Objective Extracellular matrix protein 1 (ECM1) serves as a gatekeeper of hepatic fibrosis by maintaining transforming growth ...

Anthranoid-containing laxatives--aloe, cascara, frangula, and rheum--may play a role in colorectal cancer. This risk is particularly important in view of the wide abuse of self administered laxatives ...

aDepartment of Gastrointestinal Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, bSödra Hõlsocentralen, Hudiksvall, Sweden, cUniversity of Michigan Health ...

Although non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) was considered relatively uncommon prior to the middle of the last decade, over the past three years there has been an explosion of studies on various ...

Correspondence to: Professor J H Scholefield, Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; john.scholefield{at}nottingham.ac.uk Follow up after colorectal resection is a ...

Dr Helmut Friess, Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Bern, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland. Email: helmut.friess{at}insel.ch BACKGROUND Nerve growth factor (NGF), ...

Objective Developing a small animal model that accurately delineates the natural history of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and immunopathophysiology is necessary to clarify the mechanisms of ...

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The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Correspondence to Christine A Iacobuzio-Donahue, Associate Professor of Pathology, ...

Objective Chronic alcohol consumption is an important cause of liver-related deaths. Specific intestinal microbiota profiles are associated with susceptibility or resistance to alcoholic liver disease ...

Correspondence to Wouter J den Hollander, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands; w.j.denhollander{at}gmail.com Objective ...

Professor J P Galmiche, Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine, CRI INSERM 95-08, CHU, Hôtel Dieu, Place A Ricordeau, 44035 Nantes cedex 01, France. Email:galmiche{at}easynet.fr BACKGROUND/AIM ...