Chagas disease is an infectious disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. The
disease mainly affects the nervous system, digestive system and heart. The objective of this …

Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) are important players in the symphony of gut motility. They
have a very significant physiological role orchestrating the normal peristaltic activity of the …

Background Excessive autophagy and apoptosis of the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) have
been identified in gastrointestinal (GI) motility disorders including slow transit constipation …

AIM To investigate the underlying effect of Jianpi Qingchang decoction (JQD) regulating
intestinal motility of dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis in mice. METHODS …

Malignant transformation in a gastric duplication cyst (GDC) is extremely rare, with only eight
reported cases to date. An additional case of an adenocarcinoma arising from a GDC in a 25 …

Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) is a type of intestinal dysfunction presenting as
symptoms of intestinal obstruction but without actual mechanical obstruction. An extremely …

The etiology of achalasia is believed to be the neuropathy associated with chronic
inflammation of the nerve plexus, but the cause of plexus inflammation is unknown. The …

Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIP) is defined by either continuous or intermittent
symptoms of bowel obstruction in the absence of fixed lumen excluding lesion. CIP includes …

The interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) represent a particular network formed by some peculiar
cells that were first described by the great neuroanatomist, S. Ramon y Cajal. Nowadays, the …

BACKGROUND: The submucosal tunneling technique enables us to endoscopically access
deeper tissue layers. Use of probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) provides …