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ArticleCanadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche veterinaire2017

Inflammatory bowel disease affects density of nitrergic nerve fibers in the mucosal layer of the canine gastrointestinal tract.

Andrzej Rychlik, Slawomir Gonkowski, Marcin Nowicki, Jaroslaw Calka

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Article in Canadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche veterinaire, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrzej RychlikDepartment of Clinical Diagnostics (Rychlik, Nowicki) and Department of Clinical Physiology (Gonkowski, Calka), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, 10-957 Olsztyn, Poland.
Slawomir GonkowskiDepartment of Clinical Diagnostics (Rychlik, Nowicki) and Department of Clinical Physiology (Gonkowski, Calka), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, 10-957 Olsztyn, Poland.
Marcin NowickiDepartment of Clinical Diagnostics (Rychlik, Nowicki) and Department of Clinical Physiology (Gonkowski, Calka), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, 10-957 Olsztyn, Poland.
Jaroslaw CalkaDepartment of Clinical Diagnostics (Rychlik, Nowicki) and Department of Clinical Physiology (Gonkowski, Calka), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, 10-957 Olsztyn, Poland.
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) on the density of nitrergic nerve fibers in the mucosal layer of different sections of the gastrointestinal tract of dogs. Twenty-eight German shepherd hybrid dogs of both sexes, weighing from 15 to 25 kg and aged 6 to 10 y, were studied. The dogs were divided into 4 groups with 7 animals in each group: healthy animals, as well as dogs suffering from mild, moderate, and severe IBD. Immunoreactivity to neuronal isoform of nitric oxide synthase, which is a marker of nitrergic neurons, in samples of the mucosal layer in the duodenum, jejunum, and descending colon was studied using the single immunofluorescence method and the number of nerve fibers was evaluated in each observation field. The obtained results showed that IBD causes an increase in the number of nitrergic nerve fibers in all intestinal segments studied and these changes are directly proportional to the intensity of the disease process. These observations may be useful in diagnostic evaluation of the stage of canine inflammatory bowel disease in veterinary practice. The pathological mechanisms of these observed changes and the specific reasons for them are still not completely explained, however, and further study is required.

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AnimalsDog DiseasesDogsFemaleInflammatory Bowel DiseasesIntestinal MucosaMaleNitrergic Neurons

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PMID28408781
PMCPMC5370539
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