Orexigenic hormone ghrelin attenuates local and remote organ injury after intestinal ischemia-reperfusion.

Orexigenic hormone ghrelin attenuates local and remote organ injury after intestinal ischemia-reperfusion.

Gut ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a serious condition in intensive care patients. Activation of immune cells adjacent to the huge endothelial cell surface area of the intestinal microvasculature produces initially local and then systemic inflammatory responses. Stimulation of the vagus nerve...

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Main Authors: Rongqian Wu, Weifeng Dong, Youxin Ji, Mian Zhou, Corrado P Marini, Thanjavur S Ravikumar, Ping Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2295264?pdf=render

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