Deficit of Gammadelta T Lymphoc ...
Background Gammadelta T lymphocytes are an important component of innate immunity. Previous studies have shown their role in the development of Croh ...
Prospective Evaluation of Fibro ...
Background The FibroScan (FS), the aspartate aminotransferase- to-platelet ratio index (APRI), and the FIB-4 index are simple and inexpensive method ...
Aberrant CpG Island Hypermethyl ...
Background Aberrant CpG island hypermethylation is a major epigenetic mechanism that can inactivate the transcription of cancer-related genes. Purp ...
Refinement and Reproducibility ...
Background Standardized criteria for assessing microscopic esophageal lesions are required to test their utility as markers of gastroesophageal refl ...
Perinodal Adipose Tissue and Me ...
Background Colitis induced by trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) with reactivation is a good experimental model for studying inflammatory bowel di ...
Validation of a New Physical Ac ...
Background Many available physical activity questionnaires (PAQs) are limited due to either focus on recreational activities or burdensome length. ...
Helicobacter bilis Colonization ...
Background Aberrant mucosal immune responses to antigens of the resident microbiota are a significant cause of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), as ...
Focal Fat Masquerading as Malig ...
Background and Aims Liver failure from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an increasing indication for liver transplant and recurrence of ...
Presence of JC Virus DNA in the ...
Introduction JC virus (JCV) may infect the gastrointestinal tract in childhood, and, by encoding a gene for T-antigen (T Ag), can initiate chromosom ...
Is the Colonic Response to Food ...
Background Colonic response to food (CRF) is abnormal in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients. Aims The aim of this study was to compare CRF in ...
Epigenetic Silencing of MicroRN ...
Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small (19–25 nucleotides) noncoding RNAs that regulate the expressions of a wide variety of genes, incl ...
Evaluation of Growth After Live ...
Aims Currently, the main interest in childhood liver transplantation (LT) is to prevent long-term complications and optimize growth. The aim of this ...
Lactobacillus plantarum Prevent ...
Background Bacterial translocation is considered a major cause of initiation and development of systemic sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction in cl ...
Risk of Functional Gastrointest ...
Introduction Military personnel are frequently deployed to regions of the world with high travelers’ diarrhea (TD) rates. Pathogens associated with ...
Mechanisms Linking Nonalcoholic ...
The most common cause of death in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is coronary artery disease (CAD), not chronic liver disease ...
Efficacy of Intravenous Glycyrr ...
Background Acute onset autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) shows acute presentation like acute hepatitis and does not have typical clinicopathological featur ...
The Impact of Time Elapsed Betw ...
Background Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is frequently used for staging of esophageal malignancies prior to esophagectomy. Aims The purpose of this s ...
A Role of the Aryl Hydrocarbon ...
Background and Aims The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), which is a member of the basic helix-loop-helix/ Per-Arnt-Sim homology superfamily, plays a ...
Acute and Chronic Histological ...
Background Campylobacter jejuni has been implicated in the pathogenesis of post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS) in humans, effects whic ...
Acoustic Liver Biopsy in Patien ...
Background Transabdominal ultrasound cannot be used to quantitate fibrosis in patients with advanced liver fibrosis due to variability in the abdomi ...
Epigenetic Inactivation of the ...
Introduction The secreted frizzled-related protein 1 (SFRP1) gene, as a Wnt signaling modulator, is frequently inactivated by promoter methylation i ...
Percutaneous Gastrostomy Tube P ...
Background Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery is one of the most commonly performed bariatric surgeries in the United States. Patients with pri ...
Hepatobiliary Disease Associate ...
Gastrointestinal involvement in the idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) most commonly manifests as gastroenteritis. There are, however, case ...
Montelukast Was Inefficient in ...
Background and Aims Leukotriene D4 is produced by and functions as a chemotactic factor for eosinophils. Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is character ...
Gastric Juice Prostaglandins an ...
Background Gastric secretion can provide valuable information especially when Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection results in chronic atrophic gastrit ...