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BMC Gastroenterology

Issue 1/2012

Content (183 Articles)

Open Access Research article

Validation of the FIB4 index in a Japanese nonalcoholic fatty liver disease population

Yoshio Sumida, Masato Yoneda, Hideyuki Hyogo, Yoshito Itoh, Masafumi Ono, Hideki Fujii, Yuichiro Eguchi, Yasuaki Suzuki, Noriaki Aoki, Kazuyuki Kanemasa, Koji Fujita, Kazuaki Chayama, Toshiji Saibara, Norifumi Kawada, Kazuma Fujimoto, Yutaka Kohgo, Toshikazu Yoshikawa, Takeshi Okanoue

Open Access Research article

Value of fecal calprotectin in the evaluation of patients with abdominal discomfort: an observational study

Michael Manz, Emanuel Burri, Claude Rothen, Nuschin Tchanguizi, Christian Niederberger, Livio Rossi, Christoph Beglinger, Frank Serge Lehmann

Open Access Research article

Factors linked to severe thrombocytopenia during antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis c and pretreatment low platelet counts

Kung-Hung Lin, Ping-I Hsu, Hsien-Chung Yu, Chun-Ku Lin, Wei-Lun Tsai, Wen-Chi Chen, Hoi-Hung Chan, Kwok-Hung Lai

Open Access Research article

Prevalence of non Helicobacter pylori species in patients presenting with dyspepsia

Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Rustam Khan, Shagufta Naz, Zubair Ahmad, Muhammad Islam, Safia Awan, Fatima Jafri, Wasim Jafri

Open Access Research article

Serological assessment of gastric mucosal atrophy in gastric cancer

Jan Bornschein, Michael Selgrad, Thomas Wex, Doerthe Kuester, Peter Malfertheiner

Open Access Research article

High-dose clevudine impairs mitochondrial function and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in INS-1E cells

Yoon-Ok Jang, Xianglan Quan, Ranjan Das, Shanhua Xu, Choon-Hee Chung, Chan Mug Ahn, Soon-Koo Baik, In Deok Kong, Kyu-Sang Park, Moon Young Kim

Open Access Research article

Applicability of a short/rapid 13C-urea breath test for Helicobacter pylori: retrospective multicenter chart review study

Hemda Schmilovitz-Weiss, Vered Sehayek-Shabat, Rami Eliakim, Eitan Skapa, Yona Avni, Haim Shirin

Open Access Research article

Chronic fatigue syndrome after Giardia enteritis: clinical characteristics, disability and long-term sickness absence

Halvor Naess, Morten Nyland, Trygve Hausken, Inghild Follestad, Harald I Nyland

Open Access Research article

Long-term effects of treatment and response in patients with chronic hepatitis C on quality of life. An international, multicenter, randomized, controlled study

Geert Bezemer, Arthur R Van Gool, Elke Verheij-Hart, Bettina E Hansen, Yoav Lurie, Juan I Esteban, Martin Lagging, Francesco Negro, Stefan Zeuzem, Carlo Ferrari, Jean-Michel Pawlotsky, Avidan U Neumann, Solko W Schalm, Robert J de Knegt

Open Access Research article

"Drop in" gastroscopy outpatient clinic - experience after 9 months

Gert Huppertz-Hauss, Lubomir Chengarov, Stein Dahler, Anita Jørgensen, Volker Moritz, Jørn Paulsen, Geir Hoff

Open Access Research article

Luteolin decreases IGF-II production and downregulates insulin-like growth factor-I receptor signaling in HT-29 human colon cancer cells

Do Young Lim, Han Jin Cho, Jongdai Kim, Chu Won Nho, Ki Won Lee, Jung Han Yoon Park

Open Access Research article

GDNF protects enteric glia from apoptosis: evidence for an autocrine loop

Martin Steinkamp, Heike Gundel, Nadine Schulte, Ulrike Spaniol, Carolin Pflueger, Eugen Zizer, Georg BT von Boyen

Open Access Research article

Gaviscon® vs. omeprazole in symptomatic treatment of moderate gastroesophageal reflux. a direct comparative randomised trial

