Biliary Mucosal Bridges

Biliary Mucosal Barrier and Microbiome

BACKGROUND The biliary system is in continuous contact with the complex microbiota of the intestine. Microbial products have recently been proposed as potential triggers for biliary diseases. METHODS The aim of this review is to provide a summary of the current knowledge regarding the role of the biliary and intestinal microbiome in biliary inflammatory diseases. RESULTS Previously, it was ...

Biliary glutathione promotes the mucosal metabolism of luminal peroxidized lipids by rat small intestine in vivo.

We previously found that exogenous GSH enhances mucosal GSH and promotes lipid hydroperoxide metabolism by rat small intestine (AW, T. Y., and M. W. WIlliams, 1992. Am. J. Physiol. 263:G665-G672). In this study, we have developed an in vivo bile and lymph fistula rat model to test the hypothesis that biliary GSH is an important luminal source of GSH. Peroxidized fish oil was infused into the pr...

Comparative study on acute gastric mucosal lesion in experimental obstructive jaundice and biliary drainage models.

The authors prepared obstructive jaundice models by cannulation into the common bile duct, using Wistar-strain rats, and examined active amines in the gastric wall and the incidence of AGML before and after biliary drainage. 1) The incidence of AGML was comparatively high in the group of 1-3 weeks' obstruction, while the incidence was greatly reduced after biliary drainage in the groups of 1-2 ...

Covered Bridges

Psychiatric Bridges

A Little while ago Mrs. A., a housewife in ^rpington, went on a bus. Though it sounds the east remarkable thing in the world, it was a tr'Umph in its way?because Mrs. A. had for Months had a fear of leaving her own house, which dipped her with a panic hand if she as much as stepped across the threshold. Marooned in her semi-detached just as irrevocably, it seemed, as a castaway, Mrs. A. had rea...