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Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract

  • 4th Edition - March 30, 2006
  • Editors: Leonard R. Johnson, Kim E. Barrett, Fayez K. Ghishan, Juanita L. Merchant, Hamid M. Said, Jackie D. Wood
  • Language: English

FROM THE PREFACE:The original purpose of the First Edition of Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract—to collect in one set of volumes the most current and comprehensi… Read more

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FROM THE PREFACE:The original purpose of the First Edition of Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract—to collect in one set of volumes the most current and comprehensive knowledge in our field—was also the driving force for the Fourth Edition. The explosion of information at the cellular level, made possible in part by the continued emergence of powerful molecular and cellular techniques, has resulted in a greater degree of revision than that of any other edition. The first section, now titled "Basic Cell Physiology and Growth of the Gl Tract" contains numerous new chapters on topics such as transcriptional regulation, signaling networks in development, apoptosis, and mechanisms in malignancies. Most of the chapters in this section were edited by Juanita L. Merchant. Section II has been renamed "Neural Gastroenterology and Motility" and has been expanded from seven chapters with rather classic titles to more than twenty chapters encompassing not only the movement of the various parts of the digestive tract but also cell physiology, neural regulation, stress, and the regulation of food intake. Almost all of the chapters were recruited and edited by Jackie D. Wood. The third section is entirely new and contains chapters on "Immunology and Inflammation" which were edited by Kim E. Barrett. The fourth section on the "Physiology of Secretion" consists of chapters with familiar titles, but with completely updated information to reflect the advances in our understanding of the cellular processes involved in secretion. The last section on "Digestion and Absorption" contains new chapters on the intestinal barrier, protein sorting and ion channels along with those focusing on the uptake of specific nutrients. These chapters were recruited and edited by Hamid M. Said and Fayez K. Ghishan.

Key features

· Collected in one set - the most current and comprehensive coverage of gastrointestinal physiology
· Information presented in a style that is both readable and understandable
· Valuable to the specialized researcher, the clinical gastroenterologist, the teacher, and the student
· Features an entirely new section on Immunology and Inflammation
· Each section edited by the preeminent scientist in the field

Readership

Clinical gastroenterologists, Grad-level lecturer, American College of Gastroenterology members, Internists, and Physiologists

Table of contents

Section I: Basic Cell Physiology and Growth of the GI Tract


1. Transcription and Epigenetic Regulation
Juanita L. Merchant and Longchuan Bai

2. Translation and Posttranslational Processing of GI Peptides
Cheryl E. Gariepy and Chris J. Dickinson

3. Transmembrane Receptors for Endogenous Ligands and Associated Signals
Nigel Bunnett

4. Gastrointestinal Hormones: Gastrin, CCK, Somatostatin, Ghrelin
Graham J. Dockray

5. Post-Pyloric Gastrointestinal Peptides
Ella W. Englander and George H. Greeley

6. GI Peptide Hormones Regulating Energy and Glucose Homeostasis
Daniel J. Drucker

7. Growth Factors in the GI Tract
John Barnard and Kirk McHugh

8. Developmental Signaling Networks: The Wnt/APC/b-catenin pathway
Eric Fearon

9. Hedgehog Signaling in Gastrointestinal Morphogenesis and Morphostasis
Gijs R. van den Brink, Maikel P. Peppelenbosch, and Drucilla J. Roberts

10. Developmental Signaling Networks: The Notch Pathway
Guy R. Sander, Hanna Krysinska, and Barry Powell

11. Physiology of Gastrointestinal Stem Cells
Alda Vidrich, Jenny M. Buzan, Sarah A. De La Rue, and Steven M. Cohn

12. Apoptosis in the Gastrointestinal Tract
Leonard R. Johnson

13. Molecular Aspects and Regulation of Gastrointestinal Function During Post-Natal Development
James F. Collins, Liqun Bai, Hua Xu and Fayez K. Ghishan

14. Effect of Aging on the Gastrointestinal Tract
Adhip P.N. Majumdar and Marc D. Basson

15. Regulation of Gastrointestinal Normal Cell Growth
Mark R. Hellmich and B. Mark Evers

16. Mucosal Repair and Restitution
Mark R. Frey and D. Brent Polk

17. Mechanisms of GI Malignancies
John P. Lynch and Anil K. Rustgi

Section II: Neural Gastroenterology and Motility


18. Development of Enteric Nervous System
Michael Gershon

19. Cellular Physiology of Gastrointestinal Smooth Muscle
Gabriel M. Makhlouf and Karnam S. Murthy

20. Organization and Electrophysiology of Interstitial Cells of Cajal and Smooth Muscle Cells in the Gastrointestinal Tract
Kenton M. Sanders, Sang Don Koh, and Sean M. Ward

