Cell/tissue injury and cytoprotection/organoprotection in the gastrointestinal tract mechanisms, prevention, and treatment

• Corporate Author: International Symposium on Cell/Tissue Injury and Cytoprotection/Organoprotection: Focus on GI Tract Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Other Authors: Filaretova, L. P. (Li︠u︡dmila Pavlovna) (Editor), Takeuchi, Kōji 1955- (Editor)
• Format: Conference Proceeding Book
• Language: English
• Published: Basel Karger 2012
• Series: Frontiers of gastrointestinal research v. 30
• Subjects: Gastrointestinal Diseases > Congresses > physiopathology; Cytoprotection > Congresses > physiology; Gastrointestinal Tract > Congresses > cytology; Mucous Membrane > Congresses > drug effects; Protective Agents > Congresses; Disease Models, Animal > Congresses
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 In recent years, there have been significant advances both in understanding the mechanisms involved in gastrointestinal mucosal injury and protection, as well as in the development of successful strategies for prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal injury. Nevertheless, many people worldwide still suffer from gastrointestinal damage. This book contains contributions by an international panel of researchers in the form of up-to-date reviews on the mechanisms of gastrointestinal injury and protection. These are complemented by papers discussing how these new findings about cell/tissue injury and cytoprotection/organoprotection can be applied to the prevention and treatment of tissue damage in the gastrointestinal tract. Moreover, the publication includes a special chapter on Andre Robert, who has discovered the phenomenon of gastric cytoprotection. This publication will be of great interest for both basic and clinical researchers in gastroenterology and pharmacology, reviewing the advances made so far and pointing towards future developments