Combined treatment of oxaliplatin and capecitabine in patients with metastatic esophageal squamous cell cancer.

abstract：AIM:To study the effect of probiotics on interleukin-8 secretion in intestinal epithelia when stimulated by proinflammatory cytokines. METHODS:Colonic adenocarcinoma HT29 cells were cultured and divided into four groups: control, TNF-alpha (group T in short), bifidobacterium (group B), lactobacillus (group L). B. Long...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bai AP,Ouyang Q,Zhang W,Wang CH,Li SF

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the antioxidative status of patients with alcoholic liver disease (ALD) in southeastern Taiwan. METHODS:Our study comprised 27 patients with ALD recruited from Taitung Mackay Memorial Hospital, located in southeastern Taiwan. Patients with ALD included 12 non-aborigines (12 men) and 15 aborigines (1...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen YL,Chen LJ,Bair MJ,Yao ML,Peng HC,Yang SS,Yang SC

更新日期：2011-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysphagia associated with esophageal mechanical obstruction is usually related to malignant esophageal diseases. Benign lesions are rarely a cause for this type of dysphagia, and usually occur either as an intramural tumor or as an extrinsic compression. Mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis is rare in adults, and eve...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Pimenta AP,Preto JR,Gouveia AM,Fonseca E,Pimenta MM

更新日期：2007-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the safety and efficacy of a Hansenula-derived PEGylated (polyethylene glycol) interferon (IFN)-alpha-2a (Reiferon Retard) plus ribavirin customized regimen in treatment-naïve and previously treated (non-responders and relapsers) Egyptian children with chronic hepatitis C infection. METHODS:Forty-si...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： El Naghi S,Abdel-Ghaffar TY,El-Karaksy H,Abdel-Aty EF,El-Raziky MS,Allam AA,Helmy H,El-Araby HA,Behairy BE,El-Guindi MA,El-Sebaie H,Abdel-Ghaffar AY,Ehsan NA,El-Hennawy AM,Sira MM

更新日期：2014-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the frequency of serum IgA-antiendomysial antibody positivity in patients with low bone mineral density and to assess the risk group for screening of celiac disease. METHODS:One hundred and thirty-five patients (14 male, 121 female) with idiopathic low bone mineral density were evaluated. The median...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Karakan T,Ozyemisci-Taskiran O,Gunendi Z,Atalay F,Tuncer C

更新日期：2007-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the antioxidant effect of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) in hepatic stellate cell-T6 (HSC-T6) cells cultured in vitro and the potential mechanisms. METHODS:HSC-T6 cells were cultured in vitro and treated with various concentrations of CAPE for 24, 48 and 72 h, respectively. Cell proliferation w...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yang N,Shi JJ,Wu FP,Li M,Zhang X,Li YP,Zhai S,Jia XL,Dang SS

更新日期：2017-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old woman underwent partial splenic embolization (PSE) for hypersplenism with idiopathic portal hypertension (IPH). One week later, contrast-enhanced CT revealed extensive portal vein thrombosis (PVT) and dilated portosystemic shunts. The PVT was not dissolved by the intravenous administration of urokinase. ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakai M,Sato M,Sahara S,Kawai N,Kimura M,Maeda Y,Ibata Y,Higashi K

更新日期：2006-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49 years old Vietnamese male with a history of thalassemia, presented with gastrointestinal symptoms and signs of hemolysis. He was diagnosed with yersinia enterocolitis. Yersinia is a gram-negative rod that most frequently occurs in children especially during the winter months. In the current case, the bone marrow ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Selsky N,Forouhar F,Wu GY

更新日期：2013-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the 10 most common cancers worldwide. There is no ideal treatment for HCC yet and many researchers are trying to improve the effects of treatment by changing therapeutic strategies. As the majority of human cancers seem to exhibit either abnormal p53 gene or disrupted p53 gene ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Guan YS,La Z,Yang L,He Q,Li P

更新日期：2007-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To find risk factors of lymph node metastasis (LNM) in early gastric cancer (EGC) and to find proper endoscopic therapy indication in EGC. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the 2270 patients who underwent curative operation for EGC from January 2001 to December 2008. EGC was defined as malignant lesions that do ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Park JH,Lee SH,Park JM,Park CS,Park KS,Kim ES,Cho KB

更新日期：2015-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To prospectively explore the role of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in gallbladder bile in patients with colorectal carcinoma and the morphological and clinical features of neoplasia and the occurrence of hepatic metastases. METHODS:CEA levels in the gallbladder and peripheral blood were studied in 44 patients wit...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Waisberg J,Palma RT,Neto LC,Martins LC,Oliveira MS,Nagashima CA,Godoy AC,Goffi FS

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the levels of preoperative serum matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) in gastric cancer. METHODS:One hundred gastric cancer patients who underwent gastrectomy were enrolled in this study. The serum concentrations of MMP-1 and TIMP-1 in these patients a...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kemik O,Kemik AS,Sümer A,Dulger AC,Adas M,Begenik H,Hasirci I,Yilmaz O,Purisa S,Kisli E,Tuzun S,Kotan C

更新日期：2011-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Point-of-care (POC) tests enable rapid results and are well established in medical practice. Recent advances in analytical techniques have led to a new generation of POC devices that will alter gastrointestinal diagnostic pathways. This review aims to identify current and new technologies for the POC diagnosis of gast...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Huddy JR,Ni MZ,Markar SR,Hanna GB

更新日期：2015-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of gastric pacing on gastric emptying and plasma motilin level in a canine model of gastric motility disorders and the correlation between gastric emptying and plasma motilin level. METHODS:Ten healthy Mongrel dogs were divided into: experimental group of six dogs and control group of fo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yang M,Fang DC,Li QW,Sun NX,Long QL,Sui JF,Gan L

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of restraint stress on chronic colitis in interleukin (IL)-10 deficient (IL-10(-/-)) mice. METHODS:The first experiment compared the effect of restraint stress on the development of intestinal inflammation in wild-type and IL-10(-/-) mice. Both wild-type and IL-10(-/-) mice were physical...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Koh SJ,Kim JW,Kim BG,Lee KL,Kim JS

更新日期：2015-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Several receptors have been identified as implicated on viral entry into the hepatocyte; and, this interaction between the virus and potential receptors could modulate infection, spontaneous viral clearance, persistence of the infection and the widespread of the virus as outbreak. Nevertheless, the playing role of eac...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Del Campo JA,Rojas Á,Romero-Gómez M

更新日期：2012-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Quasispecies of hepatitis C virus (HCV) are the foundation for rapid sequence evolution of HCV to evade immune surveillance of hosts. The consensus sequence evolution of a segment of HCV NS3 region, which encompasses putative cytotoxic T cell epitopes, was evaluated. METHODS:Three male patients, infected with HCV ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Guo HZ,Yin Y,Wang WL,Zhang CS,Wang T,Wang Z,Zhang J,Cheng H,Wang HT

更新日期：2004-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the clinical outcomes between jejunal interposition reconstruction and Roux-en-Y anastomosis after total gastrostomy in patients with gastric cancer. METHODS:A systematic literature search was conducted by two independent researchers on PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, and other Eng...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fan KX,Xu ZF,Wang MR,Li DT,Yang XS,Guo J

更新日期：2015-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignancy of the liver. It is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with a very poor prognosis. In the United States, there has been only minimal improvement in the prognosis for HCC patients over the past 15 years. Details of the molecu...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ogunwobi OO,Harricharran T,Huaman J,Galuza A,Odumuwagun O,Tan Y,Ma GX,Nguyen MT

