Roles of putative neurotransmitters in the regulation of gastric and intestinal slow waves in conscious dogs.

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：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) and the recovery of ALC after treatment have been identified as a prognostic biomarker for several malignancies. In this study, we aimed to investigate the prognostic role of peritransplant ALC and ALC recovery after liver transplantation (LT) in hepatocellular carcin...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Zheng Z,Lin B,Zhang J,Yang Z,Xie H,Zhou L,Zhang M,Zheng S

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Immunization against hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is recommended in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), particularly in those under immunosuppressive therapy. Limited data are available about IBD patient's response to HBV vaccination. We assessed the response rate to HBV vaccination ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Andrade P,Santos-Antunes J,Rodrigues S,Lopes S,Macedo G

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytic (microscopic) colitis is a disease of unknown aetiology which manifests as long-standing intermittent diarrhoea. Diagnosis is confirmed on histological examination of the colon. An association of this uncommon disease with tropical sprue is described. Tetracycline therapy resulted in a favourable clinical ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Puri AS,Khan EM,Kumar M,Pandey R,Choudhuri G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:A case-control study was conducted in southern Thailand to test the hypothesis that alcohol consumption, smoking, rubber processing and nutritional deficiency were risk factors for oesophageal cancer. Cases (n = 40) were recruited from patients admitted to the University Hospital, where the first interview t...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chongsuvivatwong V

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) has been shown to play a central role in the promotion of cell motility, but its functional mechanism has remained unclear. With the aim of investigating the diagnostic and treatment modalities for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the signaling pathwa...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sato M,Matsuda Y,Wakai T,Kubota M,Osawa M,Fujimaki S,Sanpei A,Takamura M,Yamagiwa S,Aoyagi Y

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) is a regulator in tumorigenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study aimed to determine whether radiation-induced SHH signaling occurs in HCC and whether SHH inhibitor acts as a radiosensitizer. METHODS:The in vitro effects of combining SHH ligand (recombinant human SHH...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tsai CL,Hsu FM,Tzen KY,Liu WL,Cheng AL,Cheng JC

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Renal abnormalities can occur at any time point during the course of Wilson disease (WD). We aimed to fill a literature gap in this respect by studying urinary abnormalities in children and adolescents with WD. METHODS:This study included 60 children with WD presenting to the Pediatric Hepatology Un...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Helmy H,Fahmy M,Abdel Aziz H,Ghobrial C,Abdel Hameed N,El-Karaksy H

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Controversy continues as to whether nutcracker esophagus (NE) is a 'real' manometric disease due to its poor correlation with clinical symptoms such as chest pain or dysphagia. While new NE criteria were proposed in a recent study, that study included NE patients both with and without gastroesophagea...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Jung KW,Jung HY,Yoon IJ,Kim DH,Chung JW,Oh HC,Choi KS,Choi KD,Song HJ,Lee GH,Kim JH

更新日期：2010-07-01 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: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：BACKGROUND:Collagenous sprue (CS) is a rare form of enteropathy that had been reported to be associated with celiac disease (CD) and collagenous colitis (CC). The aim of our study was to compare the clinical features, treatments, and outcomes of CS, CD, and CC. METHODS:All patients with histologic diagnosis of CS, CD,...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lan N,Shen B,Yuan L,Liu X

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) has been reported to have, experimentally and clinically, a protective effect against liver damage. This effect may result from the relaxation of hepatic stellate cells, whose contraction induces vasoconstriction of hepatic sinusoids. However, prostaglandins are unstable and a new drug delivery...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wang XE,Watanabe S,Oide H,Hirose M,Itatsu T,Osada T,Takazakura Y,Yokoi Y,Sato N

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer stem cells (CSC) have been identified in a growing number of human malignancies. CSC are functionally defined by their ability to self-renew and recapitulate tumors in the ectopic setting, and a growing number of studies have shown that they display other functional characteristics, such as invasion and drug re...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Rasheed ZA,Matsui W

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of the present study was to investigate microvessel density (MVD), and the expression of CD44 adhesion molecule, p53 protein and c-erbB2 in gallbladder carcinoma, and their relation to histological grade and tumor invasiveness. METHODS:Immunohistochemical staining with antibodies against factor ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kalekou H,Miliaras D

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation between gastric adenomas and type IIa early gastric cancer by macroscopic and histologic examinations is often difficult. This study has shown that there are differences in the distribution of S-phase cells in these two types of tumour, and these differences can be exploited to differentiate between th...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Miwa H,Wada R,Abe H,Ohkura R,Yang SW,Watanabe H,Ogihara T,Hamada T,Sato N

