Dr V V Smith, Histopathology, Camelia Botnar Laboratories, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, UK. Three infants, who presented with intestinal obstruction due to ...

1 Sino-British Research Centre for Molecular Oncology, Department of Pathology, Zhengzhou University, China 2 Centre for Molecular Oncology & Imaging, Institute of Cancer, Barts and The London School ...

Objective Effects of the diet-induced gut microbiota dysbiosis reach far beyond the gut. We aim to uncover the direct evidence involving the gut–testis axis in the aetiology of impaired ...

Correspondence to Professor Jin-Woo Bae, Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea; baejw{at}khu.ac.kr; ...

Objective Early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) is increasing in the USA despite rapid declines in older ages. Similar patterns are reported in Australia and Canada, but a comprehensive global analysis ...

Introduction A substantial proportion of e-Antigen negative chronic hepatitis B (CHB) under specialist follow-up are inactive carriers (IC) defined as those with low serum ALT and HBV DNA. Recent ...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has rapidly become the most common chronic liver disease globally and is currently estimated to affect up to 38% of the global adult population. NAFLD is a ...

Objective The microbiome contributes to the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) but the relative contribution of different lifestyle and environmental factors to the compositional ...

We appreciate the interest of Stengel et al 1 in our recent multicenter study published in Gut.1 2 The group suggests that peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) are a source of interleukin (IL)-1β ...

Objective In acute pancreatitis (AP), bacterial translocation and subsequent infection of pancreatic necrosis are the main risk factors for severe disease and late death. Understanding how ...

Objective Many cancers engage embryonic genes for rapid growth and evading the immune system. SOX9 has been upregulated in many tumours, yet the role of SOX9 in mediating immunosuppressive tumour ...

1 University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Groningen, The Netherlands 2 University of Groningen and University Medical Center ...