Background Depending on the colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programme, a colonoscopy should be performed within 1–3 months ...
We read with great interest the article of Ratziu and colleagues, who evaluated the potential of thrombospondin-2 (TSP2), insulin-like growth factor binding protein 7, CD163 and growth differentiation ...
Background Endometriosis is a debilitating gynaecological disorder with an elusive pathogenesis. While gut microbiota dysbiosis has been implicated, the causal role of gut-peritoneum microbial ...
Background Chronic stress is a known risk factor for cancer metastasis. However, the underlying mechanisms, particularly ...
Background Postdischarge morbidity and mortality is high in acute pancreatitis (AP) and pathophysiological mechanisms remain ...
Background The prevalence of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is rapidly increasing with high ...
Background Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection disproportionately affects people living with HIV, who are often excluded from functional cure studies. Objective This study investigates CD8+ T ...
Objective Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has proved to be an extremely effective treatment for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, and there is interest in its potential application ...
2 Utah-Inha DDS & Advanced Therapeutics Research Center, Incheon, Korea (the Republic of) Background Non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (NVUGIB) remains a major cause of morbidity and ...
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 ...
Correspondence to Professor Herbert Tilg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck 6020, Austria; ...
Background The brain–gut axis is a key regulator of normal intestinal physiology; for example, psychological stress is linked to altered gut barrier function, development of food allergies and changes ...