Kupffer phase image of Sonazoid-enhanced US is useful in predicting a hypervascularization of non-hypervascular hypointense hepatic lesions detected on Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI: a multicenter retrospective study.

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：:Class II antigens are strongly expressed on the inflamed colonic epithelium in inflammatory bowel disease. However, the mechanism of this epithelial class II antigen induction is not fully understood. Increased activities of interferon (IFN)gamma, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)alpha, and interleukin (IL)2 have been shown...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Horie Y,Chiba M,Suzuki T,Kudo T,Kamata A,Iizuka M,Masamune O

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection with Helicobacter pylori is the main risk factor for development of gastric cancer. CD44 overexpression, especially that of variant 9 (CD44v9), has also been implicated in the local inflammatory response and metaplasia-carcinoma sequence in human stomach. We recently identified miR-328 as one of th...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ishimoto T,Izumi D,Watanabe M,Yoshida N,Hidaka K,Miyake K,Sugihara H,Sawayama H,Imamura Y,Iwatsuki M,Iwagami S,Baba Y,Horlad H,Komohara Y,Takeya M,Baba H

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide updated clinico-epidemiological information on chronic pancreatitis (CP) in Japan. METHODS:We conducted a two-stage nationwide epidemiological survey; the number of CP patients was estimated in the first-stage survey, and their clinical features were examined in the second-stage survey. We survey...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Masamune A,Kikuta K,Kume K,Hamada S,Tsuji I,Takeyama Y,Shimosegawa T,Okazaki K,Japan Pancreas Society.

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The (13)C-urea breath test (UBT) is a simple breath test for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection, but several factors have been reported to affect the results of this test. In this study, the effects of the antiulcer drugs used in Japan on the results of UBT were determined. METHODS:The subjects ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Murakami K,Sato R,Okimoto T,Watanabe K,Nasu M,Fujioka T,Kodama M,Kagawa J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interferon (IFN)-based therapy has been reported to reduce the liver-related mortality rate in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. However, predictors of survival and causes of death, including non-liver-related causes, have not been sufficiently investigated in chronic HCV patients who ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tada T,Kumada T,Toyoda H,Kiriyama S,Tanikawa M,Hisanaga Y,Kanamori A,Kitabatake S,Yama T,Tanaka J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correct name of the last author should be. ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kakuta Y,Izumiyama Y,Okamoto D,Nakano T,Ichikawa R,Naito T,Moroi R,Kuroha M,Kanazawa Y,Kimura T,Shiga H,Kudo H,Minegishi N,Kawai Y,Tokunaga K,Nagasaki M,Kinouchi Y,Suzuki Y,Masamune A,MENDEL study group.

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To examine gastric myoelectrical activity in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study comprised 11 female PBC patients (average age 53.4 years, range 43-70) and two aged-matched control groups: 11 (53.4 years, range 37-78) healthy women, and 10 female patients with chron...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kasicka-Jonderko A,Krusiec-Swidergoł B,Jonderko K,Musialik J,Gonciarz M,Błońska-Fajfrowska B,Gonciarz Z

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) partly exerts choleretic effects by modifying the function of the bile salt export pump (Bsep, ABCB11). UDCA induces insertion of Bsep into the canalicular membrane of hepatocytes; however, underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We aimed to elucidate molecular mechanisms behind UDC...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kagawa T,Orii R,Hirose S,Arase Y,Shiraishi K,Mizutani A,Tsukamoto H,Mine T

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：:Cold restraint stress (CRS) induced vagal-dependent corpus mucosal erosions with hemorrhage in rats. Aggressive factors such as gastric acid, pepsin, and high-amplitude contractions have been reported to be responsible for inducing the formation of gastric lesions. Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) microinjected int...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kaneko H,Taché Y,Kusugami K

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypersensitive esophagus (HE) is defined by endoscopy-negative heartburn with a normal acid exposure time but positive symptom association probability (SAP) and/or symptom index (SI) on impedance-pH monitoring, and proton pump inhibitor (PPI) responsiveness. Functional heartburn (FH) is distinguished by nega...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Frazzoni M,de Bortoli N,Frazzoni L,Furnari M,Martinucci I,Tolone S,Farioli A,Marchi S,Fuccio L,Savarino V,Savarino E

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although anemia is one of the signs of colorectal cancer, the relationships between histological findings and hematological findings other than hemoglobin level have not been adequately investigated. We investigated the relationship between hematological findings, serum iron, and histological findings in 358 patients ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sadahiro S,Suzuki T,Tokunaga N,Mukai M,Tajima T,Makuuchi H,Saito T

