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  • Pages: 1-4
  • First Published: 22 January 2022

Special Issue: Microbiome in Liver Diseases

Editorial

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The functional role and translational potential of gut microbiota and microbial metabolites in liver diseases

Jun Yu MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 5-6
  • First Published: 22 January 2022

Review Articles

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Diet and gut microbiome in fatty liver and its associated liver cancer

Yasi Pan,  Xiang Zhang, 
  • Pages: 7-14
  • First Published: 19 October 2021
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The microbial metabolome in metabolic-associated fatty liver disease

Mengci Li,  Cynthia Rajani,  Xiaojiao Zheng,  Wei Jia, 
  • Pages: 15-23
  • First Published: 30 November 2021
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New perspective on fecal microbiota transplantation in liver diseases

Ki Tae Suk,  Hong Koh, 
  • Pages: 24-33
  • First Published: 03 November 2021
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Toward a postbiotic era of microbiome science: Opportunities to advance immunotherapies for hepatocellular carcinoma

Geicho Nakatsu, 
  • Pages: 34-38
  • First Published: 19 October 2021
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What is unknown in using microbiota as a therapeutic?

Joseph J Y Sung,  Sunny H Wong, 
  • Pages: 39-44
  • First Published: 19 October 2021

Regular Articles

Education and Imaging

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Gastrointestinal: Mucocele appendix with atypical “volcano sign”

N Vashistha,  A Deo,  D Singhal, 
  • Page: 45
  • First Published: 30 May 2021
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Gastrointestinal: Black esophagus

HSS Bong,  YSA Soh,  A Shabbir,  JB-Y So, 
  • Page: 46
  • First Published: 27 May 2021
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Gastrointestinal: Esophageal adenocarcinoma arising from circumferential ectopic gastric mucosa: A case report

D Ohki,  Y Tsuji,  S Yamazawa,  T Ushiku,  K Tateishi, 
  • Page: 47
  • First Published: 19 July 2021

Original Articles - Gastroenterology (Clinical)

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Predictors of the difficulty for endoscopic resection of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor and follow-up data

Wei Su,  Min Wang,  Danfeng Zhang,  Yan Zhu,  Minzhi Lv,  Liang Zhu,  Jie He,  Hao Hu,  Pinghong Zhou, 
  • Pages: 48-55
  • First Published: 08 August 2021
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Hazard function analysis for development of second primary colorectal cancer after surgery for primary colorectal cancer

Kazushige Kawai,  Hiroaki Nozawa,  Kazuhito Sasaki,  Koji Murono,  Soichiro Ishihara, 
  • Pages: 56-62
  • First Published: 20 August 2021
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Gastroenterology hospital outpatients report high rates of satisfaction with a Telehealth model of care

Karen Bensted,  Christy Kim,  John Freiman,  Matthew Hall,  Amany Zekry, 
  • Pages: 63-68
  • First Published: 17 August 2021
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Characteristics and progression of childhood-onset and adult-onset eosinophilic esophagitis

Stephanie Wong,  Samuel Ellison,  Sara Haj Ali,  Joanna Hawkes,  Jane Collinson,  Thomas O'Neill,  Andrew Ruszkiewicz,  David Moore,  Richard H Holloway,  Nam Q Nguyen, 
  • Pages: 69-74
  • First Published: 09 August 2021
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Long-term outcomes of cold snare polypectomy for superficial non-ampullary duodenal epithelial tumors

Kenichiro Okimoto,  Daisuke Maruoka,  Tomoaki Matsumura,  Wataru Shiratori,  Ariki Nagashima,  Tsubasa Ishikawa,  Mamoru Tokunaga,  Tatsuya Kaneko,  Hirotaka Oura,  Kengo Kanayama,  Naoki Akizue,  Yuki Ohta,  Takashi Taida,  Keiko Saito,  Makoto Arai,  Jun Kato,  Naoya Kato, 
  • Pages: 75-80
  • First Published: 19 August 2021
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Potential benefits of immunomodulator use with vedolizumab for maintenance of remission in ulcerative colitis

Makoto Naganuma,  Kenji Watanabe,  Satoshi Motoya,  Haruhiko Ogata,  Toshiyuki Matsui,  Yasuo Suzuki,  Lyann Ursos,  Shigeru Sakamoto,  Mitsuhiro Shikamura,  Tetsuharu Hori,  Jovelle Fernandez,  Mamoru Watanabe,  Toshifumi Hibi,  Takanori Kanai, 
  • Pages: 81-88
  • First Published: 19 August 2021
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The magnitude and management of functional constipation at pediatric gastroenterology clinics: A survey study of various countries

Seksit Osatakul,  Marc A. Benninga,  Nikhil Thapar,  Suporn Treepongkaruna,  Areeruk Puetpaiboon, 
  • Pages: 89-96
  • First Published: 23 August 2021
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Risk factors for postoperative bleeding and early death in percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: A multicenter retrospective study

Kazuhiro Ota,  Toshihisa Takeuchi,  Daisuke Masuda,  Makoto Sanomura,  Keishi Kojima,  Yoshihiko Nakanishi,  Masahiro Hoshimoto,  Takeshi Higashino,  Akira Imoto,  Toshihiko Okada,  Sadaharu Nouda,  Hirota Miyazaki,  Haruhiko Ozaki,  Kirie Hashimoto Fukuda,  Takanori Kuramoto,  Noriaki Sugawara,  Toshikazu Onishi,  Yoshiaki Takahashi,  Hiroyuki Tsujimoto,  Yuta Yokoya,  Kazumi Kawabata,  Shinya Nishida,  Akitoshi Hakoda,  Taro Iwatsubo,  Shimpei Kawaguchi,  Yuichi Kojima,  Kazuhide Higuchi, 
  • Pages: 97-103
  • First Published: 03 September 2021
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Development of multi-class computer-aided diagnostic systems using the NICE/JNET classifications for colorectal lesions

Yuki Okamoto,  Shigeto Yoshida,  Seiji Izakura,  Daisuke Katayama,  Ryuichi Michida,  Tetsushi Koide,  Toru Tamaki,  Yuki Kamigaichi,  Hirosato Tamari,  Yasutsugu Shimohara,  Tomoyuki Nishimura,  Katsuaki Inagaki,  Hidenori Tanaka,  Ken Yamashita,  Kyoku Sumimoto,  Shiro Oka,  Shinji Tanaka, 
  • Pages: 104-110
  • First Published: 03 September 2021
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Long-term outcomes of nasogastric tube with Gastrografin for adhesive small bowel obstruction

Hirotada Nishie,  Takaya Shimura,  Takahito Katano,  Tomohiro Iwai,  Keisuke Itoh,  Masahide Ebi,  Yusuke Mizuno,  Shozo Togawa,  Shunsuke Shibata,  Tomonori Yamada,  Takashi Mizushima,  Yusuke Inagaki,  Mika Kitagawa,  Yu Nojiri,  Yoshito Tanaka,  Yasuyuki Okamoto,  Sho Matoya,  Yoshihito Nagura,  Yuki Inagaki,  Hiroki Koguchi,  Satoshi Ono,  Keiji Ozeki,  Noriyuki Hayashi,  Shuji Takiguchi,  Hiromi Kataoka, 
  • Pages: 111-116
  • First Published: 03 September 2021
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Establishing the blood reference interval of pancreatic elastase-1: A prospective study

Su-Fen Chi,  Chia-Yeh Lai,  Wei-Ting Dong,  Jiunn-Min Wang,  Ya-Yu Wang,  Sheng-Shun Yang,  Jaw-Town Lin,  Teng-Yu Lee, 
  • Pages: 117-123
  • First Published: 08 September 2021

Original Articles - Gastroenterology (Experimental)

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Long non-coding RNA TNK2 AS1/microRNA-125a-5p axis promotes tumor growth and modulated phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase/AKT pathway

Liuqing Guo,  Hanwei Ma,  Yin Kong,  Guangxian Leng,  Guiyuan Liu,  Youcheng Zhang, 
  • Pages: 124-133
  • First Published: 07 September 2021
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Deoxycholic acid delays the wound healing of colonic epithelial cells via transmembrane G-protein-coupled receptor 5

Yuka Azuma,  Kazuhiko Uchiyama,  Takeshi Sugaya,  Takeshi Yasuda,  Hikaru Hashimoto,  Mariko Kajiwara-Kubota,  Satoshi Sugino,  Hiroaki Kitae,  Takashi Torii,  Katsura Mizushima,  Toshifumi Doi,  Ken Inoue,  Osamu Dohi,  Naohisa Yoshida,  Kazuhiro Kamada,  Takeshi Ishikawa,  Tomohisa Takagi,  Hideyuki Konishi,  Yuji Naito,  Yoshito Itoh, 
  • Pages: 134-143
  • First Published: 03 September 2021
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Long non-coding RNA TMPO-AS1 facilitates the progression of colorectal cancer cells via sponging miR-98-5p to upregulate BCAT1 expression

Jinjun Ye,  Yukuang Yan,  Le Xin,  Jidong Liu,  Tao Tang,  Xing Bao, 
  • Pages: 144-153
  • First Published: 09 August 2021
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CD155/TIGIT signaling regulates the effector function of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cell by NF-κB pathway in colorectal cancer

