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The results indicate that bile acid malabsorption in CF is not caused by a defect in sodium-dependent bile acid transport at the brush border membrane suggesting another mechanism is operative.
Although generally thought to have a later presentation [ 1 ] than other primary intestinal malabsorption syndromes, recent reports of infants with SI deficiency indicate the existence of an early onset form (presentation of diarrhea at 2-16 weeks) that is complicated by severe malnutrition [ 2 ] . Starnes and Walsh [ 3 ] observed renal calculi in two adults with sucrase deficiency, but neither patient had evidence of hypercalcemia.
Patients were excluded if they had active Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Class C status; could not comply with the study schedule; were in another investigational drug study; were undergoing opiate detoxification; had a malabsorption syndrome or pre-existing condition that interfered with normal gastrointestinal transit; had clinically significant laboratory abnormalities, required radiation therapy or cytotoxic chemotherapy, or had received immunomodulating agents, within 4 weeks pre-study; or had received an HIV-1 immunotherapeutic vaccine within 3 months pre-study.
In contrast, cftr (-/-) mice may experience bile acid malabsorption even though their ileal mucosal cells express four-fold more IBAT transporters than normal cells.
found significant decreases in active bile acid uptake when examining ileal brush border membrane vesicles [ 11 ] and proposed that altered viscosity of the ileal mucus was likely not a factor in ileal bile acid malabsorption associated with cystic fibrosis.
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