Biochemical determination of lipid content in hepatic steatosis by the Soxtec method.

abstract：:We report a rare case of hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) presenting with intractable gastric ulcers. A 71-year-old man was admitted with epigastric pain. Initial endoscopic findings revealed multiple, active gastric ulcers in the gastric antrum. He underwent Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) eradication therapy followed...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Park TY,Choi CH,Yang SY,Oh IS,Song ID,Lee HW,Kim HJ,Do JH,Chang SK,Cho AR,Cha YJ

更新日期：2009-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effect of intensive vs conventional insulin therapy on perioperative nutritional substrates metabolism in patients undergoing radical distal gastrectomy. METHODS:Within 24 h of intensive care unit management, patients with gastric cancer were enrolled after written informed consent and randomize...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu HC,Zhou YB,Chen D,Niu ZJ,Yu Y

更新日期：2012-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the Z-line visualization by the PillCam SB2 using three different ingestion protocols. METHODS:Ninety consecutive patients undergoing small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) between January and May 2008 were included in the study. They swallowed the capsule in the standing (Group A = 30), supine (Group B ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fernandez-Urien I,Borobio E,Elizalde I,Irisarri R,Vila JJ,Urman JM,Jimenez J

更新日期：2010-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:to approach the relationship between alveolar echinococcosis (AE) pathology and level of sIL-2R,TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma in sera and the significance of cytokines in development of AE. METHODS:After 23 patients with AE were confirmed by ELISA and ultrasound, their sera were collected and the concentrations of sIL-2...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shi DZ,Li FR,Bartholomot B,Vuitton DA,Craig PS

更新日期：2004-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the relationship of liver and spleen shear wave velocity in patients with liver cirrhosis combined with portal hypertension, and assess the value of liver and spleen shear wave velocity in predicting the prognosis of patients with portal hypertension. METHODS:All 67 patients with liver cirrhosis diagnos...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang Y,Mao DF,Zhang MW,Fan XX

更新日期：2017-12-07 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：AIM:To further investigate the role of human B7 homolog 1 (B7-H1) in the mechanism of persistent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. METHODS:Peripheral and intra-hepatic B7-H1 expression were compared by flow cytometry and immunochemical staining between two 2 distinct groups, one being chronic HBV tolerance patients (C...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang WJ,Xie HY,Duan X,Wan YL,Peng CH,Shi SH,Su R,Zheng ZH,Pan LL,Zhou L,Zheng SS

更新日期：2012-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the effects of palmatine, a known inhibitor on delayed rectifier potassium current and L-type calcium current (I(Ca,L)) in guinea pig ventricular myocytes, on the potassium and calcium currents in isolated rat hepatocytes. METHODS:Tight-seal whole-cell patch-clamp techniques were performed to investigate ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang F,Zhou HY,Cheng L,Zhao G,Zhou J,Fu LY,Yao WX

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the expression of leukemia related protein 16 (LRP16), and the possible relationship between LRP16 expression and clinicopathological indices in 336 gastric carcinoma patients. METHODS:Immunohistochemistry was used to detect LRP16 expression in 336 cases of paraffin-embedded gastric carcinoma tissue...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li YZ,Zhao P,Han WD

更新日期：2009-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To review the surgical outcomes in terms of the surgical indications and relevant prognostic factors. METHODS:Sixteen patients underwent therapeutic lung surgery between March 1999 and May 2006. The observation period was terminated on May 31, 2007. The surgical outcomes and the clinicopathological factors were co...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kwon JB,Park K,Kim YD,Seo JH,Moon SW,Cho DG,Kim YW,Kim DG,Yoon SK,Lim HW

更新日期：2008-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The pancreatic manifestations seen in patients with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease are subdivided into 2 categories: pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NET), and cystic lesions, including simple cyst and serous cystadenoma. The VHL-associated cystic lesions are generally asymptomatic and do not require any treatment, ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tamura K,Nishimori I,Ito T,Yamasaki I,Igarashi H,Shuin T

更新日期：2010-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the application of artificial neural network (ANN) in forecasting the incidence of hepatitis A, which had an autoregression phenomenon. METHODS:The data of the incidence of hepatitis A in Liaoning Province from 1981 to 2001 were obtained from Liaoning Disease Control and Prevention Center. We used the aut...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Guan P,Huang DS,Zhou BS

更新日期：2004-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the endoscopic activity before and after a one-year period of biological therapy and to evaluate the frequency of relapses and need for retreatment after stopping the biologicals in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). METHODS:The data from 41 patients with CD and 22 patients w...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Farkas K,Lakatos PL,Szűcs M,Pallagi-Kunstár É,Bálint A,Nagy F,Szepes Z,Vass N,Kiss LS,Wittmann T,Molnár T

更新日期：2014-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in molecular diagnostic tools have allowed the identification of lymph node micrometastasis (LNM), including isolated tumor cells, in cancer patients. While immunohistochemistry and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction have been used to identify LNM in patients with gastric cancer, the clinical sig...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sonoda H,Tani T

