‘ Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver’ (American philosopher William James [1842—1910]) Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is currently the most frequent global liver disease.1 ...

Transcription factors of the family p53 have emerged as an important set of tumour suppressors, able to regulate various cell functions like cell cycle arrest, differentiation, DNA repair, apoptosis ...

Background Chronic inflammation and elevated reactive oxygen species are key contributors to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ...

A high adenoma detection rate (ADR) is vital for effective colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, but evidence suggests limited additional benefit beyond a certain threshold. In a pooled analysis of five ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Stress may be an important factor in exacerbating inflammatory bowel disease but the underlying mechanism is unclear. Defective epithelial barrier function may allow uptake of ...

Objective Enteric glia activation has been reported to amplify intestinal inflammation via the enteroglial-specific S100B protein. This neurotrophin promotes macrophage recruitment in the mucosa, ...

Because it fosters our dreams of immortality, regeneration has been for centuries a matter of fascination for countless biologists and clinicians. While in mammals regeneration is obviously less ...

Objective We evaluated the histamine 1 receptor antagonist ebastine as a potential treatment for patients with non-constipated irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in a randomised, placebo-controlled phase ...

Objective IBD therapies and treatments are evolving to deeper levels of remission. Molecular measures of disease may augment current endpoints including the potential for less invasive assessments.

Background Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) affects over 30% of the general population and is ...

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Objective The optimal management of acute cholecystitis in patients at very high risk for cholecystectomy is uncertain. The aim of the current study was to compare endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided ...