The Rome diagnostic criteria for the functional bowel disorders and functional abdominal pain are used widely in research and practice. A committee consensus approach, including criticism from ...

Gastric cancer is a major global health concern, with ongoing efforts focused on screening and eradicating Helicobacter pylori infection.1 However, H. pylori infection is typically acquired during ...

Background The aetiology and pathogenesis of IBD are intricate, involving genetic and environmental factors. Notably, cigarette smoking has contrasting effects, being detrimental to Crohn’s disease ...

Objective Stomach cancer is a leading cause of cancer death, especially in developing countries. Incidence has been associated with poverty and is also reported to disproportionately affect indigenous ...

Dr J Tibble, Department of Gastroenterology, King’s College School Medicine and Dentistry, Bessemer Road, London SE5 9PJ, UK. BACKGROUND The diagnosis of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) ...

Objective MicroRNA (miR)-301a is known to be involved in the tumourigenesis and pathogenesis of several autoimmune diseases, but it remains unclear whether miR-301a is associated with the pathogenesis ...

1 Institute of Immunology, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P.R.China 2 Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang ...

1 Pancreatic Research Group, Department of Gastroenterology, Bankstown-Lidcombe and Liverpool Hospitals, and University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 2 Pancreatic Research Group, University of ...

Background Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection disproportionately affects people living with HIV, who are often excluded from functional cure studies. Objective This study investigates CD8+ T ...

We read with great interest the article of Ratziu and colleagues, who evaluated the potential of thrombospondin-2 (TSP2), insulin-like growth factor binding protein 7, CD163 and growth differentiation ...

1 Department of Gastroenterology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China 2 Department of Gastroenterology, the General Hospital of Jinan Military Command, Jinan, China 3 Department of ...

Background Chronic stress is a known risk factor for cancer metastasis. However, the underlying mechanisms, particularly ...