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12743781

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
Following gastrectomy, stasis in the afferent jejunal loop accompanied by an overgrowth of bacteria leads to a number of clinical symptoms, including the so-called afferent loop syndrome. The disturbances in intestinal motility may be related to stagnation of the intestinal contents in the afferent loop. The pacemaker cells for the basic contractile activity of the intestine are thought to be the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs). We and others have reported that ICCs express the c- kit receptor, and that a decreased number of c- kit-expressing ICCs is generally thought to result in disturbed intestinal motility. We report here a patient with postgastrectomy afferent loop syndrome with a decreased number of c- kit-expressing cells in the external muscle layer of the dilated intestine, suggesting damage to the ICCs.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0944-1174
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
390-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
A decreased number of c- kit-expressing cells in a patient with afferent loop syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine and Molecular Science, Graduate School of Medicine, B5, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports