Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic inflammatory liver disease which, if untreated, often leads to cirrhosis, liver failure and death. Major advances were made in its management based on ...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has rapidly become the most common chronic liver disease globally and is currently estimated to affect up to 38% of the global adult population. NAFLD is a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cirrhotic portal hypertension is characterised by development of the decompensating events of ascites, encephalopathy, portal hypertensive bleeding and hepatorenal syndrome, which arise in a setting ...

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 ...

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Correspondence to Dr Ka Shing Cheung, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, Hong Kong; cks634{at}hku.hk; Prof Wai-Kay Seto; wkseto{at}hku.hk Objective Whether varying ...

1 Department of Medical Genetics and Department of Pathology, Haartman Institute, PO Box 63, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland 2 Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, PO Box 63, ...

Using a double-lumen tube perfusion system, solutions of glucose (1·0, 2·5, and 5·0 g 100ml −1) have been perfused into the upper jejunum of 22 Zambian African subjects in order to study their glucose ...

2 Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University School of Oncology, Beijing Cancer Hospital/Institute, ...