Introduction: Endoscopic duodenal mucosal resurfacing (DMR) induces mucosal regeneration through hydrothermal ablation. Studies have shown that DMR improves hyperglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes. The INSPIRE study (n=16) aimed to eliminate insulin by combining DMR with a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Study Aims: Histological analysis of regular duodenal biopsies to study morphologic changes after duodenal ablation for type 2 diabetes (T2D) and metabolic syndrome is hampered by variability in tissue orientation. We designed an optimized tissue acquisition protocol using duodenal cold snare resections to create tissue microarrays (TMAs) and to allow for single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq).
Patients And Methods: The open-label DIRECT study included patients undergoing an upper gastrointestinal interventional endoscopy for non-duodenal indications.
Am J Gastroenterol
June 2024
Background And Aims: The duodenum has been shown to play a key role in glucose homeostasis. Duodenal mucosal resurfacing (DMR) is an endoscopic procedure for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in which the duodenal mucosa is hydrothermally ablated. DMR improves glycemic control, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.
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April 2022
Background: Acute cholangitis is an infection requiring endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and antibiotics. Several diagnostic tools help to diagnose cholangitis. Because diagnostic performance of these tools has not been studied and might therefore impose unnecessary ERCPs, we aimed to evaluate this.
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