The role of mast cells in functional GI disorders

MM Wouters, M Vicario, J Santos - Gut, 2016 - gut.bmj.com
Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are characterized by chronic complaints
arising from disorganized brain-gut interactions leading to dysmotility and hypersensitivity …

Irritable bowel syndrome: methods, mechanisms, and pathophysiology. Neural and neuro-immune mechanisms of visceral hypersensitivity in irritable bowel syndrome

B Feng, JH La, ES Schwartz… - American Journal of …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is characterized as functional because a pathobiological
cause is not readily apparent. Considerable evidence, however, documents that sensitizing …

Effect of probiotic species on irritable bowel syndrome symptoms: A bring up to date meta-analysis

M Ortiz-Lucas, A Tobias, JJ Sebastián, P Saz - 2013 - zaguan.unizar.es
Background and objectives: immune system alteration in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
patients may be modulated by probiotics. We assessed the efficacy of some probiotic …

Associations among gut permeability, inflammatory markers, and symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

RJ Shulman, ME Jarrett, KC Cain, EK Broussard… - Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Background Alterations in gastrointestinal (GI) permeability and immune measures are
present in some patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) but the relationship to …

[HTML][HTML] Food allergy in irritable bowel syndrome: The case of non-celiac wheat sensitivity

P Mansueto, A D'Alcamo, A Seidita… - World Journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders, having
a prevalence of 12%-30% in the general population. Most patients with IBS attribute their …

Mast cells: an expanding pathophysiological role from allergy to other disorders

P Anand, B Singh, AS Jaggi, N Singh - Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives …, 2012 - Springer
The mast cells are multi-effector cells with wide distribution in the different body parts and
traditionally their role has been well-defined in the development of IgE-mediated …

[HTML][HTML] Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology: clinical implications

SN González-Díaz, A Arias-Cruz… - World Allergy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology, which was first described in 1936, is the study of the
interactions between the psyche, neural and endocrine functions and immune responses …

Visceral hypersensitivity in endometriosis: a new target for treatment?

B Issa, TS Onon, A Agrawal, C Shekhar, J Morris… - Gut, 2012 - gut.bmj.com
Objective In women presenting to gynaecological clinics with lower abdominal pain, the
cause is frequently attributed to endometriosis irrespective of whether it is found to be …

[PDF][PDF] Irritable bowel syndrome immune hypothesis. Part two: the role of cytokines

M Ortiz Lucas, P Saz Peiró… - Revista Espanola de …, 2010 - researchgate.net
Objective: To review the available evidence on the role of interleukins in the
etiopathogenesis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Methods: Bibliographic retrieval on PubMed …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive behavioral approach to understanding irritable bowel syndrome

G Hauser, S Pletikosic, M Tkalcic - World Journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is considered a biopsychosocial disorder, whose onset and
precipitation are a consequence of interaction among multiple factors which include motility …