the potential immunomodulatory effects of commercial oral probiotic supplements on equine gastrointestinal tract barrier function by Agnieszka Żak-Bochenek, Paulina Żebrowska-Różańska, Joanna Bajzert, Łukasz Łaczmański, Bogumiła Szponar, Natalia Siwińska, Klaudia Gładysz, Katarzyna Sikorska, Anna Chełmońska-Soyta

“…It is hypothesized that the presence of probiotic strains can both modulate the intestinal microbiota and affect mucosal immunity parameters. …”
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Methyl 3-Bromo-4,5-dihydroxybenzoate Attenuates Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Regulating TLR/NF-κB Pathways by Jing Huang, Lei Li, Liyan Xu, Lixin Feng, Yuxin Wang, Attila Gabor SIK, Meng Jin, Rongchun Wang, Kechun Liu, Xiaobin Li

“…Furthermore, MBD notably inhibited the intestinal migration of immune cells, enhanced the integrity of the gut mucosal barrier and improved intestinal peristalsis function in a zebrafish IBD model induced by trinitro-benzene-sulfonic acid (TNBS). …”
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Clinicopathological Features, Treatment Strategy, and Prognosis of Primary Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma of the Duodenum: A SEER Database Analysis by Guoliang Zheng, Yue Wang, Yan Zhao, Zhichao Zheng

“…Clinicopathological features as well as survival data of PDLs were analyzed and compared with 10573 primary gastric lymphomas (PGLs) and 3239 primary small intestinal lymphomas (PSILs) from the SEER database. …”
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Frequency and Risk Factors of Advanced Neoplasia in Korean Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients with Low-grade Dysplasia by Kyeong Ok Kim, Dong Hyun Kim, Soo-Kyung Park, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Chang Kyun Lee, IBD Research Group of the Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases (KASID)

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