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Hepatobiliary and pancreatic disorders

Section edited by Emmanuel A Tsochatzis and Rakesh Tandon

This section concerns all clinical and basic science aspects of hepatobiliary and pancreatic disorders including but not limited to: prevention, diagnosis and management, as well as related molecular genetics and pathophysiology.

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  1. Vascular invasion is an important criterion for resectability and deciding the therapeutic strategy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), but imaging diagnosis is currently difficult. Endoscopic ultraso...

    Authors: Kenta Yamada, Hiroki Kawashima, Eizaburo Ohno, Takuya Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Masanao Nakamura, Ryoji Miyahara, Masatoshi Ishigami, Yoshiki Hirooka and Mitsuhiro Fujishiro

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:81

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  3. This study aimed to develop prognostic models for predicting 28- and 90-day mortality rates of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated acute-on-chronic liver failure (HBV-ACLF) through artificial neural network (AN...

    Authors: Yixin Hou, Qianqian Zhang, Fangyuan Gao, Dewen Mao, Jun Li, Zuojiong Gong, Xinla Luo, Guoliang Chen, Yong Li, Zhiyun Yang, Kewei Sun and Xianbo Wang

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:75

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  4. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is currently the most common cause of chronic liver disease nowadays. Changes in diet and lifestyle have led to a dramatic increase in the prevalence of NAFLD around t...

    Authors: Shu-ting Wang, Jing Zheng, He-wei Peng, Xiao-lin Cai, Xin-ting Pan, Hui-quan Li, Qi-zhu Hong and Xian-E Peng

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:66

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  5. Ineffective antibiotic therapy increases mortality of acute cholangitis. The choice of antibiotics should reflect local resistance patterns and avoid the overuse of broad-spectrum agents. In this study, we ana...

    Authors: Tassilo Kruis, Sarah Güse-Jaschuck, Britta Siegmund, Thomas Adam and Hans-Jörg Epple

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:65

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  6. Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP) is commonly performed in the management of pancreatic and biliary disease. Duodenoscopes are specialized endoscopes used to perform ERCP, and inherent to ...

    Authors: Nauzer Forbes, B. Joseph Elmunzer, Thibault Allain, Millie Chau, Hannah F. Koury, Sydney Bass, Paul J. Belletrutti, Martin J. Cole, Emmanuel Gonzalez-Moreno, Ahmed Kayal, Puja Kumar, Rachid Mohamed, Christian Turbide, Andre G. Buret and Steven J. Heitman

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:64

    Content type: Study protocol

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  7. Crigler Najjar type 1 is a rare autosomal recessive condition caused by the absence of UDPGT enzyme due to mutations in the UGT1A1 gene. This enzyme is responsible for elimination of unconjugated bilirubin fro...

    Authors: Sailaja Valmiki, Kiran Kumar Mandapati, Leela Krishna Vamsee Miriyala, Chayarani Chandrashekhar Kelgeri, Mohamed Rela, Naresh P. Shanmugam and Durga Rao Vegulada

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:62

    Content type: Case report

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  8. Prognostic value or clinical implications of fluid status monitoring in liver cirrhosis are not fully elucidated. Tolvaptan, an orally available, selective vasopressin V2-receptor antagonist approved for hypon...

    Authors: Shunsuke Shiba, Po-sung Chu, Nobuhiro Nakamoto, Karin Yamataka, Nobuhito Taniki, Keisuke Ojiro, Akihiro Yamaguchi, Rei Morikawa, Aya Yoshida, Akihiko Ikura, Hirotoshi Ebinuma, Hidetsugu Saito and Takanori Kanai

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:53

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  9. We investigated real-world effectiveness and safety of sofosbuvir and the nonstructural protein 5A inhibitors in the treatment of patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6.

    Authors: Phunchai Charatcharoenwitthaya, Virasak Wongpaitoon, Piyawat Komolmit, Wattana Sukeepaisarnjaroen, Pisit Tangkijvanich, Teerha Piratvisuth, Theeranun Sanpajit, Chinnavat Sutthivana, Chalermrat Bunchorntavakul, Abhasnee Sobhonslidsuk, Soonthorn Chonprasertsuk, Chotipong Siripipattanamongkol, Supatsri Sethasine and Tawesak Tanwandee

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:47

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  10. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome. Within the spectrum of NAFLD, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in combination with hepatic inflammation and fibro...

    Authors: Atsuko Takai, Kentaro Kikuchi, Mayuko Ichimura, Koichi Tsuneyama, Yuki Moritoki, Kotaro Matsumoto, Hiromichi Tsunashima, Takeshi Onda, Noriyuki Kuniyoshi, Tomoyuki Nariyama, Sho Ohyatsu, Juri Kubota, Kozue Nagumo, Shinpei Sato, Masumi Hara and Hiroshi Miyakawa

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:46

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  11. The level and profiles of blood free carnitine and acylcarnitines, obtained by acylcarnitine analysis using tandem mass spectrometry, reflect various metabolic conditions. We aimed to examine the level of free...

