Hepatocytes that express variants of cyclophilin A are resistant to HCV infection and replication.

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Hypercoagulable states may play an important role in the pathogenesis of colon ischemia. Aim of this study was to assess this hypothesis investigating the role of acquired and hereditary thrombotic risk factors in patients with definite diagnosis of colon ischemia. METHODS:We compared the frequency o...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Koutroubakis IE,Sfiridaki A,Theodoropoulou A,Kouroumalis EA

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Gastrointestinal peptides and biogenic monoamines participate in the regulation of gastrointestinal functions. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of the microflora on the distribution of endocrine cells and on the release of gastrointestinal peptides. METHODS:A quantitative morphologica...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Uribe A,Alam M,Johansson O,Midtvedt T,Theodorsson E

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding caused by hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia localized to the small intestine is described. The diagnosis was made by combining two recognized investigational tools-fiberoptic endoscopy and laparotomy. ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Greenberg GR,Phillips MJ,Tovee EB,Jeejeebhoy KN

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objectives in this study were (a) to determine the role of antroduodenal resistance in the control of fasting duodenogastric bile reflux in the dog and (b) to elucidate the contribution of the pylorus both to resistance and to reflux. Thus, we measured simultaneously throughout the interdigestive motor cycle (a) a...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Mearin F,Azpiroz F,Malagelada JR,Zinsmeister AR

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal bile salt metabolism was assessed by the intravenous infusion of e114C]cholate into 6 monkey fetuses. The placental transfer, fetal plasma clearance, and fetal hepatic excretion of the administered radiolabeled bile salt were measured. Placental transfer averaged 30% of the injected dose, while biliary excretion...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Little JM,Smallwood RA,Lester R,Piasecki GJ,Jackson BT

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials were recorded from 33 patients with various degrees of hepatic failure and from 10 age-matched controls. Within 20 ms poststimulation, one negative peak (N13) could be recorded from the middle of the back of the patient's neck at the C2 vertebral level. Within 150 ms, three...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Yang SS,Chu NS,Liaw YF

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:In human and canine colon, both slow (slow waves, 2-8/min) and fast (myenteric potential oscillations [MPOs]; 16-20/min) electrical rhythms in the smooth muscle originate at the submucosal and myenteric borders, respectively. We used Ca(2+) imaging to investigate whether interstitial cells of Cajal (I...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Lee HT,Hennig GW,Park KJ,Bayguinov PO,Ward SM,Sanders KM,Smith TK

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:It is a challenge to deliver nucleic acids to gastrointestinal (GI) tissues due to their size and need for intracellular delivery. They are also extremely susceptible to degradation by nucleases, which are ubiquitous in the GI tract. We investigated whether ultrasound, which can permeabilize tissue th...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Schoellhammer CM,Lauwers GY,Goettel JA,Oberli MA,Cleveland C,Park JY,Minahan D,Chen Y,Anderson DG,Jaklenec A,Snapper SB,Langer R,Traverso G

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Several studies have reported that low doses of interferon can delay the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and progression of chronic hepatitis C. We investigated the incidence of clinical events among participants of the Evaluation of PegIntron in Control of Hepatitis C Cirrhosis (EPIC)3 ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Bruix J,Poynard T,Colombo M,Schiff E,Burak K,Heathcote EJ,Berg T,Poo JL,Mello CB,Guenther R,Niederau C,Terg R,Bedossa P,Boparai N,Griffel LH,Burroughs M,Brass CA,Albrecht JK,EPIC3 Study Group.

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Therapy with interferon alfa (IFN-alpha) leads to remission of disease in one third of patients with chronic hepatitis B. The aim of this study was to better define the long-term prognosis of this outcome. METHODS:One hundred three patients with chronic hepatitis B who underwent IFN-alpha therapy in ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Lau DT,Everhart J,Kleiner DE,Park Y,Vergalla J,Schmid P,Hoofnagle JH

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently demonstrated that ritanserin, a serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor antagonist void of systemic effects, caused a significant reduction of portal pressure in conscious cirrhotic dogs. The mechanism by which ritanserin lowers portal pressure is poorly defined. We investigated the splanchnic and syst...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Mastai R,Giroux L,Semret M,Huet PM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:To screen the genetic variants in cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), and evaluate their effects on COX-2 expression and risk of gastric cancer (GC) and its precursors, a population-based study was conducted in Linqu County, Shangdong Province, an area of China, a high-risk area of GC. METHODS:Genotypes were d...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Liu F,Pan K,Zhang X,Zhang Y,Zhang L,Ma J,Dong C,Shen L,Li J,Deng D,Lin D,You W

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effect of aging upon the small intestine, the distribution, content, and concentration of epithelial cell enzymes at different levels along the crypt-villus column were measured in aging and young adult, male, Fisher 344 rats. Specific activities of sucrase, maltase, lactase, and adenosine deaminase in...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Holt PR,Tierney AR,Kotler DP

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic screening in 123 patients with pernicious anemia (PA) yielded 4 patients with solitary and 1 patient with multiple gastric carcinoid tumors. Quantitative histologic studies of multiple standardized biopsy specimens showed a significantly increased number of fundic mucosal argyrophil endocrine cells in 40 pa...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Borch K,Renvall H,Liedberg G

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioavailability of parenteral cimetidine was tested in 12 volunteers in a balanced three-way crossover study. Blood levels and urinary excretion were compared after intramuscular and intravenous injection and oral administration of 300 mg of cinetidine. The results indicated that the intramuscular and intravenous ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Walkenstein SS,Dubb JW,Randolph WC,Westlake WJ,Stote RM,Intoccia AP

