Acute abdomen: rare and unusual presentation of right colic xanthogranulomatosis.

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of extended lymphadenectomy and postoperative chemotherapy on gastric cancer without lymph node metastasis. METHODS:Clinical data of 311 node-negative gastric cancer patients who underwent potentially curative gastrectomy with more than 15 lymph nodes resected, from January 2002 to Decem...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xue Q,Wang XN,Deng JY,Zhang RP,Liang H

更新日期：2013-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effects of extrahepatic collaterals to the liver on liver damage and patient outcome after embolotherapy for the ruptured hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm following hepatobiliary pancreatic surgery. METHODS:We reviewed 9 patients who underwent transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) for the ruptured...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tajima Y,Kuroki T,Tsutsumi R,Sakamoto I,Uetani M,Kanematsu T

更新日期：2007-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined en bloc liver/pancreas transplantation (CLPT) was used primarily in the treatment of otherwise non-resectable upper abdominal malignancy. In fact, a more appropriate indication is in patients with liver disease and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Here, we report on two successful cases of CLPT at ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen ZS,Meng FY,Chen XP,Liu DG,Wei L,Jiang JP,Du DF,Zhang WJ,Ming CS,Gong NQ

更新日期：2009-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the effects of aspirin and enoxaparin on liver function, coagulation index and histopathology in a rat model of liver fibrosis. METHODS Forty-five male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into the control group (n = 5) and model group (n = 40). Thioacetamide (TAA) was used to induce liver fibrosis ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li CJ,Yang ZH,Shi XL,Liu DL

更新日期：2017-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Although antagonists of tumor necrosis factor have resulted in major therapeutic benefits in inflammatory bowel disease, the magnitude and durability of response are variable. Similar to previously available drugs such as 5-aminosalicylates and immunomodulators, the therapeutic effect is not universal leaving many peo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Krishnareddy S,Swaminath A

更新日期：2014-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate that both the neuronal function of the contractile system and structural apparatus of the gastrointestinal tract are affected in patients with longstanding diabetes and auto mic neuropathy. METHODS:The evoked esophageal and duodenal contractile activity to standardized bag distension was assessed us...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Frokjaer JB,Andersen SD,Ejskjaer N,Funch-Jensen P,Drewes AM,Gregersen H

更新日期：2007-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess whether polymorphisms in NOD2 and ATG16L1 affect cytokine responses and mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) survival in monocytes from Crohn's disease (CD) patients. METHODS:Monocytes were isolated from peripheral blood of CD patients of known genotype for common single nucleotide polym...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Glubb DM,Gearry RB,Barclay ML,Roberts RL,Pearson J,Keenan JI,McKenzie J,Bentley RW

更新日期：2011-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify whether chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1) serves as a suitable biomarker for the prognosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and to analyze this protein's cellular source. METHODS:An ELISA was conducted to detect the concentration of CHI3L1 in the serum of 150 ESCC patients diagnosed between Janua...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xing S,Zheng X,Zeng T,Zeng MS,Zhong Q,Cao YS,Pan KL,Wei C,Hou F,Liu WL

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

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 investigate the characteristics of newly established four hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines (SNU-739, SNU-761, SNU-878 and SNU-886) from Korean hepatocellular cancer patients.METHODS:Morphologic and genetic studies were done.RESULTS:All four lines grew as a monolayer with an adherent pattern, and their doubli...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lee JH,Ku JL,Park YJ,Lee KU,Kim WH,Park JG

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the induction of T cellular immune responses in BALB/c mice immunized with uric acid and dendritic cells (DCs) pulsed with hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg). METHODS:DCs were generated from bone-marrow cells of BABL/c mice, and then pulsed or unpulsed with HBsAg protein (HBsAg-pulsed-DCs or unpuls...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ma XJ,Tian DY,Xu D,Yang DF,Zhu HF,Liang ZH,Zhang ZG

更新日期：2007-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the biological effects of internal irradiation, and the therapeutic effectiveness was assessed of (131)I-labeled anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) liposomes, derived from cetuximab, when used as a tumor-targeting carrier in a colorectal cancer mouse model. METHODS:We described the liposom...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li W,Ji YH,Li CX,Liu ZY,Li N,Fang L,Chang J,Tan J

更新日期：2016-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NACRT) for resectability of locally advanced gastric cancer (LAGC). METHODS:Between November 2007 and January 2014, 29 patients with LAGC (clinically T3 with distal esophagus invasion/T4 or bulky regional node metastasis) that were treated with NACRT fo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kim MS,Lim JS,Hyung WJ,Lee YC,Rha SY,Keum KC,Koom WS

更新日期：2015-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the long-term outcome of standard 5-FU based adjuvant or neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy and to identify the predictive factors, especially anemia before and after radiotherapy as well as hemoglobin increase or decrease during radiotherapy. METHODS:Two hundred and eighty-six patients with Union Internati...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Weissenberger C,Geissler M,Otto F,Barke A,Henne K,von Plehn G,Rein A,Muller C,Bartelt S,Henke M

更新日期：2006-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the association of human antigen R (HuR) and inhibitors of apoptosis proteins (IAP1, IAP2) and prognosis in pancreatic cancer. METHODS:Protein and mRNA expression levels of IAP1, IAP2 and HuR in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) were compared with normal pancreatic tissue. The correlations among...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lukosiute-Urboniene A,Jasukaitiene A,Silkuniene G,Barauskas V,Gulbinas A,Dambrauskas Z

