The relationship between gallbladder disease and smoking and drinking habits in middle-aged Japanese.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug resistance in colorectal cancers is assumed to be mediated by changes in the expression of microRNAs, but the specific identities and roles of microRNAs are largely unclear. We examined the effect of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) resistance on microRNA expression. METHODS:Two types of 5-FU-resistant colon canc...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kurokawa K,Tanahashi T,Iima T,Yamamoto Y,Akaike Y,Nishida K,Masuda K,Kuwano Y,Murakami Y,Fukushima M,Rokutan K

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Linked color imaging (LCI) increases the visibility of early gastric cancers, which may be associated with characteristic findings including background purple mucosae. These lesions are found in areas of chronic gastritis and surrounding mucosa. The aim of this study is to objectively characterize these lesi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fukuda H,Miura Y,Osawa H,Takezawa T,Ino Y,Okada M,Khurelbaatar T,Lefor AK,Yamamoto H

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholecystokinin (CCK) receptor antagonists have been reported on have an inhibitory effect on acute experimental pancreatitis, but their long-term administration is also reported to block pancreatic regeneration. We examined whether the short-term administration of KSG-504 (KSG), a synthetic CCK-A receptor antagonist,...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Okumura Y,Inoue H,Fujiyama Y,Bamba T

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ghrelin is a novel 28-amino-acid peptide isolated from rat and human stomach. This peptide is an endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor and stimulates the release of growth hormones. Although the principal site of ghrelin synthesis has been reported to be in the stomach, there have be...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tanaka-Shintani M,Watanabe M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A combination of hepatitis B immunoglobulin and nucleos(t)ide analogues is the current standard of care for controlling hepatitis B recurrence after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). However, frequent immunoglobulin treatment is expensive and inconvenient. This study investigated the efficacy of hepati...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Takaki A,Yagi T,Yasunaka T,Sadamori H,Shinoura S,Umeda Y,Yoshida R,Sato D,Nobuoka D,Utsumi M,Yasuda Y,Nakayama E,Miyake Y,Ikeda F,Shiraha H,Nouso K,Fujiwara T,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of Cruveihier-Baumgarten syndrome associated with portal vein thrombosis that developed, slowly during a 2-year period after endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy. The thrombosis led to the disappearance of the venous hum and the dilated abdominal wall veins characteristic of this syndrome. A 73-year-old ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yamakawa O,Ohta H,Watanabe H,Motoo Y,Okai T,Kadoya M,Matsui O,Sawabu N

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heartburn is a common symptom with great impact on quality of life and on the economy. An approach that helps to alleviate patients' symptoms, decrease the burden on the economy, and improve longterm outcome is needed. Step-down therapy, starting with the proton pump inhibitor lansoprazole, seems to achieve ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Abu Farsakh N

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute and chronic pancreatitises are gastrointestinal inflammatory diseases, the incidence of which is increasing worldwide. Most (~ 80%) acute pancreatitis (AP) patients have mild disease, and about 20% have severe disease, which causes multiple organ failure and has a high mortality rate. Chronic pancreatitis (CP) i...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sato T,Shibata W,Maeda S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thrombocytopenia represents an obstacle for invasive procedures in chronic liver disease (CLD) patients. We aimed to estimate the appropriate dose and evaluate the efficacy and safety of lusutrombopag for the treatment of thrombocytopenia before percutaneous liver radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for primary he...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tateishi R,Seike M,Kudo M,Tamai H,Kawazoe S,Katsube T,Ochiai T,Fukuhara T,Kano T,Tanaka K,Kurokawa M,Yamamoto K,Osaki Y,Izumi N,Imawari M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection has been found to decrease the expression of antral somatostatin and to increase the release of the acid-stimulating hormone gastrin. The reversal of these changes in gut hormones by the eradication of H. pylori, and in-vivo and in-vitro studies in animals either infected with H. pylori o...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kaneko H,Konagaya T,Kusugami K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various types of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) have been suggested to exert different effects on the colon in terms of promotion or inhibition of tumor development. Results of in vitro and in vivo studies are, however, inconsistent and it remains unclear whether or not the cellular effects of PUFAs change along ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tsai WS,Nagawa H,Kaizaki S,Tsuruo T,Muto T

