[HTML][HTML] Discovering probiotic microorganisms: in vitro, in vivo, genetic and omics approaches

K Papadimitriou, G Zoumpopoulou, B Foligné… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Over the past decades the food industry has been revolutionized toward the production of
functional foods due to an increasing awareness of the consumers on the positive role of …

Myenteric expression of nerve growth factor and the p75 neurotrophin receptor regulate axonal remodeling as a consequence of colonic inflammation in mice

CN Petrie, MN Armitage, MD Kawaja - Experimental neurology, 2015 - Elsevier
Nerve growth factor (NGF) levels increase in response to inflammation of the mammalian
colon. The precise cellular sources of colonic NGF synthesis, however, remain elusive …

Electrocautery-induced localized colonic injury elicits increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in small bowel and decreases jejunal alanine absorption

K Barada, FH Mourad, B Noutsi, NE Saadé - Cytokine, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Colitis is associated with functional abnormalities in proximal non-inflamed gut
areas, but animal models to study small bowel dysfunction in colitis have limitations. This …