Intestinal failure is the result of inflammation, perhaps during inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD), colon carcinoma, malabsorption, or a whole host of other events. As a result of these
events that may lead to intestinal failure, varying amounts of intestine may be removed,
resulting in short gut and subsequent adaptation. To understand the physiology of intestinal
failure, there is a need to explain normal physiologic intestinal functions (absorptive,
digestive, secretory, and others). This also includes the processes and proteins involved in …