Mitochondrial microsatellite instability in gastric cancer and its precancerous lesions.

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the rate of adverse events (AEs) during consecutive gastric and duodenal polypectomies in several Spanish centers. METHODS:Polypectomies of protruded gastric or duodenal polyps ≥ 5 mm using hot snare were prospectively included. Prophylactic measures of hemorrhage were allowed in predefined cases. AEs ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Córdova H,Argüello L,Loras C,Naranjo Rodríguez A,Riu Pons F,Gornals JB,Nicolás-Pérez D,Andújar Murcia X,Hernández L,Santolaria S,Leal C,Pons C,Pérez-Cuadrado-Robles E,García-Bosch O,Papo Berger M,Ulla Rocha JL,Sánchez-Mon

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the antioxidative status of patients with alcoholic liver disease (ALD) in southeastern Taiwan. METHODS:Our study comprised 27 patients with ALD recruited from Taitung Mackay Memorial Hospital, located in southeastern Taiwan. Patients with ALD included 12 non-aborigines (12 men) and 15 aborigines (1...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen YL,Chen LJ,Bair MJ,Yao ML,Peng HC,Yang SS,Yang SC

更新日期：2011-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Survivin, a recently identified member of the inhibitor of apoptosis protein family, is expressed during development and in various human cancers. However, its expression in normal tissues and clinical relevance in cancers are still debated. In the present study, we analyzed the expression of the survivin gene in h...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang ZN,Xu HM,Jiang L,Zhou X,Lu C,Zhang X

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To prospectively explore the role of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in gallbladder bile in patients with colorectal carcinoma and the morphological and clinical features of neoplasia and the occurrence of hepatic metastases. METHODS:CEA levels in the gallbladder and peripheral blood were studied in 44 patients wit...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Waisberg J,Palma RT,Neto LC,Martins LC,Oliveira MS,Nagashima CA,Godoy AC,Goffi FS

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsomal glutathione transferase (MGST1, EC 2.5.1.18) is a membrane bound glutathione transferase extensively studied for its ability to detoxify reactive intermediates, including metabolic electrophile intermediates and lipophilic hydroperoxides through its glutathione dependent transferase and peroxidase activitie...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Schaffert CS

更新日期：2011-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:AIM:To infect mice with Helicobacter pylori and detect immune response against two form of H. pylori.METHODS:An isolate of H. pylori obtained from a patient with gastric cancer was used to infect mice. Fifty mice were divided into eight groups. Two groups served as negative control without any inoculation and internal...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hua JS,Bow H,Zheng PY,Yeoh GK,Ng CH,Lim GS

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the association between adiponectin levels and risk of colorectal adenoma and cancer (early and advanced). METHODS:A cross-sectional study in a cohort of hospital-based patients was conducted between January 2004 and March 2006 at Yamagata University Hospital. Male subjects, who had colorectal tumor...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Otake S,Takeda H,Fujishima S,Fukui T,Orii T,Sato T,Sasaki Y,Nishise S,Kawata S

更新日期：2010-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze RASSF6 expression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and to determine whether RASSF6 has an independent prognostic value in PDAC. METHODS:We studied RASSF6 expression in 96 histologically confirmed PDAC samples and 20 chronic pancreatitis specimens using immunohistochemistry and real-time quanti...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ye HL,Li DD,Lin Q,Zhou Y,Zhou QB,Zeng B,Fu ZQ,Gao WC,Liu YM,Chen RW,Li ZH,Chen RF

更新日期：2015-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholelithiasis occurs infrequently in the paediatric age group. Hereditary spherocytosis, sickle cell anaemia and thalassemia are the haemolytic disorders most commonly associated with development of gall stones in paediatric age group. The question is whether an isolated episode of haemolysis can cause gallstones. ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kejariwal D

更新日期：2006-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine short- and long-term outcomes of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) using the stag beetle (SB) knife, a scissor-shaped device. METHODS:Seventy consecutive patients with 96 early esophageal neoplasms, who underwent ESD using a SB knife at Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Japan, betwee...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kuwai T,Yamaguchi T,Imagawa H,Miura R,Sumida Y,Takasago T,Miyasako Y,Nishimura T,Iio S,Yamaguchi A,Kouno H,Kohno H,Ishaq S

更新日期：2018-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the gastrin secreting cells (G cells) and the somatostatin secreting cells (D cells) of antral mucosa in rats at the ultrastructural level. METHODS:Revised immunoelectron microscopic technique was used to detect the G cells and D cells in rat antral mucosa through gastrin and somatostatin antibodies...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sun FP,Song YG

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains one of the major public health problems throughout the world. Originally depicted as a multi-step dynamical disease, CRC develops slowly over several years and progresses through cytologically distinct benign and malignant states, from single crypt lesions through adenoma, to malignant ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Grizzi F,Bianchi P,Malesci A,Laghi L

更新日期：2013-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer with a dismal prognosis, especially when diagnosed at advanced stages. Annexin A2 (ANXA2), is found to promote cancer progression and therapeutic resistance. However, the underlining mechanisms of ANXA2 in immune escape of HCC remain poorly underst...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Qiu LW,Liu YF,Cao XQ,Wang Y,Cui XH,Ye X,Huang SW,Xie HJ,Zhang HJ

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the efficacy of different chemotherapeutic agents during conventional transarterial chemoembolization (cTACE) in the treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS:A retrospective review was undertaken of patients with unresectable HCC undergoing cTACE from May 2003 to November 2011. ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wu J,Song L,Zhao DY,Guo B,Liu J

