Selenium deficiency and fatal cardiomyopathy in a patient on home parenteral nutrition.

abstract：:The nuclear lamina is a multi-protein lattice composed of A- and B-type lamins and their associated proteins. This protein lattice associates with heterochromatin and integral inner nuclear membrane proteins, providing links among the genome, nucleoskeleton, and cytoskeleton. In the 1990s, mutations in EMD and LMNA we...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Brady GF,Kwan R,Bragazzi Cunha J,Elenbaas JS,Omary MB

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:The mechanism by which cholelithiasis increases the risk of acute pancreatitis remains obscure. Because bile acids can enter the pancreas either by luminal diffusion or by interstitial leakage during gallstone impaction and pancreatitis is associated with impaired Ca(2+) signaling, we examined the eff...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Kim JY,Kim KH,Lee JA,Namkung W,Sun AQ,Ananthanarayanan M,Suchy FJ,Shin DM,Muallem S,Lee MG

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Upon liver injury in which hepatocyte proliferation is compromised, liver progenitor cells (LPCs), derived from biliary epithelial cells (BECs), differentiate into hepatocytes. Little is known about the mechanisms of LPC differentiation. We used zebrafish and mouse models of liver injury to study the ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Ko S,Russell JO,Tian J,Gao C,Kobayashi M,Feng R,Yuan X,Shao C,Ding H,Poddar M,Singh S,Locker J,Weng HL,Monga SP,Shin D

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal handling of water and electrolytes was monitored in 5 conscious dogs with chronic 25-cm Thiry-Vella loops of proximal jejunum using a neutral isosmotic perfusate containing [14C]polyethylene glycol as a recovery marker. Under basal conditions the animals absorbed water, Na+, and Cl-, and there was minimal n...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Zinner MJ,McFadden D,Sherlock D,Jaffe BM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Epithelial cells of the small intestine migrate to the tip of the villus at which they are shed. It is not understood how the intestinal barrier is maintained during this high cell turnover. The aim of this study was to use high-resolution in vivo light microscopy to investigate the mechanism of epith...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Watson AJ,Chu S,Sieck L,Gerasimenko O,Bullen T,Campbell F,McKenna M,Rose T,Montrose MH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial obstruction of the opossum esophagus leads to thickening of the circular muscle, hypertrophy of smooth muscle cells, and diminution of the extracellular space. The pharmacological and electrophysiological properties of this hypertrophied muscle were studied. Carbachol produced phasic and tonic contractions of ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Conklin JL,Du CA,Schulze-Delrieu K,Shirazi S

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the clinical management of 204 patients with Crohn's disease involving the colon who have been reviewed regularly for many years. The results have been analyzed to define the morbidity, mortality, and long term prognosis of the disorder. Despite a high morbidity, the long term prognosis is good. A...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Allan R,Steinberg DM,Williams JA,Cooke WT

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies suggest that bile salts are transported from the basolateral to the canalicular membrane of hepatocytes by a vesicular pathway, possibly in part via the Golgi complex. To test this hypothesis, the present study examined, in the perfused rat liver, the influence of the Na+ ionophore monensin on the bili...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Reynier MO,Abou Hashieh I,Crotte C,Carbuccia N,Richard B,Gérolami A

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:The vagus nerve negatively regulates macrophage cytokine production via the release of acetylcholine (ACh) and activation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR). In various models of intestinal inflammation, vagus nerve efferent stimulation ameliorates disease. Given the actively constrained cyt...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： van der Zanden EP,Snoek SA,Heinsbroek SE,Stanisor OI,Verseijden C,Boeckxstaens GE,Peppelenbosch MP,Greaves DR,Gordon S,De Jonge WJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Random fecal alpha 1-antitrypsin levels were determined in 34 patients, 24 with Crohn's disease, and 10 "controls" having diarrheal illnesses not associated with intestinal protein loss, in an effort to evaluate its usefulness as a measure of Crohn's disease intestinal activity. In the control group, all alpha 1-antit...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Meyers S,Wolke A,Field SP,Feuer EJ,Johnson JW,Janowitz HD

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to identify the structural and compositional features of human gallstones that influence in vitro gallstone dissolution in the cholesterol solvent monooctanoin. Gallstones were obtained from 86 consecutive patients who had at least three morphologically similar stones. One stone from each pa...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Smith BF

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Hepatic lymphocytes are composed mainly of natural killer (NK) cells and NKT cells, which play key roles in innate immune responses against pathogens and tumors in the liver. This report analyzes the effects of activation of innate immunity by viral infection or the toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) ligan...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Sun R,Gao B

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:The liver has high regenerative potential. We attempted to establish a novel culture system for extensive expansion of fetal mouse hepatic stem/progenitor cells and to characterize cultured cells. METHODS:Hepatic spheroids collected from 6-day floating cultures were cultured on collagen-coated dishes...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Tsuchiya A,Heike T,Fujino H,Shiota M,Umeda K,Yoshimoto M,Matsuda Y,Ichida T,Aoyagi Y,Nakahata T

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of high- and low-affinity cholecystokinin (CCK)-A receptors on rodent pancreatic acini is well established. Until recently, CCK was believed to act directly on pancreatic acini to stimulate pancreatic secretion in both rodents and humans. However, conclusive evidence that human pancreatic acini lack func...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Owyang C,Logsdon CD

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of experimental bypass on the intestinal epithelium of the rat was investigated from 2 to 360 days after creating a Thiry-Vella fistula. Within 7 to 14 days the number of cells per villus column and, to a lesser degree, the number of cells per crypt column decreased and subsequently these values remained co...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Rijke RP,Plaisier HM,de Ruiter H,Galjaard H

