In suckling piglets, the addition of D-glucose on the luminal side of the isolated jejunal mucosa increased (P < 0.001) the I-sc in the inulin-supplemented and control groups compared to basal values. Electrogenic glucose transport (Delta I-sc) was similar in suckling piglets from sows fed inulin or control diet, suggesting that feeding of inulin to the mother sows had no effect on glucose absorption across the jejunal mucosa of suckling piglets. However, the dietary inulin
supplementation after weaning increased the Delta I-sc (P < 0.001) compared with the controls, suggesting that the inulin supplementation increased the electrogenic transport of glucose across the jejunal mucosa of weaned piglets indicating higher glucose absorption. Furthermore, the G(t) was JNK-IN-8 cell line higher in the inulin-supplemented weaned piglets than in control piglets, which could be due to the increased paracellular permeability to Na+. In conclusion, dietary inulin increased the glucose transport and altered the intestinal barrier by increasing the intestinal permeability in the jejunal mucosa of post-weaned piglets.
Furthermore, the results indicated that inulin has a positive effect on glucose absorption in the piglet small intestine after weaning and subsequently the dietary inulin offers a promising approach to avoid post-weaning gastrointestinal tract disorders in pigs. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.”
“We have studied the growth 4SC-202 clinical trial of room-temperature sputtered Pd films
on 6H-SiC by using the atomic force microscopy technique. In particular, we analyzed the Pd film surface morphology as a function of the film thickness from 3 to 72 nm observing that the Pd grows initially (thickness 2-12 nm) as three-dimensional (3D) islands. Then (thickness 12-36 nm) the Pd film morphology evolves from compact 3D islands to selleck partially coalesced wormlike structures, followed (36-60 nm) by a percolation morphology and finally to a continuous and rough film (at 72 nm). The application of the interrupted coalescence model allowed us to evaluate the critical mean islands diameter R(c) approximate to 6.6 nm for the partial coalescence process while the application of the kinetic freezing model allowed us to evaluate the room-temperature Pd surface diffusion coefficient D(s) approximate to 1.4 x 10(-17) m(2)/s on 6H-SiC. Finally, the application of the Vincent’s model allowed us to evaluate the critical Pd coverage P(c)= 68% for the percolation transition. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3361321]“
“Purpose: To prospectively analyze the myocardial distribution of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) with delayed-enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, to compare the prevalence of this distribution in nonprofessional male marathon runners with that in asymptomatic control subjects, and to examine the prognostic role of LGE.