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DPP-4 inhibitor alleviates gut-brain axis pathology in Parkinson’s disease

5 Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine Department of Medical Science, Gangneung-si, The Republic of Korea Background Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-4is) have been reported to ...
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Crosstalk between liver sinusoidal endothelial cells and hepatocytes via IL-1α–IL1R1 axis exacerbates ischaemia/reperfusion injury in aged livers

Background With population ageing, elderly patients account for a growing proportion of hepatic surgery recipients. Hepatic ischaemia-reperfusion injury (HIRI) is a major cause of postoperative liver ...
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Rectal versus colonic submucosal cancer rates and procedural outcomes in large non-pedunculated polyps: French ESD registry data

Background For large non-pedunculated rectal polyps, en bloc resection via endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is typically recommended due to presumed higher risk of submucosal invasive cancer ...
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Galectin-4 drives anti-PD-L1/BVZ resistance by regulating metabolic adaptation and tumour-associated neutrophils in hepatocellular carcinoma

Background The combination of atezolizumab and bevacizumab (ATZ/BVZ) therapy has significantly advanced therapeutic approaches for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, less than 30% of patients ...
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Age and disease related changes in intestinal bacterial populations assessed by cell culture, 16S rRNA abundance, and community cellular fatty acid profiles

a Department of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK, b School of Applied Science, South Bank University, London, UK Dr M J Hopkins, MRC Microbiology and Gut Biology ...
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Prospective comparison of faecal incontinence grading systems

Background Existing scales for assessing faecal incontinence have not been validated against clinical assessment, or with regard to reproducibility. They also fail to take into account faecal urgency, ...
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Microbiology of bacterial translocation in humans

Background—Gut translocation of bacteria has been shown in both animal and human studies. Evidence from animal studies that links bacterial translocation to the development of postoperative sepsis and ...
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The risk of colorectal cancer in ulcerative colitis: a meta-analysis

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Controversy surrounds the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) in ulcerative colitis (UC). Many studies have investigated this risk and reported widely varying rates. METHODS A ...
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Host and gut microbial tryptophan metabolism and type 2 diabetes: an integrative analysis of host genetics, diet, gut microbiome and circulating metabolites in cohort studies

Objective Tryptophan can be catabolised to various metabolites through host kynurenine and microbial indole pathways. We aimed to examine relationships of host and microbial tryptophan metabolites ...
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The first large population based twin study of coeliac disease

1 Department of Paediatrics, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy and European Laboratory of Food Induced Disease (ELFID), Naples, Italy Background and aims: The genetic load in coeliac ...
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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 ...