    Authors: Hisamitsu Miyaaki, Hironori Kobayashi, Satoshi Miuma, Masanori Fukusima, Ryu Sasaki, Masafumi Haraguchi and Kazuhiko Nakao

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:41

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  13. One major etiology of hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (HSOS) in China is the intake of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs). Since PAs-induced HSOS is a rare disease that has not been clearly characterized un...

    Authors: Fang Liu, Xinxin Rong, Hui Guo, Dong Xu, Chang Liu, Lingling Meng, Xiaoqian Yang, Tingting Guo, Xuefeng Kan and Yuhu Song

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:30

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  14. Chronic hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection causes severe liver disease which often leads to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Aim of this study was to establish the disease severity and prognost...

    Authors: Jan-Hendrik Bockmann, Marcel Grube, Vanessa Hamed, Johann von Felden, Johanna Landahl, Malte Wehmeyer, Katja Giersch, Michaela T. Hall, John M. Murray, Maura Dandri, Stefan Lüth, Ansgar W. Lohse, Marc Lütgehetmann and Julian Schulze Zur Wiesch

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:24

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  15. Biliary tract cancers (BTC) have a poor prognosis even after curative resection because of frequent local and distant recurrences. Therefore, the importance of adjuvant therapy in BTC has been advocated to imp...

    Authors: Hyera Kim, Mi Hwa Heo and Jin Young Kim

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:20

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  16. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) has high accuracy and a low complication rate; therefore, it has been widely used as a useful tool for diagnosis of and to determine treatment stra...

    Authors: Nami Sato, Shigetsugu Takano, Hideyuki Yoshitomi, Katsunori Furukawa, Tsukasa Takayashiki, Satoshi Kuboki, Daisuke Suzuki, Nozomu Sakai, Shingo Kagawa, Takashi Mishima, Eri Nakadai, Rintaro Mikata, Naoya Kato and Masayuki Ohtsuka

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:13

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  17. ALT value is often used to reflect the hepatic inflammation and injury in NAFLD patients, but many studies proved that ALT values were normal in many NAFLD patients. The aim of this study was to identify the s...

    Authors: Xuefeng Ma, Shousheng Liu, Jie Zhang, Mengzhen Dong, Yifen Wang, Mengke Wang and Yongning Xin

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:10

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  18. The anti-immunological rejection therapy for small-for-size syndrome (SFSS) after live donor liver transplantation (LDLT) play a central role in keeping graft survival. The hepatocyte number and grafts functio...

    Authors: Yanhu Feng, Zhijian Han, Zedong Feng, Bofang Wang, Huijuan Cheng, Luxi Yang, Yangbing Li, Baohong Gu, Xuemei Li, Yahao Li, Yumin Li, Chen Wang and Hao Chen

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:7

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  19. Aspirin has been found to lower the occurrence rates of some cancers through the inhibition of the cyclooxygenase enzyme. For example, there is a well-known association between aspirin use and the occurrence o...

    Authors: Yen-Hsiang Liao, Ren-Jun Hsu, Tzu-Hwei Wang, Chen-Ta Wu, Sheng-Yao Huang, Chung-Y. Hsu, Yuan-Chih Su, Wen-Lin Hsu and Dai-Wei Liu

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:6

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  20. Recent evidence cautions against the use of non-selective beta-blockers (NSBB) in patients with refractory ascites or spontaneous bacterial peritonitis while other data suggests a survival benefit in patients ...

    Authors: Taiwo Ngwa, Eric Orman, Eduardo Vilar Gomez, Raj Vuppalanchi, Chandrashekhar Kubal, Naga Chalasani and Marwan Ghabril

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:4

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  21. The multifactorial mechanisms driving negative health outcomes among risky drinkers with HIV may include immunosenescence. Immunosenescence, aging of the immune system, may be accentuated in HIV and leads to p...

    Authors: Kaku So-Armah, Matthew Freiberg, Debbie Cheng, Joseph K. Lim, Natalia Gnatienko, Gregory Patts, Margaret Doyle, Daniel Fuster, Dmitry Lioznov, Evgeny Krupitsky and Jeffrey Samet

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 20:1

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  22. Statin has been more and more widely used in chronic liver disease, however, existed studies have attained contradictory results. According to the present study, we aimed to test the efficacy and safety of sta...

    Authors: Yue Gu, Xueqin Yang, Hang Liang and Deli Li

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:231

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  23. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common human malignant cancer due to a high metastatic capacity and the recurrence rate is also high. This study is aim to investigate the role of musashi1 as a potential bi...

