Association of Adipose Tissue Inflammation With Histologic Severity of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Johannie du Plessis, Jos van Pelt, Hannelie Korf, +17

Gastroenterology

ObesityMetabolic SyndromeInflammationMetabolic Associated SteatohepatitisBody Composition +12

Activated intestinal macrophages in patients with cirrhosis release NO and IL-6 that may disrupt intestinal barrier function

Johannie du Plessis, Hanne Vanheel, Carl Janssen, +15

Journal of Hepatology

InflammationMucosal ImmunologyLiver PhysiologyImmunologyGastroenterology +8

Inhibition of glutamine synthetase in monocytes from patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure resuscitates their antibacterial and inflammatory capacity

Hannelie Korf, Johannie du Plessis, Jos van Pelt, +18

Gut

Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines but Not Endotoxin-Related Parameters Associate with Disease Severity in Patients with NAFLD

Johannie du Plessis, Hannelie Korf, Jos van Pelt, +9

PLoS ONE

Intestinal DysbiosisNafld Activity ScoreImmunologyGastroenterologyPathology +24

The intensive care unit course and outcome in acute-on-chronic liver failure are comparable to other populations

Philippe Meersseman, Lies Langouche, Johannie du Plessis, +7

Journal of Hepatology

Critical Care ManagementCritical Care MedicineAcute-on-chronic Liver FailureHepatologyOther Populations +7

A visceral pseudoaneurysm: management by EUS-guided thrombin injection

Roeland Lameris, Johannie du Plessis, Martin Nieuwoudt, +2

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

ThrombosisVenous ThrombosisHematologyVascular SurgeryHemostasis +4

CD14+ macrophages that accumulate in the colon of African AIDS patients express pro-inflammatory cytokines and are responsive to lipopolysaccharide

Edana Cassol, Theresa M. Rossouw, Susan Malfeld, +11

BMC Infectious Diseases

Is there a role for neuregulin 4 in human nonalcoholic fatty liver disease?

Toon J. I. De Munck, Markus Boesch, Pauline Verhaegh, +9

PLoS ONE

Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplifying Mycobacterial DNA from Aspirates Obtained by Endoscopic Ultrasound Allows Accurate Diagnosis of Mycobacterial Disease in HIV-Positive Patients with Abdominal Lymphadenopathy

Martin Nieuwoudt, Roeland Lameris, Craig Corcoran, +7

Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology

Molecular Diagnostic TechniquesMycobacterial DiseasePathologyNucleic Acid Amplification TestTuberculosis +5