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The effect of centrally administered prolactin on gastric acid secretion and experimentally-induced gastric and duodenal ulcers was studied. The acute gastric ulcer models used were pylorus ligation, indomethacin-induced and ethanol-induced gastric ulcers. Chronic gastric ulcers were induced using acetic acid and duodenal ulcers by cysteamine hydrochloride. In pylorus ligated rats, prolactin (1 microg/kg icv) produced 45% increase in gastric content volume, significant increase in free acidity (P < 0.001), total acidity (P < 0.001) and ulcer index (P < 0.001). It did not show any significant effect on ethanol-induced and indomethacin-induced gastric ulcers. Prolactin increased the ulcer index (P < 0.001) and ulcer score (P < 0.05) in acetic acid-induced chronic gastric ulcers. It also increased ulcer area (P < 0.05) in cysteamine-induced duodenal ulcers. Therefore, the proulcerogenic activity of prolactin was due to its gastric hypersecretory effect.
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PMID:Effect of centrally administered prolactin on gastric and duodenal ulcers in rats. 1146 28

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a monomer found in plastic products used daily for the storage and consumption of food and beverages, such as plastic bottles, containers, and even toys. The molecule leaches out into the food, increasingly if exposed to warm temperatures and high acidity. BPA is known for many negative effects on the human body; for instance it acts as an xenoestrogen and influences fertility and gestation and might also have carcinogenic effects, causing breast and prostate cancer. Although it has not yet been proven as a direct cause of autoimmunity, many of the effects of BPA can be related to the pathogenesis of autoimmune disease (AID). Its estrogenic behavior modulates the immune system, it encourages the secretion of Prolactin that is known to be associated to AID, it creates oxidative stress that triggers the immune system and so on. Therefore there is room to advise individuals at risk for AID to avoid the consumption of BPA, similar to guidelines for pregnant women.
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PMID:[BISPHENOL A--AN INFAMOUS MOLECULE]. 2682 3