Dubin-Johnson-like black liver with normal bilirubin level.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The causal association between diabetes and pancreatic cancer remains unclear in Asian populations. This study examined whether gallstones, a cholecystectomy, chronic pancreatitis and the treatment of antidiabetic agents affect the risk of subsequent pancreatic cancer for patients with diabetes in a Taiwanes...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lai HC,Tsai IJ,Chen PC,Muo CH,Chou JW,Peng CY,Lai SW,Sung FC,Lyu SY,Morisky DE

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult midgut rotational anomalies are difficult to diagnose. Any symptoms present in adults may be the result of intermittent volvulus of the midgut. Successful outcome of this clinical condition depends on prompt diagnosis and timely surgical intervention. Computed tomography (CT) is useful in early identification of...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang TK,Yeh CH

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Loss of imprinting (LOI) of the insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) is an early event in the development of colorectal cancer (CRC). Whether LOI of IGF2 denotes a molecular or clinical cancer subgroup is currently unknown. METHODS:Tumor biopsies and paired normal mucosa from 399 patients with extensive clin...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Belharazem D,Magdeburg J,Berton AK,Beissbarth L,Sauer C,Sticht C,Marx A,Hofheinz R,Post S,Kienle P,Ströbel P

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of synchronous gas gangrene and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis associated with liver cirrhosis. The patient was a 52-year-old man who was being followed for decompensated liver cirrhosis. He experienced sudden onset lower abdominal pain with distension and pain in the left leg. A bullous lesion, wi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Murata K,Shimizu A,Takase K,Nakano T,Tameda Y

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mucosal breaks induced by gastroesophageal reflux of gastric contents were more frequently found on the right anterior wall of the lower esophagus. Bleeding from esophageal varices may be also derived from gastroesophageal reflux. The circumferential location of the ruptured esophageal varices was evaluated ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Okamoto E,Amano Y,Fukuhara H,Furuta K,Miyake T,Sato S,Ishihara S,Kinoshita Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the coexistence of symptomatic viral, bacterial, and fungal infection of the upper gastrointestinal tract in a heart transplant recipient. Endoscopic findings were normal at all levels but, because of severe symptoms and recent conversion to positive serology for Cytomegalovirus, biopsies were taken. These s...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Huwez FU,McPhaden AR,Belcher PR,Naik SK,Wheatley DJ

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of heterotopic gastric mucosa in the fundus of the gallbladder is reported. A 23-year-old man, who had been healthy and asymptomatic, visited our hospital because of abnormal findings in a liver enzyme test given during a routine health screening. Ultrasonography demonstrated a highly echogenic polypoid mass in...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Uchiyama S,Imai S,Suzuki T,Arita A,Takeda K,Sujino H,Kameda H

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The (13)C-urea breath test (UBT) is a simple breath test for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection, but several factors have been reported to affect the results of this test. In this study, the effects of the antiulcer drugs used in Japan on the results of UBT were determined. METHODS:The subjects ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Murakami K,Sato R,Okimoto T,Watanabe K,Nasu M,Fujioka T,Kodama M,Kagawa J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection with Helicobacter pylori has been associated with chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU). The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of H. pylori eradication in the treatment of patients with CIU. METHODS:Fifty patients with CIU (16 men and 34 women; age 25-75 years) and 100 sex- and age-ma...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fukuda S,Shimoyama T,Umegaki N,Mikami T,Nakano H,Munakata A

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA) therapy for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients has been reported to reduce the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development. However, survival rates and causes of death in CHB patients either treated or not treated with NA therapy are unclear. Therefore, we investi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tada T,Kumada T,Toyoda H,Kiriyama S,Tanikawa M,Hisanaga Y,Kanamori A,Kitabtake S,Ito T

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It remains unknown whether the Rome III criteria can exclude organic colonic lesions prior to the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). We evaluated the colonoscopy results of patients meeting the Rome III criteria for the diagnosis of IBS to determine the presence of organic colonic lesions. METHODS...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ishihara S,Yashima K,Kushiyama Y,Izumi A,Kawashima K,Fujishiro H,Kojo H,Komazawa Y,Hamamoto T,Yamamoto T,Sasaki Y,Shimizu T,Okamoto E,Yoshimura T,Furuta K,Noguchi N,Tanaka H,Murawaki Y,Kinoshita Y

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In acute pancreatitis, pancreatic phospholipase A(2) (PLA2) in the circulating blood hydrolyzes phospholipids contained in plasma lipoproteins, liberating eicosanoid precursors that are subsequently converted to various eicosanoids. The pathophysiological significance of eicosanoid synthesis via this pathway...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Motoyoshi M,Sugiyama M,Atomi Y,Kimura W,Nagawa H

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of the wide overlap between the groups, patients with reflux esophagitis (RE) cannot be distinguished from healthy subjects by basal lower esophageal sphincter (LES) pressure. The LES has radial asymmetry, with maximum pressure on the left side. It has been noted that one directional LES pressure, de...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Iwakiri K,Hayashi Y,Kotoyori M,Sugiura T,Kawakami A,Sakamoto C

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new triple therapy using a proton pump inhibitor and two antibiotics shows high efficiency against Helicobacter pylori infection. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal dose and duration of lansoprazole (LA) administration in combination with amoxicillin (AMPC) and metronidazole (MNZ). A total of 91 pati...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nishikawa K,Sugiyama T,Ishizuka J,Kudo T,Komatsu Y,Katagiri M,Sukegawa M,Kagaya H,Kudo M,Kato M,Takeda H,Toyota J,Asaka M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes of hepatic sinusoids are crucial in the pathogenesis of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Liver injury leads to distinct morphological abnormalities such as loss of sinusoidal fenestration, vasoconstriction, and angiogenesis as well as molecular changes. Communication between the two key cells in this h...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Greuter T,Shah VH

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is histopathologically characterized by chronic nonsuppurative destructive cholangitis and ductopenia of interlobular bile ducts. Bile duct injury is also often encountered in chronic viral hepatitis (CVH) and in autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). METHODS:In this study, we performed...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zen Y,Harada K,Sasaki M,Tsuneyama K,Matsui K,Haratake J,Sakisaka S,Maeyama S,Yamamoto K,Nakano M,Shimamatsu K,Kage M,Kurose N,Uchiyama A,Kaizaki Y,Toda G,Nakanuma Y

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The transcription factor nuclear factor-E2-related factor-2 (Nrf2) inhibits lipid accumulation and oxidative stress in the liver by interfering with lipogenic pathways and inducing antioxidative stress genes. METHODS:The involvement of Nrf2 in defense against the development of steatohepatitis was studied i...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Okada K,Warabi E,Sugimoto H,Horie M,Gotoh N,Tokushige K,Hashimoto E,Utsunomiya H,Takahashi H,Ishii T,Yamamoto M,Shoda J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anemia of inflammation, commonly observed in patients with chronic diseases, is associated with decreased serum iron. Hepcidin, mainly produced by hepatocytes in a STAT3- and/or SMAD-dependent manner, is involved in iron homeostasis. What remains to be established is whether or not the hepatic IL-6/STAT3 sig...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sakamori R,Takehara T,Tatsumi T,Shigekawa M,Hikita H,Hiramatsu N,Kanto T,Hayashi N

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Catechin, a polyphenol contained in tea (a cup of tea contains approximately 0.1% [w/v] catechin), has various physiological effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanism of the inhibitory effect of catechin on gastric mucosal lesions. METHODS:We studied the effect of catechin on gastric m...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sato H,Matsui T,Arakawa Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have investigated the association between smoking and ultrasonographically diagnosed gallbladder (GB) disease, and their results were uncertain. This study was conducted to examine the association between smoking and drinking and GB diseases. METHODS:A total of 9,947 subjects (age, 30-69 years; ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Okamoto M,Yamagata Z,Takeda Y,Yoda Y,Kobayashi K,Fujino MA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role played by cytokines in chronic pancreatitis, we examined serum levels of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) by radioimmunoassay (RIA) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 33 patients with definitively diagnosed chronic pancreatitis. All the patients, who had rec...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bamba T,Yoshioka U,Inoue H,Iwasaki Y,Hosoda S

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is caused by the accumulation of inherited and/or acquired alterations in specific genes. The recent decline in the cost of DNA sequencing has allowed tumor sequencing to be conducted on a large scale, which, in turn, has led to an unprecedented understanding of the genetic events that drive neoplasia. This und...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Matthaei H,Semaan A,Hruban RH

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few epidemiologic studies have examined the role of nutrient intake in the development of pancreatic cancer in Japan. We addressed this association in a population-based case-control study. METHODS:The cases were 109 patients who were newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer between January 2000 and March 200...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lin Y,Tamakoshi A,Hayakawa T,Naruse S,Kitagawa M,Ohno Y

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gene therapy is a promising therapeutic method but is severely hampered due to its lack of an ideal delivery system. Therefore, in this study, a nonviral and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) visible vector, polyethylene glycol-grafted polyethylenimine and superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (PEG-g-PEI...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen Y,Lian G,Liao C,Wang W,Zeng L,Qian C,Huang K,Shuai X

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examined the association of cholelithiasis post-cholecystectomy with subsequent cancers and evaluated the risk of cancer in patients with both cholelithiasis and cholecystectomy. METHODS:The Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database was used to identify 15545 newly diagnosed cholelith...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen YK,Yeh JH,Lin CL,Peng CL,Sung FC,Hwang IM,Kao CH

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrasound-guided procedures are sometimes of limited use because the tumor is located under the diaphragm or near the surface of the liver. We investigated the safety and efficacy of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) with artificial pleural effusion and/or artificial ascites. METHODS:Between January 2002 and M...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Uehara T,Hirooka M,Ishida K,Hiraoka A,Kumagi T,Kisaka Y,Hiasa Y,Onji M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endoscopic transpapillary brush cytology and forceps biopsy are widely used for the pathological diagnosis of suspected malignant biliary strictures (MBS). However, the sensitivity of these methods remains insufficient, and it can be difficult to confirm the diagnosis. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic abi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ohshima Y,Yasuda I,Kawakami H,Kuwatani M,Mukai T,Iwashita T,Doi S,Nakashima M,Hirose Y,Asaka M,Moriwaki H

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abrogating tolerance is a critical step in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease (CD). T cell-anergy is one of the main mechanisms of tolerance and is regulated by the gene related to anergy in lymphocytes (GRAIL). This study investigated the expressions and regulation of GRAIL in CD and murine colitis models....

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mukai A,Iijima H,Hiyama S,Fujii H,Shinzaki S,Inoue T,Shiraishi E,Kawai S,Araki M,Hayashi Y,Kondo J,Mizushima T,Kanto T,Egawa S,Nishida T,Tsujii M,Takehara T

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the efficacy of the zinostatin derivative, the anti-tumor agent, styrene-maleic acid neocarzinostatin, in treating multiple small liver cancers, 29 patients with multiple hepatocellular carcinoma of 3 cm or less in diameter were treated with intraarterial injections of this high molecular weight agent, mixed...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ikeda K,Saitoh S,Suzuki Y,Tsubota A,Koida I,Kobayashi M,Arase Y,Chayama K,Murashima N,Kumada H

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating data from animal models indicate that Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is mediated by a much more complicated mechanism than previously predicted. For example, the role of an individual molecule in the pathogenesis of IBD distinctly differs depending on several factors, including the fundamental mechanism...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mizoguchi A,Mizoguchi E

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00