Publications related to Bowel obstruction

FOXC2 controls adult lymphatic endothelial specialization, function, and gut lymphatic barrier preventing multiorgan failure

Mauro Delorenzi, Alexis Rapin, Dominique Velin, Esther Bovay, François Renevey

The mechanisms maintaining adult lymphatic vascular specialization throughout life and their role in coordinating inter-organ communication to sustain homeostasis remain elusive. We report that inactivation of the mechanosensitive transcription factor Foxc ...

AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE2021

Tissue-Engineering the Intestine: The Trials before the Trials

Matthias Lütolf

Building complex tissues requires the development of innovative interdisciplinary engineering solutions. In this Forum, the INTENS Consortium discuss experimental considerations and challenges for generating a tissue-engineered intestine for the treatment ...

CELL PRESS2019

Intimate gut interactions: helminths and the microbiota

Nicola Harris

Changing exposure to intestinal helminths, or alterations in our intestinal microbiome, have been independently proposed to underlie the increasing incidence of chronic inflammatory diseases including allergy, autoimmunity and inflammatory bowel disease (I ...

Inst Biochemistry & Cell Biology2016

Loss of Sirt1 function improves intestinal anti-bacterial defense and protects from colitis-induced colorectal cancer

Johan Auwerx, Kristina Schoonjans, Laurent Mouchiroud, Dongryeol Ryu, Elena Katsyuba, Alessandra Piersigilli, Giuseppe Lo Sasso

Dysfunction of Paneth and goblet cells in the intestine contributes to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colitis-associated colorectal cancer (CAC). Here, we report a role for the NAD+-dependent histone deacetylase SIRT1 in the control of anti-bacterial ...

Public Library of Science2014

Inhibition of Sepiapterin Reductase through Formation of a Ternary Complex with Sulfasalazine or other Sulfa Drugs and NADP+

Miriam Grønlund Pedersen

The mechanism of action of sulfasalazine, an anti-inflammatory drug used against inflammatory bowel diseases and rheumatoid arthritis is, despite its medical importance, still not well understood. Recently, it was shown that sulfasalazine and its metabolit ...

EPFL2014

SIRT2 Deficiency Modulates Macrophage Polarization and Susceptibility to Experimental Colitis

Johan Auwerx, Kristina Schoonjans, Alessia Perino, Adrienne Joëlle Laurence Mottis, Alessandra Piersigilli, Keir Joe Menzies, Hiroyasu Yamamoto, Giuseppe Lo Sasso

Background: SIRT2 belongs to a highly conserved family of NAD(+)-dependent deacylases, consisting of seven members (SIRT1-SIRT7), which vary in subcellular localizations and have substrates ranging from histones to transcription factors and enzymes. Recent ...

Public Library of Science2014

Systems Biology Approaches for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Emphasis on Gut Microbial Metabolism

Martin Kussmann, Sofia Moco

Although the prevalence of main idiopathic forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has risen considerably over the last decades, their clinical features do not allow accurate prediction of prognosis, likelihood of disease progression, or response to spec ...

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins2014

Mucosal immune responses following intestinal nematode infection

Nicola Harris

In most natural environments, the large majority of mammals harbour parasitic helminths that often live as adults within the intestine for prolonged periods (1-2years) . Although these organisms have been eradicated to a large extent within westernized hum ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

HVEM Signalling Promotes Colitis

Nicola Harris, Stefanie Hiltbrunner

Tumor necrosis factor super family (TNFSF) members regulate important processes involved in cell proliferation, survival and differentiation and are therefore crucial for the balance between homeostasis and inflammatory responses. Several members of the TN ...

Public Library of Science2011

Compositions and use of sulfasalazine

Kai Johnsson, Christopher Chidley

The invention relates to compositions comprising sulfasalazine or sulfapyridine and products of a biosynthetic pathway that requires tetrahydrobiopterin. Such compositions are useful for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases or rheumatoid arthritis, ...

2011

Emerging actions of the nuclear receptor LRH-1 in the gut

Johan Auwerx, Kristina Schoonjans, Pablo Jose Fernandez Marcos

Liver receptor homolog-1 (NR5A2) is a nuclear receptor originally identified in the liver and mostly known for its regulatory role in cholesterol and bile acid homeostasis. More recently, liver receptor homolog-1 has emerged as a key regulator of intestina ...

2011

Electrical and mechanical activity of the intestine : experimental assessment and biophysical modeling

Mattia Bertschi

The intestine is today still an organ whose mechanisms of functions are not fully understood. The diffculty in its understanding comes from the fact that it is regulated by a complex network of signals of different natures. Granting that a multitude of exp ...

EPFL2005