J. Christian Bode

TL;DR: The results of this study indicate that alcohol abuse impairs the function of the intestinal barrier, which might enhance the translocation of bacterial toxins, thereby contributing to inflammatory processes in alcoholic liver disease.

TL;DR: Reducing the number of intestinal Gram-negative bacteria and preserving intestinal permeability to endotoxin may attenuate alcoholic liver and other organ injuries.

TL;DR: Endotoxin antagonists, such as bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein and high-density lipoprotein, were increased in the pre-cirrhotic stages, whereas a significant reduction of the latter was observed in cirrhosis, and endotoxin and the concentration of binding factors that are involved in the action of endotoxin on its target cells were increased.

TL;DR: This article represents the proceedings of a workshop at the 2000 ISBRA Meeting in Yokohama, Japan, where Christiane Bode, Alexandr Parlesak, and J. Christian Bode presented the course of the pathological spectrum of alcoholic liver disease in humans.

TL;DR: To determine the prevalence of small bowel bacterial overgrowth in older adults and to assess whether SBBO is associated with abdominal complaints and nutrient intake, a large number of older adults are surveyed.