Denis Pouchain, Marc-André Bigard, François Liard, Marc Childs, Annick Decaudin, Donna McVey

Open Access Research article

Involvement of a periodontal pathogen, Porphyromonas gingivalis on the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Masato Yoneda, Shuhei Naka, Kazuhiko Nakano, Koichiro Wada, Hiroki Endo, Hironori Mawatari, Kento Imajo, Ryota Nomura, Kazuya Hokamura, Masafumi Ono, Shogo Murata, Iwai Tohnai, Yoshio Sumida, Toshihide Shima, Masae Kuboniwa, Kazuo Umemura, Yoshinori Kamisaki, Atsuo Amano, Takeshi Okanoue, Takashi Ooshima, Atsushi Nakajima

Open Access Research article

Diagnostic accuracy of cyst fluid amphiregulin in pancreatic cysts

May T Tun, Reetesh K Pai, Shirley Kwok, Aiwen Dong, Aparna Gupta, Brendan C Visser, Jeff A Norton, George A Poultsides, Subhas Banerjee, Jacques Van Dam, Ann M Chen, Shai Friedland, Brennan A Scott, Rahul Verma, Anson W Lowe, Walter G Park

Open Access Research article

Diagnostic accuracy of the aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index for the prediction of hepatitis B-related fibrosis: a leading meta-analysis

Wenwen Jin, Zhonghua Lin, Yongning Xin, Xiangjun Jiang, Quanjiang Dong, Shiying Xuan

Open Access Research article

Correlation between magnifying narrow band imaging and histopathology in gastric protruding/or polypoid lesions: a pilot feasibility trial

Takafumi Omori, Yoshio Kamiya, Tomomitsu Tahara, Tomoyuki Shibata, Masakatsu Nakamura, Joh Yonemura, Masaaki Okubo, Daisuke Yoshioka, Takamitsu Ishizuka, Naoko Maruyama, Toshiaki Kamano, Hiroshi Fujita, Yoshihito Nakagawa, Mitsuo Nagasaka, Masami Iwata, Tomiyasu Arisawa, Ichiro Hirata

Open Access Case report

Dome-type carcinoma of the colon; a rare variant of adenocarcinoma resembling a submucosal tumor: a case report

Masayoshi Yamada, Shigeki Sekine, Takahisa Matsuda, Masayuki Yoshida, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Ryoji Kushima, Taku Sakamoto, Takeshi Nakajima, Yutaka Saito, Takayuki Akasu

Open Access Research article

Fully covered self-expandable metal stents (SEMS), partially covered SEMS and self-expandable plastic stents for the treatment of benign esophageal ruptures and anastomotic leaks

Petra GA van Boeckel, Kulwinder S Dua, Bas LAM Weusten, Ruben JH Schmits, Naveen Surapaneni, Robin Timmer, Frank P Vleggaar, Peter D Siersema

Open Access Research article

Effect of intracellular lipid accumulation in a new model of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Norberto C Chavez-Tapia, Natalia Rosso, Claudio Tiribelli

Open Access Research article

Early effect of oral administration of omeprazole with mosapride as compared with those of omeprazole alone on the intragastric pH

Hiroshi Iida, Masahiko Inamori, Tetsuro Fujii, Yusuke Sekino, Hiroki Endo, Kunihiro Hosono, Takashi Nonaka, Tomoko Koide, Hirokazu Takahashi, Masato Yoneda, Ayumu Goto, Yasunobu Abe, Noritoshi Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Kirikoshi, Kensuke Kubota, Satoru Saito, Eiji Gotoh, Shin Maeda, Atsushi Nakajima

Open Access Research article

Metachronous metastasis- and survival-analysis show prognostic importance of lymphadenectomy for colon carcinomas

Tilman Laubert, Jens K Habermann, Claudia Hemmelmann, Markus Kleemann, Elisabeth Oevermann, Ralf Bouchard, Philipp Hildebrand, Thomas Jungbluth, Conny Bürk, Hamed Esnaashari, Erik Schlöricke, Martin Hoffmann, Andreas Ziegler, Hans-Peter Bruch, Uwe J Roblick

