Proinsulin Expressing Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas: An Underrecognized Entity.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Interleukin-36 (IL-36) is a recently described proinflammatory cytokine, characterized by the induction of inflammatory mediators. In the present study, we investigated the biological activity and the signal transduction of IL-36α in human pancreatic myofibroblasts. METHODS:The mRNA and protein expression o...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Nishida A,Inatomi O,Fujimoto T,Imaeda H,Tani M,Andoh A

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last 5 years have seen a dramatic increased interest in the field of exosome biology. Although much is unknown about the role of exosomes in human health and disease, disparate scientific disciplines are recognizing the highly conserved role that exosomes play in fundamental biological processes. Recently, there h...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Massoumi RL,Hines OJ,Eibl G,King JC

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Reprimo gene is a cytoplasmic protein belonging to a family of molecules controlled by p53 that inhibits cell cycle progression. Ectopic expression of Reprimo results in cell cycle arrest at the G2 phase. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of Reprimo expression on tumorigenesis of intraducta...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Nakazato T,Suzuki Y,Tanaka R,Abe N,Masaki T,Mori T,Ohkura Y,Sugiyama M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect on endogenous beta-endorphins of a new synthetic protease inhibitor was studied in acute pancreatitis. Pancreatitis was induced by the injection of autologous bile mixed with trypsin into the main pancreatic duct after ligation of the accessory duct. Plasma beta-endorphin concentrations and cardiovascular f...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Satake K,Hiura A,Ha SS,Nishiwaki H,Umeyama K

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of relapsing pancreatitis in a young man is presented. Stenosis of the main duct and cystic lesions of the tail of the pancreas were shown by ultrasonography, CT scan, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). After a wrong diagnosis of cancer, the pathological examination demonstrated an eosin...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Bastid C,Sahel J,Choux R,Payan MJ,Sarles H

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the role of nitric oxide (NO) in the development and progression of acute pancreatitis, we investigated the effect of different NO synthase inhibitors and NO donors on experimental pancreatitis in rats. Closed duodenal loop (CDL)-induced pancreatitis was produced in male Wistar rats, and the animals were tr...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Nishino T,Watanabe S,Oyama H,Fukuya Y,Hayashi N,Kobayashi M

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free radicals have been implicated in beta-cell destruction. pancreatic antioxidant enzymatic defenses provide significant endogenous protection from these highly cytotoxic effector molecules. In our colony of BB rats, the reliability of peripheral blood lymphocyte count (PBLC) as a predictor of diabetes onset was ass...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Roza AM,Pieper GM,Johnson CP,Adams MB

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we performed a detailed analysis of the immunoreactive (IR) patterns and tissue distribution of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), neuropeptide Y (NPY), and gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) in the feline pancreas by means of immunohistochemical and radioimmunological techniques. Immunoreactivity fo...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： De Giorgio R,Sternini C,Brecha NC,Widdison AL,Karanjia ND,Reber HA,Go VL

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), often coexpressed in cancer, are associated with poor prognosis. However, results from pancreatic cancer trials of their inhibitors were disappointing. This study delineated the role of COX-2 and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in a...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Toomey DP,Manahan E,McKeown C,Rogers A,McMillan H,Geary M,Conlon KC,Murphy JF

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Inoperable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is known to have an extremely poor prognosis. Although rare, there are some patients who have unexpected long-term survival, but the reason is not yet clear. METHODS:A total of 482 inoperable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma of 1602 patients diagnosed at Severance...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Jo JH,Chung MJ,Park JY,Bang S,Park SW,Chung JB,Song SY

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Tissue desmoplasia occurs in a number of disease states, but its molecular basis is poorly understood. To determine which genes are overexpressed in cells contained within the desmoplastic stroma of pancreatic adenocarcinoma and chronic pancreatitis, we undertook genetic profiling of microdissected tissue sa...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Binkley CE,Zhang L,Greenson JK,Giordano TJ,Kuick R,Misek D,Hanash S,Logsdon CD,Simeone DM

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review article has 4 major objectives to follow pancreatic physiology development more than close to 70 years of intensive and productive basic research. At first, the review will focus on secretion of the pancreatic enzymes with (1) the controls involved, (2) the interrelations existing between secretion and syn...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Morisset J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In autoimmune diseases, malignancies, and inflammatory conditions, a correlation of serum levels of CD44, interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2r), and neopterin with disease activity could be shown. AIMS:To assess the immune parameters in chronic pancreatitis in correlation to clinical data to evaluate the potenti...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Schlosser W,Gansauge F,Schlosser S,Gansauge S,Beger HG

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mammalian targets of rapamycin inhibitors (mTORi) are considered second-line immunosuppression agents because of associated increases in rejection and impaired wound healing. Recent reports indicate mTORi have been linked to improved survival, decreased inflammatory response in pancreatitis, and antiprolifer...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Siskind EJ,Liu C,Collins DT,Emery E,Steen E,Tran E,Stodghill J,Piper J,Jonsson J,Ortiz J

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) has been implicated as one of the numerous likely mediators of the systemic complications of acute pancreatitis. Recent suggestions that calcium (Ca2+) acts as a signal not only for TNF alpha release but also for TNF alpha action at distant sites led us to hypothesize that the c...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Hughes CB,el-Din AB,Kotb M,Gaber LW,Gaber AO

