miR-1181 inhibits invasion and proliferation via STAT3 in pancreatic cancer.

abstract：AIM:To analyze the role of rs12979860 and rs8099917 polymorphisms in hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection of Brazilians. METHODS:A total of 145 adult patients diagnosed with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C (CHC) who had completed a 48-wk regimen of pegylated-interferon α-2a or -2b plus ribavirin combination the...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Garcia RF,Moreira S,de Araújo Ramos AL,Ferreira LE,de Mattos AA,Tovo CV,Nader LA,Ramos JA,Rondinelli E,de Jesus Dominici A,Garcia CE,de Souza Leite Pinho M,Brandão-Mello CE,Villela-Nogueira CA,de França PH

更新日期：2013-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Passive immunotherapy using antibody against hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) has been advocated in certain cases of Hepatitis B infection. We had earlier reported on the cloning and expression of a high affinity scFv derived from a mouse monoclonal (5S) against HBsAg. However this mouse antibody cannot be used ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bose B,Khanna N,Acharya SK,Sinha S

更新日期：2005-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). The risk is known to increase with longer duration of the disease, family history of CRC, and history of primary sclerosing cholangitis. The diagnosis of the neoplastic changes associated with IBD is difficult owing to the h...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Althumairi AA,Lazarev MG,Gearhart SL

更新日期：2016-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate whether total splenic artery embolization (TSAE) for patients with hypersplenism delivers better long-term outcomes than partial splenic embolization (PSE). METHODS:Sixty-one patients with hypersplenism eligible for TSAE (n = 27, group A) or PSE (n = 34, group B) were enrolled into the trial, which inc...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： He XH,Gu JJ,Li WT,Peng WJ,Li GD,Wang SP,Xu LC,Ji J

更新日期：2012-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year old male patient was diagnosed with strongy-loides hyper-infection with stool analysis and intestinal biopsy shortly after his chemotherapy for myeloma. He was commenced on albendazole anthelmintic therapy. After initiation of the treatment he suffered life-threatening gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Repeate...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Csermely L,Jaafar H,Kristensen J,Castella A,Gorka W,Chebli AA,Trab F,Alizadeh H,Hunyady B

更新日期：2006-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the frequency of occult hepatitis B, the clinical course of hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation and reverse seroconversion and associated risk factors in autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients. METHODS:This study was conducted in 90 patients undergoing autologous HSCT....

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ceneli O,Ozkurt ZN,Acar K,Rota S,Aki SZ,Yeğin ZA,Yağci M,Ozenirler S,Sucak GT

更新日期：2010-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive and difficult cancers to treat. Despite numerous research efforts, limited success has been achieved in the therapeutic management of patients with this disease. In the current review, we focus on one component of morphogenesis signaling, Hedgehog (Hh), with the aim of d...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Onishi H,Katano M

更新日期：2014-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer is associated with a poor prognosis, and surgical resection remains the only chance for curative therapy. In the absence of metastatic disease, which would preclude resection, assessment of vascular invasion is an important parameter for determining resectability of pancreatic cancer. A frequent erro...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Buchs NC,Chilcott M,Poletti PA,Buhler LH,Morel P

更新日期：2010-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Although primary gastrointestinal lymphoma is a rare malignancy, it can cause an intussusception in adults and can be a clinically challenging condition to manage. Intussusception could progress to life-threatening complications if left untreated or could delay chemotherapy if inappropriate surgical management is used...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yang TW,Lin YY,Tsuei YW,Chen YL,Huang CY,Hsu SD

更新日期：2016-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the factors that may affect survival of cholangiocarcinoma in Lebanon. METHODS:A retrospective review of the medical records of 55 patients diagnosed with cholangio-carcinoma at the American University of Beirut between 1990 and 2005 was conducted. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to de...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Farhat MH,Shamseddine AI,Tawil AN,Berjawi G,Sidani C,Shamseddeen W,Barada KA

更新日期：2008-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclophosphamide is a potent cytotoxic agent used in many clinical settings. The main risks of cyclophosphamide therapy include hematological disorders, infertility, hemorrhagic cystitis and malignancies. Gastrointestinal side effects reported to date are often non-specific and not severe. We present the first case of...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yang LS,Cameron K,Papaluca T,Basnayake C,Jackett L,McKelvie P,Goodman D,Demediuk B,Bell SJ,Thompson AJ

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have demonstrated that the outcome of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection is profoundly influenced by a variety of comorbidities. Many of these comorbidities have a significant influence on the response to antiviral therapy. These comorbidities negatively affect the course and outcome of liver disease,...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： El-Zayadi AR

更新日期：2009-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study immune response induced by foreign plasmid DNA after oral administration in mice. METHODS:Mice were orally administered with 200 mug of plasmid pcDNA3 once and spleen was isolated 4 h and 18 h after administration. Total RNA was extracted from spleen and gene expression profile of BALB/c mice spleen was a...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu JW,Cheng J

更新日期：2007-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:It is one of the most important problems for general surgeons to decide which operation should be undertaken on patients with intra-abdominal infection, especially those with concomitant abdominal hypertension. Recently, closure techniques using prosthetic meshes in order to retain abdominal tension and to control sep...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tekin S,Tekin A,Kucukkartallar T,Cakir M,Kartal A

更新日期：2008-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common cancer worldwide and leading cause of death among patients with cirrhosis. Treatment guidelines are based according to the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer staging system. The choice among therapeutic options that include liver resection, liver transplantation, loco...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tabrizian P,Roayaie S,Schwartz ME

更新日期：2014-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the potential role of Nimesulide, a selective COX-2 inhibitor, in proliferation and apoptosis of gastric adenocarcinoma cells SGC7901. METHODS:Cell counts and MTT assay were used to quantify the influence of Nimesulide in the proliferation of SGC7901 cells. Transmission electron microscopy and flow cyt...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li JY,Wang XZ,Chen FL,Yu JP,Luo HS

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Korea National Cancer Screening Program currently provides screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) for adults older than 50 years with no upper age limit. In general, people are likely to only pay attention to the benefits of cancer screening and to neglect its risks. Most consider the benefits of cancer s...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Luu XQ,Lee K,Lee YY,Suh M,Kim Y,Choi KS

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The human microRNA 375 (MIR375) is significantly downregulated in human colorectal cancer (CRC) and we have previously shown that MIR375 is a CRC-associated miRNA. The metadherin (MTDH) is a candidate target gene of MIR375. AIM:To investigate the interaction and function between MIR375 and MTDH in human CRC...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Han SH,Mo JS,Park WC,Chae SC

更新日期：2019-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of grasper type scissors (GTS) for endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of gastric epithelial neoplasia. METHODS:The study was performed by 4 endoscopists in 4 institutions affiliated to The Catholic University of Korea. ESD was performed in 76 consecutive patients with gastri...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chung WC,Kim BW,Lim CH,Kim TH,Park JM,Kim JS

更新日期：2013-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare disease characterized by the development of inflammation and fibrosis in the soft tissues of the retroperitoneum and other abdominal organs. Retroperitoneal fibrosis can be of 2 types: idiopathic and secondary. The recently advocated concept and diagnostic criteria of immunoglobulin ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fujimori N,Ito T,Igarashi H,Oono T,Nakamura T,Niina Y,Hijioka M,Lee L,Uchida M,Takayanagi R

更新日期：2013-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the efficacy of furazolidone-based triple and quadruple therapy in eradicating Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in a multi-center randomized controlled trial. METHODS:A total of 720 H. pylori positive patients with duodenal ulcer disease were enrolled at 10 different hospitals in Jiangxi province in Chi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xie Y,Zhu Y,Zhou H,Lu ZF,Yang Z,Shu X,Guo XB,Fan HZ,Tang JH,Zeng XP,Wen JB,Li XQ,He XX,Ma JH,Liu DS,Huang CB,Xu NJ,Wang NR,Lu NH

更新日期：2014-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a previously unreported entity of an intussuscepted neuroendocrine carcinoma of the appendix. Our patient was a 70-year-old man whose only complaint was insipient weight loss. Colonoscopy showed a malignant cecal "polyp", and an extended right hemicolectomy was performed. We have reviewed the literat...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Thomas RE,Maude K,Rotimi O

更新日期：2006-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old female presented with the main complaint of defecation trouble and abdominal distention. With diagnosis of rectal cancer, cSS, cN0, cH0, cP0, cM0 cStage II, Hartmann's operation with D3 lymph node dissection was performed and a para-aortic lymph node and a disseminated node near the primary tumor were re...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Takeshita N,Fukunaga T,Kimura M,Sugamoto Y,Tasaki K,Hoshino I,Ota T,Maruyama T,Tamachi T,Hosokawa T,Asai Y,Matsubara H

更新日期：2015-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate genetic factors that might help define which Crohn's disease (CD) patients are likely to benefit from anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy. METHODS:This was a prospective cohort study. Patients were recruited from a university digestive disease practice database. We included CD patients who rece...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Netz U,Carter JV,Eichenberger MR,Dryden GW,Pan J,Rai SN,Galandiuk S

更新日期：2017-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the effect of progesterone on contractile activity of isolated gastric strips in rats. METHODS:Wistar rats were sacrificed to remove whole stomach. Then, the stomach was opened and the mucosal layer was removed. Parallel to either the circular or the longitudinal fibers, muscle strips were cut from fundus...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang F,Zheng TZ,Li W,Qu SY,He DY

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether enteroviral infection might trigger acute pancreatitis in patients made susceptible due to high alcohol consumption. METHODS:Patients with alcohol-induced acute pancreatitis were analyzed for signs of simultaneous or preceding enteroviral infection. We studied the serum samples of 40 patient...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Khan J,Nordback I,Seppänen H,Lappalainen-Lehto R,Järvinen S,Oikarinen S,Tauriainen S,Räty S,Hyöty H,Sand J

更新日期：2013-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcoholic patients have a high incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Alcohol consumption enhances the severity of the HCV disease course and worsens the outcome of chronic hepatitis C. The accumulation of virally infected cells in the liver is related to the HCV-induced inability of the immune system to reco...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Osna NA

更新日期：2009-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the role of mitochondria in cell apoptosis during hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury and protective effect of ischemic postconditioning (IPC). METHODS:A rat model of acute hepatic ischemia-reperfusion was established, 24 healthy male Wistar rats were randomly divided into sham-operated group, ische...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sun K,Liu ZS,Sun Q

更新日期：2004-07-01 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 expression of gastrokine 1 (GKN1) in normal gastric mucosa, precancerous lesions and gastric cancer tissues, and to analyse its correlations with tumour site and pathological pattern. METHODS:Thirty gastric cancer patients (12 cases of diffuse type and 18 cases of intestinal type), 13 atrophic g...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Guo XY,Dong L,Qin B,Jiang J,Shi AM

更新日期：2014-11-28 00:00:00