Subcutaneous extension of a large diaphragmatic hydatid cyst.

abstract：AIM:To assess the incidence of infantile colic and its association with variable predictors in infants born in a community maternity hospital, Tehran, Iran. METHODS:In this prospective cohort study, mothers who gave birth to live newborns between February 21 and March 20, 2003 at the hospital were invited to join to t...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Talachian E,Bidari A,Rezaie MH

更新日期：2008-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the induction of T cellular immune responses in BALB/c mice immunized with uric acid and dendritic cells (DCs) pulsed with hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg). METHODS:DCs were generated from bone-marrow cells of BABL/c mice, and then pulsed or unpulsed with HBsAg protein (HBsAg-pulsed-DCs or unpuls...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ma XJ,Tian DY,Xu D,Yang DF,Zhu HF,Liang ZH,Zhang ZG

更新日期：2007-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To observe the frequent complications of stent placement for stricture of the gastrointestinal tract and to find proper treatment. METHODS:A total number of 140 stents were inserted in 138 patients with benign stricture of the gastrointestinal tract. The procedure was completed under fluoroscopy in all of the pati...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cheng YS,Li MH,Chen WX,Chen NW,Zhuang QX,Shang KZ

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 36-year-old male Asian immigrant with a history of hepatitis B and hepatitis C related unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma in the left lobe of the liver presented with hematemesis and severe anemia. He was diagnosed with a liver mass that was resected 8 years ago described as a benign tumor in his home country. He...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sayana H,Yousef O,Clarkston WK

更新日期：2013-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the diagnostic values of serum autoantibodies against matrix metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7) in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). METHODS:The MMP-7 cDNA was cloned from ESCC tissues, and MMP-7 was expressed and purified from a prokaryotic system. MMP-7 autoantibodies were then measur...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhou JH,Zhang B,Kernstine KH,Zhong L

更新日期：2011-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world and the third cause of cancer-related death. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents more than 90% of primary liver cancers and generally occurs in patients with underlying chronic liver disease such as viral hepatitis, hemochromatosis, primary biliar...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： van Meer S,de Man RA,Siersema PD,van Erpecum KJ

更新日期：2013-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C is a major cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality worldwide. In fact, chronic hepatitis C is considered as one of the primary causes of chronic liver disease, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, and is the most common reason for liver transplantation. The primary objectives for the treatment of...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Festi D,Sandri L,Mazzella G,Roda E,Sacco T,Staniscia T,Capodicasa S,Vestito A,Colecchia A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we summarize the main progresses made in our group in the field of the mechanism of pigment gallstone formation. It was found that after treatment with free radicals, bilirubin (BR) was changed into free radical itself, and a semiquinone free radical and a superoxide free radical bound with metal were r...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu XT,Hu J

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To observe whether there are differences in the effects of electro-acupuncture (EA) and moxibustion (Mox) in rats with visceral hypersensitivity. METHODS:EA at 1 mA and 3 mA and Mox at 43 °C and 46 °C were applied to the Shangjuxu (ST37, bilateral) acupoints in model rats with visceral hypersensitivity. Responses ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhao JM,Li L,Chen L,Shi Y,Li YW,Shang HX,Wu LY,Weng ZJ,Bao CH,Wu HG

更新日期：2017-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:While conservative management such as fluid, bowel rest, and antibiotics is the mainstay of current acute pancreatitis management, there is a lot of promise in pharmacologic therapies that target various aspects of the pathogenesis of pancreatitis. Extensive review of preclinical studies, which include assessment of t...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kambhampati S,Park W,Habtezion A

更新日期：2014-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the therapeutic efficacy and complications of splenectomy with endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) and splenectomy with pericardial devascularization (i.e. Hassab's operation) in patients with portal hypertension. METHODS:A total of 103 patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension were rando...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lin N,Liu B,Xu RY,Fang HP,Deng MH

更新日期：2006-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of hepatic choriocarcinoma in a man diagnosed at autopsy after a rapid downhill clinical course. The patient was a 49-year-old man who presented with acute right-sided abdominal pain. There were no masses palpable on physical examination. Radiographic findings showed large multi-nodular tumors mainly ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sekine R,Hyodo M,Kojima M,Meguro Y,Suzuki A,Yokoyama T,Lefor AT,Hirota N

更新日期：2013-12-28 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:Heat shock protein (HSP)70 is over-expressed in human gastric cancer and plays an important role in the progression of this cancer. We investigated the effects of antisense HSP70 oligomer on human gastric cancer cell line SGC-7901, and its potential role in gene therapy for this cancer. METHODS:Human gastric cance...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhao ZG,Shen WL

更新日期：2005-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells of the pancreas (UCOGCP) is an unusual pancreatic neoplasm that represents < 1% of all pancreatic malignancies. Moreover, the giant cells of UCOGCP morphologically resemble the benign giant cells of bone tumors. Due to the rarity of this tumor type, the histo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Gao HQ,Yang YM,Zhuang Y,Liu P

更新日期：2015-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the changes in apoptosis in gastrointestinal cancer cells from patients with gastrointestinal cancers treated with arsenic trioxide (As₂O₃); and to study the possible molecular mechanisms of such changes by detecting the expression levels of p53 and Bcl-2. METHODS:Twenty patients with gastrointestin...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ma ZB,Xu HY,Jiang M,Yang YL,Liu LX,Li YH

