Disease monitoring in inflammatory bowel disease.

abstract：AIM:To compare the outcomes of concomitant cholangiocarcinoma (C-CCA) and subsequent cholangiocarcinoma (S-CCA) associated with hepatolithiasis. METHODS:From December 1987 to December 2007, 276 patients underwent hepatic resection for hepatolithiasis in Changhua Christian Hospital. Sixty-five patients were excluded du...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lin CC,Lin PY,Chen YL

更新日期：2013-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) infection is the main cause of gastritis, gastroduodenal ulcer disease, and gastric cancer. After more than 20 years of experience in H pylori treatment, in my opinion, the ideal regimen to treat this infection is still to be found. Currently, apart from having to know first-line eradica...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Gisbert JP

更新日期：2008-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common comorbidities associated with overweight and metabolic syndrome (MetS). Importantly, NAFLD is one of its most dangerous complications because it can lead to severe liver pathologies, including fibrosis, cirrhosis and hepatic cellular carcinoma. Given ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mikolasevic I,Milic S,Turk Wensveen T,Grgic I,Jakopcic I,Stimac D,Wensveen F,Orlic L

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper pays a tribute to Dr. Frank I Tovey on his 90th birthday which happens on September 1, 2011, and briefly describes the major findings in his research career and contributions as follows. The geographical prevalence of duodenal ulceration is related to staple diets. Unrefined wheat and maize, soya, certain p...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ma LS

更新日期：2011-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To provide hepatic protection through administration of doxorubicin before stop-flow chemotherapy (SFC) and to investigate the expression of heat shock protein 72 (HSP72) and role of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) in this effect. METHODS:The hepatic preconditioning of doxorubicin was established in a porcine m...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lu H,Zhu ZG,Yao XX,Zhao R,Yan C,Zhang Y,Liu BY,Yin HR,Lin YZ

更新日期：2005-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In Pakistan more than 10 million people are living with Hepatitis C virus (HCV), with high morbidity and mortality. This article reviews the prevalence, genotypes and factors associated with HCV infection in the Pakistani population. A literature search was performed by using the keywords; HCV prevalence, genotypes an...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Waheed Y,Shafi T,Safi SZ,Qadri I

更新日期：2009-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of exogenous melatonin on bacterial translocation and apoptosis in a rat ulcerative colitis model. METHODS:Rats were randomly assigned to three groups: group I: control, group II: experimental colitis, group III: colitis plus melatonin treatment. On d 11 after colitis, plasma tumor necro...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Akcan A,Kucuk C,Sozuer E,Esel D,Akyildiz H,Akgun H,Muhtaroglu S,Aritas Y

更新日期：2008-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, specificity of contrast-enhanced computed tomographic colonography in detecting local recurrence of colorectal cancer. METHODS:From January 2000 to December 2004, 434 patients after potentially curative resection for invasive colorectal cancer were followed up for ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： You YT,Chang Chien CR,Wang JY,Ng KK,Chen JS,Tang R,Chiang JM,Yeh CY,Hsieh PS

更新日期：2006-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of small interference RNA (siRNA) targeting of Cdx2 on human gastric cancer MGC-803 cells in vitro and in vivo. METHODS:The recombinant pSilencer 4.1-Cdx2 siRNA plasmids were constructed and transfected into gastric cancer MGC-803 cells in vitro. The stable transfectants were selected. T...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang XT,Xie YB,Xiao Q

更新日期：2012-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the rate of adverse events (AEs) during consecutive gastric and duodenal polypectomies in several Spanish centers. METHODS:Polypectomies of protruded gastric or duodenal polyps ≥ 5 mm using hot snare were prospectively included. Prophylactic measures of hemorrhage were allowed in predefined cases. AEs ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Córdova H,Argüello L,Loras C,Naranjo Rodríguez A,Riu Pons F,Gornals JB,Nicolás-Pérez D,Andújar Murcia X,Hernández L,Santolaria S,Leal C,Pons C,Pérez-Cuadrado-Robles E,García-Bosch O,Papo Berger M,Ulla Rocha JL,Sánchez-Mon

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the expression and serum level of HBxAg, Fas and FasL in tissues of HCC patients, and to assess the relationship between HBxAg and Fas/FasL system. METHODS:Tissues from 50 patients with HCC were tested for the expression of HBxAg, Fas and FasL by S-P immunohistochemistry. Serum levels of sFas/sFasL and HB...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang XZ,Chen XC,Chen YX,Zhang LJ,Li D,Chen FL,Chen ZX,Chen HY,Tao QM

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has not yet been clarified and immunosuppressive agents which non-specifically reduce inflammation and immunity have been used in the conventional therapies for IBD. Evidence indicates that a dysregulation of mucosal immunity in the gut of IBD causes an overproduction o...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakamura K,Honda K,Mizutani T,Akiho H,Harada N

更新日期：2006-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the incidence of brain metastasis in a contemporary group of patients with carcinoma of the esophagus. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of 53 patients with esophageal carcinoma who received radiotherapy as a component of treatment between 1998 and 2007, including patient and tumor characteristics, and s...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Smith RS,Miller RC

更新日期：2011-05-21 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 study the differential protein profile in serum of hepatitis B patients. METHODS:Serum samples were obtained from patients with chronic hepatitis B who were receiving peginterferon alfa-2b. The serum samples were subjected to albumin depletion and analyzed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE). Differen...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kuakarn S,SomParn P,Tangkijvanich P,Mahachai V,Thongboonkerd V,Hirankarn N

