Stool DNA methylation assays in colorectal cancer screening.

abstract：AIM:To analyze the role of rs12979860 and rs8099917 polymorphisms in hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection of Brazilians. METHODS:A total of 145 adult patients diagnosed with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C (CHC) who had completed a 48-wk regimen of pegylated-interferon α-2a or -2b plus ribavirin combination the...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Garcia RF,Moreira S,de Araújo Ramos AL,Ferreira LE,de Mattos AA,Tovo CV,Nader LA,Ramos JA,Rondinelli E,de Jesus Dominici A,Garcia CE,de Souza Leite Pinho M,Brandão-Mello CE,Villela-Nogueira CA,de França PH

更新日期：2013-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate whether Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication therapy benefits patients with functional dyspepsia (FD). METHODS:Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating the efficacy and safety of H. pylori eradication therapy for patients with functional dyspepsia published in English (up to May 2015) w...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Du LJ,Chen BR,Kim JJ,Kim S,Shen JH,Dai N

更新日期：2016-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the role of pre-core and basal core promoter (BCP) mutations before and after hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion. METHODS:The proportion of pre-core (G1896A) and basal core promoter (A1762T and G1764A) mutant viruses and serum levels of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA, hepatitis B surface anti...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kamijo N,Matsumoto A,Umemura T,Shibata S,Ichikawa Y,Kimura T,Komatsu M,Tanaka E

更新日期：2015-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify risk factors to help predict which patients are likely to fail to appear for an endoscopic procedure. METHODS:This was a retrospective, chart review, cohort study in a Canadian, tertiary care, academic, hospital-based endoscopy clinic. Patients included were: those undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wong VK,Zhang HB,Enns R

更新日期：2009-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old woman underwent partial splenic embolization (PSE) for hypersplenism with idiopathic portal hypertension (IPH). One week later, contrast-enhanced CT revealed extensive portal vein thrombosis (PVT) and dilated portosystemic shunts. The PVT was not dissolved by the intravenous administration of urokinase. ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakai M,Sato M,Sahara S,Kawai N,Kimura M,Maeda Y,Ibata Y,Higashi K

更新日期：2006-08-21 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

abstract：:AIM:To further clarify the clinicopathological, immunohistochemical and electron microscopic features, and prognostic aspect of basaloid squamous carcinoma (BSC), a rare esophageal carcinoma.METHODS:We reviewed 763 documented cases of esophageal malignancies from year (1977-1996) from our hospital, and discovered 16 (...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang XH,Sun GQ,Zhou XJ,Guo HF,Zhang TH

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an acute inflammatory disease of the exocrine pancreas. In Japan, nationwide epidemiological surveys have been conducted every 4 to 5 years by the Research Committee of Intractable Pancreatic Diseases, under the support of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan. We reviewed the...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hamada S,Masamune A,Shimosegawa T

更新日期：2016-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To discuss the rationality of extended radical resection (ERR) and to guide the surgical treatment of rectal cancer. METHODS:Total 211 patients who underwent ERR from 1981 to 1987 (follow-up rate of 94.8 %) were selected to study the patterns of lymphatic metastasis and therapeutic effect. The control group was ma...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Dong XS,Xu HT,Yu ZW,Liu M,Cu BB,Zhao P,Wang XS

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although gastric cancer (GC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death, major therapeutic advances have not been made, and patients with GC still face poor outcomes. The prognosis of GC also remains poor because the molecular mechanisms of GC progression are incompletely understood. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are n...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ishiguro H,Kimura M,Takeyama H

更新日期：2014-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication rates using second-line bismuth-containing quadruple therapy and to identify predictors of eradication failure. METHODS:This study included 636 patients who failed first-line triple therapy and received 7 d of bismuth-containing quadruple therapy between J...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kim SE,Park MI,Park SJ,Moon W,Kim JH,Jung K,Kim HK,Lee YD

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:CMU-1 is a new preservation solution with a low potassium concentration as well as low viscosity that is highly effective in reducing preservation injury. The purpose of this experiment is to compare the protective effect of CMU-1 solution with that of UW during cold preservation and normothermic reperfusion. METH...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cheng Y,Liu YF,Cheng DH,Li BF,Zhao N

更新日期：2005-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To express the complete PreS region of HBV in E.coli with good solubility and stability, and to establish an effective method for purification of the recombinant PreS protein. METHODS:The complete PreS region (PreS1 and PreS2) was fused into a series of tags including glutathione S-transferase (GST), dihydrofolate...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Deng Q,Kong YY,Xie YH,Wang Y

更新日期：2005-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We herein report a case of bronchial bleeding after radical esophagectomy that was treated with lobectomy. A 65-year-old male who underwent subtotal esophagectomy with three-field lymph node dissection for esophageal carcinoma was referred to our hospital because of sudden hemoptysis. After the esophagectomy, bilatera...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kitajima T,Momose K,Lee S,Haruta S,Ueno M,Shinohara H,Fujimori S,Fujii T,Takei R,Kohno T,Udagawa H

更新日期：2015-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To clarify whether serum chemokine and cytokine levels can become useful biological and functional markers to assess the severity of chronic pancreatitis (CP). This study aimed at clarifying whether serum chemokine and cytokine levels can become useful biological and functional markers to assess the severity of CP....

