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BMC Gastroenterology

Ausgabe 1/2015

Inhalt (183 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

A randomized controlled trial of endoscopic steroid injection for prophylaxis of esophageal stenoses after extensive endoscopic submucosal dissection

Hiroaki Takahashi, Yoshiaki Arimura, Satoshi Okahara, Junichi Kodaira, Kaku Hokari, Hiroyuki Tsukagoshi, Yasuhisa Shinomura, Masao Hosokawa

Open Access Research article

Stromal expression of miR-21 in T3-4a colorectal cancer is an independent predictor of early tumor relapse

Won Kyung Kang, Jin Kwon Lee, Seong Taek Oh, Sung Hak Lee, Chan Kwon Jung

Open Access Research article

Intestinal and neuronal myenteric adaptations in the small intestine induced by a high-fat diet in mice

Angelica Soares, Evandro José Beraldi, Paulo Emílio Botura Ferreira, Roberto Barbosa Bazotte, Nilza Cristina Buttow

Open Access Research article

Characteristics and factors related to quality of life in Mexican Mestizo patients with celiac disease

Karen Lizzete Ramírez-Cervantes, José María Remes-Troche, María del Pilar Milke-García, Viridiana Romero, Luis F Uscanga

Open Access Research article

Closure of iatrogenic large mucosal and full-thickness defects of the stomach with endoscopic interrupted sutures in in vivo porcine models: are they durable enough?

Masakuni Kobayashi, Kazuki Sumiyama, Yamato Ban, Akira Dobashi, Tomohiko Richard Ohya, Daisuke Aizawa, Shinichi Hirooka, Kiyokazu Nakajima, Hisao Tajiri

Open Access Study protocol

Assessment of nutritional status and health-related quality of life before and after liver transplantation

María Teresa García-Rodríguez, María del Carmen Piñón-Villar, Beatriz López-Calviño, Alejandra Otero-Ferreiro, Francisco Suárez-López, Manuel Gómez-Gutiérrez, Salvador Pita-Fernández

Open Access Research article

Heterogeneity of amplification of HER2, EGFR, CCND1 and MYC in gastric cancer

Phillip Stahl, Carsten Seeschaaf, Patrick Lebok, Asad Kutup, Maximillian Bockhorn, Jakob R Izbicki, Carsten Bokemeyer, Ronald Simon, Guido Sauter, Andreas H Marx

Open Access Technical advance

Endoscopic inside stent placement is suitable as a bridging treatment for preoperative biliary tract cancer

Noritoshi Kobayashi, Seitaro Watanabe, Kunihiro Hosono, Kensuke Kubota, Atsushi Nakajima, Takashi Kaneko, Kazuya Sugimori, Motohiko Tokuhisa, Ayumu Goto, Ryutaro Mori, Koichi Taniguchi, Ryusei Matsuyama, Itaru Endo, Shin Maeda, Yasushi Ichikawa

Open Access Research article

Co-occurrence of IBS and symptoms of anxiety or depression, among Norwegian twins, is influenced by both heredity and intrauterine growth

May-Bente Bengtson, Geir Aamodt, Morten H Vatn, Jennifer R Harris

Open Access Research article

Increased use of hypnotics in individuals with celiac disease: a nationwide case-control study

Karl Mårild, Timothy I Morgenthaler, Virend K Somers, Suresh Kotagal, Joseph A Murray, Jonas F Ludvigsson

Open Access Research article

Cap assisted colonoscopy for the detection of serrated polyps: a post-hoc analysis

Fadi Rzouq, Neil Gupta, Sachin Wani, Prateek Sharma, Ajay Bansal, Amit Rastogi

Open Access Research article

Utility of the diffusion-weighted imaging for activity evaluation in Crohn’s disease patients underwent magnetic resonance enterography

Feng Qi, Shen Jun, Qiao Yu Qi, Peng Jiang Chen, Geng Xiao Chuan, Zhu Jiong, Xu Jian Rong

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

BMC Gastroenterology reviewer acknowledgement 2014

Magdalena Morawska

Open Access Research article

Randomized trial of tofacitinib in active ulcerative colitis: analysis of efficacy based on patient-reported outcomes

Julián Panés, Chinyu Su, Andrew G Bushmakin, Joseph C Cappelleri, Carla Mamolo, Paul Healey

