Hepatitis B and inflammatory bowel disease: role of antiviral prophylaxis.

abstract：AIM:To investigate the role of Delta-like ligand 4 (DLL4) on tumour growth in hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in vivo. METHODS:We suppressed DLL4 expression in an HBV expressing HCC cell line, HepG2.2.15 and analysed the growth ability of cells as subcutaneous tumours in nude mice. Th...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kunanopparat A,Issara-Amphorn J,Leelahavanichkul A,Sanpavat A,Patumraj S,Tangkijvanich P,Palaga T,Hirankarn N

更新日期：2018-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In Pakistan more than 10 million people are living with Hepatitis C virus (HCV), with high morbidity and mortality. This article reviews the prevalence, genotypes and factors associated with HCV infection in the Pakistani population. A literature search was performed by using the keywords; HCV prevalence, genotypes an...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Waheed Y,Shafi T,Safi SZ,Qadri I

更新日期：2009-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the impact of chronic fatigue on disease-related worries in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and the potential multicolinearity between subjective questionnaires. METHODS:Patients in remission or with mild-to-moderate disease activity completed the fatigue questionnaire (FQ), the rating form of IBD ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jelsness-Jørgensen LP,Bernklev T,Henriksen M,Torp R,Moum B

更新日期：2012-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal capillariasis caused by Capillaria philippinensis appeared first in the Philippines and subsequently in Thailand, Japan, Iran, Egypt and Taiwan; major outbreaks have occurred in the Philippines and Thailand. This article reviews the epidemiology, history and sources of C. philippinensis infection in Thailan...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Saichua P,Nithikathkul C,Kaewpitoon N

更新日期：2008-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the evolution of transient elastography (TE) in patients with alcoholic liver disease according to alcohol cessation or continuation. METHODS:We retrospectively selected in our local database all patients who had two TE between June 2005 and November 2010 with chronic alcohol excessive consumption and...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bardou-Jacquet E,Legros L,Soro D,Latournerie M,Guillygomarc'h A,Le Lan C,Brissot P,Guyader D,Moirand R

更新日期：2013-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute liver failure is a rare presentation of hematologic malignancy. Acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a newly recognized clinical entity that describes acute hepatic decompensation in persons with preexisting liver disease. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is an aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) wi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Siba Y,Obiokoye K,Ferstenberg R,Robilotti J,Culpepper-Morgan J

更新日期：2014-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether the expression profiles of EphB receptor and ephrin-B ligand can be used as markers for dysplastic/oncogenic transformation in gastric mucosa. METHODS:The protein expression and localization of EphB and ephrin-B in normal, ulcerated regenerating, and dysplastic gastric mucosa were examined in ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Uchiyama S,Saeki N,Ogawa K

更新日期：2015-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To propose a new classification system for sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD) based on clinical data of patients. METHODS:The clinical data of 305 SOD patients documented over the past decade at our center were analyzed retrospectively, and typical cases were reported. RESULTS:The new classification with two mor...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Gong JQ,Ren JD,Tian FZ,Jiang R,Tang LJ,Pang Y

更新日期：2011-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nucleatum) abundance in colorectal cancer (CRC) tissues and its association with CRC invasiveness in Chinese patients. METHODS:The resected cancer and adjacent normal tissues (10 cm beyond cancer margins) from 101 consecutive patients with CRC were collected. Fluorescent ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li YY,Ge QX,Cao J,Zhou YJ,Du YL,Shen B,Wan YJ,Nie YQ

更新日期：2016-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the association between parity and gastric cancer (the cases are almost all premenopausal women) risk in a cohort of young parous women. METHODS:The study cohort consisted of all women with a record of a first and singleton childbirth in the Birth Register between 1978 and 1987. We tracked each woman fr...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chang CC,Chen CC,Chiu HF,Yang CY

