Fields of applications, diagnostic yields and findings of OMOM capsule endoscopy in 2400 Chinese patients.

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effect of integrin-linked kinase (ILK) on proliferation, metastasis, and invasion of the colorectal cancer cell line SW480. METHODS:In this study, the colorectal cancer cell line SW480 was stably transfected with ILK plasmids, and small interfering RNA (siRNA) was used to knockdown expression of...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shen H,Ma JL,Zhang Y,Deng GL,Qu YL,Wu XL,He JX,Zhang S,Zeng S

更新日期：2016-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To look for the evidence of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection in esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (ESCC) and to investigate the potential role and epidemiology of HPV infection in the pathogenesis of esophageal carcinomas in Henan emigrants. METHODS:Papilloma virus(PV) and HPV were determined by Ultrasensiv...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yao PF,Li GC,Li J,Xia HS,Yang XL,Huang HY,Fu YG,Wang RQ,Wang XY,Sha JW

更新日期：2006-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the relationship between 579 G>T polymorphisms in the DNMT3B gene, which is involved in de novo methylation and associated with the risk of esophagus cancer (EC) in Chinese. METHODS:DNMT3B 579 G>T genotypes were determined by PCR-RFLP in 194 EC patients and 210 healthy controls matched for age and s...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fan H,Liu DS,Zhang SH,Hu JB,Zhang F,Zhao ZJ

更新日期：2008-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer patients have unique problems associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and treatment not seen in the general population. HCV infection poses additional challenges and considerations for the management of cancer, and vice versa. HCV infection also can lead to the development of cancer, particularly hepa...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Borchardt RA,Torres HA

更新日期：2014-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To clarify the relationship between circumferential resection margin status and local and distant recurrence as well as survival of patients with middle and lower rectal carcinoma. The relationship between circumferential resection margin status and clinicopathologic characteristics of middle and lower rectal carci...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wu ZY,Wan J,Li JH,Zhao G,Peng L,Yao Y,Du JL,Liu QF,Wang ZD,Huang ZM,Lin HH

更新日期：2007-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the individual and combined effects of allopurinol and hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy on biochemical and histopathological changes, oxidative stress, and bacterial translocation (BT) in the experimental rat acute pancreatitis (AP). METHODS:Eighty-five Sprague-Dawley rats were included in the study....

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Comert B,Isik AT,Aydin S,Bozoglu E,Unal B,Deveci S,Mas N,Cinar E,Mas MR

更新日期：2007-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the commonest cancers with 1.2 million new cases diagnosed each year in the world. It remains the fourth most common cause of cancer-related mortality in the world and accounts for > 600000 cancer-related deaths each year. There have been significant advances in treatment of metastati...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Khan K,Wale A,Brown G,Chau I

更新日期：2014-09-21 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 hypothesize that beta-7 integrin affects cellular migration of both, lymphocytes and enterocytes. METHODS:The nucleoside analog BrdU was ip injected in beta-7-deficient mice (C57BL/6-Itgb(tmlcgn)/J) of male gender and age-matched male C57BL/J J mice (wild type) 4, 20, or 40 h before analysis. The total small in...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kaemmerer E,Kuhn P,Schneider U,Clahsen T,Jeon MK,Klaus C,Andruszkow J,Härer M,Ernst S,Schippers A,Wagner N,Gassler N

更新日期：2015-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) encompasses a group of autosomal recessive disorders with high morbidity and mortality. Variants in the gene encoding tight junction protein-2 (TJP2) have been linked to PFIC type 4 (PFIC4), which predominantly presents in childhood. However, there are onl...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wei CS,Becher N,Friis JB,Ott P,Vogel I,Grønbæk H

更新日期：2020-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To improve the technique of tissue microarray (tissue chip). METHODS:A new tissue microarraying method was invented with a common microscope installed with a special holing needle, a sampling needle, and a special box fixing paraffin blocks on the microscope slide carrier. With the movement of microscope tube and ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Dan HL,Zhang YL,Zhang Y,Wang YD,Lai ZS,Yang YJ,Cui HH,Jian YT,Geng J,Ding YQ,Guo CH,Zhou DY

更新日期：2004-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate and compare the effects of tocotrienol and omeprazole on gastric growth factors in rats exposed to water-immersion restraint stress (WIRS). METHODS:Twenty-eight male Wistar rats were randomly assigned to four groups of seven rats. The two control groups were administered vitamin-free palm oil (vehic...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nur Azlina MF,Qodriyah HMS,Chua KH,Kamisah Y

更新日期：2017-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the risk of relapse in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients in clinical remission using mucosal status and fecal immunochemical test (FIT) results. METHODS:The clinical outcomes of 194 UC patients in clinical remission who underwent colonoscopy were based on evaluations of Mayo endoscopic subscores (MESs) an...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakarai A,Kato J,Hiraoka S,Takashima S,Takei D,Inokuchi T,Sugihara Y,Takahara M,Harada K,Okada H

