A review of Helicobacter pylori diagnosis, treatment, and methods to detect eradication.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The implementation of optical diagnosis (OD) of diminutive colorectal lesions in clinical practice has been hampered by differences in performance between community and academic settings. One possible cause is the lack of a standardized learning tool. Since the factors related to better learning are not well...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bustamante-Balén M,Satorres C,Puchades L,Navarro B,García-Morales N,Alonso N,Ponce M,Argüello L,Pons-Beltrán V

更新日期：2019-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:End-stage liver disease caused by non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is the second leading indication for liver transplantation. To date, only moderately effective pharmacotherapies exist to treat NASH. Understanding the pathogenesis of NASH is therefore crucial for the development of new therapies. The in...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bluemel S,Wang Y,Lee S,Schnabl B

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Bowel preparation is a core issue in colonoscopy, as it is closely related to the quality of the procedure. Patients often find that bowel preparation is the most unpleasant part of the examination. It is widely accepted that the quality of cleansing must be excellent to facilitate detecting neoplastic lesions. In spi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Parra-Blanco A,Ruiz A,Alvarez-Lobos M,Amorós A,Gana JC,Ibáñez P,Ono A,Fujii T

更新日期：2014-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal pneumoperitoneum is a surgical emergency indicative of gastrointestinal perforation that requires immediate treatment to prevent death. There have been non-surgical conditions secondary to neonatal pneumoperitoneum (e.g., mechanical ventilation, pulmonary diseases and pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis) that ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： He TZ,Xu C,Ji Y,Sun XY,Liu M

更新日期：2015-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The main treatment of patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is life style modification including weight reduction and dietary regimen. Majority of patients are safely treated with this management and pharmacologic interventions are not recommended. However, a subgroup of NAFLD patients with non-alcoh...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Eshraghian A

更新日期：2017-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the allelic and haplotypic association of reg1alpha gene with tropical calcific pancreatitis (TCP). Since TCP is known to have a variable genetic basis, we investigated the interaction between mutations in the susceptibility genes, SPINK1 and CTSB with reg1alpha polymorphisms. METHODS:We analyzed th...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mahurkar S,Bhaskar S,Reddy DN,Rao GV,Chandak GR

更新日期：2007-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To establish the safety and efficacy of an indigenously developed r-hepatitis B vaccine using an accelerated schedule and to highlight the social awareness and commitment in preventing the spreading of hepatitis B virus infection. METHODS:The study was a multicentric, double blind, randomized (3:1) study using thr...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chowdhury A,Santra A,Habibullah CM,Khan AA,Karunakaramaiah J,Kishore TS,Raju AV,Lahiri S

更新日期：2005-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in children is becoming a major health concern. A "multiple-hit" pathogenetic model has been suggested to explain the progressive liver damage that occurs among children with NAFLD. In addition to the accumulation of fat in the liver, insulin resistance (IR) and oxidative stre...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Clemente MG,Mandato C,Poeta M,Vajro P

更新日期：2016-09-28 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：AIM:To examine how high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) regulates hepatocyte apoptosis and, furthermore, to determine whether glycyrrhizin (GL), a known HMGB1 inhibitor, prevents HMGB1-induced hepatocyte apoptosis. METHODS:A human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line stably transfected with a bile acid transporter (Huh-BAT...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Gwak GY,Moon TG,Lee DH,Yoo BC

更新日期：2012-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common cancer worldwide and leading cause of death among patients with cirrhosis. Treatment guidelines are based according to the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer staging system. The choice among therapeutic options that include liver resection, liver transplantation, loco...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tabrizian P,Roayaie S,Schwartz ME

更新日期：2014-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore whether HDV ribozymes have the ability to trans-cleave HCV RNA. METHODS:Three HDV genomic ribozymes were designed and named RzC1, RzC2 and RzC3. The substrate RNA contained HCV RNA 5'-noncoding region and 5'-fragment of C region (5'-NCR-C). All the ribozymes and HCV RNA 5'-NCR-C were obtained by transcr...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yu YC,Mao Q,Gu CH,Li QF,Wang YM

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with long-standing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC). Many of the molecular alterations responsible for sporadic colorectal cancer, namely chromosomal instability, microsatellite instability, and hypermethylation, also play a role in colitis-associat...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xie J,Itzkowitz SH

更新日期：2008-01-21 00:00:00

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 genetic factors that might help define which Crohn's disease (CD) patients are likely to benefit from anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy. METHODS:This was a prospective cohort study. Patients were recruited from a university digestive disease practice database. We included CD patients who rece...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Netz U,Carter JV,Eichenberger MR,Dryden GW,Pan J,Rai SN,Galandiuk S