Open Access Research article

Does lower gastrointestinal endoscopy during pregnancy pose a risk for mother and child? – a systematic review

Alison De Lima, Boris Galjart, Pieter HA Wisse, Wichor M Bramer, C Janneke van der Woude

Open Access Case report

Pure alpha-fetoprotein-producing neuroendocrine carcinoma of the pancreas: a case report

Xiang Zhu, Huijuan Yong, Li Zhang, Yonghui Huang, Jie Zheng, Cuiling Liu, Dianrong Xiu, Pan Zhang

Open Access Research article

Gastric epithelial dysplasia: characteristics and long-term follow-up results after endoscopic resection according to morphological categorization

Dong Hoon Baek, Gwang Ha Kim, Do Youn Park, Bong Eun Lee, Hye Kyung Jeon, Won Lim, Geun Am Song

Open Access Research article

Epidemiology of appendicitis and appendectomy for the low-income population in Taiwan, 2003–2011

Kai-Biao Lin, Chien-Lung Chan, Nan-Ping Yang, Robert K Lai, Yuan-Hung Liu, Shun-Zhi Zhu, Ren-Hao Pan

Open Access Research article

Clinical significance of serum triglyceride elevation at early stage of acute biliary pancreatitis

Long Cheng, Zhulin Luo, Ke Xiang, Jiandong Ren, Zhu Huang, Lijun Tang, Fuzhou Tian

Open Access Study protocol

Preoperative endoscopic versus percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage in potentially resectable perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (DRAINAGE trial): design and rationale of a randomized controlled trial

Jimme K Wiggers, Robert JS Coelen, Erik AJ Rauws, Otto M van Delden, Casper HJ van Eijck, Jeroen de Jonge, Robert J Porte, Carlijn I Buis, Cornelis HC Dejong, I Quintus Molenaar, Marc GH Besselink, Olivier RC Busch, Marcel GW Dijkgraaf, Thomas M van Gulik

Open Access Research article

The NFKB1 polymorphism (rs4648068) is associated with the cell proliferation and motility in gastric cancer

Ying Chen, Renquan Lu, Hui Zheng, Ran Xiao, Jingjing Feng, Hongling Wang, Xiang Gao, Lin Guo

Open Access Research article

Fluvastatin attenuates hepatic steatosis-induced fibrogenesis in rats through inhibiting paracrine effect of hepatocyte on hepatic stellate cells

Lee-Won Chong, Yi-Chao Hsu, Ting-Fang Lee, Yun Lin, Yung-Tsung Chiu, Kuo-Ching Yang, Jaw-Ching Wu, Yi-Tsau Huang

Open Access Research article

Beyond Maastricht IV: are standard empiric triple therapies for Helicobacter pylori still useful in a South-European country?

Nuno Almeida, Maria Manuel Donato, José Manuel Romãozinho, Cristina Luxo, Olga Cardoso, Maria Augusta Cipriano, Carol Marinho, Alexandra Fernandes, Carlos Calhau, Carlos Sofia

Open Access Research article

Helicobacter pylori infection is not associated with fatty liver disease including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a large-scale cross-sectional study in Japan

Kazuya Okushin, Yu Takahashi, Nobutake Yamamichi, Takeshi Shimamoto, Kenichiro Enooku, Hidetaka Fujinaga, Takeya Tsutsumi, Yoshizumi Shintani, Yoshiki Sakaguchi, Satoshi Ono, Shinya Kodashima, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Kyoji Moriya, Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi, Toru Mitsushima, Kazuhiko Koike

Open Access Research article

The prevalence of gastro-esophageal reflux disease and esophageal dysmotility in Chinese patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Feng Gao, Anthony Robert Hobson, Zhan Min Shang, Yan Xiang Pei, Yan Gao, Jian Xin Wang, Wan Nong Huang

Open Access Erratum

Erratum: Tracking the foreign body, a rare cause of hepatic abscess

Carole Dangoisse, Pierre-François Laterre

Open Access Research article

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy treatment of pancreatic stones complicated with advanced stage autoimmune pancreatitis

Masahiro Maruyama, Takayuki Watanabe, Keita Kanai, Takaya Oguchi, Jumpei Asano, Tetsuya Ito, Takashi Muraki, Hideaki Hamano, Norikazu Arakura, Takeshi Uehara, Shigeyuki Kawa

