Consumption of red wine increases gut health, based on α-diversity of the intestinal microbiome, researchers report in the January 2020 issue of Gastroenterology. White wine had only weak effects, whereas beer, cider, spirits had none. The researchers propose that even infrequent red wine consumption benefits gut health, possibly via effects
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Treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) with anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) drugs restores diversity to the intestinal microbiome, researchers report in the November issue of Gastroenterology. The study associates metabolic interactions among luminal bacteria with outcomes of therapy. Altered interactions between the mucosal immune system and intestinal microbiota contribute to
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Patients hospitalized with acute pancreatitis have a 2-fold increased risk of pancreatic cancer compared with the general population, researchers report in the May issue of Gastroenterology. Acute pancreatitis is a sudden-onset inflammatory disease of the pancreas. Although acute pancreatitis promotes development of pancreatic cancer in mouse models, there have been conflicting findings from epidemiology
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Recently developed approaches for reshaping the pancreatic tumor stroma might be used in treatments for pancreatic cancer, according to a review in the March issue of Gastroenterology. The authors discuss relationships among the pancreatic tumor extracellular matrix, the vasculature, the immune system, and metabolism, and how these might be manipulated to stop pancreatic tumor
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Rates of adequate serologic response to Haemophilus influenzae B (HiB) and tetanus vaccines are similar among infants born to women with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) treated with immunomodulator or biologic agents compared to women who did not receive these immunosuppressive drugs during pregnancy, researchers report in the January issue of Clinical Gastroenterology
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Fecal microbiota from patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) have carcinogenic properties, researchers report in the December issue of Gastroenterology. Feeding mice stool from patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) increased numbers of polyps, levels of intestinal dysplasia and proliferation, and markers of inflammation in colon, compared with stool from individuals without CRC, the scientists found.
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Lamin A/C acts maintains hepatocyte nuclear shape and protects male mice from steatohepatitis by regulating growth hormone signaling and reducing activity of STAT1, researchers report in the November issue of Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. These observations show how variants in genes encoding lamins affect risk for steatohepatitis and liver fibrosis. Lamins are nuclear intermediate filament proteins that help form
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Light sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) provides accurate 3-dimensional images of inflammed intestine of mice with colitis, researchers show in a Gastroenterology in Motion article and video in the October issue of Gastroenterology. The authors demonstrate use of the technology to analyze migration of human T cells in colons of mice with colitis. Improved techniques are
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Gluten-containing cereals have high concentrations of amylase-trypsin inhibitors (ATIs), which activate innate immunity via the toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), researchers report in the April issue of Gastroenterology. These ATIs are resistant to proteases and heat, and increase intestinal inflammation by activating intestinal and mesenteric lymph node myeloid cells. Wheat is
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A review article in the March issue of Gastroenterology discusses different hypotheses about the cells responsible for liver tumorigenesis. The article also reviews the different classes of liver tumors, based on the molecular features, and how these affect patient prognosis. Daniela Sia et al describe the distinct molecular and clinical features of hepatocellular
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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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