The pregnane X receptor locus is associated with susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease.

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Agents designed to block or alter cytokinesis can kill or stop proliferation of cancer cells. We aimed to identify cytokinesis-related proteins that are overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells and might be targeted to slow liver tumor growth. METHODS:Using the Oncomine database, we comp...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Yang XM,Cao XY,He P,Li J,Feng MX,Zhang YL,Zhang XL,Wang YH,Yang Q,Zhu L,Nie HZ,Jiang SH,Tian GA,Zhang XX,Liu Q,Ji J,Zhu X,Xia Q,Zhang ZG

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2)-specific inhibitors (coxibs) decrease gastrointestinal (GI) events in controlled trials, but results in clinical practice are unknown. We assessed GI-related resource use and costs in patients switching from chronic nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) therapy to chroni...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Laine L,Wogen J,Yu H

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Lamivudine inhibits hepatitis B virus replication. This study investigated 6 months of lamivudine treatment at three doses. METHODS:Fifty-one patients (43% white, 49% Asian) with chronic hepatitis B were randomly assigned to receive 25, 100, or 300 mg of lamivudine orally once daily for 24 weeks with...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Nevens F,Main J,Honkoop P,Tyrrell DL,Barber J,Sullivan MT,Fevery J,De Man RA,Thomas HC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three structurally related peptides, ovine corticotropin-releasing factor, sauvagine, and urotensin I are selective mesenteric vasodilators in dogs. To assess the possible benefit of these peptides in nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia, they were compared with a nonselective vasodilator, sodium nitroprusside, in the ane...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： MacCannell KL,Newton CA,Lederis K,Rivier J,Tiffany M

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:There is controversy over the optimal management strategy for patients with acute pancreatitis (AP). Studies have shown a hospital volume benefit for in-hospital mortality after surgery, and we examined whether a similar mortality benefit exists for patients admitted with AP. METHODS:Using the Nation...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Singla A,Simons J,Li Y,Csikesz NG,Ng SC,Tseng JF,Shah SA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:HuR is a RNA-binding factor whose expression is commonly upregulated in some human tumor types. We explored the molecular mechanism underlying HuR elevation and its role in gastric cancer tumorigenesis. METHODS:HuR expression and subcellular localization were determined by polymerase chain reaction, ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Kang MJ,Ryu BK,Lee MG,Han J,Lee JH,Ha TK,Byun DS,Chae KS,Lee BH,Chun HS,Lee KY,Kim HJ,Chi SG

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) lower the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). We investigated whether plasma inflammatory markers were associated with risk of CRC and if use of anti-inflammatory drugs was differentially associated with risk of CRC according to levels of inflamma...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Chan AT,Ogino S,Giovannucci EL,Fuchs CS

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:The characteristics of colonic circular smooth muscle slow waves are altered during inflammation. The aim of this study was to examine whether inflammation modulates the open-state probability of Ca2+-activated K+ (KCa) channels in these cells to contribute to these alterations. METHODS:The experimen...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Lu G,Mazet B,Sun C,Qian X,Johnson CP,Adams MB,Roman RJ,Sarna SK

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Little is known about the evolution of morphological changes in pelvic ileal-pouch mucosa. This study evaluates prospectively the sequence of early morphological, histochemical, and phenotypic features in pouch mucosal biopsy specimens. METHODS:Twenty-two patients with pelvic ileal pouches constructed ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Apel R,Cohen Z,Andrews CW Jr,McLeod R,Steinhart H,Odze RD

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Intrapancreatic activation of digestive enzymes is a key event in the parenchymal cell injury of pancreatitis. We hypothesized that neutrophils recruited to the pancreas during pancreatitis may contribute to such activation. METHODS:To cause experimental pancreatitis, rats and mice were treated with ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Gukovskaya AS,Vaquero E,Zaninovic V,Gorelick FS,Lusis AJ,Brennan ML,Holland S,Pandol SJ

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Biomarkers are needed to risk stratify after chemoradiotherapy for localized esophageal cancer. These could improve identification of patients at risk for cancer progression and selection of additional therapy. METHODS:We performed deep sequencing (CAncer Personalized Profiling by deep Sequencing, [C...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Azad TD,Chaudhuri AA,Fang P,Qiao Y,Esfahani MS,Chabon JJ,Hamilton EG,Yang YD,Lovejoy A,Newman AM,Kurtz DM,Jin M,Schroers-Martin J,Stehr H,Liu CL,Hui AB,Patel V,Maru D,Lin SH,Alizadeh AA,Diehn M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Platelets show proinflammatory as well as prothrombotic properties. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are at increased risk of systemic thromboembolism, and multifocal microvascular infarction has been proposed as a pathogenetic mechanism in Crohn's disease. The aim of this study was to determine...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Collins CE,Cahill MR,Newland AC,Rampton DS

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of delta-markers among 71 patients with fulminant B viral hepatitis was found to be 33.8%. The majority of the patients with delta-markers showed serologic evidence of simultaneous acute delta-infection and B viral infection. Only 5 of the 24 patients with serologic markers of acute delta-infection in t...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Govindarajan S,Chin KP,Redeker AG,Peters RL

更新日期：1984-06-01 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:Despite putative roles of calcium in biliary physiology and gallstone formation, quantitative aspects of calcium binding to bile salt (BS) monomers, simple micelles, mixed micelles, and vesicles, which constitute the lipid aggregates in bile, remain unexplored. METHODS:Calcium activity was measured usi...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Donovan JM,Leonard MR,Batta AK,Carey MC

