The effect of Phaseolus vulgaris isolectin E4 on polyamine concentrations and ornithine decarboxylase activity of proliferating and differentiating Caco-2 cells was investigated. Values of putrescine, ...

When carnivores that roam our Earth feast gleefully on the flesh of their prey, the hard, unpalatable bones are usually left ...

Background: Circulating levels of endotoxin (or lipopolysaccharide (LPS)) and anti-endotoxin antibodies are increased in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, supporting the hypothesis of a role ...

Figure 3. Mode of action of representative enterotoxins active on enterocyte membrane. Escherichia coli thermostable toxin (STa), a hormone-like enterotoxin, recognizes the extracellular domain of ...

Cancer can be reversed. Yes, you heard it right. In a remarkable breakthrough, a team of scientists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology ...

Intestinal homeostasis is ensured by stem cell self-renewal and differentiation while alterations of these processes can lead to cancer. In this study, using Drosophilagenetics the authors ...

What are the effects of the interactions between bacterial toxins and the gastrointestinal mucosa?

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The tumor suppressor p53 is a transcription factor that controls the expression of hundreds of genes. Emerging evidence suggests that the p53-induced RNA-binding protein ZMAT3 is a key splicing ...