Engulfment of gram-positive bacteria by pancreatic stellate cells in pancreatic fibrosis.

abstract：:Because abnormalities of the autonomic nervous system have been described in several animal models of obesity, and because galanin has been proposed to be a sympathetic neurotransmitter in the endocrine pancreas, we hypothesized that the hyperinsulinemia observed in genetically obese (ob/ob) mice may result either fro...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Dunning BE,Ahrén B

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased activity of various proteases is observed in both human and experimental pancreatitis; however, the information on the effects of specific protease inhibitors on the disease is limited. In this study we show that a novel elastase inhibitor, guamerin-derived synthetic peptide (GDSP), improves the parameters o...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Song M,Zaninovic V,Kim D,Gukovsky I,Gukovskaya A,Kang K,Pandol S

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In the hamster model, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma develops after treatment with N-nitrosobis-(2-oxopropyl)amino (BOP). In this model, Langerhans islets play a central role in carcinogenesis. In contrast, treatment with BOP in rats and mice did not result in cancer development. We investigated whether pa...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： El-Ghamari M,Bergmann F,Schmied BM,Weitz J,Ulrich A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic duct fragments were isolated from rat and hamster pancreas and were cultured in an agarose matrix for up to 8 weeks (rat) or 20 weeks (hamster). The fragments consisted predominantly of duct epithelium, lesser numbers of stromal and atrophied acinar cells, and small numbers of islet cells. Hamster ducts ave...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Githens S,Finley JJ,Patke CL,Schexnayder JA,Fallon KB,Ruby JR

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review discusses the current imaging modalities for the diagnosis and staging of solid and cystic pancreatic lesions and for the assessment of acute and chronic pancreatitis, and the future role of emerging technologies in the management of pancreatic diseases. Multidetector row spiral computed tomography is supe...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Nichols MT,Russ PD,Chen YK

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Protein kinase C (PKC) is involved in cell growth, differentiation, and apoptosis. We investigated the effects of the PKC activator, the tetradecanylphorbol acetate (TPA), in human pancreatic cancer cells. METHODS:Cell proliferation was measured by thymidine incorporation. Expression of cell cycle proteins ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Salabat MR,Ding XZ,Flesche JB,Ujiki MB,Robin TP,Talamonti MS,Bell RH Jr,Adrian TE

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Multiple organ failure because of systemic inflammatory response in the early phase and sepsis in the late phase is the main contributor to high mortality in severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). High-mobility group box chromosomal protein 1 (HMGB1) was recently identified as a potent proinflammatory mediator and ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Yasuda T,Ueda T,Takeyama Y,Shinzeki M,Sawa H,Nakajima T,Ajiki T,Fujino Y,Suzuki Y,Kuroda Y

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We collected pure pancreatic juice during an entire day and examined pancreatic secretory changes induced by ordinary meals in a male patient having an external drainage of the main pancreatic duct. The ingestion of breakfast, lunch, and dinner each caused a marked increase in pancreatic secretion above basal levels. ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Gullo L,Pezzilli R,Priori P,Baldoni F,Paparo F,Mattioli G

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The contribution of overexpressed microRNA-21 and -221 (miR-21 and miR-221) to the malignant phenotype was determined by inhibiting these miRNAs using antisense oligonucleotides. METHODS:The effects of antisense to miR-21 and miR-221 on cell proliferation, cell cycle arrest, induction of apoptosis, combinat...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Park JK,Lee EJ,Esau C,Schmittgen TD

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcophytol A (SaA), a cembrane-type diterpene isolated from the marine soft coral Sarcophyton glaucum showed anticancer and cancer preventive effects in two different experiments. Growth of transplanted human pancreatic cancer cells (MIA paca-2, 1 x 10(7)) in nude mice (BALB/C 4W female) (Experiment 1) and pancreatic...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Yokomatsu H,Satake K,Hiura A,Tsutsumi M,Suganuma M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of exogenously administered lactate and pyruvate on blood perfusion in endogenous and transplanted islets. METHODS:Anesthetized Wistar-Furth rats were given lactate or pyruvate intravenously, and regional blood perfusion was studied 3 or 30 minutes late...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Barbu A,Johansson Å,Bodin B,Källskog Ö,Carlsson PO,Sandberg M,Börjesson JL,Jansson L

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Tumor necrosis is often found in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Objective histological assessment and adequate radiological detection of necrosis could be used as biomarkers for therapeutic decision. However, standardized clinical utility of necrosis remains unknown. Here, we aimed to determine the...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Kudo M,Kobayashi T,Gotohda N,Konishi M,Takahashi S,Kobayashi S,Sugimoto M,Okubo S,Martin J,Cabral H,Ishii G,Kojima M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Bax-interacting factor 1 (Bif-1) protein plays a critical role in apoptosis, mitochondrial morphogenesis, and autophagy, and its loss promotes tumorigenesis. The role of Bif-1 in pancreatic cancer has not been studied. METHODS:We determined Bif-1 expression in 82 human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDCs...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Coppola D,Helm J,Ghayouri M,Malafa MP,Wang HG

