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Hepatic stellate cells: role in microcirculation and pathophysiology of portal hypertension
1 Laboratory for Molecular Liver Cell Biology, Free University Brussels (VUB), Brussels, Belgium 2 Department of Medical Cell Biology and Centre for Liver Research, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ...
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Induction of humoural and cellular immunity by immunisation with HCV particle vaccine in a non-human primate model
3 Center for Human Evolution Modeling Research, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Japan Correspondence to Dr Takanobu Kato, Department of Virology II, National Institute of ...
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Apoptosis of hepatic stellate cells: involvement in resolution of biliary fibrosis and regulation by soluble growth factors
a Liver Research Group, Division of Cell and Molecular Medicine, Level D, South Lab and Path Block, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK, b Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of ...
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Mitochondrial damage: a possible mechanism of the “topical” phase of NSAID induced injury to the rat intestine
Background—The “topical” effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) seems to be an important cause of NSAID induced gastrointestinal damage. Aim—To examine the possible mechanism of the ...
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HBV cccDNA: viral persistence reservoir and key obstacle for a cure of chronic hepatitis B
At least 250 million people worldwide are chronically infected with HBV, a small hepatotropic DNA virus that replicates through reverse transcription. Chronic infection greatly increases the risk for ...
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Colonic mucin synthesis is increased by sodium butyrate.
The effects of sodium butyrate and sodium bromo-octanoate (an inhibitor of beta oxidation) on colonic mucus glycoprotein (mucin) synthesis have been assessed using tissue from colonic resection ...
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Guidelines for the management of iron deficiency anaemia
Correspondence to Brian B Scott, Department of Medicine, Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln LN2 5QY, UK; drbbscott{at}aol.com Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) occurs in 2–5% of adult men and postmenopausal ...
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Reassessing gastroscopy practices: the need for improved methodology and interpretation
Correspondence to Dr Xiaowei Tang, Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China; solitude5834{at}hotmail.com We read with great interest the ...
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P388 Delayed gastric emptying is not significantly increased in patients with hypermobile ehlers-danlos syndrome
Introduction Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome/Hypermobile Spectrum Disorder (hEDS/HSD) is a non-inflammatory connective tissue disorder associated with foregut symptoms, such as dyspepsia, 1 which ...
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CT colonography remains an important test for colorectal cancer
Correspondence to Dr Damian J M Tolan, Department of Radiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK; damian.tolan{at}nhs.net ...
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Virtual portal pressure gradient from anatomic CT angiography
Correspondence to Professor Changqing Yang, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 389 XinCun Road, Shanghai 200065, China; ...
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Nerve growth factor and Trk high affinity receptor (TrkA) gene expression in inflammatory bowel disease
Dr Helmut Friess, Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Bern, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland. Email: helmut.friess{at}insel.ch BACKGROUND Nerve growth factor (NGF), ...