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 ...
Chronic HBV infection remains a major global health burden, with current antiviral therapies effectively suppressing viral ...
Background Depending on the colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programme, a colonoscopy should be performed within 1–3 months ...
Background Endometriosis is a debilitating gynaecological disorder with an elusive pathogenesis. While gut microbiota dysbiosis has been implicated, the causal role of gut-peritoneum microbial ...
Background Postdischarge morbidity and mortality is high in acute pancreatitis (AP) and pathophysiological mechanisms remain ...
Background The prevalence of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is rapidly increasing with high ...
Background Chronic stress is a known risk factor for cancer metastasis. However, the underlying mechanisms, particularly ...
2 Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, Hangzhou, China Background Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is a highly aggressive malignancy with limited treatment options and poor ...
The aim of this study was to establish the relative importance of risk factors for mortality after acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage, and to formulate a simple numerical scoring system that ...
Refractory coeliac disease (RCD) is defined by persistent or recurrent malabsorptive symptoms and villous atrophy despite strict adherence to a gluten-free diet (GFD) for at least 6–12 months in the ...
International consensus meetings in Padova and Vienna have attempted to rationalise the grading and classification of gastrointestinal epithelial neoplasia (GEN). With its minor adjustments, the ...
2 Department of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands 3 Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Academic Medical Center, University of ...