Open Access Research article

Human cystic echinococcosis in Heilongjiang Province, China: a retrospective study

Tiemin Zhang, Wei Zhao, Dong Yang, Daxun Piao, Shibo Huang, Yuanyuan Mi, Xianqi Zhao, Jianping Cao, Yujuan Shen, Weizhe Zhang, Aiqin Liu

Open Access Research article

A prospective comparison of short term results and functional recovery after laparoscopic subtotal colectomy and antiperistaltic cecorectal anastomosis with short colonic reservoir vs. long colonic reservoir

Dong Wei, Jian Cai, Yang Yang, Ting Zhao, Hui Zhang, Changshan Zhang, Yuanyao Zhang, Jianfeng Zhang, Fengbo Cai

Open Access Research article

The clinical characteristics of patients with free perforation in Korean Crohn’s disease: results from the CONNECT study

Young Seok Doh, You Sun Kim, Song I Bae, Jong Pil Im, Jae Hee Cheon, Byong Duk Ye, Ji Won Kim, Young Sook Park, Ji Hyun Lee, Young-Ho Kim, Joo Sung Kim, Dong Soo Han, Won Ho Kim

Open Access Research article

Identifying patients with chronic hepatitis B at high risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study with pair-matched controls

Yi Shen, Jian Zhang, Hui Cai, Jian-Guo Shao, You-Yi Zhang, Yan-Mei Liu, Gang Qin, Yan Qin

Open Access Research article

Use of pethidine for percutaneous liver biopsy – a randomised, placebo-controlled, double blind study

Antony Pan, Mohammed Alansari, Ralf Lubcke, Martin Schlup, Merrilee Williams, Margaret Fraser, Sarah Buckingham, Michael Schultz

Open Access Research article

Positive regulatory effects of perioperative probiotic treatment on postoperative liver complications after colorectal liver metastases surgery: a double-center and double-blind randomized clinical trial

Zhihua Liu, Chao Li, Meijin Huang, Chao Tong, Xingwei Zhang, Lei Wang, Hui Peng, Ping Lan, Peng Zhang, Nanqi Huang, Junsheng Peng, Xiaojian Wu, Yanxing Luo, Huanlong Qin, Liang Kang, Jianping Wang

Open Access Research article

Congenital lactose intolerance is triggered by severe mutations on both alleles of the lactase gene

Lena Diekmann, Katrin Pfeiffer, Hassan Y Naim

Open Access Research article

Efficacy of bevacizumab and chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer: broadening KRAS-focused clinical view

Beatrix Bencsikova, Zbynek Bortlicek, Jana Halamkova, Lenka Ostrizkova, Igor Kiss, Bohuslav Melichar, Tomas Pavlik, Ladislav Dusek, Dalibor Valik, Rostislav Vyzula, Lenka Zdrazilova-Dubska

Open Access Case report

Sofosbuvir and ribavirin before liver re-transplantation for graft failure due to recurrent hepatitis C: a case report

Julien Vionnet, Manuel Pascual, Haithem Chtioui, Emiliano Giostra, Pietro E Majno, Laurent A Decosterd, Darius Moradpour

Open Access Retraction Note

Retraction Note: Growth inhibition and apoptosis induced by 6-fluoro-3-formylchromone in hepatocellular carcinoma

Yijie Zhang, Kailian Zheng, Hongli Yan, Gang Jin, Chenghao Shao, Xuyu Zhou, Yingqi Zhou, Tianlin He

Open Access Research article

Prevalence and risk factors of asymptomatic colorectal diverticulosis in Taiwan

Fu-Wei Wang, Hung-Yi Chuang, Ming-Shium Tu, Tai-Ming King, Jui-Ho Wang, Chao-Wen Hsu, Ping-I Hsu, Wen-Chi Chen

Open Access Research article

Excretion of urinary histamine and N-tele methylhistamine in patients with gastrointestinal food allergy compared to non-allergic controls during an unrestricted diet and a hypoallergenic diet

Martin Raithel, Alexander Hagel, Heinz Albrecht, Yurdaguel Zopf, Andreas Naegel, Hanns-Wolf Baenkler, Fred Buchwald, Hans-Wolfgang Schultis, Juergen Kressel, Eckhart Georg Hahn, Peter Konturek

Open Access Research article

Deficiency of iNOS-derived NO accelerates lipid accumulation-independent liver fibrosis in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis mouse model

