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A reproducible grading scale for histological assessment of inflammation in ulcerative colitis
Dr K Geboes, Department of Pathology, University Hospital, KULeuven, Minderbroedersstraat 12, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Email: Karel.Geboes{at}uz.kuleuven.ac.be BACKGROUND Evaluation of histological ...
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Global prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
Introduction Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading cause of chronic liver disease, with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) as a major predictor. Insulin resistance and chronic ...
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Glutamine deprivation facilitates tumour necrosis factor induced bacterial translocation in Caco-2 cells by depletion of enterocyte fuel substrate
1 Gut Barrier Research Group, and Department of Surgery, University of Manchester, Hope Hospital, Manchester, UK 2 Department of Microbiology, University of Manchester, Hope Hospital, Manchester, UK 3 ...
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Heterozygous carriage of the alpha1-antitrypsin Pi*Z variant increases the risk to develop liver cirrhosis
Correspondence to Dr Thomas Berg, Section of Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig 04103, Germany; thomas.berg{at}medizin.uni-leipzig.de Objective ...
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BMP-9 interferes with liver regeneration and promotes liver fibrosis
4 Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and University of Tuebingen, Stuttgart, Germany 5 German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen and Institute for Transfusion ...
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Next-generation sequencing of bile cell-free DNA for the early detection of patients with malignant biliary strictures
Objective Despite significant progresses in imaging and pathological evaluation, early differentiation between benign and malignant biliary strictures remains challenging. Endoscopic retrograde ...
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Prospective study on the incidence, prevalence and 5-year pancreatic-related mortality of pancreatic cysts in a population-based study
Correspondence to Dr Marie-Luise Kromrey, Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, 17475, Germany; marie-luise.kromrey{at}uni-greifswald.de ...
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Mucosal microbiome dysbiosis in gastric carcinogenesis
Correspondence to Jun Yu, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong; ...
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The active bacterial assemblages of the upper GI tract in individuals with and without Helicobacter infection
Objective Patients infected with Helicobacter pylori develop chronic gastritis with a subgroup progressing to further complications. The role of microbiota from the oral cavity swallowed with saliva ...
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Glutathione peroxidase 4 is reversibly induced by HCV to control lipid peroxidation and to increase virion infectivity
Objective Inflammation and oxidative stress drive disease progression in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) towards hepatocellular carcinoma. HCV is known to increase intracellular levels of reactive oxygen ...
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Pain in chronic pancreatitis: the role of neuropathic pain mechanisms
1 Mech-Sense, Department of Gastroenterology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark 2 Center for Sensory-Motor Interactions, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, ...
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Efficient plasma metabolic fingerprinting as a novel tool for diagnosis and prognosis of gastric cancer: a large-scale, multicentre study
2 Key Laboratory of Prevention, Diagnosis and Therapy of Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China Objective Metabolic biomarkers are expected to decode the phenotype of ...