A randomized, controlled trial of banding ligation plus drug therapy versus drug therapy alone in the prevention of esophageal variceal rebleeding.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:A subcirrhotic range of liver stiffness (sc-LS), assessed by transient elastography, is associated with better outcomes in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). We investigated whether the achievement of sc-LS by antiviral therapy (AVT) reduced the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kim BS,Seo YS,Kim YS,Lee CH,Lee HA,Um SH,Yoo JJ,Kim SG,Suh SJ,Jung YK,Ahn SH,Han KH,Yim HJ,Kim SU,Korean Transient Elastography Study Group.

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysbiosis in the gut microbiota composition due to environmental or genetic variations can disrupt the immune system and may promote several diseases such as colorectal cancer (CRC). Gut microbiota can alter the toxicity and efficiency of an extensive range of CRC treatment methods, especially surgery, chemotherapy, r...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Taghinezhad-S S,Mohseni AH,Fu X

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the distribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes in Australian patients with hepatitis C and to identify factors associated with particular genotypes. Serum isolates of HCV-RNA were genotyped using a commercial oligonucleotide hybridization (line probe) assay. Relationships ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kaba S,Dutta U,Byth K,Crewe EB,Khan MH,Coverdale SA,Lin R,Liddle C,Farrell GC

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since receptor-binding cancer antigen expressed on SiSo cells (RCAS1) was first reported as a tumor-associated antigen of gynecologic cancer, its function and practical value as a tumor marker have been investigated in various types of carcinomas. Basic research has indicated that RCAS1 expression in cancer cells cont...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Enjoji M,Nakashima M,Yamaguchi K,Kotoh K,Nakamuta M

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：:Bioactive food chemicals are substances present in food that are capable of interacting with living cells causing changes in physiological functions. Salicylic acid (SA), a plant hormone involved in plant immune response, is one such bioactive food chemical. Aspirin, a commercially available SA, might play beneficial ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Malakar S

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there is strong implication that retinoids regulate Ito cell proliferation and collagen synthesis, results from in vivo studies on the relationship between vitamin A and liver fibrosis are conflicting. The present study focuses on the role of vitamin A in carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced fibrosis...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Vollmar B,Heckmann C,Richter S,Menger MD

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute cholangitis is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Endoscopic drainage procedures have been shown to be a safe and effective mode of treatment in acute cholangitis. As there is paucity of large series on endoscopic management of acute cholangitis, a study was performed to evaluate safety and eff...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sharma BC,Agarwal DK,Baijal SS,Saraswat VA,Choudhuri G,Naik SR

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wilson's disease is an autosomal recessive, inborn error of copper metabolism. The basic defect is unknown but decreased biliary excretion of copper is associated with copper accumulation and damage to the liver, brain and other organs with variable clinical expression. The gene for the disease has been mapped to band...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Frydman M

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acids in our daily diet are broadly classified into cis and trans fatty acids (TFAs). TFAs are formed during the manufacturing process of hydrogenated vegetable oils such as margarine. Modern diets such as deep-fried products, frozen foods, and packaged snacks commonly include large quantities of margarine conta...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Okada Y,Tsuzuki Y,Ueda T,Hozumi H,Sato S,Hokari R,Kurihara C,Watanabe C,Tomita K,Komoto S,Kawaguchi A,Nagao S,Miura S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few detailed clinical reports about extrahepatic metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The purpose of the present study was to elucidate the clinical features of extrahepatic metastases of HCC. METHODS:The clinical records of 482 patients who had been diagnosed as having HCC during the per...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Natsuizaka M,Omura T,Akaike T,Kuwata Y,Yamazaki K,Sato T,Karino Y,Toyota J,Suga T,Asaka M

更新日期：2005-11-01 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:This study aims to evaluate and compare the survival and other portal hypertension-related complications of patients with portal pressure gradient (PPG) ≥ 25 mmHg using transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) as the first-line and second-line therapies in secondary prophylaxis of varicea...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Liu J,Shi Q,Xiao S,Zhou C,Zhou B,Yuan F,Zheng C,Lin S,Qian K,Feng G,Xiong B

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The activation of Rho proteins has been shown to lead to loss of polarity in cancer cells, as well as reorganization of the cytoskeleton and facilitation of cell motility, possibly resulting in their malignant potential. The clinicopathological significance of RhoA, however, is not yet well known in ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wang D,Dou K,Xiang H,Song Z,Zhao Q,Chen Y,Li Y

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major issue among dialysis patients. It is associated with a high risk of hepatic complication. The liver disease runs a unique clinical course in dialysis patients, as it can progress with modest hepatic inflammation and prominent fibrosis. The conventional cut-off level of...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wong PN,Fung TT,Mak SK,Lo KY,Tong GM,Wong Y,Loo CK,Lam EK,Wong AK

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A nitroxide radical, 4-hydroxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl (TEMPOL), is directly reduced to hydroxylamine by ascorbic acid (AsA). Ascorbic acid is oxidized to dehydroascorbic acid (DHA) by ascorbic acid oxidase (AAOx), and DHA is reduced to AsA by glutathione (GSH). In the present study, in vivo and...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tada M,Yokoyama H,Ito O,Ohya H,Ogata T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 15-month period, 399 patients with dyspepsia were investigated for the presence of Campylobacter pylori infection. Half of the patients (50.6%) had Campylobacter organisms in the antrum of the stomach. C. pylori was found in 96.1% of patients with histological changes of chronic active gastritis in the antrum. ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Goh KL,Peh SC,Wong NW,Parasakthi N,Puthucheary SD

