Monthly Archives: March 2023

Comparative Effectiveness of Anti-TNF in Combination with Low Dose Methotrexate vs Anti-TNF Monotherapy in Pediatric Crohn’s Disease: a Pragmatic Randomized Trial

Tumor Necrosis Factor inhibitors (TNFi), including infliximab and adalimumab, are a mainstay of pediatric Crohn’s disease (PCD) therapy; however, non-response and loss of response is common. As combination therapy with methotrexate may improve response… Continue reading

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ODEVIXIBAT TREATMENT INDUCES BILIARY BILE ACID SECRETION IN RESPONSIVE PATIENTS WITH BILE SALT EXPORT PUMP DEFICIENCY (PFIC2)

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Should POEM be the Rescue Therapy of Choice After Failed Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy?

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Estimated Burden of Screening for Barrett’s Esophagus in the United States

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Estimated Burden of Screening for Barrett’s Esophagus in the United States

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Our New President—Barbara H. Jung, MD, AGAF

We are excited to introduce our next American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute President, Barbara H. Jung, MD, AGAF. We were both among her mentors from earlier in her sterling academic career. Barbara becomes the 118th President of the … Continue reading

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Transmission of the potential pathogen atypical enteropathogenic E. coli by fecal microbiota transplant.

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A-to-I RNA-Editing: an epigenetic hallmark cannot be ignored in silencing the tumor microenvironment and is promising in predicting immunotherapy response for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

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ARBM101 (Methanobactin SB2) drains excess liver copper via biliary excretion in Wilson Disease rats

Excess copper causes hepatocyte death in hereditary Wilson disease (WD). Current WD treatments by copper-binding chelators may gradually reduce copper overload; they fail, however, to bring hepatic copper close to normal physiological levels. Consequen… Continue reading

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Liver SOL in a case of colon cancer, a red herring

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