更新日期：2017-07-21 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 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：: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：AIM:To explore a safe and efficient strategy of tumor therapy using anti-angiogenetic agents. METHODS:Endostatin gene with a signal sequence of human IgGgamma chain was amplified by PCR and cloned into pVAX1 plasmid which was the only vector authorized by FDA in clinical trial to construct a recombinant plasmid named ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ma CH,Zhang Y,Wang XY,Gao LF,Liu H,Guo C,Liu SX,Cao YL,Zhang LN,Sun WS

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the post-colonoscopy colorectal cancer (PCCRC) rate for high-definition (HD) colonoscopy compared with that for standard-definition colonoscopy reported previously. METHODS:Using medical records at Sano Hospital (SH) and Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital (DMUKH), we retrospectively obtain...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Iwatate M,Kitagawa T,Katayama Y,Tokutomi N,Ban S,Hattori S,Hasuike N,Sano W,Sano Y,Tamano M

更新日期：2017-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) levels in patients with HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and different immune conditions. METHODS:HBeAg-positive CHB patients with different immune conditions were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. These patients were grouped according to the followi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang YM,Yang YD,Jia HY,Zeng LY,Yu W,Zhou N,Li LJ

更新日期：2014-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the relationship between α-fetoprotein (AFP) and various clinicopathological variables and different staging system of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) thoroughly. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study of consecutive patients diagnosed with HCC between January 2008 and December 2009 in West China Hospital ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu C,Xiao GQ,Yan LN,Li B,Jiang L,Wen TF,Wang WT,Xu MQ,Yang JY

更新日期：2013-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Non-bioartificial liver has been applied to clinic for quite a long time, but the reported efficacy has been very different. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of hemoperfusion adsorption, plasma exchange and plasma exchange plus hemoperfusion adsorption in treatment of severe viral hepati...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： He NH,Wang YJ,Wang ZW,Liu J,Li JJ,Liu GD,Wang YM

更新日期：2004-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the contribution of AXIN1, AXIN2 and beta-catenin, components of Wnt signaling pathway, to the carcinogenesis of gastric cancer (GC), we examined AXIN1, AXIN2 exon7 and CTNNB1 (encoding beta-catenin) exon3 mutations in 70 GCs. METHODS:The presence of mutations was identified by polymerase chain reaction...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Pan KF,Liu WG,Zhang L,You WC,Lu YY

更新日期：2008-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the relationship between dynamic expression of high mobility group box-3 (HMGB3) and malignant transformation of hepatocytes. METHODS:Expression of HMGB family proteins were observed in rat hepatocarcinogenesis models induced with 2-acetylaminofluorene. Alterations of HMGB3 were analyzed at the mRNA lev...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zheng WJ,Yao M,Fang M,Wang L,Dong ZZ,Yao DF

更新日期：2018-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the proportion of patients with moderate-severe erosive esophagitis (EE) who will have Barrett's esophagus (BE) after healing of inflammation. METHODS:Patients with EE of Los Angeles (LA) class B, C and D who underwent follow-up endoscopy documenting complete mucosal healing. RESULTS:A total of 86/...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Gilani N,Gerkin RD,Ramirez FC,Hakim S,Randolph AC

更新日期：2008-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To test the effect of the dephytinization of three different commercial infant cereals on iron, calcium, and zinc bioavailability by estimating the uptake, retention, and transport by Caco-2 cells. METHODS:Both dephytinized (by adding an exogenous phytase) and non-dephytinized infant cereals were digested using an...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Frontela C,Scarino ML,Ferruzza S,Ros G,Martínez C

更新日期：2009-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the follow-up outcomes of ileosigmoidal anastomosis (ISA) and caecorectal anastomosis (CRA) in patients with slow transit constipation (STC) with or without melanosis coli (MC). METHODS:We collected the clinical data of 48 STC patients with or without MC from May 2002 to May 2007. Twenty-six patients un...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sun JW,Gu JN,Du P,Chen W

更新日期：2015-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Growth factors (GF) that participate in regeneration and apoptosis have an important role in chronic liver diseases. We analyzed serum GF concentration during antiviral treatment and correlated it with morphological liver failure in chronic hepatitis C. METHODS:The levels of GF were determined in sera by ELISA met...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Anatol P,Robert F,Danuta P

更新日期：2005-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical lithotripsy (ML) is usually considered as a standard treatment option for large bile duct stones. However, it is impossible to retrieve oversized stones because the conventional lithotripsy basket may not be able to grasp the stone. However, there is no established endoscopic extraction method for such gian...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chung HJ,Jeong S,Lee DH,Lee JI,Lee JW,Bang BW,Kwon KS,Kim HK,Shin YW,Kim YS

更新日期：2012-07-07 00:00:00