Feasibility of full-spectrum endoscopy: Korea's first full-spectrum endoscopy colonoscopic trial.

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the usefulness of contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasound (CH-EUS) in differentiating between pancreatic adenocarcinomas and other pancreatic disease. METHODS:This retrospective cohort study evaluated 90 patients who were seen between November 2010 and May 2013. All these patients had solid pa...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Park JS,Kim HK,Bang BW,Kim SG,Jeong S,Lee DH

更新日期：2014-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the effect of rosiglitazone, which is a ligand of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma), on the expression of PPARgamma in hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and on the biological characteristics of HSCs. METHODS:The activated HSCs were divided into three groups: control group, 3 micromo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Guo YT,Leng XS,Li T,Peng JR,Song SH,Xiong LF,Qin ZZ

更新日期：2005-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aberrant expression of stanniocalcin 2 (STC2) is implicated in colon adenocarcinoma (COAD). A previous study identified that STC2 functions as a tumor promoter to drive development of some cancers, but the role of its overexpression in the development of COAD remains unclear. AIM:To evaluate the regulation ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li JB,Liu ZX,Zhang R,Ma SP,Lin T,Li YX,Yang SH,Zhang WC,Wang YP

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the efficacy of Stretta procedure with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) based on symptom control, medication changes and oesophagitis grade. METHODS:Ninety patients with a history of GERD underwent Stretta procedure from June 2007 to March 2010. All patients with GERD diagnosed by the presence of...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu HF,Zhang JG,Li J,Chen XG,Wang WA

更新日期：2011-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To select the peptide mimicking the neutralization epitope of hepatitis E virus which bound to non-type-specific and conformational monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) 8C11 and 8H3 fromed 7-peptide phage display library, and expressed the peptide recombinant with HBcAg in E.coli, and to observe whether the recombinant HBc...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Gu Y,Zhang J,Wang YB,Li SW,Yang HJ,Luo WX,Xia NS

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pernicious anemia (PA) is a macrocytic anemia that is caused by vitamin B(12) deficiency, as a result of intrinsic factor deficiency. PA is associated with atrophic body gastritis (ABG), whose diagnosis is based on histological confirmation of gastric body atrophy. Serological markers that suggest oxyntic mucosa damag...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lahner E,Annibale B

更新日期：2009-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate usefulness of adherence to gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) guideline established by the Spanish Association of Gastroenterology. METHODS:Prospective, observational and multicentre study of 301 patients with typical symptoms of GERD who should be managed in accordance with guidelines and were...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mearin F,Ponce J,Ponce M,Balboa A,González MA,Zapardiel J

更新日期：2012-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the optimal intervention point of a selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor, celecoxib, for inhibiting Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)-associated gastric carcinogenesis in Mongolian gerbils (MGs). METHODS:One hundred and twelve MGs were divided into six groups (A-F). One hundred gerbils were inocu...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kuo CH,Hu HM,Tsai PY,Wu IC,Yang SF,Chang LL,Wang JY,Jan CM,Wang WM,Wu DC

更新日期：2009-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate let-7a expression and analyze the correlation between let-7a and progression of gastric mucosa cancerization. METHODS:The tissue microarray was constructed previously in 52 cases of human gastric carcinoma, 17 cases of chronic atrophic gastritis (atypical hyperplasia) and 11 cases of normal gastric ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhu YM,Zhong ZX,Liu ZM

更新日期：2010-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation is the optimal treatment for end-stage organ failure, and modern immunosuppression has allowed important progress in short-term outcomes. However, immunosuppression poorly influences chronic rejection and elicits chronic toxicity in current clinical practice. Thus, a major goal in transplantation is to...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Baroja-Mazo A,Revilla-Nuin B,Parrilla P,Martínez-Alarcón L,Ramírez P,Pons JA

更新日期：2016-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgery represents the main curative therapeutic modality for gastric cancer, and it is occasionally considered for palliation as well as prophylaxis. Most frequently, surgical outcomes are conveyed in terms of oncological outcomes such as recurrence and survival. However, quality of life (QoL) is also important and s...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： McCall MD,Graham PJ,Bathe OF

更新日期：2016-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the protective effect of eukaryotic expression plasmid encoding augmenter of liver regeneration (ALR) on acute hepatic injury and hepatic failure in rats. METHODS:The PCR-amplified ALR gene was recombined with pcDNA3 plasmid, and used to treat rats with acute hepatic injury. The rats with acute hepatic in...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang LM,Liu DW,Liu JB,Zhang XL,Wang XB,Tang LM,Wang LQ

更新日期：2005-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The Authors summarize problems, criticisms but also advantages and indications regarding the recent surgical proposal of associating liver partition and portal vein ligation (PVL) for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) for the surgical management of colorectal liver metastases. Looking at published data, the technique, when c...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Donati M,Stavrou GA,Oldhafer KJ

更新日期：2013-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate in patients with functional dyspepsia (FD) after an every-day meal whether (1) gastrointestinal (GI) and extra-GI symptoms had any relation with the degree of antral volume, (2) the onset of postprandial symptoms was associated with, and may predict, delayed gastric emptying. METHODS:In 94 symptomat...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Pallotta N,Pezzotti P,Corazziari E

更新日期：2006-11-21 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 evaluate retrospectively the correlation between enhancement patterns on dynamic computed tomography (CT) and angiogenesis and fibrosis in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. METHODS:Twenty-three patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma underwent dynamic CT and tumor resection. In addition to the absolute and relative en...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hattori Y,Gabata T,Matsui O,Mochizuki K,Kitagawa H,Kayahara M,Ohta T,Nakanuma Y

更新日期：2009-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze RASSF6 expression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and to determine whether RASSF6 has an independent prognostic value in PDAC. METHODS:We studied RASSF6 expression in 96 histologically confirmed PDAC samples and 20 chronic pancreatitis specimens using immunohistochemistry and real-time quanti...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ye HL,Li DD,Lin Q,Zhou Y,Zhou QB,Zeng B,Fu ZQ,Gao WC,Liu YM,Chen RW,Li ZH,Chen RF

更新日期：2015-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:To our knowledge, stercoral perforation of the colon is rarely seen with fewer than 90 cases reported in the literature till date. We explored the principles of management to prevent impending mortality in five patients with this condition. Five patients, two males and three females, whose median age was 64 years, had...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Huang WS,Wang CS,Hsieh CC,Lin PY,Chin CC,Wang JY

更新日期：2006-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:It has since long been known, from everyday experience as well as from animal and human studies, that psychological processes-both affective and cognitive-exert an influence on gastrointestinal sensorimotor function. More specifically, a link between psychological factors and visceral hypersensitivity has been suggest...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Van Oudenhove L,Coen SJ,Aziz Q

更新日期：2007-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the influence of experimental obstructive jaundice and exogenous bombesin (BBS) and neurotensin (NT) administration on the expression of the tight junction (TJ)-protein claudin-4 in intestinal epithelium of rats. METHODS:Forty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into five groups: I = controls, II...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Assimakopoulos SF,Vagianos CE,Charonis AS,Alexandris IH,Spiliopoulou I,Thomopoulos KC,Nikolopoulou VN,Scopa CD

更新日期：2006-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:AIM:To discuss the effect of surgical procedures on the prognosis of patients of bile duct cancer and their indications.METHODS:A retrospective analysis was made for 52 cases of hepatoportal bile duct cancer treated from January 1991 to December 1996. All the cases were classified according to the modified Bismuth-Cor...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： He XS,Huang JF,Liang LJ,Lu MD,Cao XH

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) is on the rise, and the prognosis for patients with recurrent or metastatic disease is extremely poor. Although chemotherapy and radiation therapy can improve survival rates, it is imperative to integrate alternative strategies such as immunotherapy to improve outcomes for pati...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Koido S,Ohkusa T,Homma S,Namiki Y,Takakura K,Saito K,Ito Z,Kobayashi H,Kajihara M,Uchiyama K,Arihiro S,Arakawa H,Okamoto M,Gong J,Tajiri H

更新日期：2013-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:to approach the relationship between alveolar echinococcosis (AE) pathology and level of sIL-2R,TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma in sera and the significance of cytokines in development of AE. METHODS:After 23 patients with AE were confirmed by ELISA and ultrasound, their sera were collected and the concentrations of sIL-2...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shi DZ,Li FR,Bartholomot B,Vuitton DA,Craig PS

更新日期：2004-12-15 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：: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：:Liver transplantation for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients with viral hepatitis co-infection is increasingly offered in many North American and European liver transplant centers. Prior studies have demonstrated acceptable post-transplant outcomes and no increased risk of HIV complications in patien...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Congly SE,Doucette KE,Coffin CS

更新日期：2014-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small-for-size grafts (SFSGs) in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) could optimize donor postoperative outcomes and also expand the potential donor pool. Evidence on whether SFSGs would affect medium-term and long-term recipient graft survival is lacking. AIM:To evaluate the impact of small-for-size ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ma KW,Wong KHC,Chan ACY,Cheung TT,Dai WC,Fung JYY,She WH,Lo CM,Chok KSH

更新日期：2019-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To detect linc00675 expression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), to analyze the relationship between the expression level of linc00675 and the clinical pathological characteristics, to explore the biological functions of linc00675, and to determine whether linc00675 has independent prognostic value in PDA...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li DD,Fu ZQ,Lin Q,Zhou Y,Zhou QB,Li ZH,Tan LP,Chen RF,Liu YM

更新日期：2015-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical trial of radiotherapy with modified simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) technique against huge tumors was conducted. A 58-year-old male patient who had a huge pelvic tumor diagnosed as a rectal adenocarcinoma due to familial adenomatous polyposis was enrolled in this trial. The total dose of 77 Gy (equivale...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nomiya T,Akamatsu H,Harada M,Ota I,Hagiwara Y,Ichikawa M,Miwa M,Kawashiro S,Hagiwara M,Chin M,Hashizume E,Nemoto K

更新日期：2014-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify factors related to serious postoperative bacterial and fungal infections in the first 3 mo after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). METHODS:In the present study, the data of 207 patients from 2004 to 2011 were reviewed. The pre-, intra- and post-operative factors were statistically analyzed. Al...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li C,Wen TF,Mi K,Wang C,Yan LN,Li B

更新日期：2012-04-28 00:00:00