The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology

To investigate the relationship between hemoglobin-to-red blood cell distribution width (RDW) ratio (HRR) and the 30-day mortality risk in acute pancreatitis (AP), and assess the predictive ability of HRR. Data from 2001 to 2019 in the Medi…

BackgorundWe aimed to show whether the serum level of Human Epididymitis Protein 4 increases in rats with an experimental acute pancreatitis model created by cerulein.MethodsThis study included 24 male Sprague-Dawley rats which were randoml…

BACKGROUND: Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms similar to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are often present in women with endometriosis and microscopic colitis (MC). The objective of this study was to estimate GI symptoms in IBS, endometriosis, …

Background/aimsThis study aimed to explore the expression of long non-coding RNA MSC-AS1 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells and its effect on the proliferation, migration, and apoptosis of HCC cells.Materials and methodsThe expression …

Background/aimsTo determine the histopathological features of incidental appendectomy specimens obtained from living liver donors (LLDs) Materials and Methods: Between September 2005 and November 2018, 1910 LLDs underwent living donor hepat…

Background/aimsTo analysis the appendiceal mucinous lesions according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2019 classification of tumors of the digestive system (non-neuroendocrine tumors of the appendix vermiformis)Materials and methodsC…

Background/aimsRecently, there has been an increasing interest in the effects of probiotics and prebiotics on ulcerative colitis (UC). In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of synbiotic therapy on the clinical and endoscopic…

Background/aimsT-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3 (Tim-3) assumedly play a crucial immunomodulatory role in inflammatory response. Data on the potential role of soluble Tim-3 (sTim-3) in acute pancreatitis (AP) are scarce. We conducte…

Background/aimsPreforming total colonoscopy (TCS) is sometimes difficult due to adhesions or long colons. The PCF-PQ260L (PQL) was developed to overcome TCS-related difficulties. The aim of this study was to investigate the performance and …

Background/aimsIn 80% of the patients, Acute pancreatitis (AP) occurs as a self-limiting disease that does not require any specific treatment; however, in 20% of the cases it occurs in its clinically severe form that may lead to local or sy…

Background/aimsThrombin Activatable Fibrinolysis Inhibitor (TAFI), in addition to suppressing fibrinolysis, can be involved as a natural anti-inflammatory molecule in the inflammatory process in acute pancreatitis (AP). The goal of this stu…

Although endometriosis is a common disease in women of childbearing age, intestinal endometriosis is unusual and may cause clinically significant complications. We report a 46-year-old woman with rectal endometriosis who presented with inte…