Producción Científica


  • Chinese Journal of Digestive Diseases
  • Dr. Rafael Barreto Zúñiga
  • 2005

Esperimental acute alcohol pancreatitis-related liver damage and endotoxemia: synbiotics but not metronidazole have a protective effect

The aim of this study was to test theeffect of gut manipulation by either novel synbiotics orbymetronidazole on either endotoxemia or the sever-ity of liver damage in the course of acute pancreatitisfrom alcohol ingestion.

  • Journal of Digestive Diseases
  • Dr. Rafael Barreto Zúñiga
  • 2007

Experimental radiotherapy-induced enteritis: A probiotic interventional study

Acute radiation of the small intestinecauses an immediate and potentially reversible effecton the sensitive regenerative epithelium of the intestinalmucosa while markedly altering the overall intestinalecosystem.

  • Plos One
  • Dr. Rafael Barreto Zúñiga
  • 2008

High Diversity of vacA and cagA Helicobacter pyloriGenotypes in Patients with and without Gastric Cancer

Helicobacter pyloriis associated with chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers, and gastric cancer. The aim of this studywas to assess the topographical distribution ofH. pyloriin the stomach as well as the vacA and cagA genotypes in patients with and without gastric cancer.