The scanning electron microscope is capable of 25 mμ resolution combined with a great depth of focus, features which make the technique of value in the study of the intestinal mucosa. Surgical ...

Introduction Ustekinumab (UST) has been shown to induce and maintain clinical response and remission and to produce clinically meaningful endoscopic improvement in patients with moderate-severe ...

Background and aims: The success of Helicobacter pylori eradication regimens depends on gastric pH, inflammation, and mucus thickness. Our aim was to investigate the effects of acid secretion, ...

1 Department of Internal Medicine, National Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan 2 Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan ...

Objective Over half of patients with IBS have either diarrhoea (IBS-D) or a mixed stool pattern (IBS-M). The relative efficacy of licenced pharmacological therapies is unclear in the absence of ...

2 Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), CNRS UMR 7104, INSERM U596,ULP, BP 163, 67404 Illkirch Cedex, CU de Strasbourg, France Correspondence to: Dr S M Karam ...

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) is a nuclear receptor that regulates intestinal inflammation. PPARγ is highly expressed in the colon and can be activated by various dietary ...

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Introduction NICE recommends faecal calprotectin (FCP) testing as an option to support clinicians with the differential diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) ...

Novel Bacteria and Drug Discovery Research Group (NBDD), Microbiome and Bioresource Research Strength (MBRS), Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia ...

Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Background: Colon epithelial cell (CEC) apoptosis and ...

Correspondence to Dr Johann von Felden, Department of Internal Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; j.von-felden{at}uke.de; Dr Augusto Villanueva, Liver Cancer Program, ...