Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease as a multi-systemic disease.

abstract：AIM:To explore a safe, efficient, and cost-effective technique for local thermo-ablation of hepatic tumors. METHODS:The livers of 16 healthy rabbits were thermocoagulated by diode-laser with a hand-made scanner fiber tip, 6 w for 10 min. At the same time, the temperature was measured at 5 and 10 mm from the laser tip....

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hong DF,Peng SY,Li SY,Tong LM

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify esophageal cancer related gene2 (ECRG2) associated proteins and their possible interactions with ECRG2 gene. METHODS:In the yeast forward two-hybrid system, ECRG2 was fused with the DNA-binding domain (DBD) of Gal4 and human fetal liver cDNA library was fused with the transcriptional activation domain ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cui YP,Wang JB,Zhang XY,Bi MX,Guo LP,Lu SH

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the role of three-dimensional endoanal ultrasound (3D-EAUS) for morphological assessment of the anal sphincter of female patients with chronic proctalgia (CP). METHODS:In this unmatched case control study, 30 consecutive female patients with CP and 25 normal women (control group) were enrolled. 3D-EAUS w...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xue YH,Ding SQ,Ding YJ,Pan LQ

更新日期：2017-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) causes colitis and diarrhea, and is considered a candidate pathogen in inflammatory bowel diseases as well as colorectal cancers. These diseases are dependent on ETBF-secreted toxin (BFT). Dendritic cells (DCs) play an important role in directing the nature of adap...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ko SH,Jeon JI,Woo HA,Kim JM

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) are heterogeneous disorders with a variety of clinical manifestations, primarily defined by signs and symptoms rather than a definite underlying cause. Their pathophysiology remains obscure and, although it is expected to differ according to the specific FGID, disruptions i...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Koutouratsas T,Kalli T,Karamanolis G,Gazouli M

更新日期：2019-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the influence of the resection margin on local recurrence and survival in gastric cancer patients. METHODS:We reviewed the medical records of 1788 patients who had undergone gastrectomy for gastric cancer at the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea, between May 2003 and July 2009....

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lee CM,Jee YS,Lee JH,Son SY,Ahn SH,Park DJ,Kim HH

更新日期：2014-08-14 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 outcome of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in children with or without malignancies. METHODS:Twenty four children (15 boys and 9 girls) with malignancies, followed up by the pediatric gastroenterology outpatient clinic for CHB between January 2000 and December 2013, were enrolled in the study (Group 1). ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Usta M,Urgancı N,Yıldırmak ZY,Dogan Vural S

更新日期：2015-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver is the commonest site of distant metastasis of colorectal cancer and nearly half of the patients with colorectal cancer ultimately develop liver involved during the course of their diseases. Surgery is the only therapy that offers the possibility of cure for patients with hepatic metastatic diseases. Five-ye...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu LX,Zhang WH,Jiang HC

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There was remarkable progress in the understanding of the role genetic risk factors in chronic pancreatitis. These factors seem to be much more important than thought in the past. The rare autosomal-dominant mutations N29I and R122H of PRSS1 (cationic trypsinogen) as well as the variant N34S of SPINK1 (pancreatic secr...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Keim V

更新日期：2008-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is defined as an acute inflammation of the gallbladder in the absence of stones. We herein report a case of a young man who developed AAC after a Salmonella enteritidis gastrointestinal infection. ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ruiz-Rebollo ML,Sánchez-Antolín G,García-Pajares F,Vallecillo-Sande MA,Fernández-Orcajo P,Velicia-Llames R,Caro-Patón A

更新日期：2008-11-07 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：AIM:To investigate the regulatory effect of electroacupuncture (EA) at Zusanli (ST36) on tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in rats with ulcerative colitis (UC), and further elucidate the therapeutic mechanism of EA on UC. METHODS:Thirty-two male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into four groups (n=...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tian L,Huang YX,Tian M,Gao W,Chang Q

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate expression of microRNA (miRNA) and potential targets in chemotherapy resistant esophageal cancer cell lines. METHODS:An in-vitro model of acquired chemotherapy resistance in esophageal adeno- (EAC) and squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) cells was used, and microRNA expression profiles for cisplatin or 5...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hummel R,Sie C,Watson DI,Wang T,Ansar A,Michael MZ,Van der Hoek M,Haier J,Hussey DJ

更新日期：2014-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the role of TIP30 in apoptotic signal pathway in hepatoblastoma cells and to provide a basis for TIP30 as a gene therapy candidate in the regression of hepatoblastoma cells. METHODS:Apoptosis of human hepatoblastoma cell lines HepG2 (p53 wild), Hep3B (p53 null) and PLC/RPF/5 (p53 mutant) infected wi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shi M,Zhang X,Wang P,Zhang HW,Zhang BH,Wu MC

