Impact of a glutamine-enriched peptide formula on gastrointestinal toxicity and on the interruption of oncologic treatment in patients with adenocarcinoma of the rectum by Bárbara Gabriela Salas-Salas, Laura Ferrera-Alayón, Laura Ferrera-Alayón, Alicia Calleja-Fernández, Rodolfo Chicas-Sett, Eva Nogués-Ramia, Juan Zafra-Martín, Marta Lloret, Marta Lloret, Marta Lloret

“…One group of patients received nutritional supplementation with PD, and another group received DA exclusively, from the beginning of radiotherapy until the time of surgery. Intestinal toxicity was evaluated with the CTCAE 5.0 scale, functionality with the ECOG scale and nutritional status with GLIM criteria.ResultsFifty-four patients were initially selected, although 51 were finally enrolled: 25 in the PD group and 26 in the DA group. …”
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Post-STRIDE II Era: Epidemiology and Long-Term Clinical Outcomes from a Population-Based Study by Fabio Ingravalle, Marco Valvano, Andrea Barbara, Dorian Bardhi, Giovanni Latella, Angelo Viscido, Mariachiara Campanale, Antonio Vinci, Carlo Viora, Giampiera Bulfone, Rocco Mazzotta, Massimo Maurici

“…The availability of an increasing number of new molecules approved for IBD treatment has increased our ability and aspirations to change the trajectory of the disease. The Selecting Therapeutic Targets in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (STRIDE) II consensus (2018) is the current suggested strategy for IBD management, which recommends a treat-to-target approach. …”
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Prevention of Infectious Complications in Acute Pancreatitis by A. A. Kashintsev, A. A. Zavrajnov, N. Yu. Kokhanenko, V. Yu. Proutski, I. A. Solovyev, A. A. Nadeeva, M. V. Antipova, E. L. Belyaeva, O. V. Zaitsev, M. A. Ilyina, A. V. Koshkina, V. Yu. Podshivalov, M. A. Protchenkov, Yu. V. Radionov, D. B. Rusanov, Yu. A. Pakhmutova, A. M. Spirina, A. Yu. Boyarko, G. G. Nakopia, D. V. Shankin, O. G. Vavilova

“…The method focuses on preventing intestinal failure syndrome by isolating the duodenum and preventing any liquid from entering it while ensuring the selective introduction of glucose-saline solutions and/or enteral nutritional mixtures directly into the initial sections of the jejunum. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Semantic Segmentation for Objective Colonoscopy Quality Assessment by Radu Alexandru Vulpoi, Adrian Ciobanu, Vasile Liviu Drug, Catalina Mihai, Oana Bogdana Barboi, Diana Elena Floria, Alexandru Ionut Coseru, Andrei Olteanu, Vadim Rosca, Mihaela Luca

“…A color-based image processing method was used to extract color features from specific regions of each colonoscopy frame, namely, the intestinal mucosa, residues, artifacts, and lumen. With these features, we automatically annotated all the colonoscopy frames and then selected the best of them to train a semantic segmentation network. …”
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Salmonella prevalence and serovar distribution in reptiles: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Claire Muslin, Paula Salas-Brito, Dayana Coello, Diana Morales-Jadán, Carolina Viteri-Dávila, Marco Coral-Almeida

“…Results We systematically reviewed publications reporting the prevalence of Salmonella spp. intestinal isolation in reptiles, published between 1986 and 2023, across the PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science databases. …”
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Scorpion venom peptides enhance immunity and survival in Litopenaeus vannamei through antibacterial action against Vibrio parahaemolyticus by Ling Zeng, Yulin Sun, Hualin Zhang, Xiangxi Yi, Ran Du, Ziming Chen, Qi Wang

“…The differential efficacy in immune regulation, such as BmKn2-7's broad pathway activation versus BmKn1's selective ROS induction, indicates structure-dependent functional divergence. …”
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Comparative Effect of Breast Milk and Infant Formulae on Neonatal Gut Microbiome within Katsina Metropolis by Usman, A., Abdulkadir, B., Lawal, B., Isah, M. B.

“…One significant factor in this regard is the type of feeding, which has a substantial impact on the development of intestinal microbiota in early infancy. This study aimed to compare the effects of breast milk and infant formulae on the gut microbiota of newborns in Katsina metropolis. …”
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Efficacy and matrix value of xylanase in broiler fed an energy-deficient corn-wheat-soybean diet by Jun Seon Hong, Myunghwan Yu, Shan Randima Nawarathne, Elijah Ogola Oketch, Hyeonho Yun, Dinesh Darshaka Jayasena, Jung Min Heo

“…One bird per pen was selected and euthanized to harvest the intestinal digesta, breast meat, and leg meat samples on days 24 and 35. …”
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Recombinant Hydrophobic Polypeptide MBAY Loaded Into SPION-Exosome Realizes Sustained-Release to Improve Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Zong X, Xiao S, Xia H, Guo D, Wu J, Zhuang M, Rao L

“…Meanwhile, MBAY still maintained high affinity and selectivity for VPAC II and MBAY-exosome-SPIONs/MF could effectively promote insulin secretion in response to elevated GLC as BAY-exosome-SPIONs/MF. …”
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Isolation and identification of the broad-spectrum high-efficiency phage vB_SalP_LDW16 and its therapeutic application in chickens by Shengliang Cao, Wenwen Yang, Xihui Zhu, Cheng Liu, Jianbiao Lu, Zhenshu Si, Lanying Pei, Leilei Zhang, Wensi Hu, Yanlan Li, Zhiwei Wang, Zheyu Pang, Xijuan Xue, Yubao Li