21. Functional Histoanatomy of the Enteric Nervous System
Simon JH Brookes and Marcello Costa

22. Physiology of Prevertebral Sympathetic Ganglia
Joseph H. Szurszewski and Steven M. Miller

23. Cellular Neurophysiology of Enteric Neurons
Jackie Wood

24. Integrative Functions of the Enteric Nervous System
Jackie D. Wood

25. Extrinsic Sensory Afferent Nerves Innervating the Gastrointestinal Tract
Michael J. Beyak, David C.E. Bulmer, Wen Jiang, Christopher D. Keating, Weifang Rong, and David Grundy

26. Processing of Gastrointestinal Sensory Signals in the Brain
Anthony R. Hobson and Qasim Aziz

27. Enteric Neural Regulation of Mucosal Secretion
Helen J. Cooke and Fievos L. Christofi

28. Effect of Stress on Intestinal Mucosal Function
Johan D. Söderholm and Mary H. Perdue

29. Effect of Stress on Gastrointestinal Motility
Michèle Gué

30. HPA-Axis In Gastrointestinal Physiology
Yvette Taché

31. Neural Regulation of Gastrointestinal Blood Flow
Peter Holzer

32. Neural Control of the Gallbladder and Sphincter of Oddi
Gary M. Mawe, Gino T.P. Saccone, and Maria J. Pozo

33. Brainstem Control of the Gastric Function
Richard C. Rodgers, Gerlinda E. Hermann, and R. Alberto Travagli

34. Neural and Hormonal Controls of Food Intake and Satiety
Timothy H. Moran

35. Pharyngeal Motor Function
Reza Shaker

36. Motor Function of the Esophagus
Ray E. Clouse and Nicholas E. Diamant

37. Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Gastric Reservoir Function
Jan Tack

38. Small Intestinal Motility
William L. Hasler

39. Large Intestinal Motility
Sushil Sarna

40. Neural Control of Pelvic Floor Muscles
David B. Vodusek and Paul Enck

41. Pathophysiology Underlying the Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Jackie D. Wood

Section III. Gastrointestinal Immunology and Inflammation


42. Innate Immune Responses in the GI Tract: Sensors and Effectors
Lars Eckmann

43. Biology of Gut Immunoglobulins
Finn-Eirik Johansen, Elizabeth Yen, Bonny Dickinson, Massaru Yoshida, Steve Claypool, Richard S. Blumberg, and Wayne I. Lencer

44. Mechanisms of Helicobacter pylori-induced Gastric Inflammation
Dawn A. Israel and Richard M. Peek Jr.

45. Mechanisms and Consequences of Intestinal Inflammation in the Gut
Wallace MacNaughton

46. Recruitment of Inflammatory and Immune Cells in the Gut: Physiology and Pathophysiology
D. Neil Granger, Christopher Kevil, and Matthew B. Grisham

47. Physiology of Host-Pathogen Interactions
Kim Hodges, V.K. Viswanathan and Gail Hecht

Section IV. Physiology of Secretion


48. Salivary Secretion
David Cook

49. Regulation of Gastric Acid Secretion
Arthur Shulkes, Graham S. Baldwin, and Andrew S. Giraud

50. Gastroduodenal Mucosal Defense
Marshall H. Montrose, Yasutada Akiba, Koji Takeuchi, and Jonathan D. Kaunitz

51. Genetically Engineered Mouse Models of Gastric Physiology
Linda C. Samuelson

52. Structure-Function Relationships in the Pancreatic Acinar Cell
Fred S. Gorelick and James D. Jamieson

53. Stimulus-Secretion Coupling in Pancreatic Acinar Cells
John A. Williams and David I. Yule

54. Cell Physiology of Pancreatic Ducts
B.E. Argent, M.A. Gray, M.C. Steward, and R.M. Case

55. Regulation of Pancreatic Secretion
Rodger A. Liddle

56. Bile Formation and the Enterohepatic Circulation
Paul Dawson, Ben Shneider and Alan Hofmann

57. Mechanisms of Hepatocyte Organic Anion Transport
Allan W. Wolkoff

58. Mechanisms of Hepatocyte Detoxification
Karen F. Murray, Donald J. Messner, and Kris V. Kowdley

59. Physiology of Cholangiocytes
Anatoliy I. Masyuk, Tatyana V. Masyuk, and Nicholas F. LaRusso

60. Gallbladder Function
Sum P. Lee and Rahul Kuver

Section V. Digestion and Absorption


61. Tight Junctions and the Intestinal Barrier
Thomas Y. Ma, and James M. Anderson

62. Protein Sorting in the Exocytic and Endocytic Pathways in Polarized Epithelial Cells
Stephen J. Hunt and W. James Nelson

