All vertebrates produce gastric acid. Its main function is inactivation of ingested microorganisms.
The majority of microbiological pathogens ingested never reaches the intestine …

… The increased risk of infections is reviewed in a separate publication in this Special issue
of IJMS (Martinsen TC et al., pending submission). Many of the side-effects reviewed are …

Objective. The etiology of the inflammatory bowel diseases is unknown, although genetic
factors play a role, and tobacco smoking has opposite effect on the two entities. Inflammation is …

This study investigates the merit order effect (MOE) of the recent years' implementation of
solar power in Germany. Market clearing electricity prices and production levels are compared …

… Sets of genes encoding antimicrobial proteins (AMP) and proteins involved in T helper (Th) …
the same methods, and results were compared on a global and focused level as t-scores. …

We present a case of a gastric neuroendocrine carcinoma in a patient with a history of long-term
proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use. A 49-year-old man using PPI for the last 15 years due …

Gastric juice is a unique combination of hydrochloric acid (HCl), lipase, and pepsin. Acidic
gastric juice is found in all vertebrates, and its main function is to inactivate microorganisms. …

Grapes are rich in phenolics, flavonoids and resveratrol, which have been suggested to be
responsible for their health benefits. The concentrations of phenolic, flavonoid, anthocyanins …

In this paper, we investigate the properties of generalized bent functions defined on $${\mathbb{Z}_2^n}$$
with values in $${\mathbb{Z}_q}$$ , where q ≥ 2 is any positive integer. We …

Background Microbiota is most likely essential in the pathogenesis of Crohn’s disease (CD).
Fecal diversion after ileocecal resection (ICR) protects against CD recurrence, whereas …