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G Farrugia

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1 Autoantibodies to ganglionic acetylcholine receptors in autoimmune autonomic neuropathies. N Engl J Med 2000 3.57
2 Treatment of gastroparesis: a multidisciplinary clinical review. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2006 2.61
3 Loss of interstitial cells of cajal and inhibitory innervation in insulin-dependent diabetes. Gastroenterology 2001 2.25
4 Pan-colonic decrease in interstitial cells of Cajal in patients with slow transit constipation. Gut 2002 2.24
5 Decreased interstitial cell of cajal volume in patients with slow-transit constipation. Gastroenterology 2000 1.95
6 Distribution of interstitial cells of Cajal and nitrergic neurons in normal and diabetic human appendix. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2007 1.79
7 Carbon monoxide and nitric oxide as coneurotransmitters in the enteric nervous system: evidence from genomic deletion of biosynthetic enzymes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000 1.57
8 Rapid high-amplitude circumferential slow wave propagation during normal gastric pacemaking and dysrhythmias. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2012 1.43
9 Gastroparesis and functional dyspepsia: excerpts from the AGA/ANMS meeting. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2009 1.32
10 Effect of age on the enteric nervous system of the human colon. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2009 1.29
11 Lack of serotonin 5-HT2B receptor alters proliferation and network volume of interstitial cells of Cajal in vivo. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2009 1.26
12 Local presentation of Steel factor increases expression of c-kit immunoreactive interstitial cells of Cajal in culture. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2002 1.25
13 Oxidative stress: key player in gastrointestinal complications of diabetes. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2011 1.25
14 Clinical-histological associations in gastroparesis: results from the Gastroparesis Clinical Research Consortium. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2012 1.25
15 SCN5A is expressed in human jejunal circular smooth muscle cells. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2002 1.22
16 Changes in interstitial cells of cajal with age in the human stomach and colon. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2010 1.20
17 Heme oxygenase 2 is present in interstitial cell networks of the mouse small intestine. Gastroenterology 1998 1.20
18 Apoptotic cell death of human interstitial cells of Cajal. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2008 1.20
19 Regulation of interstitial cells of Cajal in the mouse gastric body by neuronal nitric oxide. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2007 1.16
20 ATP is a mediator of the fast inhibitory junction potential in human jejunal circular smooth muscle. Am J Physiol 1999 1.16
21 First-in-human study demonstrating pharmacological activation of heme oxygenase-1 in humans. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2009 1.10
22 Mechanosensitive ion channels in interstitial cells of Cajal and smooth muscle of the gastrointestinal tract. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2007 1.06
23 Achalasia: physiology and etiopathogenesis. Dis Esophagus 2006 1.04
24 Haem oxygenase in enteric nervous system of human stomach and jejunum and co-localization with nitric oxide synthase. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2001 1.02
25 Association of low numbers of CD206-positive cells with loss of ICC in the gastric body of patients with diabetic gastroparesis. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2014 0.99
26 Whole-cell potassium current in rabbit corneal epithelium activated by fenamates. J Membr Biol 1992 0.98
27 Factors related to abdominal pain in gastroparesis: contrast to patients with predominant nausea and vomiting. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2013 0.97
28 Otilonium bromide inhibits calcium entry through L-type calcium channels in human intestinal smooth muscle. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2004 0.96
29 Inhibition of virus-induced cell transformation by synthetic analogues of S-adenosyl homocysteine. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1975 0.95
30 Achalasia secondary to neoplasia: a disease with a changing differential diagnosis. Dis Esophagus 2011 0.95
31 Physiological study of interstitial cells of Cajal identified by vital staining. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2002 0.94
32 Species dependent expression of intestinal smooth muscle mechanosensitive sodium channels. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2007 0.94
33 Gastric leiomyosarcoma. Prognostic factors and surgical management. Arch Surg 1991 0.93
34 On the fiftieth anniversary. Postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome: mechanisms related to pathogens. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2014 0.93
35 Immunoreactivity for Ano1 detects depletion of Kit-positive interstitial cells of Cajal in patients with slow transit constipation. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2011 0.92
