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In Vitro Developmental Model of the Gastrointestinal Tract from Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells [PDF]

, 2007
2007-10Mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells are pluripotent and retain their potential to form cells, tissues and organs originated from three embryonic germ layers. Recently, we developed in vitro organ -gut‐like structures- from mouse ES cells.
Torihashi, Shigeko, Kuwahara, Masaki, Kurahashi, Masaaki   +2 more
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Diagnostic role of computed tomography enterography (CTE) in assessment of intra-mural and extra-intestinal CT findings in active Crohn’s disease (CD)

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2021
Background Crohn’s disease (CD) is a ruinous bowel disease, which, if left uncured, leads to penetrating bowel complications. Computed tomography enterography (CTE) is nowadays accepted as a principal modality for the assessment of small bowel diseases ...
Rasha Mostafa Mohamed Ali, Mai Bahgat Ibrahim Ghonimy   +1 more
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Microanatomy of inferior mesenteric artery sheath in colorectal cancer surgery

Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon, 2019
Objectives: Left colic artery preserving lymph node dissection around the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) is a standard procedure for rectal cancer surgery.
Wataru Sakamoto, Leo Yamada, Osamu Suzuki, Tomohiro Kikuchi, Hirokazu Okayama, Hisahito Endo, Shotaro Fujita, Motonobu Saito, Tomoyuki Momma, Zenichiro Saze, Shinji Ohki, Koji Kono   +11 more
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Systemic sclerosis and the gastrointestinal tract [PDF]

, 2017
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmunological disease of unknown origin with complex pathogenesis and multiple organ involvement. It is characterised by vascular and immunological abnormalities leading to fibrosis of the skin and internal organs.
Irena Walecka
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Elucidating the anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory potentials of Triticum aestivum against ulcerative colitis: An in vivo and in silico study

Phytomedicine Plus, 2022
Background: Ulcerative colitis has remained irremediable because of relapse and recurrence despite intake of conventional medicine, although natural products are seen to be a viable alternative.
Adebayo-Gege Grace, Maryam Abdullahi Usman, Michael Okwute Ochayi, Moses Dele Adams, Haruna Dan'azumi Umar, Chijioke Dike Obalum, Gabriel Godson Akunna, Ajibola Barth Meraiyebu, Chinedu Onwuchekwa   +8 more
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Epithelial‐mesenchymal transition‐converted tumor cells can induce T‐cell apoptosis through upregulation of programmed death ligand 1 expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Cancer Medicine, 2018
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is an aggressive tumor, and it is urgently needed to develop novel therapeutic strategies including immunotherapy.
Aung Kyi Thar Min, Hirokazu Okayama, Motonobu Saito, Mai Ashizawa, Keita Aoto, Takahiro Nakajima, Katsuharu Saito, Suguru Hayase, Wataru Sakamoto, Takeshi Tada, Hiroyuki Hanayama, Zenichirou Saze, Tomoyuki Momma, Shinji Ohki, Yusuke Sato, Satoru Motoyama, Kosaku Mimura, Koji Kono   +17 more
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Anti‐PD‐1 monoclonal antibody‐resistant esophageal squamous cell carcinoma showing the abscopal effect: A case report with T‐cell receptor/B‐cell receptor repertoire analysis

Cancer Reports, 2023
Background Several clinical trials of nivolumab have reported good results, including those in patients with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. However, the response rate of this drug remains poor.
Yuka Takehara, Kosaku Mimura, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Yohei Watanabe, Yuya Yoshimoto, Zenichiro Saze, Hisashi Sato, Tomoaki Tamaki, Koji Kono   +8 more
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A Fibreoptic Endoscopic Study of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania: a Retrospective Review of 240 Cases. [PDF]

, 2012
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is recognized as a common and potentially life-threatening abdominal emergency that needs a prompt assessment and aggressive emergency treatment.
Wolfgang Scheppach, Koy Mheta, Kabangila Rodrick, Mirambo, M, Rodrick Kabangila, Scheppach Wolfgang, Phillipo L Chalya, Mirambo, Mariam, Chalya Phillipo L, Liwa, Anthony, Jaka Hyasinta, Mchembe Mabula D, Jaka, H., McHembe, M.D., Koy, Mheta, Scheppach, W., Mkongo Eliasa, Jaka, Hyasinta, Liwa Anthony, Eliasa Mkongo, Mirambo Mariam, Mabula D Mchembe, Mariam Mirambo, Liwa, A., Anthony Liwa, Scheppach, Wolfgang, Chalya, Phillipo L, Chalya, P.L., McHembe, Mabula D, Kabangila, Rodrick, Koy, M., Hyasinta Jaka, Mheta Koy, Mkongo, E., Kabangila, R., Mkongo, Eliasa   +35 more
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High-throughput diversity and functionality analysis of the gastrointestinal tract microbiota

, 2008
The human gastrointestinal (GI) tract microbiota plays a pivotal role in our health. For more than a decade a major input for describing the diversity of the GI tract microbiota has been derived from the application of small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU ...
Vos, W.M., de, de Vos, Willem M., Zoetendal, Erwin G., Rajilic-Stojanovic, M., Zoetendal, E.G., Rajilić-Stojanović, Mirjana, de Vos, W.M.   +6 more
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MLH1 germline mutation associated with Lynch syndrome in a family followed for more than 45 years

BMC Medical Genetics, 2019
Background Lynch syndrome, is an autosomal dominantly inherited disease that predisposes individuals to a high risk of colorectal cancers, and some mismatch-repair genes have been identified as causative genes.
Tomoyuki Momma, Kenji Gonda, Yoshinori Akama, Eisei Endo, Daisuke Ujiie, Shotaro Fujita, Yuko Maejima, Shoichiro Horita, Kenju Shimomura, Shigehira Saji, Koji Kono, Rei Yashima, Fumiaki Watanabe, Kokichi Sugano, Tadashi Nomizu   +14 more
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