Angiotensin II induces contraction and proliferation of human hepatic stellate cells.

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Liver disease has been associated with cardiovascular disorders, but little is known about the relationship between serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and markers of atherogenesis. We investigated the relationship between low-normal and high-normal levels of ALT and an extended panel of ca...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Siddiqui MS,Sterling RK,Luketic VA,Puri P,Stravitz RT,Bouneva I,Boyett S,Fuchs M,Sargeant C,Warnick GR,Grami S,Sanyal AJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A possible role of insulinlike growth factor I (IGF-I) and IGF-I receptors in the proliferation of human colon cancer has, to the best of the authors' knowledge, not been examined as yet. To determine a role of IGF-I in colon cancer, several human colon cancer cell lines and colon cancers were screened for specific bi...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Guo YS,Narayan S,Yallampalli C,Singh P

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly invasive and metastatic disease for which conventional treatments are of limited efficacy. A number of agents in development are potential anti-invasive and antimetastatic agents, including the Src kinase inhibitor dasatinib. The aim of this study wa...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Morton JP,Karim SA,Graham K,Timpson P,Jamieson N,Athineos D,Doyle B,McKay C,Heung MY,Oien KA,Frame MC,Evans TR,Sansom OJ,Brunton VG

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel water-soluble dopamine-2 antagonist, N-[4-[2-(dimethylamino) ethoxy]benzyl]-3,4-dimethoxybenzamide hydrochloride (HSR-803) was synthesized and assayed for its gastrointestinal smooth muscle stimulating activity in vivo and in vitro. In the in vivo study, gastrointestinal contractile activity was measured by me...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Iwanaga Y,Miyashita N,Morikawa K,Mizumoto A,Kondo Y,Itoh Z

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Alcohol abuse causes half of all deaths from cirrhosis in the West, but few tools are available for noninvasive diagnosis of alcoholic liver disease. We evaluated 2 elastography techniques for diagnosis of alcoholic fibrosis and cirrhosis; liver biopsy with Ishak score and collagen-proportionate area ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Thiele M,Detlefsen S,Sevelsted Møller L,Madsen BS,Fuglsang Hansen J,Fialla AD,Trebicka J,Krag A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short-chain (C2-C5) fatty acids account for 60%-70% of the anions in the colon. Acetate (C2) is nontoxic in contrast to C(3)4-C5 fatty acids (propionate, butyrate, isobutyrate, valerate, and isovalerate), which induce coma in animals and may be important in the pathogenesis of hepatic coma in humans. An in-vitro fecal...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Mortensen PB,Holtug K,Bonnén H,Clausen MR

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in the development and progression of human cancers. We investigated the roles and mechanisms of miR-26a in human cholangiocarcinoma. METHODS:We used in situ hybridization and quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction to measure expression of...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Zhang J,Han C,Wu T

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to determine whether short-term (1.75 h) luminal glucose perfusion increases the mucosal protein synthesis rate in rat small intestine. A luminal perfusate containing 56 mM glucose was compared with a control perfusate containing mannitol in two jejunal segments constructed in the same animal....

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Weber FL Jr,Fresard KM,Veach GL

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) via antiviral treatment changes the course of liver disease. We evaluated the benefit of sustained virologic response (SVR) in patients with HCV and cirrhosis without (stage 1) and with (stage 2) esophageal varices (EV). METHODS:We performed a prospective cohort s...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Di Marco V,Calvaruso V,Ferraro D,Bavetta MG,Cabibbo G,Conte E,Cammà C,Grimaudo S,Pipitone RM,Simone F,Peralta S,Arini A,Craxì A

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolation of a spiral-shaped bacterium closely related to Helicobacter pylori from the cat stomach made it possible to investigate new small animal models of gastric infection. Pure cultures of this bacterium, provisionally named "Helicobacter felis," were fed to germ-free mice. The organism colonized the stomach in l...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Lee A,Fox JG,Otto G,Murphy J

