Body mass index and gastrointestinal cancer mortality in Korean adults: A prospective cohort study.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Uncoupling protein-2 (UCP-2) is a negative regulator of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. We investigated the effect of UCP-2 on disease progression in a murine dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis model, and the expression and distribution of tight junction (TJ) proteins, such as oc...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Zhang H,Kuai XY,Yu P,Lin L,Shi R

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of ethanol and its metabolites on collagen synthesis in cultured rat Ito cells and hepatocytes were studied. In cultured Ito cells, collagen synthetic ability reached peak values after incubation for 24 h and after 8 h in cultured hepatocytes. The distribution patterns of 14C-activity in each collagen frac...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tsutsumi M,Takada A,Takase S,Shimanaka K,Enyama K

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a mucin-producing cancer that has poor prognosis. Mucin 6 (MUC6) is a mucin that is normally co-expressed with the trefoil factor family-2 (TFF2) trefoil peptide. Both MUC6 and TFF2 have been reported to be involved in the progression of many types of cancers. The aim of t...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Thuwajit P,Chawengrattanachot W,Thuwajit C,Sripa B,Paupairoj A,Chau-In S

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) grade was developed as a new method to assess hepatic function. Sorafenib has been confirmed to be effective in improving survival in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this study, we investigated the impact of ALBI grade versus Child-Pugh classificatio...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tada T,Kumada T,Toyoda H,Tsuji K,Hiraoka A,Michitaka K,Deguchi A,Ishikawa T,Imai M,Ochi H,Joko K,Shimada N,Tajiri K,Hirooka M,Koizumi Y,Hiasa Y,Tanaka J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:This study was designed to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of esomeprazole combined with flupentixol/melitracen for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) patients with emotional disorders. METHODS Two hundred eighty-nine GERD patients with emotional disorders were divided random...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yu YY,Fang DC,Fan LL,Chang H,Wu ZL,Cao Y,Lan CH

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sarcomatous hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has a worse prognosis than ordinary HCC. The relationship between the malignant potential of sarcomatous HCC and cell proliferation or cell adhesion is unknown. This study was undertaken to clarify this relationship. METHODS:In 21 cases of sarcomatous HCC, includin...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nishi H,Taguchi K,Asayama Y,Aishima S,Sugimachi K,Nawata H,Tsuneyoshi M

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Although several molecular biomarkers for esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) have been shown to be useful disease indicators, none has been established as a reliable indicator for risk of EAC or have progressed to routine use. The aim was to identify biomarkers of high risk for EAC in patients with Barr...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Murao T,Shiotani A,Fujita Y,Yamanaka Y,Kamada T,Manabe N,Hata J,Nishio K,Haruma K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Endoscopic transmural drainage has been recognized as the first-line treatment for pancreatic fluid collection (PFC). Currently, three different types of stents have been extensively applied, including double pigtail plastic stent (PS), fully covered self-expanding metal stent (FCSEMS), and novel lum...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wang Z,Zhao S,Meng Q,Wang S,Chen Y,Wang F,Li Q,Yao J,Du Y,Jin Z,Bai Y,Li Z,Wang D

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The role of zinc in the nutrition and growth of children with chronic liver disease is poorly defined. The present study determined the serum zinc levels of children with compensated liver disease (CLD) and decompensated liver disease (DLD) and compared this with healthy children. Zinc levels were al...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Umusig-Quitain P,Gregorio GV

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Immunization against hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is recommended in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), particularly in those under immunosuppressive therapy. Limited data are available about IBD patient's response to HBV vaccination. We assessed the response rate to HBV vaccination ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Andrade P,Santos-Antunes J,Rodrigues S,Lopes S,Macedo G

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) occurs in patients with advanced liver cirrhosis and has a poor outcome. The aim of the present study was to investigate which patients with HRS are likely to benefit from hemodialysis. METHODS:Data were collected prospectively from 30 patients with Child-Pugh C liver cirr...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Witzke O,Baumann M,Patschan D,Patschan S,Mitchell A,Treichel U,Gerken G,Philipp T,Kribben A

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-dose aspirin (ASA) has emerged as one of the most important causes of peptic ulcer bleeding in developed countries. Among the risk factors of ASA-associated ulcer bleeding, Helicobacter pylori infection is one of the few that is treatable. Recent evidence showed that among patients with a history of ASA-associated...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chan FK

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Troglitazone is a newly developed antidiabetic drug and is indicated to be useful for the treatment of patients with type II diabetes mellitus. Recently, however, it became clear that troglitazone could cause liver dysfunction in some patients. In addition, a relationship between the activation of t...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Jia DM,Tabaru A,Akiyama T,Abe S,Otsuki M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Glypican-3 (GPC3) expression is correlated with poor prognosis and progression in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HCC progression can be associated with the differentiation status of tumor cell before malignant transformation. Our aim was to investigate the dynamic expression of GPC3 during tumor cel...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Xue R,Feng J,Meng Q,Lv F,Zhu Y,Yu H,Zhang S,Song C,Sun L,Yue Z,Feng S,Che R,Xiang Q,Jing X