Open Access Research article

Intravenous non-high-dose pantoprazole is equally effective as high-dose pantoprazole in preventing rebleeding among low risk patients with a bleeding peptic ulcer after initial endoscopic hemostasis

Chih-Ming Liang, Jyong-Hong Lee, Yuan-Hung Kuo, Keng-Liang Wu, Yi-Chun Chiu, Yeh-Pin Chou, Ming-Luen Hu, Wei-Chen Tai, King-Wah Chiu, Tsung-Hui Hu, Seng-Kee Chuah

Open Access Research article

Surgical treatment of congenital biliary duct cyst

De-chun Wang, Zi-pei Liu, Zhi-hua Li, Da-jiang Li, Jian Chen, Shu-guo Zheng, Yu He, Ping Bie, Shu-guang Wang

Open Access Research article

Genetic deletion of dectin-1 does not affect the course of murine experimental colitis

Sigrid EM Heinsbroek, Anneke Oei, Joris JTH Roelofs, Shobhit Dhawan, Anje te Velde, Siamon Gordon, Wouter J de Jonge

Open Access Research article

Do gastrointestinal and respiratory signs and symptoms correlate with the severity of gastroesophageal reflux?

Hakan Uzun, Demet Alagoz, Mesut Okur, Bunyamin Dikici, Kenan Kocabay, Dursun Ali Senses, Aybars Ozkan, Murat Kaya

Open Access Research article

Self-reported colorectal cancer screening of Medicare beneficiaries in family medicine vs. internal medicine practices in the United States: a cross-sectional study

Angela Y Higgins, Anna R B Doubeni, Karon L Phillips, Adeyinka O Laiyemo, Becky Briesacher, Jennifer Tjia, Chyke A Doubeni

Open Access Research article

Dietary L-arginine supplementation reduces Methotrexate-induced intestinal mucosal injury in rat

Tal Koppelmann, Yulia Pollak, Jorge Mogilner, Jacob Bejar, Arnold G Coran, Igor Sukhotnik

Open Access Correspondence

Quantitative modeling of the physiology of ascites in portal hypertension

David G Levitt, Michael D Levitt

Open Access Research article

Assessment of liver fibrosis and associated risk factors in HIV-infected individuals using transient elastography and serum biomarkers

Johannes Vermehren, Annika Vermehren, Axel Mueller, Amina Carlebach, Thomas Lutz, Peter Gute, Gaby Knecht, Christoph Sarrazin, Mireen Friedrich-Rust, Nicole Forestier, Thierry Poynard, Stefan Zeuzem, Eva Herrmann, Wolf Peter Hofmann

Open Access Research article

Apolipoprotein E COG 133 mimetic peptide improves 5-fluorouracil-induced intestinal mucositis

Orleâncio Gomes R Azevedo, Renato André C Oliveira, Bruna Castro Oliveira, Snjezana Zaja-Milatovic, Celina Viana Araújo, Deysi Viviana T Wong, Tiê Bezerra Costa, Herene Barros Miranda Lucena, Roberto César P Lima-Júnior, Ronaldo A Ribeiro, Cirle A Warren, Aldo Ângelo M Lima, Michael P Vitek, Richard L Guerrant, Reinaldo B Oriá

Open Access Research article

Changes of Treg and Th17 cells balance in the development of acute and chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Liang Xue-Song, Li Cheng-Zhong, Zhou Ying, Wan Mo-Bin

Open Access Research article

Endoscopic ultrasound criteria to predict the need for intervention in pancreatic necrosis

Christian Jürgensen, Alexander Arlt, Frank Neser, Annette Fritscher-Ravens, Ulrich Stölzel, Jochen Hampe

Open Access Research article

The balance between two isoforms of LEF-1 regulates colon carcinoma growth

Shu-Hong Wang, Ke-Jun Nan, Yao-Chun Wang, Wen-Juan Wang, Tao Tian

Open Access Research article

Inter-relationships between the economic and emotional consequences of colorectal cancer for patients and their families: a qualitative study

Alan Ó Céilleachair, Liza Costello, Claire Finn, Aileen Timmons, Patricia Fitzpatrick, Kanika Kapur, Anthony Staines, Linda Sharp