更新日期：1998-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Adiponectin has been shown to have suppressive effects on tumor development, but the expression of adiponectin receptors in tumor tissue has not been fully elucidated. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively evaluate the expression of two adiponectin receptors, AdipoR1 and AdipoR2, in gastric cancer ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Otani K,Kitayama J,Kamei T,Soma D,Miyato H,Yamauchi T,Kadowaki T,Nagawa H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ilaprazole (IY-81149) is a new proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) not previously studied in human patients with ulcer disease. This study evaluated and compared it with a reference PPI, omeprazole, in the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers. METHODS:This was a double-blind, parallel, randomized study. Patients a...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ho KY,Kuan A,Zaño F,Goh KL,Mahachai V,Kim DY,Yoon HM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the efficacy of the zinostatin derivative, the anti-tumor agent, styrene-maleic acid neocarzinostatin, in treating multiple small liver cancers, 29 patients with multiple hepatocellular carcinoma of 3 cm or less in diameter were treated with intraarterial injections of this high molecular weight agent, mixed...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

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

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The precise pathogenic mechanism of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug-induced small intestinal injury is still unknown. In the present study, we investigated the mechanism by which indomethacin induced mucosal injury by using an in vitro model of small intestine. METHODS:The colon cancer cell line Caco-2, ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Omatsu T,Naito Y,Handa O,Hayashi N,Mizushima K,Qin Y,Hirata I,Adachi S,Okayama T,Kishimoto E,Takagi T,Kokura S,Ichikawa H,Yoshikawa T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The most commonly used methods for bowel preparation are polyethylene glycol-electrolyte lavage solution (PEG-ELS) and sodium phosphate. Both are problematic in children. The use of bisacodyl together with fleet enema has been suggested as an alternative; however, its use without dietary restriction is infer...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shaoul R,Haloon L

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:5-aminosalicylate is a fundamental treatment for patients with ulcerative colitis with mild-to-moderate disease; however, evidence for 5-aminosalicylate treatment is unclear in some situations. This review discusses the clinical guidelines and previous studies, and highlights the following points: (1) Although rectal ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Naganuma M

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) could be curable by "immune rest" and correction of the genetic predisposition inherent in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. However, balancing risks against benefits remains challenging. The application of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) serving as a site-regulated "dr...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nagaishi K,Arimura Y,Fujimiya M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional-computed tomography (3D-CT) cholangiography is a 3D shaded surface display image of the biliary tract obtained by using helical CT after intravenous cholangiography or cholangiography per percutaneous transhepatic cholangio-drainage tube. We investigated whether 3D-CT cholangiography could provide a ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kinami S,Yao T,Kurachi M,Ishizaki Y

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective long-term endoscopic follow-up study was designed to examine atrophic changes in the gastric mucosa over time in Helicobacter pylori-positive patients. Over a period of 8-17 years (mean, 13.4 years) 22 subjects (5 men, 17 women, mean age, 55 years) without localized gastroduodenal lesions underwent ser...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sakaki N,Arakawa T,Katou H,Momma K,Egawa N,Kamisawa T,Yamada Y,Tu Y,Ishikawa C,Ishiwata J

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis in its early stage is an extremely difficult task. If the genetic predispositions are identified, it may help make possible the earlier diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis or the detection of patients at risk. There are two major hypotheses about the pathogenesis of chronic pancreatitis...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Naruse S,Fujiki K,Ishiguro H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of gallbladder cancer associated with a common bile duct neuroma, and a cystic liver lesion with histologic findings similar to an inflammatory pseudotumor, in a patient who had had no previous abdominal surgery. The patient was a 62-year-old man whose major complaint was fever. Ultrasonography a...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Akiyama T,Saito H,Kiriyama M,Tomita F,Kosaka T,Kita I,Takashima S,Matsunou H

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27-year-old woman with a 9-year history of ulcerative colitis involving the entire colon was admitted to our hospital in August 1992 because of bloody stools and left lower abdominal pain. She had been treated with sulfasalazine since 1983 and the colitis had been clinically quiescent or mild for 7 years. She had al...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Seo M,Okada M,Osamura S,Hara S,Umeno T,Maeshiro K,Yamada Y,Yuh K

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA) therapy for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients has been reported to reduce the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development. However, survival rates and causes of death in CHB patients either treated or not treated with NA therapy are unclear. Therefore, we investi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tada T,Kumada T,Toyoda H,Kiriyama S,Tanikawa M,Hisanaga Y,Kanamori A,Kitabtake S,Ito T

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00