Probiotics in hepatology.

abstract：AIM:To prospectively investigate the effectiveness and patient's tolerance of two low-cost bowel cleansing preparation protocols based on magnesium citrate only or the combination of magnesium citrate and senna. METHODS:A total of 342 patients who were referred for colonoscopy underwent a colon cleansing protocol with...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Vradelis S,Kalaitzakis E,Sharifi Y,Buchel O,Keshav S,Chapman RW,Braden B

更新日期：2009-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the prevalence of celiac disease (CD) in adult patients referred to an open access gastroenterology clinic in the south of Italy and submitted to esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (EGD) for evaluation of refractory functional dyspepsia. METHODS:Seven hundred and twenty six consecutive dyspeptic patients ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Giangreco E,D'agate C,Barbera C,Puzzo L,Aprile G,Naso P,Bonanno G,Russo FP,Nicoletti A,Incarbone S,Trama G,Russo A

更新日期：2008-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The etiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is unknown, but it is believed to be multifactorial. The hygiene hypothesis proposes that better hygiene conditions would lead to less infectious disease during childhood and favor the development of immune-mediated diseases. AIM:To test the hygiene hypothesi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Salgado VCL,Luiz RR,Boéchat NLF,Leão IS,Schorr BDC,Parente JML,Lima DC,Silveira Júnior ES,Silva GOS,Almeida NP,Vieira A,de Bueno MLQ,Chebli JM,Bertges ÉR,Brugnara LMDC,Junqueira Neto C,Campbell SBG,Discacciati LL,Céza

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze, retrospectively in a population-based study, the management and survival of patients with recurrent rectal cancer initially treated with a macroscopically radical resection obtained with total mesorectal excision (TME). METHODS:All rectal carcinomas diagnosed during 1998 to 2000 and initially treated w...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bakx R,Visser O,Josso J,Meijer S,Slors JF,van Lanschot JJ

更新日期：2008-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study all the aspects of drain management in pancreatic surgery. METHODS:We conducted a systematic review according to the PRISMA guidelines. We searched the Cochrane Central Registry of Controlled Trials, EMBASE, Web of Science, and PubMed (MEDLINE) for relevant articles on drain management in pancreatic surge...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Čečka F,Loveček M,Jon B,Skalický P,Šubrt Z,Neoral Č,Ferko A

更新日期：2015-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the prognostic significance of PECAM-1, ICAM-3 and HLA-DR antigens in patients with primary non-Hodgkin's gastric lymphoma. METHODS:We immunohistochemically studied PECAM-1, ICAM-3 and HLA-DR antigen expression in 36 B-cell MALT-type primary gastric lymphoma patients. Ten non-malignant and ten healt...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Darom A,Gomatos IP,Leandros E,Chatzigianni E,Panousopoulos D,Konstadoulakis MM,Androulakis G

更新日期：2006-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The major type of human liver cancer is hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and there are currently many risk factors that contribute to this deadly disease. The majority of HCC occurrences are associated with chronic hepatitis viral infection, and hepatitis B viral (HBV) infection is currently a major health problem in E...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chiu AP,Tschida BR,Lo LH,Moriarity BS,Rowlands DK,Largaespada DA,Keng VW

更新日期：2015-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal Ca(2+) absorption is a crucial physiological process for maintaining bone mineralization and Ca(2+) homeostasis. It occurs through the transcellular and paracellular pathways. The first route comprises 3 steps: the entrance of Ca(2+) across the brush border membranes (BBM) of enterocytes through epithelial ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Diaz de Barboza G,Guizzardi S,Tolosa de Talamoni N

更新日期：2015-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old male patient with a large hydatid cyst of the left hemidiaphragm and smaller secondary cysts located in the left thoracic cavity and upper left abdominal quadrant presented with two progressively enlarging lipoma-like masses in the left hypochondrium and under the left scapulae respectively. Total excisi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Marinis A,Fragulidis G,Karapanos K,Konstantinidis C,Brestas P,Vassiliou J,Smyrniotis V

更新日期：2006-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory granulomatous process that usually involves different sites in the intestinal tract. Genetic and environmental factors are thought to play a role in its etiology and pathogenesis. The disorder has a heterogeneous clinical expression and data from tertiary care settings have do...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Freeman HJ

更新日期：2009-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate omeprazole-induced transepithelial gastric leak and its effects on the permeability of the peptides bradykinin and oxytocin. METHODS:Rat gastric corpus tissue was isolated and mounted in an Ussing chamber apparatus to evaluate the permeability of (3)H-bradykinin, (3)H-oxytocin, and (14)C-EDTA in the...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Gabello M,Valenzano MC,Zurbach EP,Mullin JM

更新日期：2010-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate a potential role of S100A4 in esophagus squamous cell carcinoma metastasis (ESCCs). METHODS:Expression of S100A4 and E-cadherin were analyzed in frozen sections from ESCCs (metastasis, n = 28; non-metastasis, n = 20) by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, quantitative polymerase chain r...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen D,Zheng XF,Yang ZY,Liu DX,Zhang GY,Jiao XL,Zhao H

更新日期：2012-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the efficacy of stents in treating patients with anastomotic site obstructions due to cancer recurrence following colorectal surgery. METHODS:The medical records of patients who underwent endoscopic self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) insertion for colorectal obstructions between February 2004 and Janua...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kim JH,Lee JJ,Cho JH,Kim KO,Chung JW,Kim YJ,Kwon KA,Park DK,Kim JH