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the efficacy of Mac-2 binding protein (Mac-2bp) for diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis. METHODS:Fifty-nine healthy volunteers (HV), 162 patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP), and 94 patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) were enrolled in this study. We measured serum Mac-2bp using our ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Maekawa T,Kamada Y,Ebisutani Y,Ueda M,Hata T,Kawamoto K,Takamatsu S,Mizutani K,Shimomura M,Sobajima T,Fujii H,Nakayama K,Nishino K,Yamada M,Kumada T,Ito T,Eguchi H,Nagano H,Miyoshi E

更新日期：2016-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the frequency of HER2/neu protein overexpression in gastric (group A), small intestine (group B), and colorectal (group C) adenocarcinoma. METHODS:A descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed on 50 cases of gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma (stomach, small intestine, and colorectal); 11 from group...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Farzand S,Siddique T,Saba K,Bukhari MH

更新日期：2014-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C is recognized as a major threat to global public health. The current treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C is the addition of ribavirin to interferon-based therapy which has limited efficacy, poor tolerability, and significant expense. New treatment options that are more potent and less toxic are ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Khattab MA

更新日期：2009-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A 46-year-old female patient with terminal ileum Crohn's disease and ankylosing spondylitis presented with recurrent angioedema and urticaria. Investigations ruled out hereditary angioedema, and environmental or food allergen triggers. She was diagnosed with chronic idiopathic urticaria with angioedema, and was treate...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Habal F,Huang V

更新日期：2012-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sequential transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) and portal vein embolization (PVE) are associated with long time interval that can allow tumor growth and nullify treatments' benefits. AIM:To evaluate the effect of simultaneous TACE and PVE for patients with large hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) prior to el...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang CW,Dou CW,Zhang XL,Liu XQ,Huang DS,Hu ZM,Liu J

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old woman was found to have dilatation of the intrahepatic bile duct in the right anterior segment during a general health. Laboratory data were within normal ranges and no solid mass was detected in her abdominal computer tomography (CT) or nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, endoscopic retro...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hayashi J,Matsuoka S,Inami M,Ohshiro S,Ishigami A,Fujikawa H,Miyagawa M,Mimatsu K,Kuboi Y,Kanou H,Oida T,Moriyama M

更新日期：2008-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are mesenchymal tumors that arise from the gastrointestinal tract. In rare cases, these tumors are found in intra-abdominal sites unrelated to the gastrointestinal tract, such as the mesentery, omentum and retroperitoneum. However, pancreatic extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumor...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tian YT,Liu H,Shi SS,Xie YB,Xu Q,Zhang JW,Zhao DB,Wang CF,Chen YT

更新日期：2014-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the diagnostic efficiency of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) as the main imaging modality in patients with moderate suspicion of common bile duct stones (CBDS). METHODS:55 patients with moderate clinical suspicion of CBDS were prospectively included to the study and evaluated with EUS. This study was done ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kohut M,Nowak A,Nowakowska-Dulawa E,Marek T,Kaczor R

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the preliminary identification of serum protein pattern models that may be novel potential biomarkers in the detection of gastric cancer. METHODS:A total of 130 serum samples, including 70 from patients with gastric cancer and 60 from healthy adults, were detected by surface-enhanced laser desorption an...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Qian HG,Shen J,Ma H,Ma HC,Su YH,Hao CY,Xing BC,Huang XF,Shou CC

更新日期：2005-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Achalasia cardia is one of the common causes of motor dysphagia. Though the disease was first described more than 300 years ago, exact pathogenesis of this condition still remains enigmatic. Pathophysiologically, achalasia cardia is caused by loss of inhibitory ganglion in the myenteric plexus of the esophagus. In the...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ghoshal UC,Daschakraborty SB,Singh R

更新日期：2012-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the response to infliximab in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), as reflected in fecal calprotectin levels. METHODS:Thirty-six pediatric patients with IBD [23 Crohn's disease (CD), 13 ulcerative colitis (UC); median age 14 years] were treated with infliximab. Fecal calprotectin was measured at ba...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hämäläinen A,Sipponen T,Kolho KL

更新日期：2011-12-21 00:00:00