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 ...

In order to investigate further the reported beneficial effect of deglycyrrhizinated liquorice in gastric ulcer, a trial with a double-blind, cross-over design was performed. The patients were treated ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Professor Alexander C Ford, Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James's, University of Leeds, Leeds LS9 7TF, West Yorkshire, UK; alexf12399{at}yahoo.com Objectives Despite ...

Correspondence to Marc G Besselink, Department of Surgery, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, AMC Amsterdam, 22660, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; m.g.besselink{at}amc.uva.nl Acute pancreatitis ...

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 ...

Objective Longitudinal evidence is lacking regarding the long-term risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in children and young adults with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).