An assessment of the value of serum cholinesterase as a liver function test and in the diagnosis of jaundice.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypersensitivity of gastric afferent pathways may play an aetiological role in symptoms of functional dyspepsia. AIMS:To determine whether patients with severe organic dyspepsia (associated with tissue irritation/injury) and those with functional dyspepsia (no detectable tissue irritation) differ in their p...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Mertz H,Fullerton S,Naliboff B,Mayer EA

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT, also referred to as pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor or visfatin) is critically required for the maintenance of cellular nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) supply catalysing the rate-limiting step of the NAD salvage pathway. NAMPT is strongly upregulated i...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Gerner RR,Klepsch V,Macheiner S,Arnhard K,Adolph TE,Grander C,Wieser V,Pfister A,Moser P,Hermann-Kleiter N,Baier G,Oberacher H,Tilg H,Moschen AR

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Serrated polyposis syndrome (SPS) is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). International guidelines recommend surveillance intervals of 1-2 years. However, yearly surveillance likely leads to overtreatment for many. We prospectively assessed a surveillance protocol aiming to ...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Bleijenberg AG,IJspeert JE,van Herwaarden YJ,Carballal S,Pellisé M,Jung G,Bisseling TM,Nagtegaal ID,van Leerdam ME,van Lelyveld N,Bessa X,Rodríguez-Moranta F,Bastiaansen B,de Klaver W,Rivero L,Spaander MC,Koornstra JJ,B

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A population based epidemiological study identified all the patients diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD) resident in the Florence area in the period 1978-1992. AIMS:To assess the mortality of unselected patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in a Mediterranean country. ME...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Palli D,Trallori G,Saieva C,Tarantino O,Edili E,D'Albasio G,Pacini F,Masala G

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To evaluate the response of endocrine cells of the gastric oxyntic mucosa in hypergastrinaemic patients to either antrectomy or treatment with the somatostatin analogue octreotide. PATIENTS:(a) Two patients with enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cell carcinoid and chronic atrophic gastritis, treated with ant...

journal_title：Gut

authors： D'Adda T,Annibale B,Delle Fave G,Bordi C

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Corticosteroid has been established as the standard therapy for autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP), but the requirement for maintenance corticosteroid therapy is controversial. We conducted a randomised controlled trial to clarify the efficacy of maintenance corticosteroid therapy in patients with AIP. DESIGN:We ...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Masamune A,Nishimori I,Kikuta K,Tsuji I,Mizuno N,Iiyama T,Kanno A,Tachibana Y,Ito T,Kamisawa T,Uchida K,Hamano H,Yasuda H,Sakagami J,Mitoro A,Taguchi M,Kihara Y,Sugimoto H,Hirooka Y,Yamamoto S,Inui K,Inatomi O,

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty two patients with active Crohn's disease were included in a controlled randomised trial to determine the efficacy and safety of polymeric enteral nutrition compared with steroids, to achieve and maintain clinical remission. The polymeric diet was administered through a fine bore nasogastric tube by continuous, ...

journal_title：Gut

authors： González-Huix F,de León R,Fernández-Bañares F,Esteve M,Cabré E,Acero D,Abad-Lacruz A,Figa M,Guilera M,Planas R

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thoracic duct was cannulated in six patients who were actively bleeding from varices and had not responded to conservative treatment but draining lymph from the thoracic duct did not control bleeding in five patients. There was no drop in intrasplenic pulp pressure following this procedure when recorded in three o...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Datta DV,Singh SA,Patra BS,Saini VK,Chhuttani PN

更新日期：1971-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell cultures derived from Crohn's disease and control tissues were subjected to a series of tests designed to detect persistent, non-cytocidal virus infection. No evidence for any such infection was found, and it is concluded that persistent viral infection of gut tissues is unlikely to play a significant role in the...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Phillpotts RJ,Hermon-Taylor J,Teich NM,Brooke BN

