Monthly Archives: August 2019
American Gastroenterological Association Clinical Practice Update: Management of Pancreatic Necrosis
The purpose of this AGA Institute Clinical Practice Update is to review the available evidence and expert recommendations regarding the clinical care of patients with pancreatic necrosis and to offer concise best practice advice for the optimal managem… Continue reading
Decreased Complexity of Serum N-glycan Structures Associates with Successful Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection
Histopathology Scoring Systems of Stenosis Associated With Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease: A Systematic Review
Stenosis is a common complication of Crohn’s disease (CD) that has no effective medical therapy. Development of anti-fibrotic agents will require testing in randomized controlled trials. Computed tomography enterography- and magnetic resonance entero… Continue reading
Sperm Flagellar 1 Binds Actin in Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Contributes to Formation of Filopodia and Lamellipodia
Sperm flagellar 1 (SPEF1, also called CLAMP) is a microtubule-associated protein that regulates microtubule dynamics and planar cell polarity in multi-ciliated cells. We investigated the localization and function of SPEF1, or CLAMP, in human intestinal… Continue reading
Long-term Risk of Malignancy in Branch Duct Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms
Long-term outcomes of patients with branch-duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs), particularly those after 5 years if surveillance, have not been fully evaluated in large studies. We analyzed incidences of IPMN-derived carcinoma and con… Continue reading