Laparoscopic hemicolectomy in a patient with situs inversus totalis.

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effect of pituitary homeobox 1 (PITX1) expression in cases of human gastric cancer on cancer differentiation and progression, and carcinogenesis. METHODS:Using polyclonal PITX1 antibodies, we studied the expression of PITX1 in normal gastric mucosa, atypical hyperplasia, intestinal metaplasia, a...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen YN,Chen H,Xu Y,Zhang X,Luo Y

更新日期：2008-01-14 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 clarify the clinicopathological characteristics of small and large early invasive colorectal cancers (EI-CRCs), and to determine whether malignancy grade depends on size. METHODS:A total of 583 consecutive EI-CRCs treated by endoscopic mucosal resection or surgery at the National Cancer Center Hospital between ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Matsuda T,Saito Y,Fujii T,Uraoka T,Nakajima T,Kobayashi N,Emura F,Ono A,Shimoda T,Ikematsu H,Fu KI,Sano Y,Fujimori T

更新日期：2009-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is common in the German population, with an even higher prevalence in inflammatory bowel disease patients. AIM:To investigate the risk factors for NAFLD in inflammatory bowel disease patients. METHODS:This monocentric retrospective study with a cross-sectional and a...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hoffmann P,Jung V,Behnisch R,Gauss A

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the incidence and risk factors associated with colonic perforation due to colonoscopy. METHODS:This was a retrospective cross-sectional study. Patients were retrospectively eligible for inclusion if they were 18 years and older and had an inpatient or outpatient colonoscopy procedure code in any facility...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hamdani U,Naeem R,Haider F,Bansal P,Komar M,Diehl DL,Kirchner HL

更新日期：2013-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiencies in vitamins or other factors (B6, B12, folic acid, betaine) and genetic disorders for the metabolism of the non-protein amino acid-homocysteine (Hcy) lead to hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy). HHcy is an integral component of several disorders including cardiovascular disease, neurodegeneration, diabetes and al...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ji C,Kaplowitz N

更新日期：2004-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an extremely rare case where a mesenchymal differentiation, especially embryonal sarcoma, was demonstrated in cholangiocarcinoma. At autopsy, a yellowish-white tumor (15 cm x 12 cm) was found in the right hepatic lobe, and there were several daughter nodules in both hepatic lobes. Histologically, most of the...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sumiyoshi S,Kikuyama M,Matsubayashi Y,Kageyama F,Ide Y,Kobayashi Y,Nakamura H

更新日期：2007-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The severity of fecal incontinence widely varies and can have dramatic devastating impacts on a person's life. Fecal incontinence is common, though it is often under-reported by patients. In addition to standard treatment options, new treatments have been developed during the past decade to attempt to effectively trea...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Van Koughnett JA,Wexner SD

更新日期：2013-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To characterize the expression and dynamic changes of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-2 in hepatocytes in the regenerating liver in rats after partial hepatectomy (PH), and examine the effects of BMP-2 on proliferation of human Huh7 hepatoma cells. METHODS:Fifty-four adult male Wistar rats were randomly divided i...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xu CP,Ji WM,van den Brink GR,Peppelenbosch MP

更新日期：2006-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To elucidate the expression of the apoptosis-associated molecules in human primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells, and prepare the monoclonal antibodies (mAb) against the apoptosis-associated antigens of HCC cells. METHODS:Human HCC cell line HCC-9204 cells were induced apoptosis with 60 mL x L(-1) ethanol f...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yang LJ,Wang WL

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effect of APOBEC3G mediated antiviral activity against hepatitis B virus (HBV) in cell cultures and replication competent HBV vector-based mouse model. METHODS:The mammalian hepatoma cells Huh7 and HepG2 were cotransfected with various amounts of CMV-driven expression vector encoding APOBEC3G an...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lei YC,Hao YH,Zhang ZM,Tian YJ,Wang BJ,Yang Y,Zhao XP,Lu MJ,Gong FL,Yang DL

更新日期：2006-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare two different laparotomy methods for modeling rabbit VX2 hepatocarcinoma. METHODS:Thirty New Zealand rabbits were randomly divided into two groups: A and B. Group A was assigned a traditional laparotomy method (embedding tumor fragments directly into the liver with tweezers). Group B was subjected to an...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen Z,Kang Z,Xiao EH,Tong M,Xiao YD,Li HB

更新日期：2015-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether illness severity has an impact on gastric residual volume (GRV) in medical critically ill patients. METHODS:Medical intensive care unit (ICU) patients requiring nasogastric feeding were enrolled. Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score was assessed immediately preceding the start of...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hsu CW,Sun SF,Lee DL,Lin SL,Wong KF,Huang HH,Li HJ

更新日期：2011-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effects of betaine on the ethanol-induced secretion of IGF-I and IGFBP-1 using radioimmunoassay and Western blotting, respectively, in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. METHODS:Hepatocytes isolated from male Sprague-Dawley rats were incubated with various concentrations of ethanol and PD98059 proce...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lee MS,Kim MS,Park SY,Kang CW

更新日期：2006-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the protective effects of preconditioning by alpha-lipoic acid (LA) in patients undergoing hepatic resection under inflow occlusion of the liver. METHODS:Twenty-four patients undergoing liver resection for various reasons either received 600 mg LA or NaCl 15 min before transection performed under inflo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Dünschede F,Erbes K,Kircher A,Westermann S,Seifert J,Schad A,Oliver K,Kiemer AK,Theodor J

