Biofeedback-guided pelvic floor exercise therapy for obstructive defecation: an effective alternative.

abstract：AIM:To further investigate the role of human B7 homolog 1 (B7-H1) in the mechanism of persistent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. METHODS:Peripheral and intra-hepatic B7-H1 expression were compared by flow cytometry and immunochemical staining between two 2 distinct groups, one being chronic HBV tolerance patients (C...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang WJ,Xie HY,Duan X,Wan YL,Peng CH,Shi SH,Su R,Zheng ZH,Pan LL,Zhou L,Zheng SS

更新日期：2012-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To detect distribution and relative frequency of endocrine cells in gastrointestinal tract of flower fish (Pseudophoxinus antalyae). METHODS:The intestinal tract of flower fish was divided into four portions from proximal to distal; the enlarged area after oesophagus and anterior, middle and posterior intestine. I...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cinar K,Senol N,Ozen MR

更新日期：2006-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the role of 64-slice computed tomography (CT) in portal vein cavernous transformation to determine surgical strategy. METHODS:The site of lesions and extent of collateral circulation in 12 pediatric cases of cavernous transformation of the portal vein with surgical treatment were analyzed. RESULTS:...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang MM,Pu CL,Li YC,Guo CB

更新日期：2011-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymatic metabolism of the 20C polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) arachidonic acid (AA) occurs via the cyclooxygenase (COX) and lipoxygenase (LOX) pathways, and leads to the production of various bioactive lipids termed eicosanoids. These eicosanoids have a variety of functions, including stimulation of homeostatic re...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tuncer S,Banerjee S

更新日期：2015-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To characterise the viral kinetics of enterovirus 71 (EV71). METHODS:In this study, human rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) cells were infected with EV71 at different multiplicity of infection (MOI). After infection, the cytopathic effect (CPE) was monitored and recorded using a phase contrast microscope associated with a CCD...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lu J,He YQ,Yi LN,Zan H,Kung HF,He ML

更新日期：2011-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic inflammation and nutrition status play an important role in cancer metastasis. The combined index of hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet (HALP), consisting of haemoglobin, albumin, lymphocytes, and platelets, is considered as a novel marker to reflect both systemic inflammation and nutriti...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xu SS,Li S,Xu HX,Li H,Wu CT,Wang WQ,Gao HL,Jiang W,Zhang WH,Li TJ,Ni QX,Liu L,Yu XJ

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether a specific adenosine A(2A) receptor agonist (ATL-146e) can ameliorate aspirin-induced gastric mucosal lesions in rats, and reduce neutrophil accumulation and production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. METHODS:Gastric lesions were produced by oral gavage of aspirin (200 mg/kg) and HCl (0.15 mol/...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Odashima M,Otaka M,Jin M,Komatsu K,Wada I,Horikawa Y,Matsuhashi T,Hatakeyama N,Oyake J,Ohba R,Watanabe S,Linden J

更新日期：2006-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the digestive tract with systemic manifestations. Etiology is unknown, even if immunological, genetic and environmental factors are involved. The majority of CD patients require surgery during their lifetime due to progressive bowel damage, but, even when all m...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Spinelli A,Sacchi M,Fiorino G,Danese S,Montorsi M

更新日期：2011-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) inhibitors are known to increase reactivation of concurrent chronic hepatitis B, but their impact on the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is controversial. Some conditions of immunosuppression, such as liver transplantation, typically cause an increase in the rate of HCV evolution. Inhibition of...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Pompili M,Biolato M,Miele L,Grieco A

更新日期：2013-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of exogenously mutated p27(kipl) (p27) on proliferation and apoptosis of human cholangiocarcinoma cell line, QBC(939)in vivo. METHODS:Adenviral vectors were used to transfect mutated p27 cDNA into human QBC(939)cell line. Expression of p27 was detected by RT-PCR. Western blot. Cell growt...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Luo J,Chen YJ,Wang WY,Zou SQ

更新日期：2008-09-14 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：:Anti-tumour necrosis factor α (anti-TNFα) therapy is an established treatment in inflammatory bowel disease. However, this treatment is associated with high costs and the possibility of severe adverse events representing a true challenge for patients, clinicians and health care systems. Consequently, a crucial questio...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Papamichael K,Vermeire S

更新日期：2015-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal duplication is an uncommon congenital abnormality in two-thirds of cases manifesting before the age of 2 years. Ileal duplication is common while colonic duplication, either cystic or tubular, is a rather unusual clinical entity that remains asymptomatic and undiagnosed in most cases. Mostly occurring...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fotiadis C,Genetzakis M,Papandreou I,Misiakos EP,Agapitos E,Zografos GC

更新日期：2005-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Chemokines and their receptors are crucial for immune responses in HCV and HIV infection. RANTES gene polymorphisms lead to altered gene expression and influence the natural course of HIV infection. Therefore, these mutations may also affect the course of HIV/HCV coinfection. METHODS:We determined allele frequenci...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ahlenstiel G,Iwan A,Nattermann J,Bueren K,Rockstroh JK,Brackmann HH,Kupfer B,Landt O,Peled A,Sauerbruch T,Spengler U,Woitas RP