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary biliary cholangitis (formerly known as primary biliary cirrhosis, PBC) is an autoimmune liver disease in which a cycle of immune mediated biliary epithelial cell injury, cholestasis and progressive fibrosis can culminate over time in an end-stage biliary cirrhosis. Both genetic and environmental influences are...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Hirschfield GM,Dyson JK,Alexander GJM,Chapman MH,Collier J,Hübscher S,Patanwala I,Pereira SP,Thain C,Thorburn D,Tiniakos D,Walmsley M,Webster G,Jones DEJ

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the adaptive response and plasma PYY concentrations after small bowel resection has been investigated. Seventy five per cent proximal small bowel resection resulted in a rise in plasma PYY at six days from 28 +/- 3.1 to 85 +/- 12.3 pmol/l (p less than 0.001) and this difference was maintained ...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Savage AP,Gornacz GE,Adrian TE,Ghatei MA,Goodlad RA,Wright NA,Bloom SR

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In duodenal ulceration the Alcian blue staining acid mucosubstances in goblet cells are reduced and the goblet cells themselves disappear. At the same time periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) staining neutral mucosubstances appear in the cells of the surface epithelium. These changes have been measured quantitatively with the ...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Morrissey SM,Ward PM,Jayaraj AP,Tovey FI,Clark CG

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased concentrations of the soluble form of the interleukin 2 receptor have been observed in the sera of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis patients. In this study we have observed the spontaneous release of soluble interleukin 2 receptor by unstimulated, isolated normal and inflammatory bowel disease colonic ...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Schreiber S,Raedler A,Conn AR,Rombeau JL,MacDermott RP

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mucosal potential difference in the body of the stomach was measured in 18 patients with gastric ulcers, five with gastritis, and three with pernicious anaemia. The results were compared with those of 12 normal volunteers. Significantly lower than normal levels were found in the groups of patients with gastric ulc...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Hossenbocus A,Fitzpatrick P,Colin-Jones DG

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The important issue of whether Heliobacter pylori eradication leads to increased reflux has been the subject of many apparently contradictory publications, but when we asked two leading authorities to give us their views, there turned out to be considerable consensus, as you can read below. ...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Richter JE

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Saccharomyces boulardii is a non-pathogenic yeast which exerts trophic effects on human and rat small intestinal mucosa. AIMS:To examine the effects of S boulardii on ileal adaptation after proximal enterectomy in rats. METHODS:Wistar rats, aged eight weeks, underwent 60% proximal resection or transection ...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Buts JP,De Keyser N,Marandi S,Hermans D,Sokal EM,Chae YH,Lambotte L,Chanteux H,Tulkens PM

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:As pathogen sensors, Toll-like receptors (TLR) play a role in the first defence line during HCV infection. However, the impact of the DNA sensor TLR9 on the natural course of HCV infection is unknown. To address this, TLR9 promoter polymorphisms (single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)) rs187084 and rs5743836 ...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Fischer J,Weber ANR,Böhm S,Dickhöfer S,El Maadidi S,Deichsel D,Knop V,Klinker H,Möller B,Rasenack J,Wang L,Sharma M,Hinrichsen H,Spengler U,Buggisch P,Sarrazin C,Pawlita M,Waterboer T,Wiese M,Probst-Müller E,Malin

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Faecal bile acid excretion was examined in 13 patients with adenomatous polyps of the large bowel and compared with a series of matched healthy subjects. Bile acids were analysed in detail with respect to the composition of individual bile acids and their mode of conjugation. The total excretion of bile acids by the p...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Tanida N,Hikasa Y,Shimoyama T,Setchell KD

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a heterogeneous tumour displaying a complex variety of genetic and epigenetic changes. In human cancers, aberrant post-transcriptional modifications, such as alternative splicing and RNA editing, may lead to tumour specific transcriptome diversity. DESIGN:By utilising large ...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Chan TH,Lin CH,Qi L,Fei J,Li Y,Yong KJ,Liu M,Song Y,Chow RK,Ng VH,Yuan YF,Tenen DG,Guan XY,Chen L

