Chromosomal aneuploidies and combinational fluorescence in situ hybridization probe panels are useful for predicting prognosis for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

abstract：:Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) of the liver is a rare benign lesion that probably reflects a local hyperplastic response of hepatocytes to a vascular abnormality. Currently, the natural history of the disease remains largely unknown. We present a patient with FNH of the liver who was followed up for 4 years. A 22-yea...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ohmoto K,Honda T,Hirokawa M,Mitsui Y,Iguchi Y,Kuboki M,Yamamoto S

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:We reviewed reports on the efficacy of clarithromycin in eradicating Helicobacter pylori. Reports on dual and 1-week triple therapy that included clarithromycin were analyzed to assess the eradication rates of H. pylori infection. Dual therapy with clarithromycin and a proton pump inhibitor achieved eradication rates ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Satoh K,Kimura K,Takimoto T,Kihira K,Taniguchi Y,Saifuku K

更新日期：1996-11-01 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：: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：: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:Better diagnosis of metastatic disease has been pursued by oncologists: however, many of the tumor markers have been still controversial. Our purpose was to estimate the usefulness of soluble E-selectin and its ligand sialyl Lewis A for more accurate diagnosis as a combined tumor marker for metastases in col...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ito K,Ye CL,Hibi K,Mitsuoka C,Kannagi R,Hidemura K,Ando H,Kasai Y,Akiyama S,Nakao A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the original publication of the article, the following errors were noted and corrected in this correction. ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Koterazawa Y,Koyanagi-Aoi M,Uehara K,Kakeji Y,Aoi T

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mucosal breaks induced by gastroesophageal reflux of gastric contents were more frequently found on the right anterior wall of the lower esophagus. Bleeding from esophageal varices may be also derived from gastroesophageal reflux. The circumferential location of the ruptured esophageal varices was evaluated ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Okamoto E,Amano Y,Fukuhara H,Furuta K,Miyake T,Sato S,Ishihara S,Kinoshita Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The causal association between diabetes and pancreatic cancer remains unclear in Asian populations. This study examined whether gallstones, a cholecystectomy, chronic pancreatitis and the treatment of antidiabetic agents affect the risk of subsequent pancreatic cancer for patients with diabetes in a Taiwanes...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lai HC,Tsai IJ,Chen PC,Muo CH,Chou JW,Peng CY,Lai SW,Sung FC,Lyu SY,Morisky DE

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From its pattern of metastasis and recurrence, gastric carcinoma can be recognized as a slow-growing malignancy whose local control is still the most important part of treatment. With application of asymptomatic population screening and awareness of the high risk of this disease among the general population in Japan, ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sasako M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At clinical scintigraphic examinations of the abdomen using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), we have observed a different distribution between the left and right main liver lobes of various radiopharmaceuticals. This was studied retrospectively in clinical patients. METHODS:Examinations w...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jacobsson H,Jonas E,Hellström PM,Larsson SA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been numerous reports that mucinous cystadenoma of the pancreas can transform to mucinous cystadenocarcinoma after cystenterostomy, but few authors have reported morphological changes long after cystenterostomy for mucinous cystadenoma. A 41-year-old Japanese woman had undergone cystgastrostomy at a nearby ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Masatsugu T,Yamaguchi K,Arima T,Chijiiwa K,Tanaka M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastrointestinal epithelium is a unique model for the study of mammalian stem cells. Not only does it have a highly stereotypical organization, its remarkable rate of self-renewal provides a daily readout of stem cell activity. The past decade has seen a major investment in developing technologies dedicated to rev...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lin SA,Barker N

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：: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:Gastric cancer stem cells (CSCs), which require activation of Wnt signaling to maintain their self-renewal and tumorigenicity, are proposed to be critical targets for effective therapy of gastric carcinomas. Gene therapies that are delivered by adenovirus of serotype 5 (Ad5) or chimeric 5/35(Ad5/35) adenovir...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang B,Liu J,Ma LN,Xiao HL,Wang YZ,Li Y,Wang Z,Fan L,Lan C,Yang M,Hu L,Wei Y,Bian XW,Chen D,Wang J

