Adeno-associated virus mediated interferon-gamma inhibits the progression of hepatic fibrosis in vitro and in vivo.

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effect of the shunting branch of the portal vein (PV) (left or right) and the initial stent position (optimal or suboptimal) of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed 307 consecutive cirrhotic patients who underwent TIPS placement for variceal bl...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bai M,He CY,Qi XS,Yin ZX,Wang JH,Guo WG,Niu J,Xia JL,Zhang ZL,Larson AC,Wu KC,Fan DM,Han GH

更新日期：2014-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI), alternatively defined as occult hepatitis B (OHB), is a challenging clinical entity. It is recognized by two main characteristics: absence of HBsAg, and low viral replication. The previous two decades have witnessed a remarkable progress in our understanding of OBI and i...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Said ZN

更新日期：2011-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the treatment of pediatric functional chronic intestinal constipation (FCIC) with a probiotic goat yogurt. METHODS:A crossover double-blind formula-controlled trial was carried out on 59 students (age range: 5-15 years) of a public school in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, presenting a FCIC diagnostic, acc...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Guerra PV,Lima LN,Souza TC,Mazochi V,Penna FJ,Silva AM,Nicoli JR,Guimarães EV

更新日期：2011-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate different methods in differentiating idiopathic neonatal hepatitis from biliary atresia. METHODS:Sixty-five infants with cholestatic jaundice and final diagnosis of idiopathic neonatal hepatitis and biliary atresia were studied prospectively from September 2003 to March 2006. A thorough history and phy...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Dehghani SM,Haghighat M,Imanieh MH,Geramizadeh B

更新日期：2006-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate H(+), K(+)-ATPase inhibition, anti-H pylori, antioxidant, and the in vivo antiulcer potential of a pectic polysaccharide from Swallow root (Decalepis hamiltonii; SRPP). METHODS:SRPP, with known sugar composition [rhamnose: arabinose: xylose: galactose in the ratio of 16:50:2:32 (w/w), with 141 mg/g ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Srikanta B,Siddaraju M,Dharmesh S

更新日期：2007-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is one manifestation of metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). Tumor growth on intestinal surfaces and associated fluid accumulation eventually result in bowel obstruction and incapacitating levels of ascites, which profoundly affect the quality of life for affected patients. PC appears res...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Klaver YL,Lemmens VE,Nienhuijs SW,Luyer MD,de Hingh IH

更新日期：2012-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), fluid tumor markers and cytology in distinguishing benign from (pre)malignant pancreatic cystic lesions. METHODS:46 consecutive patients, referred to a gastroenterologist and surgeon for a symptomatic or incidental pancreatic cyst, were reviewed. EU...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Aljebreen AM,Romagnuolo J,Perini R,Sutherland F

更新日期：2007-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer patients have unique problems associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and treatment not seen in the general population. HCV infection poses additional challenges and considerations for the management of cancer, and vice versa. HCV infection also can lead to the development of cancer, particularly hepa...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Borchardt RA,Torres HA

更新日期：2014-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hepatic neuroendocrine tumor (PHNET) is an extremely rare liver tumor. Patients often have no clinical symptoms or have only non-specific symptoms, such as abdominal pain and abdominal mass. The clinical manifestations, disease development, treatment methods, and treatment outcomes of PHNET vary greatly among ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Meng XF,Pan YW,Wang ZB,Duan WD

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the risk factors-other than nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs-for colonic diverticular bleeding in a westernized population. METHODS:One hundred and forty patients, treated for symptomatic diverticular disease in a community based hospital, were included. Thirty (21%) had signs of diverticular bleed...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jansen A,Harenberg S,Grenda U,Elsing C

更新日期：2009-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The aetiology of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is not known and controversy exists as to whether PSC should be denominated an autoimmune disease. A large number of autoantibodies have been detected in PSC patients, but the specificity of these antibodies is generally low, and the frequencies vary largely betwee...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hov JR,Boberg KM,Karlsen TH

更新日期：2008-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify whether chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1) serves as a suitable biomarker for the prognosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and to analyze this protein's cellular source. METHODS:An ELISA was conducted to detect the concentration of CHI3L1 in the serum of 150 ESCC patients diagnosed between Janua...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xing S,Zheng X,Zeng T,Zeng MS,Zhong Q,Cao YS,Pan KL,Wei C,Hou F,Liu WL

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the clinical presentation and genotypes of delta hepatitis in local population. METHODS:In this prospective study, 39 consecutive patients who were positive for HBsAg and hepatitis D virus (HDV) antibody were included. The patients were divided in two groups on the basis of presence or absence of HDV RNA...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Moatter T,Abbas Z,Shabir S,Jafri W

更新日期：2007-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is still the most common cause of hepatocellular carcinoma and liver cirrhosis world wide. Recently, however, there has been quite dramatic improvement in the understanding of HBV associated liver disease and its treatment. It has become clear that high viral replication is a major ri...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tillmann HL

更新日期：2007-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease is an important cause of gastrointestinal pathology in children and adolescents. The incidence of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease is increasing; therefore, it is important for the clinician to be aware of the presentation of this disease in the pediatric population. Laboratory tests, ra...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Diefenbach KA,Breuer CK

更新日期：2006-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the safety of lamivudine (LAM) treatment for chronic hepatitis B in early pregnancy. METHODS:A total of 92 pregnant women who received LAM treatment either before pregnancy or in early pregnancy were enrolled in this study. All of the pregnant women volunteered to take lamivudine during pregnancy and w...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yi W,Liu M,Cai HD

更新日期：2012-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the influence of the resection margin on local recurrence and survival in gastric cancer patients. METHODS:We reviewed the medical records of 1788 patients who had undergone gastrectomy for gastric cancer at the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea, between May 2003 and July 2009....

