Correspondence to: Mr C D Johnson University Surgical Unit, F Level, Centre Block (816), Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK; c.d.johnsonsoton.ac.uk Background: In predicted severe ...

Correspondence to: Professor J Dent Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and General Medicine, Level 7, North Wing, North Terrace, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, ...

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), which include ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), are chronic conditions characterised by inflammation of the intestinal tract. Alterations in ...

2 Ipatimup – Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal 3 Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal ...

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 ...

Correspondence to: Dr G J Gores Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First St SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA; gores.gregorymayo.edu ...

Objective The assessment of potentially confounding factors affecting colon microbiota composition is essential to the identification of robust microbiome based disease markers. Here, we investigate ...

Colonoscopy should be delivered by endoscopists performing high quality procedures. The British Society of Gastroenterology, the UK Joint Advisory Group on GI Endoscopy, and the Association of ...

Objective Since December 2019, a newly identified coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)) has caused outbreaks of pneumonia in Wuhan, China. SARS-CoV-2 enters host ...

Correspondence to Dr Pere Ginès, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona 08036, Spain; ...

2 Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 3 Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to Dr Palak J ...

Objective The extent to which tryptophan (Trp) metabolism alterations explain or influence the outcome of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) is still unclear. However, several Trp metabolism ...