Objectives Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a severe necroinflammatory liver disease associated with significant mortality. Although loss of hepatocytes is generally recognised as a key trigger of liver ...
Objective Vitamin D and the vitamin D receptor (VDR) appear to be important immunological regulators of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Defective autophagy has also been implicated in IBD, where ...
Objective: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic functional gastrointestinal disorder. Evidence for treatment of the condition with antidepressants and psychological therapies is conflicting.
Background—Medium chain C8–C10 triglycerides (MCTs) improve fat absorption in short bowel patients. Effects on overall energy absorption remain unknown. Aims—To determine whether MCTs and medium chain ...
Background Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) enables en bloc resection of early gastrointestinal cancers and provides ...
Clinical trials in IBD face difficulties of escalating complexity, high costs and challenges in recruitment. Digital twins are virtual, data-driven replicas of individual patients that model disease ...
2 School Of Medical Sciences – Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia 3 Gastrointestinal FunctionandMotiltiy Unit (GiFM) – Hospital Pakar Universiti Sains Malaysia, ...
Tissue epithelia maintain their lineage identity under normal conditions but occasionally undergo ‘reprogramming’ into ...
We read the global analysis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in cirrhosis by Wong et al with great interest.1 Assembling 7040 ...