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In animals, ileum has been used to assess splanchnic perfusion [ 25, 36] - a clinically impractical procedure.
At 3 months post-discharge, a repeat upper and lower endoscopy with terminal ileum intubation and random biopsies were normal.
Nuclease protection analysis demonstrated rabbit EP 2 expression is highest in ileum, liver, and spleen, with a lower expression in kidney, uterus, brain, adrenal gland, lung, heart, bladder, stomach and skeletal muscle.
Bile acids are reclaimed from the lumen of the intestine and returned to the liver via portal blood for reuse [ 1 ] . The recovery of bile acids from the intestine is an efficient process that involves both passive transport along the entire axis of the intestine, and active transport in the terminal ileum [ 5 ] . The apical sodium/bile acid co-transporter (asbt) mediates the active uptake of conjugated bile acids in the ileum [ 5 6 ] . In hepatocytes, both sodium-dependent and sodium-independent transport systems on the sinusoidal membranes extract bile acids from portal blood.
Non-hydrolyzed lactose may also exert a direct enhancing effect on calcium absorption in the ileum.