It is now widely recognised that host–microbiome interactions play a major role in the control of energy metabolism and ...

Subepithelial lesions (SLEs) are often detected incidentally during endoscopic examination. They represent a heterogeneous ...

Introduction Background: Optimal patient preparation for colonoscopy is shown to improve polyp detection in the colon. In Japan, it is widely accepted practice to administer a mucolytic agent prior to ...

Dr M J A P Govers, Numico Research BV, PO Box 7005, 6700 CA Wageningen, The Netherlands. BACKGROUND Recent studies suggest that resistant starch (effective in producing butyrate and lowering possibly ...

4 Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Hopital Claude Huriez, CHRU Lille, France Correspondence to: Professor J-F Colombel Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Hopital Claude Huriez, CHRU de Lille, ...

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 ...

Objective Elucidating complex ecosystems and molecular features of gallbladder cancer (GBC) and benign gallbladder diseases is pivotal to proactive cancer prevention and optimal therapeutic ...

International consensus meetings in Padova and Vienna have attempted to rationalise the grading and classification of gastrointestinal epithelial neoplasia (GEN). With its minor adjustments, the ...

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 ...

2 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio 21 Molecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3 MIT, Department of Comparative ...

These guidelines aim to help clinicians manage patients who have had an intestinal resection that leaves a short length (about 2 m or less) of small bowel remaining. The preliminary guidelines were ...

3 Department of Paediatrics, Astrid Lindgrens Children’s Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden 4 Department of Oncology, Radiology, and Clinical Immunology, Uppsala University Hospital and Department of ...