Long-term prognosis of patients with hepatitis B infection: causes of death and utility of nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy.

abstract：:Adenocarcinoma of the small intestine is uncommon. Due to this paucity and the lack of specificity of symptoms, patients are usually seen late in the course of their illness, when curative therapy, mainly represented by extensive surgical resection, is unlikely. The authors report a case of primary well-differentiated...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Koyama S,Araki M,Yuhara K,Murata Y,Fukutomi H,Atake S,Gohongi T,Yuzawa K,Fukao K,Kikuchi M

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) has been thought to be preferable regardless of the site of biliary strictures, e.g., distal or proximal strictures because PBD by endoscopy or interventional radiology decreases postoperative mortality and morbidity rates. However, recently, several studies have revealed that PBD s...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Umeda J,Itoi T

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Dieulafoy's vascular malformation of the jejunum treated by laparoscopic surgery is described. The patient was a 31-year-old-woman who had complained of melena and had severe anemia needing blood transfusion. Angiography revealed microaneurysms and hypervascularity of the jejunum in the area between the firs...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mino A,Ogawa Y,Ishikawa T,Uchima Y,Yamazaki M,Nakamura S,Yukawa T,Matsumoto T,Arakawa T,Hirakawa K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA) plasma levels in patients with various chronic liver diseases, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), also measuring these levels in healthy volunteers. Plasma u-PA levels in the group of patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis (mean modified Pugh score of...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sato S,Higashi T,Ouguchi S,Hino N,Tsuji T

更新日期：1994-12-01 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：:Chronic pancreatitis is a chronic clinical disorder characterized by irreversible damage to the pancreas and the development of histologic evidence of inflammation and fibrosis, and eventually the destruction and permanent loss of exocrine and endocrine tissue. A nationwide survey in Japan revealed an increase in the ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Otsuki M

更新日期：2003-01-01 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:The ideal medication for the treatment of acid-related diseases, for example, hemorrhagic ulcers and stress-related gastric bleeding, should have a rapid onset of action to promote hemostasis and alleviate symptoms. The aim of our study was to investigate the inhibitory effects on gastric acid secretion afte...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Abe Y,Inamori M,Togawa J,Kikuchi T,Muramatsu K,Chiguchi G,Kawamura H,Kobayashi N,Kirikoshi H,Sakaguchi T,Takamura T,Nakajima A,Ueno N,Sekihara H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endoscopic transpapillary brush cytology and forceps biopsy are widely used for the pathological diagnosis of suspected malignant biliary strictures (MBS). However, the sensitivity of these methods remains insufficient, and it can be difficult to confirm the diagnosis. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic abi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ohshima Y,Yasuda I,Kawakami H,Kuwatani M,Mukai T,Iwashita T,Doi S,Nakashima M,Hirose Y,Asaka M,Moriwaki H

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Innate immunity mechanisms have been shown to play a paramount role in organ transplantation. Our aim was to investigate the hypothesis that activation of the interferon system may affect clinically relevant outcomes, such as acute rejection and/or early fibrosis progression, after liver transplantation. ME...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Minisini R,Giarda P,Grossi G,Bitetto D,Toniutto P,Falleti E,Avellini C,Occhino G,Fabris C,Pirisi M

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：PURPOSE:Recent routine testing for liver function and anti-mitochondrial antibodies has increased the number of newly diagnosed patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). This study investigated the prognosis of asymptomatic PBC patients, focusing on age difference, to clarify its effect on the prognosis of PBC pat...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kubota J,Ikeda F,Terada R,Kobashi H,Fujioka S,Okamoto R,Baba S,Morimoto Y,Ando M,Makino Y,Taniguchi H,Yasunaka T,Miyake Y,Iwasaki Y,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:In elderly patients with superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), the optimal treatment strategy after non-curative endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) remains unclear. We aimed to evaluate the validity of additional treatments after non-curative ESD and post-ESD survival predictors in elder...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakajo K,Abe S,Oda I,Ishihara R,Tanaka M,Yoshio T,Katada C,Yano T

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 13-year-old girl who presented with hepatic failure and hemolytic anemia. Laboratory findings showed a normal serum copper level (104 microg/dl), high urinary copper level (2370 microg/dl), and low serum ceruloplasmin level (14.3 microg/dl). Slit-lamp examination revealed Kayser-Fleischer rings on her corn...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sakaida I,Kawaguchi K,Kimura T,Tamura F,Okita K

