(1) Glutaraldehyde, used in most endoscopy units in the United Kingdom for the disinfection of flexible gastrointestinal endoscopes, is a toxic substance being an irritant and a sensitiser; symptoms ...

Skin electrodes are the most convenient reference electrodes for clinical measurements of electrical potential differences (pd) across the epithelium of the ...

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), previously known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, is the most common cause of chronic liver disease in children. MASLD ...

Correspondence to Julien Kirchgesner, Service de Gastroentérologie et Nutrition, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, 184 rue du faubourg Saint-Antoine, Paris 75012, France; ...

Background The immune suppression mechanisms in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remain unknown, but preclinical ...

Correspondence to Professor Jacques J G H M Bergman, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands; j.j.bergman{at}amsterdamumc.nl Despite important ...

Clinical guidelines in the use of fibre supplementation for patients with IBS provide one-size-fits-all advice, which has limited value. This narrative review addresses data and concepts around the ...

Professor J P Galmiche, Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine, CRI INSERM 95-08, CHU, Hôtel Dieu, Place A Ricordeau, 44035 Nantes cedex 01, France. Email:galmiche{at}easynet.fr BACKGROUND/AIM ...

1 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA 2 Division of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA Correspondence to: Dr E V ...

Objective Dietary fibres are essential for maintaining microbial diversity and the gut microbiota can modulate host physiology by metabolising the fibres. Here, we investigated whether the soluble ...

2 Department of Gastroenterology, St Mark’s Hospital, Harrow, UK 3 Department of Gastroenterology, Llandough Hospital, Penarth, UK 4 Department of Gastroenterology, St James’s University Hospital, ...

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 ...