... gallbladder bile samples and 11 T-tube bile samples was analysed, all from patients with gallstones. Polyamines were found in three out of 11 gallbladder bile samples and eight out of 11 T-tube bile samples. Putrescine levels were 0.5-287 μmol/l and cadaverine levels were 2.4-645.4 μmol/l; these were...

...M. R. Jacyna; P. E. Ross; D. Hopwood; I. A. D. Bouchier 1. Sodium ion (Na + ) transport, a principal function of the gallbladder epithelium, was studied by measuring the flux of 22 Na across isolated, inflamed human gallbladder mucosa maintained in a modified ‘Ussing’ flux chamber. Tissue...

..., gallbladder, pancreas. Abbreviation: CCK-8, cholecystokinin octapep- tide. Introduction Although the pharmacology of cholecystokinin (CCK) is well established, the precise physiological Correspondence: Dr P. N. Maton, Digestive Diseases Branch, Room 9C-103, Building 10, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda...