Clinical application of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for assessment and evaluation after therapy for malignant hepatic tumor.

abstract：:Diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis in its early stage is an extremely difficult task. If the genetic predispositions are identified, it may help make possible the earlier diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis or the detection of patients at risk. There are two major hypotheses about the pathogenesis of chronic pancreatitis...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Naruse S,Fujiki K,Ishiguro H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) [carcinoids, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs)] are becoming an increasing clinical problem because not only are they increasing in frequency, but they can frequently present with advanced disease that requires diagnostic and treatment approaches different from those used in the neo...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ito T,Igarashi H,Jensen RT

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) is a benign lesion of the liver which usually presents with one or two localizations. We report a patient with history of resection of a biliary cyst, and who had been taking oral contraceptives for the past 18 years, who had multiple localizations of FNH (more than 30 lesions). The lar...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Colle I,de Beeck BO,Hoorens A,Hautekeete M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We carried out this study to evaluate recent clinical features of Wilson's disease (WD) with hepatic presentation, especially in terms of age, degree of liver injury, and association with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS:Sixteen patients with hepatic manifestations were diagnosed with WD in the perio...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kumagi T,Horiike N,Michitaka K,Hasebe A,Kawai K,Tokumoto Y,Nakanishi S,Furukawa S,Hiasa Y,Matsui H,Kurose K,Matsuura B,Onji M

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bleeding of the lower gastrointestinal tract requires hospitalization and can cause in-hospital death in the most serious cases; however, only a few studies have evaluated in-hospital death from bleeding of the lower gastrointestinal tract. The aim of this study was to investigate the in-hospital mortality o...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Niikura R,Yasunaga H,Yamaji Y,Horiguchi H,Fushimi K,Yamada A,Hirata Y,Koike K

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have investigated measures to prevent small bowel injuries induced by aspirin. Our aim was to evaluate the effect of probiotic treatment on the small bowel injuries induced by chronic low-dose aspirin use. METHODS:Thirty-five patients who took low-dose enteric-coated aspirin 100 mg daily (for mo...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Endo H,Higurashi T,Hosono K,Sakai E,Sekino Y,Iida H,Sakamoto Y,Koide T,Takahashi H,Yoneda M,Tokoro C,Inamori M,Abe Y,Nakajima A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Histamine participates in the immune regulation of several gastrointestinal diseases. However, the effect of histamine on intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs), the front line of the intestinal mucosal immune system, is not well understood. We examined whether histamine has a direct effect on cytokin...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Takagaki K,Osawa S,Horio Y,Yamada T,Hamaya Y,Takayanagi Y,Furuta T,Hishida A,Ikuma M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CYFRA 21-1 is a fragment of cytokeratin 19 (CK 19). Four patients with large intrahepatic (or peripheral) cholangiocarcinoma (CC) and high serum levels of CYFRA 21-1 (normal, < or = 2 ng/ml) are reported. CYFRA 21-1 levels exceeded 9 ng/ml in all 4 patients. Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), was high in 1 (CEA; normal r...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kashihara T,Ohki A,Kobayashi T,Sato T,Nishizawa H,Ogawa K,Tako H,Kawakami F,Tsuji M,Tamaoka K

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection has been found to decrease the expression of antral somatostatin and to increase the release of the acid-stimulating hormone gastrin. The reversal of these changes in gut hormones by the eradication of H. pylori, and in-vivo and in-vitro studies in animals either infected with H. pylori o...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kaneko H,Konagaya T,Kusugami K

更新日期：2002-01-01 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:Alcohol-related diseases have multiple and varied associations with acetaldehyde, a highly toxic product of ethanol oxidation that accumulates in the absence of active aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH). This study was designed to clarify the role of acetaldehyde in liver injury, specifically in vivo and in vitro...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakamura Y,Yokoyama H,Higuchi S,Hara S,Kato S,Ishii H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of nifedipine administration (10 mg) on esophageal acid exposure time was investigated in 11 non-reflux esophagitis (non-RE) patients and 11 grade C (Los Angeles classification) reflux esophagitis (RE) patients. In each subject, esophageal pH monitoring was performed, with the subject in the supine position...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ishikawa H,Iwakiri K,Sugiura T,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heartburn is a common symptom with great impact on quality of life and on the economy. An approach that helps to alleviate patients' symptoms, decrease the burden on the economy, and improve longterm outcome is needed. Step-down therapy, starting with the proton pump inhibitor lansoprazole, seems to achieve ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Abu Farsakh N

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spontaneous passage of colon cast from a 76-year-old Japanese female patient is reported. Macroscopically, the colon case was shaped like the airbladder of a fish. Histopathologically, the cast consisted of degenerated colonal mucosa, including glands. No inflammatory reaction was apparent. The patient lacked any ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yoshiji H,Nakae D,Sugiya R,Mizumoto Y,Tsutsumi M,Hiriguchi K,Yokose Y,Sakurai R,Fukui H,Tsujii T

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anemia of inflammation, commonly observed in patients with chronic diseases, is associated with decreased serum iron. Hepcidin, mainly produced by hepatocytes in a STAT3- and/or SMAD-dependent manner, is involved in iron homeostasis. What remains to be established is whether or not the hepatic IL-6/STAT3 sig...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sakamori R,Takehara T,Tatsumi T,Shigekawa M,Hikita H,Hiramatsu N,Kanto T,Hayashi N

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) is a rarely diagnosed condition involving eosinophilic infiltration of the esophageal mucosa. Here we present a case of EE in a 69-year-old Japanese man, who presented with abdominal pain, appetite loss, and a history of bronchial asthma. Laboratory findings included peripheral eosinophil...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Furuta K,Adachi K,Kowari K,Mishima Y,Imaoka H,Kadota C,Koshino K,Miyake T,Kadowaki Y,Furuta K,Kazumori H,Sato S,Ishihara S,Amano Y,Honda M,Kinoshita Y

更新日期：2006-07-01 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:A prospective, randomized study was performed to determine whether gemcitabine infusion at a low dose (250 mg/m2) is comparable or superior to the standard-dose infusion (1000 mg/m2) in terms of the survival period, clinical benefit, and frequency of adverse effects in patients with advanced pancreatic adeno...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sakamoto H,Kitano M,Suetomi Y,Takeyama Y,Ohyanagi H,Nakai T,Yasuda C,Kudo M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have only been a few prospective studies investigating risk factors associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) among chronic hepatitis B patients all over the world, and no study has been conducted in Japanese population. METHODS:A population-based cohort consisting of 19393 sub...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kusakabe A,Tanaka Y,Inoue M,Kurbanov F,Tatematsu K,Nojiri S,Joh T,Tsugane S,Mizokami M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress (OS) plays an important role in the progression of chronic liver disease and hepatocarcinogenesis. However, the role of OS in the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unclear. The aim of this study was to assess whether OS promotes angiogenesis in HCC. METHODS:The expressions of...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jo M,Nishikawa T,Nakajima T,Okada Y,Yamaguchi K,Mitsuyoshi H,Yasui K,Minami M,Iwai M,Kagawa K,Itoh Y,Yoshikawa T

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The levels of serum HER2 extracellular domain (ECD) are highly correlated with tissue HER2 status in metastatic gastric cancer (AGC). We sought to explore whether serum HER2 ECD could predict the efficacy of trastuzumab-treated HER2-positive AGC. MATERIALS AND METHODS:From 2011 to 2013, trastuzumab-treated ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhou J,Peng Z,Liu Y,Gong J,Zhang X,Lu M,Gao J,Li Y,Li Y,Shen L

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cowden's disease, multiple hamartoma syndrome, is a dominantly inherited disorder characterized by multiple hamartomas of ectodermal, endodermal, and mesodermal origin and also by a high incidence of malignant tumors. Despite many efforts to identify the genetic alterations responsible for the syndrome, the molecular ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Suzuki T,Ichinose M,Matsubara Y,Yahagi N,Kurokawa K,Fukamachi H,Miki K

更新日期：1997-10-01 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：PURPOSE:Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a unique form of pancreatitis and can be complicated with various extrapancreatic lesions. Little is known about the long-term clinical course of AIP. Here we aimed to document the clinical course of AIP. METHODS:For this study, we recruited 21 patients, averaging 66.5 years in...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Uchida K,Yazumi S,Nishio A,Kusuda T,Koyabu M,Fukata M,Miyoshi H,Sakaguchi Y,Fukui T,Matsushita M,Takaoka M,Okazaki K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute liver failure is a potentially fatal disease of various etiologies for which liver transplantation is the only known curative treatment. Although the decision-making on transplantation is largely dependent on the severity of liver injury (based on predicting a fatal outcome), a statistical analysis to ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mawatari S,Moriuchi A,Ohba F,Kawano T,Oda K,Takikawa Y,Takikawa H,Ido A,Tsubouchi H

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal immune homeostasis is regulated by gut microbiota, including beneficial and pathogenic microorganisms. Imbalance in gut bacterial constituents provokes host proinflammatory responses causing diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The development of next-generation sequencing technology allows th...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kanai T,Mikami Y,Hayashi A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most studies evaluating visceral sensation measure visceromotor response (VMR) to colorectal distention (CRD). However, CRD itself induces visceral sensitization, and little is known about the detailed characteristics of this response. The present study tried to clarify this question. METHODS:VMR was determ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nozu T,Kumei S,Miyagishi S,Takakusaki K,Okumura T

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aberrant methylation of some cancer-related genes has been reported to correlate with sensitivity to chemotherapeutic agents. The present study was designed to determine whether DNA methylation in six cancer-related genes affects recurrence of gastric cancer in patients who received 5-fluorouracil-based adju...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mitsuno M,Kitajima Y,Ide T,Ohtaka K,Tanaka M,Satoh S,Miyazaki K

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the role of endogenous substance P in ethanol-induced mucosal damage, two experiments were performed. In the first experiment, the stomachs of anesthetized rats were doubly cannulated and gastric damage was induced with 5ml of 30% ethanol in the gastric lumen. The damage was ameliorated by pretreatment wi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hayashi H,Nishiyama K,Majima M,Katori M,Saigenji K

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, the novel gene DOG1 has been found to be overexpressed in most gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) specifically within the field of soft tissue tumors. DOG1 might play a role in development of GISTs and have potential as a diagnostic marker and therapeutic target, but the biological function an...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Miwa S,Nakajima T,Murai Y,Takano Y,Sugiyama T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00