Open Access Research article

Hepatitis B vs. hepatitis C infection on viral hepatitis-associated hepatocellular carcinoma

Spiros P Hiotis, Nuh N Rahbari, Gerald A Villanueva, Eunjie Klegar, Wei Luan, Qin Wang, Herman T Yee

Open Access Case report

Drug-induced liver injury due to varenicline: a case report

David Sprague, Kiran Bambha

Open Access Research article

A low level of serum total testosterone is independently associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Sunmi Kim, Hyuktae Kwon, Jin-Ho Park, Belong Cho, Donghee Kim, Seung-Won Oh, Cheol Min Lee, Ho-Chun Choi

Open Access Study protocol

Implementation of population screening for colorectal cancer by repeated Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT): third round

Inge Stegeman, Thomas R de Wijkerslooth, Rosalie C Mallant-Hent, Karin de Groot, An K Stroobants, Paul Fockens, Marco Mundt, Patrick MM Bossuyt, Evelien Dekker

Open Access Research article

Capsule colonoscopy increases uptake of colorectal cancer screening

Stefan Groth, Horst Krause, Rainer Behrendt, Helge Hill, Michael Börner, Murat Bastürk, Nora Plathner, Friedrich Schütte, Ulrich Gauger, Jürgen Ferdinand Riemann, Lutz Altenhofen, Thomas Rösch

Open Access Research article

Effectiveness of CO2-insufflated endoscopic submucosal dissection with the duodenal balloon occlusion method for early esophageal or gastric cancer: a randomized case control prospective study

Hirohito Mori, Hideki Kobara, Shintaro Fujihara, Noriko Nishiyama, Kunihiko Izuishi, Masaomi Ohkubo, Kazi Rafiq, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Tsutomu Masaki

Open Access Research article

Association of an NFKB1 intron SNP (rs4648068) with gastric cancer patients in the Han Chinese population

Renquan Lu, Xiang Gao, Yin Chen, Jian Ni, Yongfu Yu, Sheng Li, Lin Guo

Open Access Research article

Immunophenotype classification and therapeutic outcomes of Chinese primary gastrointestinal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Zizhen Zhang, Yanying Shen, Danping Shen, Xingzhi Ni

Open Access Case report

Autoimmune hepatitis type 2 associated with an unexpected and transient presence of primary biliary cirrhosis-specific antimitochondrial antibodies: a case study and review of the literature

Pietro Invernizzi, Maria Grazia Alessio, Daniel S Smyk, Ana Lleo, Aurelio Sonzogni, Luca Fabris, Manila Candusso, Dimitrios P Bogdanos, Raffaele Iorio, Giuliano Torre

Open Access Research article

Hormone replacement therapy is associated with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: a retrospective cohort study

Helen Close, James M Mason, Douglas Wilson, A Pali S Hungin

Open Access Research article

Evaluation of ES-derived neural progenitors as a potential source for cell replacement therapy in the gut

Valentina Sasselli, Maria-Adelaide Micci, Kristen M Kahrig, Pankaj Jay Pasricha

Open Access Research article

Unsedated peroral wireless pH capsule placement vs. standard pH testing: A randomized study and cost analysis

Christopher N Andrews, Daniel C Sadowski, Adriana Lazarescu, Chad Williams, Emil Neshev, Martin Storr, Flora Au, Steven J Heitman

Open Access Software

The gastrointestinal electrical mapping suite (GEMS): software for analyzing and visualizing high-resolution (multi-electrode) recordings in spatiotemporal detail

Rita Yassi, Gregory O’Grady, Nira Paskaranandavadivel, Peng Du, Timothy R Angeli, Andrew J Pullan, Leo K Cheng, Jonathan C Erickson

Open Access Research article

Efficacy of omeprazole, famotidine, mosapride and teprenone in patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms: an omeprazole-controlled randomized study (J-FOCUS)

Kouichi Sakurai, Akihito Nagahara, Kazuhiko Inoue, Junichi Akiyama, Katsuhiro Mabe, Junichi Suzuki, Yasuki Habu, Akihiro Araki, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Katsuaki Satoh, Haruhiko Nagami, Ryosaku Harada, Nobuo Tano, Masayasu Kusaka, Yasuhiko Fujioka, Toshikatsu Fujimura, Nobuyuki Shigeto, Tsuneyo Oumi, Jun Miwa, Hiroto Miwa, Kazuma Fujimoto, Yoshikazu Kinoshita, Ken Haruma

