Efficacy of ursodeoxycholic acid in the treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C.

abstract：:A series of 51 patients with achalasia of the oesophagus treated by pneumatic dilatation between 1980 and 1988 is reported. Treatment was assessed as effective (no or minimal dysphagia) in 78% of patients, followed for a mean of 30 months. Thirty-four patients required only one dilatation and only two patients had mor...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Prewett EJ,Desmond PV,Breen KJ

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is a key regulator of vascular resistance, sodium and water homeostasis and the response to tissue injury. Historically, angiotensin II (Ang II) was thought to be the primary effector peptide of this system. Ang II is produced predominantly by the effect of angiotensin converting enz...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lubel JS,Herath CB,Burrell LM,Angus PW

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Bacterial metabolites produced in the bowel are potentially related to the genesis of colorectal cancer. Butyrate is protective against cancer, whereas hydrogen sulfide and oxygen free radicals can be toxic to the epithelium. The present study was designed to quantitate Eubacterium rectale, Faecaliba...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Balamurugan R,Rajendiran E,George S,Samuel GV,Ramakrishna BS

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Host genetic factors have been reported as influencing the progress to fulminant hepatitis (FH). Our previous data showed the serum level of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha influenced by gene polymorphisms to be markedly increased. It was investigated whether polymorphisms in the IL-10 gene, in add...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Takakura M,Tokushige K,Matsushita N,Hashimoto E,Shiratori K

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Although larger biopsies sample had been recommended for the study of non-invasive liver fibrosis assessment, few studies with larger biopsies for transient elastography (TE) detecting liver fibrosis had been reported. The present study tries to re-evaluate the performance of TE for detecting advance...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chen YP,Liang XE,Zhang Q,Peng J,Zhu YF,Wen WQ,Hou JL

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of phagocytosis by Kupffer cells has been shown to be related to the Ca(2+)-calmodulin and the actomyosin systems. However the role of the transmembrane signal transmitter, G-protein, is still unknown. In this study, a quantitative evaluation of phagocytosis by Kupffer cells of rats in culture and the ef...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Hirose M,Watanabe S,Ueno T,Kitami N,Sato N

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are involved in innate immunity. Certain viruses interact with TLRs and mediate antiviral effects as well as immune responses. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of TLRs on pathogenesis in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients. METHODS:Peripheral blood mononuc...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sato K,Ishikawa T,Okumura A,Yamauchi T,Sato S,Ayada M,Matsumoto E,Hotta N,Oohashi T,Fukuzawa Y,Kakumu S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:There are few studies investigating the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in current and former drug users. With this in mind, we sought to evaluate the antiviral efficacy of interferon alpha-2b (IFN alpha-2b) or pegylated-interferon alpha-2b (PEG-IFN alpha-2b) and ribavirin (RBV) in inj...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Grebely J,Raffa JD,Meagher C,Duncan F,Genoway KA,Khara M,McLean M,Mead A,Viljoen M,DeVlaming S,Fraser C,Conway B

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Multidrug resistance associated gene product 2 (Mdr2) is believed to have a significant role in biliary cholesterol and phospholipid secretions. Both pravastatin and bezafibrate resulted in Mdr2 induction, but increased cholesterol secretion was observed only in pravastatin treatment. To explore the ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kamisako T,Ogawa H

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three clinicopathological phases of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are identified. First, is immune tolerance of HBV. High levels of viraemia are associated with normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels and minimal histological lesions. More than 30-40% of hepatocytes have the hepatitis B core antigen (...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chu CM,Liaw YF

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations of leukemia occur in up to 25% of patients at autopsy, generally during relapse. Its presence varies with the type of leukemia and has been decreasing over time due to improved chemotherapy. Gross leukemic lesions are most common in the stomach, ileum, and proximal colon. Leukemia ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ebert EC,Hagspiel KD

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：:Patients with end-stage liver disease have significant mortality often associated with intercurrent episodes of bleeding or sepsis. Intact adrenal function is essential in such situations. In order to test the hypothesis that adrenal insufficiency might be present in severe liver disease, hypothalamic-pituitary adrena...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： McDonald JA,Handelsman DJ,Dilworth P,Conway AJ,McCaughan GW

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The incidence of colorectal cancer (CC) is increasing in many Asian countries, but decreasing in western countries. The present study examined the local incidence of CC in the past few decades. METHODS:A population based study, using data from Hong Kong (HK) Cancer Registry, was carried out to exami...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yee YK,Gu Q,Hung I,Tan VP,Chan P,Hsu A,Pang R,Lam CS,Wong BC

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The consequences of the association between the metabolic syndrome and cryptogenic cirrhosis are uncertain. We aimed to compare the differences in clinical outcomes between cryptogenic and non-cryptogenic cirrhosis. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was conducted in a large, single academic cente...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Mohammed OK,Mahadeva S

