This letter evaluates the article by Gravina et al on ChatGPT’s potential in providing medical information for inflammatory bowel disease patients.While promising,it highlights the need for advanced techniques like r...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81900552;Nanjing Health Science,Technology Development Special Fund Project-Key project,No.ZKX19015;Outstanding Youth Fund project,No.JQX20005;Funding for Clinical Trials from the Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital,Medical School of Nanjing University,No.2022-LCYJ-MS-13.
BACKGROUND It is controversial whether transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt(TIPS)placement can improve long-term survival.AIM To assess whether TIPS placement improves survival in patients with hepaticvenous-...
Supported by the grant from the National Science Council(NSC 96-2320-B-030-004-MY3),Executive Yuan,Taiwan
Chronic hepatitis B is a global health problem. The clinical outcomes of chronic hepatitis B infection include asymptomatic carrier state, chronic hepatitis(CH), liver cirrhosis(LC), and hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)....
Supported by the National Science Council,Taiwan,No.NSC 96-2320-B-030-004-MY3
AIM To investigate the associations of different types of pre-S deletions with hepatitis B virus(HBV) genotypes.METHODS The sequences of the pre-S region, basal core promoter(BCP) mutation, and precore(PC) mutation we...
Supported by Grants from the Natural Sciences Foundation of China,No.81071983;Beijing High-level Talents Project(2013)
Gastric cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers worldwide. Although the rate of gastric cancer has declined dramatically over the past decades in most developed Western countries, it has not declined in...
AIM: To evaluate whether symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), before diagnosis modify dietary habits, and to investigate the pre-illness diet in patients with recent IBD in comparison with an age-matched heal...
Supported by The Grant for the Research Projects of Sichuan Province,China.No.07FG002-032
AIM: To assess the clinical outcomes of pre-, pro-and synbiotics therapy in patients with acute pancreatitis. METHODS: The databases including Medline, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science and Chinese Biomedic...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.30873099;Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,No.BK2006525;No.08KJB320004;"333 Project"and"Qinglan Project"Funds for the Young Academic Leader of Jiangsu Province to Wang B
AIM:To investigate the association between pre-miR- 146a C/G polymorphism and gastric cancer risk. METHODS:We performed a hospital-based,case-control study using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length p...
Supported by Terry Fox Fund for Cancer Research and UAE University
The fact that the acidsecreting parietal cells undergo continuous renewal has been ignored by many gastroenterologists and cell biologists. In the past, it was thought that these cells were static. However, by using 3...