Session II

11. Secondary changes of gut morphology in experimental intestinal atresia: are these changes reversible after fetal intervention?
    C. Oetzmann, H.C. Fiegel, U. Rolle, K. Wencke, H. Till, D. Kluth (Leipzig, Hamburg, Germany)
    
    
12. Postnatal Changes in Enteric Plexus Axonal Thickness.
    T.S. Paran, U. Rolle, P. Puri (Dublin, Ireland / Leipzig, Germany)
    
    
13. Intrinsic innervation of the hindgut in anorectal malformation
    A.C. van Deun, U. Rolle, H. Till, D. Kluth (Leipzig, Hamburg, Germany)
    
    
14. Analysis of RET, ZFHX1B, EDN3 and GDNF genomic rearrangements in 80 patients with Hirschsprung Disease (Using multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification)
    A. Serra, H. Görgens, K. Alhadad, A. Ziegler, G. Fitze, H.K. Schackert (Dresden, Luebeck, Germany)
    
    
15. Effect of elevated intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) and 100% oxygen on superior mesenteric artery (SMA) blood flow and enterocyte turnover in a rat.
    I. Sukhotnik, J. Mogilner, L. Hayari, V. Brod, S. Eldar, E. Shiloni, A.G. Coran, H. Bitterman (Haifa, Israel / Ann Arbor, USA)
    
    
16. The role of Wnt signalling on the generation of pancreatic islets for transplantation
    P.R. D’Alessandro, A.M. Rowan-Hull, S.A. Robertson, P.R.V. Johnson (Oxford, England)
    
    
17. Esophagus Tissue-Engineering: In-vitro engineering of esophageal epithelial layers and unidirectional smooth muscle components
    A. Saxena, K. Kofler, A. Herwig, M. Hoellwarth (Graz, Austria)
    
    
18. Xenogeneic Islet Transplantation of Microencapsulated Porcine Islets for Therapie of Type-I Diabetes: Long-Term Normoglycemia in STZ-Diabetic Rats without Immunosuppresion
    T. Meyer, K. Ulrichs, B. Hoecht (Wuerzburg, Germany)
    
    
19. Proliferation of c-Kit immunoreactive cells adn eosinophils within appendix smooth musle distinguishes between inflammatory states
    D.C. Palma, C. De Carli, M. Bettolli, L. Bertok, A. Krantis, S. Rubin (Ontario, Canada)