Minimal bile acid malabsorption and normal bile acid breath tests in cystic fibrosis and acquired pancreatic insufficiency.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Factors associated with the development and malignant progression of Barrett's esophagus are poorly understood. Gastrin is a mitogen capable of inducing growth in normal and malignant gastrointestinal mucosa. It is unknown whether gastrin can influence cellular events in the esophagus in Barrett's. ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Haigh CR,Attwood SE,Thompson DG,Jankowski JA,Kirton CM,Pritchard DM,Varro A,Dimaline R

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the agent responsible for posttransfusion hepatitis. The incidence, timing, and clinical course of HCV positive hepatitis in liver transplant recipients are unknown. Three hundred and seventeen donor-recipient liver transplant pairs were grouped on the basis of their pretransplant HCV antibo...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Shah G,Demetris AJ,Gavaler JS,Lewis JH,Todo S,Starzl TE,Van Thiel DH

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infliximab, the chimeric monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig)G1 antibody to tumor necrosis factor (TNF) has changed our therapy of Crohn's disease. Infliximab is indicated in refractory luminal and fistulizing Crohn's disease. In patients with luminal disease, a single intravenous (i.v.) dose of 5 mg/kg is efficacious; in f...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Rutgeerts P,Van Assche G,Vermeire S

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The composition of the extracellular matrix (ECM) as well as insulinlike growth factor I (IGF-I) receptor density vary along the crypt-villus axis. We determined whether components of the ECM influence IGF-I receptor expression in IEC-18 rat small intestine crypt cells. METHODS:IEC-18 cells were cultured on...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Benya RV,Duncan MD,Mishra L,Bass BL,Voyles NR,Korman LY

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Activated pancreatic stellate cells have recently been implicated in pancreatic fibrogenesis. This study examined the role of pancreatic stellate cells in alcoholic pancreatic fibrosis by determining whether these cells are activated by ethanol itself and, if so, whether such activation is caused by t...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Apte MV,Phillips PA,Fahmy RG,Darby SJ,Rodgers SC,McCaughan GW,Korsten MA,Pirola RC,Naidoo D,Wilson JS

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the effect of cell culture on the bradykinin receptor of rabbit colon myocytes. In longitudinal muscle strips prepared from distal colon, bradykinin stimulated dose-dependent contraction that was 62% of the maximal response to bethanecol. At 4 degrees C, [3H]bradykinin binding to fr...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Hyman PE,Diego A,Ridout D,Yuan QX,Ennes H,Cominelli F,Snape WJ Jr,Tomomasa T

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are delighted to introduce a new and simple format in the references section of the articles we publish in Gastroenterology that highlights joint first authors of citations. We believe this is an important step to acknowledging equal contribution to published work as research becomes increasingly team-oriented and ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Dubnansky E,Omary MB

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) plays an important role in preventing gastroesophageal reflux. This study was designed to determine if abolition of the LES alone is sufficient to induce gastroesophageal reflux and esophagitis. Studies were performed in the Australian brush-tailed possum...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： De Carle DJ

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the rat, gastric histamine is stored mainly in the enterochromaffinlike cells. Gastrin releases histamine from these cells, and long-term hypergastrinemia results in hyperplasia. The effect of sustained hypergastrinemia on histamine-depleted enterochromaffinlike cells was studied by measuring histidine decarboxylas...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Andersson K,Håkanson R,Mattsson H,Ryberg B,Sundler F

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detailed porphyrin analysis and additional ultrastructural abnormalities of liver cells are described in a patient with features of Rotor's syndrome. Normal values of porphyrin precursors, delta-aminolevulinic acid and porphobilinogen, and porphyrins were found in plasma, urine, and erythrocytes. However, fecal porphy...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Evans J,Lefkowitch J,Lim CK,Billing B

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Intestinal myofibroblasts are known to respond to inflammatory signals and may play a role in Crohn's disease-associated fibrosis. However, putative involvement by myofibroblasts in innate immune responses as part of intestinal host defense has not been characterized. We therefore analyzed expression ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Otte JM,Rosenberg IM,Podolsky DK

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:The incidence of anal cancer is higher in patients with anal canal condyloma, a sexually transmitted disease, than in the general population. We determined the prevalence of anal dysplasia and cancer in patients with anal canal condyloma with respect to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status, immun...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Sobhani I,Vuagnat A,Walker F,Vissuzaine C,Mirin B,Hervatin F,Marmuse JP,Crémieux AC,Carbon C,Henin D,Lehy T,Mignon M

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specimens of the sigmoid colon were obtained from male and female patients (n = 11) with carcinoma of the colon or rectum and studied immunohistochemically for vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-, somatostatin-, substance P-, neuropeptide Y-, calcitonin gene-related peptide-, met- and leu-enkephalin-, 5-hydroxytryptami...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Crowe R,Kamm MA,Burnstock G,Lennard-Jones JE

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Paneth cells (PCs) secrete defensins and antimicrobial enzymes that contribute to innate immunity against pathogen infections within the mucosa of the small intestine. We examined the role of colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) in PC development. METHODS:CSF-1-deficient and CSF-1 receptor (CSF-1R)-de...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Huynh D,Dai XM,Nandi S,Lightowler S,Trivett M,Chan CK,Bertoncello I,Ramsay RG,Stanley ER

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The neuropeptide somatostatin exerts multiple functions in the gastrointestinal tract and may also play a regulatory role in inflammatory bowel disease, as several other neuropeptides do, e.g., substance P or calcitonin gene-related peptide. Therefore, the expression of somatostatin receptors was evalua...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Reubi JC,Mazzucchelli L,Laissue JA

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired metabolism of short-chain fatty acids, as well as a modified fecal ionogram, have been reported in ulcerative colitis. Fecal water samples from 62 patients with ulcerative colitis were analyzed in the present investigation to evaluate changes in SCFAs and lactic acid in relation to activity and severity of di...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Vernia P,Caprilli R,Latella G,Barbetti F,Magliocca FM,Cittadini M

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:To investigate the peripheral sensory effects of repeated stress in patients with postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), we tested whether stress following self-limiting bacterial colitis increases colonic dorsal root ganglia (DRG) nociceptive signaling. METHODS:C57BL/6 mice were infected wit...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Ibeakanma C,Ochoa-Cortes F,Miranda-Morales M,McDonald T,Spreadbury I,Cenac N,Cattaruzza F,Hurlbut D,Vanner S,Bunnett N,Vergnolle N,Vanner S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Electroneutral NaCl absorption across small intestine contributes importantly to systemic fluid balance. Disturbances in this process occur in both obstructive and diarrheal diseases, eg, cystic fibrosis, secretory diarrhea. NaCl absorption involves coupling of Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) exchanger(s) primarily w...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Walker NM,Simpson JE,Yen PF,Gill RK,Rigsby EV,Brazill JM,Dudeja PK,Schweinfest CW,Clarke LL

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Most patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) present with de novo tumors. Although this could be due to inadequate screening strategies, the precise reason for this observation is not clear. We compared survival of patients with prevalent EAC with and without synchronous Barrett esophagus (BE) w...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Sawas T,Killcoyne S,Iyer PG,Wang KK,Smyrk TC,Kisiel JB,Qin Y,Ahlquist DA,Rustgi AK,Costa RJ,Gerstung M,Fitzgerald RC,Katzka DA,OCCAMS Consortium.

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Gastrointestinal peptides and biogenic monoamines participate in the regulation of gastrointestinal functions. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of the microflora on the distribution of endocrine cells and on the release of gastrointestinal peptides. METHODS:A quantitative morphologica...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Uribe A,Alam M,Johansson O,Midtvedt T,Theodorsson E

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used measurements of intestinal epithelial cell kinetics and counts of intraepithelial lymphocytes and mucosal mast cells to measure small intestinal mucosal changes during the proliferative and recovery phases of graft-vs.-host reaction in neonatal mice. Unirradiated (CBA x BALB/c)F1 mice were injected with p...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Mowat AM,Ferguson A

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of the widespread use of the Garren-Edwards gastric bubble as an adjuvant device in weight reduction, its efficacy has not been established. Therefore, our purpose was to conduct a randomized, double-blind, crossover study of this device in the management of exogenous obesity. The study group consisted of 23 ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Meshkinpour H,Hsu D,Farivar S

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 47-year-old patient who developed cholelithiasis in adolescence, followed by recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, and finally biliary cirrhosis in adulthood. In our patient, the consecutive presentation of the 3 mentioned disorders raised the suspicion of a defect of MDR3, the canalicular pro...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Lucena JF,Herrero JI,Quiroga J,Sangro B,Garcia-Foncillas J,Zabalegui N,Sola J,Herraiz M,Medina JF,Prieto J

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection has been associated with gastritis, duodenal ulcer, gastric ulcer, and the epidemic form of gastric carcinoma. Eradication of H. pylori infection has proven to be difficult. Recently, combinations of antimicrobial drugs have been shown to eradicate greater than 50% of infections; however,...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Graham DY,Lew GM,Malaty HM,Evans DG,Evans DJ Jr,Klein PD,Alpert LC,Genta RM

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human colon carcinoma cell line CaCo-2, grown in vitro under standard culture conditions and in the absence of differentiation inducers, spontaneously exhibits structural and functional characteristics of mature small bowel enterocytes. Differentiation is complete at late confluency. High activities of ornithine d...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： D'Agostino L,Daniele B,Pignata S,Gentile R,Tagliaferri P,Contegiacomo A,Silvestro G,Polistina C,Bianco AR,Mazzacca G

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently demonstrated that ritanserin, a serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor antagonist void of systemic effects, caused a significant reduction of portal pressure in conscious cirrhotic dogs. The mechanism by which ritanserin lowers portal pressure is poorly defined. We investigated the splanchnic and syst...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Mastai R,Giroux L,Semret M,Huet PM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven patients with persistent hyponatremia but normal or elevated serum arginine vasopressin levels and refractory ascites undergoing peritoneovenous shunting were studied in a Metabolic Unit on a 20 mEq sodium 1200 ml fluid-restricted diet to elucidate the mechanism of this response. The intravascular volume expansi...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Reznick RK,Langer B,Taylor BR,Seif S,Blendis LM

更新日期：1983-04-01 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 & AIMS:Recent studies indicate that kringle 1-5 has a potent and specific antiangiogenic activity. Here, we investigated the antitumor effect of kringle 1-5 gene transfer on hepatocellular carcinoma in mice. METHODS:The inhibitory effect of kringle 1-5 protein on proliferation of bovine capillary endothelia...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Torimura T,Ueno T,Kin M,Taniguchi E,Nakamura T,Inoue K,Sakata R,Hashimoto O,Sakamoto M,Ohira H,Kumashiro R,Sata M,Yano H,Kojiro M,Veitonmaki N,Cao Y

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Advanced cirrhosis is associated with impaired leukocyte function, but the mechanism underlying this host defense alteration is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the lipoxygenase pathway of arachidonic acid metabolism and its influence in leukocyte trafficking in patients with cirrhosi...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Clària J,Titos E,Jiménez W,Ros J,Ginès P,Arroyo V,Rivera F,Rodés J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00