Serology of acute exacerbation in chronic hepatitis B virus infection.

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Weight loss in response to sibutramine is highly variable. We assessed the association of specific markers of polymorphisms of candidate alpha2A adrenoreceptor, 5-HT transporter, and GNbeta3 genes and weight loss with sibutramine. METHODS:We conducted a randomized, double-blind, pharmacogenetic study...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Grudell AB,Sweetser S,Camilleri M,Eckert DJ,Vazquez-Roque MI,Carlson PJ,Burton DD,Braddock AE,Clark MM,Graszer KM,Kalsy SA,Zinsmeister AR

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:In the absence of pathognomonic markers for Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease depends on a compendium of clinical, radiographic, endoscopic, and histologic criteria that bears imperfect specificity to the individual disorders. In 10% of cases...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Joossens S,Reinisch W,Vermeire S,Sendid B,Poulain D,Peeters M,Geboes K,Bossuyt X,Vandewalle P,Oberhuber G,Vogelsang H,Rutgeerts P,Colombel JF

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome were managed by a combined medical and surgical approach. Patients were treated initially with cimetidine or ranitidine. A laparotomy was performed to remove easily resectable tumors and to carry out a proximal gastric vagotomy. Tumors were found in 9 patients (41%) ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Richardson CT,Peters MN,Feldman M,McClelland RN,Walsh JH,Cooper KA,Willeford G,Dickerman RM,Fordtran JS

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Predictors of reactivation of hepatitis B following hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion in chronic hepatitis B have rarely been reported before and deserve further study. METHODS:A total of 133 HBeAg-positive asymptomatic carriers who have undergone HBeAg seroconversion were studied. Reactiv...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Chu CM,Liaw YF

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) is observed fairly frequently during prolonged continuous monitoring of the LES. The aim of this study was to test whether the presence of a catheter in the pharynx through the stimulation of mechanoreceptors may induce transient LES relaxation. LES and esop...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Mittal RK,Stewart WR,Schirmer BD

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Glycolipid "rafts" have been shown to play a role in apical membrane trafficking in the enterocyte. The present study characterized the membrane compartments of the enterocyte involved in transepithelial transport of small intestinal immunoglobulin A (IgA). METHODS:Immunogold electron microscopy and ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Hansen GH,Niels-Christiansen LL,Immerdal L,Hunziker W,Kenny AJ,Danielsen EM

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two Crohn's disease tissue-specific proteins are identified and purified several thousand-fold from crude tissue extracts by different chromatographic procedures. The two proteins migrate in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis as 200-210-kilodalton and 150-160-kilodalton species. They are glycopr...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Bagchi S,Baral B,Das KM

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study shows the distribution of the messenger RNA for lactase-phlorizin hydrolase during postnatal development and along the longitudinal axis of the rat small intestine. At birth, this messenger RNA was present along the whole length of small intestine, and its concentration remained elevated during the suckling...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Freund JN,Duluc I,Raul F

更新日期：1991-02-01 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：:Fasting hyperbilirubinemia (FHB) has previously been shown to be rapidly reversed by the ingestion of a mixed diet. This study examines the effect of carbohydrate, fat, amino acids, and noncaloric materials on FHB. After an initial fast of 15 to 39 hr, caloric and noncaloric materials were administered by mouth or vei...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Barrett PV

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of aging on gastric and duodenal mucosal prostaglandins has not been reported. Gastric and duodenal mucosal prostaglandin concentrations were measured in 46 healthy adults, 35 of whom were relatively young (21-40 years old) and 11 of whom were considerably more elderly (aged 52-72 years). Mucosal biopsy spe...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Cryer B,Redfern JS,Goldschmiedt M,Lee E,Feldman M

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial studies of plasma lipids and lipoproteins were performed in 4 patients with acute alcoholic liver disease characterized by a massive fatty liver and laboratory evidence of intrahepatic cholestasis. There were striking alterations in the plasma lipoprotein electrophoretic patterns characterized by the absence of...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Sabesin SM,Hawkins HL,Kuiken L,Ragland JB

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Individuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection frequently also are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) (co-infection), but little is known about its effects on the progression of HIV-associated disease. We aimed to determine the effects of co-infection on mortality from HIV and/or acq...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： van der Helm J,Geskus R,Sabin C,Meyer L,Del Amo J,Chêne G,Dorrucci M,Muga R,Porter K,Prins M,CASCADE Collaboration in EuroCoord.

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:The transcription factor nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) (a heterodimer of NF-κB1p50 and RelA) is activated rapidly in acute pancreatitis (AP). However, it is not clear whether NF-κB promotes or protects against AP. We used the NF-κB inhibitor protein, inhibitor of κB (IκB)α, to study the roles of NF-κB in ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Neuhöfer P,Liang S,Einwächter H,Schwerdtfeger C,Wartmann T,Treiber M,Zhang H,Schulz HU,Dlubatz K,Lesina M,Diakopoulos KN,Wörmann S,Halangk W,Witt H,Schmid RM,Algül H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased type III collagen deposition in all layers of the intestinal tract, including the lamina propria, is a common feature of strictures in Crohn's disease. In the present study, it was found that in comparison with fibroblasts from normal or nonstrictured but inflamed intestinal lamina propria, the fibroblasts i...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Stallmach A,Schuppan D,Riese HH,Matthes H,Riecken EO

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Barrett's esophagus-associated high-grade dysplasia is commonly treated by endoscopy. However, most guidelines offer no recommendations for endoscopic treatment of mucosal adenocarcinoma of the esophagus (mAC). We investigated the efficacy and safety of endoscopic resection in a large series of patien...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Pech O,May A,Manner H,Behrens A,Pohl J,Weferling M,Hartmann U,Manner N,Huijsmans J,Gossner L,Rabenstein T,Vieth M,Stolte M,Ell C