63. Physiology of the Circulation of the Small Intestine
Philip T. Nowicki

64. Sugar Absorption
Ernest M. Wright, Donald D. F. Loo, Bruce A. Hirayama, and Eric Turk

65. Protein Digestion and Absorption
Vadivel Ganapathy, Naren Gupta, and Robert G. Martindale

66. Lipid Digestion and Absorption
Judy Storch and Nada Abumurad

67. Genetic Regulation of Intestinal Lipid Transport and Metabolism
Zhouji Chen and Nicholas O. Davidson

68. Digestion and Intestinal Absorption of Dietary Carotenoids & Vitamin A
Alexandrine During and Earl H. Harrison

69. Vitamin D3: Synthesis, Actions, and Mechanisms in the Intestine and Colon
J. Wesley Pike, Makoto Watanuki, and Nirupama K. Shevde

70. Vitamin E and Vitamin K Metabolism
Ronald J. Sokol, Richard Bruno, and Maret Traber

71. Intestinal Absorption of Water-Soluble Vitamins
Hamid M. Said and Bellur Seetharam

72. Water Transport in the Gastrointestinal Tract
Jay R. Thiagarajah and Alan S. Verkman

73. Na+/H+ Exchange in Mammalian Digestive Tract
Pawel R. Kiela and Fayez K. Ghishan

74. Intestinal Anion Absorption
Pradeep K. Dudeja and Krishnamurthy Ramaswamy

75. Ion Channels of the Epithelia of the Gastrointestinal Tract
John Cuppoletti and Danuta H. Malinowska

76. Integrated Physiology of Intestinal Electrolyte Transport
Kim Barrett and Stephen Keely

77. Molecular Mechanisms of Intestinal Transport of Calcium, Phosphate, and Magnesium
James F. Collins and Fayez K. Ghishan

78. Iron Absorption
Nancy C. Andrews

79. Trace Element Absorption and Transport
Robert J. Cousins

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About the editors

LJ

Leonard R. Johnson

Leonard R. Johnson received a Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Michigan and then trained with Dr. Morton I. Grossman at UCLA. He spent 17 years as a Professor of Physiology at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston before moving to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center as the Thomas A. Gerwin Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physiology. He is the author or coauthor of over 250 papers on gastrointestinal physiology and holds an NIH MERIT Award. Currently he is the Vice Chancellor for Research at Tennessee.
Affiliations and expertise
Thomas A. Gerwin Professor and Chairman, Department of Physiology, The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA

KB

Kim E. Barrett

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medicine and Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA

FG

Fayez K. Ghishan

Affiliations and expertise
Horace W. Steele Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research Head, Department of Pediatrics and Director, Steele Children's Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA

JM

Juanita L. Merchant

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Internal Medicine and Integrative and Molecular Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

HS

Hamid M. Said

Dr. Said is a Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics at the University of California School of Medicine Irvine, CA. He is also a Senior Research Career Scientist at the VA Medical Center, Long Beach, CA; and Chairman for the Southern California Institute for Research and Education (VALBHS affiliated non-profit).

He serves as a reviewer on a variety of NIH, VA and other national study sections as well as international (European) study sections dealing with medical research in internal medicine and nutrition. He is also a member of Editorial Boards of a number of prestigious medical research journals.

Research in Dr. Said laboratory focuses on understanding cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the transport of water-soluble vitamins (folate (vit. B), thiamine (vit. B1), riboflavin (vit. B2), pyridoxine (vit. B6), ascorbic acid (vit. C), biotin (vit. H) and niacin (vit. B3)) in the intestine, kidney, liver and pancreas. Dr. Said's laboratory has published over 160 original research papers in the gastrointestinal and nutrition fields. He has authored many chapters in scientific textbooks as well as a book in these areas. His laboratory has contributed many original discoveries to the field over the years. His research activities are funded by the VA and National Institutes of Health over the past twenty four years.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics, Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA

JW

Jackie D. Wood

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Physiology and Cell Biology and Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

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