Selected Summaries

Concise overviews of articles recently published in other journals that may be of particular interest.

Section Editor: Philip Schoenfeld, MD, MSEd, MSc (Epi)

Article Title Author(s) Type Pages
The Microbiota and Bariatric Surgery: It's a Bug's Life

February 2012 (Vol. 142 | No. 2 | Pages 399-401)

Eileen F. Murphy, Eamonn M.M. Quigley Discussion

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Reply

February 2012 (Vol. 142 | No. 2 | Pages 401-402)

Julian R. Marchesi, Jia Li, Elaine Holmes, Hutan Ashrafian, Thanos Athanasiou, Ara Darzi, Jeremy K. Nicholson et al. Discussion

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Stimulant Laxatives for the Treatment of Chronic Constipation: Is it Time to Change the Paradigm?

February 2012 (Vol. 142 | No. 2 | Pages 402-404)

Darren M. Brenner Discussion

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Thromboembolism: A C‘Lot’ to Worry About

February 2012 (Vol. 142 | No. 2 | Pages 404-405)

Joshua Max, Akbar K. Waljee Discussion

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Dysfunction of the Endocannabinoid System?

February 2012 (Vol. 142 | No. 2 | Pages 406-408)

Martin Storr, Hans–Dieter Allescher Discussion

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Rituximab in Active Ulcerative Colitis

January 2012 (Vol. 142 | No. 1 | Pages 174-176)

Elisabeth Calderón–Gómez, Julián Panés Discussion

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Adalimumab in Ulcerative Colitis: Can Pharmacodynamics Be Improved Based on Pharmacokinetics?

January 2012 (Vol. 142 | No. 1 | Pages 176-178)

Edouard Louis, Julián Panés Discussion

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Large-Scale Identification of Effector Genes That Mediate the Type I Interferon Antiviral Response

January 2012 (Vol. 142 | No. 1 | Pages 178-180)

Ken Takahashi, Hiroyuki Marusawa, Tsutomu Chiba Discussion

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Diagnostic Endoscopic Retrograde Pancreatography for Autoimmune Pancreatitis: One Size Does Not Fit All

January 2012 (Vol. 142 | No. 1 | Pages 180-182)

Vinay Chandrasekhara, Nuzhat A. Ahmad Discussion

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Risks of Using Ursodeoxycholic Acid to Treat Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

December 2011 (Vol. 141 | No. 6 | Pages 2267-2268)

Michael L. Volk Discussion

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Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis Delta: Mission Impossible?

December 2011 (Vol. 141 | No. 6 | Pages 2268-2271)

Raffaella Romeo, Massimo Colombo Discussion

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Are We Ready for Gender-Based Guidelines for Barrett's Esophagus Screening?

December 2011 (Vol. 141 | No. 6 | Pages 2271-2273)

Lauren B. Gerson Discussion

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Medical or Surgical Therapy for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease?

November 2011 (Vol. 141 | No. 5 | Pages 1938-1939)

Alexander C. Ford Discussion

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Effect of Neonatal Nutrition on Long-Term Barrier Function and Gut Inflammation

November 2011 (Vol. 141 | No. 5 | Pages 1939-1941)

Alastair J.M. Watson Discussion

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Exercise and IBS: No Pain, No Gain

November 2011 (Vol. 141 | No. 5 | Pages 1941-1943)

William D. Chey, Jennifer Rai Discussion

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Hepatocellular Carcinoma Enters the Sequencing Era

November 2011 (Vol. 141 | No. 5 | Pages 1943-1945)

Augusto Villanueva, Yujin Hoshida, Josep M. Llovet Discussion

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The Control of Iron Homeostasis: microRNAS Join the Party

October 2011 (Vol. 141 | No. 4 | Pages 1520-1522)

Daniel F. Wallace, Darrell H.G. Crawford, V. Nathan Subramaniam Discussion

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Influence of Chronic HBV Infection on Pregnancy: A Human Model of Maternofetal Virus Host Interactions

October 2011 (Vol. 141 | No. 4 | Pages 1522-1525)

Shiv K. Sarin, Manoj Kumar, Shikha Shrivastava, Swati Sinha, Nirupama Trehan Pati et al. Discussion

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Plant Extract: A Natural Immune Booster for Ulcerative Colitis

October 2011 (Vol. 141 | No. 4 | Pages 1525-1526)

Shamita B. Shah Discussion

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Gastrin in Gastrointestinal Diseases

September 2011 (Vol. 141 | No. 3 | Pages 814-818.e3)

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