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of inflammatory bowel disease in all three members of one family is described. Studies of white blood cell chromosomes, histocompatibility antigens, and cellular and humoral immunity failed to explain this unusual phenomenon. However, the appearance of inflammatory bowel disease in an entire family reem...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Rosenberg JL,Kraft SC,Kirsner JB

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:The metaplastic process in which the normal squamous epithelium of the distal esophagus is replaced by columnar-lined epithelium, known as Barrett's esophagus (BE), is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to define, analyze, and compare transcription profiles of BE, normal cardia epithelium, a...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： van Baal JW,Milano F,Rygiel AM,Bergman JJ,Rosmolen WD,van Deventer SJ,Wang KK,Peppelenbosch MP,Krishnadath KK

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two models of severe acute pancreatitis were chosen and pancreatitis induced by sodium taurocholate and by a choline-deficient ethionine-supplemented diet, to evaluate the effectiveness of FOY-305 (camostate), a new synthetic trypsin inhibitor. Prophylactic administration of FOY-305 had a significantly favorable effec...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Lankisch PG,Pohl U,Göke B,Otto J,Wereszczynska-Siemiatkowska U,Gröne HJ,Rahlf G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to the previously described molecular forms of gastrin, a new component has been found in high concentrations in the serum of 6 patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. Serum was fractionated by gel filtration, and ion exchange chromatography, and the new component was identified in eluates by radioimmuno...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Dockray GJ,Walsh JH

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythromycin has been shown to act as a motilin agonist by binding to motilin receptors on gastrointestinal smooth muscle and to improve the severely impaired gastric emptying in patients with diabetic gastroparesis. To elucidate the motor pattern that accounts for this accelerated emptying, the effect of 200 mg eryth...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Annese V,Janssens J,Vantrappen G,Tack J,Peeters TL,Willemse P,Van Cutsem E

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:In the intestines, Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) mediates immune responses to pathogens and regulates epithelial barrier function; polymorphisms in TLR2 have been associated with inflammatory bowel disease phenotype. We assessed the effects of TLR2 signaling on the enteric nervous system (ENS) in mice. ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Brun P,Giron MC,Qesari M,Porzionato A,Caputi V,Zoppellaro C,Banzato S,Grillo AR,Spagnol L,De Caro R,Pizzuti D,Barbieri V,Rosato A,Sturniolo GC,Martines D,Zaninotto G,Palù G,Castagliuolo I

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Mutations in HFE are the most common cause of the iron-overload disorder hereditary hemochromatosis. Levels of the main iron regulatory hormone, hepcidin, are inappropriately low in hereditary hemochromatosis mouse models and patients with HFE mutations, indicating that HFE regulates hepcidin. The b...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Corradini E,Garuti C,Montosi G,Ventura P,Andriopoulos B Jr,Lin HY,Pietrangelo A,Babitt JL

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal mucin and goblet cells were examined in streptozotocin-diabetic rats and age-matched controls. Mucin (tissue content and secretion) was measured using a highly specific enzyme-linked immunoassay. In contrast to the increased protein to deoxyribonucleic acid ratio, an absolute decrease was observed in the mu...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Mantle M,Thakore E,Atkins E,Mathison R,Davison JS

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:The pregnane X receptor (PXR) regulates an array of genes involved in the response to xenobiotics. Evidence from several studies suggests that xenobiotic metabolism may play a role in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and that low levels of PXR may be associated with disease expression. The aim of this...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Dring MM,Goulding CA,Trimble VI,Keegan D,Ryan AW,Brophy KM,Smyth CM,Keeling PW,O'Donoghue D,O'Sullivan M,O'Morain C,Mahmud N,Wikström AC,Kelleher D,McManus R

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreases in arterial pH markedly increase sodium, chloride, and water absorption in the normal ileum and can reverse ongoing cholera toxin-induced secretion. In the current study we examined whether these effects of pH are evident in other models of ileal secretion, and in a model of increased absorption. Rats were a...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Charney AN,Ingrassia PM,Thaler SM,Keane MG