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans and Helicobacter pylori have evolved and adapted over tens of thousands of years. Yet peptic ulcer disease appeared to be rare prior to the 19th century. The prevalence of peptic ulcer disease increased between 1850 and 1900 and culminated in a cohort at high risk that was born at the end of the 19th century. T...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Roberts-Thomson IC

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The aim of this study was to assess the gastric histopathology and serum gastrin-17 and pepsinogens profiles in patients with duodenal ulcer before and after Helicobacter pylori eradication in a population with a very high prevalence of H. pylori. At the same time we assessed the role of H. pylori de...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Pimanov SI,Makarenko EV,Voropaeva AV,Matveenko ME,Voropaev EV

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Significant changes in hepatic haemodynamics occur after major hepatectomy, but the pathogenesis of this phenomenon is unclear. This study investigates the serum profile of prostaglandin and nitric oxide in the hepatic and systemic circulation before and after hepatectomy and the temporal relationsh...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lai OF,Chow PK,Tan S,Song IC,Soo KC,Aw SE,Yu WK,Fook-Chong SM,Satchithanantham S,Chan ST

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:First-degree relatives of colorectal cancer patients are at increased risk for developing colorectal neoplasms. In order to assess the potentiality of colonoscopy screening in this high-risk population, 213 asymptomatic family members (age range 30-69 years, mean 42.8 years) of those patients with colorectal cancer re...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wu CS,Tung SY,Chen PC,Kuo YC

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Mucosal injury caused by gastroesophageal reflux may result in changes in esophageal mucosal blood flow. Little is known about esophageal mucosal blood flow in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Here we examined esophageal mucosal blood flow and the effects of treatment in patients...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Mine S,Iida T,Tabata T,Okada Y,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Patients with advanced pancreatic cancer have severe pain, anxiety, and depression, and these symptoms deteriorate quality of life (QOL). Previous study reported that early psychiatric intervention for advanced cancer patients may improve QOL. We evaluated the trajectory of health-related QOL (HRQOL)...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sugimoto H,Kawashima H,Ohno E,Hayashi D,Kuwahara T,Morishima T,Kawai M,Suhara H,Takeyama T,Yamamura T,Funasaka K,Nakamura M,Miyahara R,Watanabe O,Ishigami M,Suzuki M,Kimura H,Ozaki N,Hashimoto S,Goto H,Hirooka Y

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic liver diseases. The plasma level of 8-isoprostane, a product of lipid peroxidation, is a marker of oxidative stress in vivo. The aim of the present study was to clarify whether the degree of lipid peroxidation, as measured by the plasma ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Konishi M,Iwasa M,Araki J,Kobayashi Y,Katsuki A,Sumida Y,Nakagawa N,Kojima Y,Watanabe S,Adachi Y,Kaito M

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The approach of a pediatric hepatologist in managing children with hepatitis C virus (HCV) differs from adult practice, because the pediatric hepatologist is dealing with the beginning of a chronic illness in which long-term outcomes will not occur for 20 or 40 years, and it is not possible to predict in the early sta...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Hardikar W

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Both medications with beta-blockers and isosorbide-5-mononitrate and endoscopic variceal ligation have been proven plausible in the prevention of variceal rebleeding. However, the relative efficacy and safety of the combined treatment for preventing rebleeding remains unresolved. METHODS:Patients wit...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lo GH,Chen WC,Chan HH,Tsai WL,Hsu PI,Lin CK,Chen TA,Lai KH

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs of 19-23 nucleotides that negatively regulate gene expression through binding to the 3'-untranslated regions of target messenger RNAs (mRNAs). Although the miRNA family constitutes only a minor fraction of the human genome, they hold fundamental importance in diverse physio...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Law PT,Wong N

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:To study the replicative efficiency and pathogenicity of hepatitis B virus precore variant (A1896), anti-hepatitis B virus e antigen (HBe) titre was studied in naturally occurring wild-type virus infection, A1896 variant infection and dual infection. Higher titre of anti-HBe was found in patients with no virus replica...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wen YM,Ma ZM,Tu G,Zhai WR,He LF,Yao X

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:No prospective data are available on comparing covered and uncovered self-expandable metal stent (SEMS) for reintervention of occluded uncovered metal stents during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in patients with malignant distal biliary obstruction. METHODS:From June 2010 to Novembe...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lee BS,Ryu JK,Jang DK,Chung KH,Yoon WJ,Kim J,Woo SM,Lee SH,Lee WJ,Kim YT

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of persistent ileitis following the refashioning of a Kock ileal pouch into a Brooke ileostomy for severe pouchitis is reported. Preserving the terminal ileum by a salvage procedure may not be a safe alternative to pouch excision with the formation of a new end ileostomy in the surgical management of pouchitis ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： de Silva HJ,Mortensen NJ

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension often develop complications relating to hepatic excretory dysfunction. The standard measurement of the hepatic excretion is the constant infusion indocyanine green clearance (ICGCI ) technique. The ICG 15-min retention test (ICG-r15) is faster, more pa...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Møller S,la Cour Sibbesen E,Madsen JL,Bendtsen F

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00