更新日期：2014-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 30 years after the discovery of human hepatitis B virus (HBV) this virus remains to be one of the major global health problems. In infected adolescents or adults, 5%-10% will lead to a chronic carrier state, whereas in infected neonates up to 90% develop chronicity. It is estimated that about 370 million peo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Glebe D

更新日期：2007-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the reasons for the occurrence of the pink-color sign of iodine-unstained lesions. METHODS:In chromoendoscopy, the pink-color sign of iodine-unstained lesions is recognized as useful for the diagnosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Patients with superficial esophageal neoplasms treated by en...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ishihara R,Kanzaki H,Iishi H,Nagai K,Matsui F,Yamashina T,Matsuura N,Ito T,Fujii M,Yamamoto S,Hanaoka N,Takeuchi Y,Higashino K,Uedo N,Tatsuta M,Tomita Y,Ishiguro S

更新日期：2013-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether single endoscopist-performed percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is safe and to compare the complications of PEG with those reported in the literature. METHODS:Patients who underwent PEG placement between June 2001 and August 2011 at the Baskent University Alanya Teaching and Research ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Erdogan A

更新日期：2013-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the efficacy and safety of a hook knife (HO) with a hybrid knife (HK) during endoscopic submucosal tunnel dissection (ESTD) procedure. METHODS:Between August 2012 and December 2015, the ESTD procedure was performed for 83 upper GI submucosal lesions, which originated from the muscularis propria layer id...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhou JQ,Tang XW,Ren YT,Wei ZJ,Huang SL,Gao QP,Zhang XF,Yang JF,Gong W,Jiang B

更新日期：2017-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether autofluorescence imaging (AFI) endoscopy can distinguish non-erosive reflux disease (NERD) from functional heartburn (FH). METHODS:In this prospective observational trial, 127 patients presenting with typical reflux symptoms for > 6 mo were screened. All the participants underwent endoscopy,...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Luo X,Guo XX,Wang WF,Peng LH,Yang YS,Uedo N

更新日期：2016-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To elucidate cell proliferation in erosive reflux disease (ERD) and non-erosive reflux disease (NERD), we evaluated markers in squamous epithelial cells. METHODS:Thirty-four consecutive patients with gastroesophageal-reflux-disease-related symptoms (21 NERD and 13 ERD) were evaluated for the enrolment into the stu...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Calabrese C,Montanaro L,Liguori G,Brighenti E,Vici M,Gionchetti P,Rizzello F,Campieri M,Derenzini M,Trerè D

更新日期：2011-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To counteract/reveal celecoxib-induced toxicity and NO system involvement. METHODS:Celecoxib (1 g/kg b.w. ip) was combined with therapy with stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 (known to inhibit these lesions, 10 μg/kg, 10 ng/kg, or 1 ng/kg ip) and L-arginine (100 mg/kg ip), as well as NOS blockade [N(G)-nitro...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Drmic D,Kolenc D,Ilic S,Bauk L,Sever M,Zenko Sever A,Luetic K,Suran J,Seiwerth S,Sikiric P

更新日期：2017-08-07 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 expression and clinical relevance of inhibitor of differentiation (ID) proteins in biliary tract cancer. METHODS:ID protein expression was analyzed in 129 samples from patients with advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC) (45 extrahepatic, 50 intrahepatic, and 34 gallbladder cancers), compared to no...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Harder J,Müller MJ,Fuchs M,Gumpp V,Schmitt-Graeff A,Fischer R,Frank M,Opitz O,Hasskarl J

更新日期：2013-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the causative agent of gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, mucosa associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma and gastric cancer (GC). While this bacterium infects 50% of the world's population, in Africa its prevalence reach as high as 80% as the infection is acquired during childhood. Risk fa...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Smith S,Fowora M,Pellicano R

更新日期：2019-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a disease of the biliary tract, which has been documented in the literature since 1867. This disease has a strong predilection for affecting men and can be seen in individuals as young as 2 years of age. PSC has a strong associated with inflammatory bowel disease, more commonly ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Gidwaney NG,Pawa S,Das KM

更新日期：2017-04-14 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 disease-specific gene expression profiles of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from Crohn's disease (CD) patients in clinical remission. METHODS:Patients with CD in clinical remission or with very low disease activity according to the Crohn's disease activity index were genotyped regarding ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Schäffler H,Rohde M,Rohde S,Huth A,Gittel N,Hollborn H,Koczan D,Glass Ä,Lamprecht G,Jaster R

更新日期：2018-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and have gained considerable research and treatment interest, especially in the last two decades. GISTs are driven by mutations commonly found in the KIT gene and less commonly in the platelet-derived growth fa...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lim KT,Tan KY

更新日期：2017-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the role of RARalpha gene in mediating the growth inhibitory effect of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) on gastric cancer cells. METHODS:The expression levels of retinoic acid receptors (RARs) in gastric cancer cells were detected by Northern blot. Transient transfection and chlorophenicol acetyl transfe...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu S,Wu Q,Chen ZM,Su WJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rising exponentially worldwide. The spectrum of NAFLD includes non-alcoholic fatty liver, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and even hepatocellular carcinoma. Evidence shows that microbial metabolites play pivotal roles in the onset and progr...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhou D,Fan JG

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To confirm if p53 mutation could be a routine predictive marker for the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. METHODS:Two hundreds and forty-four formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor samples of the patients with HCC receiving liver resection were detected for nuclear accumulation of p53. The perc...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Qin LX,Tang ZY,Ma ZC,Wu ZQ,Zhou XD,Ye QH,Ji Y,Huang LW,Jia HL,Sun HC,Wang L

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00