Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Early-Life Family Structure and Microbially Induced Cancer Risk
Authors: Martin J Blaser, Abraham Nomura, James Lee, Grant N Stemmerman, Guillermo I Perez-Perez DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040007 Abstract Summary Early-life family...
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CD4 + CD25 + FOXP3 + Regulatory T Cells Suppress Anti-Tumor Immune Responses in Patients with Colorectal Cancer
Authors: Sarah L. Clarke, Gareth J. Betts, Andrea Plant, Kate L. Wright, Tariq M. El-Shanawany, Richard Harrop, Jared Torkington, Brian...
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The NOD2 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms rs2066843 and rs2076756 Are Novel and Common Crohn’s Disease Susceptibility Gene Variants
Authors: Jürgen Glas, Julia Seiderer, Cornelia Tillack, Simone Pfennig, Florian Beigel, Matthias Jürgens, Torsten Olszak, Rüdiger P. Laubender, Maria Weidinger,...
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Identification of Histone Deacetylase 3 as a Biomarker for Tumor Recurrence Following Liver Transplantation in HBV-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Authors: Li-Ming Wu, Zhe Yang, Lin Zhou, Feng Zhang, Hai-Yang Xie, Xiao-Wen Feng, Jian Wu, Shu-Sen Zheng DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014460 Abstract...
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Innate Immune Recognition of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Type III Secretion
Authors: Victoria Auerbuch, Douglas T. Golenbock, Ralph R. Isberg DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000686 Abstract Summary Researchers discovered how immune cells detect bacterial...
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Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2 Is Expressed Prior to Penetrating the Intestine
Authors: Nat F Brown, Bruce A Vallance, Brian K Coombes, Yanet Valdez, Bryan A Coburn, B. Brett Finlay DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0010032...
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Inflammation and Proliferation Act Together to Mediate Intestinal Cell Fusion
Authors: Paige S. Davies, Anne E. Powell, John R. Swain, Melissa H. Wong DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006530 Abstract Summary Bone marrow cells...
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Visualization of Transepithelial Passage of the Immunogenic 33-Residue Peptide from α-2 Gliadin in Gluten-Sensitive Macaques
Authors: Kaushiki Mazumdar, Xavier Alvarez, Juan T. Borda, Jason Dufour, Edith Martin, Michael T. Bethune, Chaitan Khosla, Karol Sestak DOI:...
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A Novel Unsupervised Method to Identify Genes Important in the Anti-viral Response: Application to Interferon/Ribavirin in Hepatitis C Patients
Authors: Leonid I. Brodsky, Abdus S. Wahed, Jia Li, John E. Tavis, Takuma Tsukahara, Milton W. Taylor DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000584 Abstract...
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Hepatic Deletion of Smad7 in Mouse Leads to Spontaneous Liver Dysfunction and Aggravates Alcoholic Liver Injury
Authors: Lu Zhu, Lingdi Wang, Xiao Wang, Xiaolin Luo, Ling Yang, Rui Zhang, Hongkun Yin, Dong Xie, Yi Pan, Yan...
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