Clostridium difficile is a bacterial pathogen that is the leading cause of nosocomial antibiotic-
associated diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis worldwide. The incidence, severity …

Glucocorticoid synthesis is a complex, multistep process that starts with cholesterol being
delivered to the inner membrane of mitochondria by StAR and StAR-related proteins. Here …

Weaning in the piglet is a stressful event associated with gastrointestinal disorders and
increased disease susceptibility. Although stress is thought to play a role in postweaning …

Long-term exposure to adverse life events that provoke acute or chronic psychological
stress (hereinafter “stress”) can negatively affect physical health and even increase …

Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of nosocomial bacterial diarrhoea in the
Western world. Diarrhoea and colitis are caused by the actions of toxins A and B released by …

Many bacterial cytotoxins act on eukaryotic cells by targeting the regulators that are involved
in controlling the cytoskeleton or by directly modifying actin, with members of the Rho …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Stress alters brain–gut interactions and could exacerbate intestinal
disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome. Alterations in the intestinal microbiota have …

OBJECTIVES: Low-grade colonic mucosal inflammation has been postulated to have an
important role in the pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The objectives of …

Stress may cause behavioral and/or psychiatric manifestations such as anxiety and
depression and also impact on the function of different visceral organs, namely the …

The effects of dietary supplementation with an organic extract of Curcuma longa on systemic
and local immune responses to experimental Eimeria maxima and Eimeria tenella infections …