1 Department of Paediatrics, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy and European Laboratory of Food Induced Disease (ELFID), Naples, Italy Background and aims: The genetic load in coeliac ...

Background—Gut translocation of bacteria has been shown in both animal and human studies. Evidence from animal studies that links bacterial translocation to the development of postoperative sepsis and ...

1 Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA 2 Department of Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical ...

Correspondence to Professor Shiv Kumar Sarin, Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi 110070, India; shivsarin{at}gmail.com Objectives Beta-blockers and endoscopic ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Intestinal metaplasia (IM) is a common finding at the oesophagogastric junction, but the aetiopathogenesis of the different IM subtypes—that is, incomplete IM (specialised columnar ...

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 Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is characterised by stromal desmoplasia and vascular dysfunction, which critically impair drug delivery. This study examines the role of an abundant ...

2 Department of Gastroenterology, Leuven University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium. Correspondence to Professor Jan Tack, Department of Gastroenterology, Leuven University Hospital, Herestraat 49, Leuven ...

Correspondence to Dr Gengqing Song, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA; songgavin2010{at}gmail.com ...

Correspondence to Mr Amyn Haji, King’s Institute of Therapeutic Endoscopy, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, SE5 9RS, UK; amynhaji{at}me.com ...

We read with great interest the recent study by Gilliam-Vigh et al demonstrating significant transcriptomic alterations in ...

Background and aims The gastric epithelium undergoes continuous turnover. Corpus epithelial stem cells located in the gastric isthmus serve as a source of tissue self-renewal. We recently identified ...