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven carriers of the hepatitis B surface antigen who underwent liver transplantation in Italy and Belgium for terminal Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) cirrhosis were investigated. In 22 of the patients, HDV infection recurred. Two patients died of coexisting HDV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation. Four patie...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Ottobrelli A,Marzano A,Smedile A,Recchia S,Salizzoni M,Cornu C,Lamy ME,Otte JB,De Hemptinne B,Geubel A

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Hepatobiliary complications occur in inflammatory bowel disease and may be caused by the translocation of intestinal toxins from portal blood into bile through leaky hepatocyte tight junctions. The role of tight junctions in the pathogenesis of hepatobiliary complications in experimental inflammatory ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Lora L,Mazzon E,Martines D,Fries W,Muraca M,Martin A,d'Odorico A,Naccarato R,Citi S

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:The secretion and function of antral histamine are not known. The aims of this study were to characterize the mechanisms of histamine release from the gastric antrum of humans, dogs, and rats and to determine whether histamine can influence the secretion of somatostatin and gastrin. METHODS:Somatosta...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Vuyyuru L,Schubert ML,Harrington L,Arimura A,Makhlouf GM

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:One approach to the development of targeted cancer chemotherapy exploits increased uptake of the agent into neoplastic cells. In this scenario, higher concentrations of the agent in cancer cells are responsible for differential killing, whereas the low concentration in normal human cells decreases sid...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Abe T,Unno M,Onogawa T,Tokui T,Kondo TN,Nakagomi R,Adachi H,Fujiwara K,Okabe M,Suzuki T,Nunoki K,Sato E,Kakyo M,Nishio T,Sugita J,Asano N,Tanemoto M,Seki M,Date F,Ono K,Kondo Y,Shiiba K,Suzuki M,Ohtani H,S

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:SPD476 (LIALDA in the US; MEZAVANT in the EU; otherwise known as MMX mesalamine; Shire Pharmaceuticals Inc., Wayne, PA, under license from Giuliani SpA, Milan, Italy) is a novel, once-daily, high-strength (1.2 g/tablet) formulation of mesalamine, utilizing MMX Multi Matrix System (MMX) technology desi...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Kamm MA,Sandborn WJ,Gassull M,Schreiber S,Jackowski L,Butler T,Lyne A,Stephenson D,Palmen M,Joseph RE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of continuous intraduodenal enteral nutrition on gastric pH was compared with the effects of fasting and of parenteral and standard nutrition control regimens containing equal amounts of carbohydrate, protein, and lipid. Eleven healthy volunteers underwent four 24-hour intragastric pH-metry studies; serum g...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Armstrong D,Castiglione F,Emde C,Cilluffo T,Duroux P,Koerfer J,Temler E,Lamers CB,Jansens JB,Blum AL

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five 1-day-old Pekin-Aylesbury ducks were inoculated intravenously or intraperitoneally with duck hepatitis B virus, and the time-course of infection was examined by Southern-blot, dot-blot, and in situ hybridization and by immunohistochemistry. Randomly scattered single infected hepatocytes were first seen on ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Jilbert AR,Freiman JS,Burrell CJ,Holmes M,Gowans EJ,Rowland R,Hall P,Cossart YE

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of neuropeptide Y on the motor activity of the circular and longitudinal muscle of the guinea pig small intestine was investigated. Neuropeptide Y (0.3-30 nM) inhibited, in a concentration-dependent manner, the ascending enteric reflex contraction of the circular muscle; both the cholinergic and noncholiner...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Holzer P,Lippe IT,Barthó L,Saria A

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality experienced by a cohort of 653 patients with celiac disease in Edinburgh and the Lothian region has been analyzed. Mortality overall was 1.9-fold (95% confidence limits, 1.5-2.2) that of the general population (115 deaths observed, 61.8 expected; p less than 0.0001). The increased mortality was greatest ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Logan RF,Rifkind EA,Turner ID,Ferguson A

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with ulcerative ileojejunitis was studied by determination of HL-A phenotype, by measurement of jejunal IgA synthesis using a labeled amino acid incorporation technique, and by in vitro organ culture. The patient carried the HL-A8 phenotype in common with 87.5% of patients with gluten-sensitive enteropathy. ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Klaeveman HL,Gebhard RL,Sessoms C,Strober W

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The gastric mucosa is covered by a continuous layer of bicarbonate-containing mucus gel; the question arises how acid, formed in the gastric glands, moves into the lumen. METHODS:The pH in the gastric mucus gel and gel thickness were measured in anesthetized rats with pH-sensitive microelectrodes (tip ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Schade C,Flemström G,Holm L

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Mechanisms of diarrhea in ulcerative colitis (UC) are still unknown. Functional and structural characterization of epithelial barrier and transport properties in ulcerative colitis (UC) was performed. METHODS:Inflamed sigmoid colon epithelium from UC patients was studied by alternating current impeda...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Schmitz H,Barmeyer C,Fromm M,Runkel N,Foss HD,Bentzel CJ,Riecken EO,Schulzke JD

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of cimetidine (1.6 g per day) was evaluated using a double blind placebo-controlled trial in 24 patients with moderate or severe peptic reflux esophagitis. The results show that cimetidine is superior to placebo when using endoscopic and histological criteria. Improved patient symptomatology and lower ant...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Wesdorp E,Bartelsman J,Pape K,Dekker W,Tytgat GN

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial pneumonitis is an uncommon complication of low-dose methotrexate therapy in patients with psoriasis but occurs in 3%-5% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. We found a higher incidence of interstitial pneumonitis in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (14%) and describe its clinical manifestations, ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Sharma A,Provenzale D,McKusick A,Kaplan MM

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00