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yasuda M,Ito T,Oono T,Kawabe K,Kaku T,Igarashi H,Nakamura T,Takayanagi R

更新日期：2008-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To elucidate cell proliferation in erosive reflux disease (ERD) and non-erosive reflux disease (NERD), we evaluated markers in squamous epithelial cells. METHODS:Thirty-four consecutive patients with gastroesophageal-reflux-disease-related symptoms (21 NERD and 13 ERD) were evaluated for the enrolment into the stu...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Calabrese C,Montanaro L,Liguori G,Brighenti E,Vici M,Gionchetti P,Rizzello F,Campieri M,Derenzini M,Trerè D

更新日期：2011-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the feasibility and utility of confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) in the description of normal gastrointestinal (GI) mucosa and in the diagnosis of GI disorders in children, in comparison to histology. METHODS:Forty-four patients (19 female) median age 10.9 years (range 0.7-16.6 years) with suspected ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Venkatesh K,Cohen M,Evans C,Delaney P,Thomas S,Taylor C,Abou-Taleb A,Kiesslich R,Thomson M

更新日期：2009-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effect of transfected survivin antisense oligonucleotide (ASODN) on proliferation and apoptosis of gastric cancer cells. METHODS:The authors designed ASODNs targeting different regions of survivin mRNA, including surviving ASODN1, ASODN2 and ASODN3. ASODNs were transfected into gastric cancer ce...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yang JH,Zhang YC,Qian HQ

更新日期：2004-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The coexistence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in the liver is rare. Reports show that these patients have cirrhotic livers or hepatitis virus infections before they develop HCC and NHL. We present a patient with hepatitis B virus infection who was transferred to our hospital with a...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lee MH,Lin YC,Cheng HT,Chuang WY,Huang HC,Kao HW

更新日期：2015-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the expression of epithelial markers of colorectal carcinogenesis in patients with long-term ulcerative colitis (UC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) before and after transplantation. METHODS:Eight patients with UC and PSC prior to liver transplantation (PSC-UC), 22 patients with UC after liver...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wohl P,Hucl T,Drastich P,Kamenar D,Spicak J,Honsova E,Sticova E,Lodererova A,Matous J,Hill M,Wohl P,Kucera M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the safety and efficacy of the formulation HD-03/ES capsules in the management of patients with chronic hepatitis B infection. METHODS:A total of 25 patients were recruited to the study and were given HD-03/ES, two capsules twice daily for six months. Clinical assessment of symptoms and signs were d...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Rajkumar JS,Sekar MG,Mitra SK

更新日期：2007-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To establish the safety and efficacy of an indigenously developed r-hepatitis B vaccine using an accelerated schedule and to highlight the social awareness and commitment in preventing the spreading of hepatitis B virus infection. METHODS:The study was a multicentric, double blind, randomized (3:1) study using thr...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chowdhury A,Santra A,Habibullah CM,Khan AA,Karunakaramaiah J,Kishore TS,Raju AV,Lahiri S

更新日期：2005-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To prospectively evaluate the effectiveness and safety of continuous wound infiltration (CWI) for pain management after open gastrectomy. METHODS:Seventy-five adult patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status Classification System (ASA) grade 1-3 undergoing open gastrectomy were rando...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zheng X,Feng X,Cai XJ

更新日期：2016-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:NAG6 gene is a novel tumor related gene identified recently. This study was designed to examine the expression of this gene in gastric cancer and corresponding normal tissues, and to investigate its role in the occurrence and development of gastric cancer, also to study if the genetic structure of NAG6 was altered ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang XM,Sheng SR,Wang XY,Bin LH,Wang JR,Li GY

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze the clinicopathologic features and the prognosis of primary intestinal lymphoma. METHODS:Patients were included in the study based on standard diagnostic criteria for primary gastrointestinal lymphoma, and were treated at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Centre between 1993 and 2008. RESULTS:The study com...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang GB,Xu GL,Luo GY,Shan HB,Li Y,Gao XY,Li JJ,Zhang R

更新日期：2011-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the relationship between certain biochemical parameters of lipid metabolism in the serum and steatosis in the liver. METHODS:The grade of steatosis (0-3) and histological activity index (HAI, 0-18) in liver biopsy specimens were correlated with serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), total cholesterol...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jármay K,Karácsony G,Nagy A,Schaff Z

更新日期：2005-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic progressive cholestatic granulomatous, and destructive inflammatory lesion of small intralobular and septal bile ducts, which is likely to be caused by an autoimmune mechanism with a the presence of serum antimitochondrial antibodies and a potential tendency to progress to ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Reshetnyak VI

更新日期：2015-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To construct a recombinant strain which highly expresses catalase of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and assay the activity of H. pylori catalase. METHODS:The catalase DNA was amplified from H. pylori chromosomal DNA with PCR techniques and inserted into the prokaryotie expression vector pET-22b (+), and then was ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bai Y,Zhang YL,Jin JF,Wang JD,Zhang ZS,Zhou DY

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains one of the major public health problems throughout the world. Originally depicted as a multi-step dynamical disease, CRC develops slowly over several years and progresses through cytologically distinct benign and malignant states, from single crypt lesions through adenoma, to malignant ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Grizzi F,Bianchi P,Malesci A,Laghi L

更新日期：2013-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the expression of macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha) in Kupffer cells (KCs) following liver ischemia/reperfusion injury IRI in rats. METHODS:Forty male SD rats were divided randomly into five groups. A model of partial warm ischemia/reperfusion injury in the rat liver was established. K...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ma W,Wang ZR,Shi L,Yuan Y

更新日期：2006-06-28 00:00:00