Direct metabolic signaling within the intestine activates gut-brain and gut-brain-liver axes to regulate energy and glucose homeostasis, respectively. In parallel, direct metabolism of nutrients ...

Liver disease can be fatal and is often referred to as a silent killer because it can have no symptoms until it is too late.

Criteria for timely transplantation include the diagnosis of intestinal failure with deteriorating liver function secondary to TPN cholestasis, limited central line access, and multiple episodes ...

Your liver no longer produces or delivers bile effectively to your small intestine. Instead ... it can impact your blood circulation, hormone levels, and nutritional balance.

The international experience of small bowel transplantation since 1985 has been compiled and analyzed through the International Intestinal Transplant Registry. [10] As of May 2001, the Registry ...

It is the fraction of a compound that reaches systemic circulation and is important for efficacy and safety considerations. Bioavailability estimations to date have relied heavily on animal models, ...

For example, the Fontan circulation may affect a patient's lungs, liver, intestines, bones, blood and other organ systems. Our specialists have expertise in evaluating and treating problems like ...