Photodynamic therapy for human hepatoma-cell-line tumors utilizing biliary excretion properties of indocyanine green.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) is useful for assessing the recipients of liver transplants, namely, deceased-donor transplantation. The application of MELD for living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is under investigation. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyze the impact of the MELD sco...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kogure T,Ueno Y,Kawagishi N,Kanno N,Yamagiwa Y,Fukushima K,Satomi S,Shimosegawa T

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of simple ulcer of the colon in a 7-year-old girl is reported. Simple ulcer is clinically and pathologically recognized as a serious disease linked to intestinal Behcet's disease. Recently, some immunomodulators, such as thalidomide and antitumor necrosis factor monoclonal antibody, have been used to treat...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kasahara E,Yamagishi N,Tanaka M,Yashiro K

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:A 21-year-old man with diarrhea and edema was admitted to our hospital and diagnosed with protein-losing enteropathy caused by primary intestinal lymphangiectasia. He was placed, in turn, on a low-fat diet, an elemental diet, and, subsequently, fasting therapy with total parenteral nutrition (TPN) support. However, hi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kuroiwa G,Takayama T,Sato Y,Takahashi Y,Fujita T,Nobuoka A,Kukitsu T,Kato J,Sakamaki S,Niitsu Y

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the appropriate period for formalin fixation in order to detect p53 abnormalities in formalin-fixed tissue, we used seven surgically resected human colorectal cancer specimens. The immunohistochemical reactivity of p53 immunostaining and amplification of DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the p53 gene ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Matsubayashi H,Watanabe H,Nishikura K,Ajioka Y,Maejima T,Kijima H,Saitoh T

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric mucosal lesions are an important complication in endotoxemia. In order to define the role played by the vagus nerve and endothelial-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) in gastric mucosal blood flow, an investigation was carried out on four groups of rats: a control group; a group given lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 5 mg...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sakano T,Itoh K,Tanaka M,Arakawa Y,Matsuo Y

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The search is on to find more effective drug regimens for patients with severe ulcerative colitis, as conventional drugs such as sulfasalazine and its congeners fail to prevent relapse in a significant number of patients. Azathioprine has also been reported to be useful as a steroid-sparing drug in patients ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sood A,Kaushal V,Midha V,Bhatia KL,Sood N,Malhotra V

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:Little data are available regarding the effects of hepatitis virus serostatus and the severity of coexisting chronic inflammation on intrahepatic recurrence after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We investigated the extent to which these factors modified the prognosis of hepatectomized patients. A total...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yamanaka N,Takada M,Tanaka T,Yamanaka J,Yasui C,Ando T,Maeda S,Matsushita K,Okamoto E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our hospital, 83 patients with colorectal cancer underwent the immunologic fecal occult blood test (IFOBT). The positive rate for IFOBT in all patients was 87%. Colon cancers more proximal than the transverse colon were 100% positive. Carcinomas of the ulcerative type showed a significantly higher positive rate tha...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Iida Y,Munemoto Y,Miura S,Kasahara Y,Saito H,Mitsui T,Asada Y,Fukuoka K,Toya D,Tanaka N

更新日期：1995-04-01 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：:Prevention of human diseases has become a major focus of biomedical investigators around the world. Our current screening and treatment regimens for colorectal cancer are not effective, as indicated by the fact that this disease is the second leading cause of death from cancer in the United States. Recently published ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： DuBois RN,Smalley WE

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of the wide overlap between the groups, patients with reflux esophagitis (RE) cannot be distinguished from healthy subjects by basal lower esophageal sphincter (LES) pressure. The LES has radial asymmetry, with maximum pressure on the left side. It has been noted that one directional LES pressure, de...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Iwakiri K,Hayashi Y,Kotoyori M,Sugiura T,Kawakami A,Sakamoto C

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is controversial whether patients with gastric marginal zone lymphomas of mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) have higher risk of second malignancies. The aim of this study was to define the risk of second malignancies in these patients. METHODS:We analyzed prospective follow-up data of 146 consecut...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tajika M,Matsuo K,Ito H,Chihara D,Bhatia V,Kondo S,Tanaka T,Mizuno N,Hara K,Hijioka S,Imaoka H,Matsumoto K,Nakamura T,Yatabe Y,Yamao K,Niwa Y

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Additional surgical treatment after non-curative endoscopic resection for superficial esophageal cancer should be considered unless the tumor is pathologically proven to be categorized within the absolute indication of endoscopic resection. However, the significance of this treatment strategy has been poorly...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Saeki H,Watanabe M,Mine S,Shigaki H,Oya S,Ishiyama A,Tsuchida T,Fujisaki J,Baba H,Maehara Y,Sano T

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori induces chronic inflammation and intestinal metaplasia (IM) through genetic and epigenetic changes and activation of intracellular signaling pathways that contribute to gastric carcinogenesis. However, the precise mechanism of IM in gastric carcinogenesis has not been fully elucidated. We...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sue S,Shibata W,Kameta E,Sato T,Ishii Y,Kaneko H,Miwa H,Sasaki T,Tamura T,Kondo M,Maeda S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thrombocytopenia represents an obstacle for invasive procedures in chronic liver disease (CLD) patients. We aimed to estimate the appropriate dose and evaluate the efficacy and safety of lusutrombopag for the treatment of thrombocytopenia before percutaneous liver radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for primary he...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tateishi R,Seike M,Kudo M,Tamai H,Kawazoe S,Katsube T,Ochiai T,Fukuhara T,Kano T,Tanaka K,Kurokawa M,Yamamoto K,Osaki Y,Izumi N,Imawari M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Loss of imprinting (LOI) of the insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) is an early event in the development of colorectal cancer (CRC). Whether LOI of IGF2 denotes a molecular or clinical cancer subgroup is currently unknown. METHODS:Tumor biopsies and paired normal mucosa from 399 patients with extensive clin...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Belharazem D,Magdeburg J,Berton AK,Beissbarth L,Sauer C,Sticht C,Marx A,Hofheinz R,Post S,Kienle P,Ströbel P

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few epidemiologic studies have examined the role of nutrient intake in the development of pancreatic cancer in Japan. We addressed this association in a population-based case-control study. METHODS:The cases were 109 patients who were newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer between January 2000 and March 200...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lin Y,Tamakoshi A,Hayakawa T,Naruse S,Kitagawa M,Ohno Y

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In patients chronically infected with hepatitis B virus, interferon has been used for the purpose of viral suppression by loss of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) with or without seroconversion to antibody to HBeAg (anti-HBe). However, discussion about the effect of interferon on the development of hepatocellular ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Miyake Y,Kobashi H,Yamamoto 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：BACKGROUND:Gastric marker mucins (MUC5AC and MUC6) and intestinal marker molecules (MUC2 and CD10) have been used to determine the cell lineage of epithelial cell of gastric carcinoma (GC). METHODS:To clarify the characteristics of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated GC, 18 cases were immunohistochemically evaluated a...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Barua RR,Uozaki H,Chong JM,Ushiku T,Hino R,Chang MS,Nagai H,Fukayama M

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：:Anomalous arrangement of the pancreaticobiliary ductal system (AAPB), a congenital anomaly defined as a union of the pancreatic and biliary ducts located outside the duodenal wall, is a newly designated disease entity, and is frequently found in adult patients with gallbladder carcinoma (GBX). In the present study, th...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yang Y,Fujii H,Matsumoto Y,Suzuki K,Kawaoi A,Suda K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Japan, Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a very rare neoplasm. However, it does occur as one of the complications in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). AIDS-related KS commonly involves the skin, lymph nodes, and gastrointestinal tract. Hepatic KS is sometimes observed in AIDS patients at autopsy, but ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tanaka T,Masuda G,Takechi A,Kobayashi H,Tanaka S,Koike M,Hattori N

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To further clarify the clinico-epidemiological features of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) in Japan, we conducted the fourth nationwide epidemiological survey. METHODS:This study consisted of two stage surveys; the number of AIP patients was estimated by the first survey and their clinical features were asses...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Masamune A,Kikuta K,Hamada S,Tsuji I,Takeyama Y,Shimosegawa T,Okazaki K,Collaborators.

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Japan, there are few studies of long-term (more than 1 month) interferon (IFN) therapy for chronic hepatitis B (CHB). In this retrospective study, we investigated the efficacy and predictors of response to 6-month IFN therapy. METHODS:We analyzed 66 Japanese patients with CHB who were treated with IFN fo...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

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

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a pilot study of direct dissolution therapy of gallstones with methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), endoscopic transpapillary catheterization in the gallbladder (ETCG) was performed. Complete dissolution was seen in 8 out of 12 (66%) patients and partial dissolution was seen in 2 (16%) patients. In one of the 8 complete...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Uchida N,Nakatsu T,Hirabayashi S,Minami A,Fukuma H,Ezaki T,Morshed SA,Fuke C,Ameno K,Ijiri I

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies on the risk of osteoporotic fractures related to the use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have been inconsistent. One recent cohort study reported that there was an interaction between PPIs and bisphosphonates (BPs). Thus we performed a case-control study aimed at evaluating the risk of hip fractures...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lee J,Youn K,Choi NK,Lee JH,Kang D,Song HJ,Park BJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute and chronic pancreatitises are gastrointestinal inflammatory diseases, the incidence of which is increasing worldwide. Most (~ 80%) acute pancreatitis (AP) patients have mild disease, and about 20% have severe disease, which causes multiple organ failure and has a high mortality rate. Chronic pancreatitis (CP) i...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sato T,Shibata W,Maeda S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00