Campylobacter pylori infection: experience in a multiracial population.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:We previously reported that hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) for liver preservation is feasible, but hepatic microcirculatory dysfunction and significant liver damage remain major obstacles in its application when the preservation is extended to 24 h. The underlying injury mechanism is not well un...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Xu H,Lee CY,Clemens MG,Zhang JX

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been reported to be detectable in about 10% of gastric carcinomas. We performed a comparative study of endosonographic findings of EBV-positive and -negative early gastric carcinomas. Epstein-Barr virus was detected in 11.8% (four of 34) of endosonographically observed early gastric ca...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nishikawa J,Yanai H,Mizugaki Y,Takada K,Tada M,Okita K

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:In Japan, peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is treated clinically with a combination of a mucosal protectant and acid suppressants, but there is scant information regarding the effects of these drugs on normal gastric mucus cells. In the present study, the effects of co-administration of methylmethionine su...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ichikawa T,Ito Y,Saegusa Y,Iwai T,Goso Y,Ikezawa T,Ishihara K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aetiology of idiopathic portal hypertension or hepatoportal sclerosis is unknown. In view of the indirect evidence for underlying immunologic abnormalities 14 patients (all middle-aged females) were studied. Various auto-antibodies were demonstrated in seven patients and high levels of serum immunoglobulins, eithe...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tokushige K,Komatsu T,Ohzu K,Yamauchi K,Obata H

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Although endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy is widely applied, there is no clear consensus on the optimal biopsy technique. We described a modified wet suction technique (MWEST) with the aim to compare the efficacy and safety between MWEST and the dry suction technique (DST). METHODS:In...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tong T,Tian L,Deng M,Liu Y,Yang Y,Yin H,Long X,Pan S,Yang Z,Luo W,Nie K,Meng X,Xiao M,Wu X,Zhang C,Wang X

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) related complication is rarely reported. A case is presented of a 74 year old man with oesophageal variceal bleeding who developed oesophageal perforation following EVL and balloon tamponade. An oesophageal wall defect was induced by EVL and tissue repair was hindered by decompensate...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Hou MC,Lin HC,Chang FY,Lee FY,Chen TS,Lee SD

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A seroepidemiological study was performed to clarify the prevalence of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection among the general population in the Irabu islands, Okinawa, Japan. Of 2028 healthy people examined who had received their annual health check-up in 1994-95, 195 (9.6%) were positive for hepatitis B surface anti...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sakugawa H,Nakasone H,Shokita H,Kawakami Y,Nakachi N,Adaniya H,Mizushima T,Nakayoshi T,Kinjo F,Saito A,Taira M,Takaesu H,Onga N

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The bacterial beta-glucuronidase (bBG) can deconjugate conjugated bilirubin to form calcium bilirubinate gallstone. Yet, the role of the human biliary beta-glucuronidase (hBG) in the pathogenesis of pigment gallstone formation still remains unsolved. METHODS:Hepatic bile was collected from bile-duc...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chen CY,Shiesh SC,Tsao HC,Lin XZ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined Na+/H+ ion exchange of caecal and colonic mucus. Two distinct Na+/H+ ion exchange populations of caecal mucus were identified, one group being a cation exchanger and the other an anion exchanger, suggesting that caecal mucus has ampholyte properties responsive to changing physical and chemical prop...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Duncan CE,Tasman-Jones C

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The aim of the present study was to compare the therapeutic efficacy of three different regimens in childhood chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection. METHODS:A total of 182 children with CHB infection were prospectively allocated to three random groups. Sixty-two patients in the first group received hi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Dikici B,Ozgenc F,Kalayci AG,Targan S,Ozkan T,Selimoglu A,Doganci T,Kansu A,Tosun S,Arslan N,Kasirga E,Bosnak M,Haspolat K,Buyukgebiz B,Aydogdu S,Girgin N,Yagci RV

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The most effective schedule of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) administration and the optimal timing of endoscopy in acute peptic ulcer bleeding remain uncertain. The aim of this study was to determine the most efficient PPI regimen and optimal timing of endoscopy. METHODS:  Consecutive patients with su...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Liu N,Liu L,Zhang H,Gyawali PC,Zhang D,Yao L,Yang Y,Wu K,Ding J,Fan D

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Common endoscopic findings in stomachs with Helicobacter pylori infections include antral nodularity, thickened gastric folds, and visible submucosal vessels. These findings are suggestive but not diagnostic of H. pylori infection. Magnifying endoscopy can reveal more precisely the abnormal mucosal p...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Cho JH,Chang YW,Jang JY,Shim JJ,Lee CK,Dong SH,Kim HJ,Kim BH,Lee TH,Cho JY

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing burden in digestive cancer in the coming years. With the advancement of endoscopic therapy, new molecular target therapy and minimally invasive ablation therapy, the treatment of digestive cancer will become more complicated. In Asia where gastric cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma are still pr...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sung J