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect on endogenous beta-endorphins of a new synthetic protease inhibitor was studied in acute pancreatitis. Pancreatitis was induced by the injection of autologous bile mixed with trypsin into the main pancreatic duct after ligation of the accessory duct. Plasma beta-endorphin concentrations and cardiovascular f...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Satake K,Hiura A,Ha SS,Nishiwaki H,Umeyama K

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Despite decades of effort, the 5-year overall survival rate of pancreatic cancer (PC) remains at only approximately 5%. Until now, no detailed knowledge regarding the worldwide research architecture of PC has yet been established. METHODS:Hence, we conducted this scientometric analysis to quantify the globa...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Schöffel N,Krempel M,Bundschuh M,Bendels MH,Brüggmann D,Groneberg DA

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:All forms of commonly practiced enteral feeding techniques stimulate pancreatic secretion, and only intravenous feeding avoids it. In this study, we explored the possibility of more distal enteral infusions of tube feeds to see whether activation of the ileal brake mechanism can result in enteral feeding with...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Kaushik N,Pietraszewski M,Holst JJ,O'Keefe SJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：:We evaluated the diagnostic significance of the K-ras point mutations at codon 12 in duodenal lavage fluid (DLF) compared with pure pancreatic juice (PPJ). The DLF was easily and safely collected by injecting distilled water into the duodenum and then aspirating through the working channel of the endoscope during endo...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Nakamura Y,Onda M,Uchida E

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate embryology of complete and incomplete pancreas divisum (PD). METHODS:We analyzed anatomy of the pancreatic duct system in 44 cases of complete PD and 41 cases of incomplete PD. Under the concept of branch fusion between the ventral and dorsal pancreatic ducts, incomplete PD was divided into 3...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Kamisawa T,Egawa N,Tu Y,Tsuruta K,Okamoto A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Infected necrotizing pancreatitis represents a serious and therapeutically challenging complication. Percutaneous drainage of infected pancreatic necrosis is often unsuccessful. Alternatively, open necrosectomies are associated with high morbidity. Recently, minimally invasive necrosectomy techniques have be...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Bucher P,Pugin F,Morel P

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Laparoscopic techniques have been slow to establish a role in pancreatic surgery. Worldwide, laparoscopic left pancreatectomy (LLP) is gaining in popularity; however, there remains little published data from the United Kingdom.We aimed to evaluate the results of LLP performed in a single UK pancreatic unit. ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Mowbray NG,Al-Sarira A,Al-Sarireh B

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of the rapid urinary trypsinogen-2 test strip in post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis. METHODS:A total of 150 patients were tested with the urinary trypsinogen-2 test strip and serum levels of amylase a...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Tseng CW,Chen CC,Lin SZ,Chang FY,Lin HC,Lee SD

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Pancreatic cancer is a serious disease worldwide for its high mortality. Gemcitabine has become the frontline option for the treatment of this disease since its approval. However, resistance to the drug has been on the rise in recent years. Searching for other chemotherapeutic agents therefore has attracted ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Zhang M,Sun C,Shan X,Yang X,Li-Ling J,Deng Y

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a ¹³C-labeled substrate breath test by defining the optimal ¹³C-labeled substrate, substrate dose, test meal, and duration of the test and evaluating its accuracy for the diagnosis of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) in chronic pancreatitis (CP). METHODS:Five consecutive prospective compara...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Domínguez-Muñoz JE,Nieto L,Vilariño M,Lourido MV,Iglesias-García J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pretreatment of rat pancreatic acini with phorbol 12-myristate, 13-acetate (PMA), a protein kinase C (PK-C) activator, caused the desensitization of carbamylcholine (CBC)-induced amylase release in a concentration- and time-dependent fashion. The less potent phorbol-12, 13-dibutyrate (PDBu) also provoked a desensitiza...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Blanchard LM,Paquette B,Larose L,Morisset J

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:To assess the role of stapling devices and routine gastroenterostomy in palliative bypass surgery, the hospital records of 150 consecutive patients with unresectable, histologically proven pancreatic adenocarcinoma requiring palliative bypass procedure were reviewed. During recent years staplers have gained increasing...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Kairaluoma MI,Kiviniemi H,Laitinen S,Ståhlberg M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Interleukin-36 (IL-36) is a recently described proinflammatory cytokine, characterized by the induction of inflammatory mediators. In the present study, we investigated the biological activity and the signal transduction of IL-36α in human pancreatic myofibroblasts. METHODS:The mRNA and protein expression o...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Nishida A,Inatomi O,Fujimoto T,Imaeda H,Tani M,Andoh A

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryopreservation of pancreatic islets provides many advantages for clinical transplantation. Unfortunately, the freezing and thawing processes lead to a significant loss of islets. In this study, an attempt was made to increase the yield and viability of islets after cryopreservation and thawing. By using canine islet...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Arita S,Kasraie A,Une S,Ohtsuka S,Kawahara T,Smith CV,Mullen Y

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00