Open Access Research article

Statin use is associated with a reduced incidence of colorectal cancer: a colonoscopy-controlled case–control study

Thomas Broughton, Jamie Sington, Ian LP Beales

Open Access Research article

Palm vitamin E reduces catecholamines, xanthine oxidase activity and gastric lesions in rats exposed to water-immersion restraint stress

Nur Azlina Mohd Fahami, Ibrahim AbdelAziz Ibrahim, Yusof Kamisah, Nafeeza Mohd Ismail

Open Access Research article

Postoperative complications following colectomy for ulcerative colitis: A validation study

Christopher Ma, Marcelo Crespin, Marie-Claude Proulx, Shanika DeSilva, James Hubbard, Martin Prusinkiewicz, Geoffrey C Nguyen, Remo Panaccione, Subrata Ghosh, Robert P Myers, Hude Quan, Gilaad G Kaplan

Open Access Research article

Diet in subjects with irritable bowel syndrome: A cross-sectional study in the general population

Solveig C Ligaarden, Stian Lydersen, Per G Farup

Open Access Research article

Elevated circulating soluble interleukin-2 receptor in patients with chronic liver diseases is associated with non-classical monocytes

Sebastian Seidler, Henning W Zimmermann, Ralf Weiskirchen, Christian Trautwein, Frank Tacke

Open Access Research article

The impact of Irritable Bowel Syndrome on health-related quality of life: a Singapore perspective

Yu Tien Wang, Hwee Yong Lim, David Tai, Thinesh L Krishnamoorthy, Tira Tan, Sylvaine Barbier, Julian Thumboo

Open Access Research article

Fibroblast growth factor 23 contributes to diminished bone mineral density in childhood inflammatory bowel disease

Mostafa Abdel-Aziz El-Hodhod, Ahmad Mohamed Hamdy, Amal Ahmed Abbas, Sherine George Moftah, Alhag Ahmed Mohamed Ramadan

Open Access Research article

Vertebral fractures in patients with inflammatory bowel disease COMPARED with a healthy population: a prospective case-control study

Ma Angeles Vázquez, Enrique Lopez, Ma José Montoya, Mercè Giner, Ramón Pérez-Temprano, Ramón Pérez-Cano

Open Access Research article

Ferritin above 100 mcg/L could rule out colon cancer, but not gastric or rectal cancer in patients with involuntary weight loss

Cristian Baicus, Simona Caraiola, Mihai Rimbas, Ruxandra Patrascu, Anda Baicus

Open Access Research article

Comparison of argon plasma coagulation in management of upper gastrointestinal angiodysplasia and gastric antral vascular ectasia hemorrhage

Yi-Chun Chiu, Lung-Sheng Lu, Keng-Liang Wu, William Tam, Ming-Luen Hu, Wei-Chen Tai, King-Wah Chiu, Seng-Kee Chuah

Open Access Research article

Mitochondrial uncouplers inhibit hepatic stellate cell activation

Eduardo L Guimarães, Jan Best, Laurent Dollé, Mustapha Najimi, Etienne Sokal, Leo A van Grunsven

Open Access Research article

Goat milk with and without increased concentrations of lysozyme improves repair of intestinal cell damage induced by enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

Eunice B Carvalho, Elizabeth A Maga, Josiane S Quetz, Ila FN Lima, Hemerson YF Magalhães, Felipe AR Rodrigues, Antônio VA Silva, Mara MG Prata, Paloma A Cavalcante, Alexandre Havt, Marcelo Bertolini, Luciana R Bertolini, Aldo AM Lima

Open Access Research article

Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS): is there a difference based on onset of symptoms - pediatric versus adult?

