doi: 10.3389/fphar.2026.1789257 Received 16 January 2026 Revised 20 April 2026 Accepted 22 April 2026 Published 20 May 2026 Volume 17 - 2026 Edited by Cyril Ronco, Universit Cte d'Azur, France Reviewed by Finbarr P
It is not surprising, therefore, that erythromycin is associated with marked acceleration or dumping of food from the stomach since, as a motilin receptor agonist and stimulant of cholinergic mechanisms, it enhances both fundic contraction as well as antral motor function, thereby having a dual effect on mechanisms associated with increased longitudinal axial forces in the antrum in healthy participants and patients with dysmotilities and acceleration of gastric emptying (Surrenti et al., 1996
However, subsequent research revealed that HGF and its receptor c-Met are widely expressed in the brain, particularly in the hippocampus, cortex, and cerebellum
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