Dopamine as a possible neurotransmitter in gastric relaxation.

abstract：:To study the relationship between gallstone disease (cholelithiasis and cholecystectomy) and cancer, a case-control study was performed in two Swedish hospitals comparing the prevalence of gallstone disease discovered at necropsy in 1422 subjects who died of cancer and 1205 subjects who did not die of cancer. Gallston...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Lowenfels AB,Domellöf L,Lindström CG,Bergman F,Monk MA,Sternby NH

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-yr-old woman was found to have multicentric hepatocellular carcinoma associated with clinical hyperthyroidism. Marked elevations in serum thyroid-stimulating hormone, T4, T3, and free T4 were documented. These values increased with tumor progression. It is postulated that this patient's hepatoma produced a substa...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Helzberg JH,McPhee MS,Zarling EJ,Lukert BP

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Hepatitis G virus (HGV) has been recently identified as a new transfusion-transmissible agent. This study was performed to evaluate the role of HGV infection in patients with acute posttransfusion hepatitis in Taiwan. METHODS:Sera from 63 patients with acute posttransfusion hepatitis and 61 patients ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Hwang SJ,Lu RH,Chan CY,Wang YJ,Wu JC,Lee SD

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Glutamine is an essential amino acid for rapidly dividing cells such as enterocytes. The progress of cancer is associated with a decrease of arterial and muscle glutamine concentrations. The aim of this study was to test whether increasing tumor loads affect gut intracellular glutamine handling, prote...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： De Blaauw I,Deutz NE,van der Hulst RR,von Meyenfeldt MF

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that in pregnancy fasting gallbladder volume is increased and emptying after a small volume liquid meal is incomplete. In this study we measured gallbladder volume throughout day and night in healthy women ingesting regular meals. Pregnant women, postpartum women, contraceptive-steroid users, ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Everson GT,McKinley C,Lawson M,Johnson M,Kern F Jr

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) with sigmoidoscopy reduces CRC incidence by detecting and removing adenomas. The number needed to screen is a measure of screening efficiency, but is not directly associated with adenoma removal. We propose the following 2 new metrics for quantifying the relations...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Pinsky PF,Loberg M,Senore C,Wooldrage K,Atkin W,Bretthauer M,Cross AJ,Hoff G,Holme O,Kalager M,Segnan N,Schoen RE

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) is typically characterized by episodic fever, myalgia, skin rash, conjunctivitis, and abdominal cramps. Recently, mutations in the TNFRSF1A gene on chromosome 12p13 encoding tumor necrosis factor receptor type 1 have been linked to this autoinflammato...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Haas SL,Lohse P,Schmitt WH,Hildenbrand R,Karaorman M,Singer MV,Böcker U

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the effects of endotoxin on intestinal water and electrolyte transport in adult male rats. Endotoxin (1.55 mg/kg, intravenously) reduced in vivo colonic saline absorption 61% in 1 hour. In vitro unidirectional and net 22Na and 36Cl fluxes showed that endotoxin significantly decreased net colonic 22...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Ciancio MJ,Vitiritti L,Dhar A,Chang EB

更新日期：1992-11-01 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：:The range of activity and the location of lipase and pepsin were determined in the stomach and duodenum of infants, children, and adults. The range of lipase activity in biopsy specimens from the gastric body, in 29 subjects aged from 3 months to 26 years, was 1.8-5.3 U/mg protein (1 U is 1 mumol [3H]oleic acid releas...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： DiPalma J,Kirk CL,Hamosh M,Colon AR,Benjamin SB,Hamosh P

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Polymorphisms in the region of the interleukin (IL)-28B gene on chromosome 19 have been associated with peginterferon-alfa-induced clearance of genotype 1 hepatitis C virus (HCV); there are no data for patients with genotype 2 or 3 HCV. We evaluated the effects of IL-28B polymorphisms on response to t...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Mangia A,Thompson AJ,Santoro R,Piazzolla V,Tillmann HL,Patel K,Shianna KV,Mottola L,Petruzzellis D,Bacca D,Carretta V,Minerva N,Goldstein DB,McHutchison JG

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuron specific enolase, the most acidic isoenzyme of the glycolytic enzyme enolase, was first believed to be present exclusively in central neurons. More recently, it has been found in peripheral autonomic nerves and in a number of endocrine cells. An immunocytochemical study was carried out concerning the distributi...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Bishop AE,Polak JM,Facer P,Ferri GL,Marangos PJ,Pearse AG

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Alterations in the gastrointestinal microbiota have been associated with metabolic diseases. However, little is known about host factors that induce changes in gastrointestinal bacterial populations. We investigated the role of bile acids in this process because of their strong antimicrobial activitie...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Islam KB,Fukiya S,Hagio M,Fujii N,Ishizuka S,Ooka T,Ogura Y,Hayashi T,Yokota A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Cell-mediated immunity is a feature of Crohn's disease (CD). The heterodimer interleukin (IL)-12, produced by phagocytes, induces T-cell cytokines, primarily interferon (IFN)-gamma. This study examined whether CD lamina propria mononuclear cells (LPMCs) express and release bioactive IL-12. METHODS:LP...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Monteleone G,Biancone L,Marasco R,Morrone G,Marasco O,Luzza F,Pallone F

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminopeptidase M (APM) was localized in the kidney and alimentary tract of guinea pigs and rats by indirect immunohistochemistry. APM was detected in the brush border of the epithelium of the proximal convoluted tubule of the kidney and of the small intestine, and it was localized to cells scattered throughout lymphoi...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Terashima H,Wong H,Kobayashi R,Bunnett NW

