Gastrointestinal stem cells in self-renewal and cancer.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Efficacy and safety of interferon induction therapy alone or in combination with ribavirin or ribavirin plus amantadine were evaluated in chronic hepatitis C patients who were nonresponders to primary antiviral treatment. METHODS:The study was designed to have 225 HCV nonresponder patients, but at an interi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Gramenzi A,Andreone P,Cursaro C,Verucchi G,Boccia S,Giacomoni PL,Galli S,Furlini G,Biselli M,Lorenzini S,Attard L,Bonvicini F,Bernardi M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA) plasma levels in patients with various chronic liver diseases, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), also measuring these levels in healthy volunteers. Plasma u-PA levels in the group of patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis (mean modified Pugh score of...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sato S,Higashi T,Ouguchi S,Hino N,Tsuji T

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine whether leptin and insulin resistance (IR) showed differences between steatotic patients with and without elevated serum transaminases. METHODS:The study included 32 patients with fatty liver and high serum transaminase level (group I), 31 patients with fatty liver and...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Serin E,Ozer B,Gümürdülü Y,Kayaselçuk F,Kul K,Boyacioğlu S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27-year-old woman with a 9-year history of ulcerative colitis involving the entire colon was admitted to our hospital in August 1992 because of bloody stools and left lower abdominal pain. She had been treated with sulfasalazine since 1983 and the colitis had been clinically quiescent or mild for 7 years. She had al...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Seo M,Okada M,Osamura S,Hara S,Umeno T,Maeshiro K,Yamada Y,Yuh K

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 13C-urea breath test (13C-UBT) is a non-invasive method for detecting Helicobacter pylori. This study was performed to determine the cutoff value and evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of 13C-UBT in Taiwan. 13C-Urea (100 mg of 99% 13C-labeled urea) was dissolved in 50 ml sterile water for the test. The test ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang WM,Lee SC,Ding HJ,Jan CM,Chen LT,Wu DC,Liu CS,Peng CF,Chen YW,Huang YF,Chen CY

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The most commonly used methods for bowel preparation are polyethylene glycol-electrolyte lavage solution (PEG-ELS) and sodium phosphate. Both are problematic in children. The use of bisacodyl together with fleet enema has been suggested as an alternative; however, its use without dietary restriction is infer...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shaoul R,Haloon L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient who survived total colonic type ulcerative colitis (UC) complicated by toxic megacolon (TM), disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, and phlebothrombosis. A 69-year-old man was treated for about 4 months under the diagnosis of ischemic co...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Arai H,Hanai H,Furuta T,Sato Y,Yamada M,Kaneko E,Baba S,Sugimura H

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using commercial quantitative assays, quantitative hepatitis B surface antigen (qHBsAg) has improved our understanding and management of chronic hepatitis B (CHB). The HBsAg level is highest in the immune tolerance phase, starts to decline during the immune clearance phase, and decreases slowly but progressively after...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tseng TC,Kao JH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyogenic granulomas represent the aquisition of vasodilative granulation tissue in the skin or mucosa. They are extremely rare in the alimentary tract, other than in the oral cavity. Here, we report a case of pyogenic granuloma arising from the gastric mucosa. An 82-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kusakabe A,Kato H,Hayashi K,Igami T,Hasegawa H,Tsuzuki T,Ueda R,Mizokami M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo progression to malignancy is characterized by the switch to an angiogenic phenotype. The angiogenic switch is a critical control point for tumor expansion. The ability of a tumor to become neovascularized permits rapid expansion of tumor growth and increases the likelihood of metastases. The genetic alteration...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tanaka S,Sugimachi K,Yamashita Y,Shirabe K,Shimada M,Wands JR,Sugimachi K

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hereditary pancreatitis (HP) is a rare cause of chronic pancreatitis. We here report a nationwide survey to clarify the epidemiological, genetic, and clinical features of HP in Japan. METHODS:Target subjects were patients with HP and their family members who had visited selected hospitals between 2005 and 2...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Masamune A,Kikuta K,Hamada S,Nakano E,Kume K,Inui A,Shimizu T,Takeyama Y,Nio M,Shimosegawa T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Linked color imaging (LCI) increases the visibility of early gastric cancers, which may be associated with characteristic findings including background purple mucosae. These lesions are found in areas of chronic gastritis and surrounding mucosa. The aim of this study is to objectively characterize these lesi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fukuda H,Miura Y,Osawa H,Takezawa T,Ino Y,Okada M,Khurelbaatar T,Lefor AK,Yamamoto H

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although polycystic liver disease (PLD) is known to be associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, a finding of PLD with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is extremely rare. We have experienced one such case of a ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas in a patient with Potter type III cystic disease of...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sakurai Y,Shoji M,Matsubara T,Ochiai M,Funabiki T,Urano M,Mizoguchi Y,Fuwa N

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among the factors influencing variceal relapse after endoscopic treatment, portal hemodynamic changes, especially in portal systemic shunts, could be the most important factor because hemodynamics are directly related to the development of esophageal varices. We aimed to clarify the influence of endoscopic t...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ito K,Matsutani S,Maruyama H,Akiike T,Nomoto H,Suzuki T,Fukuzawa T,Mizumoto H,Saisho H

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of gastric neuroendocrine (NE) carcinoma associated with chronic atrophic gastritis type A (CAG/A) or reversed atrophic type gastritis. A 9 x 6 cm tumor was resected from the stomach to control pain in a 55-year-old Japanese woman with peritoneal dissemination and metastatic tumors of the liver and ov...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kaizaki Y,Fujii T,Kawai T,Saito K,Kurihara K,Fukayama M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:White adipose tissue (WAT) is important for the maintenance of metabolic homeostasis, and metabolic syndrome is sometimes associated with WAT dysfunction in humans and animals. WAT reportedly plays a key, beneficial role in the maintenance of glucose and lipid homeostasis during de novo lipogenesis (DNL). Pu...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cai X,Hayashi S,Fang C,Hao S,Wang X,Nishiguchi S,Tsutsui H,Sheng J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Only a few studies have longitudinally evaluated whether fatty pancreas increases the risk of type-2 diabetes (T2D), and their results were inconsistent. Fatty pancreas is closely linked to overweight and obesity, but previous studies did not exclude overweight or obese individuals. Therefore, in this cohort...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yamazaki H,Tauchi S,Wang J,Dohke M,Hanawa N,Kodama Y,Katanuma A,Saisho Y,Kamitani T,Fukuhara S,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) partly exerts choleretic effects by modifying the function of the bile salt export pump (Bsep, ABCB11). UDCA induces insertion of Bsep into the canalicular membrane of hepatocytes; however, underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We aimed to elucidate molecular mechanisms behind UDC...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kagawa T,Orii R,Hirose S,Arase Y,Shiraishi K,Mizutani A,Tsukamoto H,Mine T

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) is often selected to treat gastric varices caused by portal hypertension, data comparing BRTO and splenectomy with gastric devascularization (Sp + Dev) are limited. METHODS:From January 2009 to February 2018, 100 patients with gastric vari...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Oshita K,Ohira M,Honmyo N,Kobayashi T,Murakami E,Aikata H,Baba Y,Kawano R,Awai K,Chayama K,Ohdan H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we quantitatively measured glycogen levels in tissue samples obtained from tumors, regions adjacent to tumor, and regions of normal colorectum to determine whether the levels were related to cell cycle and cancer growth. Glycogen levels were analyzed in relation to histopathological factors, (tumor size...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Takahashi S,Satomi A,Yano K,Kawase H,Tanimizu T,Tuji Y,Murakami S,Hirayama R

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) plus ribavirin (RBV) therapy is the current standard of care for patients with chronic hepatitis C. Determining precisely the risk of serious adverse events (SAEs) and mortality from a single study is rather difficult because of the infrequency of such events. The aim of this s...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Minami T,Kishikawa T,Sato M,Tateishi R,Yoshida H,Koike K

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In elderly patients with superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), the optimal treatment strategy after non-curative endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) remains unclear. We aimed to evaluate the validity of additional treatments after non-curative ESD and post-ESD survival predictors in elder...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakajo K,Abe S,Oda I,Ishihara R,Tanaka M,Yoshio T,Katada C,Yano T

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is a pleiotropic cytokine produced by a wide variety of lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues. We studied the relationship between IL-6 and the liver in an attempt to elucidate this cytokine's role in hepatitis C-induced liver inflammation. We investigated the behavior of serum IL-6 in 25 patients wit...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Malaguarnera M,Di Fazio I,Romeo MA,Restuccia S,Laurino A,Trovato BA

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old woman was admitted to Hokuso Shiroi Hospital because of recurrent pain in the lower right side of the abdomen. Small-intestinal cancer was strongly suspected after fluoroscopy of the small intestine. Laparotomy showed advanced cancer of the ileum, of complete annular constrictive type, 9.5 x 5cm in size....

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Amano M,Imai Y,Hashimoto T,Saito Y,Miyaoka M,Kawaguchi M,Saito T

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hepatic steatosis is frequently observed in subjects with metabolic syndrome (MS). In type 2 diabetics, it is independently associated with cardiovascular diseases. In order to confirm and extend this finding, a large group of patients with risk factors for atherosclerosis was studied. METHODS:Carotid atherosc...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Carallo C,Mancuso G,Mauro G,Laghi F,Madafferi B,Irace C,Gnasso A,Scavelli F,Dell'Aquila F,Bartone M,Gullo F,Ferraro M,Spagnuolo V,Belmonte M,Ferrara A,Silvano Rotondaro A,Brandolino N,Parasporo F,Scopelliti F

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined hepatocellular (HCC) and cholangiocellular carcinoma (CCC) (mixed carcinoma) is a rare subtype of primary hepatic carcinoma. We report a case of mixed carcinoma that developed in a non-cirrhotic liver, in a patient who was serologically negative for both hepatitis B and C viruses. A 65-year-old Japanese woman...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shiraishi M,Takushi Y,Simoji H,Oshiro T,Shinzato S,Tanigawa N,Kusano T,Muto Y

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypersensitive esophagus (HE) is defined by endoscopy-negative heartburn with a normal acid exposure time but positive symptom association probability (SAP) and/or symptom index (SI) on impedance-pH monitoring, and proton pump inhibitor (PPI) responsiveness. Functional heartburn (FH) is distinguished by nega...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Frazzoni M,de Bortoli N,Frazzoni L,Furnari M,Martinucci I,Tolone S,Farioli A,Marchi S,Fuccio L,Savarino V,Savarino E

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) often recurs after surgical or medical treatment. METHODS:Eighty consecutive patients with HBV-positive cirrhosis and HCC who underwent potentially curative ablation for HCC were analyzed. Eleven patients received long-term interferon (IFN) th...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Someya T,Ikeda K,Saitoh S,Kobayashi M,Hosaka T,Sezaki H,Akuta N,Suzuki F,Suzuki Y,Arase Y,Kumada H

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammatory bowel disease affects the quality of a patient's life in many ways, but no validated instrument for measuring disease-specific quality of life in these patients is available in Japan. We developed a Japanese version of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ), together with the author...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hashimoto H,Green J,Iwao Y,Sakurai T,Hibi T,Fukuhara S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00