Gastroenterology Gateway

Welcome to BioMed Central's Gastroenterology Gateway, featuring articles from our journals within this field as well as useful resources and news items.

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  • Anti-CD137-mediated inhibition of EG7 lymphoma

    T cells use both perforin/granzyme and FasL mechanisms to achieve tumor inhibition following treatment of mice with anti-CD137 suggesting that they are promising therapeutic agents for cancer treatment

    Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 2013, 1:3
  • Rethinking developmental methylation

    A Research Highlight examines why differentiation in the small intestine crypt bypasses the DNA methylation changes observed in other lineage progressions

    Genome Biology 2013, 14:116
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    Less painful CT colonography

    Administration of an intravenous alfentanil bolus before CT colonography significantly reduces pain during colonic insufflation compared to administration of a placebo and could improve acceptance of CT colonography for colorectal cancer screening

    BMC Gastroenterology 2013, 13:94
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    Comparative outcomes in Crohn?s disease surgery

    Meta-analyses of trials with both randomised and non-randomised designs indicates a lower risk of perioperative complications and incisional hernias when laparoscopic resection is performed for Crohn’s disease compared to open resection, but no evidence of other differences.

    BMC Surgery 2013, 13:14
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    Preventing NSAID induced injuries

    Irsogladine provides better protection against NSAID-induced small-intestinal injuries than the PPI Omeprazole in healthy subjects assessed by biochemical approaches and capsule endoscopy, suggesting it could provide protection against NSAID-induced injuries to the entire digestive tract

    BMC Gastroenterology 2013, 13:85

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Satya Narayan

Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and UF Shands Cancer Center, University of Florida.