Letter to the editor: Diagnosis of erythropoietic protoporphyria with severe liver injury - a case report.

abstract：:Treatment of chronic pancreatitis has been exclusively surgical for a long time. Recently, endoscopic therapy has become widely used as a primary therapeutic option. Initially performed for drainage of pancreatic cysts and pseudocysts, endoscopic treatments were adapted to biliary and pancreatic ducts stenosis. Pancre...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Heyries L,Sahel J

更新日期：2007-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone metastases from gastric cancer (GC) are considered a relatively uncommon finding; however, they are related to poorer prognosis. Both primary GC and its metastatic progression rely on angiogenesis. Several lines of evidence from GC patients strongly support the involvement of mast cells (MCs) positive to tryptase...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Leporini C,Ammendola M,Marech I,Sammarco G,Sacco R,Gadaleta CD,Oakley C,Russo E,De Sarro G,Ranieri G

更新日期：2015-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Alverine citrate is a commonly used smooth muscle relaxant agent. A MEDLINE search on January 2004 revealed only 1 report implicating the hepatotoxicity of this agent. A 34-year-old woman was investigated because of the finding of elevated liver function tests on biochemical screening. Other etiologies of hepatitis we...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Arhan M,Koklu S,Koksal AS,Yolcu OF,Koruk S,Koruk I,Kayacetin E

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate oxaliplatin-induced severe anaphylactic reactions (SAR) in metastatic colorectal cancer in a retrospective case series analysis and to conduct a systemic literature review. METHODS:During a 6-year period from 2006 to 2011 at Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, a total of 412 patients exposed to oxa...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang JH,King TM,Chang MC,Hsu CW

更新日期：2012-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory disorder of the pancreas that may cause life-threatening complications. Etiologies of pancreatitis vary, with gallstones accounting for the majority of all cases, followed by alcohol. Other causes of pancreatitis include trauma, ischemia, mechanical obstruction, infections, autoim...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Binker MG,Cosen-Binker LI

更新日期：2014-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To offer an up-to-date review of all available treatment strategies for patients with synchronous colorectal liver metastases (CLM). METHODS:A comprehensive literature search was performed to identify articles related to the management of patients with synchronous CLM. A search of the electronic databases PubMed, ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ihnát P,Vávra P,Zonča P

更新日期：2015-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pancreatitis (CP) continues to be a clinical challenge. Persistent or recurrent abdominal pain is the most compelling symptom that drives patients to seek medical care. Unfortunately, in spite of using several treatment approaches in the clinical setting, there is no single specific treatment modality that can...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Talukdar R,Reddy DN

更新日期：2013-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The nasogastric tube (NGT) has become a frequently used device to alleviate gastrointestinal symptoms. Nasogastric tube syndrome (NTS) is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening complication of an indwelling NGT. NTS is characterized by acute upper airway obstruction due to bilateral vocal cord paralysis. We repo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sano N,Yamamoto M,Nagai K,Yamada K,Ohkohchi N

更新日期：2016-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the immunogenicity of candidate DNA vaccine against hepatitis C virus (HCV) delivered by two plasmids expressing HCV envelope protein 1 (E1) and envelope protein 2 (E2) antigens respectively and to study the effect of CpG adjuvant on this candidate vaccine. METHODS:Recombinant plasmids expressing HC...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhu LX,Liu J,Ye Y,Xie YH,Kong YY,Li GD,Wang Y

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peliosis hepatis is a rare benign disease, but in last years the number of identified cases has increased. This disease is known to be sometimes accompanied by hepatocellular carcinoma. In the recent article, Yu et al describe a case of liver peliosis, characterized by an increased proliferative index. Therefore, addi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Demyashkin G,Zatsepina M

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To define the common deleted region on the long arm of haman chromosome 7q linked to primary gastric carcinomas in Chinese by loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and its clinical significance. METHODS:Nine microsatellite markers distributed over chromosome 7q with an average marker density of 10cM were used to examine 70...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Weng DS,Li JT,Mai SJ,Pan ZZ,Feng BJ,Feng QS,Huang LX,Wang QJ,Li YQ,Yu XJ,Chen SP,He J,Xia JC

更新日期：2006-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether bispectral index (BIS) monitoring is useful for propofol administration for deep sedation during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). METHODS:Fifty-nine consecutive patients with a variety of reasons for ERCP who underwent the procedure at least twice between 1 July 2010 and ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jang SY,Park HG,Jung MK,Cho CM,Park SY,Jeon SW,Tak WY,Kweon YO,Kim SK,Jeon YH

更新日期：2012-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 31-year-old woman with Crohn's disease complicated by multiple stenoses and internal fistulas clinically misdiagnosed as small bowel endometriosis, due to the patient's perimenstrual symptoms of mechanical subileus for 3 years; at first monthly, but later continuous, and gradually increasing in severity. W...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Teke Z,Aytekin FO,Atalay AO,Demirkan NC

更新日期：2008-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection after biological accident (needlestick injury) is a rare event. This report describes the first case of acute HCV infection after a needlestick injury in a female nursing student at Padua University Hospital. The student nurse was injured on the second finger of the right hand when re...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Scaggiante R,Chemello L,Rinaldi R,Bartolucci GB,Trevisan A

更新日期：2013-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the performance of the Da-an real-time hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA assay and Abbott RealTime HBV assay. METHODS:HBV DNA standards as well as a total of 180 clinical serum samples from patients with chronic hepatitis B were measured using the Abbott and Da-an real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ass...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Qiu N,Li R,Yu JG,Yang W,Zhang W,An Y,Li T,Liu XE,Zhuang H

更新日期：2014-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Dilatation of the colon and the rectum, which is not attributable to aganglionosis, is a rare finding and can be the result of intractable chronic constipation. We report a rare case of a 29-year-old male patient with impressive megacolon, in whom Hirschsprung's or Chagas disease was ruled out. In the present case, di...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mecklenburg I,Leibig M,Weber C,Schmidbauer S,Folwaczny C

更新日期：2005-12-28 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：:Celiac disease is an immune-mediated disorder that causes severe architectural disturbance in the small intestinal mucosa of genetically-predisposed individuals. Impaired absorption of multiple nutrients results and diarrhea and weight loss develop. Evidence has accumulated that a strict gluten-free diet can result in...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Freeman HJ

更新日期：2017-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the role of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β-inducible early gene 1 (TIEG1) in TGF-β-induced growth inhibition in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. METHODS:Human hepatocyte and HCC cell lines with varied susceptibilities to TGF-β1 were tested by methylthiazoletetrazolium (MTT) assay. The expre...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jiang L,Lai YK,Zhang JF,Chan CY,Lu G,Lin MC,He ML,Li JC,Kung HF

更新日期：2012-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer patients have unique problems associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and treatment not seen in the general population. HCV infection poses additional challenges and considerations for the management of cancer, and vice versa. HCV infection also can lead to the development of cancer, particularly hepa...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Borchardt RA,Torres HA

更新日期：2014-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the predictive value of preoperative predictors for portal vein thrombosis (PVT) after splenectomy with periesophagogastric devascularization. METHODS:In this prospective study, 69 continuous patients with portal hypertension caused by hepatitis B cirrhosis underwent splenectomy with periesophagogastri...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang Y,Wen TF,Yan LN,Yang HJ,Deng XF,Li C,Wang C,Liang GL

更新日期：2012-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical resection offers the best opportunity for survival in patients with colorectal cancer metastatic to the liver, with five-year survival rates up to 58% in selected cases. However, only a minority are resectable at the time of diagnosis. Continuous research in this field aims at increasing the percentage of pat...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Misiakos EP,Karidis NP,Kouraklis G

更新日期：2011-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Positioning of interventional devices in liver lesions is a challenging task if only CT is available. We investigated the potential benefit of combined PET/CT images for localization of interventional devices in interventional liver studies. METHODS:Thirty lesions each of hyperdense, isodense and hypodense attenua...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Veit P,Kuehle C,Beyer T,Kuehl H,Bockisch A,Antoch G

更新日期：2006-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the inducing effect of human mutant p27 gene on the apoptosis of the human gastric cancer cell line MKN-45 and its associated mechanisms. METHODS:The recombinant adenovirus Ad-p27mt was constructed to infect the human gastric cancer cell line MKN-45. Using flow cytometry, TUNEL assay and DNA fragment an...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhu JS,Wang L,Cheng GQ,Li Q,Zhu ZM,Zhu L

更新日期：2005-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the possible mechanism by which hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) mediates apoptosis of HepG2 cells. METHODS:HBx expression vector pcDNA3.1-X was transfected into HepG2 cells to establish an HBx high-expression cellular model as pcDNA3.1-X transfected group. The pcDNA3.1-X and pSilencer3.1-shHBX (HB...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tang RX,Kong FY,Fan BF,Liu XM,You HJ,Zhang P,Zheng KY

更新日期：2012-04-07 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：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains to be one of the top causing cancer-related deaths today. The majority of HCC cases are reported to be the result of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Current treatments for HBV-related HCC revolve around the use of drugs to inhibit viral replication, as a high level of ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tan YL,Chen WN

更新日期：2014-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) represent a milestone in the treatment of acid-related diseases, and are the mainstay in preventing upper gastrointestinal bleeding in high-risk patients treated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or low-dose aspirin. However, this beneficial effect does not extend to the ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lué A,Lanas A

更新日期：2016-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine fibrinogen-like protein 2 (fgl2) expression during taurocholate-induced acute pancreatitis progression in rats and its correlation with pancreatic injury severity. METHODS:Forty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into the severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) group (n = 24) and the sham oper...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ye XH,Chen TZ,Huai JP,Lu GR,Zhuge XJ,Chen RP,Chen WJ,Wang C,Huang ZM

更新日期：2013-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are multipotent and self-renewing cells that reside essentially in the bone marrow as a non-hematopoietic cell population, but may also be isolated from the connective tissues of most organs. MSCs represent a heterogeneous population of adult, fibroblast-like cells characterized by the...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Vandermeulen M,Grégoire C,Briquet A,Lechanteur C,Beguin Y,Detry O

更新日期：2014-11-28 00:00:00