Daily Archives: September 14, 2016

Lifestyle Risk Factors for Serrated Colorectal Polyps: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Certain subsets of colorectal serrated polyps (SP) have malignant potential. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the association between modifiable lifestyle factors and risk for SPs. Continue reading

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Fucosylation Deficiency in Mice Leads to Colitis and Adenocarcinoma

De novo synthesis of guanosine diphosphate (GDP)-fucose, a substrate for fucosylglycans, requires sequential reactions mediated by GDP-mannose 4,6-dehydratase (GMDS) and GDP-4-keto-6-deoxymannose 3,5-epimerase-4-reductase (FX or tissue specific transpl… Continue reading

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Fucosylation Deficiency in Mice Leads to Colitis and Adenocarcinoma

De novo synthesis of GDP-fucose, a substrate for fucosylglycans, requires sequential reactions mediated by GDP-mannose 4,6-dehydratase (GMDS) and GDP-4-keto-6-deoxymannose 3,5-epimerase-4-reductase (FX or TSTA3). GMDS deletions and mutations are found … Continue reading

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An intestinal microbiota-farnesoid X receptor axis modulates metabolic disease

The gut microbiota is associated with metabolic diseases including obesity, insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), as demonstrated by correlative studies and by transplant of microbiota from obese humans and mice into germ-fr… Continue reading

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An intestinal microbiota-farnesoid X receptor axis modulates metabolic disease

The gut microbiota is associated with metabolic diseases including obesity, insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), as demonstrated by correlative studies and by transplant of microbiota from obese humans and mice into germ-fr… Continue reading

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Proton Pump Inhibitors Increase Risk for Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients With Cirrhosis in A Population Study

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a serious complication of cirrhosis and is associated with gut dysbiosis. Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), frequently prescribed to patients with cirrhosis, can contribute to small-bowel bacterial overgrowth. We investigate… Continue reading

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Proton Pump Inhibitors Increase Risk for Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients With Cirrhosis in Population Study

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a serious complication of cirrhosis and is associated with gut dysbiosis. Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), frequently prescribed to patients with cirrhosis, can contribute to small bowel bacterial overgrowth. We investigate… Continue reading

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Association of Proton Pump Inhibitors with Reduced Risk of Warfarin-related Serious Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) might reduce the risk of serious warfarin-related upper gastrointestinal bleeding, but the evidence of their efficacy for this indication is limited. A gastroprotective effect of PPIs would be particularly important for pa… Continue reading

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Association of Proton Pump Inhibitors with Reduced Risk of Warfarin-related Serious Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) might reduce the risk of serious warfarin-related upper gastrointestinal bleeding, but the evidence of their efficacy for this indication is limited. A gastroprotective effect of PPIs would be particularly important for pa… Continue reading

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Rectal Delivery of a DNAzyme That Specifically Blocks the Transcription Factor GATA3 and Reduces Colitis in Mice

GATA3 is a transcription factor that regulates T-cell production of cytokines. We investigated the role of GATA3 in development of colitis in mice. Continue reading

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