Background and aim: The importance of the hepatocyte ploidisation pattern to the control of cell proliferation and differentiation has been well established. However, there are no data that have ...

Background Chicoric acid (CA), a hydroxycinnamic acid, has been reported to possess anti-inflammation activities. However, the specific mechanisms by which CA influences dextran sulfate sodium ...

Objective An international meeting was organised to develop consensus on (1) the landmarks to define the gastro-oesophageal junction (GOJ), (2) the occurrence and pathophysiological significance of ...

Dr P Sharma, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Kansas, Gastroenterology Section (111), VA Medical Center, 4801 E Linwood Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA. BACKGROUND Biopsy specimens ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays a key role in regulation of tumour associated angiogenesis. In the current study we analysed expression of VEGF and its receptors in ...

Objective We performed a meta-analysis of observational studies to quantify the magnitude of the association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and risk of extrahepatic cancers. Design ...

Objective The microbiome contributes to the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) but the relative contribution of different lifestyle and environmental factors to the compositional ...

Objective Patients with increased PD-L1 + host cells in tumours are more potent to benefit from antiprogrammed death-1/programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) treatment, but the underlying mechanism is ...

Objective Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has proved to be an extremely effective treatment for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, and there is interest in its potential application ...

Correspondence to Professor Bernd Schnabl, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA; beschnabl{at}ucsd.edu The spectrum of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) ...

1 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine; and GROW, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht The ...

These updated guidelines on the management of abnormal liver blood tests have been commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee (CSSC) of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) ...