Acute pancreatitis (AP), an acute inflammatory disorder of the exocrine pancreas, is one of
the most common gastrointestinal diseases encountered in emergency departments with no …

The main causes of acute pancreatitis (AP) are biliary disease, alcohol consumption,
hypertriglyceridaemia (HTG) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography …

Background & Aims Excessive consumption of ethanol is one of the most common causes of
acute and chronic pancreatitis. Alterations to the gene encoding the cystic fibrosis …

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a severe disease with a high prevalence and 3 to 15% mortality
worldwide, which can represent an important challenge for the physician. Oxidative stress …

Intracellular Ca2+ signalling is a major signal transductional pathway in non-excitable cells,
responsible for the regulation of a variety of physiological functions. In the secretory …

Pancreatitis, or inflammation of the pancreas, is commonly seen in dogs and cats and
presents a spectrum of disease severities from acute to chronic and mild to severe. It is …

Elevated serum triglyceride concentration (seTG,> 1.7 mM or> 150 mg/dL) or in other words
hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is common in the populations of developed countries. This …

There are many reviews of pancreatic acinar cell function and also of pancreatic duct
function, but there is an almost total absence of synthetic reviews bringing the integrated …

The human exocrine pancreas consists of 2 main cell types: acinar and ductal cells. These
exocrine cells interact closely to contribute to the secretion of pancreatic juice. The most …

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common genetic disorder that causes a significant damage in
secretory epithelial cells due to the defective ion flux across the cystic fibrosis …