Therapeutic advances: single incision laparoscopic hepatopancreatobiliary surgery.

abstract：:Epidemiologic studies have suggested a relation between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and diabetes mellitus. HCV infection is emerging as a metabolic disease, and diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for HCV infection. However, some data on the prevalence of antibodies to HCV in patients with diabetes are conflictin...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Rouabhia S,Malek R,Bounecer H

更新日期：2009-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the recent advances in the therapeutic modalities, colorectal cancer (CRC) remains to be one of the most common causes of cancer-related death. CRC arises through accumulation of multiple genetic and epigenetic alterations that transform normal colonic epithelium into adenocarcinomas. Among crucial roles of ep...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sakai E,Nakajima A,Kaneda A

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Arthrogryposis, renal dysfunction and cholestasis (ARC) syndrome (OMIM 208085) is an autosomal recessive disorder that is caused by mutations in 2 interacting genes VPS33B and VIPAS39. Mutations in VPS33B gene account for most cases of ARC. As low or normal gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) activity has been describ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang JS,Zhao J,Li LT

更新日期：2014-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the precise incidence and clinical features of endoscopic ulcers following gastrectomy. METHODS:A consecutive series of patients who underwent endoscopic examination following gastrectomy between 2005 and 2010 was retrospectively analyzed. A total of 78 patients with endoscopic ulcers and 759 without ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chung WC,Jeon EJ,Lee KM,Paik CN,Jung SH,Oh JH,Kim JH,Jun KH,Chin HM

更新日期：2012-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extrahepatic metastasis (EHM) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is associated with poor outcomes. However, the clinical features and risk factors of EHM of HCC after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) remain unclear. AIM:To elucidate the characteristics and risk factors of EHM after RFA for HCC. METHODS:From Ja...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yoon JH,Goo YJ,Lim CJ,Choi SK,Cho SB,Shin SS,Jun CH

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is currently known to be a safer procedure than it was before because of technical advances and improvement in postoperative patient management and remains the first-line treatment for HCC in compensated cirrhosis. The aim of this review is to assess current indicatio...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Gaillard M,Tranchart H,Dagher I

更新日期：2014-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate spiral computed tomography (CT) including virtual gastroscopy for diagnosis of gastric carcinoma in comparison with upper gastrointestinal series (UGI), fiberoptic gastroscopy (FG) and histopathology. METHODS:Sixty patients with histologically proven gastric carcinoma (54 advanced and 6 early) were inc...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen F,Ni YC,Zheng KE,Ju SH,Sun J,Ou XL,Xu MH,Zhang H,Marchal G

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory destructive disease of the large intestine occurred usually in the rectum and lower part of the colon as well as the entire colon. Drug therapy is not the only choice for UC treatment and medical management should be as a comprehensive whole. Azulfidine, Asacol, Pentasa, Dipe...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xu CT,Meng SY,Pan BR

更新日期：2004-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To further elucidate the pathogenesis and mechanisms of the high risk of gallstone formation in Crohn's disease. METHODS:Gallbladder bile was obtained from patients with Crohn's disease who were admitted for elective surgery (17 with ileal/ileocolonic disease and 7 with Crohn's colitis). Fourteen gallstone patient...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lapidus A,Akerlund JE,Einarsson C

更新日期：2006-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) is a rare disease due to a severe gastrointestinal motility disorder which may mimic, on both clinical and radiological grounds, mechanical obstruction. We report a case of a 26-year-old woman who presented to our institution for plain abdominal radiography for referred lon...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Camera L,Calabrese M,Sarnelli G,Longobardi M,Rocco A,Cuomo R,Salvatore M

更新日期：2011-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive and difficult cancers to treat. Despite numerous research efforts, limited success has been achieved in the therapeutic management of patients with this disease. In the current review, we focus on one component of morphogenesis signaling, Hedgehog (Hh), with the aim of d...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Onishi H,Katano M

更新日期：2014-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the role of NOB1, a regulator of cell survival in yeast, in human colorectal cancer cells. METHODS:Lentivirus-mediated small interfering RNA (siRNA) was used to inhibit NOB1 expression in RKO human colorectal cancer cells in vitro and in vivo in a mouse xenograft model. The in vitro and in vivo knockd...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： He XW,Feng T,Yin QL,Jian YW,Liu T

更新日期：2015-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last 15 years, there have been major advances in the multimodal treatment of gastric cancer, in large part due to several phase III studies showing the treatment benefits of neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy and chemoradiation protocols. The objective of this editorial is to review the current high-level ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Choi AH,Kim J,Chao J

更新日期：2015-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the possible involvement of 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3)-1(alpha)-hydroxylase [1alpha-25(OH) (2) D(3)] in butyrate-induced differentiation in human intestinal cell line Caco-2 cells. METHODS:Caco-2 cells were incubated either with 3 mmol/L butyrate and 1 micromol/L 25(OH) (2) D(3) or with 1 micromol/L 1al...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Schröder O,Turak S,Daniel C,Gaschott T,Stein J

更新日期：2005-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Because of a major resistance to chemotherapy, prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is still poor. New treatments are required and gene therapy may be an option. Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) induces apoptosis in multiple malignant tumors, and using adenoviral vectors has sh...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jacob D,Schumacher G,Bahra M,Davis J,Zhu HB,Zhang LD,Teraishi F,Neuhaus P,Fang BL

更新日期：2005-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Most pancreatic cancer patients present with advanced metastatic disease, resulting in extremely poor 5-year survival, mainly because of the lack of a reliable modality for early detection and limited therapeutic options for advanced disease. Therefore, there is a need for minimally-invasive diagnostic tools for detec...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Takai E,Yachida S

更新日期：2016-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To define the frequency of the C/T-13910 variant associated with lactase persistence/non-persistence trait and to analyze the milk consumption of lactase non-persistent subjects in Estonia. METHODS:We genotyped 355 Estonians by polymerase chain reaction and direct sequencing. Milk consumption was analyzed by a que...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lember M,Torniainen S,Kull M,Kallikorm R,Saadla P,Rajasalu T,Komu H,Järvelä I

更新日期：2006-12-07 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：:It is reported that a pancreatic disease may precede the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) both in children and in adults. Idiopathic chronic pancreatitis, however, occasionally co-exists with the IBD, mainly at pediatric age. We report a case of a patient who progressively developed the features of a chro...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Knafelz D,Panetta F,Monti L,Bracci F,Papadatou B,Torre G,Dall'Oglio L,Diamanti A

更新日期：2013-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether common variants in the oxidative pathway genes influence inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) risk among Moroccan patients. METHODS:The distribution of (TAAA)n_rs12720460 and (CCTTT)n _rs3833912 NOS2A microsatellite repeats, HIF-1A_rs11549467 and NFKB1-94ins/delATTG_rs28362491 was analyzed in 50...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Senhaji N,Nadifi S,Zaid Y,Serrano A,Rodriguez DAL,Serbati N,Karkouri M,Badre W,Martín J

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To improve anti-inflammatory activity while reducing drug doses, we developed a nanoformulation carrying dexamethasone and butyrate. METHODS:Dexamethasone cholesteryl butyrate-solid lipid nanoparticles (DxCb-SLN) were obtained with the warm microemulsion method. The anti-inflammatory activity of this novel nanofor...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Dianzani C,Foglietta F,Ferrara B,Rosa AC,Muntoni E,Gasco P,Della Pepa C,Canaparo R,Serpe L

更新日期：2017-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare prevalence rates of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) between Hispanics of Mexican origin and Hispanics of Dominican and Puerto Rican origin. METHODS:We evaluated prevalence rates of NAFLD between the two largest sub-populations of Hispanics in the United States; Hispanics of Mexican origin and ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fleischman MW,Budoff M,Zeb I,Li D,Foster T

更新日期：2014-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is currently recommended as preoperative treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC); however, evaluation of treatment response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy is still challenging. AIM:To create a multi-modal radiomics model to assess therapeutic response after neoadjuvant chem...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li ZY,Wang XD,Li M,Liu XJ,Ye Z,Song B,Yuan F,Yuan Y,Xia CC,Zhang X,Li Q

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from adipose-derived stromal cells (ADSCs) and bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) have similar hepatic differentiation potential. METHODS:Mouse ADSCs and BMSCs were isolated and cultured. Their morphological and phenotypic characteristics, as well as their multip...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xu LJ,Wang SF,Wang DQ,Ma LJ,Chen Z,Chen QQ,Wang J,Yan L

更新日期：2017-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis on proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) therapy and the risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). METHODS We conducted a systematic search of MEDLINE/PubMed and seven other databases through January 1990 to March 2017 for published studies that evaluated the associatio...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Trifan A,Stanciu C,Girleanu I,Stoica OC,Singeap AM,Maxim R,Chiriac SA,Ciobica A,Boiculese L

更新日期：2017-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate retrospectively the long-term effect of endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES) including exocrine pancreatic function in patients with stenosis of ampulla of Vater. METHODS:After diagnostic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and ES because of stenosis of the ampulla of Vater (SOD Type I),...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ewald N,Marzeion AM,Bretzel RG,Kloer HU,Hardt PD

更新日期：2007-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate oxaliplatin-induced severe anaphylactic reactions (SAR) in metastatic colorectal cancer in a retrospective case series analysis and to conduct a systemic literature review. METHODS:During a 6-year period from 2006 to 2011 at Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, a total of 412 patients exposed to oxa...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang JH,King TM,Chang MC,Hsu CW

更新日期：2012-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To detect the anomaly in the persistent right umbilical vein (PRUV) of portal vein (PV) with deviation of the ligamentum tere and left-sided gallbladder. METHODS:A total of 5783 candidates for routine analysis were evaluated for hepatic vascular abnormalities by ultrasonography. RESULTS:Ten candidates (0.17%) had...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakanishi S,Shiraki K,Yamamoto K,Koyama M,Nakano T

更新日期：2005-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-HFE hereditary haemochromatosis (HH) refers to a genetically heterogeneous group of iron overload disorders that are unlinked to mutations in the HFE gene. The four main types of non-HFE HH are caused by mutations in the hemojuvelin, hepcidin, transferrin receptor 2 and ferroportin genes. Juvenile haemochromatosis...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wallace DF,Subramaniam VN

更新日期：2007-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we summarize the main progresses made in our group in the field of the mechanism of pigment gallstone formation. It was found that after treatment with free radicals, bilirubin (BR) was changed into free radical itself, and a semiquinone free radical and a superoxide free radical bound with metal were r...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu XT,Hu J

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00