Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (CGH) proudly presents a special collection to celebrate the journal’s 15th year of publication. This collection comprises landmark articles chosen by the CGH Board of Editors for their contributions to science and the practice of gastroenterology and hepatology. The 15th anniversary collection includes commentaries from authors on select groundbreaking original research articles. In these, authors
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Low-risk intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms have an almost 8% chance of progressing to pancreatic cancer within 10 years, whereas higher-risk IPMNs have almost 25% chance, reports a systematic review and meta-analysis in the October issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Continued long-term surveillance is therefore important for patients with low-risk, as
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Consumption of red meat, saturated fat, and cholesterol increase risk for gallstone-related acute pancreatitis, researchers report in the February issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Dietary fiber protects against acute pancreatitis—related and unrelated to gallstones—whereas coffee protects against acute pancreatitis not associated with gallstones, the study of thousands of patients
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Aryl hydrocarbons in cigarette smoke activate an immune response that promotes pancreatic fibrosis and contributes to pancreatitis, researchers report in the December issue of Gastroenterology. The authors show that constituents of tobacco smoke activate signaling via the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) to induce T-cell production of interleukin 22 (IL22), activating
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and its precursors secrete high levels of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP1) into the circulation, which activates hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) in liver. These cells help create a niche that promotes metastasis of pancreatic tumors to liver, researchers report in the November issue of Gastroenterology.
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Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology (CMGH), published by the American Gastroenterological Association, has been accepted for indexing in PubMed Central, which will make all CMGH articles, starting with Volume 1, Issue 1, searchable as full text in PubMed over the next several weeks. In an editorial written for the September
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Researchers have developed mice that develop focal, resectable pancreatic tumors closely resembling human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDACs) that can be used to test adjuvant therapies, according to new research in the August issue of Gastroenterology. The authors show that administration of gemcitabine after resection of the tumors activates natural killer (NK) cell-mediated
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In pancreatic tumors of mice, radiation causes infiltration by macrophages that acquire an immune-suppressive phenotype that disables T-cell–mediated anti-tumor responses, researchers report in the June issue of Gastroenterology. Blocking colony stimulating factor (CSF1 or MCSF) prevents this process, allowing radiation to slow tumor growth, they show. Most patients with pancreatic
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Rectal indomethacin does not prevent pancreatitis following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), researchers report from a randomized controlled study published in the April issue of Gastroenterology. These findings contradict more than a decade of evidence that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) decrease the risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP). Acute pancreatitis is the
Read moreAdvances in imaging technologies over the past decades have greatly increased the numbers of pancreatic cysts detected, researchers report in the April issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. With further improvements in pancreatic imaging, more pancreatic cysts are likely to be discovered, so gastroenterologists, surgeons, endoscopic ultrasound specialists, and primary
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Dr. Kristine Novak is the science editor for Gastroenterology and Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. She has worked as an editor at biomedical research journals and as a science writer for 15 years, covering advances in gastroenterology, hepatology, cancer, immunology, biotechnology, molecular genetics, and clinical trials. She has a PhD in cell biology and an interest in all areas of medical research.
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