title: Bile acids, the "barrier," and reflux-related clinical disorders of the gastric mucosa.
abstract: The present communication represents an effort to provide an overview of the available evidence (and speculation) which suggests that an interrelationship exists between bile acids, the so-called "gastric mucosal barrier," and certain clinical diseases of the gastric mucosa in which reflux of upper intestinal content appears to be a pathophysiologic common denominator.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000502:physiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005756:Gastritis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000503:physiopathology; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D006801:Humans; D010539:Permeability; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts