Neuroimmunogastroenterology and Intestinal Microbiota

principal investigator :

Vicente Martínez Perea - Patri Vergara
vicente.martinez@uab.es

Department:

Biologia Cel·lular, Fisiologia i Immunologia - Unitat de Fisiologia

Center:

Facultat de Veterinŕria

Institution:

UAB (Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona)

Members: 7

Research lines:

Neuro-immune-endocrine control of gastrointestinal function. Epithelial-mastocyte-nervous axis in the regulation of secretory intestinal motor and sensory functions.

Areas:

 Neurotransmission   Signalling   Glial cells 

Keywords:

Gut microbiota, Mast cell, Visceral pain, Epithelial barreir function, Sensory afferents, Intestinal inflammation, Irritable bowel syndrome, Inflammatory bowel disease, Brain-gut axis

Publications:

Aguilera M, Vergara P, Martínez V. Stress and antibiotics alter luminal and wall-adhered microbiota and enhance the local expression of visceral sensory-related systems in mice. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2013;25(8):e515-29 (doi: 10.1111/nmo.12154) 

Fernández-Blanco JA, Hollenberg MD, Martínez V, Vergara P. PAR-2-mediated control of barrier function and motility differs between early and late phases of postinfectious gut dysfunction in the rat. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2013; 304(4):G390-400. (doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00387.2012) 

Jardí F, Martínez V, Vergara P. NGF is involved in oral ovalbumin-induced altered colonic contractility in rats: evidence from the blockade of TrkA receptors with K252a. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2012; 24(12):e580-90 (doi: 10.1111/nmo.12027)


 

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