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Cecum

Known as: LARGE INTESTINE, CECUM, caecal, Cieco 
A blind pouch-like commencement of the colon in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen at the end of the small intestine and the start of the large… 
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AppendixBenign neoplasm of cecumBlood supply aspectsBody part

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Gastrointestinal systemSegment of large intestine

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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Inducible nitric oxide synthase gene knockout mice have increased resistance to gut injury and bacterial translocation after an intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury
ObjectiveIntestinal ischemia-reperfusion after severe shock states is often associated with bacterial translocation and… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Pulmonary and Hepatic Gene Expression following Cecal Ligation and Puncture: Monophosphoryl Lipid A Prophylaxis Attenuates Sepsis-Induced Cytokine and Chemokine Expression and Neutrophil Infiltration
ABSTRACT Polymicrobial sepsis induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) reproduces many of the pathophysiologic features of… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Exogenous interleukin-10 fails to decrease the mortality or morbidity of sepsis.
OBJECTIVE To determine if exogenous interleukin (IL)-10 will decrease the morbidity or mortality of sepsis induced by cecal… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Elevated levels of macrophage inflammatory protein 2 in severe murine peritonitis increase neutrophil recruitment and mortality
We hypothesized that chemokines may play important roles in a cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) model of septic peritonitis in CD… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Listeria monocytogenes in poultry and poultry products: epidemiological investigations in seven Danish abattoirs.
Listeria monocytogenes was isolated from 11/236 (4 x 7%) caecal samples from parent flocks, providing broilers to the abattoirs… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Sepsis and endotoxemia stimulate intestinal interleukin-6 production.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Effect of mixed cecal microflora maintained in continuous culture and of dietary lactose on Salmonella typhimurium colonization in broiler chicks.
Mixed cecal microflora obtained from a mature chicken were maintained in vitro in continuous-flow (CF) culture. The effect of the… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Neurofilament expression in vagal neural crest-derived precursors of enteric neurons.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Evidence for and significance of the projection of VIP neurons from the myenteric plexus to the taenia coli in the guinea pig
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Immunohistochemical studies of the enteric nervous system in tissue culture and in situ: Localization of vascoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), substance-P and enkephalin immunoreactive nerves in…
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