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  • Open Access
3 Citations
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A Novel Characteristic Gastric Mucus Named “Web-like Mucus” Potentially Induced by Vonoprazan

  • Hiroaki Kaneko,
  • Hiroki Sato,
  • Yuichi Suzuki,
  • Aya Ikeda,
  • Hirofumi Kuwashima,
  • Ryosuke Ikeda,
  • Takeshi Sato,
  • Kuniyasu Irie,
  • Soichiro Sue and
  • Shin Maeda

11 July 2024

Background: In the absence of Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection, a characteristic gastric mucus adhesion may appear during the use of vonoprazan. We named this novel characteristic mucus “web-like mucus” (WLM). This study aimed to determ...

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  • Open Access
21 Citations
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18 Pages

A Sensitive and Rapid Method to Determine the Adhesion Capacity of Probiotics and Pathogenic Microorganisms to Human Gastrointestinal Mucins

  • Bélinda Ringot-Destrez,
  • Zéa D’Alessandro,
  • Jean-Marie Lacroix,
  • Muriel Mercier-Bonin,
  • Renaud Léonard and
  • Catherine Robbe-Masselot

Mucus is the habitat for the microorganisms, bacteria and yeast that form the commensal flora. Mucins, the main macromolecules of mucus, and more specifically, the glycans that cover them, play essential roles in microbial gastrointestinal colonizati...