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:The chemotactic activity of Helicobacter pylori is important for its colonization. H. pylori exhibited chemotactic responses to urea and potassium bicarbonate, which can be supplied from human gastric epithelium. The chemotactic activities of H. pylori in a fluid environment were higher on the urease-positive strain t...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yoshiyama H,Nakamura H,Kimoto M,Okita K,Nakazawa T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polymorphisms in the gene for interleukin 1beta (IL-1B) have been found to increase the risks of gastric cancer and its precursors in response to Helicobacter pylori infection in white populations. however, there has been no independent confirmation of the role of IL-1B markers in gastric cancer patients fro...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lee KA,Ki CS,Kim HJ,Sohn KM,Kim JW,Kang WK,Rhee JC,Song SY,Sohn TS

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At present, squamous cell carcinoma accounts for most esophageal cancers in Japan; however, there is concern that the incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma in Japan is increasing in comparison to Western countries. Akita Prefecture, with a population of 1 million, has the highest rate of esophageal cancer-a...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Koizumi S,Motoyama S,Iijima K

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the role played by hepatic sinusoidal cells in the regulation of the circulatory status in the liver, the effect of endothelins (ETs) on primary-cultured stellate cells was examined. Kinetic analysis with 125I-labeled ET-1 revealed that stellate cells have ET receptors with a Kd value of 141 pM and a Bmax...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kawada N,Kuroki T,Kobayashi K,Inoue M,Kaneda K,Decker K

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strain differences in the susceptibility of rats to induction of intestinal metaplasia by X-irradiation were examined. The gastric regions of 5-week-old males of five inbred strains of rats (F344/NSlc, Copenhagen, Buffalo/NacJcl, and ACI/NHos) and three strains of randomly bred rats (HOS:Donryu, Slc:Wistar, Slc:SD) we...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Watanabe H,Fujimoto N,Masaoka Y,Ohtaki M,Ito A

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The abnormal expression of several genes is involved in the development of colorectal tumors. The aim of this study was to examine the expression of KAI1, CAR, and Smad4, which has been associated with the progression of other cancers. METHODS:We examined 12 adenomas, 38 primary carcinomas, 10 liver metastases...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mikami T,Ookawa K,Shimoyama T,Fukuda S,Saito H,Munakata A

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is considered to be a pancreatic lesion of IgG4-related systemic disease, but about 20% of AIP patients do not have elevated serum IgG4 levels. This study aimed to clarify the pathophysiology of AIP patients without elevated serum IgG4 levels. METHODS:Fifty-eight AIP patients w...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kamisawa T,Takuma K,Tabata T,Inaba Y,Egawa N,Tsuruta K,Hishima T,Sasaki T,Itoi T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) presented with a relapsing attack of acute pancreatitis. Evaluation using computed tomography, ultrasonography, and duodenoscopy revealed an ampullary adenoma, which was classified as Spigelman's stage III according to Spigelman's criteria. The patient underwent a py...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Murakami Y,Uemura K,Hayashidani Y,Sudo T,Sueda T

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to determine whether the prevalence of vacuolating cytotoxin production differed among Helicobacter pylori isolates obtained from patients with chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer, or duodenal ulcer. We examined the vacuolating cytotoxin production of 114 clinical H. pylori isolates in rabbit gastic epi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kodama K,Fujioka T,Ito A,Kubota T,Murakami K,Nasu M

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Styrene-maleic acid neocarzinostatin (SMANCS) sometimes causes hepatic vascular side effects, including arterial stricture, obstruction, and arterio-portal shunt. A total of 128 intra-arterial SMANCS injection treatments, performed for 89 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, were analyzed to determine the relations...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ikeda K,Saitoh S,Kobayashi M,Suzuki Y,Suzuki F,Tsubota A,Arase Y,Chayama K,Murashima N,Kumada H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several components of the gastrointestinal tract including the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) show circumferential asymmetry in the formation of pathological lesions, which is caused by the morphological and functional asymmetry of the gastrointestinal tract. Pressure in the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) is higher ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kinoshita Y,Furuta K,Adachi K,Amano Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although esophageal candidiasis is the most common form of Candida infection in the gastro-intestinal tract, little attention has been directed toward determining the mechanism of its infection. We have already clarified the existence of four modes of adherence of Candida albicans to the esophagus; attachment, subepit...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hoshika K,Mine H

更新日期：1994-02-01 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：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