Observational Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 14, 2019; 25(2): 269-281
Published online Jan 14, 2019. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i2.269
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Figure 3 Colonic mucosal brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA levels in patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome and healthy controls. Mucosal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mRNA level is expressed as a fold-change relative to the average level of healthy controls. Diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome patients showed a significantly higher BDNF mRNA level than subjects in the control group (P = 0.001). IBS-D: Diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome; BDNF: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor.