Correction to "Maturity of associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy-derived liver regeneration in a rat model [World J Gastroenterol 2018 March 14; 24(10): 1107-1119]".

abstract：AIM:Previous reports have shown that decrease in plasma glutamine (Gln) level following major surgery may contribute to the state of immunosuppression. Gln supplementation improves the depletion of body Gln pool, and may have indirect effect on reducing proinflammatory mediator release. This study evaluated whether the...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lin MT,Kung SP,Yeh SL,Liaw KY,Wang MY,Kuo ML,Lee PH,Chen WJ

更新日期：2005-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the recent advances in the therapeutic modalities, colorectal cancer (CRC) remains to be one of the most common causes of cancer-related death. CRC arises through accumulation of multiple genetic and epigenetic alterations that transform normal colonic epithelium into adenocarcinomas. Among crucial roles of ep...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sakai E,Nakajima A,Kaneda A

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking of tobacco products continues to be a major cause of worldwide health problems. Epidemiological studies have shown that tobacco smoking is the greatest risk factor for the development of pancreatic cancer. Smokers who are able to quit smoking can reduce their risk of pancreatic cancer by nearly 50% within two ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： MacLeod SL,Chowdhury P

更新日期：2006-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Although gastroduodenal ulcers are common in solid organ transplant patients, there are few reports on multiple giant ulcers in the distal ileum and ileocecal valve caused by immunosuppressants Herein, we report on a liver transplant recipient and a renal transplant recipient with multiple large ulcers in the distal i...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Guo YW,Gu HY,Abassa KK,Lin XY,Wei XQ

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the endoscopic activity before and after a one-year period of biological therapy and to evaluate the frequency of relapses and need for retreatment after stopping the biologicals in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). METHODS:The data from 41 patients with CD and 22 patients w...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Farkas K,Lakatos PL,Szűcs M,Pallagi-Kunstár É,Bálint A,Nagy F,Szepes Z,Vass N,Kiss LS,Wittmann T,Molnár T

更新日期：2014-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The continued need to develop less invasive alternatives to surgical and radiologic interventions has driven the development of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided treatments. These include EUS-guided drainage of pancreatic fluid collections, EUS-guided necrosectomy, EUS-guided cholangiography and biliary drainage, EUS...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fabbri C,Luigiano C,Lisotti A,Cennamo V,Virgilio C,Caletti G,Fusaroli P

更新日期：2014-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:AIM:To study the relationship between insulin A chain regions and insulin biological activities, we designed a series of insulin analogues with changes at A21, A12-18 of C terminal helical region and A8-10 located in the region of A6-A11 intra-chain disulphide bond.METHODS:Insulin A-chain analogues were prepared by st...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yang SZ,Huang YD,Jie XF,Feng YM,Niu JY

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the effects of drug treatment on hyperplastic gastric polyps infected with Helicobacter pylori (H pylori). METHODS:Forty-eight patients with hyperplastic gastric polyps (3-10 mm in diameter) infected with H pylori were randomly assigned to a treatment group (n = 24) which received proton-pump inhibitor (o...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ji F,Wang ZW,Ning JW,Wang QY,Chen JY,Li YM

更新日期：2006-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effect and mechanism of action of the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) on invasion and metastasis of human colorectal cancer cell line SL-174T. METHODS:Human colorectal cancer cell line SL-174T was cultured and treated separately with four different...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yu LB,Dong XS,Sun WZ,Zhao DL,Yang Y

更新日期：2005-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite that some approved drugs and genetically engineered vaccines against hepatitis B virus (HBV) are available for HBV patients, HBV infection is still a severe public health problem in the world. All the approved therapeutic drugs (including interferon-alpha and nucleoside analogues) have their limitations. No dr...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wu YH

更新日期：2016-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effect of long-term treatment with leukocyte natural α-interferon (ln-α-IFN) plus ribavirin (RBV). METHODS:Forty-six patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) recurrence received 3 MU three times a week of ln-α-IFN plus RBV for 1 mo; then, patients with good tolerability (n = 30) were switched to daily...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tamè M,Buonfiglioli F,Del Gaudio M,Lisotti A,Cecinato P,Colecchia A,Azzaroli F,D'Errico A,Arena R,Calvanese C,Quarneti C,Ballardini G,Pinna AD,Mazzella G

更新日期：2013-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has not yet been clarified and immunosuppressive agents which non-specifically reduce inflammation and immunity have been used in the conventional therapies for IBD. Evidence indicates that a dysregulation of mucosal immunity in the gut of IBD causes an overproduction o...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakamura K,Honda K,Mizutani T,Akiho H,Harada N

更新日期：2006-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Gut microbiota plays a key role in the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver disease (ALD). Consumption of alcohol leads to increased gut permeability, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, and enteric dysbiosis. These factors contribute to the increased translocation of microbial products to the liver via the portal tract...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sung H,Kim SW,Hong M,Suk KT

更新日期：2016-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the individual and combined effects of allopurinol and hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy on biochemical and histopathological changes, oxidative stress, and bacterial translocation (BT) in the experimental rat acute pancreatitis (AP). METHODS:Eighty-five Sprague-Dawley rats were included in the study....

