Colonic Mucosal Immune Activity in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Comparison with Healthy Controls and Patients with Ulcerative Colitis

[1] Longstreth GF(2006)Functional bowel disorders Gastroenterology 130 1480-1491

[2] Thompson WG(2009)Mucosal immune activation in irritable bowel syndrome: gender-dependence and association with digestive symptoms Am J Gastroenterol 104 392-400

[3] Chey WD(2004)Activated mast cells in proximity to colonic nerves correlate with abdominal pain in irritable bowel syndrome Gastroenterology 126 693-702

[4] Houghton LA(2004)Bacillary dysentery as a causative factor of irritable bowel syndrome and its pathogenesis Gut 53 1096-1101

[5] Mearin F(2003)Distinctive clinical, psychological, and histological features of postinfective irritable bowel syndrome Am J Gastroenterol 98 1578-1583

[6] Spiller RC(2000)Increased rectal mucosal enteroendocrine cells, T lymphocytes, and increased gut permeability following acute Campylobacter enteritis and in post-dysenteric irritable bowel syndrome Gut 47 804-811

[7] Cremon C(2008)The alteration of enterochromaffin cell, mast cell, and lamina propria T lymphocyte numbers in irritable bowel syndrome and its relationship with psychological factors J Gastroenterol Hepatol 23 1689-1694

[8] Gargano L(2005)Enterochromaffin cell hyperplasia and decreased serotonin transporter in a mouse model of postinfectious bowel dysfunction Neurogastroenterol Motil 17 863-870

[9] Morselli-Labate AM(2006)Mucosal mast cell counts correlate with visceral hypersensitivity in patients with diarrhea predominant irritable bowel syndrome J Gastroenterol Hepatol 21 71-78

[10] Barbara G(2007)Mast cell-dependent excitation of visceral-nociceptive sensory neurons in irritable bowel syndrome Gastroenterology 132 26-37

[1] Longstreth GF(2006)Functional bowel disorders Gastroenterology 130 1480-1491

[2] Thompson WG(2009)Mucosal immune activation in irritable bowel syndrome: gender-dependence and association with digestive symptoms Am J Gastroenterol 104 392-400

[3] Chey WD(2004)Activated mast cells in proximity to colonic nerves correlate with abdominal pain in irritable bowel syndrome Gastroenterology 126 693-702

[4] Houghton LA(2004)Bacillary dysentery as a causative factor of irritable bowel syndrome and its pathogenesis Gut 53 1096-1101

[5] Mearin F(2003)Distinctive clinical, psychological, and histological features of postinfective irritable bowel syndrome Am J Gastroenterol 98 1578-1583

[6] Spiller RC(2000)Increased rectal mucosal enteroendocrine cells, T lymphocytes, and increased gut permeability following acute Campylobacter enteritis and in post-dysenteric irritable bowel syndrome Gut 47 804-811

[7] Cremon C(2008)The alteration of enterochromaffin cell, mast cell, and lamina propria T lymphocyte numbers in irritable bowel syndrome and its relationship with psychological factors J Gastroenterol Hepatol 23 1689-1694

[8] Gargano L(2005)Enterochromaffin cell hyperplasia and decreased serotonin transporter in a mouse model of postinfectious bowel dysfunction Neurogastroenterol Motil 17 863-870

[9] Morselli-Labate AM(2006)Mucosal mast cell counts correlate with visceral hypersensitivity in patients with diarrhea predominant irritable bowel syndrome J Gastroenterol Hepatol 21 71-78

[10] Barbara G(2007)Mast cell-dependent excitation of visceral-nociceptive sensory neurons in irritable bowel syndrome Gastroenterology 132 26-37