We would like to thank Dr Ichimasa and colleagues for their comments on our recent publication reporting the 3-year ...
Recent advances in high-throughput microbiome profiling have generated expansive data sets that offer unprecedented opportunities to investigate the role of microbes in human health. However, the ...
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide, largely due to the limited efficacy of ...
Correspondence to Dr Matthew Kurien, Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine & Population Health, The University of Sheffield Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health, Sheffield, South ...
Background Effect of glycaemic control on pancreatic cancer (PC) development in patients with long-standing type 2 diabetes (T2D) remains unclear. Objective To investigate effects of glycaemic control ...
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We read with interest the commentary by Camilleri and Talley on whether gastroparesis and functional dyspepsia (FD) are ‘really ‘interchangeable’ diseases’. 1 Their significant efforts to improve the ...
The Rome diagnostic criteria for the functional bowel disorders and functional abdominal pain are used widely in research and practice. A committee consensus approach, including criticism from ...
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 ...
Background: Identification of patients at risk for mortality early in the course of acute pancreatitis (AP) is an important step in improving outcome. Methods: Using Classification and Regression Tree ...
Objective Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is characterised by stromal desmoplasia and vascular dysfunction, which critically impair drug delivery. This study examines the role of an abundant ...
The goal of this review is to describe barrier function of the intestine, the structure of the tight junction, methods to evaluate intestinal permeability, and most importantly the relevance of ...