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether gamma-hydroxybutyrate provides protection against intestinal ischemia/reperfusion injury and to compare its effect with that of allopurinol and vitamin E. Thirty minutes of total regional ischemia, followed by 3 hours of reperfusion, produced intestinal damage that wa...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Boyd AJ,Sherman IA,Saibil FG,Mamelak M

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the frequency of a sustained remission and to assess the long-term prognosis of relapse and retreatment, 66 patients with severe hepatitis B surface antigen-negative chronic active hepatitis and prolonged follow-up after initial corticosteroid withdrawal (mean, 10 +/- 0.4 yr) were evaluated. Selection of ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Czaja AJ,Beaver SJ,Shiels MT

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ileocecal sphincter pressure was studied in the cat, using an open-tipped perfused catheter system. Ileocecal sphincter pressure was measured under basal conditions and in response to bethanechol or direct vagal nerve electrical stimulation. The pressure was 26.1 +/- 5.0 mmHg basally, and was unaltered by section of e...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Rubin MR,Cardwell BA,Ouyang A,Snape WJ Jr,Cohen S

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) is the master regulator of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) susceptibility. Although mitochondrial glutathione (mGSH) depletion was shown to sensitize hepatocytes to TNF despite NF-kappaB activation, the mechanisms involved, particularly the role of Bax oligomerization and...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Marí M,Colell A,Morales A,Caballero F,Moles A,Fernández A,Terrones O,Basañez G,Antonsson B,García-Ruiz C,Fernández-Checa JC

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Synchronous activation of the Wnt signaling pathway, mostly because of loss of function of the APC tumor suppressor, and of the oncogenic KRAS-signaling pathway is very frequent in colorectal cancer and is associated with poor prognosis. METHODS:We have generated a compound transgenic mouse model, KR...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Janssen KP,Alberici P,Fsihi H,Gaspar C,Breukel C,Franken P,Rosty C,Abal M,El Marjou F,Smits R,Louvard D,Fodde R,Robine S

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Although cholesterol is the most abundant sterol in animal tissues, oxidized products of cholesterol (oxysterols) also occur in mammalian organs and blood and are cytotoxic, atherogenic, and carcinogenic. However, the presence of oxysterols in bile or gallstones has never been reported. METHODS:Fre...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Haigh WG,Lee SP

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Both hemorrhagic and cardiogenic shock are associated with hepatic shock gene expression at resuscitation. This study investigated the potential role of intravascular superoxide anion as a proximal trigger of heat shock protein gene expression. METHODS:Preanesthetized pigs were subjected to 120 m of to...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Schoeniger LO,Andreoni KA,Ott GR,Risby TH,Bulkley GB,Udelsman R,Burdick JF,Buchman TG

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:The activation of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling causes the development of gastric and colon cancers. Sox17 represses Wnt/beta-catenin signaling and is down-regulated in colon cancer. This study was designed to elucidate the role of Sox17 during the course of gastrointestinal tumorigenesis. METHODS:Sox17...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Du YC,Oshima H,Oguma K,Kitamura T,Itadani H,Fujimura T,Piao YS,Yoshimoto T,Minamoto T,Kotani H,Taketo MM,Oshima M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Colonic crypt elongation occurs during both chronic colitis and in the recovery phase of acute colitis. The impact of these alterations on epithelial cell functions is not fully defined. METHODS:DNA microarray analysis of freshly isolated colonic epithelial cells (CECs) from acute and chronic colitis...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Mizoguchi E,Xavier RJ,Reinecker HC,Uchino H,Bhan AK,Podolsky DK,Mizoguchi A

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Although a number of epidemiologic studies have found dietary fiber and whole grains to be inversely associated with colorectal cancer incidence, studies of dietary and other risk factors for small intestinal cancer have been sparse and all of a case-control design. We conducted a prospective cohort s...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Schatzkin A,Park Y,Leitzmann MF,Hollenbeck AR,Cross AJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Fatty acids are natural ligands of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha). Synthetic ligands of this nuclear receptor, i.e., fibrates, induce the hepatic expression of the multidrug resistance 2 gene (Mdr2), encoding the canalicular phospholipid translocator, and affect hepat...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Kok T,Wolters H,Bloks VW,Havinga R,Jansen PL,Staels B,Kuipers F

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Sjögren's syndrome and autoimmune pancreatitis are disorders with decreased function of salivary, lacrimal glands, and the exocrine pancreas. Nonobese diabetic/ShiLTJ mice and mice transduced with the cytokine BMP6 develop Sjögren's syndrome and chronic pancreatitis and MRL/Mp mice are models of autoi...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Zeng M,Szymczak M,Ahuja M,Zheng C,Yin H,Swaim W,Chiorini JA,Bridges RJ,Muallem S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) interferes with the quality of life and carries an increased risk for esophageal adenocarcinoma. We investigated genetic influence in the development of reflux. METHODS:We compared concordance for reflux in monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins. All twins ag...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Cameron AJ,Lagergren J,Henriksson C,Nyren O,Locke GR 3rd,Pedersen NL

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to evaluate the ability of human hepatocytes to respond in culture to various mitotic agents including epidermal growth factor (EGF), transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha), or serum from patients with fulminant hepatitis. Human hepatocytes were maintained in culture on collagen-...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Blanc P,Etienne H,Daujat M,Fabre I,Zindy F,Domergue J,Astre C,Saint Aubert B,Michel H,Maurel P

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Despite many advances in our understanding of Crohn's disease, the course of the disease in any given patient remains unpredictable. There is little agreement as to which factors increase a patient's risk of early postoperative recurrence. We have attempted to identify predictors of early recurrence a...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Lautenbach E,Berlin JA,Lichtenstein GR

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00