“…A phage, vB_SalP_LDW16, was selected based on the phage host range test. The phage vB_SalP_LDW16 was characterized by the double-layer plate method and transmission electron microscopy. …”
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Effects of Different Levels of Green Tea Powder on Performance, Antioxidant Activity, Egg Mass, Quality, and Cecal Microflora of Chickens by Wei Luo, Qisong Tan, Hui Li, Tao Ye, Tao Xiao, Xingzhou Tian, Weiwei Wang

“…A total of 360 Chishui black-bone chickens were selected as the experimental animals. They were randomly allocated into four groups: the control group (CON), trial group I (T1), trial group II (T2), and trial group III (T3), each group with six replicates and 15 hens in each replicate. …”
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Prophylactic use of Saccharomyces boulardii probiotics in preventing antibiotic-associated diarrhea: a single center hospital-based case-control study in Serbia by Nikola Panic, Maja Tufegdzic, Stefania Boccia, Marija Stokic, Milutin Bulajic

“…For every case, one age and gender matched control was randomly selected among patients hospitalized at the same time at the same department who were administered with antibiotics and did not develop AAD. …”
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Cold- and hot-classified botanical drugs differentially modulate gut microbiota: linking TCM emic classification to microbial ecology by Huan Yang, Chenyi Shao, Zhihao Liu, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yinhui Liu, Jing Xiao, Li Tang

“…However, cold-classified drugs, traditionally associated with anti-inflammatory effects, selectively enriched anti-inflammatory taxa, including Akkermansia and Bifidobacterium. …”
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Advanced Combination Therapy with Biologics and Upadacitinib in Refractory Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Retrospective Study from Taiwan by Meng MJ, Kuo CJ, Lai MW, Chiu CT, Su MY, Chang ML, Le PH

“…Advanced combination therapy (ACT) with biologics and Upadacitinib (UPA), a rapid-onset oral selective Janus kinase inhibitor, has shown promise in managing refractory IBD. …”
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Naringenin attenuates slow-transit constipation by regulating the AMPK/mTOR/ULK1 signalling pathway: in vivo and in vitro studies by Yahui Wang, Xiaopeng Wang, Yifei Qian, Mingming Sun, Huiju Yang, Lianlin Su, Shuai Yan

“…The small interfering RNA (siRNA) technique was used to knockdown selective autophagy receptors (NDP52, OPTN, NBR1, and p62) in ICCs. …”
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An abundant ginger compound furanodienone alleviates gut inflammation via the xenobiotic nuclear receptor PXR in mice by Xiaojuan Wang, Guohui Zhang, Zhiwei Bian, Vimanda Chow, Marina Grimaldi, Coralie Carivenc, Savannah Sirounian, Hao Li, Lucia Sladekova, Stefano Motta, Yulia Luperi, Yufeng Gong, Cait Costello, Linhao Li, Matthew Jachimowicz, Miao Guo, Shian Hu, Derek Wilson, Patrick Balaguer, William Bourguet, Sridhar Mani, Laura Bonati, Hui Peng, John March, Hongbing Wang, Shengpeng Wang, Henry M. Krause, Jiabao Liu

“…Although many dietary and herbal remedies have been found to be effective for treating intestinal inflammation, the identification of their active components has lagged behind. …”
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A Comprehensive Characterization of the Differences in Meat Quality, Nonvolatile and Volatile Flavor Substances Between Taoyuan Black and Duroc Pigs by Hanjing Shi, Sisi Chen, Wenyue Zhou, Junfei Xu, Zekun Yang, Liu Guo, Qilong Li, Qiuping Guo, Yehui Duan, Jianzhong Li, Fengna Li

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Subtle genomic differences in Klebsiella pneumoniae sensu stricto isolates indicate host adaptation by Bridget O'Brien, Alla Yushchenko, Jinha Suh, Dongyun Jung, Zhangbin Cai, Ngoc Sang Nguyen, Makeda Semret, Simon Dufour, Séamus Fanning, Jennifer Ronholm

“…Klebsiella pneumoniae sensu stricto (KpI) is an opportunistic pathogen capable of residing as a commensal in both human and bovine intestinal tracts and can cause serious systemic infections in humans and severe clinical mastitis in dairy cattle. …”
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Sigesbeckia pubescens makino alleviates ulcerative colitis in mice by modulating the Nrf2/Keap1 pathway by Qiu-Shuo Ma, Qi-Ling Chen, Guo-Ping Wu, Ya-Wen Yao, Yu-Xin Fan, Ke-Gang Linghu, Jun-Ming Chen, Wei Xiong, Hua Yu, Hua Yu

“…This discovery not only establishes a scientific foundation for the selective preference of SH species but also offers a novel technique for the creation of natural pharmaceuticals aimed at the Nrf2 pathway for the treatment of UC.…”
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Safety Evaluation of Neo Transgenic Pigs by Studying Changes in Gut Microbiota Using High-Throughput Sequencing Technology. by Qingqing Wang, Lili Qian, Shengwang Jiang, Chunbo Cai, Dezun Ma, Pengfei Gao, Hegang Li, Ke Jiang, Maoxue Tang, Jian Hou, Jie Liu, Wentao Cui

“…The neo (neomycin phosphotransferase) gene is widely used as a selection marker in the production of genetically engineered animals and plants. …”
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