Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies of Naegleria fowleri Carter (1970): a review of the fatal brain-eating amoeba by N. Datta

“…By identifying the genes and proteins involved in key processes such as adhesion, motility, and immune evasion, researchers can design targeted therapies to disrupt these essential functions and prevent or treat infection. …”
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Patients with symptoms of delayed gastric emptying have a high prevalence of oesophageal dysmotility, irrespective of scintigraphic evidence of gastroparesis by George Triadafilopoulos, John O Clarke, Linda Nguyen

“…Forty-four patients exhibited gastroparesis by gastric scintigraphy. Oesophageal motility disorders were found in 68% and 42% of patients with or without scintigraphic evidence of gastroparesis respectively, suggesting of overlapping gastric and oesophageal neuromuscular disorder. …”
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The Quality of Frozen Semen Sexing with Percoll Medium and Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) in Dorper Sheep and Saanen Goat by Sumaryadi Mas Y., Pangestu Mulyoto, Hidayah Chomsiatun N., Nugraha Aras P., Saleh Dadang Mulyadi, Sugiarto Mochammad

“…While in Saanen goats there was a decrease in the quality of X spermatozoa from post-thawing sexed frozen semen compared to the quality of fresh unsexed semen for motility, viability, concentration of 19.23; 21.91; and 17.08%, respectively, and an increase in abnormality of 110.52%. …”
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Small Bowel Review - Part II by ABR Thomson, E Jarocka-Cyrta, J Faria, GE Wild

“…Part II of this review of the small bowel summarizes the current knowledge about the permeability of the gastrointestinal epithelium; the brush border membrane; motility; carbohydrates; diabetes; ethanol; diet; and diagnostic procedures.…”
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Duodenal coupling of pancreatic exocrine secretion and evacuatory activity of gastroduodenal complex by G. F. Korot'ko

“…Both effects result from inhibition of endogenous cholecystokinin release which is the main stimulant of pancreatic enzymes secretion and inhibitor of gastric evacuation, suppressing antral motility, reducing brake efficacy of duodenoantral reflux.Conclusion. …”
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Kartagener Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Infertility by Kadir Bakay, Davut Güven, İdris Koçak

“…Kartagener’s syndrome is defined as motility dysfunction of the epithelial cilia lining the respiratory tract, fallopian tubes and the flagella of the sperm and genetically classified as a rare autosomal recessive disease consisting almost half of all primary ciliary dyskinesia cases. …”
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Prucalopride in treatment of functional chronic constipation by A. A. Sheptulin

“…Being an agonist of 5-НТ4- receptors, prucalopride stimulates motility of the large intestine and promotes more frequent bowel movements. …”
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease and functional dyspepsia: clinical efficacy and safety of prokinetic choice by D. I. Trukhan

“…Gastroesophageal reflux disease and functional dyspepsia are considered to be the most common gastroenterological diseases. Motility disorder of gastroesophageal zone plays a leading part in pathogenesis of these diseases that assumes application prokinetics as a baseline therapy. …”
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Application of evolutionary games to modeling carcinogenesis by Andrzej Swierniak, Michal Krzeslak

“…This review, although partly idiosyncratic, covers such major areas of cancer-related phenomena as production of cytotoxins, avoidance of apoptosis, production of growth factors, motility and invasion, and intra- and extracellular signaling. …”
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A Quarter Century of Liver Transplantation: Learning from Livers by Paul C. Adams

“…The role of genetics and immune factors in the pathogenesis of alcoholic I iver disease may be clarified with the increasing numbers of patients transplanted for alcoholic cirrhosis. Normal gallbladder motility in the denervated transplanted liver questions the role of neuronal influences on gallbladder function. …”
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Comparison of the Effect of Adding Different Levels of Zinc Chloride, Curcumin, Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles (Zano‐NPs), Curcumin Loaded on Zano‐NPs on Post‐Thawing Quality of Ram Seme... by Fatemeh Omidi, Hadi Hajarian, Hamed Karamishabankareh, Leila Soltani, Mojtaba Dashtizad

“…Additionally, following the freeze‐thawing procedure, the presence of 1 µg/mL of Curc‐co‐ZnO‐NPs in the diluent of ram sperm significantly increased the percentage of sperm viability and motility in comparison to the control and other treatment groups (p < 0.05). …”
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Effect of zinc (Zn) supplementation on quality and quantity of striped catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus sperm by Nunun Ainun Putri Sari Banun Kaliky, Mia Setiawati, Odang Carman, Nur Bambang Priyo Utomo

“…The treatments also showed significant effects on semen volume, sperm motility, sperm viability, and sperm concentration (P<0.05). …”
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The impact of glucocorticoid receptor transactivation on context-dependent cell migration dynamics by Szonja Polett Pósa, Éva Saskői, Lili Bársony, Lőrinc Pongor, Fanni Fekete, János Papp, Anikó Bozsik, Attila Patócs, Henriett Butz

“…Time-lapse analysis showed enhanced motility after 4–6 h in wound healing, despite dex inhibiting migration initially. …”
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Prevalence of Opioid Dispensings and Concurrent Gastrointestinal Medications in Quebec by Rachel E Williams, Nevzeta Bosnic, Carolyn T Sweeney, Ashlee W Duncan, Kristen B Levine, Michael Brogan, Suzanne F Cook

“…A side effect of opioid usage is the inhibition of gastrointestinal (GI) motility, known as opioid-induced bowel dysfunction (OBD). …”
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Dynamics of Lotka-Volterra Competition Systems with Fokker-Planck Diffusion by Jaywan Chung, Ohsang Kwon

“…One of the dispersal strategies is random dispersal and the other is a Fokker-Planck diffusion whose motility is piecewise constant and jumps up when the resource is not enough. …”
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Corkscrew esophagus in an elderly patient: A case of diffuse esophageal spasm with literature review by Yasir Kawther Hani Al-Dujaili, Sajjad Ghanim Al-Badri

“…Diffuse esophageal spasm (DES) is a rare motility disorder characterized by uncoordinated esophageal contractions, often presenting with dysphagia and chest pain. …”
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Plasma Leptin Concentrations and Esophageal Hypomotility in Obese Patients by Justin Côté-Daigneault, Pierre Poitras, Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret, Mickael Bouin

“…Leptin, a hormone derived from adipose tissue, may be involved in this phenomenon because it has been shown to decrease gastric and intestinal motility in animals. It has been hypothesized that elevated plasma leptin concentration is a risk factor for esophageal dysmotility in obese patients.…”
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Alternative Argets Within the Endocannabinoid System for Future Treatment of Gastrointestinal Diseases by Rudolf Schicho, Martin Storr

“…Many beneficial effects of herbal and synthetic cannabinoids on gut motility and inflammation have been demonstrated, suggesting a vast potential for these compounds in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. …”
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Small Bowel Review: Part II by ABR Thomson, JA Thomson, MJ Ropeleski, GE Wild

“…Topics discussed are enterocyte proliferation and growth factors; amino acids, peptides and allergies; motility; salt and water absorption and secretion – diarrhea; vitamins and minerals; early development and ageing of the intestine; and ethanol effects.…”
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Contractile Protein Expression and Phosphorylation and Contractility of Gastric Smooth Muscles from Obese Patients and Patients with Obesity and Diabetes by Wen Li, Kent C. Sasse, Yulia Bayguinov, Sean M. Ward, Brian A. Perrino

“…Ingested food is received, mixed, and ground into chyme by distinct gastric motility patterns. Diabetes impairs gastric muscle function, but the mechanisms underlying diabetes-induced gastric muscle dysfunction are unknown. …”
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