protein-losing enteropathies/phosphatase

OBJECTIVE To compare expression, activity, and fecal concentration of intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP) between healthy dogs and dogs with chronic enteropathy (CE). ANIMALS 9 healthy university-owned Beagles and 109 healthy client-owned dogs (controls) and 28 dogs with CE (cases). PROCEDURES

Eight children with primary and secondary enteropathy were examined, in whom predominantly advanced partial atrophy and subtotal atrophy of the villous apparatus were established. Enzymic histochemical study of the activity of alkaline phosphatase showed correlation with the degree of villous

Osteoporosis and magnesium (Mg) deficiency often occur in malabsorption syndromes such as gluten-sensitive enteropathy (GSE). Mg deficiency is known to impair parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion and action in humans and will result in osteopenia and increased skeletal fragility in animal models. We

Listeria monocytogenes 4b and its forms without cell walls (L forms of a protoplastic type) were used to study in vivo interactions with host cells. Samples of peritoneal lavage fluid were obtained from rats intraperitoneally inoculated at intervals between 1 and 15 days after challenge, for

In comparison to normal controls (n = 71) the activity of intestinal alkaline phosphatase in feces is reduced in chronic bowel disease using an immunoprecipitation method: patients with Crohns disease (n = 40) or inactive ulcerative colitis (n = 29) demonstrate small changes of fecal intestinal

The intestinal alkaline phosphatase (I-AP) in feces was investigated in 16 patients with adult coeliac disease and 2 patients with gluten-sensitive enteropathy in dermatitis herpetiformis using an immunoprecipitation method. The mean concentration of I-AP activity in feces was reduced by 76% in

OBJECTIVE In children with coeliac disease, the ingestion of gluten causes small intestinal inflammation and a clinical picture of malabsorption, weight reduction and short stature. Decreased alkaline phosphatase (ALP) during gluten challenge was found in a previous study. ALP is a marker of bone

This study has investigated the potential role of wheat in the pathogenesis of a naturally occurring enteropathy in Irish setter dogs. At eight months on a cereal-containing diet, jejunal biopsies from affected animals exhibited partial villus atrophy, increased intraepithelial lymphocytes, and

The flat mucosal lesion of the small intestine is not pathognomonic of gluten-sensitive enteropathy (GSE). Frequently, the definitive diagnosis of this condition can only be established after three intestinal biopsies are performed: an initial one to show a flat mucosal lesion, one after a

Although survivors of Fontan palliation for a single ventricle are known to have lower cardiac index than patients with two-ventricle surgical reconstructions, it is unclear whether two frequently observed sequelae, short stature and protein-losing enteropathy (PLE), have hemodynamic origins. A

The sesquiterpene lactone fraction of Saussurea lappa roots was evaluated for its effect on the transudative, exudative and proliferative phases of inflammation using the cotton pellet granuloma assay in rats. The fraction (25-100 mg/kg, p.o.) showed significant dose-dependent inhibition of the

BACKGROUND Data about the etiology of chronic enteropathy in AIDS patients are scarce and are very dependent upon the geographical area. The aim of this study was to detect microorganisms potentially associated with chronic enteropathy in AIDS patients with diarrhoea for more than one month, and