Patrik Efferz

Background: Postoperative ileus (POI) is a common consequence of abdominal surgery and a neuroinflammation-based disorder of the gastrointestinal tract, which results in motility disturbances compromising patients' recovery…

The mammalian tissues express a huge number of circular RNAs (circRNAs) with an active role in gene regulation. circRNAs are covalently closed at the 5’ and 3’ ends, unusually stable, and are highly distributed in the cytoplasm…