Challenges in managing hepatitis C virus infection in cancer patients.

abstract：AIM:To investigate the safety and feasibility of needlescopic grasper-assisted single-incision laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (nSIL-CBDE) by comparing the surgical outcomes of this technique with those of conventional laparoscopic CBDE (CL-CBDE). METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of pati...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kim SJ,Kim KH,An CH,Kim JS

更新日期：2015-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether intra-arterial infusion of triolein emulsion has biochemical and histopathologic effect on rabbit liver. METHODS:An emulsion of 0.2 mL triolein in 20 mL of saline was infused into either the hepatic arteries of nine rabbits (group 1) or the superior mesenteric arteries of 12 rabbits (group 2)....

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kim YW,Park YM,Yoon S,Kim HJ,Park DY,Cho BM,Choi SH

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:An estimated 300 million people worldwide suffer from chronic hepatitis C with a prevalence of 0.8%-1.0% of the general population in Canada. An increasing pool of evidence exists supporting the use of pegylated- interferon (pegIFN) and ribavirin combination therapy for hepatitis C. We report a 49-year old male of Nor...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zandieh I,Adenwalla M,Cheong-Lee C,Ma PE,Yoshida EM

更新日期：2006-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the results for endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided drainage of clear fluid pancreatic pseudocysts with the results for abscess drainage. METHODS:All patients referred for endoscopic drainage of a fluid collection were prospectively included. The outcome was recorded. RESULTS:Altogether 26 pseudocysts o...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sadik R,Kalaitzakis E,Thune A,Hansen J,Jönson C

更新日期：2011-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute severe ulcerative colitis unresponsive to systemic steroid treatment is a life-threatening medical condition requiring hospitalization and often colectomy. Despite the increasing choice of medical therapy options for ulcerative colitis, the condition remains a great challenge in the field of inflammato...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hoffmann P,Wehling C,Krisam J,Pfeiffenberger J,Belling N,Gauss A

更新日期：2019-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the anti-tumor mechanism of antisense oligodeoxynucleotide cantide against hTERT. METHODS:Tumor cells were cultured overnight and grown to 50-60 % confluence. HepG2 and SMMC-7721 were treated with cantide mixed with lipofectin, or lipofectin alone. After inducted for 6 h at 37 degrees, 10 % FCS in D...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Du QY,Wang XB,Chen XJ,Zheng W,Wang SQ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify the susceptible gene (s) for type 2 diabetes in the previously mapped region, 1p36.33-p36.23, in Han population of North China using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and to analyze the haplotypes of the gene (s) related to type 2 diabetes. METHODS:Twenty three SNPs located in 10 candidate genes i...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li YF,Sun HX,Wu GD,Du WN,Zuo J,Shen Y,Qiang BQ,Yao ZJ,Wang H,Huang W,Chen Z,Xiong MM,Meng Y,Fang FD

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate an association between N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2)-haplotypes/diplotypes and adverse effects in Japanese pulmonary tuberculosis patients. METHODS:We studied 100 patients with pulmonary TB treated with anti-TB drugs including INH. The frequencies and distributions of single nucleotide polymorphisms,...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Higuchi N,Tahara N,Yanagihara K,Fukushima K,Suyama N,Inoue Y,Miyazaki Y,Kobayashi T,Yoshiura K,Niikawa N,Wen CY,Isomoto H,Shikuwa S,Omagari K,Mizuta Y,Kohno S,Tsukamoto K

更新日期：2007-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the application of bipolar coagulation (BIP) in hepatectomy by comparing the efficacy of BIP alone, cavitron ultrasonic surgical aspirator (CUSA) + BIP and conventional clamp crushing (CLAMP). METHODS:Based on our database of patient records, a total of 380 consecutive patients who underwent hepatectom...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Guo JY,Li DW,Liao R,Huang P,Kong XB,Wang JM,Wang HL,Luo SQ,Yan X,Du CY

更新日期：2014-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the roles of the adipocytokines, ghrelin and leptin in gastric cancer cachexia. METHODS:Resistin, ghrelin, leptin, adiponectin, insulin and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I), were measured in 30 healthy subjects, and 60 gastric cancer patients of which 30 suffered from cancer-induced cachexia and 3...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kerem M,Ferahkose Z,Yilmaz UT,Pasaoglu H,Ofluoglu E,Bedirli A,Salman B,Sahin TT,Akin M

更新日期：2008-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) is a chronic, antigen mediated disease of the disease of the oesophagus that may present in both adults and children. It is characterised by intermittent dysphagia, food bolus obstruction and weight loss. The pathogenesis is incompletely understood but is thought to culminate in poor co...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Attwood SE,Wilson MS

更新日期：2013-02-14 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：AIM:To provide long-term survival results of operable duodenal gastrointestinal stromal tumors (DGISTs) in a tertiary center in China. METHODS:In this retrospective study, the pathological data of 28 patients with DGISTs who had been treated surgically at the Second Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hosp...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liang X,Yu H,Zhu LH,Wang XF,Cai XJ

更新日期：2013-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify key variables associated with colon cancer testing using the 2009 California Health Inventory Survey (CHIS). METHODS:The CHIS has been conducted biennially since 2001 using a two-stage, geographically stratified random-digit-dial sample design to produce a representative sample of the entire State. For...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Modiri A,Makipour K,Gomez J,Friedenberg F

