 Cecum
"Cecum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The blind sac or outpouching area of the LARGE INTESTINE that is below the entrance of the SMALL INTESTINE. It has a worm-like extension, the vermiform APPENDIX.
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D002432
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.124.526.209 A03.556.249.249.209
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| 1988 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cecum" by people in Profiles.
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D'Auria KM, Kolling GL, Donato GM, Warren CA, Gray MC, Hewlett EL, Papin JA. In vivo physiological and transcriptional profiling reveals host responses to Clostridium difficile toxin A and toxin B. Infect Immun. 2013 Oct; 81(10):3814-24.
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D'Auria KM, Donato GM, Gray MC, Kolling GL, Warren CA, Cave LM, Solga MD, Lannigan JA, Papin JA, Hewlett EL. Systems analysis of the transcriptional response of human ileocecal epithelial cells to Clostridium difficile toxins and effects on cell cycle control. BMC Syst Biol. 2012 Jan 06; 6:2.
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Lang RJ, Harvey JR, Mulholland EL. Sodium (2-sulfonatoethyl) methanethiosulfonate prevents S-nitroso-L-cysteine activation of Ca2+-activated K+ (BKCa) channels in myocytes of the guinea-pig taenia caeca. Br J Pharmacol. 2003 Jul; 139(6):1153-63.
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Murray MJ, Parker GA, White NA. Megacolon with myenteric hypoganglionosis in a foal. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1988 Apr 01; 192(7):917-9.
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