showed a trendp -value = 0.056
Besides, treatment with UAMC-00050 significantly increased elastase-like activity measured with Suc-Ala-Ala-Ala-AMC (Bonferroni-corrected unpaired t -test p -value = 0.006, Figure 7E ) and showed a trend towards an increase in elastase-like activity measured with Suc-Ala-Ala-Pro-Val-AMC in fecal samples from acute colitis rats (Mann-Whitney U two-sided p -value = 0.056, Figure 7D ). 4 Discussion In this study, we provide new evidence for serine protease inhibitors such as UAMC-00050 and nafamostat as promising therapeutic agents for the treatment of visceral hypersensitivity.