Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative, microaerophilic bacterium that colonizes the gastric mucus overlying the epithelium of the stomach in more than 50% of the world’s population. This ...

Mucus is naturally produced by your gastrointestinal tract, but if you can see it in your stool it can be a sign of an infection or inflammation.

Normally, cortisol levels are at their highest in the morning when we wake up, but drinking coffee on an empty stomach can ...

Not only does your morning meal deserve more than a single espresso, but drinking coffee on an empty stomach can do more harm ...

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Alcohol damages mucus in the gastric system’s lining and impairs esophagus contractions. Both of these factors can increase acid reflux. Learn more about alcohol and heartburn here. A 2021 ...

Gastric cancer, or stomach cancer, is a type of cancer that begins in the mucus-producing cells on the inside lining of the stomach. The most common type of stomach cancer is adenocarcinoma.

High nitrate intake caused nitrite to accumulate in loosely adherent rat gastric mucus; if this layer was removed, mucosal blood flow decreased. The authors suggest that this previously unknown ...

Willet SG, Thanintorn N, McNeill H, Huh SH, Ornitz DM, Huh WJ, Hoft SG, DiPaolo RJ, Mills JC. SOX9 governs gastric mucous neck cell identity and is required for injury-induced metaplasia. Cell Mol ...