Yuichi Nozaki, Koji Fujita, Koichiro Wada, Masato Yoneda, Takaomi Kessoku, Yoshiyasu Shinohara, Kento Imajo, Yuji Ogawa, Makoto Nakamuta, Satoru Saito, Naohiko Masaki, Yoji Nagashima, Yasuo Terauchi, Atsushi Nakajima

Open Access Research article

Changes of cytokine levels in a mouse model of post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome

Bo Yang, Xuchun Zhou, Cheng Lan

Open Access Research article

Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic laparoscopy for assessing resectability in pancreatic and periampullary cancer

Stephen Morris, Kurinchi S Gurusamy, Jessica Sheringham, Brian R Davidson

Open Access Case report

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)-like disease in a case of a 33-year old man with glycogenosis 1b

Magdalena Sarah Volz, Mani Nassir, Christoph Treese, Moritz von Winterfeld, Ursula Plöckinger, Hans-Jörg Epple, Britta Siegmund

Open Access Research article

Difficult colonoscopy score identifies the difficult patients undergoing unsedated colonoscopy

Hui Jia, Limei Wang, Hui Luo, Shaowei Yao, Xiangping Wang, Linhui Zhang, Rui Huang, Zhiguo Liu, Xiaoyu Kang, Yanglin Pan, Xuegang Guo

Open Access Research article

Mast cell regulation of Na-glutamine co-transporters B0AT1 in villus and SN2 in crypt cells during chronic intestinal inflammation

Soudamani Singh, Subha Arthur, Jamilur Talukder, Balasubramanian Palaniappan, Steven Coon, Uma Sundaram

Open Access Research article

Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy in patients with suspected appendicitis: a systematic review of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials

Thomas Jaschinski, Christoph Mosch, Michaela Eikermann, Edmund AM Neugebauer

Open Access Research article

Genetic polymorphisms of NAMPT related with susceptibility to esophageal Squamous cell carcinoma

Chuanzhen Zhang, Daojie Yan, Shanshan Wang, Changqing Xu, Wenjun Du, Tao Ning, Changhong Liu, Meijuan Zhang, Ruiping Hou, Ziping Chen

Open Access Research article

IL-6, through p-STAT3 rather than p-STAT1, activates hepatocarcinogenesis and affects survival of hepatocellular carcinoma patients: a cohort study

Jung-Ta Kao, Chun-Lung Feng, Cheng-Ju Yu, Shu-Mei Tsai, Ping-Ning Hsu, Yao-Li Chen, Yi-Ying Wu

Open Access Research article

Outcome of gastric emptying and gastrointestinal symptoms after liver transplantation for hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis

Jonas Wixner, Torbjörn Sundström, Pontus Karling, Intissar Anan, Ole B Suhr

Open Access Research article

The earliest trough concentration predicts the dose of tacrolimus required for remission induction therapy in ulcerative colitis patients

Sakiko Hiraoka, Jun Kato, Yuki Moritou, Daisuke Takei, Toshihiro Inokuchi, Asuka Nakarai, Sakuma Takahashi, Keita Harada, Hiroyuki Okada, Kazuhide Yamamoto

Open Access Research article

Cognitive-behavioural therapy has no effect on disease activity but improves quality of life in subgroups of patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a pilot randomised controlled trial

Antonina Mikocka-Walus, Peter Bampton, David Hetzel, Patrick Hughes, Adrian Esterman, Jane M Andrews

Open Access Research article

Factors impacting physicians’ decisions to prevent variceal hemorrhage

Kathleen Yan, John FP Bridges, Salvador Augustin, Loren Laine, Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, Liana Fraenkel

Open Access Research article

Comparison of the usefulness of endoscopic papillary large-balloon dilation with endoscopic sphincterotomy for large and multiple common bile duct stones

Kouhei Tsuchida, Mari Iwasaki, Misako Tsubouchi, Tsunehiro Suzuki, Chieko Tsuchida, Naoto Yoshitake, Takako Sasai, Hideyuki Hiraishi

Open Access Case report

Testosterone-receptor positive hepatocellular carcinoma in a 29-year old bodybuilder with a history of anabolic androgenic steroid abuse: a case report

Philipp Solbach, Andrej Potthoff, Hans-Jürgen Raatschen, Bisharah Soudah, Ulrich Lehmann, Andrea Schneider, Michael J. Gebel, Michael P. Manns, Arndt Vogel

