Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer mortality with limited therapeutic options. Despite ...

In hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the capacity to mount a functional virus-specific T-cell response has long been considered the principal, if not the sole, immunological determinant of viral ...

IBD is rising worldwide and is now a global disease. With the expanding armamentarium of medical therapies, including biologics and small molecules, there is a decline in hospitalisation rates and IBD ...

A recent randomised controlled trial showed that proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), compared with histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs), induce greater gut microbiome alterations and oral-to-gut ...

Liver resection remains the main curative option for many patients with primary and secondary liver malignancies, including ...

Introduction Colonic diverticulosis is the most common structural abnormality of the colon in developed countries, with an increasing global prevalence. Approximately 20–25% of affected individuals ...

Background PD-1 blockade has emerged as a promising approach for functional cure of chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Objective This study aimed to evaluate the safety profile of anti-PD-1 antibody (αPD-1), ...

Introduction Colonic diverticulosis is the most common structural abnormality of the colon in developed countries, with an increasing global prevalence. Approximately 20–25% of affected individuals ...

Objective Inflammation plays crucial roles in the pathogenesis of several chronic inflammatory disorders, including Crohn's disease (CD) and UC, the two major forms of IBD. The urokinase plasminogen ...

Background We conducted an integrated cross-species spatial assessment of transcriptomic and metabolomic alterations associated with progression of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs), ...

Objective Our previous studies have identified CXCL8 as the crucial chemokine responsible for gastric cancer metastasis mediated by loss of RACK1. However, the regulatory effect of CXCL8 on immune ...

We read with great interest the recent publication by Kumar et al , concerning gastrointestinal tract (GIT) symptoms (vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pain) among hospitalised children admitted with ...