Stents for colorectal obstruction: Past, present, and future.

abstract：AIM:To determine the expression levels of gastrointestinal nesfatin-1 in ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMH)-lesioned (obese) and ventrolateral hypothalamic nucleus (VLH)-lesioned (lean) rats that exhibit an imbalance in their energy metabolism and gastric mobility. METHODS:Male Wistar rats were randomly divided i...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tian ZB,Deng RJ,Sun GR,Wei LZ,Kong XJ,Ding XL,Jing X,Zhang CP,Ge YL

更新日期：2014-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess proportions, related conditions and survival of interval cancer (IC). METHODS:The programme has a linkage with different clinical databases and cancer registers to allow suitable evaluation. This evaluation involves the detection of ICs after a negative faecal inmunochemical test (FIT), interval cancer F...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Portillo I,Arana-Arri E,Idigoras I,Bilbao I,Martínez-Indart L,Bujanda L,Gutierrez-Ibarluzea I

更新日期：2017-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the fluid shear stress induced changes of (Ca(2+))i in neutrophils in pancreatic microcirculation of experimental acute pancreatitis (AP). METHODS:Wistar rats (n = 36) were randomized into three groups. A model of AP was established by subcutaneous injection of caerulein. Low-shear 30 viscometer was...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhou ZG,Chen YQ,Liu XB,Hu WM,Tian BL,Chen HQ

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:to determine the effect of free serotonin concentrations in plasma on development of esophageal and gastric fundal varices. METHODS:this prospective study included 33 patients with liver cirrhosis and 24 healthy controls. Ultrasonography and measurement of serotonin concentration in plasma were carried out in both...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Rudić JS,Culafić DM,Mirković DS,Ješić RS,Krstić MN

更新日期：2010-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute pancreatitis constitutes 3% of all admissions with abdominal pain. There are reports of osteal fat necrosis leading to periosteal reactions and osteolytic lesions following severe pancreatitis, particularly in long bones. A 54-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with acute pancreatitis, who later developed...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Muthukumarasamy G,Shanmugam V,Yule SR,Ravindran R

更新日期：2007-07-21 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 investigate the efficacy and side effects of the combined therapy of oxaliplatin and capecitabine in patients with metastatic esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC) and the survival of the patients. METHODS:Sixty-four patients (median age of 63 years) with histological or cytological confirmation of ESCC receiv...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Qin TJ,An GL,Zhao XH,Tian F,Li XH,Lian JW,Pan BR,Gu SZ

更新日期：2009-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether α-fetoprotein (AFP) and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR)-1 correlate with early recurrence of hepatoma/hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS:From 2000 to 2005, 114 consecutive patients with HCC underwent primary curative hepatectomy. The mean age was 60.7 (8.7) years and...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kamiyama T,Takahashi M,Nakanishi K,Yokoo H,Kamachi H,Kobayashi N,Ozaki M,Todo S

更新日期：2012-01-28 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：:Although recent diagnostic and therapeutic advances have substantially improved the survival of patients with gastric cancer (GC), the overall prognosis is still poor. Surgery is the only curative treatment and should be performed in experienced centers. Due to high relapse following surgery, complementary and systemi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cravo M,Fidalgo C,Garrido R,Rodrigues T,Luz G,Palmela C,Santos M,Lopes F,Maio R

更新日期：2015-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonic perforation during endoscopic diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, represents an uncommon occurrence even if, together with haemorrhage, it is still the most common complication of colonoscopy, with an incidence ranging between 0.1% and 2% of all colonoscopic procedures. The ideal treatment in these cases rem...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Barbagallo F,Castello G,Latteri S,Grasso E,Gagliardo S,La Greca G,Di Blasi M

更新日期：2007-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the role of RARalpha gene in mediating the growth inhibitory effect of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) on gastric cancer cells. METHODS:The expression levels of retinoic acid receptors (RARs) in gastric cancer cells were detected by Northern blot. Transient transfection and chlorophenicol acetyl transfe...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu S,Wu Q,Chen ZM,Su WJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether octreotide can inhibit the growth of human gallbladder cancer cells in vitro and to elucidate the antineoplastic mechanism of octreotide in gallbladder cancer. METHODS:A human gallbladder cancer cell line, GBC-SD, was cultured in vitro. The antiproliferative effects of octreotide were examin...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang JH,Xing QT,Yuan MB

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To construct and highly express an epitope of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in a foreign epitope presenting vector based on an insect virus, and to study the antigenicity of the epitope. METHODS:The HCV epitope sequence (amino acid residues 315 to 328: EGHRMAWDMMMNWS) of the E1 region was constructed at different positi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Peng M,Dai CB,Chen YD

更新日期：2005-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the significance of hsp90alpha expression in human gastric cancer tissues. METHODS:Immunohistochemical staining was used in clinical specimens from 33 cases of gastric cancer and 33 cases of gastritis with rabbit anti-human hsp90alpha multi-clonal antibody in order to explore the relationship between t...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zuo DS,Dai J,Bo AH,Fan J,Xiao XY

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pit pattern classification using magnifying chromoendoscopy is the established method for diagnosing colorectal lesions. The Japan Narrow-band-imaging (NBI) Expert Team (JNET) classification is a novel NBI magnifying endoscopic classification that focuses on the vessel, and surface patterns. AIM:To determin...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang Y,Chen HY,Zhou XL,Pan WS,Zhou XX,Pan HH

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is a rare form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that is associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Although PBL is most commonly observed in the oral cavity of HIV-positive patients, it can also be observed at extra-oral sites in HIV-negative patients. This report represents an...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Haramura T,Haraguchi M,Irie J,Ito S,Tokai H,Noda K,Kitajima M,Minami S,Inoue K,Sasaki Y,Oshima K,Eguchi S

更新日期：2015-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) hepatitis and other diseases related to HCV, such as cryoglobulinemia, lymphoma and renal failure, impair health-related quality of life (HRQoL). In addition, HCV per se might directly influence HRQoL via colonization of microglia in the brain or, indirectly, via the effect of systemic inflamma...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Amodio P,Salari L,Montagnese S,Schiff S,Neri D,Bianco T,Minazzato L

更新日期：2012-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of butyrate on interleukin (IL)-32alpha expression in epithelial cell lines. METHODS:The human intestinal epithelial cell lines HT-29, SW480, and T84 were used. Intracellular IL-32alpha was determined by Western blotting analyses. IL-32alpha mRNA expression was analyzed by real-time poly...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kobori A,Bamba S,Imaeda H,Ban H,Tsujikawa T,Saito Y,Fujiyama Y,Andoh A

更新日期：2010-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the relationship between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and mucin expression in gastric mucosa. METHODS:English Medical literature searches were conducted for gastric mucin expression in H. pylori infected people vs uninfected people. Searches were performed up to December 31(th) 2014, using MEDLIN...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Niv Y

更新日期：2015-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the association between exposure to Salmonella enterica (SE) and Crohn's disease (CD) and its clinical implications in Chilean patients. METHODS:Ninety-four unrelated Chilean CD patients from CAREI (Active Cohort Registry of Inflammatory Bowel Disease) presenting to a single inflammatory bowel disease (IB...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Alvarez-Lobos M,Pizarro DP,Palavecino CE,Espinoza A,Sebastián VP,Alvarado JC,Ibañez P,Quintana C,Díaz O,Kalergis AM,Bueno SM

更新日期：2013-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To retrospective review the laparoscopic management of Meckel Diverticulum (MD) in two Italian Pediatric Surgery Centers. METHODS:Between January 2002 and December 2012, 19 trans-umbilical laparoscopic-assisted (TULA) procedures were performed for suspected MD. The children were hospitalized for gastrointestinal b...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Papparella A,Nino F,Noviello C,Marte A,Parmeggiani P,Martino A,Cobellis G

更新日期：2014-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify the predictors of vitamin D deficiency in patients with and without inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). METHODS:Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD) related diagnostic codes who received medical care at University of Mississippi Medical Center between July 2012 and 2015 were iden...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Pallav K,Riche D,May WL,Sanchez P,Gupta NK

更新日期：2017-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To retrospectively evaluate the imaging features of pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) in multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT). METHODS:A total of 20 patients with pathologically-confirmed intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) were included in this study. Axial MDCT ima...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tan L,Zhao YE,Wang DB,Wang QB,Hu J,Chen KM,Deng XX

更新日期：2009-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effect of preoperative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) on proliferation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. METHODS:A total of 136 patients with HCC underwent liver resection. Of 136 patients, 79 patients received 1 to 5 courses of TACE prior to liver resection (TACE group), wh...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xiao EH,Li JQ,Huang JF

更新日期：2007-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the efficacy and factors associated with a sustained virological response (SVR) in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) relapsing patients. METHODS:Out of 1228 CHC patients treated with pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) and ribavirin (RBV), 165 (13%) had a relapse. Among these, 62 patients were retreated with PEG-IFN-α...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Stern C,Martinot-Peignoux M,Ripault MP,Boyer N,Castelnau C,Valla D,Marcellin P

更新日期：2012-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the effectiveness of pancreatic stents for preventing pancreatitis in high-risk patients after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). METHODS:PubMed, Embase, Science Citation Index, and Cochrane Controlled Trials Register were searched to identify relevant trials published in English. Inc...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shi QQ,Ning XY,Zhan LL,Tang GD,Lv XP

更新日期：2014-06-14 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：:Alcohol-related cirrhosis is a consequence of heavy and prolonged drinking. Similarly to patients with cirrhosis of other etiologies, patients with alcoholic cirrhosis develop portal hypertension and the hepatic, splanchnic and systemic hemodynamic alterations that follow. However, in alcoholic cirrhosis, some specifi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bolognesi M,Verardo A,Di Pascoli M

更新日期：2014-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To see the possibility of avoiding routine colostomy in patients presenting with unprepared bowel. METHODS:The cohort is composed of 103 patients, of these, 86 patients presented as emergencies (self-inflected and iatrogenic colon injuries, stab wounds and blast injury of the colon, volvulus sigmoid, obstructing l...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Asfar SK,Al-Sayer HM,Juma TH

更新日期：2007-06-21 00:00:00