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frequent viral breakthroughs limit the usefulness of lamivudine in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB). The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of precore stop codon mutation (G to A mutation at nucleotide 1896; A(1896)) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) on the occurrence of viral breakt...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Shin JW,Chung YH,Choi MH,Kim JA,Ryu SH,Jang MK,Kim IS,Park NH,Lee HC,Lee YS,Suh DJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:We aimed to investigate the ability of fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) to detect synchronous neoplasms, specifically obstructive colorectal cancer (CRC) and CRC in the proximal colon and to suggest a management strategy based on FDG PET/CT fi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kim WS,Lee HS,Lee JM,Kwak MS,Hwang SW,Park SH,Yang DH,Kim KJ,Myung SJ,Yang SK,Byeon JS

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:In high or moderate risk populations, periodic surveillance of patients at risk of progression from gastric precursor lesions (PL) to gastric cancer (GC) is the most effective strategy for reducing the burden of GC. Incomplete type of intestinal metaplasia (IIM) may be considered as the best candidat...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： González CA,Sanz-Anquela JM,Companioni O,Bonet C,Berdasco M,López C,Mendoza J,Martín-Arranz MD,Rey E,Poves E,Espinosa L,Barrio J,Torres MÁ,Cuatrecasas M,Elizalde I,Bujanda L,Garmendia M,Ferrández Á,Muñoz G,Andreu V

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Although rabeprazole (RPZ), a proton pump inhibitor, has been reported to have a bactericidal effect on Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), no studies have been conducted regarding the effect of RPZ on gastric mucosal lesion formation caused by this bacterium. In the present study, we investigated the e...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Suzuki H,Miyazawa M,Nagahashi S,Sato M,Bessho M,Nagata H,Miura S,Ishii H

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Data about the efficacy of de novo combination therapies, or optimization strategy by adding the other drug based on the virological response at week 24 of low genetic barrier antiviral agents is still limited. This study aimed to compare the efficacy at week 104 of lamivudine monotherapy (MONO), lam...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Liang X,Cheng J,Sun Y,Chen X,Li T,Wang H,Jiang J,Chen X,Long H,Tang H,Yu Y,Sheng J,Chen S,Niu J,Ren H,Shi J,Dou X,Wan M,Jiang J,Xie Q,Shi G,Ning Q,Chen C,Tan D,Ma H,Sun J,Jia J,Zhuang H,Hou J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To ascertain whether acid inhibition or Helicobacter pylori (HP) colonization is the decisive factor in the healing of duodenal ulcer, we treated 54 patients with famotidine and carried out long-term follow-up. Helicobacter pylori colonization was found in 70.4% of patients before treatment. There were no differences ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lai KH,Chang FY,Tsay SH,Lu LC,Cheng JT,Jeng SS,Wu TC,Ng WW,Jeng JS,Lee SD

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:In mice and humans, the gastric epithelial progenitors undergo proliferation and bipolar migration from the isthmus associated with their differentiation into mucus-, acid- and pepsinogen-secreting cell lineages. Little is known about factors that control the dynamics of these isthmal progenitor cell...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Karam SM,Hassan WM,John R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:This study was designed to determine whether non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), with or without metabolic syndrome (MetS), is a risk factor for cancer development. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective longitudinal study at the Center for Preventive Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yamamoto K,Ikeya T,Okuyama S,Fukuda K,Kobayashi D

更新日期：2020-11-17 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：:The effects of camostat mesilate, a synthetic serine protease inhibitor on gastric microcirculation and active oxygen species generated by leucocytes from the gastric and jugular veins in the early period after thermal injury were assessed. Male Wistar rats were anaesthetized and a 30% full skin-thickness dorsal burn ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yoshida M,Wakabayashi G,Ishikawa H,Otani Y,Shimazu M,Kubota T,Kumal K,Kurose I,Miura S,Ishii H,Kitajima M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is a tryptophan catabolic enzyme. Recent studies have focused on the immunoregulatory role of IDO in mononuclear cells. The role of IDO in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines and HCC patients was examined. METHODS:The expression of IDO mRNA in peripheral blood mononuc...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ishio T,Goto S,Tahara K,Tone S,Kawano K,Kitano S

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of a younger age at the time of ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) on functional outcome and quality of life in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). METHOD:A total of 105 patients with FAP who had undergone IPAA were retrieved from a...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Erkek AB,Church JM,Remzi FH

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori is present in infected patients not only on the gastric epithelial cell surface but also in gastric mucus. We developed a competitive polymerase chain reaction (cPCR) method for quantitative measurement of H. pylori in gastric mucus. The aim of this study was to determine the number of H. pylori in...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Furuta T,Takashima M,Futami H,Arai H,Hanai H,Kaneko E

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 34 year old man with glycogen storage disease type 1a had two hepatic tumours since 18 years of age. They had continued to grow until he was 24 years old, but showed no further growth since then. He underwent a right hepatic trisegmentectomy with caudate lobectomy under veno-venous bypass. The tumour in the posterio...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Moriura S,Kuroda M,Kimura A,Iwatsuka Y,Ikeda S,Sakai T,Usui A

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The consequences of the association between the metabolic syndrome and cryptogenic cirrhosis are uncertain. We aimed to compare the differences in clinical outcomes between cryptogenic and non-cryptogenic cirrhosis. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was conducted in a large, single academic cente...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Mohammed OK,Mahadeva S

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:Three clinicopathological phases of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are identified. First, is immune tolerance of HBV. High levels of viraemia are associated with normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels and minimal histological lesions. More than 30-40% of hepatocytes have the hepatitis B core antigen (...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chu CM,Liaw YF

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00