2 Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan 3 Department of Internal Medicine, GI Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 4 ...

Objective Cryptogenic multifocal ulcerating stenosing enteritis (CMUSE) is an extremely rare, but devastating, disease of unknown aetiology. We investigated the genetic basis of this autosomal ...

1 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 2 Department of Gastroenterology, ...

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 ...

We read with great interest the study by Van der Voort et al ,1 which compared rectal versus colonic submucosal cancer rates ...

Background The aetiology and pathogenesis of IBD are intricate, involving genetic and environmental factors. Notably, cigarette smoking has contrasting effects, being detrimental to Crohn’s disease ...

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 ...

Objective The association between the regular use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and the risk of type 2 diabetes remains unclear, although a recent randomised controlled trial showed a trend towards ...

Objective To monitor trastuzumab resistance and determine the underlying mechanisms for the limited response rate and rapid emergence of resistance of HER2+ metastatic gastric cancer (mGC). Design ...

Objectives The incidence of gastric cancer continues to decrease globally, approaching levels that in some populations could define it as a rare disease. To explore this on a wider scale, we predict ...

The human gut microbiome is a complex ecosystem, densely colonised by thousands of microbial species. It varies among individuals and depends on host genotype and environmental factors, such as diet ...

University of Technology of Compiègne, UMR CNRS 6600 – Biomechanics and Bioengineering, Compiègne, France Correspondence to Dr C Legallais, UTC, UMR CNRS 6600 Biomechanics and Bioengineering, BP 20529 ...