Nilay Kumar, Qumseya Bashar, Naveen Reddy, Jyotirmoy Sengupta, Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, Abigail Schroeder, Walter J Hogan, Thangam Venkatesan

Open Access Research article

Comparative analysis of inflamed and non-inflamed colon biopsies reveals strong proteomic inflammation profile in patients with ulcerative colitis

Nina Aagaard Poulsen, Vibeke Andersen, Jens Christian Møller, Hanne Søndergaard Møller, Flemming Jessen, Stig Purup, Lotte Bach Larsen

Open Access Research article

13-year mortality trends among hospitalized patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Justin L Sewell, Hal F Yee Jr

Open Access Research article

High mobility group B1 impairs hepatocyte regeneration in acetaminophen hepatotoxicity

Runkuan Yang, Shutian Zhang, Antonella Cotoia, Niku Oksala, Shengtao Zhu, Jyrki Tenhunen

Open Access Research article

The clinical, endoscopic and histological spectrum of the solitary rectal ulcer syndrome: a single-center experience of 116 cases

Shahab Abid, Ali Khawaja, Salima Ahmed Bhimani, Zubair Ahmad, Saeed Hamid, Wasim Jafri

Open Access Technical advance

Back-to-Back Comparison of Auto-Fluorescence Imaging (AFI) Versus High Resolution White Light Colonoscopy for Adenoma Detection

Kentaro Moriichi, Mikihiro Fujiya, Ryu Sato, Jiro Watari, Yoshiki Nomura, Toshie Nata, Nobuhiro Ueno, Shigeaki Maeda, Shin Kashima, Kentaro Itabashi, Chisato Ishikawa, Yuhei Inaba, Takahiro Ito, Kotaro Okamoto, Hiroki Tanabe, Yusuke Mizukami, Yusuke Saitoh, Yutaka Kohgo

Open Access Research article

Capsule endoscopy with flexible spectral imaging color enhancement reduces the bile pigment effect and improves the detectability of small bowel lesions

Eiji Sakai, Hiroki Endo, Shingo Kato, Tetsuya Matsuura, Wataru Tomeno, Leo Taniguchi, Takashi Uchiyama, Yasuo Hata, Eiji Yamada, Hidenori Ohkubo, Takuma Higrashi, Kunihiro Hosono, Hirokazu Takahashi, Atsushi Nakajima

Open Access Research article

Faecal immunochemical test accuracy in patients referred for surveillance colonoscopy: a multi-centre cohort study

Jochim S Terhaar sive Droste, Sietze T van Turenhout, Frank A Oort, René WM van der Hulst, Vincent A Steeman, Usha Coblijn, Lisette van der Eem, Ruud Duijkers, Anneke A Bouman, Gerrit A Meijer, Annekatrien CTM Depla, Pieter Scholten, Ruud JLF Loffeld, Veerle MH Coupé, Chris JJ Mulder

Open Access Research article

CD44/CD24 Expression in recurrent gastric cancer: a retrospective analysis

Ching-Shya Yong, Chih-Ming Ou Yang, Yenn-Hwei Chou, Chao-Sheng Liao, Chung-Wei Lee, Chin-Cheng Lee

Open Access Research article

Evaluation of patient satisfaction of an outpatient gastroscopy service in an Asian tertiary care hospital

Najib Azmi, Wah-Kheong Chan, Khean-Lee Goh

Open Access Research article

Risk of inflammatory bowel disease following a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome

Chad K Porter, Brooks D Cash, Mark Pimentel, Akintunde Akinseye, Mark S Riddle

Open Access Research article

Protective role of 1,25(OH)2vitamin D3 in the mucosal injury and epithelial barrier disruption in DSS-induced acute colitis in mice

Hongwei Zhao, Hong Zhang, Hui Wu, Hui Li, Lei Liu, Jian Guo, Chenyang Li, David Q Shih, Xiaolan Zhang

Open Access Research article

A magic pill? A qualitative analysis of patients’ views on the role of antidepressant therapy in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Antonina A Mikocka-Walus, Andrea L Gordon, Benjamin J Stewart, Jane M Andrews

Open Access Research article

Nasogastric tube insertion in anesthetized and intubated patients: a new and reliable method

Yung-Fong Tsai, Chiao-Fen Luo, Amina Illias, Chih-Chung Lin, Huang-Ping Yu

Open Access Research article

Primary Biliary Cirrhosis in a genetically homogeneous population: Disease associations and familial occurrence rates