更新日期：2013-08-21 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：:Mastocytosis is a clonal neoplastic disorder of the mast cells (MC) that can be limited to the skin (cutaneous mastocytosis) or involve one or more extracutaneous organs (systemic mastocytosis). The clinical manifestations of mastocytosis are heterogeneous ranging from indolent disease with a long-term survival to a h...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Martins C,Teixeira C,Ribeiro S,Trabulo D,Cardoso C,Mangualde J,Freire R,Gamito É,Alves AL,Cremers I,Alves C,Neves A,Oliveira AP

更新日期：2016-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of early gastric cancer (EGC) is of great interest because its endoscopic and surgical treatment presents the best chance for a cure. With technical development, endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has been widely performed for the curative treatment of EGC in Korea. Multinational studies of ESD for E...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cho WY,Cho JY,Chung IK,Kim JI,Jang JS,Kim JH

更新日期：2011-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:AIM:To establish an experimental model of stress ulcer produced by explosive noise, and to probe into its mechanism and protection.METHODS:The country standard Wistar white rats were randomly divided into control group(n =8), which were neither stimulated nor protected, and stimulating group (divided into subgroups A,...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu GS,Huang YX,Li SW,Pan BR,Wang X,Sun DY,Wang QL

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2008, the European Association for the study of the liver (EASL) defined occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) as the "presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in the liver (with detectable or undetectable HBV DNA in the serum) of individuals testing hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) negative by currently avail...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ocana S,Casas ML,Buhigas I,Lledo JL

更新日期：2011-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the endoscopic activity before and after a one-year period of biological therapy and to evaluate the frequency of relapses and need for retreatment after stopping the biologicals in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). METHODS:The data from 41 patients with CD and 22 patients w...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Farkas K,Lakatos PL,Szűcs M,Pallagi-Kunstár É,Bálint A,Nagy F,Szepes Z,Vass N,Kiss LS,Wittmann T,Molnár T

更新日期：2014-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the distribution and expression of non-muscle myosin light chain kinase (nmMLCK) in rabbit livers. METHODS:Human nmMLCK N-terminal cDNA was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and was inserted into pBKcmv to construct expression vectors. The recombinant plasmid was transformed into XL1-blue. Expr...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhu HQ,Wang Y,Hu RL,Ren B,Zhou Q,Jiang ZK,Gui SY

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased numbers of mucosa-associated Escherichia coli are observed in both of the major inflammatory bowel diseases, Crohn d' disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). A potential pathophysiological link between the presence of pathogenic invasive bacteria and genetic host susceptibility of patients with ileal CD is...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Barnich N,Darfeuille-Michaud A

更新日期：2007-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the association between the tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (TagSNPs) of NOD1 and NOD2 and the risk of developing gastric cancer. METHODS:We conducted a hospital-based case-control study including 296 incident gastric cancer patients and 160 gastritis controls. Eight TagSNPs in the NOD1 and NOD2...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang P,Zhang L,Jiang JM,Ma D,Tao HX,Yuan SL,Wang YC,Wang LC,Liang H,Zhang ZS,Liu CJ

更新日期：2012-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Spanish investigators described recently the so-called occult hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, emphasizing the detection of genomic and antigenomic HCV RNA strands in liver and peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Therefore, the persistence of viral replication in occult HCV infection should be considered as a putati...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Moreno-Otero R

更新日期：2008-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the possible influences of HCV infection and relative antiviral treatment on seminal parameters and reproductive hormonal serum levels. METHODS:Ten male patients with HCV-related chronic hepatitis and 16 healthy male volunteers were studied. In all subjects seminal parameters (nemaspermic concentration...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Durazzo M,Premoli A,Di Bisceglie C,Bertagna A,Faga E,Biroli G,Manieri C,Bo S,Pagano G

更新日期：2006-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the efficacy and safety of stellate ganglion block for the treatment of patients with chronic ulcerative colitis. METHODS:A total of 120 randomly selected patients with chronic ulcerative colitis treated in Cangzhou Central Hospital from January 2014 to January 2016 were included in this study. Thes...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhao HY,Yang GT,Sun NN,Kong Y,Liu YF

更新日期：2017-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate whether FDG-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) may be an accurate technique in the assessment of the T stage in patients with colorectal cancer. METHODS:Thirty four consecutive patients (20 men and 14 women; mean age: 63 years) with a histologically proven diagnosis of colorect...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mainenti PP,Iodice D,Segreto S,Storto G,Magliulo M,De Palma GD,Salvatore M,Pace L

更新日期：2011-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To establish the prognosis and feasibility of en-bloc vascular resection of stage II pancreatic adenocarcinoma of the head and uncinate process. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed 87 patients with stage II pancreatic adenocarcinoma, who were subjected to pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) and pylorus-preserving PD (PPP...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chakravarty KD,Hsu JT,Liu KH,Yeh CN,Yeh TS,Hwang TL,Jan YY,Chen MF

更新日期：2010-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify factors associated with the age at onset of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS:Five hundred and fifty-six consecutive patients positive for HCV antibody and treatment-naïve HCC diagnosed between 1995 and 2004 were analyzed. Patients were classified into three groups...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Akiyama T,Mizuta T,Kawazoe S,Eguchi Y,Kawaguchi Y,Takahashi H,Ozaki I,Fujimoto K

更新日期：2011-02-21 00:00:00