Laparoscopic gastric cancer surgery: Current evidence and future perspectives.

abstract：:We report a case of isolated gastrointestinal metastasis from breast lobular carcinoma, which mimicked primary anal cancer. In July 2000, an 88-year-old woman presented with infiltrating lobular cancer (pT1/G2/N2). The patient received postoperative radiotherapy and hormonal therapy. Four years later, she presented wi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Puglisi M,Varaldo E,Assalino M,Ansaldo G,Torre G,Borgonovo G

更新日期：2009-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To test the hypothesis that enhancement of the activity of heme oxygenase can interfere with processes of fibrogenesis associated with recurrent liver injury, we investigated the therapeutic potential of over-expression of heme oxygense-1 in a CCl(4)-induced micronodular cirrhosis model. METHODS:Recombinant adeno-...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tsui TY,Lau CK,Ma J,Glockzin G,Obed A,Schlitt HJ,Fan ST

更新日期：2006-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the protective activity of allylpyrocatechol (APC), the major antioxidant constituent of Piper betel, against the indomethacin-induced stomach ulceration in the rat model and correlates with its antioxidative and mucin protecting properties. METHODS:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into five group...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bhattacharya S,Banerjee D,Bauri AK,Chattopadhyay S,Bandyopadhyay SK

更新日期：2007-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the biological function of complete S protein and to look for proteins interacting with complete S protein in hepatocytes. METHODS:We constructed bait plasmid expressing complete S protein of HBV by cloning the gene of complete S protein into pGBKT7, then the recombinant plasmid DNA was transformed ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bai GQ,Cheng J,Zhang SL,Huang YP,Wang L,Liu Y,Lin SM

更新日期：2005-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum amyloid A (SAA) is an acute phase protein mainly synthesized by the liver. SAA induces inflammatory phenotype and promotes cell proliferation in activated hepatic stellate cells, the major scar forming cells in the liver. However, few studies have reported on the serum levels of SAA in human liver dise...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yuan ZY,Zhang XX,Wu YJ,Zeng ZP,She WM,Chen SY,Zhang YQ,Guo JS

更新日期：2019-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To translate into Serbian and to investigate the validity of the cross-culturally adapted the chronic liver disease questionnaire (CLDQ). METHODS:The questionnaire was validated in 103 consecutive CLD patients treated between October 2009 and October 2010 at the Clinic for Gastroenterology, Clinical Centre of Serb...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Popovic DDj,Kovacevic NV,Kisic Tepavcevic DB,Trajkovic GZ,Alempijevic TM,Spuran MM,Krstic MN,Jesic RS,Younossi ZM,Pekmezovic TD

更新日期：2013-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. The diagnosis of gastric cancer has been significantly improved with the broad availability of gastrointestinal endoscopy. Effective technologies for accurate staging and quantitative evaluation are still in demand to merit reasonable treatment ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wu CX,Zhu ZH

更新日期：2014-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate mucosal healing in patients with small bowel plus colonic Crohn's disease (CD) with a single non-invasive examination, by using PillCam COLON 2 (PCC2). METHODS:Patients with non-stricturing nonpenetrating small bowel plus colonic CD in sustained corticosteroid-free remission were included. At diagnosis...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Boal Carvalho P,Rosa B,Dias de Castro F,Moreira MJ,Cotter J

更新日期：2015-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We have previously demonstrated that cholangiocytes, the epithelial cells lining intrahepatic bile ducts, encode two functional bile acid transporters via alternative splicing of a single gene to facilitate bile acid vectorial transport. Cholangiocytes possess ASBT, an apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kip NS,Lazaridis KN,Masyuk AI,Splinter PL,Huebert RC,LaRusso NF

更新日期：2004-05-15 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：:While jejunoileal diverticula are rare and often asymptomatic, they may lead to chronic non-specific or acute symptoms. The large majority of complications present with an acute abdomen similar to appendicitis, cholecystitis or colonic diverticulitis but they also may appear with atypical symptoms. As a result, diagno...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kassahun WT,Fangmann J,Harms J,Bartels M,Hauss J

更新日期：2007-04-21 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 identify the prevalence of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) and to assess the association of hepatitis B virus (HBV) core promoter mutations and viral load in Indonesian patients. METHODS:Sixty-four patients with chronic hepatitis, 65 with liver cirrhosis and 50 with hepatocellular carcinoma were included in this ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Utama A,Siburian MD,Purwantomo S,Intan MD,Kurniasih TS,Gani RA,Achwan WA,Arnelis,Lelosutan SA,Lukito B,Harmono T,Zubir N,Julius,Soemohardjo S,Lesmana LA,Sulaiman A,Tai S

更新日期：2011-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To establish the rapid, specific, and sensitive method for detecting O157:H7 with DNA microchips. METHODS:Specific oligonucleotide probes (26-28 nt) of bacterial antigenic and virulent genes of E. coli O157:H7 and other related pathogen genes were pre-synthesized and immobilized on a solid support to make microchi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jin HY,Tao KH,Li YX,Li FQ,Li SQ

更新日期：2005-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN), a tumor suppressor gene, is frequently down-regulated in gastric carcinomas due to mutation, loss of heterozygosity, and promoter hypermethylation. However, it is unknown if additional mechanisms may account for the down-regulation of PTEN expression. While neur...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yang Z,Yuan XG,Chen J,Lu NH

更新日期：2012-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the association between parity and gastric cancer (the cases are almost all premenopausal women) risk in a cohort of young parous women. METHODS:The study cohort consisted of all women with a record of a first and singleton childbirth in the Birth Register between 1978 and 1987. We tracked each woman fr...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chang CC,Chen CC,Chiu HF,Yang CY

更新日期：2011-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the roles of Fas signaling pathway in vitamin E succinate-induced apoptosis in human gastric cancer SGC-7901 cells. METHODS:Human gastric cancer SGC-7901 cells were treated with VES at 5, 10, 20 mg x L(-1), succinic acid and vitamin E as vehicle control and condition media only as untreated (UT) con...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wu K,Li Y,Zhao Y,Shan YJ,Xia W,Yu WP,Zhao L

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coeliac disease (CD) is a complex condition resulting from an interplay between genetic and environmental factors. When diagnosing the condition, serological testing and genotyping are useful in excluding CD, although the gold standard of testing is currently histopathological examination of the small intestine. There...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Charlesworth RP

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate different methods in differentiating idiopathic neonatal hepatitis from biliary atresia. METHODS:Sixty-five infants with cholestatic jaundice and final diagnosis of idiopathic neonatal hepatitis and biliary atresia were studied prospectively from September 2003 to March 2006. A thorough history and phy...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Dehghani SM,Haghighat M,Imanieh MH,Geramizadeh B

更新日期：2006-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the use of confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) in the diagnosis of chronic ulcerative colitis (CUC) was reported. In this brief report we aimed to assess the application of probe-based CLE to characterize colonic mucosa and dysplasia in CUC. The study involved a patient presenting long-standing CUC. Confocal...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： De Palma GD,Staibano S,Siciliano S,Maione F,Siano M,Esposito D,Persico G

更新日期：2011-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To develop a novel method for the rapid and efficient extraction of exosomes secreted by tumor cells. METHODS:Unlike the traditional extraction method, the supernatants of cell cultures were concentrated, and the exosomes were isolated promptly and effectively using a novel nanomaterial called ExoQuick. Coomassie ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhu L,Qu XH,Sun YL,Qian YM,Zhao XH

更新日期：2014-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Portal hypertension, liver fibrosis, and angiosarcoma of the liver (ASL) have been reported among workers exposed to vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) since the 1970s. In 2007, the International Agency for Research on Cancer established the association of VCM with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), though only on the basis of...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fedeli U,Girardi P,Mastrangelo G

更新日期：2019-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal cancer is an aggressive malignancy associated with dismal treatment outcomes. Presence of two distinct histopathological types distinguishes it from other gastrointestinal tract malignancies. Surgery is the cornerstone of treatment in locally advanced esophageal cancer (T2 or greater or node positive); howe...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Garg PK,Sharma J,Jakhetiya A,Goel A,Gaur MK

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver regeneration after major surgery may activate occult micrometastases and facilitate tumor growth, leading to liver tumor recurrence. Molecular changes during liver regeneration can provide a microenvironment that stimulates intrahepatic tumor propagation through alterations in cellular signaling pathways, where ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shi JH,Line PD

更新日期：2014-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the alimentary tract often occurs in children or young adults, but may occur at any age. Symptoms are nonspecific and depend on the location of the tumor. The most often involved sites are small bowel mesentery especially the distal ileum, mesotransverse colon, or great omen...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen SS,Liu SI,Mok KT,Wang BW,Yeh MH,Chen YC,Chen IS

更新日期：2007-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the quantitative analysis of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWMRI) in differential diagnosis of focal hepatic lesions. METHODS:DWMRI was performed in 149 hepatic lesions, including hepatocellular carcinoma (34 cases), hepatic metastases (37 cases), cavernous hemangioma (42 cases), hepati...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sun XJ,Quan XY,Huang FH,Xu YK

更新日期：2005-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the frequency of serum IgA-antiendomysial antibody positivity in patients with low bone mineral density and to assess the risk group for screening of celiac disease. METHODS:One hundred and thirty-five patients (14 male, 121 female) with idiopathic low bone mineral density were evaluated. The median...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Karakan T,Ozyemisci-Taskiran O,Gunendi Z,Atalay F,Tuncer C

更新日期：2007-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) number using a new rat model. METHODS:Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to two groups. The first group received gavage with Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) 81-176. The second group was gavaged with placebo. Three months after clearance of Campylobacter from the...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jee SR,Morales W,Low K,Chang C,Zhu A,Pokkunuri V,Chatterjee S,Soffer E,Conklin JL,Pimentel M

更新日期：2010-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the expression of the transforming growth factor beta 1(TGF-beta 1) mRNA in different stages of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and its clinical value. METHODS:One hundred and seven male alcoholics were grouped by clinical findings into four groups: alcohol abusers without liver impairment (n =22), al...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen WX,Li YM,Yu CH,Cai WM,Zheng M,Chen F

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate whether the cytokine responses in liver and serum differ in chronic hepatitis C patients with normal and high alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels. METHODS:Thirty-three (16 with normal ALT level as group 1 and 17 with elevated ALT level as group 2) patients infected with genotype 1b hepatitis C virus ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Akyüz F,Polat N,Kaymakoglu S,Aksoy N,Demir K,Beşişik F,Badur S,Cakaloglu Y,Okten A

更新日期：2005-12-07 00:00:00