Peter C. Konturek

TL;DR: The improved insulin sensitivity after 2 nights of treatment may reflect a decreasing sympathetic activity, indicating that sleep apnea is an independent risk factor for increased insulin resistance.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors defined stress as an acute threat to homeostasis, and showed both short and long-term effects on the functions of the gastrointestinal tract, which can lead to the development of a broad array of gastrointestinal disorders including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and other functional gastrointestinal diseases, food antigen-related adverse responses, peptic ulcer and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

TL;DR: Identification of the molecular basis and role of melatonin in the regulation of circadian rhythm allows researchers and clinicians to approach gastrointestinal diseases from a chronobiological perspective.

TL;DR: The results indicate that OSA itself is an independent risk factor for insulin resistance, and this effect may be explained by the elevated sympathetic activity in OSA.

TL;DR: CD4+ cells infiltrating antrum and corpus stomach mucosa during H. pylori infection show a Th1 phenotype, and this polarized Th1-type response may contribute to the inability of the immune system to eradicate the bacterium.