Sentence examples for absorptive function from inspiring English sources

Although it has been suggested that citrulline concentration may be a marker of small intestinal absorptive function, the relationship between macronutrient absorption and citrulline concentration has not been evaluated in patients who are critically ill.

Our group has previously created a functional neointestine that is capable of restoring absorptive function.

This improved clinical, gross, and histopathological effects on the small intestine after WBI and AIR in AdRspo1-treated mice were physiologically manifested by a marked and progressive restoration of the normal absorptive function of the intestine, as measured by xylose absorption test.

Some of these diseases reduce the absorptive function of the bowel.

Pyloric ceca (blind sacs) occur in some fishes at this junction and have a digestive or absorptive function or both.

"That will tip them back over into having enough absorptive function to get off of I.V. nutrition and live a full life".

Conclusions: These data show that 30 minutes of intestinal IR significantly decreases intestinal absorptive function in this animal model.

Many forms of diarrheal disease depend on the dysregulation of intestinal ion transporters, and an associated imbalance between secretory and absorptive functions of the intestinal epithelium.

Combined with the histopathological picture, altered gut permeability and the significant drop in body weight in HLA-DR3.IFN-γ+/+ transgenic mice with time, it could be interpreted that there is a permanent damage to the gut epithelium as a result of which the absorptive functions of the epithelium is completely lost.

It is also closely related to the optimal absorptive functioning of the colon.

Individual cells increase certain absorptive functions [ 34, 35] and the intestinal motility slows down.