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Corticosteroids have been shown to significantly decrease short-term mortality in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis. However, independent factors associated with a favorable outcome and long-term survival are unknown. The aim of this study was to examine prognostic factors and long-term surviva...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Mathurin P,Duchatelle V,Ramond MJ,Degott C,Bedossa P,Erlinger S,Benhamou JP,Chaput JC,Rueff B,Poynard T

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Growth failure frequently complicates the clinical course of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children. This study was designed to investigate the role of disease activity versus steroid therapy on growth faltering in this disorder. METHODS:We studied growth failure and its relationship to disease activi...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Motil KJ,Grand RJ,Davis-Kraft L,Ferlic LL,Smith EO

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An animal model for giardiasis was developed using Giardia muris in Swiss albino mice. Intraesophageal inoculation of G. muris cysts caused a reproducible pattern of infection, with trophozoite and cyst counts reaching a maximum on days 5 to 14 after cyst inoculation and thereafter showing a progressive decline. Spont...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Roberts-Thomson IC,Stevens DP,Mahmoud AA,Warren KS

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Weight loss in response to sibutramine is highly variable. We assessed the association of specific markers of polymorphisms of candidate alpha2A adrenoreceptor, 5-HT transporter, and GNbeta3 genes and weight loss with sibutramine. METHODS:We conducted a randomized, double-blind, pharmacogenetic study...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Grudell AB,Sweetser S,Camilleri M,Eckert DJ,Vazquez-Roque MI,Carlson PJ,Burton DD,Braddock AE,Clark MM,Graszer KM,Kalsy SA,Zinsmeister AR

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In sickle cell anemia the shortened survival of red blood cells presents the liver with an augmented load of bilirubin for hepatic clearance. To determine the effects of this excessive bilirubin load on the microsomal conjugating enzyme, hepatic bilirubin UDP-glucuronyltransferase, levels of this enzyme were measured ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Maddrey WC,Cukier JO,Maglalang AC,Boitnott JK,Odell GB

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:The tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha/TNF receptor system is critical for liver development because hepatocytes undergo apoptosis if the antiapoptotic cascades resulting in RelA NF-kappaB activation are not effective. Therefore, we studied the role of TNF-alpha in fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) and d...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Streetz K,Leifeld L,Grundmann D,Ramakers J,Eckert K,Spengler U,Brenner D,Manns M,Trautwein C

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The onset, course, and regression of the biochemical and structural alterations associated with pancreatitis induced by various doses of caerulein were studied in the mouse. In addition, the protective effect of secretin was compared with that of the cholecystokinin-receptor antagonists proglumide and benzotript. Subc...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Niederau C,Ferrell LD,Grendell JH

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of enterogenous cysts of the duodenum in a 44-yr-old man complicated by duodenal obstruction and relapsing pancreatitis is presented. The cystic duodenal lesions were visualized by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and for the first time by computed tomography and abdominal sonography. Thus, the di...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Holstege A,Barner S,Brambs HJ,Wenz W,Gerok W,Farthmann EH

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:We have shown previously that cure of Helicobacter pylori infection leads to the disappearance of acid-neutralizing substances. Also, patients with ulcer after cure may gain weight. The aim of this study was to investigate whether cure of the infection increases the risk of reflux esophagitis. METHOD...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Labenz J,Blum AL,Bayerdörffer E,Meining A,Stolte M,Börsch G

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Patients affected by familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) are at increased risk of developing duodenal adenomas. In this study, cell proliferation of duodenal mucosa was analyzed to detect kinetic abnormalities related to cancer risk. METHODS:Duodenal biopsy specimens were collected in three groups o...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Santucci R,Volpe L,Zannoni U,Paganelli GM,Poggi B,Calabrese C,Biasco G

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports suggest most solid food enters the duodenum as small particles. Our studies showed that small particles of liver were capable of binding hydrogen ions (H+), but there was slow equilibration of H+ between particulate and aqueous phases. We wondered whether titratable acid as H+ bound to meat particles co...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Meyer JH,Fink AS

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ornithine decarboxylase activity is known to be increased in certain premalignant conditions. We determined the activity of this enzyme in mucosal biopsy specimens from 15 patients with Barrett's esophagus. Ornithine decarboxylase was greater in Barrett's mucosa than in squamous esophageal or gastric mucosa. In Barret...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Garewal HS,Sampliner R,Gerner E,Steinbronn K,Alberts D,Kendall D

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Autoimmune responses against colonic epithelium may play a role in the development of colonic inflammation associated with ulcerative colitis (UC). In this study, we established and characterized B-cell lines and clones that produced anticolon antibody from inflamed colonic mucosa of UC subjects. M...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Inoue N,Watanabe M,Sato T,Okazawa A,Yamazaki M,Kanai T,Ogata H,Iwao Y,Ishii H,Hibi T

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The effectiveness of ursodeoxycholic acid in treating biliary liver diseases is limited by low bioavailability and moderate activity. A new analogue of ursodeoxycholic acid was synthesized with a fluorine atom in position 6 because this should have resulted in an analogue more hydrophilic than ursodeoxy...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Roda A,Pellicciari R,Polimeni C,Cerrè C,Forti GC,Sadeghpour B,Sapigni E,Gioacchini AM,Natalini B

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electromyogram of the submental muscles, esophageal manometry, and pH studies were simultaneously performed in an unselected group of 12 patients with subjective and objective evidence of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) disease to determine the frequency of transient relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) an...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Mittal RK,McCallum RW

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00