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The neuropeptide somatostatin exerts multiple functions in the gastrointestinal tract and may also play a regulatory role in inflammatory bowel disease, as several other neuropeptides do, e.g., substance P or calcitonin gene-related peptide. Therefore, the expression of somatostatin receptors was evalua...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Reubi JC,Mazzucchelli L,Laissue JA

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) cause 1.3 million deaths annually. To prevent more than 7 million deaths by 2030, the World Health Organization set goals to eliminate HBV and HCV, defined as a 90% reduction in new infections and a 65% reduction in deaths, and prevent more than 7 million related dea...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Ward JW,Hinman AR

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Collagen I deposition contributes to liver fibrosis, yet little is known about other factors that mediate this process. Fibromodulin is a liver proteoglycan that regulates extracellular matrix organization and is induced by fibrogenic stimuli. We propose that fibromodulin contributes to the pathogenes...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Mormone E,Lu Y,Ge X,Fiel MI,Nieto N

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:The revised Bethesda guidelines for Lynch syndrome recommend microsatellite instability (MSI) testing all colorectal cancers in patients diagnosed before age 50 years and colorectal cancers diagnosed in patients between ages 50 and 59 years with particular pathology features. Our aim was to identify p...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Jenkins MA,Hayashi S,O'Shea AM,Burgart LJ,Smyrk TC,Shimizu D,Waring PM,Ruszkiewicz AR,Pollett AF,Redston M,Barker MA,Baron JA,Casey GR,Dowty JG,Giles GG,Limburg P,Newcomb P,Young JP,Walsh MD,Thibodeau SN,Lindor NM

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute, acute recurrent, and chronic forms of pancreatitis have been increasingly diagnosed in children in the past 2 decades. Risk factors in the pediatric group are broad and appear to be strikingly different compared with the adult cohort. However, the disease burden and impact on quality of life are surprisingly si...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Uc A,Husain SZ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:The basic mechanisms of food allergies are still unknown. The aims of this study were to investigate whether endothelins (ETs) in the intestinal mucosa are involved in the pathogenesis of intestinal anaphylaxis. METHODS:Sprague-Dawley rats were sensitized to chicken egg albumin (EA) by intraperitonea...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Shigematsu T,Miura S,Hirokawa M,Hokari R,Higuchi H,Tsuzuki Y,Kimura H,Nakatsumi RC,Serizawa H,Saito H,Ishii H

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic sphincterotomy has proven to be a safe alternative to surgery for selected types of biliary disease. Despite a relatively low morbidity, postprocedure complications are well described. This report presents an experience with three patients in whom acute relapsing pancreatitis developed as a possible complic...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Asbun HJ,Rossi RL,Heiss FW,Shea JA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Endosonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNA) permits cytological confirmation of EUS findings. A multicenter prospective evaluation of EUS-FNA for primary diagnosis, staging, and/or follow-up purposes was undertaken. METHODS:EUS-FNA was performed in 457 patients with 554 lesions. Cli...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Wiersema MJ,Vilmann P,Giovannini M,Chang KJ,Wiersema LM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Empirical therapy has been proposed for initial management of dyspepsia. The aim of this study was to evaluate initial endoscopy, empirical therapy, and testing for Helicobacter pylori in the management of patients with a new onset of dyspepsia. METHODS:Decision analysis was used to compare the direc...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Silverstein MD,Petterson T,Talley NJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raised plasma carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels were found in over 90% of 71 patients with chronic liver disease and 50% of 16 patients with acute liver damage. Levels increasing chronicity and clinical severity of disease. In individual patients, the plasma CEA level fluctuated with the clinical condition. Persis...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Bullen AW,Losowsky MS,Carter S,Patel S,Neville AM

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are expressed in tissue-specific pattern, but it is not clear how these are regulated. We aimed to identify squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)-specific lncRNAs and investigate mechanisms that control their expression and function. METHODS:We studied expression patterns and f...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Xie JJ,Jiang YY,Jiang Y,Li CQ,Lim MC,An O,Mayakonda A,Ding LW,Long L,Sun C,Lin LH,Chen L,Wu JY,Wu ZY,Cao Q,Fang WK,Yang W,Soukiasian H,Meltzer SJ,Yang H,Fullwood M,Xu LY,Li EM,Lin DC,Koeffler HP

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Oral linaclotide, a novel agonist of guanylate cylase-C, stimulates intestinal fluid secretion and transit, and decreases visceral hypersensitivity in animal studies. In healthy volunteers, linaclotide was safe, well tolerated, increased stool frequency, and decreased stool consistency and time to fir...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Andresen V,Camilleri M,Busciglio IA,Grudell A,Burton D,McKinzie S,Foxx-Orenstein A,Kurtz CB,Sharma V,Johnston JM,Currie MG,Zinsmeister AR

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 47-year-old patient who developed cholelithiasis in adolescence, followed by recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, and finally biliary cirrhosis in adulthood. In our patient, the consecutive presentation of the 3 mentioned disorders raised the suspicion of a defect of MDR3, the canalicular pro...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Lucena JF,Herrero JI,Quiroga J,Sangro B,Garcia-Foncillas J,Zabalegui N,Sola J,Herraiz M,Medina JF,Prieto J

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallbladder stasis has been implicated in gallstone formation. Gallbladder filling and emptying were quantitated by computer-assisted cholescintigraphy in 41 normal subjects versus 26 patients with gallstones. Gallbladder contraction was induced by low-dose (1.2 U/kg . h) cholecystokinin infusion. Gallstone patients e...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Pomeranz IS,Shaffer EA

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It was recently reported that ventromedial hypothalamic (VMH) lesions produced an increase in gastrointestinal DNA content in rats. In the present study, the mechanism of this alteration was examined. METHODS:The DNA content and synthesis after VMH lesioning in rat gastrointestinal tracts were determined. ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Kiba T,Tanaka K,Endo O,Inoue S

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00