Arnaldo Mercado-Perez

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Peptostreptococcus stomatis (_P. stomatis_) is an enriched bacterium in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients as compared to healthy subjects in multiple cohorts. However, the potential role of _P. stomatis_ in colorectal tumorigenesis remains obscure…

Electrogastrography (EGG) non-invasively evaluates gastric motility but is widely viewed as lacking clinical utility…

This session will focus on intercellular signaling mechanisms between neurons and non-neuronal cells that control gut motor functions…

Paneth cells reside at the bottom of the crypts in the small intestine and are crucial for maintaining homeostasis of the epithelium by engendering host protection from enteric pathogens…

BACKGROUND The gastrointestinal tract (GI) has a sense of _gut touch_ by which low threshold mechanical inputs activate mechanoreceptors similar to Merkel cells that mediate skin touch…

MECHANOGATED ION CHANNEL PIEZO2 TETHERS TO THE ACTOMYOSIN CYTOSKELETON IN INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL MECHANORECEPTORS