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Journal of the Formosan Medical AssociationBackground/purpose: Endoscopic remission is presently recognized as the standard therapeutic target in the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC). However, achieving histological remission is increasingly viewed as a pivotal objective.
Zih-Hao Wei +10 more
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Small bowel mesentery fibroma [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2002 Fibromas are rarely localized in the abdomen, but almost always in the mesentery or omentum. We present a 63-year old woman in whom the examination of the upper abdominal pain showed a well distinct abdominal mass at the level of the lower edge of the ...
Čolović Radoje B. +4 more
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Mechanisms of IgE‐mediated food allergy and the role of allergen‐specific B cells
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Food allergy arises when allergen‐specific B cells preferentially produce immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies against harmless foods. This article explains the mechanisms driving IgE‐mediated reactions, highlights the central role of these B cells, and discusses how natural tolerance (NT) and oral immunotherapy (OIT) can reshape allergic immune responses.
Juan‐Felipe López +2 more
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Gut and Liver, 2018 Background/AimsWe aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics and prognosis of Crohn’s disease (CD) in patients who showed proximal small bowel involvement using a nationwide Korean CD cohort.Methods : We reviewed the data from a cohort of patients ...
One Zoong Kim +8 more
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The British Journal of Radiology, 1991 Systemic vasculitis affecting the gastrointestinal tract is uncommon. We report a case affecting only the small bowel. The gastrointestinal manifestations and diagnosis of vasculitis are discussed. A 55-year-old normotensive man with a past history of a leftnephrectomy in 1970 for nephrolithiasis, presented with a 3-month history of ...
F V, Gleeson, P J, Tidbury
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Small-bowel pseudomelanosis [PDF]
Endoscopy, 2015 An 80-year-old man with a past medical history of hypertension and stage 3 chronic renal failure was referred for capsule enteroscopy because of iron deficiency anemia without overt bleeding. Previous upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy had revealed no significant changes.
Eduardo, Rodrigues-Pinto +6 more
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
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LDAcoop: Integrating non‐linear population dynamics into the analysis of clonogenic growth in vitro
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Limiting dilution assays (LDAs) quantify clonogenic growth by seeding serial dilutions of cells and scoring wells for colony formation. The fraction of negative wells is plotted against cells seeded and analyzed using the non‐linear modeling of LDAcoop.
Nikko Brix +13 more
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Communications MedicineBackground Sickle cell disease (SCD) is debilitating, with age-dependent complications such as stroke and liver disease, leading to significant morbidity and early mortality in young adults.
Ali D. Alahmari +12 more
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Optimal Bowel Preparation for Video Capsule Endoscopy
Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2016 During video capsule endoscopy (VCE), several factors, such as air bubbles, food material in the small bowel, and delayed gastric and small bowel transit time, influence diagnostic yield, small bowel visualization quality, and cecal completion rate ...
Hyun Joo Song +2 more
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