36 Kit/stem cell factor receptor-induced phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase signalling is not required for normal development and function of interstitial cells of Cajal in mouse gastrointestinal tract. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2003 0.91
37 D-lactic acidosis: pathologic consequence of saprophytism. Mayo Clin Proc 1998 0.91
38 What are the important subsets of gastroparesis? Neurogastroenterol Motil 2012 0.89
39 Platelet-derived growth factor receptor α (PDGFRα)-expressing "fibroblast-like cells" in diabetic and idiopathic gastroparesis of humans. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2012 0.89
40 Kit-like immunoreactivity in the zebrafish gastrointestinal tract reveals putative ICC. Dev Dyn 2007 0.88
41 Carbon monoxide is an endogenous hyperpolarizing factor in the gastrointestinal tract. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2004 0.87
42 5-HT receptors on interstitial cells of Cajal, smooth muscle and enteric nerves. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2007 0.86
43 Whole cell current and membrane potential regulation by a human smooth muscle mechanosensitive calcium channel. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2000 0.86
44 Macrophages in diabetic gastroparesis--the missing link? Neurogastroenterol Motil 2014 0.86
45 Review article: carbon monoxide in gastrointestinal physiology and its potential in therapeutics. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2013 0.85
46 Quantitation of cellular components of the enteric nervous system in the normal human gastrointestinal tract--report on behalf of the Gastro 2009 International Working Group. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2010 0.84
47 Mechanism mediating nitric oxide-induced inhibition in human jejunal longitudinal smooth muscle. Surgery 2001 0.84
48 Generalized neuromuscular hypoplasia, reduced smooth muscle myosin and altered gut motility in the klotho model of premature aging. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2011 0.83
49 The transwall gradient across the mouse colonic circular muscle layer is carbon monoxide dependent. FASEB J 2010 0.83
50 Carbon monoxide stimulates a potassium-selective current in rabbit corneal epithelial cells. Am J Physiol 1994 0.83
51 Coupling and innervation patterns of interstitial cells of Cajal in the deep muscular plexus of the guinea-pig. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2003 0.82
52 Nitric oxide pathways in circular muscle of the rat jejunum before and after small bowel transplantation. J Gastrointest Surg 2000 0.80
53 Mediators of non-adrenergic non-cholinergic inhibitory neurotransmission in porcine jejunum. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2004 0.80
54 Effect of endogenous hydrogen sulfide on the transwall gradient of the mouse colon circular smooth muscle. J Physiol 2013 0.79
55 Role of nitric oxide, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, and ATP in inhibitory neurotransmission in human jejunum. J Surg Res 1999 0.79
56 Corporeal structural and vascular micro architecture with X-ray micro computerized tomography in normal and diabetic rabbits: histopathological correlation. J Urol 2001 0.79
57 Studies on synthetic inhibitors of t-RNA methyl transferases: analogs of S-adenosyl homocysteine. Biochimie 1973 0.79
58 Effect of exogenous ATP on canine jejunal smooth muscle. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2000 0.78
59 Potassium outward currents in freshly dissociated rabbit corpus cavernosum myocytes. J Urol 2001 0.78
60 Distribution of TMEM100 in the mouse and human gastrointestinal tract--a novel marker of enteric nerves. Neuroscience 2013 0.77
61 Effects of pH on the potassium current in rabbit corneal epithelial cells. Am J Physiol 1997 0.77
62 [New studies on inhibition of tRNA N2 guanine methyltransferase by S-adenosyl-homocysteine and S-adenosyl-methionine analogs]. Biochimie 1976 0.77
63 Effects of melatonin on ionic currents in cultured ocular tissues. Am J Physiol 1999 0.76
64 Patch-clamp recordings of membrane currents evoked during natural synaptic activity in sympathetic neurons. Neuroscience 1998 0.76
65 Gut microbiota and neurogastroenterology and motility: the good the bad and the ugly. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2014 0.75
66 Duodenal obstruction: diagnosis by gastroduodenal manometry. Mayo Clin Proc 1997 0.75
67 Identification of some metabolic products of 5' -deoxy-5' -S-isobutylthioadenosine, an inhibitor of virus-induced cell transformation. Eur J Biochem 1978 0.75
68 High-grade obstruction of the proximal extrahepatic bile duct: an unusual complication of duodenal ulcer disease. Am J Gastroenterol 1991 0.75
69 Audit of suspected chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in patients with gynecologic cancer. Eur J Gynaecol Oncol 2008 0.75
70 Comparative effect of methioninyl adenylate on the growth of Salmonella typhimurium and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Arch Microbiol 1976 0.75
71 90-year-old man with fever and melena. Mayo Clin Proc 1996 0.75