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Octreotide, a synthetic analog of somatostatin, selectively inhibits secretion of fluids and electrolytes into the gut lumen and may relieve these symptoms [ 64 65 66 ] .
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.
There is no net transepithelial water movement with solutions of identical osmolalities in the bath and lumen.
One of these positive cells was located in the lumen of Schlemm's canal and was likely a blood cell.
However in humans the prostate can affect the micturition function since when a man ages and the prostate enlarges it constricts the urethral lumen.