Physiology of the gastrointestinal tract /

"The gastrointestinal system is responsible for the breakdown and absorption of various foods and liquids needed to sustain life. Other diseases and disorders treated by clinicians in this area include: food allergies, constipation, chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, gallstones, gastritis, GE...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Johnson, Leonard R., 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier/AP, 2012.
Edition:Fifth edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • v. 1. Transcription and epigenetic regulation
  • Post-translational processing of gastrointestinal peptides
  • Genetic tools in gastrointestinal diseases
  • Signaling pathways induced by G-protein-coupled receptors
  • Transgenic animal models of gastrointestinal function
  • Gastrointestinal function
  • Gastrointestinal peptides: gastrin, cholecystokinin, somatostatin, and ghrelin
  • Postpyloric gastrointestinal peptides
  • Growth factors in the gastrointestinal tract
  • Developmental signaling networks: WNT/[beta]-catenin signaling in the gastrointestinal tract
  • Hedgehog signaling in gastrointestinal morphogenesis and morphostasis
  • Notch pathway regulation of intestinal cell fate
  • Stem cells in the gastrointestinal tract
  • Programmed cell death in the gastrointestinal tract
  • Molecular physiology of gastrointestinal function during development
  • The cell cycle
  • Development of the enteric nervous system
  • Cellular physiology of gastrointestinal smooth muscle
  • Organization and electrophysiology of interstitial cells of cajal and smooth muscle cells in the gastrointestinal tract
  • Enteric nervous system structure and neurochemistry related to function and neuropathology
  • Physiology of prevertebral sympathetic ganglia
  • Cellular neurophysiology of enteric neurons
  • Integrative functions of the enteric nervous system
  • Processing of gastrointestinal sensory signals in the brain
  • Innervation of the gastrointestinal tract by spinal and vagal afferent nerves
  • Neuroimaging of brain-gut interactions in functional gastrointestinal disorders
  • The neurobiology of gustation: taste buds and transduction processes
  • Enteric neural regulation of mucosal secretion
  • Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in gastrointestinal physiology
  • Neural regulation of gastrointestinal blood flow
  • Neuromuscular function in the biliary tract
  • Brainstem control of the gastric function
  • Physiology of aerodigestive reflexes in neonates and adults
  • Motor function of the pharynx, the esophagus, and its sphincters
  • Neurophysiologic mechanisms of gastric reservoir function
  • Physiology of the antral pump and gastric emptying
  • Neurophysiologic mechanisms of human large intestinal motility
  • Neuromuscular physiology of the pelvic floor
  • Tight junctions and theintestinal barrier
  • Biology of gut immunoglobulins
  • Gastrointestinal microbial ecology with perspectives on health and disease
  • Mucsoal bacterial recognition and signaling systems in the intestine
  • Mucosal restitution and repair
  • Gastroduodenal mucosal defense
  • v. 2. Paneth cells
  • Salivary gland secretion
  • The cell biology of gastric acid secretion
  • Regulation of gastric acid secretion
  • Gastroduodenal bicarbonate secretion
  • Structure-function relationships in the pancreatic acinar cell
  • Stimulus-secretion coupling in pancreatic acinar cells
  • Cell physiology of pancreatic ducts
  • Regulation of pancreatic secretion
  • Bile formation and the enterohepatic circulation
  • Mechanisms of hepatocyte organic anion transport
  • Mechanisms of hepatocyte detoxification
  • Physiology of cholangiocytes
  • Molecular mechanisms of protein sorting in polarized epithelial cells
  • Sugar absorption
  • Protein digestion andabsorption
  • Enterocyte fatty acid handling proteins and chylomicron formation
  • Genetic regulation of intestinal lipid transport and metabolism
  • Digestion and intestinal absorption of dietary carotenoids and vitamin A
  • 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3: synthesis, actions, and genome-scale mechanisms in the intestine and colon
  • Mechanisms and regulation of intestinal absorption of water-soluble vitamins: cellular and molecular aspects
  • Water transport in the gastrointestinal tract
  • Na+/H+ exchange in mammalian digestive tract
  • Intestinal antion absorption
  • cAMP sensor epac and gastrointestinal function
  • Ion channels of the epithelia of the gastrointestinal tract
  • Molecular mechanisms of intestinal transport of calcium, phosphate, and magnesium
  • Molecular mechanisms of intestinal iron transport
  • Trace element absorption and transport
  • The gastrointestinal tract and control of food intake
  • Effects of stress on intestinal mucosal functions
  • Enteric neurobiology of stress
  • Mechanisms of helicobacter pylori-induced gastric inflammation
  • Physiology of host-pathogen interactions
  • Mechanisms and consequences of intestinal inflammation
  • Recruitment of inflammatory and immune cells in the gut: physiology and pathophysiology
  • Mechanisms of GI malignancies
  • Pathophysiology underlying the irritable bowel syndrome
  • Pathophysiology of diarrhea and its clinical implications