Postoperative ileus is maintained by intestinal immune infiltrates that activate inhibitory neural pathways in mice1 1The authors thank Prof. Yvette van Kooyk, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Free University, Amsterdam, for her gift of blocking antibodies; Drs. Formijn van Hemert and Cynara Veeris, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, for their assistance in the gastric emptying studies; and Dr. Jan M. Ruijter, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, for statistical assistance.

Wouter J. de Jonge(University of Bonn), Guy E. Boeckxstaens(KU Leuven), Roel J. Bennink(Amsterdam University Medical Centers), Ruud M. Buijs(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Merel-Linde Ter Beek(Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam), Pieter H. Reitsma(Leiden University Medical Center), S J van Deventer(Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam), Guido N.J. Tytgat(Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam), René M. van den Wijngaard(Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam), Frans Olivier The(University Gastroenterology)
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