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relative contribution of gastric acid secretion and Helicobacter pylori infection to low-dose aspirin-induced gastropathy remains to be clarified. This is partly because the capability of the infection to modify gastric acid secretion complicates the interaction. The aim of this study was to estimate the...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Iijima K,Ara N,Abe Y,Koike T,Iwai W,Uno K,Asano N,Imatani A,Ohara S,Shimosegawa T

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcohol-related diseases have multiple and varied associations with acetaldehyde, a highly toxic product of ethanol oxidation that accumulates in the absence of active aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH). This study was designed to clarify the role of acetaldehyde in liver injury, specifically in vivo and in vitro...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakamura Y,Yokoyama H,Higuchi S,Hara S,Kato S,Ishii H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although it is less frequently encountered, mesenteric vein occlusion poses as important a problem as mesenteric artery occlusion. The energy metabolism of intestinal tissue during venous occlusion and reperfusion was studied. METHODS:Male Wistar rats were studied in four groups of 17 animals each. Intestin...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kimura M,Kataoka M,Kuwabara Y,Sato A,Sugiura M,Fujii Y

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute liver failure is a potentially fatal disease of various etiologies for which liver transplantation is the only known curative treatment. Although the decision-making on transplantation is largely dependent on the severity of liver injury (based on predicting a fatal outcome), a statistical analysis to ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mawatari S,Moriuchi A,Ohba F,Kawano T,Oda K,Takikawa Y,Takikawa H,Ido A,Tsubouchi H

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, dyspepsia, and diarrhea are relatively nonspecific and a common cause for seeking medical attention. To date, it is challenging for physicians to differentiate between functional and organic gastrointestinal conditions and it involves the use of serological and endosco...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ikhtaire S,Shajib MS,Reinisch W,Khan WI

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is currently the most common cause of chronic liver disease in industrialized countries worldwide, and has become a serious public health issue not only in Western countries but also in many Asian countries including Japan. Within the wide spectrum of NAFLD, nonalcoholic steato...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Watanabe S,Hashimoto E,Ikejima K,Uto H,Ono M,Sumida Y,Seike M,Takei Y,Takehara T,Tokushige K,Nakajima A,Yoneda M,Saibara T,Shiota G,Sakaida I,Nakamuta M,Mizuta T,Tsubouchi H,Sugano K,Shimosegawa T,Japanese Society

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of our study was to evaluate the long-term outcome and complications of balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (B-RTO) in patients with hemorrhage from gastric fundal varices. METHODS:Thirty-four consecutive patients with bleeding from gastric varices who were treated with B-RTO we...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hiraga N,Aikata H,Takaki S,Kodama H,Shirakawa H,Imamura M,Kawakami Y,Takahashi S,Toyota N,Ito K,Tanaka S,Kitamoto M,Chayama K

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electronic endoscopy, developed in 1983, enables the endoscopic image to be transmitted through electric signals that can be easily processed by computer. An electronic endoscope is composed of three vital parts, i.e., a charge-coupled device (CCD) that converts the image to electric signals, a video processor that co...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fujino MA,Morozumi A,Nakamura T,Kojima Y,Kawai T,Sato T,Kubo K,Ohtsuka H,Otaka M,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:White adipose tissue (WAT) is important for the maintenance of metabolic homeostasis, and metabolic syndrome is sometimes associated with WAT dysfunction in humans and animals. WAT reportedly plays a key, beneficial role in the maintenance of glucose and lipid homeostasis during de novo lipogenesis (DNL). Pu...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cai X,Hayashi S,Fang C,Hao S,Wang X,Nishiguchi S,Tsutsui H,Sheng J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Only a few studies have longitudinally evaluated whether fatty pancreas increases the risk of type-2 diabetes (T2D), and their results were inconsistent. Fatty pancreas is closely linked to overweight and obesity, but previous studies did not exclude overweight or obese individuals. Therefore, in this cohort...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yamazaki H,Tauchi S,Wang J,Dohke M,Hanawa N,Kodama Y,Katanuma A,Saisho Y,Kamitani T,Fukuhara S,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with longstanding extensive colitis, both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's colitis, have an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer. Because of this risk, colonoscopic surveillance for neoplasia is recommended by most authorities. Although there has been no randomised controlled trial to demonstrate surv...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Rutter MD

