gut.bmj8d
Endothelial-like cancer-associated fibroblasts facilitate pancreatic cancer metastasis via vasculogenic mimicry and paracrine signalling
Background Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are highly heterogeneous in the progression of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and vasculogenic mimicry (VM) refers to a phenomenon in which ...
gut.bmj9d
Rectal diclofenac versus indomethacin for prevention of post-ERCP pancreatitis (DIPPP): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, controlled trial
Background Recent meta-analyses suggested diclofenac may be superior to indomethacin in preventing post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis (PEP). The aim of our study ...
gut.bmj18h
Hydrogen peroxide enhanced ultrasound- fistulography in the assessment of enterocutaneous fistulas complicating Crohn's disease
Professor G Bianchi Porro, Department of Gastroenterology, L Sacco University Hospital, Via G B Grassi, 74, 20157 Milan, Italy. BACKGROUND/AIMS Proper management of enterocutaneous fistulas ...
gut.bmj9d
Global prevalence of ultra-short coeliac disease (USCD): the first systematic review and meta-analysis
We reviewed the recent cohort study by Raju et al1 on ultra-short coeliac disease (USCD), the first multicentre international study assessing the characteristics of this new entity and comparing them ...
gut.bmj2d
Chronic gastritis, alcohol, and non-ulcer dyspepsia
An investigation of 102 men comprising alcoholics, patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia, and healthy controls is reported. It demonstrates that alcohol is a cause of chronic gastritis and the severity of ...
gut.bmj13d
Role of the microbiome in human development
Correspondence to Professor Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA; ...
gut.bmj10d
The role of gut microbiota in cancer treatment: friend or foe?
Correspondence to Dr Jun Yu, Institute of Digestive Disease and The Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong; junyu{at}cuhk.edu.hk The gut ...
gut.bmj6d
Endoscopic full-thickness plication for the treatment of PPI-dependent GERD: results from a randomised, sham controlled trial
Background The majority of endoscopic antireflux procedures for GERD are cumbersome to use and randomised long-term data are sparse. We conducted such a trial to determine the efficacy and safety of a ...
gut.bmj2d
Diverse tumour susceptibility in Collaborative Cross mice: identification of a new mouse model for human gastric tumourigenesis
Objective The Collaborative Cross (CC) is a mouse population model with diverse and reproducible genetic backgrounds used to identify novel disease models and genes that contribute to human disease.
gut.bmj6d
Faecal metabolome and its determinants in inflammatory bowel disease
Objective Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a multifactorial immune-mediated inflammatory disease of the intestine, comprising Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. By characterising metabolites ...
gut.bmj10d
Faecal virome transplantation decreases symptoms of type 2 diabetes and obesity in a murine model
Objective Development of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are associated with gut microbiota (GM) changes. The gut viral community is predominated by bacteriophages (phages), which are viruses that ...