Open Access Research article

Predicting risk factors for rebleeding, infections, mortality following peptic ulcer bleeding in patients with cirrhosis and the impact of antibiotics prophylaxis at different clinical stages of the disease

Ming-Te Kuo, Shih-Cheng Yang, Lung-Sheng Lu, Chien-Ning Hsu, Yuan-Hung Kuo, Chung-Huang Kuo, Chih-Ming Liang, Chung-Mou Kuo, Cheng-Kun Wu, Wei-Chen Tai, Seng-Kee Chuah

Open Access Case report

A case series in patients with enteropathy and granulomatous diseases

Tassilo Kruis, Korinna Jöhrens, Verena Moos, Imke Puls, Britta Siegmund, Severin Daum, Michael Schumann

Open Access Review

Hepatic stellate cells: central modulators of hepatic carcinogenesis

Alexandra I Thompson, Kylie P Conroy, Neil C Henderson

Open Access Research article

Gene expression profiling of laterally spreading tumors

Shoko Minemura, Takeshi Tanaka, Makoto Arai, Kenichiro Okimoto, Arata Oyamada, Keiko Saito, Daisuke Maruoka, Tomoaki Matsumura, Tomoo Nakagawa, Tatsuro Katsuno, Takashi Kishimoto, Osamu Yokosuka

Open Access Research article

The treatment of vasopressin V2-receptor antagonists in cirrhosis patients with ascites: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Long Yan, Feng Xie, Jiongjiong Lu, Qingqiang Ni, Changying Shi, Caixi Tang, Jiamei Yang

Open Access Research article

The relationship between irritable bowel syndrome, functional dyspepsia, chronic fatigue and overactive bladder syndrome: a controlled study 6 years after acute gastrointestinal infection

Robert Persson, Knut-Arne Wensaas, Kurt Hanevik, Geir Egil Eide, Nina Langeland, Guri Rortveit

Open Access Research article

Intrahepatic biliary mucinous cystic neoplasms: clinicoradiological characteristics and surgical results

Chao-Wei Lee, Hsin-I Tsai, Yann-Sheng Lin, Tsung-Han Wu, Ming-Chin Yu, Miin-Fu Chen

Open Access Research article

Spectrum of appearances on CT and MRI of hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma

Lisha Zhou, Min-Yi Cui, Juxin Xiong, Zhi Dong, Yanji Luo, Hui Xiao, Ling Xu, Kun Huang, Zi-Ping Li, Shi-Ting Feng

Open Access Research article

Genetic mutations in SPINK1, CFTR, CTRC genes in acute pancreatitis

Dorota Koziel, Stanislaw Gluszek, Artur Kowalik, Malgorzata Chlopek, Liliana Pieciak

Open Access Case report

Massive mesenteric panniculitis due to fibromuscular dysplasia of the inferior mesenteric artery: a case report

Andrew Mitchell, Véronique Caty, Yves Bendavid

Open Access Research article

Differential hepatotoxicity of dietary and DNL-derived palmitate in the methionine-choline-deficient model of steatohepatitis

Andrew A. Pierce, Michael K. Pickens, Kevin Siao, James P. Grenert, Jacquelyn J. Maher

Open Access Research article

Plasma osteopontin is a biomarker for the severity of alcoholic liver cirrhosis, not for hepatocellular carcinoma screening

Adélia Simão, João Madaleno, Nuno Silva, Fernando Rodrigues, Paula Caseiro, José Nascimento Costa, Armando Carvalho

Open Access Research article

Relation of cholesterol metabolism to pediatric gallstone disease: a retrospective controlled study

Antti Koivusalo, Mikko Pakarinen, Helena Gylling, Markku J. Nissinen

Open Access Research article

Lamina propria macrophage phenotypes in relation to Escherichia coli in Crohn’s disease

Timothy R. Elliott, Neil B. Rayment, Barry N. Hudspith, Rebecca E. Hands, Kirstin Taylor, Gareth C. Parkes, Natalie J. Prescott, Liljana Petrovska, John Hermon-Taylor, Jonathan Brostoff, Alex Boussioutas, Christopher G. Mathew, Stephen A. Bustin, Jeremy D. Sanderson