更新日期：2005-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate tumor necrosis factor-α converting enzyme (TACE) methylation status in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). METHODS:Eighty patients with hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-positive CHB, 80 with HBeAg-negative CHB, and 40 healthy controls (HCs) were randomly enrolled in this study. Genomic DNA was extrac...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang ZL,Gao S,Li XY,Sun FK,Li F,Fan YC,Wang K

更新日期：2015-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging as a noninvasive method for the assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients. METHODS:We performed a prospective blind comparison of ARFI elastography, APRI index and FibroMax in a consecutive series of ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fierbinteanu-Braticevici C,Andronescu D,Usvat R,Cretoiu D,Baicus C,Marinoschi G

更新日期：2009-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) is a relatively rare condition characterized by intraluminal gas in the gastrointestinal tract. Several chemotherapeutic agents have been reported to be associated with PCI, although fluorouracil-related PCI is extremely rare. We report a case of a 76-year old man who received ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mimatsu K,Oida T,Kawasaki A,Kano H,Kuboi Y,Aramaki O,Amano S

更新日期：2008-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the role of mitochondria in cell apoptosis during hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury and protective effect of ischemic postconditioning (IPC). METHODS:A rat model of acute hepatic ischemia-reperfusion was established, 24 healthy male Wistar rats were randomly divided into sham-operated group, ische...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sun K,Liu ZS,Sun Q

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the safety and efficacy of adding bevacizumab to first-line chemotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer patients with peritoneal disease. METHODS:We compared rates of gastrointestinal perforation in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer and peritoneal disease receiving first-line chemotherapy ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Roohullah A,Wong HL,Sjoquist KM,Gibbs P,Field K,Tran B,Shapiro J,Mckendrick J,Yip D,Nott L,Gebski V,Ng W,Chua W,Price T,Tebbutt N,Chantrill L

更新日期：2015-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the outcome of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in children with or without malignancies. METHODS:Twenty four children (15 boys and 9 girls) with malignancies, followed up by the pediatric gastroenterology outpatient clinic for CHB between January 2000 and December 2013, were enrolled in the study (Group 1). ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Usta M,Urgancı N,Yıldırmak ZY,Dogan Vural S

更新日期：2015-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the condition and potentiality of human umbilical cord blood stem cells (HUCBSC) to differentiate into hepatocytes in vivo or in vitro. METHODS:In a cell culture study of human umbilical cord blood stem cell (HUCBSC) differentiation, human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells (HUCBMNC) were separated by...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tang XP,Zhang M,Yang X,Chen LM,Zeng Y

更新日期：2006-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess proportions, related conditions and survival of interval cancer (IC). METHODS:The programme has a linkage with different clinical databases and cancer registers to allow suitable evaluation. This evaluation involves the detection of ICs after a negative faecal inmunochemical test (FIT), interval cancer F...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Portillo I,Arana-Arri E,Idigoras I,Bilbao I,Martínez-Indart L,Bujanda L,Gutierrez-Ibarluzea I

更新日期：2017-04-21 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：: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

abstract：AIM:To investigate protective effects and molecular mechanisms of green tea polyphenols (GTP) on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in Zucker fatty (ZF) rats. METHODS:Male ZF rats were fed a high-fat diet (HFD) for 2 wk then treated with GTP (200 mg/kg) or saline (5 mL/kg) for 8 wk, with Zucker lean rat as thei...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tan Y,Kim J,Cheng J,Ong M,Lao WG,Jin XL,Lin YG,Xiao L,Zhu XQ,Qu XQ

更新日期：2017-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a unique case of intramucosal carcinoma in a tubulovillous adenoma arising from a single diverticulum. Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) was carried out successfully and completely with the assistance of laparoscopy. A 71-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of melena and anemia. Emergent colon...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fu KI,Hamahata Y,Tsujinaka Y

更新日期：2010-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the accuracy of spot urinary Na/K and Na/creatinine (Cr) ratios as an alternative to 24-h urinary sodium in monitoring dietary compliance in patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites treated with diuretics. METHODS:The study was carried on 40 patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites treated with diure...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： El-Bokl MA,Senousy BE,El-Karmouty KZ,Mohammed Iel K,Mohammed SM,Shabana SS,Shalaby H

更新日期：2009-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymph node dissection is always a hot issue in radical resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HCCA). There are still controversies regarding whether some lymph nodes should be dissected, of which the para-aortic lymph nodes are the most controversial. This review synthesized findings in the literature using the PubMed...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li J,Zhou MH,Ma WJ,Li FY,Deng YL

更新日期：2020-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The chronic inflammatory process underlying inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), comprising Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, derives from the interplay of several components in a genetically susceptible host. These components include environmental elements and gut microbiota a dysbiosis. For decades, immune abnorm...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nanini HF,Bernardazzi C,Castro F,de Souza HSP

更新日期：2018-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the predictive value of tissue transglutaminase (tTG) antibodies for villous atrophy in adult and pediatric populations to determine if duodenal biopsy can be avoided. METHODS:A total of 324 patients with celiac disease (CD; 97 children and 227 adults) were recruited prospectively at two tertiary cente...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Vivas S,Ruiz de Morales JG,Riestra S,Arias L,Fuentes D,Alvarez N,Calleja S,Hernando M,Herrero B,Casqueiro J,Rodrigo L

更新日期：2009-10-14 00:00:00