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Gastric histology is not well studied in patients with Crohn's disease. The aim of this study was to analyze the histological appearance of gastric mucosa in patients with Crohn's disease. METHODS:In a prospective study, biopsy specimens taken from the antrum and body of 75 patients with known Crohn'...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Oberhuber G,Püspök A,Oesterreicher C,Novacek G,Zauner C,Burghuber M,Vogelsang H,Pötzi R,Stolte M,Wrba F

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Caspases are critical mediators of apoptosis and proliferation of peripheral blood T cells (PBT), but their role in lamina propria T cells (LPT), a cell population highly susceptible to apoptosis, has not been explored. METHODS:RA(+), RO(+) PBT, and LPT were activated with CD3, CD2, and CD28 antibodi...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Sturm A,Mohr S,Fiocchi C

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic effects of octreotide were studied in 20 patients with hepatitis B-related cirrhosis. In patients receiving a 100-micrograms bolus and a 100-micrograms/h infusion, heart rate, cardiac index, and systemic vascular resistance showed no significant changes, whereas right atrial pressure, pulmonary capilla...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Lin HC,Tsai YT,Lee FY,Lee SD,Hsia HC,Lin WJ,Lo KJ

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Predictors of reactivation of hepatitis B following hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion in chronic hepatitis B have rarely been reported before and deserve further study. METHODS:A total of 133 HBeAg-positive asymptomatic carriers who have undergone HBeAg seroconversion were studied. Reactiv...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Chu CM,Liaw YF

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) for high-grade dysplasia (HGD) in Barrett's esophagus is a Food and Drug Administration-approved alternative to esophagectomy. Critical information regarding overall survival of patients followed up long-term after these therapies is lacking. Our aim was to compare the long-...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Prasad GA,Wang KK,Buttar NS,Wongkeesong LM,Krishnadath KK,Nichols FC 3rd,Lutzke LS,Borkenhagen LS

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:The CYLD lysine 63 deubiquitinase gene (CYLD) encodes tumor suppressor protein that is mutated in familial cylindromatosus, and variants have been associated with Crohn disease (CD). Splice forms of CYLD that lack exons 7 and 8 regulate transcription factors and functions of immune cells. We examined ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Tang Y,Reissig S,Glasmacher E,Regen T,Wanke F,Nikolaev A,Gerlach K,Popp V,Karram K,Fantini MC,Schattenberg JM,Galle PR,Neurath MF,Weigmann B,Kurschus FC,Hövelmeyer N,Waisman A

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Gastrointestinal peptides and biogenic monoamines participate in the regulation of gastrointestinal functions. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of the microflora on the distribution of endocrine cells and on the release of gastrointestinal peptides. METHODS:A quantitative morphologica...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Uribe A,Alam M,Johansson O,Midtvedt T,Theodorsson E

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent periodic acid-Schiff reaction (FPR) was used in the study of the normal rabbit ileal epithelium and its changes after injection of living cultures or enterotoxins of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. This reaction, with the use of auramine OO-SO2 complex as a Schiff-type reagent, demonstrates gut epitheliu...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Khavkin TN,Kudryavtseva MV,Dragunskaya EM,Polotsky YE,Kudryavtsev BN

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Calretinin and calbindin-D28k are similar Ca(2+)-binding proteins previously described in specific central neurons and other cells. METHODS:The immunocytochemical distribution of these two proteins was studied in the human gastrointestinal tract. RESULTS:In gastric and small intestinal endocrine cells, cal...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Walters JR,Bishop AE,Facer P,Lawson EM,Rogers JH,Polak JM

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Ischemia and reperfusion injury are common causes of oxidative tissue damage associated with many liver diseases and hepatic surgery. The Wnt-β-catenin signaling pathway is an important regulator of hepatic development, regeneration, and carcinogenesis. However, the role of Wnt signaling in the hepato...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Lehwald N,Tao GZ,Jang KY,Sorkin M,Knoefel WT,Sylvester KG

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00