The effect of surgical ablation of Brunner's glands on the proximal duodenal mucosa.
Neither macroscopic nor microscopic lesions were observed in the gastrointestinal mucosa following the surgical removal of Brunner's glands. This observation leaves some doubt concerning the traditional view that Brunner's glands function primarily in the protection of the proximal duodenal mucosa from acid-pepsin entering from the stomach.
Krause
W J
WJ
Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia.
Stevens
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Palmiter
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D000818:Animals; D002011:Brunner Glands / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004386:Duodenum / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D011708:Pylorus; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains