Serum unconjugated bile acids as a test for intestinal bacterial overgrowth in dogs.

abstract：:Bacterial infection remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity for patients with cirrhosis, with hospitalization, alterations in the intestinal microbiota, and therapeutic drugs all implicated in its development. Bacterial infections also remain the most common precipitant of acute-on-chronic liver failure, wi...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Cannon MD,Martin P,Carrion AF

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The colon is partly controlled by myenteric and submucosal plexuses, which respond to stress and lead to some gastrointestinal disorders. These plexuses play roles in irritable bowel syndrome. Patients suffering from this syndrome can be treated with some antidepressants, including sertraline and nortriptyli...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Noorafshan A,Yousefi M,Hosseini L,Karbalay-Doust S

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D deficiency is frequently observed in patients with Crohn's disease and may be associated with an increased risk of development of metabolic bone disease. To estimate the incidence of metabolic bone disease by noninvasive methods, 31 patients (17-75 years old) with Crohn's disease and low 25-hydroxyvitamin D ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Vogelsang H,Ferenci P,Woloszczuk W,Resch H,Herold C,Frotz S,Gangl A

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallbladder dynamics, cholecystokinin (CCK), and pancreatic polypeptide (PP) release were studied in 14 patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) (2 females, 12 males; age range 24-56 years) and 12 control subjects (4 females, 8 males, 21-50 years). On day 1, gallbladder contractility was investigated after ceruletide i...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Glasbrenner B,Malfertheiner P,Pieramico O,Klatt S,Riepl R,Friess H,Ditschuneit H

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a heterogeneous collection of chronic inflammatory disorders of the digestive tract. Clinical, genetic, and pathological heterogeneity makes it increasingly difficult to translate efficacy studies into real-world practice. Our objective was to develop a comprehensive natur...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Anderson AJ,Click B,Ramos-Rivers C,Babichenko D,Koutroubakis IE,Hartman DJ,Hashash JG,Schwartz M,Swoger J,Barrie AM 3rd,Dunn MA,Regueiro M,Binion DG

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little information on functional status and well-being is available in patients with functional gastrointestinal disease. We aimed to evaluate whether quality of life is poorer in patients with functional dyspepsia. A consecutive sample of 73 patients with functional dyspepsia completed a validated questionnaire prior...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Talley NJ,Weaver AL,Zinsmeister AR

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred one consecutive patients with gallstone disease who had undergone cholecystectomy were analyzed to determine the relative frequency of occurrence of cholesterol and pigment gallstones and to identify distinguishing features of the two stone types. Cholesterol stones (CS) formed the majority (94%) of gallst...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Sarin SK,Kapur BM,Tandon RK

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who had a cecostomy because of a complicated appendicitis at the age of 17 functioned with an excluded colon for 47 years. He was then hospitalized for diverticulitis and left pericolic abscess. After treatment of the abscess by left segmental colectomy and reanastomosis, the cecostomy was closed. Two years ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Desechalliers JP,Galmiche JP,Denis P,Teniere P,Testart J,Colin R

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of hypereosinophilic syndrome with eosinophilic colitis, eosinophilic cholecystitis, and increased serum levels of interleukin-5 (IL-5) and soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) is reported. Immunohistochemical studies of cholecystectomy and colon biopsy specimens with monoclonal antibodies, which are specifi...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Tajima K,Katagiri T

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New studies monitoring ambulatory esophageal pressures during food ingestion often compare results to normal values obtained from supine liquid swallows. We compared distal esophageal peristaltic and lower esophageal sphincter (LES) pressures in 15 normal subjects during six liquid swallows in the upright and supine p...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Sears VW Jr,Castell JA,Castell DO

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrarectal administration of trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid in rats induces ulcerative colitis, which results in histological alterations of colonic mucosa, severe modification of the cellular antioxidant defense system, and enhanced production of inflammatory eicosanoids. This study evaluated the influence of dif...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Nieto N,Fernandez MI,Torres MI,Ríos A,Suarez MD,Gil A

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tacrolimus, a relatively new therapeutic option for patients with corticosteroid-refractory Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, is a substrate for the apically directed efflux transporter P-glycoprotein (P-gp). Duodenal biopsy specimens obtained from a patient with corticosteroid-refractory Crohn's disease and with...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Buchman AL,Paine MF,Wallin A,Ludington SS

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antagonists of nitric oxide synthesis inhibit nerve-induced hyperpolarization and relaxation of muscle from the opossum lower esophageal sphincter. These studies test the hypothesis that nitric oxide is released during stimulation of intrinsic esophageal nerves. The intrinsic nerves were stimulated with an electrical ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Murray J,Bates JN,Conklin JL

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of depression (assessed by the Beck Depression Inventory) on quality of life and outcome was prospectively assessed in adult patients with cirrhosis. Patients with depression had significantly poorer perceived quality of life (P = 0.006), poorer adaptive coping (P = 0.001), and lower functional status, i.e....