Open Access Research article

Laparoscopic colonic resection for splenic flexure cancer: our experience

Andrea Pisani Ceretti, Nirvana Maroni, Matteo Sacchi, Stefano Bona, Maria Rachele Angiolini, Paolo Bianchi, Enrico Opocher, Marco Montorsi

Open Access Research article

IGF-1 decreases portal vein endotoxin via regulating intestinal tight junctions and plays a role in attenuating portal hypertension of cirrhotic rats

Tian-Yu Zhao, Li-Ping Su, Chun-Ye Ma, Xiao-Han Zhai, Zhi-Jun Duan, Ying Zhu, Gang Zhao, Chun-Yan Li, Li-Xia Wang, Dong Yang

Open Access Case report

Intraductal papillary mucinous carcinoma of the pancreas associated with pancreas divisum: a case report and review of the literature

Takeshi Nishi, Yasunari Kawabata, Noriyoshi Ishikawa, Asuka Araki, Seiji Yano, Riruke Maruyama, Yoshitsugu Tajima

Open Access Research article

HBV genotypes and response to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in HIV/HBV-coinfected persons

Florian Bihl, Gladys Martinetti, Gilles Wandeler, Rainer Weber, Bruno Ledergeber, Alexandra Calmy, Manuel Battegay, Matthias Cavassini, Pietro Vernazza, Anna-Paola Caminada, Martin Rickenbach, Enos Bernasconi

Open Access Research article

Frequent co-occurrence of high-grade dysplasia in large flat colonic polyps (>20 mm) and synchronous polyps

Tianzuo Zhan, Felix Hahn, Thomas Hielscher, Johannes Betge, Georg Kähler, Matthias P. Ebert, Sebastian Belle

Open Access Research article

Activation of transcription factor AP-1 in response to thermal injury in rat small intestine and IEC-6 cells

Yonghong Zhang, Hong Zhao, Tao Liu, Changrong Wan, Xiaoxi Liu, Zhimin Gao, Xiaolin Hou, Linshu Jiang, Fenghua Liu

Open Access Research article

Desmoid tumors complicating Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: a meta-analysis mutation spectrum of affected individuals

Voytek Slowik, Thomas Attard, Hongying Dai, Raj Shah, Seth Septer

Open Access Research article

Rectal indomethacin versus placebo to reduce the incidence of pancreatitis after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: results of a controlled clinical trial

Víctor Fernando Andrade-Dávila, Mariana Chávez-Tostado, Carlos Dávalos-Cobián, Jesús García-Correa, Alejandro Montaño-Loza, Clotilde Fuentes-Orozco, Michel Dassaejv Macías-Amezcua, Jesús García-Rentería, Jorge Rendón-Félix, José Antonio Cortés-Lares, Gabriela Ambriz-González, Ana Olivia Cortés-Flores, Andrea del Socorro Alvarez-Villaseñor, Alejandro González-Ojeda

Open Access Case report

Early stage signet ring cell carcinoma of the colon examined by magnifying endoscopy with narrow-band imaging: a case report

Ken Ohnita, Hajime Isomoto, Taro Akashi, Keiichi Hashiguchi, Kayoko Matsushima, Hitomi Minami, Yuko Akazawa, Naoyuki Yamaguchi, Fuminao Takeshima, Kazuo To, Hiroaki Takeshita, Haruna Yasui, Kuniko Abe, Kazuhiko Nakao

Open Access Research article

Associations of coffee consumption with markers of liver injury in the insulin resistance atherosclerosis study

J. C. Dickson, A. D. Liese, C. Lorenzo, S. M. Haffner, S. M. Watkins, S. J. Hamren, J. K. Stiles, L. E. Wagenknecht, A. J. Hanley

Open Access Research article

Multicenter study on hemorrhagic risk of heparin bridging therapy for periendoscopic thromboprophylaxis

Mio Matsumoto, Katsuhiro Mabe, Momoko Tsuda, Masayoshi Ono, Saori Omori, Masakazu Takahashi, Takeshi Yoshida, Shoko Ono, Manabu Nakagawa, Soichi Nakagawa, Yuichi Shimizu, Takahiko Kudo, Naoya Sakamoto, Mototsugu Kato

Open Access Case report

A novel mutation within the lactase gene (LCT): the first report of congenital lactase deficiency diagnosed in Central Europe

Walid Fazeli, Sigrid Kaczmarek, Martin Kirschstein, René Santer

Open Access Research article

Access to primary care is associated with better autoimmune hepatitis outcomes in an urban county hospital

Daniel Kim, Daniel Eshtiaghpour, Joel Alpern, Anuj Datta, Viktor E. Eysselein, Hal F. Yee

Open Access Research article

Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy: observational study of the treatment with low-dose ursodeoxycholic acid

Titta Joutsiniemi, Susanna Timonen, Maria Linden, Pia Suvitie, Ulla Ekblad

Open Access Research article

“And then you start to loose it because you think about Nutella”: The significance of food for people with inflammatory bowel disease - a qualitative study

Alexander Palant, Janka Koschack, Simone Rassmann, Gabriele Lucius-Hoene, Michael Karaus, Wolfgang Himmel

Open Access Research article

Interobserver and intraobserver agreement for gastric mucosa atrophy

Tomohiro Miwata, Duc Trong Quach, Toru Hiyama, Rika Aoki, Huy Minh Le, Phuong Luu Ngoc Tran, Masanori Ito, Shinji Tanaka, Koji Arihiro, Naomi Uemura, Kazuaki Chayama

Open Access Research article

Factors affecting post-embolization fever and liver failure after trans-arterial chemo-embolization in a cohort without background infective hepatitis- a prospective analysis

Rohan Chaminda Siriwardana, Madunil Anuk Niriella, Anuradha Supun Dassanayake, Chandika Anuradha Habarakada Liyanage, Angappulige Upasena, Chandra Sirigampala, Hithanadura Janaka de Silva

Open Access Research article

Early virological response may predict treatment response in sofosbuvir-based combination therapy of chronic hepatitis c in a multi-center “real-life” cohort

Niels Steinebrunner, Martin F. Sprinzl, Tim Zimmermann, Marcus A. Wörns, Thomas Zimmerer, Peter R. Galle, Wolfgang Stremmel, Christoph Eisenbach, Kerstin Stein, Christoph Antoni, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Anita Pathil

Open Access Research article

Cost-effectiveness of sofosbuvir-based treatments for chronic hepatitis C in the US

Sai Zhang, Nathaniel D. Bastian, Paul M. Griffin

Open Access Research article

Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography diagnosis of fundal localized type of gallbladder adenomyomatosis

ShaoShan Tang, LiPing Huang, Yao Wang, YiJiao Wang

Open Access Research article

Comparison of the gut microbiota composition between obese and non-obese individuals in a Japanese population, as analyzed by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and next-generation sequencing

Chika Kasai, Kazushi Sugimoto, Isao Moritani, Junichiro Tanaka, Yumi Oya, Hidekazu Inoue, Masahiko Tameda, Katsuya Shiraki, Masaaki Ito, Yoshiyuki Takei, Kojiro Takase

Open Access Research article

Diagnostic accuracy of reused Pronto Dry® test and CLOtest® in the detection of Helicobacter pylori infection

Shahidi Jamaludin, Nazri Mustaffa, Nor Aizal Che Hamzah, Syed Hassan Syed Abdul Aziz, Yeong Yeh Lee

Open Access Study protocol

“A randomized, double-blind study of the effects of omega-3 fatty acids (Omegaven™) on outcome after major liver resection”

Michael Linecker, Perparim Limani, Florin Botea, Irinel Popescu, Ruslan Alikhanov, Michail Efanov, Pavel Kim, Igor Khatkov, Dimitri Aristotele Raptis, Christoph Tschuor, Beatrice Beck-Schimmer, John Bonvini, Andrea Wirsching, Philipp Kron, Ksenija Slankamenac, Bostjan Humar, Rolf Graf, Henrik Petrowsky, Pierre-Alain Clavien

Open Access Research article

C-reactive protein level at 2 weeks following initiation of infliximab induction therapy predicts outcomes in patients with ulcerative colitis: a 3 year follow-up study

Ryota Iwasa, Akihiro Yamada, Koji Sono, Ryuichi Furukawa, Ken Takeuchi, Yasuo Suzuki

Open Access Research article

The role of cytoplasmic p57 in invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma

Hui Guo, Yi Li, Tao Tian, Lili Han, Zhiping Ruan, Xuan Liang, Wenjuan Wang, Kejun Nan

Open Access Research article

Outcomes of endoscopic management of primary and refractory postcholecystectomy biliary leaks in a multicentre review of 178 patients

