Calcium currents in human and canine jejunal circular smooth muscle cells.

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Ethanol causes both tolerance and sensitization of Kupffer cells. This study was designed to evaluate temporal effects of ethanol in an attempt to understand this paradox. METHODS:Rats were given ethanol (4 g/kg body wt) intragastrically, and Kupffer cells were isolated 0-48 hours later. After additi...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Enomoto N,Ikejima K,Bradford B,Rivera C,Kono H,Brenner DA,Thurman RG

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Activating transcription factor 6 (ATF6) regulates endoplasmic reticulum stress. We studied whether ATF6 contributes to the development of colorectal cancer (CRC) using tissue from patients and transgenic mice. METHODS:We analyzed data from 541 patients with CRC in The Cancer Genome Atlas database fo...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Coleman OI,Lobner EM,Bierwirth S,Sorbie A,Waldschmitt N,Rath E,Berger E,Lagkouvardos I,Clavel T,McCoy KD,Weber A,Heikenwalder M,Janssen KP,Haller D

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) is a unique episomal replicative intermediate responsible for persistent infection of hepatocytes. Technical constraints have hampered the direct study of cccDNA maintenance and clearance mechanisms in patients. The aim of this study was ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Werle-Lapostolle B,Bowden S,Locarnini S,Wursthorn K,Petersen J,Lau G,Trepo C,Marcellin P,Goodman Z,Delaney WE 4th,Xiong S,Brosgart CL,Chen SS,Gibbs CS,Zoulim F

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin tests and measurement of serum levels of immunoglobulin E do not accurately identify foods for elimination from the diets of patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). We investigated whether an esophageal prick test, in which the esophageal mucosa is challenged by local injection of allergen extracts, could i...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Warners MJ,Terreehorst I,van den Wijngaard RM,Akkerdaas J,van Esch BCAM,van Ree R,Versteeg SA,Smout AJPM,Bredenoord AJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wilson's disease may present with severe acute hepatocellular failure. The only effective treatment for fulminant Wilson's disease is liver transplantation, which may lead to reversal of the underlying disease. Some patients with cirrhosis who are too ill to undergo orthotopic liver transplantation have been treated w...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Stampfl DA,Muñoz SJ,Moritz MJ,Rubin R,Armenti VT,Jarrell BE,Maddrey WC

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Thyroid hormones are implicated in intestinal development. Their effects are mediated by nuclear receptors, which are transcriptional regulators activated upon binding of triiodothyronine. The aim of this study was to define the involvement of the receptor subtypes during intestinal development. METH...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Plateroti M,Chassande O,Fraichard A,Gauthier K,Freund JN,Samarut J,Kedinger M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years the hypothesis that the number of villus cells regulates crypt cell proliferation in the epithelium of the small intestine has been brought forward by a number of investigators. To test this hypothesis, the villus cell population was reduced by clamping the superior mesenteric artery and vein in rats f...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Rijke RP,Hanson WR,Plaisier HM,Osborne JW

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leukocyte migration inhibition test has been used to investigate cellular immune responses to antigens in a protein fraction (BPF) of normal human gallbladder bile in patients with a variety of intra- and extrahepatic diseases. Inhibition of leukocyte migration in the presence of BPF was observed in 30 (81%) of 37...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： McFarlane IG,Wojcicka BM,Tsantoulas DC,Portmann BC,Eddleston AL,Williams R

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Liver fibrosis, hepatocellular necrosis, inflammation, and proliferation of liver progenitor cells are features of chronic liver injury. Mouse models have been used to study the end-stage pathophysiology of chronic liver injury. However, little is known about differences in the mechanisms of liver inj...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Pradhan-Sundd T,Vats R,Russell JO,Singh S,Michael AA,Molina L,Kakar S,Cornuet P,Poddar M,Watkins SC,Nejak-Bowen KN,Monga SP,Sundd P

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If increased gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-mediated neurotransmission contributes to the mediation of hepatic encephalopathy, it may be possible to induce ameliorations of the syndrome by pharmacologically antagonizing a component of the GABA/benzodiazepine receptor complex. To test this possibility we administered t...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Bansky G,Meier PJ,Riederer E,Walser H,Ziegler WH,Schmid M

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed an isolated intestinal cell system to study the regulation of cholecystokinin release. Enzymatically dispersed canine jejunal mucosal cells were separated by counterflow elutriation to enrich cholecystokinin content 20-fold. Release of cholecystokinin from freshly isolated cells was determined by rad...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Barber DL,Walsh JH,Soll AH

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disseminated cytomegalovirus infection occurs predominantly in immunocompromised hosts. Involvement of the gastrointestinal tract in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is frequent, but to our knowledge there is only one report of involvement of the appendix. In this study, a patient with a history of the acquired ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Valerdiz-Casasola S,Pardo-Mindan FJ

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:The early detection of colorectal cancer is desired because this cancer can be cured surgically if diagnosed early. The purpose of the present study was to determine the feasibility of a new methodology for isolating colonocytes from naturally evacuated feces, followed by cytology or molecular biology...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Matsushita H,Matsumura Y,Moriya Y,Akasu T,Fujita S,Yamamoto S,Onouchi S,Saito N,Sugito M,Ito M,Kozu T,Minowa T,Nomura S,Tsunoda H,Kakizoe T

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of changes in the rate of infusion versus glucose concentration on glucose, water, and sodium absorption was studied in 20 infant miniature pigs using the single-pass small intestinal perfusion technique. During infusions of glucose loads of up to 75.0 mumol/min, glucose absorption increased similarly wheth...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Shulman RJ,Lifschitz CH

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether intrapancreatic coagulation, with deposition of the fibrinogen-γ dimer (Fib-γD) and hypoxia, affect the severity of acute pancreatitis (AP) in mice. Pancreata of mice with AP induced by administration of cerulein or by L-arginine, or from patients with pancreatitis, had increased deposition of ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Park MJ,Iyer S,Xue X,Bragazzi Cunha J,Gu S,Moons D,Pipe SW,Williams JA,Simeone DM,Shah YM,Omary MB

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:This study examined the possible role of endotoxinemia (from increased gut permeability) as an additional trigger factor for overt pancreatic disease and as a promoter of chronic pancreatic injury in alcoholics by using a rat model of chronic alcohol feeding and in vitro experiments with cultured panc...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Vonlaufen A,Xu Z,Daniel B,Kumar RK,Pirola R,Wilson J,Apte MV

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven infants born to mothers with acute hepatitis B during the third trimester of pregnancy who were hepatitis B surface antigen-positive at delivery were treated with hepatitis B immune globulin within 24-48 h of birth. Five infants received one dose of hepatitis B immune globulin and 6 infants received a second do...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Tong MJ,Nair PV,Thursby M,Schweitzer IL

更新日期：1985-07-01 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:Nitrate ingestion leads to high luminal concentrations of nitric oxide being generated where saliva meets gastric acid. Nitric oxide generates N-nitrosative stress on reacting with oxygen at neutral pH. We aimed to ascertain if luminal nitric oxide exerts nitrosative stress in the human upper gastroin...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Winter JW,Paterson S,Scobie G,Wirz A,Preston T,McColl KE

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Spasmolytic polypeptide (SP) is a trefoil peptide expressed in the digestive tract. This study aimed to determine the structure and distribution of SP expression in the rat gastrointestinal tract. METHODS:The structure of rat SP was determined from the sequence of complementary DNAs isolated from antra...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Jeffrey GP,Oates PS,Wang TC,Babyatsky MW,Brand SJ

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of 22 patients with antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis demonstrated that the most distal location of the pseudomembranes was noted from 0 to 25 cm from the anus in 17 patients, from 25 to 60 cm from the anus in 3 patients, and greater than 60 cm from the anus in only 2 patients. These d...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Tedesco FJ,Corless JK,Brownstein RE

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 550 patients admitted with acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage, 143 with peptic ulcers containing stigmata of recent hemorrhage accessible to endoscopic therapy were included in a randomized comparison of neodymium yttrium aluminum garnet laser, heater probe, and no endoscopic therapy. The rebleeding rate in la...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Matthewson K,Swain CP,Bland M,Kirkham JS,Bown SG,Northfield TC

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:AJM300 is an orally active small-molecule antagonist of the α4 integrin subunit. We performed a randomized trial to investigate the efficacy and safety of AJM300 in patients with active ulcerative colitis (UC). METHODS:In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2a study, 102 patients with moderatel...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Yoshimura N,Watanabe M,Motoya S,Tominaga K,Matsuoka K,Iwakiri R,Watanabe K,Hibi T,AJM300 Study Group.

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Host cell lipid rafts form a scaffold required for replication of hepatitis C virus (HCV). Serine palmitoyltransferases (SPTs) produce sphingolipids, which are essential components of the lipid rafts that associate with HCV nonstructural proteins. Prevention of the de novo synthesis of sphingolipids b...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Katsume A,Tokunaga Y,Hirata Y,Munakata T,Saito M,Hayashi H,Okamoto K,Ohmori Y,Kusanagi I,Fujiwara S,Tsukuda T,Aoki Y,Klumpp K,Tsukiyama-Kohara K,El-Gohary A,Sudoh M,Kohara M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human gastrointestinal cancer xenografts were established in the nude mouse. Grafts were accomplished with gastric adenocarcinomas, gastric leiomyosarcoma, histiocytic lymphoma of the stomach and gallbladder, pancreatic tumors, colonic cancers and cell lines of duodenal (HUTU-80) and pancreatic (HS-766-T) cancers, mel...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Schmidt M,Deschner EE,Thaler HT,Clements L,Good RA

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:K-ras-2 mutations and DNA content heterogeneity represent early events of human colorectal tumor progression. The aim of the study was to investigate if specific K-ras-2 mutations in 58 human sporadic adenomas were correlated with DNA aneuploidization and cell proliferation. METHODS:Multiparameter flow...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Giaretti W,Pujic N,Rapallo A,Nigro S,Di Vinci A,Geido E,Risio M

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:In the enteric nervous system, neurotransmitters initiate changes in calcium (Ca(2+) responses) in glia, but it is not clear how this process affects intestinal function. We investigated whether Ca(2+)-mediated responses in enteric glia are required to maintain gastrointestinal function. METHODS:We u...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： McClain J,Grubišić V,Fried D,Gomez-Suarez RA,Leinninger GM,Sévigny J,Parpura V,Gulbransen BD

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori has recently been implicated as an etiologic agent of gastroduodenal disorders. Comparing the antibody to H. pylori in the sera of patients with that of normal controls by Western blot analysis, a unique antibody was detected in the sera of patients, which reacted with the 25-kilodalton antigen of ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Sugiyama T,Imai K,Yoshida H,Takayama Y,Yabana T,Yokota K,Oguma K,Yachi A

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Celiac disease is a complex, immune-mediated disorder of the intestinal mucosa with a strong genetic component. HLA-DQ2 is the major determinant of risk, but other minor genes, still to be identified, also are involved. METHODS:We designed a strategy that combines gene expression profiling of intesti...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Castellanos-Rubio A,Martin-Pagola A,Santín I,Hualde I,Aransay AM,Castaño L,Vitoria JC,Bilbao JR

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Patients with Barrett's esophagus (BE) show increased risk of developing esophageal adenocarcinoma and are routinely examined using upper endoscopy with biopsy to detect neoplastic changes. Angle-resolved low coherence interferometry (a/LCI) uses in vivo depth-resolved nuclear morphology measurements ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Terry NG,Zhu Y,Rinehart MT,Brown WJ,Gebhart SC,Bright S,Carretta E,Ziefle CG,Panjehpour M,Galanko J,Madanick RD,Dellon ES,Trembath D,Bennett A,Goldblum JR,Overholt BF,Woosley JT,Shaheen NJ,Wax A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00