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Jejunum

Known as: SMALL INTESTINE, JEJUNUM, Digiuno, jejuno 
The middle portion of the SMALL INTESTINE, between DUODENUM and ILEUM. It represents about 2/5 of the remaining portion of the small intestine below… 
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Billroth II ProcedureBiopsy of JejunumBlood supply aspectsBody part

Narrower (7)

Creation of jejunostomyDuodenojejunal atresia with volvulus, absent dorsal mesentery and absent superior mesenteric arteryJejunoileal BypassJejunum, afferent jejunal loop

Broader (3)

Gastrointestinal systemIntestines, SmallUpper Gastrointestinal Tract

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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Cloning and regulation of hamster microsomal triglyceride transfer protein. The regulation is independent from that of other hepatic and intestinal proteins which participate in the transport of…
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Porcine colostrum and milk stimulate visceral organ and skeletal muscle protein synthesis in neonatal piglets.
Our objective was to determine the relative contributions of protein synthesis and protein absorption in the rapid accretion of… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Posttranslational regulation of sucrase-isomaltase expression in intestinal crypt and villus cells.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Systemic release of mucosal mast-cell protease in primed rats challenged with Nippostrongylus brasiliensis.
The systemic secretion of a serine protease, rat mast-cell protease II (RMCPII), a major product of rat mucosal mast cells (MMC… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Normal patterns of human upper small bowel motor activity recorded by prolonged radiotelemetry.
In order to characterise human interdigestive cyclical motor activity, and its interruption by food, jejunal pressure changes in… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Stimulation of mucosal growth in the rat ileum by bile and pancreatic secretions after jejunal resection.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Secretory component deficiency. A disorder of the IgA immune system.
We studied a 15-year-old boy with chronic intestinal candidiasis who had normal serum IgA levels without IgA in his secretions… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
On the preparation and some properties of closed membrane vesicles from hog duodenal and jejunal brush border.
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Association of Escherichia coli with the Small Intestinal Epithelium I. Comparison of Enteropathogenic and Nonenteropathogenic Porcine Strains in Pigs
Two enteropathogenic strains of Escherichia coli (EEC) differed from a nonenteropathogenic strain of E. coli (NEEC) in their… 
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
A morphologic and histochemical analysis of the human jejunal epithelium in nontropical sprue.
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