更新日期：2014-10-14 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：AIM:To classify gallstone disease as a basis for assessment of post-cholecystectomy symptoms. METHODS:One hundred and fifty three patients with a clinical and ultrasonographic diagnosis of gallstones filled out a structured questionnaire on abdominal pain symptoms and functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID) before...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Schmidt M,Søndenaa K,Dumot JA,Rosenblatt S,Hausken T,Ramnefjell M,Njølstad G,Eide GE

更新日期：2012-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the in vivo and in vivo effects of cysteamine (CS) on expression and activity of H(+)-K(+)-ATPase of gastric mucosal cells in weaning piglets. METHODS:Eighteen litters of newborn Xinhuai piglets were employed in the in vivo experiment and allocated to control and treatment groups. From 12 d of age (D1...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shi ZM,Du GM,Wei XH,Zhang L,Chen J,Zhao RQ

更新日期：2005-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A 83-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of intermittent abdominal colicky pain and vomiting for 26 h. The pain localized over the periumbilical area with radiation along the medial side of the thigh. Computed tomography scan with three-dimensional reconstruction revealed a loop of small bowel protrudi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang H,Cong JC,Chen CS

更新日期：2010-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that host defense responses, such as phagocytic function of neutrophils and natural killer (NK) cell activity of lymphocytes, are impaired in cirrhotic patients. This review will concentrate on the impairment of innate immune responses in decompensated cirrhotic patients and the effect of the trea...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakamura I

更新日期：2014-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Hilar tumors have proven to be a challenge to treat and manage because of their poor sensitivity to conventional therapies and our inability to prevent or to detect early tumor formation. Endoscopic stent drainage has been proposed as an alternative to biliary-enteric bypass surgery and percutaneous drainage to pallia...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： De Palma GD,Masone S,Rega M,Simeoli I,Salvatori F,Siciliano S,Maione F,Girardi V,Celiento M,Persico G

更新日期：2007-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the case of a 74-year-old patient with advanced colon cancer who suffered recurrent bouts of hypoglycemia. A state of inappropriate, non-suppressed hyperinsulinism in the presence of severe hypoglycemia was diagnosed. We finally discuss the known mechanisms behind fasting hypoglycemia in patients with advanc...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Díaz R,Aparicio J,Mendizábal A,Faus M,Fleitas T,Aparisi F,Martín M

更新日期：2008-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the clinical outcomes and safety of anterior- and conventional-approach hepatectomy for patients with large liver tumors. METHODS:PubMed, EMBASE, Google Scholar and the Cochrane Library databases were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and controlled clinical trials comparing anterior-app...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li L,Wang HQ,Wang Q,Yang J,Yang JY

更新日期：2014-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify predictors for synchronous liver metastasis from resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and assess unresectability of synchronous liver metastasis. METHODS:Retrospective records of PDAC patients with synchronous liver metastasis who underwent simultaneous resections of primary PDAC and sync...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shi HJ,Jin C,Fu DL

更新日期：2016-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aberrant expression of stanniocalcin 2 (STC2) is implicated in colon adenocarcinoma (COAD). A previous study identified that STC2 functions as a tumor promoter to drive development of some cancers, but the role of its overexpression in the development of COAD remains unclear. AIM:To evaluate the regulation ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li JB,Liu ZX,Zhang R,Ma SP,Lin T,Li YX,Yang SH,Zhang WC,Wang YP

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the safety and feasibility of needlescopic grasper-assisted single-incision laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (nSIL-CBDE) by comparing the surgical outcomes of this technique with those of conventional laparoscopic CBDE (CL-CBDE). METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of pati...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kim SJ,Kim KH,An CH,Kim JS

更新日期：2015-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Although antagonists of tumor necrosis factor have resulted in major therapeutic benefits in inflammatory bowel disease, the magnitude and durability of response are variable. Similar to previously available drugs such as 5-aminosalicylates and immunomodulators, the therapeutic effect is not universal leaving many peo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Krishnareddy S,Swaminath A

更新日期：2014-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects and mechanisms of melatonin on immunological liver injury in mice. METHODS:A model of liver injury was induced by tail vein injection of Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in mice. Kupffer cells and hepatocytes were isolated and cultured according to a modified t...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang H,Wei W,Shen YX,Dong C,Zhang LL,Wang NP,Yue L,Xu SY

更新日期：2004-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the role of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) inhibitor caffeic acid phenethy1 ester (CAPE) in the proliferation, collagen synthesis and apoptosis of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) of rats. METHODS:The HSCs from rats were isolated and cultured in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium (DMEM) and treated ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhao WX,Zhao J,Liang CL,Zhao B,Pang RQ,Pan XH

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct acting antivirals (DAAs) have revolutionized the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, achieving high rates (≥ 95%) of sustained virological response, with a good safety profile and high compliance rates. Consequently, it had been expected that viral clearance will reduce morbidity and mortality rates...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Muzica CM,Stanciu C,Huiban L,Singeap AM,Sfarti C,Zenovia S,Cojocariu C,Trifan A

更新日期：2020-11-21 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