    Authors: Qiuhua Liu, Cuijie Zhou and Bo Zhang

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:230

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  24. A large-scale Japanese study showed that low skeletal muscle index (SMI) and intramuscular fat (IMF) deposition are associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) survival. Here, we evaluated the effects of SM...

    Authors: Yan Mardian, Yoshihiko Yano, Neneng Ratnasari, Lina Choridah, Widya Wasityastuti, Nurhuda Hendra Setyawan and Yoshitake Hayashi

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:229

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  25. Endoscopic nasobiliary drainage (ENBD) is widely used for biliary decompression in patients with biliary disease. However, it is difficult to reposition a nasobiliary catheter from the mouth to nostril. We dev...

    Authors: Seong Ji Choi, Jae Min Lee, Hyuk Soon Choi, Eun Sun Kim, Bora Keum, Yeon Seok Seo, Yoon Tae Jeen, Hong Sik Lee, Hoon Jai Chun, Soon Ho Um, Chang Duck Kim and Chi Hyuk Oh

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:222

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  26. Endoscopic ultrasound is useful for obtaining high-resolution images of pancreaticobiliary diseases, but is not readily available for physical checkups. In this study, we evaluated the safety and efficacy of s...

    Authors: Daisuke Uchida, Hironari Kato, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Yuki Ishihara, Akihiro Matsumi, Yosuke Saragai, Saimon Takada, Shuntaro Yabe, Shinichiro Muro, Takeshi Tomoda, Shigeru Horiguchi and Hiroyuki Okada

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:220

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  27. Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a common complication of cirrhosis. However, in patients with PVT and cirrhosis, there is no clear evidence supporting effective treatment modalities. In this study, we examined...

    Authors: Takehiro Hayashi, Hajime Takatori, Rika Horii, Kouki Nio, Takeshi Terashima, Noriho Iida, Masaaki Kitahara, Tetsuro Shimakami, Kuniaki Arai, Kazuya Kitamura, Kazunori Kawaguchi, Taro Yamashita, Yoshio Sakai, Tatsuya Yamashita, Eishiro Mizukoshi, Masao Honda…

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:217

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  29. Endoscopic treatment of post-cholecystectomy biliary strictures (PCBS) with multiple plastic biliary stents placed sequentially is a minimally invasive alternative to surgery but requires multiple intervention...

    Authors: Andrea Tringali, D. Nageshwar Reddy, Thierry Ponchon, Horst Neuhaus, Ferrán González-Huix Lladó, Claudio Navarrete, Marco J. Bruno, Paul P. Kortan, Sundeep Lakhtakia, Joyce Peetermans, Matthew Rousseau, David Carr-Locke, Jacques Devière and Guido Costamagna

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:214

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  30. The clinical value of the controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has increased. The aim of this meta-analysis was to systematically review the association between the CO...

    Authors: Kosei Takagi, Piotr Domagala, Wojciech G. Polak, Stefan Buettner and Jan N. M. Ijzermans

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:211

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  32. To investigate the value of prolactin (PRL) in diagnosing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

    Authors: Pengzi Zhang, Wenghuan Feng, Xuehui Chu, Xitai Sun, Dalong Zhu and Yan Bi

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:202

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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Gastroenterology 2020 20:38

  35. Drug induced liver injury (DILI) is an important cause of acute liver injury and accounts for approximately 10% of all cases of acute hepatitis. Both prescription and natural health products (NHPs) have been i...

    Authors: Tyler Pitre, Jasmine Mah, Jaclyn Vertes, Rosario Rebello and Julie Zhu

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:199

    Content type: Case report

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  36. Pancreatic cavernous hemangioma is an extremely rare benign tumor that is difficult to diagnose on an imaging examination, and its histopathological examination has rarely been reported.

    Authors: Tao Lianyuan, Wang Yafeng, Yu Haibo, Dong Yadong, Ma Jiahao, Lu Yuanxiang and Li Deyu

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:197

    Content type: Case report

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  37. Although isolating Glissonean pedicles and hepatic veins are critical procedures during anatomical hepatectomy, there is no standardized approach. We propose the novel Laennec’s approach for laparoscopic anato...

    Authors: Yue Hu, Jiong Shi, Shaohe Wang, Wenjie Zhang, Xitai Sun, Beicheng Sun and Decai Yu

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:194

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  38. Syphilis is a common disease that has been researched and focused on for many years, however, syphilitic hepatitis has not been well-recognized. We report this case of syphilitic hepatitis with intrahepatic chole...

    Authors: Jiaofeng Huang, Su Lin, Mingfang Wang, Bo Wan and Yueyong Zhu

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:191

    Content type: Case report

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  39. Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HEH) is rare; it is reported in < 1 person in 1,000,000 individuals. For accurate diagnosis, information regarding multiple graphic modalities in HEH is required. Howe...

