Dabigatran Reduces Liver Fibrosis in Thioacetamide-Injured Rats.

abstract：:Radionuclide gastric solid-phase emptying was studied in 10 subjects with diabetic gastroparesis comparing the acute intravenous administration of cisapride (2.5, 5, 10 mg), placebo, and metoclopramide (10 mg). No hemodynamic or electrocardiographic changes were noted. While both cisapride and metoclopramide normalize...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： McHugh S,Lico S,Diamant NE

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of in vitro experiments was performed to test the ability of bovine and human lactoferrin to influence the growth of the gram-positive probiotic bacteria, Bifidobacterium bifidum, Bifidobacterium infantis, and Lactobacillus acidophilus, as well as the gram-negative enteric bacteria, E. coli O157:H7 and Salmon...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Griffiths EA,Duffy LC,Schanbacher FL,Dryja D,Leavens A,Neiswander RL,Qiao H,DiRienzo D,Ogra P

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large retrospective autopsy study of patients was analyzed to evaluate the major etiologic and pathologic factors contributing to fatal acute pancreatitis (AP). From an autopsy population of 50,227 patients, 405 cases were identified where AP was defined as the official primary cause of death. AP was classified acco...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Renner IG,Savage WT 3rd,Pantoja JL,Renner VJ

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our previous study has shown that MYO5B is downregulated in gastric cancer. However, the mechanism by which the expression of MYO5B was inhibited remains unknown. METHODS:Inspection of the human MYO5B locus uncovered a large and dense CpG island within the 5' region of this gene. Methylation-specific PCR (M...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Dong W,Wang L,Shen R

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phlebosclerosis of the mesenteric vein is a rare condition causing chronic intestinal ischemia, it has only been reported in Japan. A 56-year-old man with liver cirrhosis and hepatic tumor presented with phlebosclerosis of mesenteric vein without any abdominal symptoms. He was admitted for examination of suspected hep...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Oshitani N,Matsumura Y,Kono M,Tamori A,Higuchi K,Matsumoto T,Seki S,Arakawa T

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intestinal Behcet's disease (BD) is a specific subtype of BD. Effective drug therapy for intestinal BD remains elusive. AIMS:To investigate long-term outcomes and identify predictors of sustained response in intestinal BD patients receiving infliximab (IFX) treatment. METHODS:The medical records were revie...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Zou J,Ji DN,Cai JF,Guan JL,Bao ZJ

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To define the clinical significance of delayed postsphincterotomy hemorrhage, we reviewed 476 consecutive ERCP procedures performed over a three-year period. Of 250 patients who underwent endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES), five (2%) developed postprocedure hemorrhage, two of whom had immediate, self-limited bleeding that...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Gholson CF,Favrot D,Vickers B,Dies D,Wilder W

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Traditional endoscopic management of benign biliary strictures (BBS) consists of placement of one or more plastic stents. Emerging data support the use of covered self-expandable metal stents (CSEMS). We sought to assess outcome of endoscopic temporary placement of CSEMS in patients with BBS. METHO...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Irani S,Baron TH,Akbar A,Lin OS,Gluck M,Gan I,Ross AS,Petersen BT,Topazian M,Kozarek RA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transverse myelitis (TM) as a manifestation of an autoimmune disorder is relatively rare. In Sjogren's syndrome (SS), the occurrence of TM is remarkably uncommon. Only three cases have been reported associated with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Here we report the fourth case of TM occurring in association with SS a...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Anantharaju A,Baluch M,Van Thiel DH

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are associated with considerable direct healthcare costs. There have been few comprehensive analyses of all IBD- and non-IBD comorbidities that determine direct costs in this population. METHODS:We used data from a validated cohort of patients with inflamma...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Cai W,Cagan A,He Z,Ananthakrishnan AN

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disorder of unknown etiology characterized by fibrosis and vascular obliteration in the skin, gastrointestinal tract, lungs, and heart. Our aim was to investigate the autoantibody profile in patients with esophageal involvement of SSc and to describe the relationship bet...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Savas N,Dagli U,Ertugrul E,Kuran S,Sahin B

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of tetramethylammonium (TMA), a ganglionic stimulant, on gastric mucosal injury induced by 40% ethanol was examined. In studies I-III, rats were treated with intragastric vehicle or TMA (1 or 10 mg/kg). In study I, 1 hr after the treatment, 40% ethanol was given intragastrically. The length of the linear co...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Endoh K,Kao J,Baker M,Scremin OU,Leung FW

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate pancreatic exocrine function in uremia, 25 patients undergoing regular hemodialysis without clinical evidence of pancreatic disease and 25 healthy control subjects were studied by fecal elastase 1 and chymotrypsin. Abdominal ultrasonography and measurement of serum lipase, calcium, phosphate, and parathorm...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ventrucci M,Cipolla A,Middonno M,Racchini C,Simoni P,Afandi K,Grammatico F,Campieri C

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hepatic lymphoma is a rare disease. We report five cases here and summarize clinical and pathologic features of our own and reported cases from Western countries and Japan. The total number of cases was 68. The age of patients ranged from 7 to 87 years (median 55) with a male-to-female ratio of 3.1:1. Chronic ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ohsawa M,Aozasa K,Horiuchi K,Kataoka M,Hida J,Shimada H,Oka K,Wakata Y

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depletion of granulocytes and monocytes (GM) by selective apheresis (GMA) with an Adacolumn exerts an anti-inflammatory effect in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) or rheumatoid arthritis. However, the mechanism of the anti-inflammatory effect of GMA is not fully understood yet. We investigated the effect of GMA o...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Sakimura K,Omori T,Iwashita E,Yoshida T,Tsuzuki Y,Fujimori K,Konishi F,Yoshida Y,Anzai H,Suzuki H,Sugawara S,Takeda Y,Hiraishi K,Saniabadi AR,Ide T,Miura S,Ota S

