Malignant extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the pancreas: report of two cases and review of the literature.

abstract：:One potential option for the management of refractory gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is the delivery of radiofrequency energy to the gastro-esophageal junction (Stretta). This endoscopic therapy is safe, effective, durable, and repeatable if necessary and serves an unmet need for many GERD sufferers. Stretta ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Triadafilopoulos G

更新日期：2014-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the association between cytokine gene polymorphism and disease status in chronic hepatitis C genotype 3 by liver biopsy, ALT, HCV RNA levels and response to treatment. METHODS:Patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 3 were analyzed for single nucleotide polymorphisms of interleukin (IL)-10, IL-1 ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Abbas Z,Moatter T,Hussainy A,Jafri W

更新日期：2005-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines are indispensable signals of the mucosa-associated immune system for maintaining normal gut homeostasis. An imbalance of their profile in favour of inflammation initiation may lead to disease states, such as that is observed in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Although Crohn's disease (CD) is often describ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Műzes G,Molnár B,Tulassay Z,Sipos F

更新日期：2012-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify the diagnostic value of colonoscopy for diverticulosis as determined by barium enema. METHODS:A total of 65 patients with hematochezia who underwent colonoscopy and barium enema were analyzed, and the diagnostic value of colonoscopy for diverticula was assessed. The receiver operating characteristic ar...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Niikura R,Nagata N,Shimbo T,Akiyama J,Uemura N

更新日期：2013-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The scientific framework concerning estrogen effects on different tissues has expanded enormously during the last decades, when estrogen receptor (ER) subtypes were identified. Estrogens are not only essential for the female reproductive system, but they also control fundamental functions in other tissues including th...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Alvaro D,Mancino MG,Onori P,Franchitto A,Alpini G,Francis H,Glaser S,Gaudio E

更新日期：2006-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is an extremely prevalent but poorly understood gastrointestinal disorder. Consequently, there are no clear diagnostic markers to help diagnose the disorder and treatment options are limited to management of the symptoms. The concept of a dysregulated gut-brain axis has been adopted as a...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kennedy PJ,Cryan JF,Dinan TG,Clarke G

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effects of DA-9701 on the gastric emptying of a solid meal using the ¹³C-octanoic acid breath test in a mouse model. METHODS:Male C57BL/6 mice aged > 8 wk and with body weights of 20-25 g were used in this study. The solid test meal consisted of 200 mg of egg yolk labeled with 1.5 L/g ¹³C-octanoic ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lim CH,Choi MG,Park H,Baeg MK,Park JM

更新日期：2013-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the role of P38 kinase in esophageal cancer cell apoptosis induced by genotoxin, cisplatin and the unfolded protein response (UPR) inducer, dithiothreitol (DTT). METHODS:Esophageal carcinoma cell line Eca109 was cultured in RPMI 1640 medium to 70% confluency and treated with either cisplatin, DTT, or cisp...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang QX,Feng R,Zhang W,Ding Y,Yang JY,Liu GH

更新日期：2005-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer and liver cancer are among the most common malignancies and the leading causes of death worldwide, due to late detection and high recurrence rates. Today, these cancers have a heavy socioeconomic burden, for which a full understanding of their pathophysiological features is warranted to search for promi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cao DX,Li ZJ,Jiang XO,Lum YL,Khin E,Lee NP,Wu GH,Luk JM

更新日期：2012-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the incidence of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) over expression in oesophageal cancers. METHODS:A retrospective study, of one hundred consecutive cases of endoscopic histological samples of oesophageal cancers from a single British cancer network were included. Cancer cases were diagn...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Al-Momani H,Barnes R,El-Hadi A,Shah R,Lewis WG,Edwards P

更新日期：2012-11-28 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：:Chronic groin pain (Inguinodynia) following inguinal hernia repair is a significant, though under-reported problem. Mild pain lasting for a few days is common following mesh inguinal hernia repair. However, moderate to severe pain persisting more than 3 mo after inguinal herniorrhaphy should be considered as pathologi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hakeem A,Shanmugam V

更新日期：2011-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of multiple small bowel ruptures due to ischemic enteritis (ISE) is reported. The patient was admitted to the hospital with acute abdominal pain followed by bloody diarrhoeas. Preoperative colonoscopic findings were similar to those presented in Crohn's disease. Intraoperatively, ischemic lesions and multi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Delikoukos S,Christodoulidis G,Zacharoulis D,Poultsidi A,Hatzitheofilou C

更新日期：2006-07-14 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：:AIM:To construct Hsp90 antisense RNA eukaryotic expression vector, transfect it into SGC7901 and SGC7901/VCR of MDR-type human gastric cancer cell lines, HCC7402 of human hepatic cancer and Ec109 of human esophageal cancer cell lines, and to study the cell cycle distribution of the gene transected cells and their resp...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu XL,Xiao B,Yu ZC,Guo JC,Zhao QC,Xu L,Shi YQ,Fan DM

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are known to have a high demand of recurrent evaluation for therapy and disease activity. Further, the risk of developing cancer during the disease progression is increasing from year to year. New, mostly non-radiant, quick to perform and quantitative methods are challenging, c...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Knieling F,Waldner MJ