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis present with a similar clinical picture. Whether these conditions are separate entities or whether they represent different pathological stages of the same condition is an unresolved issue. PATIENT:This is a case of collagenous colitis following a fulminant course...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Bowling TE,Price AB,al-Adnani M,Fairclough PD,Menzies-Gow N,Silk DB

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with a decreased intragastric acidity during omeprazole therapy, ambulatory 24 hour dual point gastric pH recordings were performed in 18 H pylori positive and 14 H pylori negative subjects. There was a four to six week washout period between the ...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Verdú EF,Armstrong D,Fraser R,Viani F,Idström JP,Cederberg C,Blum AL

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:4-Aminosalicylic acid (4-ASA) has been suggested as an effective treatment for both active and quiescent ulcerative colitis. 5-Aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) is well accepted for the maintenance treatment of inactive ulcerative colitis. Moreover, recent studies suggest that 5-ASA may also be effective in maintaining remi...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Schreiber S,Howaldt S,Raedler A

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Colorectal cancer (CRC) leads to significant morbidity/mortality worldwide. Defining critical research gaps (RG), their prioritisation and resolution, could improve patient outcomes. DESIGN:RG analysis was conducted by a multidisciplinary panel of patients, clinicians and researchers (n=71). Eight working gr...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Lawler M,Alsina D,Adams RA,Anderson AS,Brown G,Fearnhead NS,Fenwick SW,Halloran SP,Hochhauser D,Hull MA,Koelzer VH,McNair AGK,Monahan KJ,Näthke I,Norton C,Novelli MR,Steele RJC,Thomas AL,Wilde LM,Wilson RH,Tomlins

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Activated hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are an attractive target for antifibrotic therapy based on their key role in extracellular matrix accumulation during liver injury. AIM:: To develop a system for regulable and cell-specific gene expression in HSCs to enable targeted delivery of therapeutic genes. MET...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Kinoshita K,Iimuro Y,Fujimoto J,Inagaki Y,Namikawa K,Kiyama H,Nakajima Y,Otogawa K,Kawada N,Friedman SL,Ikeda K

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite mass population screening and an incidence of EGC in Japan that is at least double that of the West, there seem to be no genuine differences in the clinicopathological features of the disease between the two regions. The macroscopic appearance, size, depth of invasion, frequency of lymph node invasion, and his...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Everett SM,Axon AT

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The major potential site of acid nitrosation is the proximal stomach, an anatomical site prone to a rising incidence of metaplasia and adenocarcinoma. Nitrite, a pre-carcinogen present in saliva, can be converted to nitrosating species and N-nitroso compounds by acidification at low gastric pH in the presenc...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Combet E,Paterson S,Iijima K,Winter J,Mullen W,Crozier A,Preston T,McColl KE

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysmotility of the duodenum and proximal jejunum has been reported in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. This study extended these findings by recording fasting ambulatory motility from electronic strain gauge sensors sited in the jejunum and ileum of eight diarrhoea predominant irritable bowel syndrome patients ...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Gorard DA,Libby GW,Farthing MJ

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of a new complex oligosaccharide exhibiting potent inhibitory action on alpha-glucoside hydrolases on intestinal absorption of sucrose in man was tested by constant in vivo perfusion of the jejunum. At concentrations of 4.65 or 15.5 X 10(-6)M the alpha-glucosidehydrolase inhibitor (alpha-GHI) markedly inhib...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Caspary WF,Kalisch H

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically significant liver involvement in systemic amyloidosis, especially with cholestasis, is rare. We report a case of primary amyloidosis with severe intrahepatic cholestasis leading to terminal liver failure. The present case is the first of its kind reported involving Lambda light chains only as the associated...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Konikoff F,Mor C,Stern S,Shaklai M,Halevy J,Theodor E

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Tumour necrosis factor related apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL) induces apoptosis in transformed cells and is considered as an agent for cancer therapy. As there is evidence that TRAIL is also essential for apoptosis in animal models of liver injury, we investigated the role of TRAIL in viral hepat...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Mundt B,Wirth T,Zender L,Waltemathe M,Trautwein C,Manns MP,Kühnel F,Kubicka S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00