更新日期：2014-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the viability of orthotopic and heterotopic patient-derived pancreatic cancer xenografts implanted into nude mice. METHODS:This study presents a prospective experimental analytical follow-up of the development of tumours in mice upon implantation of human pancreatic adenocarcinoma samples. Specimens were...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Rubio-Manzanares Dorado M,Marín Gómez LM,Aparicio Sánchez D,Pereira Arenas S,Praena-Fernández JM,Borrero Martín JJ,Farfán López F,Gómez Bravo MÁ,Muntané Relat J,Padillo Ruiz J

更新日期：2018-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the association between Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cpn) infection and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). METHODS:Cpn IgG and IgM were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 41 well-established PBC patients and two race-matched control groups (post-hepatitis cirrhosis, n = 70; healthy contr...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu HY,Deng AM,Zhang J,Zhou Y,Yao DK,Tu XQ,Fan LY,Zhong RQ

更新日期：2005-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the role of pre-core and basal core promoter (BCP) mutations before and after hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion. METHODS:The proportion of pre-core (G1896A) and basal core promoter (A1762T and G1764A) mutant viruses and serum levels of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA, hepatitis B surface anti...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kamijo N,Matsumoto A,Umemura T,Shibata S,Ichikawa Y,Kimura T,Komatsu M,Tanaka E

更新日期：2015-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the level of gastric ghrelin in stomach mucosa of dyspeptic patients in relation to Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) infection, bacterial cytotoxicity, topography and gender. METHODS:The study comprised 40 premenopausal women (19 H pylori positive) and 48 men (17 H pylori positive) with functional dys...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Stec-Michalska K,Malicki S,Michalski B,Peczek L,Wisniewska-Jarosinska M,Nawrot B

更新日期：2009-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the ability of hexahydrocurcumin (HHC) to enhance 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in inhibiting the growth of HT-29 cells by focusing on cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 expression. METHODS:Antiproliferative effects of HHC and 5-FU, alone and in combination, on growth of HT-29 human colon cancer cells were assessed usi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Srimuangwong K,Tocharus C,Yoysungnoen Chintana P,Suksamrarn A,Tocharus J

更新日期：2012-05-21 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 investigate the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in gastric cancer and its relation with the liver metastasis and prognosis. METHODS:Expression of COX-2 mRNA and protein was examined in gastric cancer and its paired substantial normal tissue by semi-quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reac...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yu JR,Wu YJ,Qin Q,Lu KZ,Yan S,Liu XS,Zheng SS

更新日期：2005-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study and provide data on the evolution of medical procedures and outcomes of patients suffering from perforated midgut diverticulitis. METHODS:Three data sources were used: the Medline and Google search engines were searched for case reports on one or more patients treated for perforated midgut diverticulitis ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Spasojevic M,Naesgaard JM,Ignjatovic D

更新日期：2012-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effects of ginger on gastric motility and emptying, abdominal symptoms, and hormones that influence motility in dyspepsia. METHODS:Eleven patients with functional dyspepsia were studied twice in a randomized double-blind manner. After an 8-h fast, the patients ingested three capsules that contained...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hu ML,Rayner CK,Wu KL,Chuah SK,Tai WC,Chou YP,Chiu YC,Chiu KW,Hu TH

更新日期：2011-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the role of Twist gene in gastric cancer by gene silencing, including the potential of induction of apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, and proliferation inhibition in human malignant gastric SGC7901 cells. METHODS:The expression level of Twist in gastric cancer samples was measured by immunohistochemistry. The...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang H,Gong J,Kong D,Liu HY

更新日期：2015-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine whether a dose-up to 900 mg of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) decreases transaminases in hepatitis C patients. METHODS:From January to December 2007, patients with chronic hepatitis C or compensated liver cirrhosis with hepatitis C virus (HCV) (43-80 years old) showing positive serum HCV-RNA who had alread...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sato S,Miyake T,Tobita H,Oshima N,Ishine J,Hanaoka T,Amano Y,Kinoshita Y

更新日期：2009-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater is extremely rare and different from the common ampullary adenocarcinoma. The ampullary adenoma is also a rare neoplasm and has the potential to develop an adenocarcinoma. Their coexistence has been rarely reported in the literature. We herein describe an unu...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sun JH,Chao M,Zhang SZ,Zhang GQ,Li B,Wu JJ

更新日期：2008-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of early gastric cancer (EGC) is of great interest because its endoscopic and surgical treatment presents the best chance for a cure. With technical development, endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has been widely performed for the curative treatment of EGC in Korea. Multinational studies of ESD for E...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cho WY,Cho JY,Chung IK,Kim JI,Jang JS,Kim JH

更新日期：2011-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on rodents and humans demonstrate an inherited predisposition to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Analysis of the molecular alterations involved in the acquisition of a phenotype resistant or susceptible to hepatocarcinogenesis showed a deregulation of G1 and S phases in HCC of genetically susceptible F344 rats...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Feo F,Frau M,Pascale RM

更新日期：2008-11-21 00:00:00