更新日期：2005-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether butyrate or glutamine enemas could diminish inflammation in experimental diversion colitis. METHODS:Wistar specific pathogen-free rats were submitted to a Hartmann's end colostomy and treated with enemas containing glutamine, butyrate, or saline. Enemas were administered twice a week in the ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Pacheco RG,Esposito CC,Müller LC,Castelo-Branco MT,Quintella LP,Chagas VL,de Souza HS,Schanaider A

更新日期：2012-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the epidemiology of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the two major ethnic groups in Kazakhstan. METHODS:A cross-sectional prospective study of HBV and HCV seroprevalence was performed among individuals born in Kazakhstan with no history of chronic hepatitis or liver d...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nurgalieva ZZ,Hollinger FB,Graham DY,Zhangabylova S,Zhangabylov A

更新日期：2007-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE) is a rapid, simple and novel noninvasive method that has been proposed for assessing hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic liver diseases (CLDs) based on measurements of liver stiffness. 2D-SWE can be performed easily at the bedside or in an outpatient clinic and yi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xie LT,Yan CH,Zhao QY,He MN,Jiang TA

更新日期：2018-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:AIM:To observe the changes in oxygen free radical (OFR) and the curative effect of traditional Chinese medicine Qing Yi Tang in acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP).METHODS:After induction of ANP by injection of sodium taurocholate into pancreatic duct, 16 dogs were randomly divided into control group and Chinese medi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li ZL,Wu CT,Lu LR,Zhu XF,Xiong DX

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (HSOS) can be caused by the intake of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs). To date, PAs-induced HSOS has not been extensively studied. In view of the difference in etiology of HSOS between the West and China, clinical profiles, imaging findings, treatment, and outcomes of HSOS associa...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yang XQ,Ye J,Li X,Li Q,Song YH

更新日期：2019-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether the gastrin stimulated intestinal crypt cell (IEC-6) proliferation by induction of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC). METHODS:IEC-6 cells were grown in DMEM containing 50 mL x L(-1) dialyzed fetal bovine serum for 24h and then were treated with gastrin. The proliferative capability of the cells wa...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang ZL,Chen WW

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The systemic therapies available for the management of Psoriasis (PsO) patients who cannot be treated with more conservative options, such as topical agents and/or phototherapy, with the exception of acitretin, can worsen or reactivate a chronic infection. Therefore, before administering immunosuppressive therapies wi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bonifati C,Lora V,Graceffa D,Nosotti L

更新日期：2016-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the incidence, characteristics, and risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Chinese patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). METHODS:We reviewed the data of 52 PBC-associated HCC patients treated at Beijing 302 Hospital from January 2002 to December 2013 and analyzed its incidence a...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang XX,Wang LF,Jin L,Li YY,Hao SL,Shi YC,Zeng QL,Li ZW,Zhang Z,Lau GK,Wang FS

更新日期：2015-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last decades, further knowledge of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) molecular mechanisms has led to development of effective systemic treatments including tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and immunotherapy. In this review, we describe first and second line systemic treatment options for advanced HCC. Several...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Piñero F,Silva M,Iavarone M

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To establish a multiple detection method based on comparative polymerase chain reaction (cPCR) and ligase detection reaction (LDR)/ligase chain reaction (LCR) to quantify the intestinal bacterial components. METHODS:Comparative quantification of 16S rDNAs from different intestinal bacterial components was used to ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tang ZR,Li K,Zhou YX,Xiao ZX,Xiao JH,Huang R,Gu GH

更新日期：2012-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can be affected by other unrelated diseases. These are called comorbid conditions, and can include any secondary health problem that affects a person suffering from a primary or main disease, and which is neither linked physiopathologically to the primary condition, nor i...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Román AL,Muñoz F

更新日期：2011-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the association of serum gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) levels with chronic hepatitis B infection and hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion. METHODS:A retrospective study was performed on clinical data collected from patients who had been positive for hepatitis B surface antigen for > 6 mo ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Huang R,Yang CC,Liu Y,Xia J,Su R,Xiong YL,Wang GY,Sun ZH,Yan XM,Lu S,Wu C

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the case of a 74-year-old patient with advanced colon cancer who suffered recurrent bouts of hypoglycemia. A state of inappropriate, non-suppressed hyperinsulinism in the presence of severe hypoglycemia was diagnosed. We finally discuss the known mechanisms behind fasting hypoglycemia in patients with advanc...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Díaz R,Aparicio J,Mendizábal A,Faus M,Fleitas T,Aparisi F,Martín M

更新日期：2008-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) have rapidly gained pace worldwide, potentially replacing conventional laparoscopic surgery (CLS) as the preferred colorectal surgery technique. Currently available data mainly consist of retrospective series analyz...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Daher R,Chouillard E,Panis Y

更新日期：2014-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Video capsule endoscopy (CE) since its introduction 13 years back, has revolutionized our approach to small intestinal diseases. Obscure gastrointestinal bleed (OGIB) continues to be the most important indication for CE with a high sensitivity, specificity as well as positive and negative predictive values. It is best...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Goenka MK,Majumder S,Goenka U

更新日期：2014-08-07 00:00:00