Pathophysiology of Gastroparesis Syndromes Includes Anatomic and Physiologic Abnormalities.
Dig Dis Sci
; 66(4): 1127-1141, 2021 04.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Factors underlying gastroparesis are not well defined.AIMS:
We hypothesized that multiple systems may be involved in patients with gastroparesis symptoms and performed a comparative physiologic study.METHODS:
We studied 43 consecutive eligible patients with gastroparetic symptoms categorized by GI symptoms, metabolic status, illness quantification, and gastric physiology. Patients were evaluated by two methods in each of five core areas inflammatory, autonomic, enteric, electrophysiologic, and hormonal with abnormalities examined by correlations.RESULTS:
Patients had similar GI symptoms regardless of baseline gastric emptying or diabetic/idiopathic status, and all patients demonstrated abnormalities in each of the 5 areas studied. Nearly all patients presented with elevated markers of serum TNFα (88%) and serum IL-6 (91%); elevated cutaneous electrogastrogram frequency (95%); and interstitial cells of Cajal count abnormalities (inner 97%, outer 100%). Measures of inflammation correlated with a number of autonomic, enteric anatomy, electrophysiologic and hormonal abnormalities.CONCLUSIONS:
We conclude that patients with the symptoms of gastroparesis have multiple abnormalities, when studied by traditional, as well as newer, diagnostic assessments. Inflammation appears to be a fundamental abnormality that affects other organ systems in symptomatic patients. Future work on gastroparetic syndromes and their treatment may benefit from a focus on the diffuse nature of their illness, diverse pathophysiologic mechanisms involved, especially the possible causes of underlying inflammation and disordered hormonal status. TRAIL REGISTRY This study is registered with Clinicaltrials.gov under study # NCT03178370 https//clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03178370 .Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Mediadores de Inflamación
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Gastroparesia
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Vaciamiento Gástrico
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Mucosa Gástrica
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Dig Dis Sci
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos