Autoimmune hepatitis, one disease with many faces: etiopathogenetic, clinico-laboratory and histological characteristics.

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of KAI1/CD82 on biological behavior of colorectal carcinoma cells. METHODS:KAI1 cDNA was transfected into highly malignant colorectal carcinoma cell line, LoVo, which had low level of endogenous KAI1 expression, and established stable transfectant clones with high KAI1/CD82 expression. T...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu L,Wu DH,Li ZG,Yang GZ,Ding YQ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To reviewing genetic and epigenetic make-up of metastatic colorectal cancers (mCRCs) addicted to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signalling. METHODS:The present study summarizes the potential value of prognostic and predictive biomarkers in selecting mCRC patients treated with anti-EGFR therapy. A meta-ana...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lo Nigro C,Ricci V,Vivenza D,Granetto C,Fabozzi T,Miraglio E,Merlano MC

更新日期：2016-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the existence and clinical significance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA in the serum and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of patients with hepatitis C. METHODS:HCV RNA was detected by nested polymerase chain reaction (Nested PCR) in serum and in PBMC of 46 patients with acute hepatitis C (AH...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhou P,Cai Q,Chen YC,Zhang MS,Guan J,Li XJ

更新日期：1997-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate and compare the effects of tocotrienol and omeprazole on gastric growth factors in rats exposed to water-immersion restraint stress (WIRS). METHODS:Twenty-eight male Wistar rats were randomly assigned to four groups of seven rats. The two control groups were administered vitamin-free palm oil (vehic...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nur Azlina MF,Qodriyah HMS,Chua KH,Kamisah Y

更新日期：2017-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether aspirin or non-aspirin non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NA-NSAIDs) prevent colorectal cancer (CRC) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). METHODS:We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis. We searched for articles reporting the risk of CRC in patients with IBD relate...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Burr NE,Hull MA,Subramanian V

更新日期：2016-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation cannot be considered the most important therapeutic procedure for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In France, no more than 2% of patients with HCC undergo a transplantation. Randomized controlled trial must assess the benefit to risk ratio of various potentially "curative" treatment procedures (transpla...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Braillon A

更新日期：2009-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the outcome of patients, who underwent transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and subsequently liver transplantation (OLT) irrespective of tumor size when no tumor progression was observed. METHODS:Records, imaging studies and pathology of 84 patients with HCC were revi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Obed A,Beham A,Püllmann K,Becker H,Schlitt HJ,Lorf T

更新日期：2007-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze, retrospectively in a population-based study, the management and survival of patients with recurrent rectal cancer initially treated with a macroscopically radical resection obtained with total mesorectal excision (TME). METHODS:All rectal carcinomas diagnosed during 1998 to 2000 and initially treated w...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bakx R,Visser O,Josso J,Meijer S,Slors JF,van Lanschot JJ

更新日期：2008-10-21 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 pathological effect of Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) on human hepatic cells, proteomic methods were used to find and to identify proteins that were overexpressed in HepG2 cells treated by H pylori. METHODS:H pylori was co-cultured with HepG2 for 6 h. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis was used...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang Y,Fan XG,Chen R,Xiao ZQ,Feng XP,Tian XF,Chen ZH

更新日期：2005-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To carry out a hospital-based case-control study to investigate risk factors for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) in China. METHODS:A total of 312 ICC cases and 438 matched controls were included in the study. The presence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hepatolithiasis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, li...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhou YM,Yin ZF,Yang JM,Li B,Shao WY,Xu F,Wang YL,Li DQ

更新日期：2008-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the diagnostic values of serum autoantibodies against matrix metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7) in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). METHODS:The MMP-7 cDNA was cloned from ESCC tissues, and MMP-7 was expressed and purified from a prokaryotic system. MMP-7 autoantibodies were then measur...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhou JH,Zhang B,Kernstine KH,Zhong L

更新日期：2011-03-14 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：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 investigate the effects of osteopontin (OPN) gene expression knockdown on colon cancer Lovo cells in vitro. METHODS:Four candidate small interfering RNA (siRNA) constructs targeting the OPN gene and a scrambled control sequence (NC-siRNA) were synthesized and inserted into a pGPU6/GFP/Neo expression vector. Aft...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wu XL,Lin KJ,Bai AP,Wang WX,Meng XK,Su XL,Hou MX,Dong PD,Zhang JJ,Wang ZY,Shi L

更新日期：2014-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of cerebral lipiodol embolism (CLE) after transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for unresectable hepatic carcinoma (HCC). A 54-year-old man with unresectable HCC underwent TACE via the right hepatic artery and right inferior phrenic artery using a mixture of 40 mg pirarubicin and 30 mL lipiodol. His ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jia ZZ,Tian F,Jiang GM

更新日期：2012-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is characterized by steatosis or fat deposition in the liver and inflammation, which leads to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Induction of target genes without involving changes in DNA sequence seems to contribute greatly to liver injury. Chromatin modifications including alterati...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mandrekar P

更新日期：2011-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To induce the tolerance of rat liver allograft by dendritic cells (DCs) modified with NF-kappaB decoy oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs). METHODS:Bone marrow (BM)-derived DCs from SD rats were propagated in the presence of GM-CSF or GM-CSF+IL-4 to obtain immature DCs or mature DCs. GM-CSF+IL-4-propagated DCs were treate...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xu MQ,Suo YP,Gong JP,Zhang MM,Yan LN

更新日期：2004-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcoholism and cirrhosis, which are two of the most serious health problems worldwide, have a broad spectrum of clinical outcomes. Both diseases are influenced by genetic susceptibility and cultural traits that differ globally but are specific for each population. In contrast to other regions around the world, Mexican...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Roman S,Zepeda-Carrillo EA,Moreno-Luna LE,Panduro A

更新日期：2013-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal method for monitoring quiescent disease in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis is yet to be determined. Endoscopic evaluation with ileocolonoscopy is the gold standard but is invasive, costly, and time-consuming. There are many commercially available biomarkers that may be used in cli...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chang S,Malter L,Hudesman D

更新日期：2015-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic adenocarcinoma remains a most deadly malignancy, with an overall 5-year survival of 5%. A subset of patients will be diagnosed with potentially resectable disease, and while complete surgical resection provides the only chance at cure, data from trials of postoperative chemoradiation and/or chemotherapy dem...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sutton JM,Abbott DE

更新日期：2014-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether the changes of gap junction gene connexin messenger RNA in the noncancerous liver tissue of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) could play a significant role in its postresection recurrence. METHODS:Seventy-nine consecutive patients having undergone curative resection for HCC entere...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sheen IS,Jeng KS,Shih SC,Kao CR,Wang PC,Chen CZ,Chang WH,Wang HY,Shyung LR

更新日期：2005-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the influence of redox environment of Escherichia coli (E. coli) cytoplasm on disulfide bond formation of recombinant proteins. METHODS:Bovine fibroblast growth factor (BbFGF) was selected as a model of simple proteins with a single disulfide bond and free cysteines. Anti-HBsAg single-chain Fv (HBscFv), a...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xiong S,Wang YF,Ren XR,Li B,Zhang MY,Luo Y,Zhang L,Xie QL,Su KY

更新日期：2005-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To construct a DNA vaccine against extracellular domains 1-3 of fetal liver kinase-1 (flk-1), and to investigate its preventive and therapeutic effect against H22 cell in vivo. METHODS:Flk-1 DNA vaccine was produced by cloning extracellular domains 1-3 of flk-1 and by inserting the cloned gene into pcDNA3.1 (+). F...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lü F,Qin ZY,Yang WB,Qi YX,Li YM

更新日期：2004-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Intense abdominal pain is a prominent feature of chronic pancreatitis and its treatment remains a major clinical challenge. Basic studies of pancreatic nerves and experimental human pain research have provided evidence that pain processing is abnormal in these patients and in many cases resembles that seen in neuropat...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Olesen SS,Juel J,Graversen C,Kolesnikov Y,Wilder-Smith OH,Drewes AM

更新日期：2013-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumors of the minor papilla of the duodenum are quite rare. We successfully and safely treated an 18-mm adenoma of the minor papilla associated with pancreas divisum using endoscopic papillectomy. A 64-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for treatment of an asymptomatic mass in the minor papilla detected by uppe...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kanamori A,Kumada T,Kiriyama S,Sone Y,Tanikawa M,Hisanaga Y,Toyoda H,Kawashima H,Itoh A,Hirooka Y,Goto H

更新日期：2009-03-07 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：AIM:To explore the effects of peptide S-8300 from shark liver (S-8300) on liver function as well as in regulating immune functions in experimental injury models. METHODS:Mice were administered with different doses of S-8300 for four consecutive days, followed by mice injected with tetrachloromethane (CCl(4)) on d 3. T...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Huang FJ,Lv ZB,Li Q,Wei LJ,Zhang L,Wu WT

更新日期：2005-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze the effects of NF- kappa B inhibition by antioxidant pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) or TNF inhibitor pentoxifylline (PTX) on liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy (PH). METHODS:Saline, PDTC or PTX were injected 1 h before PH and rats were killed at 0.5 and 24 h after PH. Several control group...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Laurent S,Horsmans Y,Stärkel P,Leclercq I,Sempoux C,Lambotte L

更新日期：2005-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that host defense responses, such as phagocytic function of neutrophils and natural killer (NK) cell activity of lymphocytes, are impaired in cirrhotic patients. This review will concentrate on the impairment of innate immune responses in decompensated cirrhotic patients and the effect of the trea...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakamura I

更新日期：2014-06-21 00:00:00