Background Plant-derived exosome-like nanoparticles (PELNs) have been considered to have great prospects in the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC) as they serve as a natural nano-drug carrier that ...

4 National Centre for Tropical Infectious Diseases, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway 5 Department of Medicine, Unit for Infectious Diseases, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway ...

2 Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, St James's University Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK Correspondence to Professor Mark Hull, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, ...

Correspondence to Dr Ailsa Hart, IBD Unit, St Mark's Hospital and Imperial College London, Watford Road, London HA13UJ, UK; ailsa.hart{at}nhs.net Over the last 10–15 years, our understanding of the ...

11 Liver Unit, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an increasing cause of liver disease necessitating liver transplantation. In patients with advanced ...

Introduction The Rome Foundation stated recommendations in 2016 to report confounding factors in clinical trials concerning functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) [1]. The aim of our study was ...

Background Despite the long-standing recommendations of high-protein diets for patients with cancer, the precise mechanisms of this dietary approach in benefiting tumour suppression and enhancing ...

Correspondence to Professor Jingmei Jiang, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, ...

Short chain fatty acid absorption from the human rectum has been studied in 46 subjects attending an obesity clinic, using a dialysis bag technique. From a mixed electrolyte solution, acetate ...

Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) are at increased risk of colorectal carcinoma. 1, 2 Many clinicians practice colonoscopic surveillance in these patients in the hope of detecting dysplasia or an ...

3 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Pediatrics, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden 4 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Inflammation ...

Mr R E K Marshall, Department of Surgery, Guy’s Hospital,London SE1 9RT, UK. Background—Both acid and duodenal contents are thought to be responsible for the mucosal damage in Barrett’s oesophagus, a ...