Issue 3/2019
Content (40 Articles)
Acknowledgment of 2018 Reviewers
Coming Complications of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Time to GNASH Your Teeth
Clara E. Dismuke-Greer, Wing-Kin Syn
Alternate Settings for Infusions in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients: Homing in on Optimal Care
Sasan Mosadeghi, Sasha Taleban
Real-World Success of Biologic Therapy in IBD: No More Reasons to Be Anti Antibody
Neil Gordon, Shaji Sebastian
Do Elevated Triglycerides Truly Trigger Acute Pancreatitis?
Mahya Faghih, Vikesh K. Singh
Management of Non-tumoral Portal Vein Thrombosis in Patients with Cirrhosis
Jonathan G. Stine, Patrick G. Northup
Adherence to Two Large-Bore Intravenous Lines in Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding Is Low
Mohammad Bilal, Osama Alhajjar, Matthew Madisetty, Vamsi Kantamaneni, Shailendra Singh, Michael Babich, Anastasios Kapetanos
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: A Concise Review of Diagnosis and Management
Zachary P. Fricker, David R. Lichtenstein
Autoimmune Enteropathy: An Updated Review with Special Focus on Stem Cell Transplant Therapy
Zunirah Ahmed, Aamer Imdad, James A. Connelly, Sari Acra
Malignant Transformation of Ectopic Pancreas
Irina M. Cazacu, Adriana Alexandra Luzuriaga Chavez, Graciela M. Nogueras Gonzalez, Adrian Saftoiu, Manoop S. Bhutani
Microbiome: An Emerging New Frontier in Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Reena Kumari, Senthilnathan Palaniyandi, Gerhard Carl Hildebrandt
The Turn of the Screw: A Tale of Dysphagia
Nathan S. Ramrakhiani, George Triadafilopoulos
Nausea and Vomiting in a Diabetic Patient with Delayed Gastric Emptying: Do not Delay Diagnosis
Rishabh Gulati, Sameen Khalid, Marissa Ashley Tafoya, Denis McCarthy
Balancing the Checkpoint: Managing Colitis Associated with Dual Checkpoint Inhibitors and High-Dose Aspirin
Muhammad B. Hammami, Ryan Gill, Nikhil Thiruvengadam, David Y. Oh, Kendall Beck, Uma Mahadevan, Michael G. Kattah
Survey Study on the Practice Patterns of the Evaluation and Management of Incidental Pancreatic Cysts
Donevan Westerveld, April Goddard, Nieka Harris, Vikas Khullar, Justin Forde, Peter V. Draganov, Chris E. Forsmark, Dennis Yang
Rising Inpatient Encounters and Economic Burden for Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in the USA
Alexander L. Nguyen, Haesuk Park, Pauline Nguyen, Edward Sheen, Yoona A. Kim, Mindie H. Nguyen
Awareness and Knowledge of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Among Office Employees in Beijing, China
Wei Zhang, Samantha Chao, Stephanie Chen, Huiying Rao, Rui Huang, Lai Wei, Anna S. Lok
Surveillance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Does the Place Where Ultrasound Is Performed Impact Its Effectiveness?
Federico Piñero, Fernando Rubinstein, Sebastián Marciano, Nora Fernández, Jorge Silva, Yanina Zambelo, Margarita Anders, Alina Zerega, Ezequiel Ridruejo, Carlos Miguez, Beatriz Ameigeiras, Claudia D’Amico, Luis Gaite, Carla Bermúdez, Carlos Rosales, Gustavo Romero, Lucas McCormack, Virginia Reggiardo, Luis Colombato, Adrián Gadano, Marcelo Silva
Protease Activated Receptor-2 Induces Immune Activation and Visceral Hypersensitivity in Post-infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome Mice
Lijun Du, Yanqin Long, John J. Kim, Binrui Chen, Yubin Zhu, Ning Dai
Effect of Long-Term Mesalamine Therapy on Cancer-Associated Gene Expression in Colonic Mucosa of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis
Manisha Bajpai, Darren N. Seril, James Van Gurp, Xin Geng, Janet Alvarez, Carlos D. Minacapelli, Steve Gorin, Koushik K. Das, Elizabeth Poplin, Jerry Cheng, Peter S. Amenta, Kiron M. Das
Circ-TTC17 Promotes Proliferation and Migration of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Qian Wang, Qian Zhang, Handong Sun, Weiwei Tang, Lili Yang, Zhipeng Xu, Zhihua Liu, Hui Jin, Xiufeng Cao
Macrophage Migration Inhibitor Promoted the Intrahepatic Bile Duct Injury in Rats with Severe Acute Pancreatitis
Bin Wang, Kai-Liang Zhao, Wen-Juan Hu, Teng Zuo, You-Ming Ding, Wei-Xing Wang
BATF Interference Blocks Th17 Cell Differentiation and Inflammatory Response in Hepatitis B Virus Transgenic Mice
