AIM To assess the possible relationship between serum alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) levels and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) in autistic children with severe GI disease and to test the hypothesis that there is an association between low serum AAT levels, the presence of ANCA and inflammatory GI disease seen in some autistic children. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Serum from 40 autistic chi...

It has long been believed that the lysosome is an important digestive organelle. There is increasing evidence that the lysosome is also involved in pathogenesis of a variety of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Abnormal protein degradation and deposition induced by lysosomal dysfunction may be...

Dr. Dan Sadowski Co-Chair, CDDW 2012 ROLE OF THE GUT MICROBIOME IN HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE During the 2012 Canadian Digestive Diseases Week (CDDW) the role of the gut microbiome in human health and disease was discussed. The microbial community residing in the intestinal tract is a delicate balance of beneficial and potentially harmful microbial species (Figure 1). There is increasing recognit...

liposarcoma of the digestive tract is very rare only a few cases of liposarcoma of the stomach have been reported so far. in this article a 29-year-old woman is presented with a history of long-standing mid-abdominal pain and various treatments for anemia and peptic ulcer disease which did not improve her symptoms until a barium-enema revealed a filling defect in the cecum. under laparotomy a l...

results the stool samples were examined via direct microscopic examination and acid-fast staining. positivity was determined in 129 (5.7%) cases. in the overall assessment of the patients with respect to general body itching, rectal itching, allergy, immunosuppression plus cancer, shortness of breath, ulcerative colitis, diarrhea, abdominal pain, salivation, constipation, nausea, vomiting, grow...

The digestive organs in decapodiform cephalopod species morphologically vary by individual lifestyle. We examined the following six species of adult decapodiformes cephalopods representing different habitats: Todarodes pacificus, Loligo bleekeri, Loligo edulis, Watasenia scintillans (pelagic), Sepia lycidas and Euprymna morsei (benthic). L. bleekeri and L. edulis possess a bursiform cecal sac c...

Objective: to identify the main digestive manifestations related SARS-CoV-2 in Togo and determine their impact on prognosis of disease. Patients method: This was a cross-sectional study with retrospective prospective collection, descriptive analytical aims, conducted from May 1, 2020 April 30, 2021 at national center for management infectious diseases Lome. both sexes any age, tested positive b...

19 The digestive organs in decapodiform cephalopod species morphologically vary by 20 individual lifestyle. We examined the following six species of adult decapodiformes 21 cephalopods representing different habitats: Todarodes pacificus, Loligo bleekeri, Loligo 22 edulis, Watasenia scintillans (pelagic), Sepia lycidas, and Euprymna morsei (benthic). L. 23 bleekeri and L. edulis possess a bursi...

In an attempt to find a serological marker for the diagnosis of chronic digestive forms of Chagas' disease, we compared amastigote and trypomastigote antigens obtained from immunosuppressed mice infected with Trypanosoma cruzi (Y strain) with conventional epimastigote antigens to search for immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies. A total of 255 serum samples from patients with acute and chronic (ind...

BACKGROUND Chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) is a rare disease; however, symptomatic CMI has a risk of acute exacerbation without timely revascularization. CASE PRESENTATION A 54-year-old man who had had postprandial pain for 6 months was admitted to our hospital because of vomiting and diarrhea. Although the celiac and superior mesenteric arteries were occluded at the proximal portion, contr...