styrene/diarrhea

BACKGROUND Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) comprises a group of disorders that manifest through chronic inflammation of the colon and small intestine. Although the exact cause of IBD is still unclear, dysfunctional immunoregulation involving overproduction of inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α,

OBJECTIVE We studied subjective health symptoms in a population accidentally exposed to high styrene concentrations in drinking tap water. The contamination occurred during the reparation of a water tank. METHODS Residents of 27 apartments in two buildings using the contaminated water were

Tolevamer, (GT160-246), is a sodium salt of styrene sulfonate polymer that is under development for the treatment of diarrhea caused by infection with Clostridium difficile. Pulsed ultrafiltration binding experiments in phosphate buffer containing 0.15 M Na(+) provide per polymer chain dissociation

Carbon monoxide (CO), the physiological product of heme oxygenase during catabolic breakdown of heme, has versatile functions and fulfills major anti-oxidative and anti-apoptotic roles in cell systems. Administration of CO is thus thought to be a reasonable therapeutic approach in diseases-such as