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lee CM,Jee YS,Lee JH,Son SY,Ahn SH,Park DJ,Kim HH

更新日期：2014-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:As the incidence of acute pancreatitis continues to rise, establishing the etiology in order to prevent recurrence is important. Although the etiology of acute pancreatitis is not difficult in the majority of patients, almost a quarter of patients are initially labeled as having idiopathic acute pancreatitis. When con...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tenner S

更新日期：2014-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether oral glutathione (GSH) administration can alleviate the effects of fasting-induced intestinal atrophy in the small intestinal mucosa. METHODS:Rats were divided into eight groups. One group was fed ad libitum, another was fed ad libitum and received oral GSH, and six groups were administrated s...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Uchida H,Nakajima Y,Ohtake K,Ito J,Morita M,Kamimura A,Kobayashi J

更新日期：2017-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the quantitative analysis of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWMRI) in differential diagnosis of focal hepatic lesions. METHODS:DWMRI was performed in 149 hepatic lesions, including hepatocellular carcinoma (34 cases), hepatic metastases (37 cases), cavernous hemangioma (42 cases), hepati...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sun XJ,Quan XY,Huang FH,Xu YK

更新日期：2005-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a rare chronic inflammatory disease of the liver, which affects a group of patients who lost their immunological tolerance to antigens of the liver. It is clinically characterized by hypergammaglobulinemia, elevated liver enzymes, presence of autoantibodies and histological changes. Altho...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ferri Liu PM,de Miranda DM,Fagundes ED,Ferreira AR,Simões e Silva AC

更新日期：2013-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the outcome of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in children with or without malignancies. METHODS:Twenty four children (15 boys and 9 girls) with malignancies, followed up by the pediatric gastroenterology outpatient clinic for CHB between January 2000 and December 2013, were enrolled in the study (Group 1). ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Usta M,Urgancı N,Yıldırmak ZY,Dogan Vural S

更新日期：2015-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This paper provides a review of the practice of liver transplantation with the main emphasis on UK practice and indications for transplantation. REFERRAL AND ASSESSMENT:This section reviews the process of referral and assessment of patients with liver disease with reference to UK practice. DONOR ORGANS:T...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bramhall SR,Minford E,Gunson B,Buckels JA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the intestinal segment-specific effects of diabetes and insulin replacement on the density of different subpopulations of submucous neurons. METHODS:Ten weeks after the onset of type 1 diabetes samples were taken from the duodenum, ileum and colon of streptozotocin-induce diabetic, insulin-treated d...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bódi N,Szalai Z,Chandrakumar L,Bagyánszki M

更新日期：2017-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:AIM:To discuss the effect of surgical procedures on the prognosis of patients of bile duct cancer and their indications.METHODS:A retrospective analysis was made for 52 cases of hepatoportal bile duct cancer treated from January 1991 to December 1996. All the cases were classified according to the modified Bismuth-Cor...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： He XS,Huang JF,Liang LJ,Lu MD,Cao XH

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the inhibitory effects of sinomenine (SIN) combined with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) on esophageal carcinoma in vitro and in vivo. METHODS:Esophageal carcinoma (Eca-109) cells were cultured in DMEM. The single or combined growth inhibition effects of SIN and 5-FU on the Eca-109 cells were examined by meas...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang J,Yang ZR,Dong WG,Zhang JX,Guo XF,Song J,Qiu S

更新日期：2013-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the protective effect and mechanism of glutamine on the intestinal barrier function in total parenteral nutrition (TPN) rats with trauma or endotoxemia. METHODS:To perform prospective, randomized and controlled animal experimentation of rats with surgical trauma, TPN and endotoxemia, thirty-four male, ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ding LA,Li JS

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the causes of missed diagnosis of early gastric cancer (EGC) or high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia (HGIN) in Chongqing, China. METHODS:The present study summarizes 103 cases of EGC/HGIN detected by esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and pathological analysis from January 2010 to December 2011. Dimet...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ren W,Yu J,Zhang ZM,Song YK,Li YH,Wang L

更新日期：2013-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To construct pcDNA3.1-Egr.1p-p16 recombinant plasmid and investigate the expression of p16 in pancreatic cancer JF305 cells induced by radiation and the feasibility of gene radiotherapy for pancreatic carcinoma. METHODS:Human p16 cDNA was ligated to the downstream of Egr-1 promotor to construct pcDNA3.1-Egr.1p-p16...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ma HB,Wang XJ,Di ZL,Xia H,Li Z,Liu J,Ma J,Kang HF,Wu CM,Bai MH

更新日期：2007-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute liver failure (ALF) is a significant and complex hepatic insult that may rapidly progress to life-threatening conditions. Recently, menstrual blood stem cells (MenSCs) have been identified as a group of easily accessible mesenchymal stem cells with the advantages of non-invasive acquisition, low immuno...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cen PP,Fan LX,Wang J,Chen JJ,Li LJ

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00