Objective Extracellular matrix protein 1 (ECM1) serves as a gatekeeper of hepatic fibrosis by maintaining transforming growth ...
Background Ultra-short coeliac disease (USCD) is defined as villous atrophy only present in the duodenal bulb (D1) with concurrent positive coeliac serology. We present the first, multicentre, ...
Dr A B Pulimood, Department of Surgery, School of Surgical Sciences, Medical School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2 4HH, UK. BACKGROUND Intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn’s disease ...
Correspondence to Dr Melina Arnold, Section of Cancer Surveillance, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, Lyon 69008, France; arnoldm{at}fellows.iarc.fr Objective The ...
Introduction The BSG guidelines recommend anti tissue transglutaminase antibody (TTG) testing as a first line test for coeliac disease. Duodenal biopsies (D2) should be performed only after a positive ...
Correspondence to Dr Elisa Espinet; e.espinet{at}ub.edu ...
Background The impact of nucleos(t)ide analogues on intrahepatic viral burden and immune microenvironment in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is not clear. Objective We aimed to characterise ...
Dr G Fattovich, Servizio Autonomo Clinicizzato di Gastroenterologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Gastroenterologiche, Università di Verona, Via delle Menegone 10, 37134 Verona, Italy ...
5 Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China Objective Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), mostly developed in fibrotic/cirrhotic liver, exhibits ...
Objective The significance of the liver-microbiome axis has been increasingly recognised as a major modulator of autoimmunity. The aim of this study was to take advantage of a large well-defined ...
Objective Development of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are associated with gut microbiota (GM) changes. The gut viral community is predominated by bacteriophages (phages), which are viruses that ...
Professor J P Galmiche, Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine, CRI INSERM 95-08, CHU, Hôtel Dieu, Place A Ricordeau, 44035 Nantes cedex 01, France. Email:galmiche{at}easynet.fr BACKGROUND/AIM ...