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed reports on the efficacy of clarithromycin in eradicating Helicobacter pylori. Reports on dual and 1-week triple therapy that included clarithromycin were analyzed to assess the eradication rates of H. pylori infection. Dual therapy with clarithromycin and a proton pump inhibitor achieved eradication rates ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Satoh K,Kimura K,Takimoto T,Kihira K,Taniguchi Y,Saifuku K

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A prospective, randomized study was performed to determine whether gemcitabine infusion at a low dose (250 mg/m2) is comparable or superior to the standard-dose infusion (1000 mg/m2) in terms of the survival period, clinical benefit, and frequency of adverse effects in patients with advanced pancreatic adeno...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sakamoto H,Kitano M,Suetomi Y,Takeyama Y,Ohyanagi H,Nakai T,Yasuda C,Kudo M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) of the liver is a rare benign lesion that probably reflects a local hyperplastic response of hepatocytes to a vascular abnormality. Currently, the natural history of the disease remains largely unknown. We present a patient with FNH of the liver who was followed up for 4 years. A 22-yea...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ohmoto K,Honda T,Hirokawa M,Mitsui Y,Iguchi Y,Kuboki M,Yamamoto S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Mac-2 Binding Protein Glycosylation Isomer (M2BPGi) is a novel fibrosis marker. We examined the ability of M2BPGi to predict liver fibrosis in patients with biliary atresia. METHODS:Sixty-four patients who underwent living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) were included [median age, 1.1 years (rang...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yamada N,Sanada Y,Tashiro M,Hirata Y,Okada N,Ihara Y,Urahashi T,Mizuta K

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the diagnostic utility of blood biochemical parameters in assessing degree of hepatic fibrosis, serum levels of aminoterminal type III procollagen peptide (P III P), type IV collagen (IV-collagen), 7S domain of type IV collagen (7S-collagen), and hyaluronan (HA) were measured in 54 patients with chronic vi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Takamatsu S,Nakabayashi H,Okamoto Y,Nakano H

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) is a benign lesion of the liver which usually presents with one or two localizations. We report a patient with history of resection of a biliary cyst, and who had been taking oral contraceptives for the past 18 years, who had multiple localizations of FNH (more than 30 lesions). The lar...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Colle I,de Beeck BO,Hoorens A,Hautekeete M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ideal medication for the treatment of acid-related diseases, for example, hemorrhagic ulcers and stress-related gastric bleeding, should have a rapid onset of action to promote hemostasis and alleviate symptoms. The aim of our study was to investigate the inhibitory effects on gastric acid secretion afte...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Abe Y,Inamori M,Togawa J,Kikuchi T,Muramatsu K,Chiguchi G,Kawamura H,Kobayashi N,Kirikoshi H,Sakaguchi T,Takamura T,Nakajima A,Ueno N,Sekihara H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have only been a few prospective studies investigating risk factors associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) among chronic hepatitis B patients all over the world, and no study has been conducted in Japanese population. METHODS:A population-based cohort consisting of 19393 sub...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kusakabe A,Tanaka Y,Inoue M,Kurbanov F,Tatematsu K,Nojiri S,Joh T,Tsugane S,Mizokami M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00