Shanshan Li,  Jihu Ding,  Ying Wang,  Xianling Wang,  Lin Lv, 
  • Pages: 154-163
  • First Published: 03 November 2021

Original Articles - Endoscopy

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Scoring system assessing mucosal visibility of upper gastrointestinal tract: The POLPREP scale

Marcin Romańczyk,  Bartosz Ostrowski,  Katarzyna Kozłowska-Petriczko,  Katarzyna M. Pawlak,  Krzysztof Kurek,  Hubert Zatorski,  Mateusz Koziej,  Tomasz Romańczyk,  Piotr Wosiewicz,  Tomasz Marek,  Anna Wiechowska-Kozłowska,  Ewa Małecka-Panas,  Marek Hartleb, 
  • Pages: 164-168
  • First Published: 16 August 2021
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Artificial intelligence for detecting superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma under multiple endoscopic imaging modalities: A multicenter study

Xiang-Lei Yuan,  Lin-Jie Guo,  Wei Liu,  Xian-Hui Zeng,  Yi Mou,  Shuai Bai,  Zhen-Guo Pan,  Tao Zhang,  Wen-Feng Pu,  Chun Wen,  Jun Wang,  Zheng-Duan Zhou,  Jing Feng,  Bing Hu, 
  • Pages: 169-178
  • First Published: 17 September 2021
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Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder and bile duct drainage with lumen apposing metal stent: A large multicenter cohort (with videos)

Anton Rajadurai,  Leonardo Zorron Cheng Tao Pu,  Rees Cameron,  Peter Tagkalidis,  Bronte Holt,  Milan Bassan,  Saurabh Gupta,  Daniel Croagh,  Michael Swan,  Payal Saxena,  Marios Efthymiou,  Rhys Vaughan,  Sujievvan Chandran,  ANZEC , 
  • Pages: 179-189
  • First Published: 25 September 2021

Original Articles - Hepatology (Clinical)

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Long-term assessment of recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis C after viral cure by direct-acting antivirals

Eiichi Ogawa,  Makoto Nakamuta,  Norihiro Furusyo,  Eiji Kajiwara,  Kazufumi Dohmen,  Akira Kawano,  Aritsune Ooho,  Koichi Azuma,  Kazuhiro Takahashi,  Takeaki Satoh,  Toshimasa Koyanagi,  Nobuyuki Yamashita,  Yasunori Ichiki,  Naoki Yamashita,  Masami Kuniyoshi,  Kimihiko Yanagita,  Hiromasa Amagase,  Chie Morita,  Rie Sugimoto,  Masaki Kato,  Shinji Shimoda,  Hideyuki Nomura,  Jun Hayashi,  The Kyushu University Liver Disease Study (KULDS) Group , 
  • Pages: 190-199
  • First Published: 09 August 2021
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Long-term effects of entecavir and tenofovir treatment on the fibrotic burden in patients with chronic hepatitis B

Young Eun Chon,  Seung Up Kim,  Yeon Seok Seo,  Hye Won Lee,  Han Ah Lee,  Mi Na Kim,  Yun Ho Roh,  Jun Yong Park,  Do Young Kim,  Sang Hoon Ahn,  Won Young Tak,  Soo Young Park,  Beom Kyung Kim, 
  • Pages: 200-207
  • First Published: 03 September 2021

Original Articles - Hepatology (Experimental)

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Altered bile acid glycine : taurine ratio in the progression of chronic liver disease

Tianlu Chen,  Kejun Zhou,  Tao Sun,  Chao Sang,  Wei Jia,  Guoxiang Xie, 
  • Pages: 208-215
  • First Published: 16 October 2021
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Effects of autophagy inhibition by chloroquine on hepatic stellate cell activation in CCl4-induced acute liver injury mouse model

Trinh Van Le,  Ngoc Bao Thi Dinh,  Minh Thanh Dang,  Nhan Chinh Lu Phan,  Loan Tung Thi Dang,  Gabriele Grassi,  Ai Xuan Le Holterman,  Huy Minh Le,  Nhung Hai Truong, 
  • Pages: 216-224
  • First Published: 28 October 2021

Original Articles - Biliary and Pancreatic

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Modified non-flared fully covered self-expandable metal stent for preoperative biliary drainage in pancreatic cancer

Il Sang Shin,  Jong Ho Moon,  Yun Nah Lee,  Jun Chul Chung,  Jaehong Jeong,  Seo-Youn Choi,  Tae Hoon Lee,  Jae Kook Yang,  Sang-Woo Cha,  Young Deok Cho,  Sang-Heum Park, 
  • Pages: 225-232
  • First Published: 08 November 2021