Trials and tribulations with artificial liver support.

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:To examine the risks for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with respect to hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes, specific viral mutations (MT), serum HBV DNA levels, and cirrhosis. METHODS:HBV genotypes, 1653/1753/core promoter (CP)/precore MT and HBV DNA levels were determined in 248 HBV patients with HCC an...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Yuen MF,Tanaka Y,Shinkai N,Poon RT,But DY,Fong DY,Fung J,Wong DK,Yuen JC,Mizokami M,Lai CL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the value of pneumatic dilatation of the cardia, 63 patients with achalasia have undergone a total of 107 Rider-Moeller dilatations over the last six years. There was a marked improvement in swallowing immediately after dilatation in all but two patients, there were no deaths attributable to the procedure an...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Fellows IW,Ogilvie AL,Atkinson M

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hydrogen sulphide (H(2)S) is a potent toxin normally present in the colonic lumen which may play a role in ulcerative colitis (UC). Two enzymes, thiol methyltransferase (TMT) and rhodanese (RHOD), are thought to be responsible for sulphide removal but supportive evidence is lacking. AIMS:To determine the di...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Picton R,Eggo MC,Merrill GA,Langman MJ,Singh S

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum samples from 26 monozygotic twin pairs concordant or discordant with regard to inflammatory bowel disease, and rectal biopsies from 42 twins of the same subject group, were examined for IgG subclasses. They were all compared with normal controls. Almost all affected twins were in clinical remission. Paired immun...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Helgeland L,Tysk C,Järnerot G,Kett K,Lindberg E,Danielsson D,Andersen SN,Brandtzaeg P

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular electrical and contractile activities were recorded in vitro from strips of human colonic smooth muscle obtained at the time of surgery. Serosal electrical activity of longitudinally oriented strips from the taenia and intertaenial region was characterised by continuous oscillation at a frequency of 28 +...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Gill RC,Cote KR,Bowes KL,Kingma YJ

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports have indicated a possible role for 111Indium leucocyte scintigraphy in the management of patients with acute inflammatory bowel disease. Our experience with this technique in 15 patients (nine with ulcerative colitis, six with Crohn's disease) is described. Perfect agreement was not obtained between sci...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Buxton-Thomas MS,Dickinson RJ,Maltby P,Hunter JO,Wraight EP

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We previously described hepatitis reactivation in two carriers of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 2c. AIM:To assess the relationship between HCV genotypes and risk of hepatitis reactivation, we studied the course of aminotransferases in patients infected with the two relevant genotypes in Italy. PATIE...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Rumi MG,De Filippi F,La Vecchia C,Donato MF,Gallus S,Del Ninno E,Colombo M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastric secretory response to insulin changes in many patients between ;immediate' tests, within two weeks of vagotomy, and ;delayed' tests, done at least six months later. Patients who develop recurrent duodenal ulceration after vagotomy and pyloroplasty show highly significant increases in peak and rise in conce...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Watkin DF,Duthie HL

更新日期：1971-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) are pacemakers and mediators of motor neurotransmission in gastrointestinal smooth muscles. ICC require cellular signalling via Kit, a receptor tyrosine kinase, for development and maintenance of phenotype. Much of the evidence demonstrating the functions of ICC com...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Takayama I,Daigo Y,Ward SM,Sanders KM,Walker RL,Horowitz B,Yamanaka T,Fujino MA

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of adapting ileal enterocytes to express different digestive enzymes in their brush border membranes was tested in young female Wistar rats (n = 72) receiving 60% proximal small bowel resection. In control rats with intestinal transection both neutral aminopeptidase and alpha-glucosidase activities were sh...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Chaves M,Smith MW,Williamson RC

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several methods for the preparation of cell suspensions from human gastrointestinal mucosa were investigated. Satisfactory suspensions were obtained by incubating tissue fragments in a solution of collagenase and hyaluronidase overnight at 4 degrees C followed by 30 minutes at 37 degrees C. The resulting suspension co...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Crofton RW,Cochrane C,McClelland DB

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:CD8 T cells are central to the control of hepatitis C virus (HCV) although the key features of a successful CD8 T cell response remain to be defined. In a cohort of Irish women infected by a single source, a strong association between viral clearance and the human lecucocyte (HLA)-A*03 allele has be...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Fitzmaurice K,Petrovic D,Ramamurthy N,Simmons R,Merani S,Gaudieri S,Sims S,Dempsey E,Freitas E,Lea S,McKiernan S,Norris S,Long A,Kelleher D,Klenerman P

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The molecular mechanisms mediating the antiproliferative effects of interferon alpha on human pancreatic carcinoma cells are poorly understood. AIM:To characterise the effects of interferon alpha on protein kinase C isoenzyme expression in interferon alpha sensitive and resistant human pancreatic tumour cel...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Rosewicz S,Weder M,Kaiser A,Riecken EO

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pouchitis may complicate the construction of an ileal pouch after colectomy for ulcerative colitis (UC) but not familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). To examine whether differences in eicosanoid metabolism might explain why pouchitis is largely confined to UC patients, this study compared arachidonic acid stimulated r...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Gertner DJ,Rampton DS,Madden MV,Talbot IC,Nicholls RJ,Lennard-Jones JE

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonic biopsy specimens were obtained from patients undergoing surgery for carcinoma of the rectum. Colonic resistance arteries (internal diameter 178-345 microns) were dissected out under the microscope and mounted in a microvascular myograph capable of measuring isometric tension development. Experiments were desig...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Mortensen FV,Nielsen H,Mulvany MJ,Hessov I

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Six to 12 months of ingestion of moderate amounts of oats does not have a harmful effect in adult patients with coeliac disease. As the safety of long term intake of oats in coeliac patients is not known, we continued our previous 6-12 month study for five years. AIM:To assess the safety of long term ingest...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Janatuinen EK,Kemppainen TA,Julkunen RJ,Kosma VM,Mäki M,Heikkinen M,Uusitupa MI

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the ionic composition of faecal fluid from 13 patients with Crohn's disease limited to the colon, 10 with diffuse ulcerative colitis, and eight with ulcerative proctitis. The Crohn's and colitis groups had similar proportions of colon surface involved radiographically and similar 24 hour faecal weights. ...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Schilli R,Breuer RI,Klein F,Dunn K,Gnaedinger A,Bernstein J,Paige M,Kaufman M

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The diagnostic yield of capsule endoscopy (CE) compared with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in small bowel Crohn's disease is not well established. We prospectively investigated CE, MRI, and double contrast fluoroscopy in patients with suspected small bowel Crohn's disease. METHODS:Fifty two cons...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Albert JG,Martiny F,Krummenerl A,Stock K,Lesske J,Göbel CM,Lotterer E,Nietsch HH,Behrmann C,Fleig WE

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Substance P (SP) is a pro-inflammatory neuropeptide in colitis, whereas sympathetic neurotransmitters are anti-inflammatory at high concentrations. AIM AND METHODS:In all layers of the colon, nerve fibre densities of SP(+) and sympathetic nerve fibres were investigated (22 Crohn's disease, six diverticuliti...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Straub RH,Grum F,Strauch U,Capellino S,Bataille F,Bleich A,Falk W,Schölmerich J,Obermeier F

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vagal and spinal afferents represent the information superhighways that convey sensory information from the gut to the central nervous system. These afferents are sensitive to both mechanical and chemical stimuli. Vagal afferents terminate in the muscle layers and in the mucosa. Muscle afferents are activated at physi...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Grundy D

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 13/14C-Urea breath test (UBT) is based on the simple principle that a solution of isotopically labelled urea will be rapidly hydrolysed by the abundantly expressed urease of H pylori. The released 13/14CO2 is absorbed across the mucus layer to the gastric mucosa and hence, via the systemic circulation, excreted in...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Logan RP

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carriers of beta amino acids and imino acids in the small intestine of rabbits and guinea pigs are chloride dependent, and a cotransport of chloride, sodium, and 2-methyl-aminoisobutyric acid has been shown. This study examines the chloride dependence of amino acid transport in the human small intestine. The steady st...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Munck LK

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bovine immunoglobulin concentrate (BIC)-Clostridium difficile is prepared from the colostrum of cows immunised against C difficile toxins and contains high concentrations of neutralising IgG antitoxin. AIMS:To determine the proportion of BIC-C difficile which survives passage through the human stomach and s...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Warny M,Fatimi A,Bostwick EF,Laine DC,Lebel F,LaMont JT,Pothoulakis C,Kelly CP

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysmotility of the duodenum and proximal jejunum has been reported in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. This study extended these findings by recording fasting ambulatory motility from electronic strain gauge sensors sited in the jejunum and ileum of eight diarrhoea predominant irritable bowel syndrome patients ...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Gorard DA,Libby GW,Farthing MJ

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of dehydrocholate on bromsulphtalein relative-storage capacity, bilary transport maximum (Tm), and fractional transfer rates between plasma, liver and bile have been studied in unanaesthetized dogs. In six dogs, storage capacity, Tm, and fractional transfer rates from plasma to liver, liver to bile, and ...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Delage Y,Erlinger S,Duval M,Bpenhamou JP

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of luminal instillation of 16,16 dimethyl PGE2 (dmPGE2) on gastric acid secretion and back diffusion of H+ were studied in anaesthetised dogs which were prepared with a segment of the greater curvature of the stomach mounted in a double lumen chamber. This model permitted simultaneous evaluation of two seg...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Cheung LY,Lowry SF,Perry J,Larson K

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Despite being proposed 4 years ago, there has been no independent validation study of the Rome IV criteria for IBS. We assessed their performance for the diagnosis of IBS in secondary care and compared them with the previous iteration, the Rome III criteria. DESIGN:We collected complete symptom data from co...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Black CJ,Craig O,Gracie DJ,Ford AC

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Fasting insulin, lipids and lipoproteins were measured in 22 middle aged female non-insulin dependent diabetics with gall stone disease (cases) and in 22 non-insulin dependent diabetics without gall stone disease (controls). The groups were matched for sex, age, obesity, and fasting glucose concentrations. No differen...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Laakso M,Suhonen M,Julkunen R,Pyörälä K

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Recurrent bleeding after initial haemostasis is an important factor that directly relates to the outcome in the management of peptic ulcer bleeding. Conflicting reports have been published concerning the effectiveness of scheduled second therapeutic endoscopy on ulcer rebleeding. We investigate the use of scheduled...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Chiu PW,Lam CY,Lee SW,Kwong KH,Lam SH,Lee DT,Kwok SP

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the first time the endoscopist has more than one option for the management of gastro-oesophageal varices. It is now feasible to select the appropriate therapy on the basis of the clinical setting. Acute injection sclerotherapy remains a quick and simple technique for the control of active bleeding from oesophageal...

journal_title：Gut

authors： Williams SG,Westaby D

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00