更新日期：2011-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of colonic diverticulosis with or without diverticulitis has increased in the Japanese population due to the modernization of food and aging. The rate of diverticulitis in colon diverticulosis ranges from 8.1% to 9.6%. However, few cases of stenosis due to diverticulitis have been reported. These reports...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nishiyama N,Mori H,Kobara H,Rafiq K,Fujihara S,Kobayashi M,Masaki T

更新日期：2012-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the clinical efficacy and toxic effects of neoadjuvant chemotherapy using docetaxel combined with oxaliplatin and fluorouracil for treating stage III/IV gastric cancer. METHODS:A total of 53 stage III/IV gastric cancer patients were enrolled into the study and treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yu YJ,Sun WJ,Lu MD,Wang FH,Qi DS,Zhang Y,Li PH,Huang H,You T,Zheng ZQ

更新日期：2014-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign duodenal tumors are rare and less common than malignant tumors. Furthermore, vascular lesions of the duodenum, including hemangiomas, are rare causes of gastrointestinal bleeding. This report describes a case with bleeding hemangiomas in the third portion of the duodenum and jejunum and their successful treatme...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kanaji S,Nakamura T,Nishi M,Yamamoto M,Kanemitu K,Yamashiita K,Imanishi T,Sumi Y,Suzuki S,Tanaka K,Kakeji Y

更新日期：2014-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the efficacy and safety benefits of performing intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) to treat symptomatic cholelithiasis. METHODS:Patients admitted to the Minimally Invasive Surgery Center of Tianjin Nankai Hospital between January 2012 and January 2014 for mana...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ding GQ,Cai W,Qin MF

更新日期：2015-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Iatrogenic bile duct injuries (IBDI) remain an important problem in gastrointestinal surgery. They are most frequently caused by laparoscopic cholecystectomy which is one of the commonest surgical procedures in the world. The early and proper diagnosis of IBDI is very important for surgeons and gastroenterologists, be...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jabłońska B,Lampe P

更新日期：2009-09-07 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：AIM:To explore the role of heat shock protein-90 (HSP-90) for nitrergic vasorelaxation in the splanchnic circulation in rats with and without portal hypertension. METHODS:Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) and HSP-90 were analyzed by immunofluorescence, western blotting and co-immunoprecipitation in the mesenteric ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Moleda L,Jurzik L,Froh M,Gäbele E,Hellerbrand C,Straub RH,Schölmerich J,Wiest R

更新日期：2010-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are cells of stromal origin which exhibit unlimited self-renewal capacity and pluripotency in vitro. It has recently been observed that MSC may also exert a profound immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory effect both in vitro and in vivo with consequent potential use in autoimmune disorde...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Taddio A,Tommasini A,Valencic E,Biagi E,Decorti G,De Iudicibus S,Cuzzoni E,Gaipa G,Badolato R,Prandini A,Biondi A,Ventura A

更新日期：2015-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To immunohistochemically examine micrometastasis and VEGF-C expression in hilar bile duct carcinoma (HBDC) and to evaluate the clinical significance of the results. METHODS:A total of 361 regional lymph nodes from 25 patients with node-negative HBDC were immunostained with an antibody against cytokeratins 8 and 18...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Taniguchi K,Iida T,Hori T,Yagi S,Imai H,Shiraishi T,Uemoto S

更新日期：2006-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the effect of chemotherapy on wound healing by giving early preoperative 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) to rats with colonic anastomoses. METHODS:Sixty Albino-Wistar male rats (median weight, 235 g) were used in this study. The rats were fed with standard laboratory food and given tap water ad libitum. The ani...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ozel L,Ozel MS,Toros AB,Kara M,Ozkan KS,Tellioglu G,Krand O,Koyuturk M,Berber I

更新日期：2009-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) represents the best therapeutic option to induce mucosal healing and clinical remission in patients with moderate-severe ulcerative colitis. On the other side gut microbiota plays a crucial role in pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis but few information exists on how microb...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Petito V,Graziani C,Lopetuso LR,Fossati M,Battaglia A,Arena V,Scannone D,Quaranta G,Quagliariello A,Del Chierico F,Putignani L,Masucci L,Sanguinetti M,Sgambato A,Gasbarrini A,Scaldaferri F

