Division of Gastroenterology
Research Meetings
Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, U.S., May 7 – 10, 2011
The Digestive Disease Week (DDW) is the world’s largest annual academic gastroenterology and hepatology meeting. The McMaster GI division is usually one of the top 10 research groups to present at DDW in terms of the number of papers accepted.
This year the McMaster GI Division was well represented as usual with 15 oral presentations and 15 posters, including 3 posters of distinction.
Legend: GI Division staff: bold GI Division faculty: bold Made presentation: *
Summary of activity at DDW 2011
Oral Presentations
Paul Moayyedi. Meta-Analysis of GI Treatment Trials (Sp546).
Paul Moayyedi, Janusz A. Jankowski, Nimish B. Vakil, Mark K. Ferguson, Cathy Bennett, Jacques J. Bergman, Rebecca F. Harrison, Hugh Barr, John deCaestecker, John M. Inadomi, Nicholas J. Shaheen, Stephen J. Meltzer, M. Brian Fennerty, Irving Waxman, Krish Ragunath, Peter J. Kahrilas, Stephen E. Attwood, Michael Vieth, Laura J. Gay, Kausilia K. Krishnadath, Gaius R. Longcroft-Wheaton, Rajvinder Singh, David Armstrong, Kenneth K. Wang, Pradeep Bhandari, David Poller, Lisa Yerian, Michio Hongo, Elaine Kay, Scott Sanders. Barrett's Dysplasia Cancer Task Force - Bad Cat: A Global, Multidisciplinary, Consensus on the Management of High Grade Dysplasia and Early Mucosal Cancer in Barrett's Esophagus (Presentation 1075).
Paul Moayyedi. State of the art Summary: Functional dyspepsia: assessment and symptomatic response (Sp913).
Amber J. Park, Premysl Bercik, XianXi Huang, Patricia Blennerhassett, Daniel D. Sinclair, Jun Lu, Yikang Deng, Gabriela Bergonzelli, Peter McLean, Stephen M. Collins, Elena F. Verdu. The Anxiolytic Effect of Bifidobacterium Longum Ncc3001 Requires Vagal Integrity for Gut-Brain Communication (Presentation 72).
Emmanuel Denou, Wendy Jackson, Jun Lu, Patricia Blennerhassett, Kathy McCoy, Elena F. Verdu, Stephen M. Collins,Premysl Bercik. The Intestinal Microbiota Determines Mouse Behavior and Brain BDNF Levels (Presentation 256).
John L. Wallace, Emmanuel Denou, Linda Vong, Stephanie D. Syer, Webb McKnight, Jennifer Jury, Elena F. Verdu, Premysl Bercik, Stephen M. Collins, Manlio Bolla, Ennio Ongini. Proton Pump Inhibitors and Low-Dose Aspirin Markedly Exacerbate NSAID-Induced Small Intestinal Injury: A Link to Dysbiosis?
Stephen M. Collins.Microbial-Gut Interactions and Functional Disorders (Sp233).
Emmanuel Denou, Eyad M. Altamimi, P. Murthy, Camilla Urbaniak, V. L. Grey, Stephen M. Collins, Robert Issenman. Microbial Perspectives in Very Low Birth Weight Infants Expressing High Calprotectin Levels (Presentation 370).
John K Marshall. Post-Infectious-IBS: Lessons Learned From the Walkerton Cohort (Sp 232).
John K Marshall. Induction of Remission in Ulcerative Colitis: A Synthesis of Data From Cochrane Reviews (Sp 637).
Elena F. Verdu. Celiac Disease (Sp533).
John L. Wallace. State of the Art Summary: New Directions in Understanding Gastrointestinal Injury and Restitution (Sp 289).
Janice J. Kim, Huaqing Wang, Jean-Eric Ghia, Prasanthy Ganeshamoorthy, MD Sharif Shajib, Peter B. Hedlund, Waliul I. Khan. Inhibition of 5-HT Signaling by Blocking 5-HT7 Receptor Function Alleviates Colitis (Presentation 104).
Sharif Shajib, Huaqing Wang, Janice J. Kim, Jean-Eric Ghia, Matthew S. Collins, Jessica McClemens, Manel Jordana, Judah Denburg, Waliul I. Khan. Influence of Interleukin-13 in 5-HT Synthesis and Severity of Experimental Colitis (Presentation 105).
