"Gastrointestinal Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Drugs used for their effects on the gastrointestinal system, as to control gastric acidity, regulate gastrointestinal motility and water flow, and improve digestion.
| Descriptor ID |
D005765
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.954.483
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| Concept/Terms |
Gastrointestinal Agents- Gastrointestinal Agents
- Agents, Gastrointestinal
- Gastrointestinal Drugs
- Drugs, Gastrointestinal
Gastric Agents- Gastric Agents
- Agents, Gastric
- Gastric Drugs
- Drugs, Gastric
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Gastrointestinal Agents" by people in this website by year, and whether "Gastrointestinal Agents" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gastrointestinal Agents" by people in Profiles.
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Desai A, Sehgal P, Khataniar H, Lewis JD, Farraye FA, Lichtenstein GR, Kochhar GS. Obesity Is Associated With Worsened Outcomes in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis on Advanced Therapies: A Propensity Matched Cohort Study From the U.S. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2025 Apr; 61(7):1197-1207.
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Sayuk GS, Waldman SA, Brenner DM. Mechanisms of Action of Current Pharmacologic Options for the Treatment of Chronic Idiopathic Constipation and Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Constipation. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 04 01; 117(4S):S6-S13.
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Entezari AA, Snook AE, Waldman SA. Guanylyl cyclase 2C (GUCY2C) in gastrointestinal cancers: recent innovations and therapeutic potential. Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2021 05; 25(5):335-346.
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Vora A, Vance D, Alnouri G, Sataloff RT. Food Sensitivity and Laryngopharyngeal Reflux: Preliminary Observations. J Voice. 2021 May; 35(3):497.e5-497.e7.
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Bajpai M, Seril DN, Van Gurp J, Geng X, Alvarez J, Minacapelli CD, Gorin S, Das KK, Poplin E, Cheng J, Amenta PS, Das KM. Effect of Long-Term Mesalamine Therapy on Cancer-Associated Gene Expression in Colonic Mucosa of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis. Dig Dis Sci. 2019 03; 64(3):740-750.
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Borreggine KL, Hosker DK, Rummans TA, Manning DM. Psychiatric Manifestations of Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Psychosomatics. 2018 Jan - Feb; 59(1):90-94.
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Cianci R, Frosali S, Pagliari D, Cesaro P, Petruzziello L, Casciano F, Landolfi R, Costamagna G, Pandolfi F. Uncomplicated diverticular disease: innate and adaptive immunity in human gut mucosa before and after rifaximin. J Immunol Res. 2014; 2014:696812.
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Tursi A, Joseph RE, Streck P. Expanding applications: the potential usage of 5-aminosalicylic acid in diverticular disease. Dig Dis Sci. 2011 Nov; 56(11):3112-21.
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Bharucha AE, Waldman SA. Taking a lesson from microbial diarrheagenesis in the management of chronic constipation. Gastroenterology. 2010 Mar; 138(3):813-7.
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Derman R, Kohles JD, Babbitt A. Gastrointestinal tolerability with ibandronate after previous weekly bisphosphonate treatment. Clin Interv Aging. 2009; 4:357-65.