更新日期：2006-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the molecular mechanism and functional consequences of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) activation by lansoprazole in endothelial cells and macrophages. METHODS:Expression of HO-1 mRNA was analyzed by Northern blotting. Western blotting was used to determine the HO-1 and ferritin protein levels. NADPH-depend...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Schulz-Geske S,Erdmann K,Wong RJ,Stevenson DK,Schröder H,Grosser N

更新日期：2009-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze the benefits and harms of pancreatic cancer screening in familial high-risk individuals (HRIs). METHODS:Studies were identified by searching PubMed, EBSCO, ClinicalTrials.gov and the Cochrane database from database inception to June 2014. We also obtained papers from the reference lists of pertinent stu...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lu C,Xu CF,Wan XY,Zhu HT,Yu CH,Li YM

更新日期：2015-07-28 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：:Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the alimentary tract often occurs in children or young adults, but may occur at any age. Symptoms are nonspecific and depend on the location of the tumor. The most often involved sites are small bowel mesentery especially the distal ileum, mesotransverse colon, or great omen...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen SS,Liu SI,Mok KT,Wang BW,Yeh MH,Chen YC,Chen IS

更新日期：2007-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify the actual clinical management and associated factors of delayed perforation after gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). METHODS:A total of 4943 early gastric cancer (EGC) patients underwent ESD at our hospital between January 1999 and June 2012. We retrospectively assessed the actual managem...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Suzuki H,Oda I,Sekiguchi M,Abe S,Nonaka S,Yoshinaga S,Nakajima T,Saito Y

更新日期：2015-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the efficacy of furazolidone-based triple and quadruple therapy in eradicating Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in a multi-center randomized controlled trial. METHODS:A total of 720 H. pylori positive patients with duodenal ulcer disease were enrolled at 10 different hospitals in Jiangxi province in Chi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xie Y,Zhu Y,Zhou H,Lu ZF,Yang Z,Shu X,Guo XB,Fan HZ,Tang JH,Zeng XP,Wen JB,Li XQ,He XX,Ma JH,Liu DS,Huang CB,Xu NJ,Wang NR,Lu NH

更新日期：2014-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum amyloid A (SAA) is an acute phase protein mainly synthesized by the liver. SAA induces inflammatory phenotype and promotes cell proliferation in activated hepatic stellate cells, the major scar forming cells in the liver. However, few studies have reported on the serum levels of SAA in human liver dise...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yuan ZY,Zhang XX,Wu YJ,Zeng ZP,She WM,Chen SY,Zhang YQ,Guo JS

更新日期：2019-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To seek the X associated protein (XAP) with the constructed bait vector pAS2-1X from normal human liver cDNA library. METHODS:The X region of the HBV gene was amplied by PCR and cloned into the eukaryotic expression vector pAS2-1. The reconstituted plasmid pAS2-1X was transformed into the yeast cells and the expre...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang XZ,Jiang XR,Chen XC,Chen ZX,Li D,Lin JY,Tao QM

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the existence and clinical significance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA in the serum and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of patients with hepatitis C. METHODS:HCV RNA was detected by nested polymerase chain reaction (Nested PCR) in serum and in PBMC of 46 patients with acute hepatitis C (AH...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhou P,Cai Q,Chen YC,Zhang MS,Guan J,Li XJ

更新日期：1997-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To detect significant clusters of co-expressed genes associated with tumorigenesis that might help to predict stomach adenocarcinoma (SA) prognosis. METHODS:The Cancer Genome Atlas database was used to obtain RNA sequences as well as complete clinical data of SA and adjacent normal tissues from patients. Weighted ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang J,Wu Y,Jin HY,Guo S,Dong Z,Zheng ZC,Wang Y,Zhao Y

更新日期：2018-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the expression of c-fos in gastric myenteric plexus and spinal cord of rats with cervical spondylosis and its clinical significance. METHODS:A cervical spondylosis model was established in rats by destroying the stability of cervical posterior column, and the cord segments C(4-6) and gastric antrum we...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Song PS,Kong KM,Niu CY,Qi WL,Wu LF,Wang XJ,Han W,Huang K,Chen ZF

更新日期：2005-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the protective activity of allylpyrocatechol (APC), the major antioxidant constituent of Piper betel, against the indomethacin-induced stomach ulceration in the rat model and correlates with its antioxidative and mucin protecting properties. METHODS:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into five group...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bhattacharya S,Banerjee D,Bauri AK,Chattopadhyay S,Bandyopadhyay SK

更新日期：2007-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of triple therapy for Helicobacter pylori infection has dramatically declined over the last decade, largely related to increasing clarithromycin resistance rates. From a microbiological standpoint, bismuth quadruple therapy is the ideal replacement since it combines drugs for which resistance does not imp...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Molina-Infante J,Gisbert JP

更新日期：2014-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters in colonic pathophysiology as they had recently been related to colorectal cancer (CRC) development. METHODS:Literature search was conducted on PubMed using combinations of the following terms: ABC transporters, ATP binding cassette transporter proteins, inflamma...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Andersen V,Svenningsen K,Knudsen LA,Hansen AK,Holmskov U,Stensballe A,Vogel U

更新日期：2015-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been the subject of considerable research, with increasing attention being paid to the loss of intestinal epithelial cell barrier function as a mechanism of pathogenesis. Ste20-related proline/alanine-rich kinase (SPAK) is involved in regulating barrier function. SPAK is ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yan Y,Merlin D

更新日期：2008-10-28 00:00:00