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Comert B,Isik AT,Aydin S,Bozoglu E,Unal B,Deveci S,Mas N,Cinar E,Mas MR

更新日期：2007-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of small interference RNA (siRNA) targeting of Cdx2 on human gastric cancer MGC-803 cells in vitro and in vivo. METHODS:The recombinant pSilencer 4.1-Cdx2 siRNA plasmids were constructed and transfected into gastric cancer MGC-803 cells in vitro. The stable transfectants were selected. T...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang XT,Xie YB,Xiao Q

更新日期：2012-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess whether the use of fibrin sealant shortens the closure time of postoperative enterocutaneous fistulas (ECFs). METHODS:The prospective case-control study included 70 patients with postoperative ECFs with an output of < 500 mL/d, a fistulous tract of > 2 cm and without any local complication. They were div...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Avalos-González J,Portilla-deBuen E,Leal-Cortés CA,Orozco-Mosqueda A,Estrada-Aguilar Mdel C,Velázquez-Ramírez GA,Ambriz-González G,Fuentes-Orozco C,Guzmán-Gurrola AE,González-Ojeda A

更新日期：2010-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the detection and differentiation ability of contrast-enhanced intraoperative ultrasonography (CE-IOUS) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) operations. METHODS:Clinical data of 50 HCC patients were retrospective analyzed. The sensitivity, specificity, false negative and false positive rates of contrast e...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wu H,Lu Q,Luo Y,He XL,Zeng Y

更新日期：2010-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To establish an animal model with human hepatocyte-repopulated liver for the study of liver cancer metastasis. METHODS:Cell transplantation into mouse livers was conducted using alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-producing human gastric cancer cells (h-GCCs) and h-hepatocytes as donor cells in a transgenic mouse line express...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fujiwara S,Fujioka H,Tateno C,Taniguchi K,Ito M,Ohishi H,Utoh R,Ishibashi H,Kanematsu T,Yoshizato K

更新日期：2012-08-07 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：:The aetiology of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is not known and controversy exists as to whether PSC should be denominated an autoimmune disease. A large number of autoantibodies have been detected in PSC patients, but the specificity of these antibodies is generally low, and the frequencies vary largely betwee...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hov JR,Boberg KM,Karlsen TH

更新日期：2008-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To review the implication of CXCR4 for gastrointestinal cancer, a "Pubmed" analysis was performed in order to evaluate the relevance of CXCR4 and its ligands for gastrointestinal cancers. Search terms applied were "cancer, malignoma, esophageal, gastric, colon, colorectal, hepatic, pancreatic, CXCR4, SDF-1alpha, and S...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Schimanski CC,Galle PR,Moehler M

更新日期：2008-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To test whether ethanol feeding could induce Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) responses, assess the hepatoprotective effect of betaine and its inhibitive effect on TLR4 in animal models of alcoholic liver injury. METHODS:Forty-eight female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups as control, model, lo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shi QZ,Wang LW,Zhang W,Gong ZJ

更新日期：2010-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the utility of K-ras mutation analysis of ultrasound guided fine-needle aspirate biopsy of pancreatic masses. METHODS:Sixty-six ultrasound guided fine-needle biopsies were evaluated by cytology, histology and k-ras mutation. The mutation at codon 12 of the k-ras oncogene was detected by artificial r...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zheng M,Liu LX,Zhu AL,Qi SY,Jiang HC,Xiao ZY

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-throughput short-read sequencing of exomes and whole cancer genomes in multiple human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cohorts confirmed previously identified frequently mutated somatic genes, such as TP53, CTNNB1 and AXIN1, and identified several novel genes with moderate mutation frequencies, including ARID1A, AR...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Gu DL,Chen YH,Shih JH,Lin CH,Jou YS,Chen CF

更新日期：2013-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the incidence of Epstein Barr virus associated gastric carcinoma (GC) in Brazil and compare the expressions of apoptosis related proteins and nitric oxide synthases between EBV positive and negative gastric carcinoma. METHODS:In situ hybridization of EBV-encoded small RNA-1 (EBER-1) and PCR was perfor...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Begnami MD,Montagnini AL,Vettore AL,Nonogaki S,Brait M,Simoes-Sato AY,Seixas AQ,Soares FA

更新日期：2006-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effects of omeprazole on gastric mechanosensitivity in humans. METHODS:A double lumen polyvinyl tube with a plastic bag was introduced into the stomach of healthy volunteers under fluorography and connected to a barostat device. Subjects were then positioned so they were sitting comfortably, and th...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Iida A,Kaneko H,Konagaya T,Funaki Y,Tokudome K,Izawa S,Tamura Y,Mizuno M,Ogasawara N,Sasaki M,Kasugai K

更新日期：2012-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the pharmacological effects of rice flavone (5,4'-dihydroxy-3',5'-dimethoxy-7-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy-flavone, RF) separated from panicle-differentiating to flowing rice on rat experimental hepatic injury. METHODS:Models of rat acute hepatic injury induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4)) adminis...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xu DH,Mei XT,Chen Y,Li YM,Lv JY,Xu SB

更新日期：2005-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory condition that plagues millions all over the world. This debilitating bowel disease can start in early childhood and continue into late adulthood. Signs and symptoms are usually many and multiple tests are often required for the diagnosis and confirmation of this disease....

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Naser SA,Sagramsingh SR,Naser AS,Thanigachalam S

更新日期：2014-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To observe the frequent complications of stent placement for stricture of the gastrointestinal tract and to find proper treatment. METHODS:A total number of 140 stents were inserted in 138 patients with benign stricture of the gastrointestinal tract. The procedure was completed under fluoroscopy in all of the pati...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cheng YS,Li MH,Chen WX,Chen NW,Zhuang QX,Shang KZ

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Intense abdominal pain is a prominent feature of chronic pancreatitis and its treatment remains a major clinical challenge. Basic studies of pancreatic nerves and experimental human pain research have provided evidence that pain processing is abnormal in these patients and in many cases resembles that seen in neuropat...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Olesen SS,Juel J,Graversen C,Kolesnikov Y,Wilder-Smith OH,Drewes AM

更新日期：2013-11-14 00:00:00