Cyst fluid NB/70K concentration and leukocyte esterase: two new markers for differentiating pancreatic serous tumors from pseudocysts.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the third most common cause of cancer death in the United States. Improved characterized models of PDAC are needed for drug screening. METHODS:We grew 4 established pancreatic cancer cell lines in hanging drop cultures to produce spheroids. We also grew organoids fr...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Matsushita Y,Smith B,Delannoy M,Trujillo MA,Chianchiano P,McMillan R,Kamiyama H,Liang H,Thompson ED,Hruban RH,Matsui W,Wood LD,Roberts NJ,Eshleman JR

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We previously reported the finding that pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) have a phagocytic function. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether engulfment of gram-positive bacteria by PSCs plays any role in the pathogenesis of pancreatic fibrosis. METHODS:Rat PSCs were cultured with lipoteichoi...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Morishita K,Shimizu K,Haruta I,Kawamura S,Kobayashi M,Shiratori K

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：:Although surgical procedures that improve pancreatic drainage alleviate abdominal pain in the vast majority of patients with chronic pancreatitis, postoperative absorption and nutritional status are less predictable. The present study was designed to determine the efficacy of pancreatic enzyme supplementation in maint...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Van Hoozen CM,Peeke PG,Taubeneck M,Frey CF,Halsted CH

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic insufficiency was induced in rats by a single injection of 50 microliter oleic acid into the pancreatic duct over a period of 3 min. Exocrine tissue was destroyed within 3-6 days, and after 6 weeks the remaining pancreas equaled 2.7% of the original organ. The rats showed retardation of body weight in spite...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Mundlos S,Adler G,Schaar M,Koop I,Arnold R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Bax-interacting factor 1 (Bif-1) protein plays a critical role in apoptosis, mitochondrial morphogenesis, and autophagy, and its loss promotes tumorigenesis. The role of Bif-1 in pancreatic cancer has not been studied. METHODS:We determined Bif-1 expression in 82 human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDCs...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Coppola D,Helm J,Ghayouri M,Malafa MP,Wang HG

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared diet, type of alcoholism, and smoking in three groups of alcoholic men, with chronic pancreatitis (n = 56), with histological cirrhosis (n = 50), and without pancreatitis or cirrhosis (controls; n = 50) by a multidimensional analysis. Only patients in whom the first symptom of pancreatitis or cirrh...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Lévy P,Mathurin P,Roqueplo A,Rueff B,Bernades P

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because abnormalities of the autonomic nervous system have been described in several animal models of obesity, and because galanin has been proposed to be a sympathetic neurotransmitter in the endocrine pancreas, we hypothesized that the hyperinsulinemia observed in genetically obese (ob/ob) mice may result either fro...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Dunning BE,Ahrén B

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-six patients with pancreatic head carcinoma entered a protocol, but only 20 were suitable for resection and evaluation of long-term survival. They were nine males and 11 females, with a mean age of 64.3 years. Following surgical resection, 10 Gy was delivered to the tumor bed intraoperatively. Postoperative rad...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Crucitti F,Doglietto GB,Frontera D,Viola G,Morganti AG,Valentini V,Alfonsi G,Trodella L,Cellini N

更新日期：1998-01-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Association between acute pancreatitis and acute viral hepatitis (AVH) is more frequent than previously thought. Most cases are hepatitis A or B virus related. Only 6 cases of acute pancreatitis with acute hepatitis E virus (HEV)-related hepatitis has been reported so far. METHODS:We analyzed the hospital r...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Bhagat S,Wadhawan M,Sud R,Arora A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim was to determine whether serum levels of carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9, interleukin 6 (IL-6), and YKL-40 could identify advanced disease and poor prognosis in pancreatic cancer (PC) patients intraoperatively diagnosed with locally advanced or metastatic disease. METHODS:Two hundred ninety patients ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Palmquist C,Dehlendorff C,Calatayud D,Hansen CP,Hasselby JP,Johansen JS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Multiple organ failure because of systemic inflammatory response in the early phase and sepsis in the late phase is the main contributor to high mortality in severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). High-mobility group box chromosomal protein 1 (HMGB1) was recently identified as a potent proinflammatory mediator and ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Yasuda T,Ueda T,Takeyama Y,Shinzeki M,Sawa H,Nakajima T,Ajiki T,Fujino Y,Suzuki Y,Kuroda Y

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recent studies have demonstrated that synthetic protease inhibitors could ameliorate the progression of pancreatic fibrosis in some animal models. Since oral administration of protease inhibitors increases the plasma cholecystokinin (CCK) levels and causes hypertrophy of the pancreas in rats, there is a poss...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Jia D,Taguchi M,Otsuki M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is reluctance to use donation after cardiac death (DCD) organs for fear of worse outcomes due to increased warm ischemia time. Extensive evidence to confirm the quality of DCD pancreas transplants is not manifest. METHODS:A united network for organ sharing database review of pancreas transplants perfor...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Siskind E,Akerman M,Maloney C,Huntoon K,Alex A,Siskind T,Bhaskeran M,Ali N,Basu A,Molmenti E,Ortiz J

