Chronic HBV infection remains a major global health burden, with current antiviral therapies effectively suppressing viral ...

We read with great interest the article of Ratziu and colleagues, who evaluated the potential of thrombospondin-2 (TSP2), insulin-like growth factor binding protein 7, CD163 and growth differentiation ...

Background Endometriosis is a debilitating gynaecological disorder with an elusive pathogenesis. While gut microbiota dysbiosis has been implicated, the causal role of gut-peritoneum microbial ...

Background Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection disproportionately affects people living with HIV, who are often excluded from functional cure studies. Objective This study investigates CD8+ T ...

2 Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, Hangzhou, China Background Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is a highly aggressive malignancy with limited treatment options and poor ...

Background Depending on the colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programme, a colonoscopy should be performed within 1–3 months after a positive faecal immunochemical test (FIT) result. However, such ...

Objective Follow-up studies have shown that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with an increased risk of incident diabetes, but currently, it is uncertain whether this risk ...

3 Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Robert D and Patricia E Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA There is no ...

Correspondence to Professor Jin-Woo Bae, Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea; baejw{at}khu.ac.kr; ...

Gastric cancer is a major global health concern, with ongoing efforts focused on screening and eradicating Helicobacter pylori infection.1 However, H. pylori infection is typically acquired during ...

Background Quantitative hepatitis B surface antigen (qHBsAg) is an important biomarker in chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Objective Establish qHBsAg profiles to guide novel drug development. Design ...

Objective MicroRNA (miR)-301a is known to be involved in the tumourigenesis and pathogenesis of several autoimmune diseases, but it remains unclear whether miR-301a is associated with the pathogenesis ...