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Epidemics pose a great challenge to health care of patients. However, the impact of unprecedented situation of COVID-19 outbreak on health care of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients in real-world setting has seldom been investigated. METHODS:We performed an observational study in a tertiary ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Zhang YF,Qiu Y,He JS,Tan JY,Li XZ,Zhu LR,Chen Y,Liu ZJ,Iacucci M,Chen BL,He Y,Ben-Horin S,Shen B,Zeng ZR,Ghosh S,Chen MH,Mao R

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:This prospective pilot study investigated whether it is possible to predict the therapeutic response in both the early phase (1 week) and sustained phase (4 weeks) before starting proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy for functional dyspepsia (FD) or non-erosive reflux disease (NERD). METHODS:We admin...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nagahara A,Miwa H,Asaoka D,Shimada Y,Sasaki H,Matsumoto K,Osada T,Hojo M,Watanabe S

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), a chronic inflammatory process affecting the extrahepatic and/or medium to large bile ducts, is not rare in children. It has features suggesting an autoimmune pathogenesis, although the mechanism of tissue damage remains unknown. The clinical presentation of childhood primary scle...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Roberts EA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several etiologic factors including hepatitis viruses, alcohol and aflatoxin have been implicated in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). There is, however, limited information from the Indian subcontinent. METHODS:Seventy-four consecutive cases of HCC were studied. A detailed history, tests ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sarin SK,Thakur V,Guptan RC,Saigal S,Malhotra V,Thyagarajan SP,Das BC

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Recent studies have shown that imbalance between tumor-infiltrating interleukin (IL)-17(+) T cells and regulatory T cells (Tregs) is an important regulator of progression in various cancers, but little is known regarding this imbalance in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study explored the role o...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Huang Y,Wang F,Wang Y,Zhu Z,Gao Y,Ma Z,Xu R,Du Z

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of carbon dioxide-enhanced ultrasonography (CO2-US) in the evaluation of viable hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) which were treated by transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE), percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI), or a combination treatment (TAE and PEI). Forty-o...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chen RC,Wang CK,Chiang LC,Lo HY,Duh SJ,Chen WT,Tu HY,Liao LY,Wang CS,Chen PH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Dysbiosis is thought to be relevant to the etiology and pathogenesis of Crohn's disease (CD). In this study, we investigated the abundance of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, as well as Bilophila wadsworthia, in the gut microbiota of Japanese CD patients. METHODS:Forty-seven CD patients and 20 healthy...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Fujimoto T,Imaeda H,Takahashi K,Kasumi E,Bamba S,Fujiyama Y,Andoh A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:According to reports in Japanese patients, 1 week of Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy alone is not adequate for healing of gastric ulcers; 7-8 weeks of anti-ulcer therapy are subsequently required. We compared a gastroprotective drug, sofalcone, and an H(2)-receptor antagonist, cimetidine, in...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Higuchi K,Watanabe T,Tanigawa T,Tominaga K,Fujiwara Y,Arakawa T

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:The exact pathogenesis of centrilobular necrosis following congestion of the liver is still unknown. We reviewed the clinical data related to systemic circulatory disturbance and histopathology of the liver and the gut in 320 autopsy subjects. Congestion of the liver alone was associated only with atrophy and loss of ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Shibayama Y,Urano T,Asaka S,Hashimoto K,Nakata K

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The clinical presentation of four children and adolescents (two males and two females with a mean age of 12.4 years; range 9-16 years) with colorectal spirochetosis is discussed. RESULTS:Symptoms included persistent diarrhea (n = 2), rectal bleeding (n = 1) and abdominal pain (n = 2). In all patients, colorectal s...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Heine RG,Ward PB,Mikosza AS,Bennett-Wood V,Robins-Browne RM,Hampson DJ

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Early endoscopic intervention reduces morbidity and mortality for patients with high-risk gastrointestinal hemorrhage and gallstones causing pancreatitis or ascending cholangitis. For low-risk bleeds 'after-hours' endoscopy services allow risk stratification and early, safe discharge leading to reduc...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Gibson R,Hitchcock K,Duggan AE

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Asia-Pacific Expert Committee on Hepatitis B Management recently reviewed the impact of hepatitis B in the region and assessed the differences and similarities observed in the practical management of the disease in individual Asia-Pacific countries. Hepatitis B is a major health concern in the Asia-Pacific region,...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Mohamed R,Desmond P,Suh DJ,Amarapurkar D,Gane E,Guangbi Y,Hou JL,Jafri W,Lai CL,Lee CH,Lee SD,Lim SG,Guan R,Phiet PH,Piratvisuth T,Sollano J,Wu JC

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Although several meta-analyses suggested that sequential therapy (SQT) is superior to standard triple therapy (STT) for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori, these results were mainly based on the studies from Italy. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of 10-day SQT for H. pylori infec...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yoon H,Lee DH,Kim N,Park YS,Shin CM,Kang KK,Oh DH,Jang DK,Chung JW

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the inter-observer agreement and validity of the LA Classification in scoring the severity of esophagitis in Asian patients. METHODS:Video endoscopy clips were selected from 45 consecutive patients participating in reflux studies. The videos were viewed by endoscopists who then independently scored th...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wong RK,Yeoh KG,Gwee KA,Tay HW,Ho KY

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00