gut.bmj22h
Effect of faecal occult blood screening on mortality from colorectal cancer: results from a randomised controlled trial
Background: Three large randomised trials have shown that screening for colorectal cancer using faecal occult blood (FOB) tests can reduce the mortality from this disease. Two national pilot studies ...
gut.bmj13h
Diagnosis of lymphogranuloma venereum from biopsy samples
1 Sexually Transmitted Bacteria Reference Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, UK 2 HIV and STI Section, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, UK, and ...
gut.bmj4d
Alternative treatments for type 2 diabetes and associated metabolic diseases: medical therapy or endoscopic duodenal mucosal remodelling?
Correspondence to Professor Jacques J G H M Bergman, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands; j.j.bergman{at}amsterdamumc.nl Despite important ...
gut.bmj1d
Oxidative stress: an important phenomenon with pathogenetic significance in the progression of acute pancreatitis
a Division of Gastroenterology and Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, b Department of ...
gut.bmj5d
Endoscopic ultrasonography for differential diagnosis of polypoid gall bladder lesions: analysis in surgical and follow up series
a First Department of Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, b Third Department of Internal Medicine Dr M Sugiyama, First Department of Surgery, Kyorin University School of ...
gut.bmj6d
TGR5-dependent hepatoprotection through the regulation of biliary epithelium barrier function
Objective We explored the hypothesis that TGR5, the bile acid (BA) G-protein-coupled receptor highly expressed in biliary epithelial cells, protects the liver against BA overload through the ...
gut.bmj7d
Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) regulates macromolecular permeability via mast cells in normal human colonic biopsies in vitro
Objective: Persistent stress and life events affect the course of ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel syndrome by largely unknown mechanisms. Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) has been ...
gut.bmj6d
Inflammatory bowel disease and Parkinson’s disease: common pathophysiological links
Inflammatory bowel disease and Parkinson’s disease are chronic progressive disorders that mainly affect different organs: the gut and brain, respectively. Accumulating evidence has suggested a ...
gut.bmj5d
CD147 silencing inhibits lactate transport and reduces malignant potential of pancreatic cancer cells in in vivo and in vitro models
Clinic for Internal Medicine I, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany Background: CD147 (basigin, EMMPRIN) is a multifunctional, highly conserved glycoprotein enriched in pancreatic ductal ...
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Phospholipase A2 activating protein and idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease.
Department of microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-1019, USA. BACKGROUND: Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are idiopathic inflammatory bowel diseases ...
gut.bmj4d
Detection of Barrett’s oesophagus through exhaled breath using an electronic nose device
Timely detection of oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) and even more so its precursor Barrett’s oesophagus (BO) could contribute to decrease OAC incidence and mortality. An accurate, minimally-invasive ...
gut.bmj6d
Role of duodenal lipid and cholecystokinin A receptors in the pathophysiology of functional dyspepsia
Dr C Feinle, Gastroenterology Division, University Hospital Zurich, Rämistr. 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland. BACKGROUND/AIMS We aimed to evaluate the role of fat and cholecystokinin (CCK) in the ...