Supernatants of irritable bowel syndrome mucosal biopsies impair human colonic smooth muscle contractility.
M P GuarinoG BarbaraA CiceniaA AltomareM R BarbaroS CoccaA SciroccoCesare CremonS EmerenzianiV StanghelliniM CicalaC SeveriPublished in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2016)
Supernatants from mucosal biopsies of IBS patients reduce colonic contractility. The observed impairment was concentration dependent, likely occurring through intracellular oxidative stress damage, involving different neuromotor mechanisms depending on the IBS subtype.