Histopathology Unit, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Royal College of Surgeons, London. Diet is of fundamental importance in the healthy functioning of alimentary epithelium, or during the disease ...

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 ...

Background—Recent studies indicate that gastric emptying may be influenced by patterns of previous nutrient intake. Endogenous cholecystokinin (CCK), whose synthesis and release can be affected by ...

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 ...

Conflict of interest statement.Professor Irvine shares ownership of the copyright, together with McMaster University, of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ). Modern medicine has had a ...

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 ...

1 Institute of Immunology, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P.R.China 2 Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang ...

Bacterial infection is a frequent trigger of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), syndrome that could also increase the risk of infection. This investigation evaluated prevalence and characteristics ...

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

Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden Correspondence to Professor Catharina Svanborg, Department of Microbiology, ...

21 Hans Christian Andersen Children's Hospital, Odense University Hospital, Odense C, Denmark Correspondence to Dr Jonas F Ludvigsson, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska ...