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Pilot study of Biomarkers for predicting effectiveness of ramosetron in diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome: expression of S100A10 and polymorphisms of TPH1.
Neurogastroenterology and motility - 1 Jan 2015
Shiotani A, Kusunoki H, Ishii M, Imamura H, Manabe N, Kamada T, Hata J, Merchant J L, Haruma K
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BACKGROUND: Serotonin type 3 receptor (5-HT3 R) antagonists are potentially useful therapeutic agents for diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D). To identify biomarkers predicting effectiveness of the 5-HT3 R antagonist (ramosetron) in IBS-D. METHODS: Irritable bowel syndrome-D Japanese subjects received 2.5 or 5 μg of ramosetron once daily for 4 weeks. Colonic mucosal S100A and tryptophan...
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