Aikaterini Mantaka, Mairi Koulentaki, Gregory Chlouverakis, Jean Marie Enele-Melono, Aikaterini Darivianaki, Maria Tzardi, Elias A Kouroumalis

Open Access Research article

The i148m Pnpla3 polymorphism influences serum adiponectin in patients with fatty liver and healthy controls

Luca Valenti, Raffaela Rametta, Massimiliano Ruscica, Paola Dongiovanni, Liliana Steffani, Benedetta Maria Motta, Elena Canavesi, Anna Ludovica Fracanzani, Enrico Mozzi, Giancarlo Roviaro, Paolo Magni, Silvia Fargion

Open Access Research article

Blastocystosis in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms: a case–control study

Ayhan Hilmi Cekin, Yesim Cekin, Yesim Adakan, Ezel Tasdemir, Fatma Gulsun Koclar, Basak Oguz Yolcular

Open Access Research article

A comparison of the temporary placement of 3 different self-expanding stents for the treatment of refractory benign esophageal strictures: a prospective multicentre study

Jorge Manuel Tavares Canena, Manuel José Antunes Liberato, Ricardo António Natário Rio-Tinto, Pedro Miguel Pinto-Marques, Carlos Manuel Menezes Romão, António Vasco Mello Pereira Coutinho, Beatriz Alda Henriques Costa Neves, Maria Filipa Costa Neves Santos-Silva

Open Access Research article

Gastric cancer cell supernatant causes apoptosis and fibrosis in the peritoneal tissues and results in an environment favorable to peritoneal metastases, in vitro and in vivo

Di Na, Zhi-Dong Lv, Fu-Nan Liu, Yan Xu, Cheng-Gang Jiang, Zhe Sun, Zhi-Feng Miao, Feng Li, Hui-Mian Xu

Open Access Case report

Spontaneous resolution of severe, symptomatic mesocolic panniculitis: a case report

Aurélie Daumas, Serge Agostini, Julia Villeret, Philippe Ah-Soune, Olivier Emungania, Brigitte Granel

Open Access Research article

Deletion of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells in genetically targeted mice supports development of intestinal inflammation

Franziska Boehm, Maria Martin, Rebecca Kesselring, Gabriela Schiechl, Edward K Geissler, Hans-Jürgen Schlitt, Stefan Fichtner-Feigl

Open Access Research article

Pancreatic-specific autoantibodies to glycoprotein 2 mirror disease location and behaviour in younger patients with Crohn’s disease

Dimitrios P Bogdanos, Dirk Roggenbuck, Dirk Reinhold, Thomas Wex, Polychronis Pavlidis, Ulrike von Arnim, Peter Malfertheiner, Alastair Forbes, Karsten Conrad, Martin W Laass

Open Access Research article

Autophagy and apoptosis-related genes in chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma

Andromachi Kotsafti, Fabio Farinati, Romilda Cardin, Umberto Cillo, Donato Nitti, Marina Bortolami

Open Access Research article

A frequent variant in the human bile salt export pump gene ABCB11 is associated with hepatitis C virus infection, but not liver stiffness in a German population

Roman Müllenbach, Susanne N Weber, Marcin Krawczyk, Vincent Zimmer, Christoph Sarrazin, Frank Lammert, Frank Grünhage

Open Access Research article

Transporter function and cyclic AMP turnover in normal colonic mucosa from patients with and without colorectal neoplasia

Karen Kleberg, Gerda Majgaard Jensen, Dan Ploug Christensen, Morten Lundh, Lars Groth Grunnet, Svend Knuhtsen, Steen Seier Poulsen, Mark Berner Hansen, Niels Bindslev

Open Access Research article

Analysis of the causes and clinical characteristics of jejunoileal hemorrhage in China: a multicenter 10 year retrospective survey

Da-lei Jiang, Hui-ya Liu, Yong Yuan, Jian-chao Sui, Chang-chun Jing, Kai-tong Jiang, Qing-cai Wang, Sheng-an Yuan, Hai-ying Chen, Yan-jing Gao

