Expression analysis of the prostaglandin E2 production pathway in human pancreatic cancers.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The circulating neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been shown to be a prognostic factor for a variety of tumors. In this study, we evaluated the prognostic significance of NLR in a large cohort of Chinese patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDACs). METHODS:A total of 381 patients with PDAC w...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Ben Q,An W,Wang L,Wang W,Yu L,Yuan Y

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the trends and death rates of pancreatic cancer and pancreatitis in Japan over the past four decades. It is a disturbing fact that the death rate due to pancreatic cancer is rising, parallel to that of lung cancer and colon cancer and that it is affecting primarily the elderly 65 years and older in both se...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Oomi K,Amano M

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reports of a so-called "mucin-producing tumor of the pancreas" are increasing worldwide. Although the clinicopathologic features and therapeutic strategies of this tumor have been enthusiastically investigated, there are still many unanswered questions regarding this ailment. In this study, problems in the diagnosis a...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Kimura W,Kuroda A,Makuuchi M

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) is a 37-amino acid residue polypeptide, originally isolated from the pancreatic amyloid deposits of patients with type II diabetes mellitus. Subsequently, IAPP was found to be colocalised with insulin in beta-cell secretory granules of the normal mammalian pancreas. Recently, IAPP has ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Jamal H,Suda K,Bretherton-Watt D,Ghatei MA,Bloom SR

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) releasing capacity in whole blood stimulated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in patients with pancreatic cancer during the perioperative period, and before and after chemotherapy. METHODS:The current study involved a total of 39 pa...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Terakawa N,Satoi S,Takai S,Yanagimoto H,Takahashi K,Komiyama Y,A-Hon K,Kamiyama Y,Takahashi H

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With a nitrosamine induced hamster pancreatic cancer cell line (HaP-T1), survival time and metastatic rates were compared between orthotopic cell implantation (OCI; n = 5) and orthotopic tissue implantation (OTI; n = 5) models. All the tumors were palpable (100% tumor take) after 1 week in both groups. Hamsters in the...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Morioka CY,Saito S,Ohzawa K,Watanabe A

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to assess the prognostic significance of late parenchymal pancreas necrosis as observed on serial contrast-enhanced computed tomographic (CT) scan. METHODS:Eighty-four patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis were included. All initial CT scans were examined on complete contr...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Wijffels NA,van Walraven LA,Ophof PJ,Hop WC,van der Harst E,Lange JF

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pancreatic ischemia-reperfusion (IR) has a key role in pancreas surgery and transplantation. Most experimental models evaluate the normothermic phase of the IR. We proposed a hypothermic model of pancreas IR to evaluate the benefic effects of the cold ischemic phase. METHODS:We performed a reproducible model...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Rocha-Santos V,Ferro OC,Pantanali CA,Seixas MP,Pecora RA,Pinheiro RS,Claro LC,Abdo EE,Chaib E,D'Albuquerque LA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Octreotide is used to treat patients with neuroendocrine tumors. Previous reports show that octreotide long-acting repeatable (LAR) dose and patient body weight affect nadir plasma octreotide levels (approximately 1250, 2500, 5000, and 11,000 pg/mL for LAR doses of 10, 20, 30 and 60 mg/mo). However, plasma oc...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Woltering EA,Salvo VA,O'Dorisio TM,Lyons J 3rd,Li G,Zhou Y,Seward JR,Go VL,Vinik AI,Mamikunian P,Mamikunian G

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cigarette smoking is an independent risk factor for chronic pancreatitis. We conducted a systematic review of the literature assessing whether cigarette smoking is a risk factor for acute pancreatitis (AP) and recurrent AP (RAP). METHODS:MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews w...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Majumder S,Gierisch JM,Bastian LA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In patients with pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM), reflux of pancreatic juice to the bile duct may contribute to carcinogenesis of the biliary tract. This study aimed to investigate the pancreatographic findings in patients with PBM and the relationship to their clinical findings in view of pancreatic ju...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Kamisawa T,Egawa N,Nakajima H,Matsukawa M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum expression of the cancer-associated antigens CA 19-9 and CA 50 and their relation to Lewis blood cell status were studied in 26 patients with pancreatic duct carcinoma and 26 patients with pancreatitis. The discriminating capacity between benign and malignant disease was high for both tumor markers. The correspo...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： von Rosen A,Linder S,Harmenberg U,Pegert S

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In patients with acute recurrent pancreatitis (ARP), pancreas divisum, and no other etiologic factors, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with minor papilla endoscopic sphincterotomy (miES) is often performed to enlarge the minor papillary orifice, based on limited data. The aims of this s...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Coté GA,Durkalski-Mauldin VL,Serrano J,Klintworth E,Williams AW,Cruz-Monserrate Z,Arain M,Buxbaum JL,Conwell DL,Fogel EL,Freeman ML,Gardner TB,van Geenen E,Groce JR,Jonnalagadda SS,Keswani RN,Menon S,Moffatt DC,Papach

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute pancreatitis generates a complex cascade of immunological events that affect the pathogenesis and the progression of this disease. Several inflammatory mediators seem to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of pancreatitis and the subsequent inflammatory response. In turn, these mediators can influence hemos...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Kakafika A,Papadopoulos V,Mimidis K,Mikhailidis DP

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Secreted apoptosis-related protein (SARP) families are considered to counteract the oncogenic Wnt signaling pathway, and inactivation of this gene may aid cancer development and progression. Recently, the aberrant methylation of SARP2 was detected frequently in pancreatic carcinoma (PCa) tissue, but not in no...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Watanabe H,Okada G,Ohtsubo K,Yao F,Jiang PH,Mouri H,Wakabayashi T,Sawabu N

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The endogenous immune response is influenced by the stimulation of the vagal nerve. Stimulation or ablation has a direct impact on the release of pro- and anti-inflammatory mediators. In the progression of acute pancreatitis from local to systemic disease, these mediators play a pivotal role. This study eval...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Schneider L,Jabrailova B,Soliman H,Hofer S,Strobel O,Hackert T,Büchler MW,Werner J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A simple urinary trypsinogen-2 test was evaluated for the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. METHODS:This prospective multicenter study enrolled consecutive patients with acute abdominal pain who presented to the emergency department or who were hospitalized at 1 of 21 medical institutions in Japan. Patients ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Mayumi T,Inui K,Maetani I,Yokoe M,Sakamoto T,Yoshida M,Ko S,Hirata K,Takada T,Urinary Trypsinogen-2 Dipstick for Acute Pancreatitis Study Group of Japanese Society of Abdominal Emergency Medicine (UtrAP Study Group).

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The consumption of green tea is associated with a lower risk of several types of human carcinomas. A number of studies have focused on the possible mechanisms of cancer prevention by tea extracts, especially polyphenols such as epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG). AIMS AND METHODOLOGY:Green tea-derived EGCG...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Takada M,Nakamura Y,Koizumi T,Toyama H,Kamigaki T,Suzuki Y,Takeyama Y,Kuroda Y

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) have been used in this study to investigate the morphology, nature, and arrangement of major, minor, and trace elements in human pancreatic calculi (PC) obtained from patients with alcoholic and tropical pancreatitis. The present study...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Pitchumoni CS,Viswanathan KV,Gee Varghese PJ,Banks PA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of coffee on exocrine pancreatic secretion are unknown but may be important, because a link between chronic stimulation of pancreatic secretion and experimental chemical carcinogenesis and an association between coffee drinking and human pancreatic adenocarcinoma have been reported. We measured exocrine pa...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Coffey RJ,Go VL,Zinsmeister AR,DiMagno EP

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:250 syngeneic islets were implanted either beneath the kidney capsule or into the liver of diabetic LEW 1.A rats to investigate the functional response of a limited mass of beta-cells to long-term hyperglycemia. The number of islets, per se, was expected to be insufficient to reverse the hyperglycemia. All animals wer...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Dunger A,Kauert C,Brömme HJ,Hildebrandt W,Blech W,Hahn HJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the choice for performance of endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERP) could be tailored to findings on computed tomography (CT) in patients with suspected autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP). METHODS: Eighty-four AIP patients and 73 pathology-proven pancreat...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Kim JH,Kim MH,Byun JH,Lee SS,Lee SJ,Park SH,Lee SK,Park DH,Lee MG,Moon SH

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) and readmission remain the significant sources of morbidity after distal pancreatectomy (DP). We describe a technique of drainage and postoperation management to prevent severe POPF and readmission. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of 57 patients who underwent DP from ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Wang H,Xiu D,Jiang B,Ma C,Yuan C

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Main pancreatic duct (MPD)-narrowed chronic pancreatitis (CP) may be an autoimmune abnormality. It also has been called autoimmune pancreatitis and sclerosing pancreatitis. It is unclear whether cases with focal pancreatographic changes are part of the same clinical entity as cases with diffuse MPD changes...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Wakabayashi T,Kawaura Y,Satomura Y,Fujii T,Motoo Y,Okai T,Sawabu N

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids are effective in the treatment of certain leukemias and lymphomas, but their effects on the growth of several solid tumors have not been determined. We report here that cortivazol (CVZ), a potent synthetic glucocorticoid, inhibits the growth of a hamster pancreatic adenocarcinoma, H2T, in vivo. CVZ reg...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Evers BM,Thompson EB,Townsend CM Jr,Lawrence JL,Johnson B,Srinivasan G,Thompson JC

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to investigate the frequency, predictors, and management of relapse of type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) after steroid treatment. METHODS:One hundred one patients with type 1 AIP receiving steroid as initial treatment were enrolled. Predictors were identified by multivariate analysis usi...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Xin L,Meng QQ,Hu LH,Lin H,Pan J,Hao L,Liu PP,Qian W,Wang LW,Li ZS

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation provides follow-up data (up to 36 months) of exocrine and endocrine pancreatic function, inflammatory activity, pain, and body weight in 23 chronic pancreatitis patients submitted to Whipple's procedure plus intraoperative Ethibloc occlusion of the remaining pancreatic duct system between Jan...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Schneider MU,Meister R,Domschke S,Zirngibl H,Strebl H,Heptner G,Gebhardt C,Gall FP,Domschke W

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pancreatic ductal carcinoma frequently recurs postoperatively, and we analyzed clinicopathological features of patients treated by surgical resection to find predictors of postoperative recurrence. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was performed that included 69 patients between 1985 and 2003. Clinicopath...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Shibata K,Matsumoto T,Yada K,Sasaki A,Ohta M,Kitano S

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Members of the transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are involved in mediating the electrical excitability and stimulus-secretion coupling in the pancreatic β-cells. The expression and the relative abundance of different TRP channels in the human β-cells are unknown. The objective of this study was to e...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Marabita F,Islam MS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:OBJECTDIVES: Mouse double minute 2 is a key negative regulator of the p53 protein, a central node in the mediation of tumor suppression. The MDM2 gene contains 2 differently regulated promoters, MDM2-P1 and MDM2-P2, which differ strongly in their biological and clinical importance. METHODS:We assess the cli...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Grochola LF,Taubert H,Greither T,Bhanot U,Udelnow A,Würl P

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00