更新日期：2014-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the utility of local tumor therapy combined with percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) for malignant obstructive biliary disease. METHODS:A total of 233 patients with malignant biliary obstruction were treated in our hospital with PTBD by placement of metallic stents and/or plastic tubes. A...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Qian XJ,Zhai RY,Dai DK,Yu P,Gao L

更新日期：2006-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Synchronous occurrence of epithelial neoplasia and gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) in the stomach is uncommon. Only rare cases have been reported in the literature. We present here a 60-year-old female case of synchronous occurrence of gastric high-level intraepithelial neoplasia and GIST with the features of 22...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mou YP,Xu XW,Xie K,Zhou W,Zhou YC,Chen K

更新日期：2010-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been multiple NOD2/CARD15 genotype-phenotype analyses undertaken in patients with Crohn's disease since the gene's discovery in 2001. This review focuses on the major published series based upon their size and on the presence of specific clinical and genetic information provided in the published material fr...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Radford-Smith G,Pandeya N

更新日期：2006-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate whether the effectiveness of Granulo-monocyto apheresis (GMA), a technique that consists of the extracorporeal removal of granulocytes and monocytes from the peripheral blood, might vary according to the severity of ulcerative colitis (UC) in patients with mild to moderate-severe disease UC activity. M...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： De Cassan C,Savarino E,Marson P,Tison T,Hatem G,Sturniolo GC,D'Incà R

更新日期：2014-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the immunologic role and expression significances of nitric oxide(NO), nitric oxide synthase(NOS),and its isoenzyme in acute rejection to liver xenografts from golden hamster in rat. METHODS:Liver transplantations were randomly divided into five groups(n=6-9):isografts (group I); xenografts (group II);...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Diao TJ,Yuan TY,Li YL

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenteric venous thrombosis (MVT) is a rare but life threatening form of bowel ischemia. It is implicated in 6%-9% of all cases of acute mesenteric ischemia. The proportion of patients with primary (or idiopathic) MVT varies from 0% to 49%, with a decrease in frequency secondary to more recent availability of newer i...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Karmacharya P,Aryal MR,Donato A

更新日期：2013-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. The identification of colonic polyps can reduce CRC mortality through earlier diagnosis of cancers and the removal of polyps: the precursor lesion of CRC. Following the finding and removal of colonic polyps at an initial colonoscopy, some p...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bonnington SN,Rutter MD

更新日期：2016-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Two major types of cancer occur in the esophagus: squamous cell carcinoma, which is associated with chronic smoking and alcohol consumption, and adenocarcinoma, which typically arises in gastric reflux-associated Barrett's esophagus. Although there is increasing incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma in Western counti...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sasaki Y,Tamura M,Koyama R,Nakagaki T,Adachi Y,Tokino T

更新日期：2016-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrahepatic clear cell cholangiocarcinoma is very rare - only 8 cases have been reported. A 56-year-old Japanese man with chronic hepatitis B infection was diagnosed with a 2.2 cm hepatocellular carcinoma on imaging, and hepatic segmentectomy was performed. Histopathologically, the tumor cells had copious clear cytop...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Toriyama E,Nanashima A,Hayashi H,Abe K,Kinoshita N,Yuge S,Nagayasu T,Uetani M,Hayashi T

更新日期：2010-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete response to chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer is becoming a common clinical entity. Techniques to diagnose complete response and how to survey these patients without operative intervention are still unclear. We review the most recent evidence. Barriers to firm conclusions regarding this are heterogeneity of...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Couch DG,Hemingway DM

更新日期：2016-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver transplantation for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients with viral hepatitis co-infection is increasingly offered in many North American and European liver transplant centers. Prior studies have demonstrated acceptable post-transplant outcomes and no increased risk of HIV complications in patien...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Congly SE,Doucette KE,Coffin CS

更新日期：2014-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the serum concentration of antimitochondrial antibodies (AMAs) as a prognostic indicator of progressive primary biliary cirrhosis (pPBC). METHODS:Serum concentrations of AMA subtypes (anti-M2, anti-M4, and anti-M9), biochemical indices of liver function and Mayo risk factor (MRF) were determined in 30 ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Flisiak R,Pelszynska M,Prokopowicz D,Rogalska M,Grygoruk U

更新日期：2005-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the utility of endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) with a fully covered self-expandable metal stent for managing malignant biliary stricture. METHODS:We collected data from 13 patients who presented with malignant biliary obstruction and underwent EUS-BD with a nitinol fully covered...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kim TH,Kim SH,Oh HJ,Sohn YW,Lee SO

更新日期：2012-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the prevalences of symptoms consistent with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and dyspepsia in South America. METHODS:A telephone survey was conducted among adult owners of land-based telephones in São Paulo, Brazil, using previously validated computer-assisted sampling and survey protocols. The ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： do Rosário Dias de Oliveira Latorre M,Medeiros da Silva A,Chinzon D,Eisig JN,Dias-Bastos TR

更新日期：2014-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745 is one of the probiotics recommended for the prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Studies conducted in vivo and in vitro demonstrated that in the case of infectious diseases there are two potential sites of action of Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745: (1) An actio...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Czerucka D,Rampal P

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of HL tablet extracted from magnolia officinalis for treating patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). METHODS:Seventy-four patients with NAFLD diagnosed by ultrasonography were randomly assigned to 3 groups given high dose (400 mg) HL tablet, low dose (133.4 mg) ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jeong JY,Sohn JH,Baek YH,Cho YK,Kim Y,Kim H

更新日期：2017-08-28 00:00:00