There is a wide array of pathways leading to gastroduodenal mucosal injury in addition to
protective defense mechanisms that counteract them to maintain homeostasis. Increased …

Background Wound healing is the first stage of a series of cellular events that are necessary
to initiate a regenerative response. Defective wound healing can block regeneration even in …

Dendritic cells (DCs) serve as a bridge between innate and adaptive immunity and help to
maintain intestinal homeostasis. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with …

Mulberry leaf polysaccharide (MLP) possess many biological characteristics, such as
immunomodulatory and antioxidant properties, but whether MLP can impact the distribution …

Entamoeba histolytica, the protozoan parasite that causes amebic dysentery, greatly
contributes to disease burden in the developing world. Efforts to exhaustively characterize …

The intestinal mucous layer provides a critical host defense against pathogen exposure and
epithelial injury, yet little is known about how enteropathogens may circumvent this …

This study aimed at determining the beneficial effect of Clostridium butyricum (CB) RH2 on
ceftriaxone-induced dysbacteriosis. To this purpose, BALB/c mice were exposed to …

Adverse gastrointestinal (GI) effects caused by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs), including indomethacin, are recognized as the major limitation to their clinical …

Background: Alcoholic gastric ulcers are currently a common upper gastrointestinal disease
with a high recurrence rate, causing gastric perforation or even gastric cancer in severe …

Propolis is a resinous substance produced by bees that has several biomedical properties
that could contribute to the repair process of the gastric mucosa, such as antioxidant, anti …