Andrea D. Tyler*, Natalie Berard, Boyko Kabakchiev, Raquel Milgrom, Smita L. Halder, Zane Cohen, Robin S. McLeod, Denis O. Krause, Mark S. Silverberg. Outcome After Pelvic Pouch Surgery is Associated With Differences in the Microbiome as Characterized by 16s rRNA Pyrosequencing (Presentation 115).
Posters of Distinction
Khurram J. Khan, David E. Reed, Paul Moayyedi. Comparing the Quality of Reporting in Randomized Controlled
Trial Abstracts at Two International Gastroenterology Meetings in 2010 (Mo1151).
Heather Galipeau, Nestor E. Rulli, Romina E. Araya, Jennifer Jury, XianXi Huang, Joseph A. Murray, Chella S. David, Kathy McCoy, Fernando G. Chirdo, Elena F. Verdu. Critical Role of Gliadin for Both Enteropathy and Insulitis Development in NOD-DQ8 Mice (Mo1751).
Abbas Merali, Jacqueline A. Ostro, Javier P. Gisbert, Colin W. Howden, Grigorios I. Leontiadis. Empirical Rescue Eradication Regimen for H. pylori Infection Following Two Treatment Failures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Tu 2039).
Posters
Alexander C. Ford, Nicholas J. Talley, Paul Moayyedi. Efficacy of Antidepressants in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: An
Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Controlling for Depression (Sa1035).
Alexander C. Ford, David G. Morgan, Paul Moayyedi. ROME III Criteria for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: Too Much Overlap to Be Useful? (Tu1036).
Josh Collins, Patricia Blennerhassett, Emmanuel Denou, Wendy Jackson, Stephen M. Collins, Premysl Bercik. Characterizing the Neural Pathways of Communication Within the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis (Sa1988)
Lay Lay Win, Yuhong Yuan, Richard H. Hunt. Effect of Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) Treatment on the Length of Barrett's Esophagus: A Systematic Review of Cohort Studies (Sa 1078).
Mohammad Yaghoobi, Raheleh Bijarchi, Richard H. Hunt. Medical and Surgical Therapy in Barrett's Esophagus (BE):
Meta-Analyses Using Various Outcomes (Sa 1079).
David Nguy, Yuhong Yuan, Richard H. Hunt. Are Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) Associated With Esophageal Injury? A Systematic Review of Case-Control Studies (Sa 1210).
Ireneusz T. Padol, Richard H. Hunt. Chronic Administration of Diclofenac Did Not Result in Gastric Damage but Increased Cardiovascular Risk by Upregulation of PRO-Atherogenic Cytokines. (Sa1726).
Dunja Sumanac, Yuhong Yuan, Richard H. Hunt. Helicobacter pylori Eradication and Change in Body Weight: A Systematic Review (Tu 1075).
Peter B. Ernst, Elizabeth Wiznerowicz, Kevin G. Scott, Brian Reuter, Corrie C. Brown, Fernando J. Torres-Velez, Sanford H. Feldman, Soumita Das, Marcia McDuffie, John L. Wallace, Webb McKnight, Ireneusz T. Padol, Richard H. Hunt, Kenneth S. Tung. Spontaneous Autoimmune Gastritis, Hypochlorhydria and Bacterial Overgrowth in the Ileitis-Prone, SAMP1/Yit Mice (Tu 1839).
Bobbi-Jo Lowie, Jan Huizinga. Origin of Rhythmic Calcium Transients in the ICC-MP of the Mouse Small Intestine (Sa 2040).
Jane M. Natividad, XianXi Huang, Jennifer Jury, Giada de Palma, Yolanda Sanz, Dana Philpott, Clara L. Garcia Rodenas, KathyMcCoy, Elena F. Verdu. The Role of Intestinal Bacteria and Bifidobacterium Breve NCC2950 in Barrier Homeostasis and Intestinal Injury in NOD1 and 2 Knockout Mice (Tu1848).
Saowanee Ngamruengphong*, Grigorios I. Leontiadis, Saba Radhi, Kenneth Nugent. Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors and Fracture: Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies (Tu 1060).
