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Obesity is one of the relevant public health concerns and it is evident that body weight control is achieved through highly integrated physiological interactions like nutrient selection. Presenting an account of the roles of specific peptides in energy balance, this title provid…
Annotation
Objective: Inflammation is a suggested mediator in pancreatic carcinogenesis. Severe acne may be a proxy of inflammation; however, the association between severe acne with pancreatic cancer is unstudied. Here, we explored the association between self-reported severe acne and pan…
The work presented in this thesis is a study of human pancreas development. The principle goal of this work is to provide information that can be used in the development of treatments for Type 1 Diabetes and in pancreas regeneration methodologies. The transcription factor (TF) s…
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a disease with very poor prognosis amongst all pancreatico-biliary cancers. PDAC is characterised by a pronounced desmoplastic stroma which upon depletion has been associated with immune cell mediated tumour clearance. In situ analyses …
Gastroenterologie
It is well established that diabetes is of critical importance in the world as the number of people affected increases globally. Although a great deal is known about the pancreas and its function, there are still unanswered basic questions about normal pancreatic physiology/func…
This collaboration of two physiologists and a gastroenterologist provides medical and graduate students, medical and surgical residents, and subspecialty fellows a comprehensive summary of digestive system physiology and addresses the pathophysiological processes that underlie s…