Open Access Research article

Systemic administration of a novel human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells population accelerates the resolution of acute liver injury

Patrizia Burra, Diletta Arcidiacono, Debora Bizzaro, Tatiana Chioato, Rosa Di Liddo, Antara Banerjee, Andrea Cappon, Patrizio Bo, Maria Teresa Conconi, Pier Paolo Parnigotto, Silvia Mirandola, Enrico Gringeri, Amedeo Carraro, Umberto Cillo, Francesco Paolo Russo

Open Access Research article

Luminal lactate in acute pancreatitis - validation and relation to disease severity

Lauri Pynnönen, Minna Minkkinen, Sari Räty, Juhani Sand, Isto Nordback, Anders Perner, Jyrki Tenhunen

Open Access Research article

Higher frequency of cagA EPIYA-C Phosphorylation Sites in H. pylori strains from first-degree relatives of gastric cancer patients

Dulciene MM Queiroz, Cícero ISM Silva, Maria HRB Goncalves, Manuel B Braga-Neto, Andréa BC Fialho, André MN Fialho, Gifone A Rocha, Andreia MC Rocha, Sérgio A Batista, Richard L Guerrant, Aldo AM Lima, Lucia LBC Braga

Open Access Research article

Cholecystomucoclasis: revaluation of safety and validity in aged populations

Tomoya Tsukada, Tatsuo Nakano, Takashi Miyata, Shozo Sasaki, Tetsuo Ohta

Open Access Research article

Effects of patient factors on noninvasive liver stiffness measurement using acoustic radiation force impulse elastography in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Sheng-Hung Chen, Yu-Fen Li, Hsueh-Chou Lai, Jung-Ta Kao, Cheng-Yuan Peng, Po-Heng Chuang, Wen-Pang Su, I-Ping Chiang

Open Access Research article

Hepatitis C virus E2 protein involve in insulin resistance through an impairment of Akt/PKB and GSK3β signaling in hepatocytes

Ming-Ju Hsieh, Kuang-Ping Lan, Hao-Yu Liu, Xiao-Zong Zhang, Yaw-Feng Lin, Tzy-Yen Chen, Hui-Ling Chiou

Open Access Research article

hTERT, MYC and TP53 deregulation in gastric preneoplastic lesions

Tanielly Cristina Raiol Silva, Mariana Ferreira Leal, Danielle Queiroz Calcagno, Carolina Rosal Teixeira de Souza, André Salim Khayat, Ney Pereira Carneiro dos Santos, Raquel Carvalho Montenegro, Silvia Helena Barem Rabenhorst, Mayara Quaresma Nascimento, Paulo Pimentel Assumpção, Marília de Arruda Cardoso Smith, Rommel Rodríguez Burbano

Open Access Research article

Increased proton pump inhibitor and NSAID exposure in irritable bowel syndrome: results from a case-control study

Daniel Keszthelyi, Gwen H Dackus, Gwen M Masclee, Joanna W Kruimel, Ad AM Masclee

Open Access Research article

A gluten-free diet effectively reduces symptoms and health care consumption in a Swedish celiac disease population

Fredrik Norström, Olof Sandström, Lars Lindholm, Anneli Ivarsson

Open Access Research article

Phase I study of miriplatin combined with transarterial chemotherapy using CDDP powder in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Kenya Kamimura, Takeshi Suda, Yasushi Tamura, Masaaki Takamura, Takeshi Yokoo, Masato Igarashi, Hirokazu Kawai, Satoshi Yamagiwa, Minoru Nomoto, Yutaka Aoyagi

Open Access Research article

Neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis caused by citrin deficiency: prevalence and SLC25A13mutations among thai infants

Suporn Treepongkaruna, Suttiruk Jitraruch, Porawee Kodcharin, Dussadee Charoenpipop, Pim Suwannarat, Paneeya Pienvichit, Keiko Kobayashi, Duangrurdee Wattanasirichaigoon

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Surveillance cultures of samples obtained from biopsy channels and automated endoscope reprocessors after high-level disinfection of gastrointestinal endoscopes

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Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: primary care based pragmatic randomised controlled trial

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Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discuss last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.