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major modes of presentation of patients with celiac disease are the classic diarrhea-predominant form and silent celiac disease. Those with silent celiac disease lack diarrhea, although they may present with manifestations of celiac disease that include an irritable bowel syndrome, anemia, osteoporosis, neurologic...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Green PH

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:SPD476 (LIALDA in the US; MEZAVANT in the EU; otherwise known as MMX mesalamine; Shire Pharmaceuticals Inc., Wayne, PA, under license from Giuliani SpA, Milan, Italy) is a novel, once-daily, high-strength (1.2 g/tablet) formulation of mesalamine, utilizing MMX Multi Matrix System (MMX) technology desi...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Kamm MA,Sandborn WJ,Gassull M,Schreiber S,Jackowski L,Butler T,Lyne A,Stephenson D,Palmen M,Joseph RE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have prospectively evaluated 41 patients who ingested acid for location, extent, severity, and outcome of the injury to the upper gastrointestinal tract. The injury was assessed within 36 h of acid intake by endoscopy or surgery, or at autopsy. Symptoms and signs were unreliable in predicting the extent and severit...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Zargar SA,Kochhar R,Nagi B,Mehta S,Mehta SK

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Epithelial stem cells in the stomach are responsible for constant renewal of the epithelium through generation of multiple gastric cell lineages that populate the gastric glands. However, gastric stem or progenitor cells have not been well-characterized because of the lack of specific markers that per...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Qiao XT,Ziel JW,McKimpson W,Madison BB,Todisco A,Merchant JL,Samuelson LC,Gumucio DL

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Bile secretion is regulated in part by adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) and cytosolic Ca2+ (Ca2+i). Hormone receptors that link to these second messengers are not uniformly distributed across the hepatic lobule, but both cAMP and Ca2+i cross gap junctions, so we tested whether gap junctiona...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Nathanson MH,Rios-Velez L,Burgstahler AD,Mennone A

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatostatin-14 and somatostatin-28 are biologically active peptides derived from the posttranslational cleavage of prosomatostatin. Because both peptides are found in variable concentrations in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and pancreas, it has been contended that somatostatin-28 is either an intermediate in the pr...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Francis BH,Baskin DG,Saunders DR,Ensinck JW

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Hirschsprung disease is caused by failure of enteric neural crest cells (ENCCs) to fully colonize the bowel, leading to bowel obstruction and megacolon. Heterozygous mutations in the coding region of the RET gene cause a severe form of Hirschsprung disease (total colonic aganglionosis). However, 80% o...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Lai FP,Lau ST,Wong JK,Gui H,Wang RX,Zhou T,Lai WH,Tse HF,Tam PK,Garcia-Barcelo MM,Ngan ES

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malnutrition is common in alcoholic cirrhosis. Bedside nutritional assessment techniques may be unreliable in patients with chronic liver disease. The aim of this study was to quantify changes in body composition and compare methods for measuring body composition in alcoholic cirrhosis. METHODS:Thirty-eight...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Prijatmoko D,Strauss BJ,Lambert JR,Sievert W,Stroud DB,Wahlqvist ML,Katz B,Colman J,Jones P,Korman MG

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic graft-vs.-host disease occurs in 30%-50% of long-term survivors of allogeneic bone marrow grafts, and may eventuate in cirrhosis. In this study, a young woman, originally diagnosed as having acute myelogenous leukemia, underwent successful bone marrow transplantation but later developed graft-vs.-host disease-...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Rhodes DF,Lee WM,Wingard JR,Pavy MD,Santos GW,Shaw BW,Wood RP,Sorrell MF,Markin RS

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current information concerning endothelin in cirrhosis is conflicting. Plasma endothelin concentration has been found to be increased in some studies and normal or reduced in others. The present study was aimed to investigate the plasma levels of endothelin in cirrhosis and to assess whether it is involved i...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Asbert M,Ginès A,Ginès P,Jiménez W,Clària J,Saló J,Arroyo V,Rivera F,Rodés J

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:We have previously shown that patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have impaired transit of intestinal gas loads. Because abnormal gas retention can be experimentally reproduced in healthy subjects by pharmacological inhibition of gut motility, we hypothesized that impaired gas transit and ret...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Caldarella MP,Serra J,Azpiroz F,Malagelada JR

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ornithine decarboxylase activity is known to be increased in certain premalignant conditions. We determined the activity of this enzyme in mucosal biopsy specimens from 15 patients with Barrett's esophagus. Ornithine decarboxylase was greater in Barrett's mucosa than in squamous esophageal or gastric mucosa. In Barret...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Garewal HS,Sampliner R,Gerner E,Steinbronn K,Alberts D,Kendall D

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Practice guidelines recommend that endoscopists spend at least 7 minutes examining the colonic mucosa during colonoscopy withdrawal to optimize polyp yield. The aim of this study was to determine if the implementation of an institution-wide policy of colonoscopy withdrawal time > or = 7 minutes was as...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Sawhney MS,Cury MS,Neeman N,Ngo LH,Lewis JM,Chuttani R,Pleskow DK,Aronson MD

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of this study show that lower esophageal sphincter contractions occur during phases 2 and 3 of the gastric interdigestive migratory motor complex in humans. In one series of studies, esophageal, gastric, and duodenal pressures were monitored overnight for 12 h in 7 healthy, fasting subjects. A second group...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Dent J,Dodds WJ,Sekiguchi T,Hogan WJ,Arndorfer RC

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Adenosine mediates immune suppression and is generated by the ectonucleotidases CD39 (ENTPD1) and CD73 that are expressed on vascular endothelial cells and regulatory T cells (Tregs). Although tumor-infiltrating immune cells include Foxp3(+) Tregs, it is not clear whether local adenosine generation by...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Sun X,Wu Y,Gao W,Enjyoji K,Csizmadia E,Müller CE,Murakami T,Robson SC

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00