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Non-invasive markers are essential to assess the progression of chronic liver diseases to fibrosis/ cirrhosis and the effectiveness of therapeutic strategies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of non-invasive markers to identify significant fibrosis, severe fibrosis, and cirrhosis in ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sheptulina A,Shirokova E,Nekrasova T,Blum H,Ivashkin V

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The parasympathetic nervous system (PNS), via neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh), modulates fibrogenesis in animal models. However, the role of ACh in human hepatic fibrogenesis is unclear. AIMS:We aimed to determine the fibrogenic responses of human hepatic stellate cells (hHSC) to ACh and the relevance ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Morgan ML,Sigala B,Soeda J,Cordero P,Nguyen V,McKee C,Mouraliderane A,Vinciguerra M,Oben JA

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57 year old Japanese male was incidentally found to have a 7.5 cm diameter hepatic haemangioma. Eleven years later he was operated on because the haemangioma had grown into a 17 cm mass causing upper abdominal fullness. Volumetry on computerized tomograms disclosed that the haemangioma had grown from 123 cm3 to 1343...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yoshida J,Yamasaki S,Yamamoto J,Kosuge T,Takayama T,Hasegawa H,Takayasu K,Muramatsu Y,Moriyama N,Hirohashi S

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The present study examined the effects of NS-398, a specific cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitor, on gastric mucosal cell kinetics and gastric wound healing following acid-induced injury. METHODS:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fasted for 24 h and then 0.6 mol/L hydrochloric acid (HCl; 1 mL) was administered...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sun WH,Tsuji S,Tsujii M,Gunawan ES,Sawaoka H,Kawai N,Iijima H,Kimura A,Kakiuchi Y,Yasumaru M,Sasaki Y,Kawano S,Hori M

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Little is known about the role of hepatitis B virus (HBV) factors in the long-term prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after resection. The objective of the present study was to identify the changing patterns of HBV levels and its effect on outcome after resection. METHODS:This study recruit...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： An HJ,Jang JW,Bae SH,Choi JY,Cho SH,Yoon SK,Han JY,Lee KH,Kim DG,Jung ES

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is known to be age dependent; the influence of age on prognosis is, however, controversial. The aim of this study was to compare the tumor characteristics and survival rates of young and old HCC patients, with respect to tumor stage. METHODS:We reviewed the...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Cho SJ,Yoon JH,Hwang SS,Lee HS

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of persistent ileitis following the refashioning of a Kock ileal pouch into a Brooke ileostomy for severe pouchitis is reported. Preserving the terminal ileum by a salvage procedure may not be a safe alternative to pouch excision with the formation of a new end ileostomy in the surgical management of pouchitis ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： de Silva HJ,Mortensen NJ

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypothyroidism is commonly thought to cause decreased gastric emptying but is mostly associated with autoimmune disease. In the present study the gastric emptying function of thyroid cancer patients with severe hypothyroidism of short duration was evaluated with a radionuclide solid meal gastric emptying stu...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kao PF,Lin JD,Chiu CT,Hsu HT,See LC,Tzen KY

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The oral manifestations of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) have been reported in the recent literature. Therefore, there has been growing interest in the characterization of the dento-osseous anomalies because they may precede colorectal cancer and may be used as a diagnostic marker. This system...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Almeida FT,Pachêco-Pereira C,Porporatti AL,Flores-Mir C,Leite AF,De Luca Canto G,Guerra EN

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of tauro-beta-muricholate (beta MC-tau) and tauro-alpha-muricholate (alpha MC-tau) on oestradiol-17 beta-glucuronide (E217G)-induced cholestasis was compared with that of tauroursodeoxycholate (UDC-tau) in rats. Like UDC-tau, alpha MC-tau and beta MC-tau infused at the rate of 0.2 mumol/min per 100 g bodywe...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Takikawa H,Sano N,Aiso M,Takamori Y,Yamanaka M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:We elucidated the clinical significance of distal contractile integral-to-esophageal impedance integral (EII) ratio (DCIIR) in ineffective esophageal motility (IEM) adult patients. METHODS:We recruited 101 patients with IEM (48.38 ± 1.58 years) and 42 matched healthy volunteers (44.28 ± 1.85 years) ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wu JF,Tsai IJ,Tong TW,Lin YC,Yang CH,Tseng PH

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Although sporadic non-ampullary duodenal adenoma is speculated to be precancerous lesion, the relationship between adenoma and carcinoma remains unclear due to their rarity. Previous studies on sporadic non-ampullary duodenal epithelial neoplasm (SNADEN) have mainly targeted superficial tumors, like ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Matsueda K,Kanzaki H,Matsueda K,Nasu J,Yoshioka M,Nakagawa M,Inoue M,Inaba T,Imagawa A,Takatani M,Takenaka R,Suzuki S,Tomoda J,Yagi T,Fujiwara T,Tanaka T,Okada H

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author visited China in 1981 and 1984 and obtained data comparing the incidence of duodenal ulcer in the rice eating districts of the south with the incidence in the wheat, maize and millet eating areas of the north. The evidence suggested a higher prevalence of duodenal ulcer in the rice eating areas than in the ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tovey FI

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00