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：:Fetal and neonatal pancreatic islets have lower insulin secretory responses compared with adult islets. In culture conditions and after treatment with mammosomatotropic hormones, neonatal islets undergo maturation of the secretory machinery that might involve regulation of cell-cell contacts within the islet. This stu...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Collares-Buzato CB,Leite AR,Boschero AC

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to identify differentially expressed proteins in the pancreatic tissue of hepatic alcohol dehydrogenase-deficient deer mice fed ethanol to understand metabolic basis and mechanism of alcoholic chronic pancreatitis. METHODS:Mice were fed liquid diet containing 3.5 g% ethanol daily f...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Bhopale KK,Amer SM,Kaphalia L,Soman KV,Wiktorowicz JE,Shakeel Ansari GA,Kaphalia BS

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Given the lack of consensus on surveillance guidelines after pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PanNET) resection, we assessed outcomes in a large cohort of patients with nonmetastatic, surgically resected PanNETs. METHODS:Data of patients with PanNETs resected between 1990 and 2017 were retrospectively collec...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Rosenblum RE,Harris CK,Baeg KJ,Starr JA,Brais LK,Stashek KM,Ward SC,Katona BW,Clancy TE,Wisnivesky JP,Kulke MH,Metz DC,Kim MK,Chan JA

更新日期：2020-02-01 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: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：:Nicotine is a possible risk factor for chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. To study the loci where nicotine might exert its effect, we examined interactions between nicotine and rat pancreatic acini. When pancreatic acini were incubated with [3H]nicotine, [3H]nicotine levels in pancreatic acini were increased ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Doi R,Chowdhury P,Nishikawa M,Takaori K,Inoue K,Imamura M,Rayford PL

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new model is proposed for pancreatic enzyme secretion in response to food protein intake in rats. We have found a novel peptide in rat bile-pancreatic juice, which exhibits a trypsin-sensitive, cholecystokinin (CCK)-releasing activity. The amino acid sequence of the peptide purified from rat bile-pancreatic juice is...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Iwai K,Fushiki T,Fukuoka S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas is a rare neoplasm with low malignant potential, which affects predominantly young females. Only approximately 10% to 15% cases of solid pseudopapillary tumors (SPTs) are malignant. We present the case of a 57-year-old woman who developed malignant SPT of the pancreas. Meanw...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Ji S,Xu J,Zhang B,Xu Y,Liu C,Long J,Ni Q,Yu X

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between pancreatic necrosis and organ failure in acute pancreatitis. Two hundred seventeen patients with acute pancreatitis were prospectively included. All of them had been examined by computed tomography (CT) within 72 hours of admission. Initial organ failure ...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Lankisch PG,Pflichthofer D,Lehnick D

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：:This study was performed to assess the effects of misoprostol, a synthetic prostaglandin E1 analog, on cerulein-induced pancreatitis. Per group of 10 each, male Wistar rats received either cerulein (2.5 micrograms/kg/h subcutaneously), cerulein and misoprostol (500 micrograms/kg intraperitoneally at 0 and 4 h), or sal...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Buscail L,Bussenot I,Bouisson M,Sénégas-Balas F,Bertrand C,Balas D,Vaysse N,Ribet A

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We diverted bile and pancreatic juice from jejunal blind loops of different lengths in conscious rats to see if the pancreatic secretory response was dependent on the length of the jejunal blind loop. Short-term bile and pancreatic juice diversion from a short jejunal blind loop, representing only 8-10% of the total l...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Spannagel AW,Green GM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess prevailing treatment of pancreatolithiasis in Japan. METHODS:We surveyed clinical data from 1834 patients (1479 men and 355 women) at 125 hospitals. RESULTS:Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) was performed alone in 103 patients (5.6%), ESWL plus an endoscopic p...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Inui K,Masamune A,Igarashi Y,Ohara H,Tazuma S,Sugiyama M,Suzuki Y,Miyoshi H,Yamamoto S,Takeyama Y,Nakano E,Takuma K,Sakagami J,Hayashi K,Kogure A,Ito T,Mukai T,Maetani I,Nagahama M,Serikawa M,Ueki T,Furuya K,I

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous research has shown that the retinoid 9-cis retinoic acid (RA) promotes apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells. The vitamin D analog EB1089 does not. Furthermore, cotreatment of cells with 9-cis RA and EB1089 abrogates apoptosis. To explain this, we studied the regulation of proteins involved in apopto...

journal_title：Pancreas

authors： Mouratidis PX,Dalgleish AG,Colston KW

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00