Definition of age-dependent reference values for the diameter of the common bile duct and pancreatic duct on MRCP: a population-based, cross-sectional cohort study.

Objective: Changes of the pancreaticobiliary ducts herald disease. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) allows accurate duct visualisation. Data on reliable upper reference ranges are missing.

Anatomic variants of the pancreatic duct and their clinical relevance: an MR-guided study in the general population.

Objectives: To investigate the frequency of pancreatic duct (PD) variants and their effect on pancreatic exocrine function in a population-based study using non-invasive secretin-stimulated magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (sMRCP).

Methods: Nine hundred and ninety-five volunteers, 457 women and 538 men, aged 51.9 ± 13.

Altered phenotype of blood dendritic cells in patients with acute pneumonia.

Background: Dendritic cells (DCs) play a key role in the host defence against inhaled pathogens. However, the phenotype of blood DCs in patients with acute respiratory infections is unknown.

Objective: To investigate the number and the expression of function-associated molecules of blood DCs in patients with acute infectious pneumonia.

Impact of immunotherapy on blood dendritic cells in patients with Hymenoptera venom allergy.

Background: Modulation of T-cell differentiation, which is controlled by dendritic cells (DCs), plays a crucial role in specific immunotherapy (SIT). However, the number and the characteristics of blood DCs before and during immunotherapy are unknown.

Objective: To analyze the number and the characteristics of blood DC subsets in patients with Hymenoptera venom allergy before and after initiation of SIT.