    Authors: Jun Arai, Yuu Shimozuma, Yumi Otoyama, Ikuya Sugiura, Yoko Nakajima, Eiichi Hayashi, Atsushi Kajiwara, Risa Omori, Shojiro Uozumi, Miyuki Miyashita, Manabu Uchikoshi, Hiroyoshi Doi, Masashi Sakaki, Tianpeng Wang, Junichi Eguchi, Takayoshi Ito…

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:187

    Content type: Case report

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  40. Choledocholithiasis is an endemic condition in the world. Although rare, foreign body migration with biliary complications needs to be considered in the differential diagnosis for patients presenting with typi...

    Authors: Min Yu, Bowen Huang, Ye Lin, Yuxue Nie, Zixuan Zhou, Shanshan Liu and Baohua Hou

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:177

    Content type: Case report

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  41. Hepatolithiasis, featuring high incidence, severe symptoms, and common recurrence, poses a heavy disease burden. Endoscopic management provides an opportunity to cure hepatolithiasis, but fails to properly res...

    Authors: Jianying Lou, Qida Hu, Tao Ma, Wei Chen, Ji Wang and Prasoon Pankaj

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:172

    Content type: Technical advance

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  42. Associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) can induce a stronger regenerative ability than traditional 2-stage hepatectomy (TSH). ALPPS has become popular for achieving...

    Authors: Xukun Wu, Jiawei Rao, Xiaozhuan Zhou, Ronghai Deng and Yi Ma

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:170

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  43. Pruritus is a common symptom seen in patients with chronic liver disease. However, frequency and severity of pruritus in patients with chronic liver disease is unclear. We investigated frequency, severity and ...

    Authors: Hatsue Fujino, Mio Tanaka, Michio Imamura, Kei Morio, Atsushi Ono, Takashi Nakahara, Eisuke Murakami, Tomokazu Kawaoka, Shoichi Takahashi, Daiki Miki, Masataka Tsuge, Akira Hiramatsu, Hiroshi Aikata, C. Nelson Hayes and Kazuaki Chayama

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:169

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  44. The efficacy of some therapeutic methods (open surgical debridement (OSD), conservative treatment (CST) and minimally invasive drainage (MID)) for severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) and moderately severe acute pa...

    Authors: Kai Zhang, Xiaole Zhu, Chaoqun Hou, Chenyuan Shi, Yi Miao and Qiang Li

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:168

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  45. To investigate the von Willebrand factor to ADAMTS13 ratio as a potential biomarker for early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in cirrhosis.

    Authors: Hiroaki Takaya, Tadashi Namisaki, Mitsuteru Kitade, Kosuke Kaji, Keisuke Nakanishi, Yuki Tsuji, Naotaka Shimozato, Kei Moriya, Kenichiro Seki, Yasuhiko Sawada, Soichiro Saikawa, Shinya Sato, Hideto Kawaratani, Takemi Akahane, Ryuichi Noguchi, Masanori Matsumoto…

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:167

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  46. Extracorporeal liver support therapies (ELS) are technical options (for bridge-to-recovery as well as bridge-to-transplant) in patients with acute liver dysfunction (e.g. acute liver failure (ALF), acute-on ch...

    Authors: Thomas Wiesmann, Dominic Hoenl, Hinnerk Wulf and Marc Irqsusi

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:160

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  47. Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a chronic cholestatic liver disease. The pathomechanism is still not fully understood, but there is evidence that immune-mediated processes may contribute to disease progression.

    Authors: Theresa Hippchen, Peter Sauer, Benjamin Göppert, Peter Schirmacher, Daniel Nils Gotthardt, Karl-Heinz Weiss, Wolfgang Stremmel and Christian Rupp

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:153

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  48. Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is the leading cause of liver transplantation (LT). The magnitude and risk factors of post-LT alcohol relapse are not well described. We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate alco...

    Authors: Lancharat Chuncharunee, Noriyo Yamashiki, Ammarin Thakkinstian and Abhasnee Sobhonslidsuk

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:150

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  49. Caspase-1 is an evolutionarily conserved enzyme that proteolytically cleaves the precursors of the inflammatory cytokines interleukin 1β and interleukin 18. However, the role of caspase-1 in determining the se...

    Authors: Xiangying Zhang, Peiling Dong, Lin Xu, Yuan Tian, Huayin Sun, Hongbo Shi, Zhongping Duan, Liyan Chen and Feng Ren

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:148

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  50. Prior hepatitis B virus infection (PBI) may increase the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but the impact of PBI on clinical outcomes following treatment for HCC remains unknown. The aim of th...

    Authors: Yutaka Midorikawa, Tadatoshi Takayama, Hisashi Nakayama, Tokio Higaki, Masamichi Moriguchi, Kyoji Moriya, Tatsuo Kanda, Shunichi Matsuoka and Mitsuhiko Moriyama

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:147

    Content type: Research article

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