TABLE 3.

GI diseases associated with zinc homeostasis demodulation

GI disease	Experimental model used	References
GI tract cancer (s)	Animal model: rodent	50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58
Malabsorption and GI infections	Animal and human evidences	53, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74
IBD	Human: ex vivo, in vitro, animal: porcine	77
Celiac sprue	Human model	67, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80
GERD	Animal models	81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87
Alcoholic liver disease	Human: in vitro; animal: mice, rats	88, 89, 90

Abbreviations: GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease; GI, gastrointestinal; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease(s).