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Targeting glutamine synthesis inhibits stem cell adipogenesis in vitro (2020)
Journal Article
Velickovic, K., Lugo Leija, H. A., Surrat, A., Kim, D.-H., Sacks, H., Symonds, M. E., & Sottile, V. (2020). Targeting glutamine synthesis inhibits stem cell adipogenesis in vitro. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 54(5), 917-927. https://doi.org/10.33594/000000278

Background/Aims: Glutamine is the most abundant amino acid in the body and has a metabolic role as a precursor for protein, amino sugar and nucleotide synthesis. After glucose, glutamine is the main source of energy in cells and has recently been sho... Read More about Targeting glutamine synthesis inhibits stem cell adipogenesis in vitro.

Comparison of the reverse bevel versus Franseen type endoscopic ultrasound needle (2020)
Journal Article
Wing Chow, C., Asma Haider, S., Ragunath, K., Aithal, G. P., James, M. W., Ortiz-Fernandez-Sordo, J., …Vasan Venkatachalapathy, S. (2020). Comparison of the reverse bevel versus Franseen type endoscopic ultrasound needle. World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 12(9), 266-275. https://doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v12.i9.266

BACKGROUND
Reverse bevel (RB) needle is widely used for endoscopic ultrasound fine needle biopsy (EUS-FNB). A 3-plane symmetrical needle with Franseen geometry (FG) has recently become available.
AIM
To compare the clinical efficacy of FG to that... Read More about Comparison of the reverse bevel versus Franseen type endoscopic ultrasound needle.

Toll-like Receptor 5 Activation by the CagY Repeat Domains of Helicobacter pylori (2020)
Journal Article
Tegtmeyer, N., Neddermann, M., Lind, J., Pachathundikandi, S. K., Sharafutdinov, I., Gutiérrez-Escobar, A. J., …Backert, S. (2020). Toll-like Receptor 5 Activation by the CagY Repeat Domains of Helicobacter pylori. Cell Reports, 32(11), 1-15. e1-e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108159

Helicobacter pylori (Hp) is an important human pathogen associated with gastric inflammation and neoplasia. It is commonly believed that this bacterium avoids major immune recognition by Toll-like receptors (TLRs) because of low intrinsic activity of... Read More about Toll-like Receptor 5 Activation by the CagY Repeat Domains of Helicobacter pylori.

Role of drugs used for chronic disease management on susceptibility and severity of COVID-19: A large case-control study (2020)
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Yan, H., Valdes, A. M., Vijay, A., Wang, S., Liang, L., Yang, S., …Aithal, G. P. (2020). Role of drugs used for chronic disease management on susceptibility and severity of COVID-19: A large case-control study. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 108(6), 1185-1194. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpt.2047

The study aimed to investigate whether specific medications used in the treatment chronic diseases affected either the development and/ or severity of COVID-19 in a cohort of 610 COVID-19 cases and 48,667 population-based controls from Zheijang, Chin... Read More about Role of drugs used for chronic disease management on susceptibility and severity of COVID-19: A large case-control study.

Cold-induced beigeing of stem cell-derived adipocytes is not fully reversible after return to normothermia (2020)
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Lugo Leija, H. A., Velickovic, K., Bloor, I., Sacks, H., Symonds, M. E., & Sottile, V. (2020). Cold-induced beigeing of stem cell-derived adipocytes is not fully reversible after return to normothermia. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 24(19), 11434-11444. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcmm.15749

Beige adipocytes possess the morphological and biochemical characteristics of brown adipocytes, including the mitochondrial uncoupling protein (UCP)1. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are somatic multipotent progenitors which differentiate into lipid-la... Read More about Cold-induced beigeing of stem cell-derived adipocytes is not fully reversible after return to normothermia.

Polygenic architecture informs potential vulnerability to drug-induced liver injury (2020)
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Koido, M., Kawakami, E., Fukumura, J., Noguchi, Y., Ohori, M., Nio, Y., …Takebe, T. (2020). Polygenic architecture informs potential vulnerability to drug-induced liver injury. Nature Medicine, 26, 1541–1548. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-1023-0

Drug-Induced-Liver-Injury (DILI) is a leading cause of termination in drug development programs and removal of drugs from the market, and this is partially due to the inability to identify patients who are at risk1. Here, we developed a polygenic ris... Read More about Polygenic architecture informs potential vulnerability to drug-induced liver injury.

Understanding the mechanisms of efficacy of fecal microbiota transplant in treating recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection and beyond: the contribution of gut microbial-derived metabolites (2020)
Journal Article
Martinez-Gili, L., McDonald, J. A., Liu, Z., Kao, D., Allegretti, J. R., Monaghan, T. M., …Mullish, B. H. (2020). Understanding the mechanisms of efficacy of fecal microbiota transplant in treating recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection and beyond: the contribution of gut microbial-derived metabolites. Gut Microbes, 12(1), Article 1810531. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2018-317842

Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) is a highly-effective therapy for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI), and shows promise for certain non-CDI indications. However, at present, its mechanisms of efficacy have remained poorly understo... Read More about Understanding the mechanisms of efficacy of fecal microbiota transplant in treating recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection and beyond: the contribution of gut microbial-derived metabolites.

Turning ‘waiting lists’ for elective surgery into ‘preparation lists’ (2020)
Journal Article
Levy, N., Selwyn, D., & Lobo, D. (2021). Turning ‘waiting lists’ for elective surgery into ‘preparation lists’. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 126(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2020.08.021

Waiting lists for surgery are an integral part of the UK National Health Service (NHS); they are used as a construct to ration surgery and to reduce costs, whilst simultaneously attempting to distribute limited health resources in an equitable manner... Read More about Turning ‘waiting lists’ for elective surgery into ‘preparation lists’.

Fasting and surgery timing (FaST) audit (2020)
Journal Article
El-Sharkawy, A. M., Daliya, P., Lewis-Lloyd, C., Adiamah, A., Malcolm, F. L., Boyd-Carson, H., …Wolff, J. (2021). Fasting and surgery timing (FaST) audit. Clinical Nutrition, 40(3), 1405-1412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2020.08.033

Background & aims

International guidance advocates the avoidance of prolonged preoperative fasting due to its negative impact on perioperative hydration. This study aimed to assess the adherence to these guidelines for fasting in patients undergoi... Read More about Fasting and surgery timing (FaST) audit.

Obesity, diabetes, coffee, tea and cannabis use alter risk for alcohol-related cirrhosis in two large cohorts of high-risk drinkers (2020)
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Whitfield, J. B., Masson, S., Liangpunsakul, S., Mueller, S., Aithal, G. P., Eyer, F., …Seth, D. (2021). Obesity, diabetes, coffee, tea and cannabis use alter risk for alcohol-related cirrhosis in two large cohorts of high-risk drinkers. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 116(1), 106-115. https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000000833

Background:
Sustained high alcohol intake is necessary but not sufficient to produce alcohol-related cirrhosis. Identification of risk factors, apart from lifetime alcohol exposure, would assist in discovery of mechanisms and prediction of risk.... Read More about Obesity, diabetes, coffee, tea and cannabis use alter risk for alcohol-related cirrhosis in two large cohorts of high-risk drinkers.

Genome-wide association study and meta-analysis on alcohol-related liver cirrhosis identifies novel genetic risk factors (2020)
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Schwantes-An, T.-H., Darlay, R., Mathurin, P., Masson, S., Liangpunsakul, S., Mueller, S., …Seth, D. (2021). Genome-wide association study and meta-analysis on alcohol-related liver cirrhosis identifies novel genetic risk factors. Hepatology, 73(5), 1920-1931. https://doi.org/10.1002/HEP.31535

Only a minority of heavy drinkers progress to alcohol‐related cirrhosis (ALC). The aim of this study was to identify common genetic variants that underlie risk for ALC. We analyzed data from 1,128 subjects of European ancestry with ALC and 614 heavy... Read More about Genome-wide association study and meta-analysis on alcohol-related liver cirrhosis identifies novel genetic risk factors.

COVID-19-associated hyperinflammation and escalation of patient care: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study (2020)
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Manson, J. J., Crooks, C., Naja, M., Ledlie, A., Goulden, B., Liddle, T., …Tattersall, R. (2020). COVID-19-associated hyperinflammation and escalation of patient care: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study. The Lancet Rheumatology, 2(10), e594-e602. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913%2820%2930275-7

Background: A subset of patients with severe COVID-19 develop a hyperinflammatory syndrome, which might contribute to morbidity and mortality. This study explores a specific phenotype of COVID-19-associated hyperinflammation (COV-HI), and its associa... Read More about COVID-19-associated hyperinflammation and escalation of patient care: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study.

