Amebiasis can be considered the most aggressive disease of the human intestine, responsible in its invasive form for clinical syndromes, ranging from the classic dysentery of acute colitis to ...

6 Faculty of Health, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich UK Correspondence to Professor A J M Watson, Eliz Fry Bldg. 2.14, Norwich Medical School, ...

gFaculty of Medicine, School of Human Development and Health, University of Southampton, United Kingdom hDepartment of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College ...

The small intestine is a tubular structure within the abdominal cavity that carries the food in continuation with the stomach up to the colon from where the large intestine carries it to the rectum ...

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The intestinal epithelial barrier (IEB) is one of the largest interfaces between the environment and the internal milieu of the body. It is essential to limit the passage of harmful antigens and ...

Intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP) is secreted by enterocytes and is present on the apical surface. It not only detoxifies bacterial endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the gut lumen and limits ...

Digestion refers to the breakdown of food into smaller components that can be absorbed into the bloodstream. This digestion or catabolism is divided into two types – the mechanical digestion of food ...

Background: The human body is exposed to significant amounts of the potent inorganic mercury (Hg+2) or methylmercury (Me-Hg). The diet is the main route for this exposure; the fish consumption may ...

The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a complex system responsible for nutrient absorption, digestion, secretion, and elimination of waste products that also hosts immune surveillance, the intestinal ...