Jorge Canena, David Horta, João Coimbra, Liliane Meireles, Pedro Russo, Inês Marques, Leonel Ricardo, Catarina Rodrigues, Tiago Capela, Diana Carvalho, Rafaela Loureiro, António Mateus Dias, Gonçalo Ramos, António Pereira Coutinho, Carlos Romão, Pedro Mota Veiga

Open Access Case report

Intra-esophageal whitish mass – a challenging diagnosis

Lidia Ciobanu, Oliviu Pascu, Marcel Tantau, Oana Pinzariu, Bogdan Furnea, Emil Botan, Marian Taulescu

Open Access Research article

Polymorphisms of PRLHR and HSPA12A and risk of gastric and colorectal cancer in the Chinese Han population

Qinghua Su, Yuan Wang, Jun Zhao, Cangjian Ma, Tao Wu, Tianbo Jin, Jinkai Xu

Open Access Research article

Major predictors and management of small-bowel angioectasia

Atsushi Igawa, Shiro Oka, Shinji Tanaka, Sayoko Kunihara, Makoto Nakano, Taiki Aoyama, Kazuaki Chayama

Open Access Research article

Fibroblast activation protein-α-expressing fibroblasts promote the progression of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Tomoya Kawase, Yumiko Yasui, Sohji Nishina, Yuichi Hara, Izumi Yanatori, Yasuyuki Tomiyama, Yoshihiro Nakashima, Koji Yoshida, Fumio Kishi, Masafumi Nakamura, Keisuke Hino

Open Access Technical advance

Evaluation of dual-wavelength excitation autofluorescence imaging of colorectal tumours with a high-sensitivity CMOS imager: a cross-sectional study

Yoko Kominami, Shigeto Yoshida, Shinji Tanaka, Rie Miyaki, Yoji Sanomura, Min-Woong Seo, Keiichiro Kagawa, Shoji Kawahito, Hidenobu Arimoto, Kenji Yamada, Kazuaki Chayama

Open Access Research article

Volume, distribution and acidity of gastric secretion on and off proton pump inhibitor treatment: a randomized double-blind controlled study in patients with gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) and healthy subjects

Andreas Steingoetter, Matthias Sauter, Jelena Curcic, Dian Liu, Dieter Menne, Michael Fried, Mark Fox, Werner Schwizer

Open Access Research article

Activation of the prostaglandin D2 metabolic pathway in Crohn’s disease: involvement of the enteric nervous system

Anne-Gaelle Le Loupp, Kalyane Bach-Ngohou, Arnaud Bourreille, Hélène Boudin, Malvyne Rolli-Derkinderen, Marc G. Denis, Michel Neunlist, Damien Masson

Open Access Research article

Utility of serum des-gamma-carboxyprothrombin in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma among Nigerians, a case–control study

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Epithelial to mesenchymal transition in the liver field: the double face of Everolimus in vitro

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Jennifer T. Chang, Justin L. Sewell, Lukejohn W. Day

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Qualitative analysis of patient-centered decision attributes associated with initiating hepatitis C treatment

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An open-label prospective randomized multicenter study of intensive versus weekly granulocyte and monocyte apheresis in active crohn’s disease

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Perceived food intolerance and irritable bowel syndrome in a population 3 years after a giardiasis-outbreak: a historical cohort study

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Clinical characteristics and STK11 gene mutations in Chinese children with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

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Albumin treatment regimen for type 1 hepatorenal syndrome: a dose–response meta-analysis

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Comparison of medical costs generated by IBS patients in primary and secondary care in the Netherlands

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Gut microbiota manipulation with prebiotics in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a randomized controlled trial protocol

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A snapshot of the nutritional status of Crohn’s disease among adolescents in Brazil: a prospective cross-sectional study

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WNT5A transforms intestinal CD8αα+ IELs into an unconventional phenotype with pro-inflammatory features

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Prevalence of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Pancreas Disease (NAFPD) and its risk factors among adult medical check-up patients in a private hospital: a large cross sectional study

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Risk of de novo post-transplant type 2 diabetes in patients undergoing liver transplant for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

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Decreased PCSK9 expression in human hepatocellular carcinoma

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Design of a dietary intervention to assess the impact of a gluten-free diet in a population with type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease

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LDP vs ODP for pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a case matched study from a single-institution

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