Unraveling the behavior of oral drug products inside the human gastrointestinal tract using the aspiration technique: history, methodology and applications (2020)
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Augustijns, P., Vertzoni, M., Reppas, C., Langguth, P., Lennernäs, H., Abrahamsson, B., …Hens, B. (2020). Unraveling the behavior of oral drug products inside the human gastrointestinal tract using the aspiration technique: history, methodology and applications. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 155, Article 105517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2020.105517

Fluid sampling from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract has been applied as a valuable tool to gain more insight into the fluids present in the human GI tract and to explore the dynamic interplay of drug release, dissolution, precipitation and absorption... Read More about Unraveling the behavior of oral drug products inside the human gastrointestinal tract using the aspiration technique: history, methodology and applications.

Processing Apples to Puree or Juice Speeds Gastric Emptying and Reduces Postprandial Intestinal Volumes and Satiety in Healthy Adults (2020)
Journal Article
Krishnasamy, S., Lomer, M. C. E., Marciani, L., Hoad, C. L., Pritchard, S. E., Paul, J., …Spiller, R. C. (2020). Processing Apples to Puree or Juice Speeds Gastric Emptying and Reduces Postprandial Intestinal Volumes and Satiety in Healthy Adults. Journal of Nutrition, 150(11), 2890-2899. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxaa191

Background: Whole apples produce greater satiety than processed apples, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.
Objective: Our aim was to assess the intragastric processing of apple preparations and the associated small and large bowel conten... Read More about Processing Apples to Puree or Juice Speeds Gastric Emptying and Reduces Postprandial Intestinal Volumes and Satiety in Healthy Adults.

Feasibility Study of a New MRI Mini-Capsule Device to Measure Whole Gut Transit Time in Pediatric Constipation (2020)
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Sharif, H., Abrehart, N., Hoad, C., Murray, K., Perkins, A., Smith, M., …Marciani, L. (2020). Feasibility Study of a New MRI Mini-Capsule Device to Measure Whole Gut Transit Time in Pediatric Constipation. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 71(5), 604-611. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000002910

Objective: In England, 27,500 children are referred annually to hospital with constipation. An objective measure of whole gut transit time (WGTT) could aid management. The current standard WGTT assessment, the X-ray radiopaque marker (ROM) test, give... Read More about Feasibility Study of a New MRI Mini-Capsule Device to Measure Whole Gut Transit Time in Pediatric Constipation.

Health related quality of life in individuals at high risk of chronic liver disease: Impact of a community diagnostic pathway (2020)
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Tildesley, Z., Chalmers, J., Harris, R., West, J., Guha, I. N., & Morling, J. R. (2020). Health related quality of life in individuals at high risk of chronic liver disease: Impact of a community diagnostic pathway. Public Health In Practice, 1, Article 100033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2020.100033

Objectives: There is a lack of understanding of health related quality of life (HRQoL) in chronic liver disease (CLD). With the rising prevalence of alcohol and obesity driven CLD, and the increasing ability to screen for fibrosis, it is important to... Read More about Health related quality of life in individuals at high risk of chronic liver disease: Impact of a community diagnostic pathway.

aMAP risk score predicts hepatocellular carcinoma development in patients with chronic hepatitis (2020)
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Fan, R., Papatheodoridis, G., Sun, J., Innes, H., Toyoda, H., Xie, Q., …Hou, J. (2020). aMAP risk score predicts hepatocellular carcinoma development in patients with chronic hepatitis. Journal of Hepatology, 73(6), 1368-1378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2020.07.025

© 2020 European Association for the Study of the Liver Background & Aims: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the leading cause of death in patients with chronic hepatitis. In this international collaboration, we sought to develop a global universal HC... Read More about aMAP risk score predicts hepatocellular carcinoma development in patients with chronic hepatitis.

The MRI colonic function test: Reproducibility of the Macrogol stimulus challenge (2020)
Journal Article
Wilkinson-Smith, V., Menys, A., Bradley, C., Corsetti, M., Marciani, L., Atkinson, D., …Hoad, C. (2020). The MRI colonic function test: Reproducibility of the Macrogol stimulus challenge. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 32(11), Article e13942. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.13942

Background

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the colonic response to a macrogol challenge drink can be used to assess the mechanisms underlying severe constipation. We measured the intra-subject reproducibility of MRI measures of colonic funct... Read More about The MRI colonic function test: Reproducibility of the Macrogol stimulus challenge.