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We present a prospective multinational case series investigating smooth muscle \u03b1-actin deficiency as a biomarker of this disease.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold>\n                    A total of 115 fully clinically and physiologically (including prolonged (24 hour) ambulatory jejunal manometry) characterised CIIP patients from three European centres were studied. Immunohistochemical localisation of actins and other cytoskeletal proteins were performed on laparoscopic full thickness jejunal biopsies and compared with adult controls. Distribution of \u03b1-actin was also characterised in other gut regions and in the developing human alimentary tract.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Twenty eight of 115 (24%) CIIP patient biopsies had absent (n\u200a=\u200a22) or partial (n\u200a=\u200a6) jejunal smooth muscle \u03b1-actin immunostaining in the circular muscle layer. In contrast, smooth muscle \u03b1-actin staining was preserved in the longitudinal muscle and in adult jejunal controls (n\u200a=\u200a20). Comparative study of other adult alimentary tract regions and fetal small intestine, suggested significant spatial and temporal variations in smooth muscle \u03b1-actin expression.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold>\n                    The ability to modulate \u03b1-smooth muscle actin expression, evident in development, is maintained in adult life and may be influenced by disease, rendering it a valuable biomarker even in the absence of other structural abnormalities.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/gut.2003.037275","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2004,10,11]],"date-time":"2004-10-11T20:38:06Z","timestamp":1097527086000},"page":"1583-1589","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":99,"title":["Deranged smooth muscle \u03b1-actin as a biomarker of intestinal pseudo-obstruction: a controlled multinational case series"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"53","author":[{"given":"C H","family":"Knowles","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"D B A","family":"Silk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A","family":"Darzi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"B","family":"Veress","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"R","family":"Feakins","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A H","family":"Raimundo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"T","family":"Crompton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"E C","family":"Browning","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"G","family":"Lindberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"J E","family":"Martin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2004,10,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.1","first-page":"206","volume":"3","year":"1958","journal-title":"J R Coll Surg Edin"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"675","DOI":"10.1136\/gut.41.5.675","volume":"41","year":"1997","journal-title":"Gut"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/00005176-199701000-00021"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0016-5085(99)70082-X"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/gut.28.1.5"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9343(70)80076-6"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.7","first-page":"743","volume":"58","year":"1996","journal-title":"Am J Hum Genet"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/gut.30.9.1285"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"21","DOI":"10.1136\/adc.81.1.21","volume":"81","year":"1999","journal-title":"Arch Dis Child"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.10","first-page":"1290","volume":"85","year":"1980","journal-title":"Gastroenterology"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"110","DOI":"10.1016\/0016-5085(89)90770-1","volume":"96","year":"1989","journal-title":"Gastroenterology"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1572-0241.1998.00334.x"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0016-5085(98)70155-6"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-2982.1999.00147.x"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1023\/A:1018803819455"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.16","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1440-1746.17.s1.7.x"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"363","DOI":"10.1002\/bjs.1800820326","volume":"82","year":"1995","journal-title":"Br J Surg"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.18","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1053\/gast.2002.37287"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-2559.1997.2250839.x"},{"key":"2025121304052549000_53.11.1583.20","unstructured":"Martin JE, Smith VV, Domizio P. 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