Rationales for expression and altered expression of apoptotic protease activating factor-1 gene in gastric cancer.

abstract：AIM:To identify the susceptible gene (s) for type 2 diabetes in the previously mapped region, 1p36.33-p36.23, in Han population of North China using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and to analyze the haplotypes of the gene (s) related to type 2 diabetes. METHODS:Twenty three SNPs located in 10 candidate genes i...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li YF,Sun HX,Wu GD,Du WN,Zuo J,Shen Y,Qiang BQ,Yao ZJ,Wang H,Huang W,Chen Z,Xiong MM,Meng Y,Fang FD

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the association between obesity-related adipokines (adiponectin, leptin, resistin, interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. METHODS:Serum levels of adipokines were measured in 100 CRC patients and age- and sex-matched controls for the data analysis. Unc...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Joshi RK,Kim WJ,Lee SA

更新日期：2014-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibrosis is the single most important predictor of significant morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic liver disease. Established non-invasive tests for monitoring fibrosis are lacking, and new biomarkers of liver fibrosis and function are needed. AIM:To depict the process of liver fibrosis and loo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yu J,He JQ,Chen DY,Pan QL,Yang JF,Cao HC,Li LJ

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The nasogastric tube (NGT) has become a frequently used device to alleviate gastrointestinal symptoms. Nasogastric tube syndrome (NTS) is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening complication of an indwelling NGT. NTS is characterized by acute upper airway obstruction due to bilateral vocal cord paralysis. We repo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sano N,Yamamoto M,Nagai K,Yamada K,Ohkohchi N

更新日期：2016-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of gemcitabine (GEM) plus radiotherapy compared with GEM alone for pancreatic cancer (PC). METHODS:A systematic search for eligible studies comparing gemcitabine plus radiotherapy with gemcitabine alone for PC was performed using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library. A qual...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang X,Huang HJ,Feng D,Yang DJ,Wang CM,Cai QP

更新日期：2014-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate retrospectively the correlation between enhancement patterns on dynamic computed tomography (CT) and angiogenesis and fibrosis in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. METHODS:Twenty-three patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma underwent dynamic CT and tumor resection. In addition to the absolute and relative en...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hattori Y,Gabata T,Matsui O,Mochizuki K,Kitagawa H,Kayahara M,Ohta T,Nakanuma Y

更新日期：2009-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of surgically placed ostomies is an important aspect of any general surgical or colon and rectal surgery practice. Complications with surgically placed ostomies are common and their causes are multifactorial. Parastomal ulceration, although rare, is a particularly difficult management problem. We conducted ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yeo H,Abir F,Longo WE

更新日期：2006-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to illustrate the role of non-invasive imaging tools such as ultrasonography, multi-detector row computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of pediatric and adult liver recipients and potential liver donors, and in the detection of potential complications arising fr...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Caruso S,Miraglia R,Maruzzelli L,Gruttadauria S,Luca A,Gridelli B

更新日期：2009-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the mechanism of protection against acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury by Liuweiwuling tablets. METHODS:Intraperitoneal injections of acetaminophen (250 mg/kg) were used to induce acute liver injury in male C57BL/6 mice. A total of 24 healthy mice were randomly assigned to two groups: an acute liv...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lei YC,Li W,Luo P

更新日期：2015-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the expression and serum level of HBxAg, Fas and FasL in tissues of HCC patients, and to assess the relationship between HBxAg and Fas/FasL system. METHODS:Tissues from 50 patients with HCC were tested for the expression of HBxAg, Fas and FasL by S-P immunohistochemistry. Serum levels of sFas/sFasL and HB...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang XZ,Chen XC,Chen YX,Zhang LJ,Li D,Chen FL,Chen ZX,Chen HY,Tao QM

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To discuss the rationality of extended radical resection (ERR) and to guide the surgical treatment of rectal cancer. METHODS:Total 211 patients who underwent ERR from 1981 to 1987 (follow-up rate of 94.8 %) were selected to study the patterns of lymphatic metastasis and therapeutic effect. The control group was ma...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Dong XS,Xu HT,Yu ZW,Liu M,Cu BB,Zhao P,Wang XS

更新日期：2003-05-01 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：:Although plasma cell infiltration is not rare in autopsy of patients with multiple myeloma (MM), it is very rarely detected in living patients. This is because MM rarely causes significant liver dysfunction that requires further evaluation. A 49-year-old man presented with acute renal failure and was diagnosed with ka...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Rahhal FE,Schade RR,Nayak A,Coleman TA

更新日期：2009-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:B-mode-ultrasound-guided percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) may be performed by a transhepatic or transperitoneal approach, called percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PHGD) and percutaneous transperitoneal gallbladder drainage (PPGD), respectively. We compared the impact of PC related to the route...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu P,Liu C,Wu YT,Zhu JY,Zhao WC,Li JB,Zhang H,Yang YX

更新日期：2020-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the therapeutic effectiveness of intra-tumor injection of Xiao-Zhi-Ling(XZL) on transplanted hepatoma in rats. METHODS:Sixty rats were divided into 3 groups (groups S, X and E), 20 in each. Different drugs were injected into the implanted hepatoma (Group S with 0.2 ml saline as control, group X with 0.2 m...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lu Y,Wu LQ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common disease in Taiwan. The prevalence of viral hepatitis infection and the subsequent development of HCC are well known to be higher in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring hemodialysis (HD) or peritoneal dialysis (PD) than among the general population. Howev...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yeh CN,Lee WC,Chen MF