更新日期：2016-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the relationship between the methylation status in the SLIT2 and TGFB2 promoters and colonic inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease patients. METHODS:We evaluated the methylation status of 2 genes (SLIT2 and TGFB2) in 226 biopsies taken from 62 colonoscopies of 38 patients (29 ulcerative colitis...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lobatón T,Azuara D,Rodríguez-Moranta F,Loayza C,Sanjuan X,de Oca J,Fernández-Robles A,Guardiola J,Capellá G

更新日期：2014-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide with an annual occurrence of one million new cases. An etiologic association between HBV infection and the development of HCC has been established with a relative risk 200-fold greater than in non-infected individuals. Hepatitis C virus is...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Delis SG,Dervenis C

更新日期：2008-06-14 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：AIM:To observe the therapeutic effects of dexamethasone on rats with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) and investigate the influences of dexamethasone on the inflammatory mediators and NF-kappaB expression in multiple organs of SAP rats as well as the mechanisms involved. METHODS:Ninety Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats with SAP...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang XP,Zhang L,Chen LJ,Cheng QH,Wang JM,Cai W,Shen HP,Cai J

更新日期：2007-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The aetiology of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is not known and controversy exists as to whether PSC should be denominated an autoimmune disease. A large number of autoantibodies have been detected in PSC patients, but the specificity of these antibodies is generally low, and the frequencies vary largely betwee...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hov JR,Boberg KM,Karlsen TH

更新日期：2008-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effects of frying oil and Houttuynia cordata Thunb (H. cordata), a vegetable traditionally consumed in Taiwan, on the xenobiotic-metabolizing enzyme system of rodents. METHODS:Forty-eight Sprague-Dawley rats were fed with a diet containing 0%, 2% or 5% H. cordata powder and 15% fresh soybean oil or...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen YY,Chen CM,Chao PY,Chang TJ,Liu JF

更新日期：2005-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of autoantibodies against beta(1)-adrenoceptor in hepatitis virus myocarditis on action potential and L-type Ca(2+) currents. METHODS:Fifteen samples of autoantibodies against beta(1)-adrenoceptor positive sera of patients with hepatitis virus myocarditis were obtained and IgGs were puri...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu K,Liao YH,Wang ZH,Li SL,Wang M,Zeng LL,Tang M

更新日期：2004-04-15 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 evaluate the significance of hsp90alpha expression in human gastric cancer tissues. METHODS:Immunohistochemical staining was used in clinical specimens from 33 cases of gastric cancer and 33 cases of gastritis with rabbit anti-human hsp90alpha multi-clonal antibody in order to explore the relationship between t...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zuo DS,Dai J,Bo AH,Fan J,Xiao XY

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the number of regulatory T-cells (Tregs) measured by flow cytometry with those obtained using a real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) method in patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). METHODS:Tregs percentages obtained by both flow cytometry and qPCR methods in 35 adult IBD patients, 18 ou...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Brandhorst G,Petrova DT,Weigand S,Eberle C,von Ahsen N,Schmitz J,Schultze FC,Raddatz D,Karaus M,Oellerich M,Walson PD

更新日期：2015-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the expression of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2 (IGFBP-2) in gastric carcinoma and its clinical significance and to explore its relationship with cell proliferation. METHODS:Expressions of IGFBP-2 and Ki-67 in 118 cases of gastric carcinoma and 40 cases of normal gastric mucosa were d...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shi LH,Zhu XQ,Zhao GH,Xia YB,Zhang YS

更新日期：2006-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the ultrastructure of abnormal hepatocyte mitochondria, including their cellular and hepatic zonal distribution, in bioptates in pediatric non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). METHODS:Ultrastructural investigations were conducted on biopsy liver specimens obtained from 10 children (6 boys and 4 gir...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lotowska JM,Sobaniec-Lotowska ME,Bockowska SB,Lebensztejn DM

更新日期：2014-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite substantial efforts at early diagnosis, accurate staging and advanced treatments, esophageal cancer (EC) continues to be an ominous disease worldwide. Risk factors for esophageal carcinomas include obesity, gastroesophageal reflux disease, hard-alcohol use and tobacco smoking. Five-year survival rates have imp...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： DaVee T,Ajani JA,Lee JH

更新日期：2017-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of Barrett's metaplasia (BM) as well as Barrett's adenocarcinoma (BA) has been increasing in western populations. The prognosis of BA is worse because individuals present at a late stage. Attempts have been made to intervene at early stage using surveillance programmes, although proof of efficacy of endo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ishaq S,Jankowski JA

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclophosphamide is a potent cytotoxic agent used in many clinical settings. The main risks of cyclophosphamide therapy include hematological disorders, infertility, hemorrhagic cystitis and malignancies. Gastrointestinal side effects reported to date are often non-specific and not severe. We present the first case of...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yang LS,Cameron K,Papaluca T,Basnayake C,Jackett L,McKelvie P,Goodman D,Demediuk B,Bell SJ,Thompson AJ

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) is a newly introduced procedure that provide real-time, high-resolution imaging of the gastrointestinal mucosa during endoscopy, allowing the visualization of the pathology of the mucosal epithelium with its cellular and subcellular structures. Recently, the use of CLE was reported ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： De Palma GD,Rispo A

更新日期：2013-09-14 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