Post written by Xia Xie, MD, PhD, and Shi-Ming Yang, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. This …
Many patients with IBD report persisting symptoms, despite resolution of the inflammatory process. Although by definition, a diagnosis of IBS cannot be made, the prevalence…
Dr Akihiko Kida discusses his article, “Endoscopic treatment of bile duct stones with benign choledochojejunal anastomotic stenosis” from the November issue….
This study aims to reevaluate upper reference limit (URL) for alanine aminotransferase (ALT) by considering the changing epidemiology of major liver diseases. We employed histological…
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This study aims to reevaluate upper reference limit (URL) for alanine aminotransferase (ALT) by considering the changing epidemiology of major liver diseases. We employed histological…
Tunneled endoscopic submucosal dissection (T-ESD) and pocket creation–method ESD (PCM-ESD) are considered to have technical advantages over conventional ESD (C-ESD). However, data comparing these techniques…
Background PARP inhibitors (PARPi) have been licensed for the maintenance therapy of patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer carrying pathogenic germline BRCA1/2 mutations. However, mutations in…
Objective Achieving HBV cure will require novel combination therapies of direct-acting antivirals and immunomodulatory agents. In this context, the toll-like receptor 8 (TLR8) agonist selgantolimod…
Objective Fat mass and obesity-associated protein (FTO), an eraser of N 6-methyadenosine (m6A), plays oncogenic roles in various cancers. However, its role in hepatocellular carcinoma…
Objective Extracellular matrix protein 1 (ECM1) serves as a gatekeeper of hepatic fibrosis by maintaining transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) in its latent form. ECM1 knockout…
