Transplantation of rat islets transduced with human heme oxygenase-1 gene using adenovirus vector.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Pancreatoduodenectomy is feasible also in patients with locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PA) nowadays. Data on risk and survival analysis of palliative pancreatic resections followed by gemcitabine-based chemotherapy (Cx) are limited. METHODS:Between 2000 and 2009, a total of 45 patients had prim...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Bahra M,Pratschke J,Klein F,Neuhaus P,Boas-Knoop S,Puhl G,Denecke T,Pullankavumkal JR,Sinn M,Riess H,Pelzer U

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is an antioxidant enzyme that inhibits the oxidative modification of LDL. Since PON1 has been shown to express in pancreatic islets and oxidative stress plays a role in beta-cell dysfunction, we investigated the impact of the PON1 polymorphisms on beta-cell function. This study included 84 healthy...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Chiu KC,Chuang LM,Chu A,Lu J,Hu J,Fernando S

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Thymidylate synthase (TS) inhibitors activate human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1. We evaluated the contribution of TS expression to determine a treatment method providing an effect from gemcitabine (GEM). METHODS:The expression of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and GEM metabolic factors (5-FU: TS, dihydrop...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Komori S,Osada S,Mori R,Matsui S,Sanada Y,Tomita H,Tokuyama Y,Takahashi T,Yamaguchi K,Yoshida K

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed molecular biological studies as well as immunohistochemical analysis of three cases of giant cell carcinoma of the pancreas. Histologically, one case was a pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma consisting of pleomorphic giant/ small cells and spindle cells, one an osteoclast-like giant cell tumor composed of o...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Imai Y,Morishita S,Ikeda Y,Toyoda M,Ashizawa T,Yamamoto K,Inoue T,Ishikawa T

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The risk of adverse effects of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors on the exocrine pancreas, particularly the high risk of pancreatitis, is controversial. In this study, we examined the exocrine pancreatic function and structure in spontaneously diabetic Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats treated with a dipeptidyl peptid...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Mizukami H,Inaba W,Takahashi K,Kamata K,Tsuboi K,Yagihashi S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) responds well to steroid therapy but frequently relapses after discontinuing the steroid. It is difficult to know which cases are most likely to relapse. The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between the rate of decrease in serum IgG4 level after initial steroid ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Shimizu K,Tahara J,Takayama Y,Akao J,Ajihara T,Nagao K,Shiratori K,Tokushige K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The present study describes a simple and cost-effective islet isolation procedure. Using this method, allogeneic islets reverse diabetes in cynomolgus monkeys. METHODS:Pancreatic tissue from 11 cynomolgus monkeys were digested, collected, and purified using a simplified method. Islet quantification, purity,...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Qi M,Wang Y,Formo K,Marchese E,Wang S,McGarrigle JJ,Bochenek MA,Kinzer K,Vaca P,Davis M,Ahn SJ,Chang K,Bartholomew A,Benedetti E,Oberholzer J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dithizone (DTZ) is a selective stain for pancreatic islets which facilitates their identification, being of special interest in human islet isolation assessment. Nevertheless, there are few studies concerning its potential toxic effects on islet function. In our study, we have evaluated the effects of DTZ (dissolved i...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Conget JI,Sarri Y,González-Clemente JM,Casamitjana R,Vives M,Gomis R

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Benign pancreatic hyperenzymemia is characterized by a long-term increase of serum pancreatic enzymes in otherwise healthy subjects. This study was designed to determine (a) whether all pancreatic enzymes are elevated, (b) the extent of each enzyme increase, (c) the relative frequency of the familial form, an...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Galassi E,Birtolo C,Migliori M,Bastagli L,Gabusi V,Stanghellini V,De Giorgio R

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic duct bicarbonate secretion is mediated primarily by secretin-induced elevation of intracellular cyclic AMP, although little is known of the effects of other physiological regulators on pancreatic duct cyclic AMP metabolism. We investigated the effects of secretin and several other potential agonists on cycl...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： de Ondarza J,Hootman SR

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) may offer a diagnostic tool through the combination of imaging and guided fine-needle aspiration of pancreatic cysts. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the most accurate test for differentiating mucinous from nonmucinous cysts. METHODS:The results of EUS imaging,...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Cizginer S,Turner BG,Bilge AR,Karaca C,Pitman MB,Brugge WR

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear DNA content was assessed by image cytometry on cytologic specimens obtained with fine-needle aspiration biopsy in 96 patients with pancreatic duct carcinoma. Twenty-two of these patients had pancreaticoduodenal resection. According to DNA analysis there were 27 (28%) diploid, 17 (18%) tetraploid, and 52 (5...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Linder S,Falkmer U,Hagmar T,Blåsjö M,Sundelin P,von Rosen A

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET) are sophisticated modalities typically used in the second-line diagnosis following routine clinical practice. Among them, CT is regarded as the standard imaging in diagnosing pancreatic cancer at present in Japan due to ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Saisho H,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Image-guided radiation therapy allows precise tumor targeting using real-time tracking of radiopaque fiducial markers. To enable appropriate tracking, it is recommended to place fiducials with "ideal fiducial geometry" (IFG). Our objectives were to determine the proportion of patients in whom IFG can be achie...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Majumder S,Berzin TM,Mahadevan A,Pawa R,Ellsmere J,Sepe PS,Larosa SA,Pleskow DK,Chuttani R,Sawhney MS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of tissue alteration in chronic pancreatitis (CP) is still unclear. Different hypotheses have been discussed, including increasing oxidant stress in the acinar cells, often as a result of exposure to xenobiotics. To evaluate the role of oxidative stress in CP, the authors investigated the expression of t...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Ulrich AB,Schmied BM,Matsuzaki H,Lawson TA,Friess H,Andrén-Sandberg A,Büchler MW,Pour PM

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to investigate preoperative findings that are useful to distinguish intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) subtypes. METHODS:One hundred twenty-three patients who underwent pancreatectomy for IPMN were analyzed clinicopathologically and radiologically. Invasive IPM carcinomas (IPMCs) were su...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Nara S,Onaya H,Hiraoka N,Shimada K,Sano T,Sakamoto Y,Esaki M,Kosuge T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we introduce our rapid-production model for pancreatic duct adenocarcinomas and describe the mechanisms of pancreatic duct carcinogenesis so far elucidated in Syrian golden hamsters. It is evident that a series of histogenetic steps are involved, leading from hyperplasia through atypical hyperplasia t...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Konishi Y,Tsutsumi M,Tsujiuchi T

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human islets from an adult subject with nesidioblastosis were isolated and used to perform in vitro studies. Isolated nesidioblastotic islets showed an increased basal rate of insulin secretion (nesidioblastotic islets, 81.3 +/- 6.4 vs. control islets, from cadaveric organ normal donors, 10.2 +/- 0.9 microU/islet/90 m...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Conget I,Sarri Y,Somoza N,Vives M,Novials A,Ariza A,Fernández-Alvarez J,Pujol-Borrell R,Gomis R

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the association of binge drinking and the outcomes of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). METHODS:This retrospective study included 347 patients with first-attack SAP from January 2001 to February 2004. On the basis of the history of binge drinking or not, the patients were divided into the alcohol (n...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Deng L,Xue P,Huang L,Yang X,Wan M,Xia Q

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucine is known to enhance insulin secretion from islets of Langerhans, and insulin promotes leucine uptake in peripheral tissues. The present studies were designed to elucidate the effects of leucine on glucose responsiveness and stimulus secretion coupling in mouse islets of Langerhans. The effects of 20 mM leucine...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Brouwer AE,Carroll PB,Atwater IJ

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared diet, type of alcoholism, and smoking in three groups of alcoholic men, with chronic pancreatitis (n = 56), with histological cirrhosis (n = 50), and without pancreatitis or cirrhosis (controls; n = 50) by a multidimensional analysis. Only patients in whom the first symptom of pancreatitis or cirrh...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Lévy P,Mathurin P,Roqueplo A,Rueff B,Bernades P

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine previous work carried out at a single center, i.e., France, on the pathologic features of chronic pancreatitis and to examine geographic differences, 359 cases of chronic pancreatitis from five centers were studied pathologically and the results analyzed according to appropriate statistical methods. It was ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Sahel J,Cros RC,Durbec JP,Sarles H,Bank S,Marks IN,Bettarello A,Duarte I,Guarita D,Machado M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokines may regulate the process of immune cell infiltration that is often found in pancreatic cancer. In this study, we investigated the secretion of the chemokines [interleukin (IL)-8, monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, and RANTES (regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted)] in human pa...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Takaya H,Andoh A,Shimada M,Hata K,Fujiyama Y,Bamba T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:C-terminal tensin-like gene (CTEN, also known as TNS4) localizes to focal adhesions and is reported to function as an oncogene in colonic, breast, lung, and gastric cancers. Its role in pancreatic cancer is unknown and was thus investigated in this study. METHODS:C-terminal tensinlike gene expression was ev...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Al-Ghamdi S,Cachat J,Albasri A,Ahmed M,Jackson D,Zaitoun A,Guppy N,Otto WR,Alison MR,Kindle KB,Ilyas M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to perform an external validation of 2 Asian prognostic indices for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. METHODS:A score was calculated in patients treated with frontline therapy derived from the factors Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status, localization...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Haas M,Laubender RP,Klose C,Schulz C,Mansmann U,Boeck S,Heinemann V

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) is synthesized in islet B cells and stored in the secretory granules. We examined whether IAPP and insulin are released in parallel in humans. Arginine hydrochloride (5 g) was injected intravenously at three glucose levels in 11 healthy 58-year-old female subjects. In the fasting state...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Larsson H,Ahrén B

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Emphysematous pancreatitis is characterized by the presence of intraparenchymal pancreatic air in the setting of necrotizing pancreatitis. Mortality and morbidity rates approach approximately 40% and 100%, respectively. Traditionally, emphysematous pancreatitis was an indication for surgical intervention. The...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Kvinlaug K,Kriegler S,Moser M

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor relapse occurs frequently in patients with ductal pancreatic head cancer despite the absence of residual tumor detectable at primary surgery. Therefore it has to be assumed that current tumor staging procedures fail to detect minimal amounts of disseminated tumor cells present in secondary organs, which might be...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Hosch SB,Knoefel WT,Metz S,Stoecklein N,Niendorf A,Broelsch CE,Izbicki JR

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic lesions of the pancreas include inflammatory pseudocysts, serous cystadenomas, and mucinous tumors, some of which are malignant. Preoperative clinical and radiological parameters are unreliable and may result in incorrect diagnosis and inappropriate treatment. Cyst fluid analysis for cytology, viscosity, carcin...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Yong WH,Southern JF,Pins MR,Warshaw AL,Compton CC,Lewandrowski KB

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Presentation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PC) as acute pancreatitis (AP), association of chronic pancreatitis (CP) with PC, and role of inflammation in PC carcinogenesis are well recognized. We hypothesized that inflammatory changes associated with remote history of AP (≥2 years before PC diagnosis) would r...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Phillips AE,Shah N,Borhani AA,Yadav D,Brand RE

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00