Second peak in the distribution of age at onset of ulcerative colitis in relation to smoking cessation.

abstract：:Sensitive and specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) were developed to detect separately the binding of polymerized human serum albumin (PHSA) to its antibody (A-PHSA) and to the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). A-PHSA was not detected in normal serum, whereas more than one-third to about half of sera...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Dash S,Panda SK,Nayak NC

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shunt surgery is considered to be the treatment of choice in patients with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension. There is little data on the effect of side-to-side lieno-renal (SSLR) shunt on oesophageal variceal size, splenic size and splenic pulp pressure (SPP) in patents with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension. We eval...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sharma BC,Singh RP,Chawla YK,Narasimhan KL,Rao KL,Mitra SK,Dilawari JB

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:This study examined the effects of adrenergic blockade on muscle wasting and expression of the ubiquitin-proteasome system, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and its signaling pathways in skeletal muscles of cirrhotic rats. METHODS:Cirrhosis was induced by bile duct ligation in adult male Sprague-Dawl...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lin SY,Wang YY,Chuang YH,Chen CJ

更新日期：2016-04-01 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:Palliative endoscopic or percutaneous biliary drainage is used for unresectable advanced hilar cancer (HC). The best option for drainage in Bismuth type III or IV HC has not been established. The aims of this study are to identify factors predictive of endoscopic stenting failure and evaluate the eff...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Jang SI,Hwang JH,Lee KH,Yu JS,Kim HW,Yoon CJ,Lee YS,Paik KH,Lee SH,Lee DK

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension is now recognized to be a rare association of liver disease and portal hypertension. This report describes the slow resolution of symptomatic pulmonary hypertension in a 33-year-old woman with cirrhosis who underwent isolated liver transplantation. The patient survived the surgery and perioperat...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Levy MT,Torzillo P,Bookallil M,Sheil AG,McCaughan GW

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) in the treatment of Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis C. Patients who failed to have sustained responses to interferon (IFN) therapy, refused to take IFN or were unsuitable for IFN treatment were enrolled into this study. ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lu CL,Chan CY,Hwang SJ,Lu RH,Lee SD

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brief periods of tissue ischemia produced tissue resistance to prolonged ischemia and reperfusion, a phenomenon called ischemic preconditioning. The mechanisms of ischemic preconditioning were examined in a rat warm ischemia-reperfusion model as well as the effect of ischemic preconditioning on liver regeneration. Isc...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Arai M,Tejima K,Ikeda H,Tomiya T,Yanase M,Inoue Y,Nagashima K,Nishikawa T,Watanabe N,Omata M,Fujiwara K

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effect of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) superinfection on the long-term outcome of Japanese subjects with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, we examined the presence of antibodies to hepatitis delta antigen (anti-HD) in serial serum samples collected from 1127 subjects with chronic HBV infecti...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tamura I,Kurimura O,Koda T,Ichimura H,Katayama S,Kurimura T,Inaba Y

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The treatment of patients with functional dyspepsia (FD) remains unsatisfactory. We assessed the efficacy of Zhizhu Kuanzhong (ZZKZ) capsule, a traditional Chinese medicine formula, in patients with postprandial distress syndrome (PDS) of FD. METHODS:The study was designed as a multicenter, randomiz...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Xiao Y,Li Y,Shu J,Li Y,Xu J,Ren J,Liu D,Wang J,Zhou L,Li Y,Tang G,Tian D,Zhang S,Hou X,Wang H,Li Z,Lv N,Chen M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Rejection of liver grafts is a difficult issue that has not been resolved. Preoperative replacement of liver cells in the graft with cells from the intended recipient may attenuate rejection. We investigated whether preoperative transplant of recipient bone marrow cells (BMCs) to the donor replaced l...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Endo K,Hori T,Jobara K,Hata T,Tsuruyama T,Uemoto S

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to evaluate some possible risk factors for the spread of hepatitis C infection a case-control study was undertaken. METHODS:The study population consisted of first time blood donors referred to the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and recombinant immunoblot ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Alavian SM,Gholami B,Masarrat S

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) remains a leading cause of death in the USA. Defining mechanisms for liver cell death in ALD in order to develop potential new agents for therapeutic intervention is a major focus of the authors' work. Abnormal cytokine metabolism is a major feature of ALD, and a thorough understanding of...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Barve S,Joshi-Barve S,Song Z,Hill D,Hote P,Deaciuc I,McClain C

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation of the pancreas has many presentations in children and adolescents. The etiology is often elusive, with a great number of cases being idiopathic. However, there have been a number of recent advances in the areas of cell biology, genetics and imaging technology, which should be highlighted. Herein is provi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nydegger A,Couper RT,Oliver MR

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) has been the only approved agent for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B in most countries, but this is rapidly changing. It is expensive, associated with frequent and unpleasant side effects, has limited efficacy and is ineffective in subjects with no/mild liver necro-inflammation. Loss ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Guan R

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following partial hepatectomy (PH), there is a rapid and highly orchestrated series of biochemical events which occur prior to cellular proliferation. Some of these events are presumably intimately linked with the eventual regeneration of the liver, whereas others are likely to be stress related or required for the co...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Brenner DA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T regulatory cells (Tregs) play an important role in the regulation of autoimmunity, autoinflammation, allergic diseases, infection, and the tumor environment. Different subsets are characterized that use a number of regulatory mechanisms. Tregs can influence the progression of inflammatory bowel disease and the devel...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： van Herk EH,Te Velde AA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Gastric cancer is a major health burden in the Asia-Pacific region but consensus on prevention strategies has been lacking. We aimed to critically evaluate strategies for preventing gastric cancer. METHODS:A multidisciplinary group developed consensus statements using a Delphi approach. Relevant dat...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Fock KM,Talley N,Moayyedi P,Hunt R,Azuma T,Sugano K,Xiao SD,Lam SK,Goh KL,Chiba T,Uemura N,Kim JG,Kim N,Ang TL,Mahachai V,Mitchell H,Rani AA,Liou JM,Vilaichone RK,Sollano J,Asia-Pacific Gastric Cancer Consensus Co

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Intestinal endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide) is thought to contribute to liver injury in both alcoholic and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) is an important mediator of this process and is considered central to the inflammatory response in NASH. This study aim...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kirsch R,Clarkson V,Verdonk RC,Marais AD,Shephard EG,Ryffel B,de la M Hall P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The high recurrence of hepatolithiasis and high operative trauma of hepatectomy necessitate new therapeutic approaches. Thus, this study was designed to (i) investigate the effectiveness of chemical biliary duct embolization (CBDE) for chemical hepatectomy; and (ii) to determine the mechanism of CBD...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Li FY,Cheng JQ,Li N,He S,Zhang MM,Dong JH,Jiang LS,Cheng NS

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Fucosylated alpha-fetoprotein (AFP-L3) is known to be a marker of poor prognosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, it has been difficult to measure AFP-L3 under low AFP (≤ 20 ng/mL). The aim of this study was to elucidate the role of AFP-L3 in HCC patients with low AFP conditi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nouso K,Kobayashi Y,Nakamura S,Kobayashi S,Takayama H,Toshimori J,Kuwaki K,Hagihara H,Onishi H,Miyake Y,Ikeda F,Shiraha H,Takaki A,Iwasaki Y,Kobashi H,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are over 500-750 000 deaths per year because of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related cirrhosis and liver cancer worldwide and the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region has some of the highest endemic levels of HBV in the world, particularly within China, South East Asia and Pacific Island Countries and Ter...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Howell J,Van Gemert C,Lemoine M,Thursz M,Hellard M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence and potential value of the detection of signs of portal hypertension by duplex Doppler ultrasound (DDU) of the ligamentum teres and portal vein in patients with known or suspected chronic liver disease and/or portal hypertension was studied in 136 consecutive patients undergoing clinical assessment incl...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Gibson PR,Gibson RN,Donlan JD,Ditchfield MR,Bhathal PS

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Non-invasive diagnosis of colorectal disease remains problematic, fecal biomarkers presenting the only current option. Colorectal mucus is the diagnostically informative element of stool samples, but its separation from stool is difficult. We aimed to: (i) test a novel method of non-invasive colorect...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Loktionov A,Chhaya V,Bandaletova T,Poullis A

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyanoacrylate injection is highly effective and is regarded as the treatment of choice in bleeding gastric varices in Europe, but intravenous injection of cyanoacrylate is not allowed in the USA and Japan because it may cause embolisms in other organs. Accordingly, we developed a new endoscopic combined trea...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yoshida T,Harada T,Shigemitsu T,Takeo Y,Miyazaki S,Okita K

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four types of materials, type I collagen coat (Coat), acid-soluble type I collagen gel (Hardgel), pepsin-treated acid-soluble type I collagen gel (Softgel), and an extract of extracellular matrix of the murine Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm sarcoma (Matrigel), were used as matrices to culture rat hepatic parenchymal cells, and...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Awata R,Sawai H,Imai K,Terada K,Senoo H,Sugiyama T

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:It has been reported that the branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) to tyrosine ratio (BTR) is a useful indicator of liver function and BCAA therapy is associated with a decreased incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, there has not been sufficient research on the relationship between BTR a...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

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

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Thiopurines (TPs) are effective in reducing clinical and endoscopic recurrence in postoperative patients with Crohn's disease (CD). However, whether TPs could prevent surgical recurrence (SR) remains unknown. We aimed to explore whether TPs could prevent SR and identify risk factors associated with S...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Guo J,Chen BL,Chen ZH,Luo XP,Qiu Y,Zhang SH,Feng R,He Y,Zeng ZR,Song XM,Ben-Horin S,Mao R,Chen MH

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is becoming an increasingly important health issue. However, there are no data on the change in prevalence of NAFLD within a population over time, especially in the mainland of China. The goal of this study was to estimate the pooled prevalence of NAFLD in the...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Li Z,Xue J,Chen P,Chen L,Yan S,Liu L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol induces Ca(2+)-dependent intracellular trypsinogen activation in the apical granular area via non-oxidative metabolites, such as fatty acid ethyl esters and fatty acids. Intracellular trypsinogen activation is a crucial initiating event in the development of acute pancreatitis, but the specific organelle in wh...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Petersen OH

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00