更新日期：2016-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the possible ameliorative effect of breastfeeding and the uptake of human colostrum against coeliac disease in autistic rats. METHODS:Female rats were fed a standard diet and received a single intraperitoneal injection of 600 mg/kg sodium valproate on day 12.5 after conception. In study 1, neonatal rats...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Selim ME,Al-Ayadhi LY

更新日期：2013-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Clinical and experimental data suggest that gut-derived endotoxins are an important pathogenic factors for progression of chronic liver disease. Recently, a C-T (-159) polymorphism in the promoter region of the CD14 gene was detected and found to confer increased CD14 expression and to be associated with advanced a...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Meiler C,Muhlbauer M,Johann M,Hartmann A,Schnabl B,Wodarz N,Schmitz G,Scholmerich J,Hellerbrand C

更新日期：2005-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common health problem, representing the third most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide and causing a significant burden in terms of morbidity and mortality, with annual deaths estimated at 700000. The western way of life, that is being rapidly adopted in many regions of the world, is a wel...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hadjipetrou A,Anyfantakis D,Galanakis CG,Kastanakis M,Kastanakis S

更新日期：2017-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the safety of Curcuma aromatica oil gelatin microspheres (CAO-GMS) infused via hepatic artery against primary liver cancer. METHODS:The safety of CAO-GMS was evaluated in view of its acute toxicity in rats, long-term toxicity in Beagle dogs and general pharmacology in rats and mongrel dogs. RESULTS:Th...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Deng SG,Wu ZF,Li WY,Yang ZG,Chang G,Meng FZ,Mo LL

更新日期：2004-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate different methods in differentiating idiopathic neonatal hepatitis from biliary atresia. METHODS:Sixty-five infants with cholestatic jaundice and final diagnosis of idiopathic neonatal hepatitis and biliary atresia were studied prospectively from September 2003 to March 2006. A thorough history and phy...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Dehghani SM,Haghighat M,Imanieh MH,Geramizadeh B

更新日期：2006-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign multicystic peritoneal mesothelioma (BMPM) is a rare cystic mesothelial lesion that occurs predominantly in reproductive aged women. A 56-year-old Caucasian male was admitted to our surgical department with a chief complaint of a painful mass in his right lower abdomen for almost 2 years. The physical examinati...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang TB,Dai WG,Liu DW,Shi HP,Dong WG

更新日期：2013-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify the predictive clinicopathological factors for lymph node metastasis (LNM) in poorly differentiated early gastric cancer (EGC) and to further expand the possibility of using endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) for the treatment of poorly differentiated EGC. METHODS:Data were collected from 85 poorly-dif...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li H,Lu P,Lu Y,Liu CG,Xu HM,Wang SB,Chen JQ

更新日期：2008-07-14 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：:Liver injury is a characteristic feature of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, which is the second most common cause of mortality in HIV-infected patients. Now it is recognized that liver plays a key role in HIV infection pathogenesis. Antiretroviral therapy (ART), which suppresses HIV infection in permissi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ganesan M,Poluektova LY,Kharbanda KK,Osna NA

更新日期：2018-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumors of the minor papilla of the duodenum are quite rare. We successfully and safely treated an 18-mm adenoma of the minor papilla associated with pancreas divisum using endoscopic papillectomy. A 64-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for treatment of an asymptomatic mass in the minor papilla detected by uppe...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kanamori A,Kumada T,Kiriyama S,Sone Y,Tanikawa M,Hisanaga Y,Toyoda H,Kawashima H,Itoh A,Hirooka Y,Goto H

更新日期：2009-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the immunologic role and expression significances of nitric oxide(NO), nitric oxide synthase(NOS),and its isoenzyme in acute rejection to liver xenografts from golden hamster in rat. METHODS:Liver transplantations were randomly divided into five groups(n=6-9):isografts (group I); xenografts (group II);...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Diao TJ,Yuan TY,Li YL

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the impact of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with genotype 1 or 3 and the presence or absence of liver cirrhosis (LC) in the early viral kinetics response to treatment. METHODS:Naive patients (n = 46) treated with interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) and ribavirin and followed up with frequent early HCV-RNA...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Medeiros-Filho JE,de Carvalho Mello IM,Pinho JR,Neumann AU,de Mello Malta F,da Silva LC,Carrilho FJ

更新日期：2006-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the cytological and molecular effects of peroxisome proliferation-activated receptor (PPAR)-gamma and PPAR-gamma agonists on stomach cancer cells. METHODS:To determine the proliferation-suppressive effects of troglitazone and ciglitazone, SNU-216 and SNU-668 stomach cancer cells were plated in media c...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cheon CW,Kim DH,Kim DH,Cho YH,Kim JH

更新日期：2009-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) represents the fourth cause of death in cancer and has a 5-year survival of < 5%. Only about 15% of the patients present with a resectable PDAC with potential to undergo "curative" surgery. After surgery, local and systemic recurrence, is though very common. The median survival ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ansari D,Gustafsson A,Andersson R

更新日期：2015-03-21 00:00:00