[PDF][PDF] Targeting nitric oxide in the gastrointestinal tract
Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs, 2004•academia.edu
The overall function of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is to take up nutrients and remove waste.
The major physiologic processes that occur in the GI tract are motility, secretion, digestion,
absorption and elimination. Nitric oxide (NO) plays a critical role in several of these
physiological processes (figure 1). In this review some important aspects of nitric oxide (NO)
in the pathophysiology of diseases of the GI tract (table 1) are discussed.
The major physiologic processes that occur in the GI tract are motility, secretion, digestion,
absorption and elimination. Nitric oxide (NO) plays a critical role in several of these
physiological processes (figure 1). In this review some important aspects of nitric oxide (NO)
in the pathophysiology of diseases of the GI tract (table 1) are discussed.
The overall function of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is to take up nutrients and remove waste. The major physiologic processes that occur in the GI tract are motility, secretion, digestion, absorption and elimination. Nitric oxide (NO) plays a critical role in several of these physiological processes (figure 1). In this review some important aspects of nitric oxide (NO) in the pathophysiology of diseases of the GI tract (table 1) are discussed.
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