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Although ampullary cancer is a relatively uncommon malignancy, it is frequently associated with biliary obstruction. Endoscopic biliary drainage is regarded as a palliative treatment of choice for patients with inoperable ampullary cancer. However, there are no data concerning choice of stent in thi...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Park SB,Kim HW,Kang DH,Choi CW,Ryu JH,Chu CW,Lee SY,Jeong YI,Yeo HJ,Kim EJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:COVID-19 has caused a backlog of endoscopic procedures; colonoscopy must now be prioritized to those who would benefit most. We determined the proportion of screening and surveillance colonoscopies appropriate for rescheduling to a future year through strict adoption of US Multi-Society Task Force (USMSTF) g...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Xiao AH,Chang SY,Stevoff CG,Komanduri S,Pandolfino JE,Keswani RN

更新日期：2020-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Obesity is a known risk factor for diverticulitis. Our objective was to examine the less investigated impact of morbid obesity (MO) on admissions and clinical course of diverticulitis in a US representative database. METHODS:We retrospectively queried the 2010-2014 Nationwide Readmission Database t...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Patel K,Krishna SG,Porter K,Stanich PP,Mumtaz K,Conwell DL,Clinton SK,Hussan H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), a type IV collagenase secreted by activated hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), is upregulated in chronic liver disease and is considered a profibrotic mediator due to its proliferative effect on cultured HSCs and ability to degrade normal liver matrix. Although associ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Radbill BD,Gupta R,Ramirez MC,DiFeo A,Martignetti JA,Alvarez CE,Friedman SL,Narla G,Vrabie R,Bowles R,Saiman Y,Bansal MB

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity has been associated with mucosal growth and injury, yet, little information is available on ODC activity during gastric ulcer healing. We measured ODC activity in the ulcer base submucosa and the surrounding mucosa at 1 cm and 2 cm and assessed ulcer surface healing and a histolo...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Marcuard SP,Silverman JF,Finley JL,Seidel ER

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormalities in the gastric pacemaker potentials occur in patients with impaired gastric emptying. It is unclear if treatment effects the underlying rhythm or if normalization of dysrhythmias is important. We examined the effect of cisapride using surface electrogastrograms and radionuclide gastric emptying studies o...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Rothstein RD,Alavi A,Reynolds JC

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasingly common among non-Caucasian populations, but interracial differences in disease characteristics and management are not well-characterized. AIMS:We tested the hypothesis that disease characteristics and management vary by race among IBD patients in an ethnicall...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Sewell JL,Inadomi JM,Yee HF Jr

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Studies have shown that celiac disease can affect individuals in all age groups. However, few studies have described the disease in the elderly. The goal of this study is to characterize celiac disease in the elderly by comparing to a population of young adults with celiac disease. METHODS:Review of a ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Mukherjee R,Egbuna I,Brar P,Hernandez L,McMahon DJ,Shane EJ,Bhagat G,Green PH

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) requires quantification of esophageal eosinophilia. AIMS:The aims of this study were to assess inter- and intraobserver reliability for measuring esophageal eosinophil counts and to validate a novel method of determining tissue eosinophil density using digitized h...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Dellon ES,Fritchie KJ,Rubinas TC,Woosley JT,Shaheen NJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hepatocyte expression of HBV surface, core, and x antigens (HBsAg, HBcAg and HBxAg), semi-quantitated by immunopathology, were correlated with clinical and virological data in 80 patients with chronic hepatitis B. RESULTS:Seventy patients were HBsAg positive in cytoplasm, 61 were HBcAg positive, including 45 i...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Chu CM,Shyu WC,Liaw YF

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal studies have shown that calcium blocking drugs decrease lower esophageal sphincter pressure and inhibit peristaltic amplitude and duration. In a single-dose acute study, we compared the effects of a new oral calcium blocker, diltiazem (90, 120, 150 mg) with placebo in five volunteers and 10 patients with chest ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Richter JE,Spurling TJ,Cordova CM,Castell DO

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared women with irritable bowel syndrome who had a history of an anxiety or depressive disorder to those without symptoms of either disorder on indicators of cardiac parasympathetic activity, autonomic nervous system balance, and general autonomic activity. The Diagnostic Interview Schedule was used to ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Jarrett ME,Burr RL,Cain KC,Hertig V,Weisman P,Heitkemper MM

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired gallbladder emptying is one of the various factors suggested to be involved in the pathogenesis of gallstones. The present study was undertaken to determine whether gallbladder emptying, endogenous cholecystokinin (CCK) secretion, or their interrelation is altered in patients with gallstones. After intraduode...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Masclee AA,Jansen JB,Driessen WM,Geuskens LM,Lamers CB

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is activated in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and vitamin D deficiency aggravates the development of colitis, but the relationship between the local colonic RAS and vitamin D is unclear with regard to the pathogenesis of IBD. AIMS:To investigate whether vitamin D suppr...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Wei X,Li X,Du J,Ge X,Sun Y,Li X,Xun Z,Liu W,Wang ZY,Li YC

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autofluorescence imaging (AFI), which is a "red flag" technique during Barrett's surveillance, is associated with significant false positive results. The aim of this study was to assess the inter-observer agreement (IOA) in identifying AFI-positive lesions and to assess the overall accuracy of AFI. METHODS:...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Mannath J,Subramanian V,Telakis E,Lau K,Ramappa V,Wireko M,Kaye PV,Ragunath K

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00