Endoscopic management of acute calculous cholangitis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection rapidly decreasing in Japan, endoscopic findings and dyspeptic symptoms need to be re-evaluated. METHODS:In a health check-up program, endoscopy was performed on 530 young Japanese subjects (371 men and 159 women) born in the 1970s. Helicobact...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Shimatani T,Inoue M,Iwamoto K,Hyogo H,Yokozaki M,Saeki T,Tazuma S,Horikawa Y

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the advancement of molecular oncology in gastric cancer lags behind that of colorectal cancer, the rapid developments witnessed in recent years have improved our understanding of the carcinogenesis, aetiology, progression and metastasis of gastric cancer. The different molecular genetic alterations in intesti...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chan AO,Luk JM,Hui WM,Lam SK

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the distribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes in Australian patients with hepatitis C and to identify factors associated with particular genotypes. Serum isolates of HCV-RNA were genotyped using a commercial oligonucleotide hybridization (line probe) assay. Relationships ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kaba S,Dutta U,Byth K,Crewe EB,Khan MH,Coverdale SA,Lin R,Liddle C,Farrell GC

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and fifty-three cases of acute viral hepatitis admitted to Ibn Al-Khateeb Infectious Disease Hospital, Baghdad, were studied prospectively regarding the viral aetiological agent. The most common cause was infection with one of the non-A, non-B viruses (51%). The second most common cause was infection with ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Rassam SW,Goudeau AM,Dubois F,al-Khoury BN,al-Deen JA,Sadik AM

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57 year old Japanese male was incidentally found to have a 7.5 cm diameter hepatic haemangioma. Eleven years later he was operated on because the haemangioma had grown into a 17 cm mass causing upper abdominal fullness. Volumetry on computerized tomograms disclosed that the haemangioma had grown from 123 cm3 to 1343...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yoshida J,Yamasaki S,Yamamoto J,Kosuge T,Takayama T,Hasegawa H,Takayasu K,Muramatsu Y,Moriyama N,Hirohashi S

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The purpose of this study was to describe the computed tomography (CT) findings of sorafenib-treated hepatic tumors in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma and to correlate the findings to the overall survival (OS). METHODS:Twenty-eight sorafenib-treated patients who had advanced hepatoce...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kim MJ,Choi JI,Lee JS,Park JW

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC) is a matricellular glycoprotein that plays a significant role in tumor development. SPARC has been indicated that promotes tumorigenesis, metastasis, and poor prognosis in prostate cancer and lung cancer. Therefore, we sought to investigate the mol...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Jiang X,Liu F,Wang Y,Gao J

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) chemotherapy has a number of limitations, including a low rate of complete response and frequent extrahepatic recurrence, in colorectal cancer patients with non-resectable hepatic metastases. METHODS:Twenty-nine colorectal cancer patients with non-resectable hepatic m...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kim JC,Kim HC,Lee KH,Yu CS,Kim TW,Chang HM,Ryu MH,Kim JH,Ha HK,Lee MG

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission by needlestick accidents involving hospital employees has become an important problem. The present report is of a case of acute hepatitis C that developed after a needlestick injury, despite short duration interferon treatment performed just after the accident in a trial effort to ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nakano Y,Kiyosawa K,Sodeyama T,Tanaka E,Matsumoto A,Ichijo T,Mizokami M,Furuta S

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:To investigate a possible association between HLA genes with serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels and evaluate whether the HLA-DQA1, DQB1, and DRB1 genes could influence the development of liver damage in chronic hepatitis C. METHODS:A total of 145 patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yu RB,Hong X,Ding WL,Tan YF,Zhang YX,Sun NX,Wu GL,Zhan SW,Ge DF

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Although sporadic non-ampullary duodenal adenoma is speculated to be precancerous lesion, the relationship between adenoma and carcinoma remains unclear due to their rarity. Previous studies on sporadic non-ampullary duodenal epithelial neoplasm (SNADEN) have mainly targeted superficial tumors, like ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Matsueda K,Kanzaki H,Matsueda K,Nasu J,Yoshioka M,Nakagawa M,Inoue M,Inaba T,Imagawa A,Takatani M,Takenaka R,Suzuki S,Tomoda J,Yagi T,Fujiwara T,Tanaka T,Okada H

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Poly-adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-ribosylation, catalysed by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), is a post-translational modification of nuclear proteins and is involved in a wide range of biological processes including DNA repair, cell proliferation and malignant transformation. Alteration of this reaction i...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nomura F,Yaguchi M,Togawa A,Miyazaki M,Isobe K,Miyake M,Noda M,Nakai T

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Delayed gastric emptying occurs in more than 50% of chronic diabetic patients, and this is associated with significant impairments in quality of life. Traditional therapy for delayed gastric emptying has focused on supportive treatment, and there is no significant effective therapy. The effect of low...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wu KL,Chiu YC,Yao CC,Tsai CE,Hu ML,Kuo CM,Tai WC,Chuah SK,Hsiao CC

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Probucol is a lipid-lowering agent with anti-oxidant effects. Oxidative stress and inflammation are important in the pathophysiology of insulin resistance. We aimed to evaluate the effects of probucol on liver histological changes, serum and hepatic levels of adipokines in rats with high fat-induced...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Zhang X,Li Z,Liu D,Xu X,Shen W,Mei Z

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn) is involved in colorectal cancer (CRC) growth and is a biomarker for patient prognosis and management. However, the ecology of Fn in CRC and the distribution of intratumoral Fn are unknown. METHODS:We evaluated Fn and the status of KRAS and BRAF in 200 colorectal neoplas...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yamamoto S,Kinugasa H,Hirai M,Terasawa H,Yasutomi E,Oka S,Ohmori M,Yamasaki Y,Inokuchi T,Harada K,Hiraoka S,Nouso K,Tanaka T,Teraishi F,Fujiwara T,Okada H

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The aetiology of idiopathic portal hypertension or hepatoportal sclerosis is unknown. In view of the indirect evidence for underlying immunologic abnormalities 14 patients (all middle-aged females) were studied. Various auto-antibodies were demonstrated in seven patients and high levels of serum immunoglobulins, eithe...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tokushige K,Komatsu T,Ohzu K,Yamauchi K,Obata H

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) grade was developed as a new method to assess hepatic function. Sorafenib has been confirmed to be effective in improving survival in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this study, we investigated the impact of ALBI grade versus Child-Pugh classificatio...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tada T,Kumada T,Toyoda H,Tsuji K,Hiraoka A,Michitaka K,Deguchi A,Ishikawa T,Imai M,Ochi H,Joko K,Shimada N,Tajiri K,Hirooka M,Koizumi Y,Hiasa Y,Tanaka J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We designed an animal model in order to clarify whether Helicobacter pylori infection causes the gastric mucosal lesion frequently seen in cirrhotic patients. METHODS:Ammonia (NH3) solution was given to rats with carbon tetrachloride-induced cirrhosis. The gastric mucosal hexosamine (Hx) content and histopa...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sugimoto M,Machida Y,Ito K

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Pepsinogen (PG) method is widely used to identify high risk groups of gastric cancer. It is very useful before Helicobacter pylori eradication, but after eradication the method becomes useless because the PGI, PGII, PGI/II ratios change. Therefore, we aimed to identify a high risk group for gastric c...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Haneda M,Kato M,Ishigaki S,Suzuki M,Takahashi M,Nakagawa M,Ono S,Mori Y,Mabe K,Nakagawa S,Kudo T,Shimizu Y,Asaka M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Although capsule endoscopy (CE) is widely used as a first-line diagnostic modality for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB), the rebleeding rate after negative CE varies according to different studies. We tried to elucidate the outcomes after negative CE for OGIB and to determine the risk factor...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kim JB,Ye BD,Song Y,Yang DH,Jung KW,Kim KJ,Byeon JS,Myung SJ,Yang SK,Kim JH

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Nonattendance of outpatient colonoscopy leads to inefficient use of health-care resources. We aimed to study the effectiveness of using Short Message Service (SMS) reminder prior in patients scheduled for outpatient colonoscopy on their nonattendance rate. METHODS:Patients who scheduled for an outpa...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lam TYT,Hui AJ,Sia F,Wong MY,Lee CCP,Chung KW,Lau JYW,Wu PI,Sung JJY

更新日期：2020-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficiency of Helicobacter pylori eradication varies geographically, as do many parameters that might affect therapeutic efficiency. The aims of this study were to investigate the relationship between different genotypes of H. pylori and bacterium-related histopathological lesions in patients with duoden...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Zhao JJ,Wang JB,Yang L,Li Y

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy and safety of peginterferon alpha-2a (40 KD) (peg-IFNalpha-2a) plus ribavirin has not been reported for Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis C. The aim of this study was to evaluate this combination in treatment-naïve patients and in non-responders or relapsers to interferon monotherapy. ME...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kuboki M,Iino S,Okuno T,Omata M,Kiyosawa K,Kumada H,Hayashi N,Sakai T

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:A significant number of autoantibodies have been reported in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients. In the present study, our aim was to assess the role of disease and cell-specific antibodies, namely anti-adipocyte antibodies (anti-AdAb) in patients with NAFLD and non-alco...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Karrar A,Stepanova M,Alaparthi L,Lingam S,Younoszai Z,Zheng L,Malik KS,Younossi E,Monge F,Hunt SL,Goodman Z,Younossi ZM

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite steady progress in antiviral treatment for patients with chronic hepatitis C virus(HCV), many patients still have detectable serum HCV RNA levels by the end of interferon-based treatment and are known as virological non-responders. Re-treatment of these patients not responding to previous therapy remains chall...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Poo JL,Sánchez-Avila F,Kershenobich D,García-Samper X,Gongora J,Uribe M

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Endoscopic resection is highly effective treatment option for rectal neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) as they usually present as small localized tumors. However, there are no well-established surveillance strategies following endoscopic resection. We established our own protocol for the surveillance of r...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chung HG,Goh MJ,Kim ER,Hong SN,Kim TJ,Chang DK,Kim YH

更新日期：2020-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:We previously reported that hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) for liver preservation is feasible, but hepatic microcirculatory dysfunction and significant liver damage remain major obstacles in its application when the preservation is extended to 24 h. The underlying injury mechanism is not well un...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Xu H,Lee CY,Clemens MG,Zhang JX

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two intertwined compartments coexisting in nonpolypoid conventional (i.e. tubular or villous) adenomas are highlighted in this review: one built of dysplastic tissue on top and the other portraying crypts with irregular, corrupted shapes, albeit lined with normal epithelium, below. The latter compartment has remained ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Rubio CA

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the relationship between local immune response to Helicobacter pylori and the diversity of disease, 77 asymptomatic subjects who underwent a health examination were studied. Helicobacter pylori-specific IgG in serum and H. pylori-specific IgA in gastric juice were measured by ELISA, and the measur...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Watanabe T,Goto H,Arisawa T,Hase S,Niwa Y,Hayakawa T,Asai J

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis, a programmed cell death, was ignored, just like Helicobacter pylori, only to reappear recently. However, the number of current publications dealing with apoptosis or H. pylori has increased exponentially. Although gastric epithelial apoptosis is a programmed physiological event in the superficial aspect of ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Suzuki H,Ishii H

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00