Objective There is emerging evidence that the pancreas may be a target organ of SARS-CoV-2 infection. This aim of this study was to investigate the outcome of patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) and ...
Background Clostridium butyricum (CB) is a butyric acid-producing bacterium that is thought to exert a probiotic effect in IBD. NLRP3 inflammasomes are an important component of intrinsic immunity, ...
Correspondence to Professor Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA; ...
Dr Z M Younossi, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Gastroenterology, Desk S-40, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. BACKGROUND AND AIMS To develop and assess a disease specific ...
Introduction Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction (DGBI) may be associated with dietary alterations in Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (hEDS), yet the dietary behaviours and factors that influence ...
(1) Glutaraldehyde, used in most endoscopy units in the United Kingdom for the disinfection of flexible gastrointestinal endoscopes, is a toxic substance being an irritant and a sensitiser; symptoms ...
Introduction Constipation is common in the community, and may affect survival adversely. An association between constipation and development of colorectal cancer (CRC) could be one possible ...
1 University of Sheffield, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Academic Unit of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK 2 Department of ...
Background Peritoneal metastasis is the most common metastasis pattern of gastric cancer. Patients with gastric cancer ...
Many patients with IBD report persisting symptoms, despite resolution of the inflammatory process. Although by definition, a ...
Background: Antibodies to soluble liver antigen/liver pancreas (SLA/LP) are specific markers of autoimmune hepatitis. Their target antigen has recently been cloned. Aims: To establish standardised ...
Isotopic bile salt studies have been performed in 13 cholecystectomy patients and 10 matched controls using labelled taurocholate and deoxycholic acid. Cholecystectomy subjects have reduced pools of ...