更新日期：2005-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the potential role of Nimesulide, a selective COX-2 inhibitor, in proliferation and apoptosis of gastric adenocarcinoma cells SGC7901. METHODS:Cell counts and MTT assay were used to quantify the influence of Nimesulide in the proliferation of SGC7901 cells. Transmission electron microscopy and flow cyt...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li JY,Wang XZ,Chen FL,Yu JP,Luo HS

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last decade, inflammation (carditis) and intestinal metaplasia localized to immediately below the human gastro-oesophageal junction have received much attention in relation to the rising incidence of cancer at this site. Since these histological findings are frequently observed even among those who are H py...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Iijima K,Shimosegawa T

更新日期：2006-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze the effect of intralesional steroid injections in addition to endoscopic dilation of benign refractory esophageal strictures. METHODS:A comprehensive search was performed in three databases from inception to 10 April 2017 to identify trials, comparing the efficacy of endoscopic dilation to dilation comb...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Szapáry L,Tinusz B,Farkas N,Márta K,Szakó L,Meczker Á,Hágendorn R,Bajor J,Vincze Á,Gyöngyi Z,Mikó A,Csupor D,Hegyi P,Erőss B

更新日期：2018-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of adeno-associated virus (AAV) mediated expression of human interferon-gamma for gene therapy in experimental hepatic fibrosis in vitro and in vivo. METHODS:We constructed the recombinant AAV encoding human INF-gamma (rAAV- INF-gamma) and took the primary rat hepatic stellate cells and ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen M,Wang GJ,Diao Y,Xu RA,Xie HT,Li XY,Sun JG

更新日期：2005-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To screen a suspected Hungarian HNPCC family to find specific mutations and to evaluate their effect on the presentation of the disease. METHODS:The family was identified by applying the Amsterdam and Bethesda Criteria. Immunohistochemistry was performed, and DNA samples isolated from tumor tissue were evaluated f...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tanyi M,Olasz J,Lukács G,Csuka O,Tóth L,Szentirmay Z,Ress Z,Barta Z,Tanyi JL,Damjanovich L

更新日期：2006-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the prognostic significance of perioperative leukopenia in patients with resected gastric cancer. METHODS:A total of 614 eligible gastric cancer patients who underwent curative D2 gastrectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy were enrolled in this study. The relationship between pre- and postoperative hemat...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen XF,Qian J,Pei D,Zhou C,Røe OD,Zhu F,He SH,Qian YY,Zhou Y,Xu J,Xu J,Li X,Ping GQ,Liu YQ,Wang P,Guo RH,Shu YQ

更新日期：2016-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the biological function of complete S protein and to look for proteins interacting with complete S protein in hepatocytes. METHODS:We constructed bait plasmid expressing complete S protein of HBV by cloning the gene of complete S protein into pGBKT7, then the recombinant plasmid DNA was transformed ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bai GQ,Cheng J,Zhang SL,Huang YP,Wang L,Liu Y,Lin SM

更新日期：2005-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People with achalasia typically have a thick lower esophageal muscularis propria (LEMP), and peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has been effective in treating most patients. LEMP thickness may be associated with the outcomes and prognosis after POEM. However, more evidence is needed regarding the relationship...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liao Y,Xiao TY,Wu YF,Zhang JJ,Zhang BZ,Wang YD,Wang S,Liu X,Sun SY,Guo JT

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has not yet been clarified and immunosuppressive agents which non-specifically reduce inflammation and immunity have been used in the conventional therapies for IBD. Evidence indicates that a dysregulation of mucosal immunity in the gut of IBD causes an overproduction o...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakamura K,Honda K,Mizutani T,Akiho H,Harada N

更新日期：2006-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduction of low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol through statin therapy has only modestly decreased coronary heart disease (CHD)-associated mortality in developed countries, which has prompted the search for alternative therapeutic strategies for CHD. Major efforts are now focused on therapies that augment high-densit...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Temel RE,Brown JM

更新日期：2010-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Casais et al have reported an inverse correlation between serum phosphate and body weight after administration of sodium phosphate at a dose of 60 g. Our group has already described the relationship between body weight and hyperphosphatemia with these preparations, although our study was not quoted by Casais. We perfo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Deepak P,Ehrenpreis ED

更新日期：2011-06-07 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：:We report a 31-year-old woman with Crohn's disease complicated by multiple stenoses and internal fistulas clinically misdiagnosed as small bowel endometriosis, due to the patient's perimenstrual symptoms of mechanical subileus for 3 years; at first monthly, but later continuous, and gradually increasing in severity. W...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Teke Z,Aytekin FO,Atalay AO,Demirkan NC

更新日期：2008-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess whether trace metal concentrations (which influence metabolism as both essential and non-essential elements) are increased or decreased in cancerous tissues and to understand the precise role of these metals in carcinogenesis. METHODS:Concentrations of trace metals including Cd, Ni, Cu, Zn, Fe, Mg and Ca...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yaman M,Kaya G,Yekeler H

更新日期：2007-01-28 00:00:00