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Mechanistically and clinically, theyre not close cousins

Li MO, Wan YY, Sanjabi S, Robertson AK, Flavell RA

The microbiota can regulate the intestinal environment and influence the integrity and function of the outer mucus layer, because germ-free animals have a thinner mucus layer and fewer goblet cells [10]

As CS resists degradation in the upper gastrointestinal tract, orally administered CS can reach the colon intact, exerting localized therapeutic effects

doi: 10.1007/s00018-022-04155-y

Ghrelin agonists such as ulimorelin, relamorelin, and TZP-102, as well as 5-HT4 agonists and CCK antagonists all showed promising results in terms of improvement of the gastric emptying (117119)