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Singh N,Gayowski T,Wagener MM,Marino IR

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common liver diseases in affluent countries. Recent studies have reported that circular RNAs (circRNAs) are important regulators of hepatic steatosis. However, the role and mechanism of circRNA in NAFLD are poorly understood. AIMS:This study is to ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Li P,Shan K,Liu Y,Zhang Y,Xu L,Xu L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) enterography are now widely used to diagnose and monitor Crohn's disease. AIM:We sought to assess the use of enterography for management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in our medical center. METHODS:We performed a retrospective review of all patient...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Patel NS,Pola S,Muralimohan R,Zou GY,Santillan C,Patel D,Levesque BG,Sandborn WJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) with fine needle aspiration (FNA) is a safe and effective way to sample lesions in the gastrointestinal tract. Rapid on-site specimen evaluation (ROSE) improves the accuracy of EUS-FNA. While data suggests that EUS with fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) is effective, it remains unclear...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Krishnan K,Dalal S,Nayar R,Keswani RN,Keefer L,Komanduri S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microinflammation frequently develops in chronic uremia with pathological intestinal changes. However, the relationship between gut bacterial translocation and microinflammation in uremia has not been widely investigated. AIM:This study aimed to investigate whether gut microbiome dysbiosis and translocation...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Wang F,Zhang P,Jiang H,Cheng S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin D1 plays an important role in the multi-step process of gastrointestinal tumorigenesis. We hypothesize that normal enterocytes over-expressing cyclin D1 will demonstrate a transformed phenotype. The nontumorigenic intestinal epithelial cell line, IEC-18, was transfected with the vector pMV7-CCND1, encoding cycl...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kazanov D,Shapira I,Pick M,Kolker O,Liberman E,Deutsch V,Strier L,Dvory-Sobol H,Kunik T,Arber N

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On-demand therapy is effective for maintaining symptoms control in nonerosive gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Our aim was to assess the clinical effectiveness of on-demand therapy with a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) in mild GERD (nonerosive and low-grade esophagitis), its impact on health-related quality of lif...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ponce J,Argüello L,Bastida G,Ponce M,Ortiz V,Garrigues V

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wilson disease, an autosomal recessive disorder due to mutations of the ATP7B gene, is characterized by copper accumulation and toxicity in the liver and subsequently in other organs, mainly the brain and cornea. A new missense mutation (T1288R) of the ATP7B gene has recently been discovered in a Wilson disease patien...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Leggio L,Malandrino N,Loudianos G,Abenavoli L,Lepori MB,Capristo E,De Virgiliis S,Gasbarrini G,Addolorato G

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many physiological factors can alter gastric emptying, and the role of gastric emptying in functional dyspepsia is controversial. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of different factors (age, sex, the degree of dyspeptic and irritable bowel symptoms, lactase deficiency, smoking habits, the use of antiinfl...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Koskenpato J,Kairemo K,Korppi-Tommola T,Färkkilä M

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of types of dialysis treatments on hepatitis C virus infection and the epidemiologic properties of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection at three Baskent University hospitals, in Ankara, Adana, and Izmir, Turkey, in 655, 326, and 118 patients with end-stage renal ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Selcuk H,Kanbay M,Korkmaz M,Gur G,Akcay A,Arslan H,Ozdemir N,Yilmaz U,Boyacioglu S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in colonic motility were compared in dogs undergoing autonomic denervation of the paraaortic and presacral (group A), paraaortic (group B), or mesocolonic region (group C), and sham operation (group D). Five bipolar recording electrodes were placed into the seromuscular layer of the colon and rectum. The numbe...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ishikawa M,Mibu R,Iwamoto T,Konomi H,Oohata Y,Tanaka M

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have shown vitamin D status to be associated with disease activity in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but its influence on the clinical course of IBD has not been established. AIMS:We aimed to analyze whether the serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25(OH)D] status is associated with...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ham NS,Hwang SW,Oh EH,Kim J,Lee HS,Park SH,Yang DH,Ye BD,Byeon JS,Myung SJ,Yang SK

更新日期：2020-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc is an essential trace element, exerting important antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antiapoptotic effects. It affects growth and development and participates in processes such as aging and cancer induction. The liver is important for the regulation of zinc homeostasis, while zinc is necessary for proper liver f...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Stamoulis I,Kouraklis G,Theocharis S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous noninvasive measurement of local blood flow at one or more chosen sites will be useful during experiments on the liver, during liver surgery, or after hepatic transplantation. We have compared a Clark-type flow-dependent oxygen electrode having a 3-mm-diameter cathode applied to the surface of rabbit liver ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Piasecki C,Seifalian AM

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) model is necessary for evaluating the efficacy of extracorporeal liver support systems. Recognizing the multifaceted functions of the liver, including synthesis and degradation, we investigated blood chemistry, histological findings, and survival rate in D-galactosa...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Shito M,Balis UJ,Tompkins RG,Yarmush ML,Toner M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neutralizing capacity of two antacids (Alucol = A, Syntrogel = S), differing both in their composition and theoretical neutralizing capacity, was evaluated in vitro and in vivo. In vitro at pH 3.5, 1 ml of A or S neutralizes 3.9 and 1.6 meq of acid, respectively, in an aqueous solution. When tested in vivo in the ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Berchtold P,Reinhart WH,Niederhäuser U,Koller U,Halter F

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A controlled trial has been carried out in order to compare the efficacy of enemas containing a high dosage of 5-ASA (4 g) versus enemas containing hydrocortisone 100 mg. The trial was conducted on 86 patients, 44 of whom received 5-ASA and 42 received hydrocortisone. The results were favorable in terms of clinical, s...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Campieri M,Gionchetti P,Belluzzi A,Brignola C,Migaldi M,Tabanelli GM,Bazzocchi G,Miglioli M,Barbara L

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00