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Engineered virus-hunter vaccine overcomes HBV immune tolerance

Background Globally, an estimated 296 million individuals live with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, carrying ...
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Robot versus conventional ESD for colonic lesions: results from a randomising model trial

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) enables en bloc resection for early gastrointestinal malignancies but is technically ...
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A practical guide to assess the Nancy histological index for UC

4 Inserm U954, University of Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France Correspondence to Professor Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, Department of Gastroenterology, Inserm U954, Université de Lorraine, Allée du ...
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Decreased gut microbiota diversity, delayed Bacteroidetes colonisation and reduced Th1 responses in infants delivered by Caesarean section

3 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Pediatrics, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden 4 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Inflammation ...
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Butyrate inhibits inflammatory responses through NFκB inhibition: implications for Crohn's disease

Professor J P Galmiche, Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine, CRI INSERM 95-08, CHU, Hôtel Dieu, Place A Ricordeau, 44035 Nantes cedex 01, France. Email:galmiche{at}easynet.fr BACKGROUND/AIM ...
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Combination of carvedilol with variceal band ligation in prevention of first variceal bleed in Child-Turcotte-Pugh B and C cirrhosis with high-risk oesophageal varices: the ...

Correspondence to Professor Shiv Kumar Sarin, Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi 110070, India; shivsarin{at}gmail.com Objectives Beta-blockers and endoscopic ...
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Long term benefits of hypnotherapy for irritable bowel syndrome

Background and aims: There is now good evidence from several sources that hypnotherapy can relieve the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in the short term. However, there is no long term data on ...
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A prospective national study of acute fatty liver of pregnancy in the UK

Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Dr M Knight, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK; marian.knight{at}npeu.ox.ac ...
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Food elimination based on IgG antibodies in irritable bowel syndrome: a randomised controlled trial

Background: Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) often feel they have some form of dietary intolerance and frequently try exclusion diets. Tests attempting to predict food sensitivity in IBS ...
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Mitogen activated protein (MAP) kinase signal transduction pathways and novel anti-inflammatory targets

1 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2 Department of Experimental Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ...
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miRNAs and NAFLD: from pathophysiology to therapy

Correspondence to Professor Michelangelo Foti, Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva 1205, Switzerland; michelangelo.foti{at}unige.ch ...
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The window hypothesis: haemodynamic and non-haemodynamic effects of β-blockers improve survival of patients with cirrhosis during a window in the disease

1 Department of Gastroenterology, Hvidovre University Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, Copenhagen University, Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Copenhagen ...