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Segmental colonoscopic biopsies in the differentiation of ileocolic tuberculosis from Crohn's diseaseAnna B Pulimood
Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, North Arcot District, Tamil Nadu, India
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 20:688-96. 2005..The present study examined histological criteria that would enable the diagnosis in mucosal biopsies...
Early activation of mucosal dendritic cells and macrophages in acute Campylobacter colitis and cholera: An in vivo studyAnna B Pulimood
Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 23:752-8. 2008..Little is known about their in vivo role in acute intestinal bacterial infections in humans. We undertook to evaluate these cells in rectal mucosal biopsies of patients with acute colitis...
In situ PCR for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in endoscopic mucosal biopsy specimens of intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn diseaseAnna B Pulimood
Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Am J Clin Pathol 129:846-51. 2008..Therefore, in situ PCR is potentially useful to differentiate intestinal tuberculosis from Crohn disease, if the sensitivity is improved...
Differentiation of Crohn's disease from intestinal tuberculosis in India in 2010Anna Benjamin Pulimood
Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
World J Gastroenterol 17:433-43. 2011..This review presents currently available evidence regarding the usefulness and limitations of all these different modalities available for the evaluation of these two disorders...
Zinc and zinc related enzymes in precancerous and cancerous tissue in the colon of dimethyl hydrazine treated ratsPamela Christudoss
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India pchristudoss yahoo com
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 13:487-92. 2012....
Renal damage in experimentally-induced cirrhosis in rats: Role of oxygen free radicalsSathish Kumar Natarajan
Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
Hepatology 43:1248-56. 2006..In conclusion, renal alterations produced as a result of cirrhosis in the rat are possibly mediated by oxidative stress...
Oxidative stress in the development of liver cirrhosis: a comparison of two different experimental modelsSathish Kumar Natarajan
Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 21:947-57. 2006..Carbon tetrachloride and thioacetamide are the most widely used models to develop cirrhosis in rats and the present study compares oxidative stress in the liver induced by these compounds at different stages of cirrhosis development...
Retinoid metabolism in the small intestine during development of liver cirrhosisSathish Kumar Natarajan
The Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 24:821-9. 2009..This study examined the levels of various retinoids and retinoid-metabolizing enzymes in the small intestine during development of liver cirrhosis...
Unsymmetrical DMH - an isomer of 1,2 DMH - is it potent to induce gastrointestinal carcinoma in rats?Pamela Christudoss
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nadu, India
Exp Toxicol Pathol 59:373-5. 2008..Histologically, the large intestine was normal at 9 months. This study suggests that UDMH administered at the above dosage was not carcinogenic in this model...
Activation of phospholipase A2 is involved in indomethacin-induced damage in Caco-2 cellsNageswaran Sivalingam
Department of Biochemistry, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Toxicol In Vitro 23:887-96. 2009..To our knowledge, this is the first report that implicates the involvement of this enzyme in NSAID-induced enteropathy...
Etiology of diarrhea in patients undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in South IndiaGagandeep Kang
Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences and Haematology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore 632004, India
Transplantation 73:1247-51. 2002..No studies so far have examined enteric infections in patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation (BMT) in developing countries where asymptomatic carriage and colonization with enteric pathogens is frequent...
Clofazimine induced enteropathy--a case highlighting the importance of drug induced disease in differential diagnosisBinu S Mathew
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nadu, India
Trop Gastroenterol 27:87-8. 2006..This case highlights the need to consider and investigate drug-induced disease as part of the differential diagnosis...
Retinoid metabolism during development of liver cirrhosisSathish Kumar Natarajan
The Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore 632004, India
Arch Biochem Biophys 443:93-100. 2005..This study indicates that during development of cirrhosis, there is reciprocal transfer of retinoid metabolites between the circulation and the liver...
Intestinal mucosal alterations in rats with carbon tetrachloride-induced cirrhosis: changes in glycosylation and luminal bacteriaSathish Kumar Natarajan
The Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
Hepatology 43:837-46. 2006..This might facilitate translocation across the mucosa, resulting in complications such as spontaneous bacterial peritonitis...
Tissue zinc levels in precancerous tissue in the gastrointestinal tract of azoxymethane (AOM)-treated ratsPamela Christudoss
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nadu, India
Exp Toxicol Pathol 59:313-8. 2008..This study suggests that the decrease in plasma zinc, tissue zinc and activity of CuZnSOD is associated with development of preneoplastic lesions in the colonic mucosa...
How reliable an indicator of inflammation is myeloperoxidase activity?Minnie Faith
Department of Biochemistry, Christian Medical College, and Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, The Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore 632002, Tamil Nadu, India
Clin Chim Acta 396:23-5. 2008..Myeloperoxidase (MPO) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) are often used as markers of inflammation. The aim of this study was to ascertain whether MPO activity is as reliable as IL-6 as an indicator of inflammation...
Reversal of diabetes by xenotransplantation of monkey pancreatic islets in rats: an ultrastructural studyDaisy M Mythili
Department of Physiology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Tamil Nadu, India
Pancreas 30:130-7. 2005..The aim of this study was to study the reversal of diabetes by xenotransplantation of monkey pancreatic islets into diabetic recipient by functional and structural findings...
