The pathologic classification of neuroendocrine tumors: a review of nomenclature, grading, and staging systems.

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:The knowledge about pathogens and their antibiotic susceptibility patterns is essential to select an appropriate antibiotic. METHODS:We investigated the microbiological profile in pancreatic and extrapancreatic infections, and antibiotic sensitivity pattern in patients with acute pancreatitis. RESULTS:Of 5...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Moka P,Goswami P,Kapil A,Xess I,Sreenivas V,Saraya A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic acinar cells within the islets of Langerhans in human pancreas were investigated both histopathologically and electron microscopically. Acinar cells inside the islets of Langerhans were observed in all 50 adult cases investigated. Between such acinar cells and endocrine tissues, no reticular fiber was obser...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Suda K,Hosokawa Y,Kuroda J,Yuminamochi T,Ishii Y,Nakazawa K

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prognostic value of histological subtypes of pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) has been reported to have conflicting results. The authors investigated the clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic significance of the histological subtypes of IPMNs with various degrees of dysp...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Kang MJ,Lee KB,Jang JY,Han IW,Kim SW

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the role of endogenous pancreatic polypeptide (PP) as a physiological inhibitor of pancreatic secretion, normal rabbit serum (control) or rabbit PP-antiserum was administered intravenously to dogs with chronic esophageal, gastric, and pancreatic fistulas. In all dogs tested, sham-feeding and ordinary feed...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Konturek SJ,Bielański W,Kwiecień N,Konturek J,Czarnobilski K

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of a commercially available enzyme immunoassay method for the determination of lipase concentration in human duodenal fluid is reported. Variations in the test procedure have been investigated. A sample incubation and a conjugate incubation of 1 h at 37 degrees C are necessary. There is substantial agr...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Hafkenscheid JC,Hessels M,Kerstens PJ,Lamers CB

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous metastasis of an occult malignancy to the umbilicus has come to be known as a Sister Mary Joseph's nodule (SMJN). More than 400 cases of this well-described clinical presentation of advanced gastrointestinal and gynecologic cancers have been reported. Pancreatic cancer presenting as a SMJN is a rare phenomen...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Yendluri V,Centeno B,Springett GM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is one condition in which epidemiologic studies have demonstrated a definite association with pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC). The pathophysiologic and molecular events that either predispose to the development of, or potentiate the growth of, PAC are unknown. Mutation of the codon 12 K-ras g...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Banerjee SK,Zoubine MN,Mullick M,Weston AP,Cherian R,Campbell DR

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has recently been shown that the infusion of oleic acid into the rat pancreaticobiliary duct causes a reproducible and long-lasting atrophy of the exocrine pancreas. The effects of this pancreatic atrophy on non-invasive pancreatic function tests have not been fully characterized. This study was undertaken to deter...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Henry JP,Steinberg WM

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to evaluate magnetic resonance imaging findings of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and to find radiological patterns that could differentiate type 1 and type 2 AIP. METHODS:Eighty-four patients with diagnosis of AIP were enrolled. Image analysis included pancreatic signal intensity abnormalit...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Negrelli R,Boninsegna E,Avesani G,Zamboni GA,Brozzi L,Frulloni L,Manfredi R,Pozzi Mucelli R

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：: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：:Non-Hodgkin pancreatic lymphoma is a rare disease. Its diagnosis is difficult without histological examination. Ultrasonographic, computed tomodensitometric, and endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatographic findings are not pathognomonic. The better prognosis of these tumors, compared to adenocarcinoma, and their ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Joly I,David A,Payan MJ,Sahel J,Sarles H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) quality benchmarks for pancreatic disease previously focused on maintaining thresholds of diagnostic accuracy for fine-needle aspiration and measuring complications. We aimed to evaluate quality indicators when performing EUS specifically for the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Gardner TB,Taylor DJ,Gordon SR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In pancreas, the activities of several sex steroid-transforming enzymes have been reported. Data have been obtained in perfused organs, total tissue homogenates, and subcellular organelles. These data, concurrent with the description of the presence of ligand-regulated steroid receptors, as well as the sexually dimorp...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Morales A,Cuéllar A,Ramírez J,Vilchis F,Díaz-Sánchez V

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：:The risk of developing postoperative complications following pancreatic resection depends mainly on how difficult it is to perform a proper pancreaticointestinal anastomosis. We have evaluated the serum pancreolauryl test, a rapid tubeless pancreatic function test, as a simple preoperative predictor of the degree of p...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Friess H,Malfertheiner P,Isenmann R,Kühne H,Beger HG,Büchler MW

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of papillary cystic tumor (PCT) of the pancreas in a 55-year-old woman is described. She presented with a gradually enlarging and painless abdominal mass for > 26 years. The tumor was encapsulated and measured 16 x 12 x 10 cm. The gross features and conventional light microscopic appearance of this tumor were c...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Lee WY,Tzeng CC,Jin YT,Chow NH,Yip CM,Lee JC

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Pancreatic anastomotic leakage remains a major troublesome complication after pancreaticoduodenectomy. Thus, various technical modifications regarding the pancreatic anastomosis after pancreaticoduodenectomy have been attempted to minimize anastomotic leakage. We have performed duct-to-mucosa pancreaticojeju...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Hayashibe A,Kameyama M

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Beacon gene expression is elevated in the hypothalamus of the Israeli sand rat (Psammomys obesus), an animal that is used as a polygenic animal model of obesity and NIDDM. We performed studies aimed at investigating the expression of beacon mRNA and protein in pancreatic islets of the rat and the possible bea...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Nowak KW,Ruciński M,Kaczmarek P,Szkudelski T,Malendowicz LK

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Epithelial-mesenchymal transition may interfere with the differentiation of cultured pancreatic acinar cells toward endocrine cells. Therefore, it will be important to investigate into detail the reprogramming of human pancreatic acinar cells toward a mesenchymal phenotype: the association with acinoductal tr...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： De Waele E,Wauters E,Ling Z,Bouwens L

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the degree of pancreatic secretory alterations assessed by secretin-cerulein test (S-C) in relation to various morphological changes detected by real-time ultrasonography (US) in 42 patients affected by chronic pancreatitis. Exocrine insufficiency was found in 41 patients (97.6%), while morphological a...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Bolondi L,Priori P,Gullo L,Santi V,Li Bassi S,Barbara L,Labó G

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are a family of ligand-activated nuclear transcription factors belonging to the nuclear hormone receptors. Troglitazone, a specific ligand for PPAR-gamma is shown to regulate not only lipids and glucose metabolism, but also cell cycle, differentiation, an...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Jia DM,Otsuki M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to document the natural history of chronic hereditary pancreatitis and to compare its evolution to that of chronic alcoholic pancreatitis. Twelve subjects with chronic hereditary pancreatitis were followed up for a mean duration of 15.8 years (range, 1-23) and compared to subjects with chroni...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Paolini O,Hastier P,Buckley M,Maes B,Demarquay JF,Staccini P,Bellon S,Caroli-Bosc FX,Dumas R,Delmont J

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute pancreatic duct obstruction causes hyperamylasemia and mild pancreatic inflammation. We hypothesized that bile exclusion from the gut, which stimulates pancreatic secretion, exacerbates acute pancreatitis caused by pancreatic duct obstruction. Rats were surgically prepared with gastric, duodenal, bile, and pancr...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Murayama KM,Drew JB,Yokoo H,Joehl RJ

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accuracies of assays of serum CA 19-9 and elastase 1 in the diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma were investigated by the cutoff method and discriminant analysis of data on 98 patients with pancreatitis, 65 patients with pancreatic carcinoma, 107 patients with benign diseases of other organs, and 108 patients with ca...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Yamamura H,Tatsuta M,Ito M,Iishi H,Noguchi S,Okuda S,Yoshida M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Pancreatic functions were determined in a Ki-ras-induced actin-interacting protein (KRAP)-deficient (-/-) mouse mutant. METHODS:Pancreatic enzyme, protein, and DNA contents were measured, and histological examinations were conducted. The mixture of bile-pancreatic juice was collected, and amylase and bile a...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Miyasaka K,Fujimoto T,Kawanami T,Takiguchi S,Jimi A,Funakoshi A,Shirasawa S

更新日期：2011-01-01 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