更新日期：2013-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the diagnostic value of a laparoscopic finding of a hepatic subcapsular spider-like telangiectasis (HSST) sign in biliary atresia. METHODS:A retrospective study was conducted first and then a validation set was used to investigate the value of an HSST sign in predicting biliary atresia (BA). In the retro...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhou Y,Jiang M,Tang ST,Yang L,Zhang X,Yang DH,Xiong M,Li S,Cao GQ,Wang Y

更新日期：2017-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the therapeutic effectiveness of intra-tumor injection of Xiao-Zhi-Ling(XZL) on transplanted hepatoma in rats. METHODS:Sixty rats were divided into 3 groups (groups S, X and E), 20 in each. Different drugs were injected into the implanted hepatoma (Group S with 0.2 ml saline as control, group X with 0.2 m...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lu Y,Wu LQ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To understand the role of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling in the regulation of iron-regulatory hormone, hepcidin by chronic alcohol consumption. METHODS:For chronic alcohol intake studies, TLR4 mutant mice on C3H/HeJ background and wildtype counterpart on C3H/HeOuJ background were pair-fed with regular (cont...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zmijewski E,Lu S,Harrison-Findik DD

更新日期：2014-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:This issue presents different new techniques aiming to increase our understanding of the gastrointestinal system and to improve treatment. The technologies cover selected methods to evoke and assess gut pain, new methods for imaging and physiological measurements, histochemistry, pharmacological modelling etc. There i...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Drewes AM,Gregersen H

更新日期：2009-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are defined as a distinct arm of innate immunity. According to their profile of secreted cytokines and lineage-specific transcriptional factors, ILCs can be categorized into the following three groups: group 1 ILCs (including natural killer (NK) cells and ILC1s) are dependent on T-bet and ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shen Y,Li J,Wang SQ,Jiang W

更新日期：2018-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate and compare the hepatogenic transdifferentiation of adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ADSC) and bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSC) in vitro. Transdifferentiation of BMSC into hepatic cells in vivo has been described. Adipose tissue represents an accessible source of ADSC, with similar...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Taléns-Visconti R,Bonora A,Jover R,Mirabet V,Carbonell F,Castell JV,Gómez-Lechón MJ

更新日期：2006-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Computed tomography (CT), liver stiffness measurement (LSM), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are non-invasive diagnostic methods for esophageal varices (EV) and for the prediction of high-bleeding-risk EV (HREV) in cirrhotic patients. However, the clinical use of these methods is controversial. AIM:To ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li Y,Li L,Weng HL,Liebe R,Ding HG

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate a suitable long-term culture system and optimal cryopreservation of intestinal organoid to improve organoid-based therapy by acquiring large numbers of cells. METHODS:Crypts were isolated from jejunum of C57BL/6 mouse. Two hundred crypts were cultured in organoid medium with either epidermal growth ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Han SH,Shim S,Kim MJ,Shin HY,Jang WS,Lee SJ,Jin YW,Lee SS,Lee SB,Park S

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effect of diazoxide administration on liver ischemia/reperfusion injury. METHODS:Wistar male rats underwent partial liver ischemia performed by clamping the pedicle from the medium and left anterior lateral segments for 1 h under mechanical ventilation. They were divided into 3 groups: Control G...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nogueira MA,Coelho AM,Sampietre SN,Patzina RA,Pinheiro da Silva F,D'Albuquerque LA,Machado MC

更新日期：2014-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Esophagomediastinal fistula is a very rare complication of tuberculosis in otherwise healthy adults, and mediastinal bronchial artery aneurysm is even rarer. In this case report, we describe a rare case of tuberculosis complication that presented with acute upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. It also highl...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Alharbi SR

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the diffusion gradient b-factor that optimizes both apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurement and contrast-to-noise (CNR) for assessing tumor response to transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) in a rabbit model. METHODS:Twelve New Zealand white rabbits bearing VX2 tumors in the liver were treated...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jiang ZX,Peng WJ,Li WT,Tang F,Liu SY,Qu XD,Wang JH,Lu HF

更新日期：2008-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral lipiodol embolism (CLE) is an extremely rare complication of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The authors present a case of CLE that occurred after the second hepatic arterial chemoembolization for HCC, and attempt to introduce several plausible mechanisms of CLE, a...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wu L,Yang YF,Liang J,Shen SQ,Ge NJ,Wu MC

更新日期：2010-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) includes two similar yet distinct conditions called ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). These diseases affect the digestive system and cause the inflammation of intestinal tissue, form sores and bleed easily. Most children with IBD are diagnosed in late childhood and adol...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yun J,Xu CT,Pan BR

更新日期：2009-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver cancers are the second most frequent cause of global cancer-related mortality of which 90% are attributable to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Despite the advent of screening programmes for patients with known risk factors, a substantial number of patients are ineligible for curative surgery at presentation with...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Inchingolo R,Posa A,Mariappan M,Spiliopoulos S

更新日期：2019-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effect of the shunting branch of the portal vein (PV) (left or right) and the initial stent position (optimal or suboptimal) of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed 307 consecutive cirrhotic patients who underwent TIPS placement for variceal bl...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bai M,He CY,Qi XS,Yin ZX,Wang JH,Guo WG,Niu J,Xia JL,Zhang ZL,Larson AC,Wu KC,Fan DM,Han GH

更新日期：2014-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of pancreatic pleural effusion, secondary to an internal pancreatic fistula, is a rare clinical syndrome and diagnosis is often missed. The key to the diagnosis is a dramatically elevated pleural fluid amylase. This pancreatic pleural effusion is also called a pancreatic pleural fistula. It is character...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jin SG,Chen ZY,Yan LN,Zeng Y

更新日期：2010-09-21 00:00:00