Artemisia asiatica extracts protect against ethanol-induced injury in gastric mucosa of rats.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening improves survival and requires appropriate recommendation by general practitioners (GPs). Screening practises may be influenced by barriers related to ethnicity and training. METHODS:A mail survey assessed GPs' practises and the barriers towards CRC screening. The a...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Koo JH,You MY,Liu K,Athureliya MD,Tang CW,Redmond DM,Connor SJ,Leong RW

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelets contain not only proteins needed for hemostasis but also many growth factors that are required for organ development, tissue regeneration, and repair. Thrombocytopenia, which is frequently observed in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) and cirrhosis, is due to various causes, such as decreased thrombo...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kurokawa T,Zheng YW,Ohkohchi N

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The etiology of achalasia is still unknown. The aim of the present study was to elucidate its underlying pathologies and their chronology by investigation of esophageal specimens in patients undergoing surgery (esophageal resection or myotomy) for achalasia. METHODS:In 17 patients with achalasia, histopatho...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Gockel I,Bohl JR,Doostkam S,Eckardt VF,Junginger T

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of unknown etiology. We aimed to identify the etiological agent of CD using a molecular cloning strategy that was particularly focused on identifying agents causing immune abnormalities and infectious agents. METHODS:We constructed a...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Iizuka M,Nakagomi O,Nanjo H,Chiba M,Fukushima T,Sugita A,Sagara S,Horie Y,Watanabe S

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the relations between the formation of pigment gallstone and the function of the intestinal mucosal barrier, as well as the underlying mechanism. METHODS:Eighty guinea pigs were randomly divided into three groups in which they were respectively given normal diet, gallstone-causing diet, and gallsto...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Su Y,Wu S,Fan Y,Jin J,Zhang Z

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Increased production of reactive oxygen species, which cause oxidative DNA damage, is considered to be related to hepatocarcinogenesis. 8-Hydroxy-2'-deoxy-guanosine (8-OHdG) is a useful marker of DNA damage induced by oxidative stress. The aim of this study was to determine whether expression of 8-OH...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chuma M,Hige S,Nakanishi M,Ogawa K,Natsuizaka M,Yamamoto Y,Asaka M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is a useful tool for the evaluation of gastric wall infiltration including gastric lymphoma. The aims of this study were to characterize gastric low-grade mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma according to EUS findings and to evaluate the role of a miniat...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yeh HZ,Chen GH,Chang WD,Poon SK,Yang SS,Lien HC,Chang CS,Chou G

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Barrett's esophagus (BE), a common condition, is the only known precursor to esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). There is uncertainty about the best way to manage BE as most people with BE never develop EAC and most patients diagnosed with EAC have no preceding diagnosis of BE. Moreover, there have been recent advances i...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Whiteman DC,Appleyard M,Bahin FF,Bobryshev YV,Bourke MJ,Brown I,Chung A,Clouston A,Dickins E,Emery J,Eslick GD,Gordon LG,Grimpen F,Hebbard G,Holliday L,Hourigan LF,Kendall BJ,Lee EY,Levert-Mignon A,Lord RV,Lord SJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Hepatic steatosis has been shown to be associated with lipid peroxidation and hepatic fibrosis in a variety of liver diseases including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. However, the lobular distribution of lipid peroxidation associated with hepatic steatosis, and the influence of hepatic iron stor...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： MacDonald GA,Bridle KR,Ward PJ,Walker NI,Houglum K,George DK,Smith JL,Powell LW,Crawford DH,Ramm GA

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:A recent study in Indian subjects suggested common variants in apolipoprotein C3 (APOC3) (T-455C at rs2854116 and C-482T at rs2854117) to contribute to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), plasma apoC3 and triglyceride concentrations. Our aim was to determine the contribution of genetic variati...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Hyysalo J,Stojkovic I,Kotronen A,Hakkarainen A,Sevastianova K,Makkonen J,Lundbom N,Rissanen A,Krauss RM,Melander O,Orho-Melander M,Yki-Järvinen H

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:All gut movements are claimed to be activated essentially by the concentric contraction of the circular muscle, moving the chyme aborally. The role of the longitudinal smooth muscle of the small intestine in gut motility is poorly understood; this point was investigated in the current study. METHODS:The abd...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Shafik A,Shafik AA,Ahmed I

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether liver biopsy might be useful in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis when bone marrow examination and serologic tests are inconclusive. METHODS:Over a 10-year period, liver biopsy was performed in five children with suspected visceral leishmaniasis when indirect hemagglutination tests and b...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Artan R,Yilmaz A,Akçam M,Aksoy NH

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Fecal calprotectin (FC) has become a reliable biomarker for intestinal inflammation in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). However, a simple and rapid assay to replace conventional ELISA is necessary for wider use in clinical practice. In this study, we investigated the usefulness of a novel method f...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Inoue K,Aomatsu T,Yoden A,Okuhira T,Kaji E,Tamai H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Although larger biopsies sample had been recommended for the study of non-invasive liver fibrosis assessment, few studies with larger biopsies for transient elastography (TE) detecting liver fibrosis had been reported. The present study tries to re-evaluate the performance of TE for detecting advance...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chen YP,Liang XE,Zhang Q,Peng J,Zhu YF,Wen WQ,Hou JL

更新日期：2012-07-01 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 AIMS:Data on risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with Wilson disease are scarce. We determine HCC risk in a well-defined cohort of Wilson patients. METHODS:All patients with a confirmed diagnosis of Wilson disease (Leipzig score ≥ 4) in three Dutch university referral hospitals were inclu...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： van Meer S,de Man RA,van den Berg AP,Houwen RH,Linn FH,van Oijen MG,Siersema PD,van Erpecum KJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of the present study was to determine whether rats with moderately fatty liver could withstand a 90% hepatectomy, which rats with normal livers can survive. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Nine-week-old male Wistar rats were used. Normal rat chow was fed to the normal liver group, and fat-enriched rat chow w...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Morioka D,Watanabe K,Makino H,Saito S,Ueda M,Kubota T,Sekido H,Matsuo K,Ichikawa Y,Endo I,Togo S,Shimada H

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer usually shows poor sensitivity to chemotherapy, and the presence of lymph node metastases is associated with extremely poor prognosis, especially when the number of such nodes is more than 10. We report here a case of advanced gastric cancer with histopathologically confirmed metastases in 15 regional l...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Shigemitsu K,Naomoto Y,Matsuno T,Gochi A,Isozaki H,Tanaka N

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to achieve possible greater therapeutic efficacy, ranitidine 300 mg bid (R2) may be given rather than 300 mg qhs (R1), or nizatidine 300 mg bid (N2) may be given rather than 300 mg qhs (N1). A randomized placebo-controlled crossover study was performed in six healthy volunteers (four males, two females) who r...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Thompson A,Kirdeikis P,Jamali F,Tavernini M,Zuk L,Marriage B,Simpson I,Mahachai V

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceftriaxone-associated sludge has been a fascinating story. The occurrence is novel and unique. It has produced a model of gall-bladder sludge in humans. This phenomenon has taught us a great deal about biliary lipid and organic anion excretion by the liver, and the physical chemistry of calcium and calcium sensitive ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kim YS,Kestell MF,Lee SP

更新日期：1992-11-01 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：:Apoptosis, a programmed cell death, was ignored, just like Helicobacter pylori, only to reappear recently. However, the number of current publications dealing with apoptosis or H. pylori has increased exponentially. Although gastric epithelial apoptosis is a programmed physiological event in the superficial aspect of ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Suzuki H,Ishii H

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Endoscopic screening for esophageal varices (EVs) is expensive and invasive. Besides traditional noninvasive markers, we explore additional candidate markers including portal hypertension serum marker-soluble CD136 (sCD163) and genetic variants of splanchnic vasodilatation and revascularization pathw...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yang YY,Hou MC,Lin MW,Chen PH,Liao WC,Chu CJ,Lin HC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute suppurative cholangitis is one of the common causes of acute abdomen in Taiwan. Emergency decompression is a life-saving procedure if patients fail to respond to antibiotic treatment. From July 1988 to June 1991, 224 patients were encountered with concomitant bile duct stones and cholangitis; 40 were brought to ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lin XZ,Chang KK,Shin JS,Lin CY,Lin PW,Yu CY,Chou TC

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Emerging evidence suggests aldosterone (aldo) and NLRP3 inflammasome are important factors for HSC activation and liver fibrosis. However, the interaction between aldo and NLRP3 inflammasome in HSC activation and liver fibrosis remains largely unknown. The aim of this study is to investigate the rel...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Li Y,Zhang Y,Chen T,Huang Y,Zhang Y,Geng S,Li X

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reproducibility of echo-Doppler measurements of portal vein and superior mesenteric artery blood flow has not been extensively studied. In the present study, two groups of subjects were examined to test inter- and intra-observer reproducibility. Each study population consisted of 15 nonportal hypertensive and 15 p...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Iwao T,Toyonaga A,Shigemori H,Oho K,Sumino M,Sato M,Tanikawa K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:As a newly identified subset of T helper cells, T-helper 17 cells (Th17) are major mediators of inflammation-associated disease. Some reports have revealed significantly increased Th17 cells in hepatitis B virus-infected patients, and a recent study has demonstrated that hepatitis C virus (HCV)-speci...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chang Q,Wang YK,Zhao Q,Wang CZ,Hu YZ,Wu BY

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Annexin A10 (ANXA10) and its liver-specific short isoform (ANXA10S) had tissue-restricted expression. The downregulation of ANXA10S is correlated with tumor progression and poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma. The aim of the present study was to validate the tissue distribution and explore th...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lu SH,Chen YL,Shun CT,Lai JN,Peng SY,Lai PL,Hsu HC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Th17 cells have been shown to mediate host defensive mechanisms in various infections, but their role in HBV infection in humans has not been well characterized. In this study, we analyzed the frequency and cytokines secretion of circulating Th17 cells in HBV infected patients with different statuse...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wu W,Li J,Chen F,Zhu H,Peng G,Chen Z

更新日期：2010-04-01 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