Digestive Physiology and Nutrition Group
Our group focuses on digestive physiology and nutrition. We use animal models of digestive diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease.
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About our research
Our research programs include investigating:
- the essential two-way communication between the gut and the brain
- novel analogues of INSL5 as potential drug leads using modern solid phase peptide synthesis
- pathways of neuroimmune interactions in the intestine, including vagal, sympathetic and enteric nervous system pathways
- the prevention of complications of Hirschsprung disease through stem cell replacement of missing neurons.
Research team
Research team head
Group Head
Team members
Research and technical staff
- Madeleine Di Natale
- Billie Hunne
Selected publications
- Di Natale MR, Athavale ON, Wang X, Du P, Cheng LK, Liu Z and Furness JB (2023), ‘Functional and anatomical gastric regions and their relations to motility control’, Neurogastroenterology and Motility: The Official Journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society, Mar 13:e14560, doi:10.1111/nmo.14560
- Wang X, Cao J, Han K, Cho M, She Y, Scheven U, Avci R, Du P, Cheng LK, Natale MRD, Furness JB and Liu Z (2023), ‘Diffeomorphic surface modeling for MRI-based characterization of gastric anatomy and motility’, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, doi:10.1109/TBME.2023.3234509
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