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) has been shown to affect the progression of various inflammatory disorders, including pancreatitis. To investigate the role of MCP-1 in acute pancreatitis and to seek possible therapeutic means, we evaluated the effect of a plasmid expression vector containing a dom...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ishibashi T,Zhao H,Kawabe K,Oono T,Egashira K,Suzuki K,Nawata H,Takayanagi R,Ito T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contrast-enhanced echocardiography (CEE) using agitated saline can detect intrapulmonary vasodilatation (IPVD) in patients with hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS). We estimated the pulmonary transit time of erythrocytes (PTT) by CEE, using microbubbles, and studied its relationship to arterial oxygenation in chr...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Katsuta Y,Honma H,Zhang XJ,Ohsuga M,Komeichi H,Shimizu S,Katoh Y,Miura H,Satomura K,Aramaki T,Takano T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It remains unknown whether Kupffer-phase images in Sonazoid-enhanced ultrasonography (US) can be used to predict hypervascularization of borderline lesions. Therefore, we aimed to clarify whether Kupffer-phase images in Sonazoid-enhanced ultrasonography can predict subsequent hypervascularization in hypovasc...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Inoue T,Hyodo T,Korenaga K,Murakami T,Imai Y,Higaki A,Suda T,Takano T,Miyoshi K,Koda M,Tanaka H,Iijima H,Ochi H,Hirooka M,Numata K,Kudo M

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neutrophil elastase (NE) is a major secretory product from activated neutrophils and a major contributor to tissue destruction. However, little is known about the pathogenic contribution of NE to ulcerative colitis (UC). This study was designed to investigate the contribution of NE by measuring NE activity i...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Morohoshi Y,Matsuoka K,Chinen H,Kamada N,Sato T,Hisamatsu T,Okamoto S,Inoue N,Takaishi H,Ogata H,Iwao Y,Hibi T

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory cells in the gastric epithelium and direct cell damage are important effects of H. pylori infection in causing gastroduodenal diseases. The aim of this study was to determine whether H. Pylori possessing the cagA gene and vacuolating cytotoxin activity (cagA+/tox+) has these toxigenicities. The detection ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kodama K,Fujioka T,Ito A,Kodama R,Nasu M

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:A case of heterotopic gastric mucosa in the fundus of the gallbladder is reported. A 23-year-old man, who had been healthy and asymptomatic, visited our hospital because of abnormal findings in a liver enzyme test given during a routine health screening. Ultrasonography demonstrated a highly echogenic polypoid mass in...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Uchiyama S,Imai S,Suzuki T,Arita A,Takeda K,Sujino H,Kameda H

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abrogating tolerance is a critical step in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease (CD). T cell-anergy is one of the main mechanisms of tolerance and is regulated by the gene related to anergy in lymphocytes (GRAIL). This study investigated the expressions and regulation of GRAIL in CD and murine colitis models....

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mukai A,Iijima H,Hiyama S,Fujii H,Shinzaki S,Inoue T,Shiraishi E,Kawai S,Araki M,Hayashi Y,Kondo J,Mizushima T,Kanto T,Egawa S,Nishida T,Tsujii M,Takehara T

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：:To evaluate the diagnostic utility of blood biochemical parameters in assessing degree of hepatic fibrosis, serum levels of aminoterminal type III procollagen peptide (P III P), type IV collagen (IV-collagen), 7S domain of type IV collagen (7S-collagen), and hyaluronan (HA) were measured in 54 patients with chronic vi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Takamatsu S,Nakabayashi H,Okamoto Y,Nakano H

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is responsible for more than a half of the cases of chronic viral hepatitis in Japan. About 20% of patients who are chronically infected with the virus develop cirrhosis about 20-30 years after the infection, with hepatocellular carcinoma developing in about 5% of patients a year. The...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chayama K

更新日期：2002-01-01 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:We recently reported that the presence of a papillary adenocarcinoma (pap) component was an independent risk factor for lymphatic involvement in endoscopically resected early gastric cancer (EGC). This study aimed to investigate the potential association between the presence of a pap component in EGC and lym...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sekiguchi M,Kushima R,Oda I,Suzuki H,Taniguchi H,Sekine S,Fukagawa T,Katai H

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00