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the choice for performance of endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERP) could be tailored to findings on computed tomography (CT) in patients with suspected autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP). METHODS: Eighty-four AIP patients and 73 pathology-proven pancreat...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Kim JH,Kim MH,Byun JH,Lee SS,Lee SJ,Park SH,Lee SK,Park DH,Lee MG,Moon SH

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer presenting as acute pancreatitis is relatively uncommon. Pancreatic cancer should be included in the differential diagnosis of "idiopathic" acute pancreatitis, particularly in the elderly. The following case report describes a patient in whom pancreatic cancer presented as acute pancreatitis with pse...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Nugent CE,Lehman GA,Madura JA,Kopecky K

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are a family of ligand-activated nuclear transcription factors belonging to the nuclear hormone receptors. Troglitazone, a specific ligand for PPAR-gamma is shown to regulate not only lipids and glucose metabolism, but also cell cycle, differentiation, an...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Jia DM,Otsuki M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Nitric oxide (NO) is a potent nonadrenergic, noncholinergic mediator of gastrointestinal smooth muscle. We aimed to investigate the effects of new NO/cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) pathway-affecting agents at the sheep sphincter of Oddi (SO) in vitro. METHODS:Sheep SO rings were mounted in organ bath...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Sarac B,Durmus N,Bagcivan I,Altun A,Turan M,Sencan M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Between April 1992 and December 2000, 167 patients with pancreatic carcinoma were evaluated and treated in our department. One hundred eight patients (64.7%) with pancreatic carcinoma underwent pancreatectomy. Of these patients, 94 had histologically proven ductal adenocarcinoma. The overall postoperative ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Takai S,Satoi S,Toyokawa H,Yanagimoto H,Sugimoto N,Tsuji K,Araki H,Matsui Y,Imamura A,Kwon AH,Kamiyama Y

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human islets from an adult subject with nesidioblastosis were isolated and used to perform in vitro studies. Isolated nesidioblastotic islets showed an increased basal rate of insulin secretion (nesidioblastotic islets, 81.3 +/- 6.4 vs. control islets, from cadaveric organ normal donors, 10.2 +/- 0.9 microU/islet/90 m...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Conget I,Sarri Y,Somoza N,Vives M,Novials A,Ariza A,Fernández-Alvarez J,Pujol-Borrell R,Gomis R

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to perform an external validation of 2 Asian prognostic indices for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. METHODS:A score was calculated in patients treated with frontline therapy derived from the factors Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status, localization...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Haas M,Laubender RP,Klose C,Schulz C,Mansmann U,Boeck S,Heinemann V

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to clarify the clinical and pathophysiological characteristics of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and its subtypes (lymphoplasmacytic sclerosing pancreatitis [LPSP] and idiopathic duct-centric pancreatitis [IDCP]) seen around the world. METHODS:An international multicenter surve...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Kamisawa T,Chari ST,Giday SA,Kim MH,Chung JB,Lee KT,Werner J,Bergmann F,Lerch MM,Mayerle J,Pickartz T,Lohr M,Schneider A,Frulloni L,Webster GJ,Reddy DN,Liao WC,Wang HP,Okazaki K,Shimosegawa T,Kloeppel G,Go VL

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Endovascular techniques can now access the arterial blood supply of the pancreas in humans to enable therapeutics to reach the gland in high concentrations while concurrently avoiding issues related to non-targeted delivery. However, there is no way to replicate this in small animals. In a rat model, we ther...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Choi J,Wang J,Ren G,Thakor AS

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the use of acute pancreatitis (AP)-associated drugs in patients with AP, the relation between sales of these drugs and the incidence of AP, and the potential impact on AP severity and recurrence. METHODS:All patients with incident AP between 2003 and 2012, in a well-defined area, were retrospectiv...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Bertilsson S,Kalaitzakis E

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokines may regulate the process of immune cell infiltration that is often found in pancreatic cancer. In this study, we investigated the secretion of the chemokines [interleukin (IL)-8, monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, and RANTES (regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted)] in human pa...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Takaya H,Andoh A,Shimada M,Hata K,Fujiyama Y,Bamba T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) releasing capacity in whole blood stimulated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in patients with pancreatic cancer during the perioperative period, and before and after chemotherapy. METHODS:The current study involved a total of 39 pa...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Terakawa N,Satoi S,Takai S,Yanagimoto H,Takahashi K,Komiyama Y,A-Hon K,Kamiyama Y,Takahashi H

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and calcium on pancreatic exocrine secretion were observed using sham-operated and parathyroidectomized dogs. First, exocrine secretion of the pancreas stimulated with secretin and cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) was examined in vivo 3 weeks after parathyroidectomy. Secondly, ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Kuroda T,Shiohara E,Haba Y,Kaneko G,Hanazaki K,Kajikawa S,Iida F

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hypercytokinemia is known to occur in severe acute pancreatitis, suggesting that the production, deposition, and degradation of the extracellular matrix (ECM) occur actively as a result of the actions of the complicated cytokine network. AIMS AND METHODOLOGY:To examine the influence of cytokines and growt...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Nakae H,Endo S,Inoue Y,Fujino Y,Wakabayashi G,Inada K,Sato S

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic pancreatic cancer (PC) is an aggressive malignancy, with most patients deriving benefit only from first-line chemotherapy. Increasingly, the recommended treatment for those with a germline mutation in a gene involved in homologous recombination repair is with a platinum drug followed by a poly (ADP-ribose) ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Martino C,Pandya D,Lee R,Levy G,Lo T,Lobo S,Frank RC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00