Monthly Archives: April 2021
AGA Clinical Practice Guidelines on Intragastric Balloons in the Management of Obesity
This document represents the official recommendations of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and was developed by the AGA Clinical Guideline Committee and approved by the AGA Governing Board. Development of this guideline was fully funde… Continue reading
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No Association Between Endoscopic Screening and Gastric Cancer Incidence in Asian Countries
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Reply to: Letter to the Editor: Effects of Early Placement of Transjugular Portosystemic Shunts in Patients With High-Risk Acute Variceal Bleeding: a Meta-analysis of Individual Patient Data
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In Memoriam for Donald O. Castell, M.D.
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Intestinal Sulfation is Essential to Protect Against Colitis and Colonic Carcinogenesis
Sulfation is a conjugation reaction essential for numerous biochemical and cellular functions in mammals. The 3′-phosphoadenosine 5′-phosphosulfate (PAPS) synthase 2 (PAPSS2) is the key enzyme to generate PAPS, which is the universal sulfonate donor fo… Continue reading
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A Liquid Biopsy Assay for Noninvasive Identification of Lymph Node Metastases in T1 Colorectal Cancer
We recently reported use of tissue-based transcriptomic biomarkers (miRNA or mRNA) for identification of lymph node metastasis (LNM) in patients with invasive submucosal colorectal cancers (T1 CRC). In this study, we translated our tissue-based biomark… Continue reading
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Epithelia-sensory neuron crosstalk underlies cholestatic itch induced by lysophosphatidylcholine
Limited understanding of pruritus mechanisms in cholestatic liver diseases hinders development of anti-pruritic treatments. Previous studies implicated lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) as a potential mediator of cholestatic pruritus. Continue reading
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BCL3 couples cancer stem cell enrichment with pancreatic cancer molecular subtypes
The existence of different subtypes of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and their correlation with patient outcome have shifted the emphasis on patient classification for better decision-making algorithms and personalized therapy. The contributi… Continue reading
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