Open AccessSmall intestinal bacteria overgrowth decreases small intestinal motility in the NASH rats
Author(s) -
Weiping Wu,
Wenhui Zhao,
Sheng Li
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.313
Subject(s) - medicine , small intestinal bacterial overgrowth , gastroenterology , nonalcoholic steatohepatitis , small intestine , motility , biology , pathogenesis , endocrinology , fatty liver , nonalcoholic fatty liver disease , irritable bowel syndrome , disease , genetics
To explore the relationship between small intestinal motility and small intestinal bacteria overgrowth (SIBO) in Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and to investigate the effect of SIBO on the pathogenesis of NASH in rats. The effect of cidomycin in alleviating severity of NASH is also studied.