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Intestinal endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide) is thought to contribute to liver injury in both alcoholic and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) is an important mediator of this process and is considered central to the inflammatory response in NASH. This study aim...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kirsch R,Clarkson V,Verdonk RC,Marais AD,Shephard EG,Ryffel B,de la M Hall P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:By array-comparative genomic hybridization, we demonstrated cyclin E as one of seven genes associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development in Ku70 DNA repair-deficient mice. We therefore explored the hypothesis that during hepatocarcinogenesis, cyclin E kinase can overcome the inhibitory e...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Pok S,Wen V,Shackel N,Alsop A,Pyakurel P,Fahrer A,Farrell GC,Teoh NC

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Asia recently conducted a survey of primary-care physicians in Asia, which revealed that many physicians administer boosters in their clinical practice and that there is considerable variation and uncertainty among physicians regarding thi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： John TJ,Cooksley G,Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Asia.

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Hyponatremia is associated with development of hepatic encephalopathy (HE), but the nature of the relationship between serum sodium and HE incidence is unknown. We examined the association between serum sodium, changes in serum sodium, and HE incidence using data from three randomized trials of satav...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Bossen L,Ginès P,Vilstrup H,Watson H,Jepsen P

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The ability to detect early squamous neoplasia of the esophagus can be enhanced considerably by iodine staining during endoscopic examination; however, there has been no study on distinguishing high-grade intra-epithelial squamous neoplasia from low-grade dysplasia by endoscopic examination. We assum...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Shimizu Y,Omori T,Yokoyama A,Yoshida T,Hirota J,Ono Y,Yamamoto J,Kato M,Asaka M

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Bacterial metabolites produced in the bowel are potentially related to the genesis of colorectal cancer. Butyrate is protective against cancer, whereas hydrogen sulfide and oxygen free radicals can be toxic to the epithelium. The present study was designed to quantitate Eubacterium rectale, Faecaliba...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Balamurugan R,Rajendiran E,George S,Samuel GV,Ramakrishna BS

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission by needlestick accidents involving hospital employees has become an important problem. The present report is of a case of acute hepatitis C that developed after a needlestick injury, despite short duration interferon treatment performed just after the accident in a trial effort to ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nakano Y,Kiyosawa K,Sodeyama T,Tanaka E,Matsumoto A,Ichijo T,Mizokami M,Furuta S

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:A substantial number of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease show symptomatic resistance to high-dose proton pump inhibitors. In those cases, prokinetics are possible candidates for treatment. The aim of the present study was to determine whether mosapride, a prokinetic agent, stimulates eso...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Koshino K,Adachi K,Furuta K,Ohara S,Morita T,Nakata S,Tanimura T,Miki M,Kinoshita Y

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Colonic mucosal defects might be a route for bacterial invasion into the portal system, with subsequent hematogenous spread to the liver. We retrospectively investigated the results of colonoscopy and the clinical characteristics of patients with pyogenic liver abscess of colonic origin. METHODS:A t...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Jeong SW,Jang JY,Lee TH,Kim HG,Hong SW,Park SH,Kim SG,Cheon YK,Kim YS,Cho YD,Kim JO,Kim BS,Lee EJ,Kim TH

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Portal-systemic collateral vascular resistance and vasoconstrictor responsiveness are crucial in portal hypertension and variceal bleeding control. Statins enhance vasodilators production, but their influence on collaterals is unknown. This study aimed to survey the effect of simvastatin on collatera...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Huang HC,Wang SS,Lee JY,Chen YC,Lee FY,Lin HC,Chang CC,Lee SD

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both celiac disease and non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis are known to be associated with various autoimmune diseases and have numerous immunological abnormalities. Herein two patients with celiac disease having associated non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis are reported. An autoimmune link between the two conditions is likely ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sharma BC,Bhasin DK,Nada R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Disease activity and severity of ulcerative colitis (UC) is assessed using colonoscopy, which is invasive, costly and has poor patient acceptability. The role of non-invasive biomarkers of intestinal inflammation in the evaluation of patients with UC is not known. The aim of the study was to examine ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Masoodi I,Kochhar R,Dutta U,Vaishnavi C,Prasad KK,Vaiphei K,Kaur S,Singh K

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) has been the only approved agent for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B in most countries, but this is rapidly changing. It is expensive, associated with frequent and unpleasant side effects, has limited efficacy and is ineffective in subjects with no/mild liver necro-inflammation. Loss ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Guan R

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the factors affecting the outcome of fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) in children in relation to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. METHODS:Retrospective review of a total of 94 cases (61 males and 33 females, aged from 1 month to 15 years) recruited from nine tertiary referral centers in Taiwan from...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chan PC,Chen HL,Kong MS,Huang FC,Lee HC,Lin CC,Liu CC,Lee IH,Wu TC,Wu SF,Ni YH,Hsu HY,Chang MH

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00