Long-Yan Chen, Xiao-Peng Fan, Yu-Chen Fan, Jing Zhao, Shuai Gao, Feng Li, Zhao-Xia Qi, Kai Wang
Effect of Stem Cell Treatment on Acute Liver Failure Model Using Scaffold
Hyeon Tae Kang, Dae Won Jun, Kiseok Jang, Jeong-Kyu Hoh, Jai Sun Lee, Waqar Khalid Saeed, Yeon Ji Chae, Jin Ho Lee
Exosomal miR-155 Derived from Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells Under Hypoxia Promotes Angiogenesis in Endothelial Cells
Yusuke Matsuura, Hiroshi Wada, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Kunihito Gotoh, Shogo Kobayashi, Mitsuru Kinoshita, Masahiko Kubo, Koji Hayashi, Yoshifumi Iwagami, Daisaku Yamada, Tadafumi Asaoka, Takehiro Noda, Koichi Kawamoto, Yutaka Takeda, Masahiro Tanemura, Koji Umeshita, Yuichiro Doki, Masaki Mori
Long-Term Efficacy of Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Patients with Achalasia: Outcomes with a Median Follow-Up of 36 Months
Chenghai He, Meng Li, Bin Lu, Xiao Ying, Chen Gao, Shuangshuang Wang, Chengao Ma, Chaoqiong Jin
Ineffective Esophageal Motility Is Associated with Impaired Bolus Clearance but Does Not Correlate with Severity of Dysphagia
Priyanka Chugh, Tyson Collazo, Brad Dworkin, Daniela Jodorkovsky
Short-Term Symptomatic Relief in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Comparative Study of Esomeprazole and Vonoprazan
Kouichi Sakurai, Hiroko Suda, Satomi Fujie, Takayuki Takeichi, Ayako Okuda, Tetsuya Murao, Kiwamu Hasuda, Masahiro Hirano, Kiyoharu Ito, Katsuie Tsuruta, Masahiro Hattori
Adding Acotiamide to Gastric Acid Inhibitors Is Effective for Treating Refractory Symptoms in Patients with Non-erosive Reflux Disease
Hiroshi Yamashita, Akihiko Okada, Kohji Naora, Masafumi Hongoh, Yoshikazu Kinoshita
Duodenal Pathology in Patients with Rumination Syndrome: Duodenal Eosinophilia and Increased Intraepithelial Lymphocytes
Magnus Halland, Nicholas J. Talley, Mike Jones, Joseph A. Murray, Raquel Cameron, Marjorie M. Walker
Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study of Rifaximin and Lactulose Hydrogen Breath Test in Gulf War Veterans with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Ashok K. Tuteja, Nicholas J. Talley, Gregory J. Stoddard, G. Nicholas Verne
Correlation Between Anti-TNF Serum Levels and Endoscopic Inflammation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients
María Chaparro, Manuel Barreiro-de Acosta, Ana Echarri, Rosendo Almendros, Jesús Barrio, Jordina Llao, Fernando Gomollón, Maribel Vera, José Luis Cabriada, Jordi Guardiola, Iván Guerra, Belén Beltrán, Oscar Roncero, David Busquets, Carlos Taxonera, Xavier Calvet, Rocío Ferreiro-Iglesias, Virginia Ollero Pena, David Bernardo, María G. Donday, Ana Garre, Ana Godino, Ana Díaz, Javier P. Gisbert
Incidence and Management of Infusion Reactions to Infliximab in an Alternate Care Setting
L. Allyson Checkley, Loretta Kristofek, Samantha Kile, William Bolgar
Retention Rate, Persistence and Safety of Adalimumab in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Real-Life, 9-Year, Single-Center Experience in Italy
Alessandro Sartini, Eleonora Scaioli, Elisa Liverani, Matteo Bellanova, Luigi Ricciardiello, Franco Bazzoli, Andrea Belluzzi
Usefulness of Thiopurine Monotherapy for Crohn’s Disease in the Era of Biologics: A Long-Term Single-Center Experience
Cristina Suárez Ferrer, Yago González-Lama, Irene González-Partida, Marta Calvo Moya, Isabel Vera Mendoza, Virginia Matallana Royo, Juan Arevalo Serrano, Luis Abreu Garcia
Delayed Bleeding After Colorectal Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection: When Is Emergency Colonoscopy Needed?
Hideyuki Chiba, Ken Ohata, Jun Tachikawa, Jun Arimoto, Keiichi Ashikari, Hiroki Kuwabara, Michiko Nakaoka, Toru Goto, Atsushi Nakajima
Concise Commentary: Caution, Not Cauterization—Management of Post-ESD Colorectal Hemorrhage
Yoshii Shinji
Influence of Ambulatory Triglyceride Levels on Risk of Recurrence in Patients with Hypertriglyceridemic Pancreatitis
Bechien U. Wu, Michael Batech, Elizabeth Y. Dong, Lewei Duan, Dhiraj Yadav, Wansu Chen
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Bone Mineral Density in Children and Adolescents: Specific Considerations for Future Studies
Alessandro Mantovani