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Inflammation-mediated muscle metabolic dysregulation local and remote to the site of major abdominal surgery (2017)
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Varadhan, K. K., Constantin-Teodosiu, D., Constantin, D., Greenhaff, P. L., & Lobo, D. N. (2017). Inflammation-mediated muscle metabolic dysregulation local and remote to the site of major abdominal surgery. Clinical Nutrition, 37(6, Part A), 2178-2185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2017.10.020

Background & aims: Postoperative hyperglycaemia is common in patients having major surgery and is associated with adverse outcomes. This study aimed to determine whether bacteraemia contributed to postoperative systemic inflammation, and whether incr... Read More about Inflammation-mediated muscle metabolic dysregulation local and remote to the site of major abdominal surgery.

Obesity and type 2 diabetes are important risk factors underlying previously undiagnosed cirrhosis in general practice: a cross-sectional study using Transient Elastography (2017)
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Harman, D. J., Ryder, S. D., James, M. W., Wilkes, E. A., Card, T. R., Aithal, G. P., & Guha, I. N. (2018). Obesity and type 2 diabetes are important risk factors underlying previously undiagnosed cirrhosis in general practice: a cross-sectional study using Transient Elastography. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 47(4), 504-515. https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.14463

Background: Rising cirrhosis incidence and mortality in the United Kingdom has been attributed predominantly to excess alcohol consumption. However, metabolic risk factors such as type 2 diabetes and obesity may also be important. Aim: To screen at-... Read More about Obesity and type 2 diabetes are important risk factors underlying previously undiagnosed cirrhosis in general practice: a cross-sectional study using Transient Elastography.

Glycaemic, gastrointestinal and appetite responses to breakfast porridges from ancient cereal grains: a MRI pilot study in healthy humans (2017)
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Alyami, J., Ladd, N., Pritchard, S. E., Hoad, C. L., Abdul Sultan, A., Spiller, R. C., …Taylor, M. A. (2017). Glycaemic, gastrointestinal and appetite responses to breakfast porridges from ancient cereal grains: a MRI pilot study in healthy humans. Food Research International, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2017.11.071

Cereal grain based porridges are commonly consumed throughout the world. Whilst some data are available for varieties that are popular in the Western world such as oats and rye, other ‘ancient’ grains used in the East and in Africa such as millets ar... Read More about Glycaemic, gastrointestinal and appetite responses to breakfast porridges from ancient cereal grains: a MRI pilot study in healthy humans.

Optimising the performance and interpretation of small bowel capsule endoscopy (2017)
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Beg, S., Parra-Blanco, A., & Ragunath, K. (in press). Optimising the performance and interpretation of small bowel capsule endoscopy. Frontline Gastroenterology, https://doi.org/10.1136/flgastro-2017-100878

Small bowel capsule endoscopy has become a commonly used tool in the investigation of gastrointestinal symptoms and is now widely available in clinical practice. In contrast to conventional endoscopy, there is a lack of clear consensus on when compet... Read More about Optimising the performance and interpretation of small bowel capsule endoscopy.

Development and characterization of a human monoclonal antibody targeting the N-terminal region of hepatitis C virus envelope glycoprotein E1 (2017)
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Mesalam, A. A., Desombere, I., Farhoudi, A., Van Houtte, F., Verhoye, L., Ball, J., …Meuleman, P. (2018). Development and characterization of a human monoclonal antibody targeting the N-terminal region of hepatitis C virus envelope glycoprotein E1. Virology, 514, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2017.10.019

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting the hepatitis C virus (HCV) envelope have been raised mainly against envelope protein 2 (E2), while the antigenic epitopes of envelope protein 1 (E1) are not fully identified. Here we describe the detailed chara... Read More about Development and characterization of a human monoclonal antibody targeting the N-terminal region of hepatitis C virus envelope glycoprotein E1.

Development, content validity and cross-cultural adaptation of a Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Real-time Symptom Assessment in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (2017)
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Vork, L., Keszthely, D., Mujagic, Z., Kruimel, J., Leue, C., Pontén, I., …Masclee, A. (in press). Development, content validity and cross-cultural adaptation of a Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Real-time Symptom Assessment in Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 30(3), Article e13244. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.13244

BACKGROUND: End-of-day questionnaires, which are considered the gold standard for assessing abdominal pain and other gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), are influenced by recall and ecological bias. The Experience Sampli... Read More about Development, content validity and cross-cultural adaptation of a Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Real-time Symptom Assessment in Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

SOX9 predicts progression towards cirrhosis in patients while its loss protects against liver fibrosis (2017)
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Athwal, V. S., Pritchett, J., Llewellyn, J., Martin, K., Camacho, E., Raza, S. M., …Hanley, K. P. (in press). SOX9 predicts progression towards cirrhosis in patients while its loss protects against liver fibrosis. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 9(12), https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201707860

Fibrosis and organ failure is a common endpoint for many chronic liver diseases. Much is known about the upstream inflammatory mechanisms provoking fibrosis and downstream potential for tissue remodeling. However, less is known about the transcriptio... Read More about SOX9 predicts progression towards cirrhosis in patients while its loss protects against liver fibrosis.

Surgical rates for Crohn’s Disease are decreasing: a population-based time trend analysis and validation study (2017)
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Ma, C., Moran, G. W., Benchimol, E. I., Targownik, L. E., Heitman, S. J., Hubbard, J. N., …Kaplan, G. G. (2017). Surgical rates for Crohn’s Disease are decreasing: a population-based time trend analysis and validation study. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 112, https://doi.org/10.1038/ajg.2017.394

Objectives: Temporal changes for intestinal resections for Crohn’s disease (CD) are controversial. We validated administrative database codes for CD diagnosis and surgery in hospitalized patients and then evaluated temporal trends in CD surgical res... Read More about Surgical rates for Crohn’s Disease are decreasing: a population-based time trend analysis and validation study.

A novel neutralizing human monoclonal antibody broadly abrogates hepatitis C virus infection in vitro and in vivo (2017)
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Desombere, I., Mesalam, A. A., Urbanowicz, R. A., Van Houtte, F., Verhoye, L., Keck, Z.-Y., …Meuleman, P. (2017). A novel neutralizing human monoclonal antibody broadly abrogates hepatitis C virus infection in vitro and in vivo. Antiviral Research, 148, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.antiviral.2017.10.015

Infections with hepatitis C virus (HCV) represent a worldwide health burden and a prophylactic vaccine is still not available. Liver transplantation (LT) is often the only option for patients with HCV-induced end-stage liver disease. However, immedia... Read More about A novel neutralizing human monoclonal antibody broadly abrogates hepatitis C virus infection in vitro and in vivo.