更新日期：2019-01-14 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 association between HLA-DRB1 alleles and Han and Uyghur ulcerative colitis (UC) patients residing in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. METHODS:In this study, 102 UC patients (53 Han including 22 men and 31 women, and 49 Uyghur patients including 25 men and 24 women; aged 48.07 ± 15.83...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Aheman A,Gao F,Kuerbanjiang A,Li YX,Abuduhadeer M

更新日期：2013-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the role of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in CD24 gene in susceptibility and overall survival of gastric cancer (GC). METHODS:We genotyped 3 tagging SNPs of CD24-P-534 in the promoter region, P170 in the coding region of exon 2 and P1527 in the 3' untranslated region - using polymerase chai...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jia ZF,Wang LZ,Cao XY,Wang C,Cao DH,Wu X,You LL,Jin MS,Wang YP,Zhou BS,Jiang J

更新日期：2016-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stress-related gastric mucosal damage or ulcer remains an unsolved issue for critically ill patients. Stress ulcer prophylaxis has been part of routine intensive care, but uncertainty and controversy still exist. Co-secreted with mucins, intestinal trefoil factor (ITF) is reported to promote restitution and ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Huang Y,Wang MM,Yang ZZ,Ren Y,Zhang W,Sun ZR,Nie SN

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To establish novel intestinal myofibroblast (IMF) cell lines from mouse colonic mucosa and investigate their biological characters. METHODS:Primary IMFs were isolated from mucosal tissues of mouse colon that was denuded of epithelial cells and smooth muscle layer. For immortalization, primary IMFs were transfected...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kawasaki H,Ohama T,Hori M,Sato K

更新日期：2013-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the association of nuclear morphometry and DNA content with resectability of pancreatic cancer. METHODS:A total of 36 patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma were divided into resectable group and unresectable group. The nuclear morphometry and DNA contents of tumor cells were analyzed by IBAS autoi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： He YC,Peng W,Qiao JG,Cao J,Chen JW

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon (IFN) therapy is the only treatment strategy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection after liver transplantation (LT), but prophylactic and treatable IFN therapy after LT has been shown to be insufficient due to the adverse effects of IFN and rivabirin. In this paper, we describe the disappearance of HCV afte...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ichikawa T,Nakao K,Hamasaki K,Honda T,Shibata H,Akahoshi M,Eguchi S,Takatsuki M,Kanematsu T,Eguchi K

更新日期：2007-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Heat shock protein (HSP)70 is over-expressed in human gastric cancer and plays an important role in the progression of this cancer. We investigated the effects of antisense HSP70 oligomer on human gastric cancer cell line SGC-7901, and its potential role in gene therapy for this cancer. METHODS:Human gastric cance...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhao ZG,Shen WL

更新日期：2005-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Barrett's esophagus (BE) is characterized by intestinal metaplasia with the differentiated epithelium replaced by another type of epithelium morphologically similar to normal intestinal epithelium. The metaplasia is preceded by bile and acid reflux into the esophagus. BE is a premalignant condition associated with inc...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhao J,Gregersen H

更新日期：2013-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the association between acid suppressive drug use and the development of gastric cancer. METHODS:A systematic search of relevant studies that were published through June 2012 was conducted using the MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases. The search included observational studies on t...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ahn JS,Eom CS,Jeon CY,Park SM

更新日期：2013-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary aorto-colic fistula is rarely reported in the literature. Although infrequently encountered, it is an important complication since it is usually fatal unless detected. Primary aorto-colic fistula is a spontaneous rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm into the lumen of the adjacent colon loop. Here we report a c...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Aksoy M,Yanar H,Taviloglu K,Ertekin C,Ayalp K,Yanar F,Guloglu R,Kurtoglu M

更新日期：2006-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the role of gastric mucosal ascorbic acid (AA) in the progression of acute gastric mucosal lesions induced by compound 48/80 (C48/80), a mast cell degranulator, in rats. METHODS:C48/80 (0.75 mg/kg) was intraperitoneally injected to fasted Wistar rats. Oral administration of AA (10, 50 or 100 mg/kg) was pe...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kamiya Y,Ohta Y,Imai Y,Arisawa T,Nakano H

更新日期：2005-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research has shown that microRNA (miRNA), which is involved in almost every step of gastric carcinogenesis, has broad prospective application in diagnosis and therapy of gastric carcinoma. Eastern Asia (South Korea, Japan and China) has the highest incidence of gastric cancer in the world. There were 988,000 ne...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Gao M,Yin H,Fei ZW

更新日期：2013-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate let-7a expression and analyze the correlation between let-7a and progression of gastric mucosa cancerization. METHODS:The tissue microarray was constructed previously in 52 cases of human gastric carcinoma, 17 cases of chronic atrophic gastritis (atypical hyperplasia) and 11 cases of normal gastric ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhu YM,Zhong ZX,Liu ZM

更新日期：2010-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Achalasia cardia is one of the common causes of motor dysphagia. Though the disease was first described more than 300 years ago, exact pathogenesis of this condition still remains enigmatic. Pathophysiologically, achalasia cardia is caused by loss of inhibitory ganglion in the myenteric plexus of the esophagus. In the...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ghoshal UC,Daschakraborty SB,Singh R

更新日期：2012-06-28 00:00:00