更新日期：2019-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the clinical utility of biological age (BA) measurement in screening colonoscopy for the detection of colorectal adenomas in the average-risk population. METHODS:A consecutive series of asymptomatic subjects aged ≥ 30 years who underwent colonoscopy in routine check-ups were enrolled. Colorectal ade...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kim SJ,Kim BJ,Kang H

更新日期：2017-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the utility of K-ras mutation analysis of ultrasound guided fine-needle aspirate biopsy of pancreatic masses. METHODS:Sixty-six ultrasound guided fine-needle biopsies were evaluated by cytology, histology and k-ras mutation. The mutation at codon 12 of the k-ras oncogene was detected by artificial r...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zheng M,Liu LX,Zhu AL,Qi SY,Jiang HC,Xiao ZY

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the long-term efficacy of endoscopic resection (ER) for small (≤ 4.0 cm) gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) originating from the muscularis propria layer. METHODS:Between June 2005 and February 2015, we retrospectively analyzed 229 consecutive patients with gastric MP-GISTs who underwent E...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang Y,Mao XL,Zhou XB,Yang H,Zhu LH,Chen G,Ye LP

更新日期：2018-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Pelvic radiation is a commonly utilized treatment for malignancy of the genitourinary and lower gastrointestinal tract. Radiation proctitis and the resultant clinical picture varies from asymptomatic to potentially life threatening. Similarly, treatment options also vary greatly, from medical therapy to surgical inter...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Weiner JP,Wong AT,Schwartz D,Martinez M,Aytaman A,Schreiber D

更新日期：2016-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the reactivity of a panel of 8 mouse anti-hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) using a collection of 9 recombinant HBsAg mutants with a variety of amino acid substitutions mostly located within the "a" region. METHODS:The entire HBs genes previously cloned into a mammalia...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Roohi A,Yazdani Y,Khoshnoodi J,Jazayeri SM,Carman WF,Chamankhah M,Rashedan M,Shokri F

更新日期：2006-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the prevalence, characteristics and clinical course of pancreatic cystic neoplasms (PCNs) in liver transplantation (LT) recipients. METHODS:We retrospectively studied consecutive patients who underwent LT between January 1998 to April 2016. Clinical and laboratory data were obtained from patient medic...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu K,Joshi V,van Camp L,Yang QW,Baars JE,Strasser SI,McCaughan GW,Majumdar A,Saxena P,Kaffes AJ

更新日期：2017-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the results of endoscopic mucosal resection with a ligation device (EMR-L) combined with three dimensional endoscopic ultrasonography (3D-EUS) using an ultrasonic probe for rectal carcinoids. In addition, diagnosis of the depth and size of lesions by EUS was evaluated. METHODS:Between January 2003 and Ma...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Abe T,Kakemura T,Fujinuma S,Maetani I

更新日期：2008-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A female patient with anemia and hypoalbuminemia was admitted to our hospital due to an over 20-year history of recurrent dizziness, fatigue and ankle edema. She was diagnosed as multiple chronic non-specific ulcer of the small intestine characterized by non-specific histology and persistent gastrointestinal bleeding....

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen Y,Ma WQ,Chen JM,Cai JT

更新日期：2010-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign neoplasia of the duodenum are very rare. Moreover, duodenal tubulovillous adenomas are more uncommon lesions. The microscopic structure of tubulovillous adenoma has frond-like projection of mucosa with branching papillary structure and generally upward growth into the lumen. We describe a 72-year-old man who sh...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kim JH,Choi JW,Seo YS,Lee BJ,Yeon JE,Kim JS,Byun KS,Bak YT,Kim I,Park JJ

更新日期：2007-06-21 00:00:00