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ReviewCurrent gastroenterology reports2015

Protective Factors of the Gastric and Duodenal Mucosa: An Overview.

Harathi Yandrapu, Jerzy Sarosiek

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Review in Current gastroenterology reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Management of Peptic Ulcer Disease in Patients Taking Antithrombotic Agents.The Korean journal of helicobacter and upper gastrointestinal research · 2026
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  6. Gastroprotective Effect of Hexanic Extract ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  9. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
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  14. World journal of gastroenterology · 2023
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  15. A novel nano-formulation of olmesartan medoxomil with improved delivery and efficacy in the treatment of indomethacin-induced duodenitis in rats.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Harathi YandrapuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Molecular Medicine Research Laboratory, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 4800 Alberta Avenue, El Paso, TX, 79905, USA, harathi.yandrapu@ttuhsc.edu.
Jerzy Sarosiek
Texas Tech University · USTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The structural and functional integrity of the gastric and duodenal mucosa represents equilibrium between aggressive factors and protective mechanisms. Mucus-buffers-phospholipid layer as pre-epithelial barrier, enhanced by prostaglandins and epidermal growth factor, remains a vanguard of mucosal protection. It maintains a neutral pH at the surface epithelial luminal interface, facing luminal pH dropping to 1.0, i.e., hydrogen ion concentration gradient equal 1,000,000. The surface epithelial cells, elaborating mucins, buffers, phospholipids, prostaglandins, trefoil peptides, peptide growth factor and their receptors, heat shock proteins, cathelicidins, and β-defensins form the second line of defense. Endothelium exerts mucosal protection through production of potent vasodilators like nitric oxide and prostacyclins and through release of angiogenic growth factors, securing adequate blood flow and representing the third and an ultimate line of mucosal protection. This microcirculation is instrumental for supply of oxygen, nitric oxide, hydrogen sulfide and removal of ad hoc generated toxic substances as well as for continuous mucosal cell renewal from progenitor cells, secured by growth factors accompanied by survivin preventing early apoptosis.

Indexed as

DuodenumGastric MucosaGastrointestinal DiseasesHumansIntestinal MucosaMucusStomach

Identifiers

PMID26109006
OpenAlexW796480595

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