Human leukocyte antigen allele associations in type-1 autoimmune hepatitis patients from western India.

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:Whether an early use of azathioprine (AZA) can alter the natural history of Crohn's disease (CD) remains debated. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of AZA on disease progression in a cohort of patients with early CD. METHODS:This longitudinal cohort study examined patients with early C...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Qiu Y,Chen BL,Feng R,Zhang SH,He Y,Zeng ZR,Ben-Horin S,Peyrin-Biroulet L,Mao R,Chen MH

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The incidence of colorectal cancer (CC) is increasing in many Asian countries, but decreasing in western countries. The present study examined the local incidence of CC in the past few decades. METHODS:A population based study, using data from Hong Kong (HK) Cancer Registry, was carried out to exami...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yee YK,Gu Q,Hung I,Tan VP,Chan P,Hsu A,Pang R,Lam CS,Wong BC

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Epidemics pose a great challenge to health care of patients. However, the impact of unprecedented situation of COVID-19 outbreak on health care of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients in real-world setting has seldom been investigated. METHODS:We performed an observational study in a tertiary ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Zhang YF,Qiu Y,He JS,Tan JY,Li XZ,Zhu LR,Chen Y,Liu ZJ,Iacucci M,Chen BL,He Y,Ben-Horin S,Shen B,Zeng ZR,Ghosh S,Chen MH,Mao R

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is a strong risk factor for the development of gastric cancer. In 2013, the Japanese government approved H. pylori eradication therapy in patients with chronic gastritis as well as peptic ulcer. However, the continuing decline in eradication rates for first-l...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kawai T,Takahashi S,Suzuki H,Sasaki H,Nagahara A,Asaoka D,Matsuhisa T,Masaoaka T,Nishizawa T,Suzuki M,Ito M,Kurihara N,Omata F,Mizuno S,Torii A,Kawakami K,Ohkusa T,Tokunaga K,Mine T,Sakaki N

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current antibiotic prophylaxis for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is not standardized and may be inadequate. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of 3 days of additional oral antibiotics in the prevention of ERCP-related sepsis. One hundred and fifty-six patients were randomized prospectively to re...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Smith BC,Alqamish JR,Watson KJ,Shaw RG,Andrew JH,Desmond PV

更新日期：1996-10-01 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：:Extracorporeal liver assist devices have been used for more than five decades to support patients with liver failure. Numerous modifications have been made to both biological as well as mechanical liver assist devices. Possibly, an ideal liver assist device would be one that would perform optimal detoxification and sy...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kapoor D

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Approximately 42-95% of working channels have been reported to show the presence of residual fluid despite endoscope reprocessing. The aim of this study was to design two novel protocols for cleaning residual simethicone and demonstrate its efficiency by evaluating the residual fluid and cleanliness ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Peng CL,Liu TC,Wang HP,Chang WK

更新日期：2020-12-03 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:There are few studies investigating the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in current and former drug users. With this in mind, we sought to evaluate the antiviral efficacy of interferon alpha-2b (IFN alpha-2b) or pegylated-interferon alpha-2b (PEG-IFN alpha-2b) and ribavirin (RBV) in inj...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Grebely J,Raffa JD,Meagher C,Duncan F,Genoway KA,Khara M,McLean M,Mead A,Viljoen M,DeVlaming S,Fraser C,Conway B

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to identify proguanylin-secreting cells, we have raised an antiserum against the synthetic fragment of human proguanylin (1-15) and have examined the proguanylin-positive cells in the human and rat gastrointestinal tract by immunohistochemical methods. Numerous proguanylin (1-15)-immunoreactive cells were fou...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ieda H,Naruse S,Furuya S,Ozaki T,Ando E,Nokihara K,Hori S,Kitagawa M,Hayakawa T

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The treatment of patients with functional dyspepsia (FD) remains unsatisfactory. We assessed the efficacy of Zhizhu Kuanzhong (ZZKZ) capsule, a traditional Chinese medicine formula, in patients with postprandial distress syndrome (PDS) of FD. METHODS:The study was designed as a multicenter, randomiz...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Xiao Y,Li Y,Shu J,Li Y,Xu J,Ren J,Liu D,Wang J,Zhou L,Li Y,Tang G,Tian D,Zhang S,Hou X,Wang H,Li Z,Lv N,Chen M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:We recently conducted a randomized placebo-controlled trial on the efficacy and safety of rikkunshito, a standardized Japanese herbal medicine, for the treatment of functional dyspepsia (FD). The present post-hoc study aimed to evaluate the differences in clinical characteristics between responders a...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Togawa K,Matsuzaki J,Kobayakawa M,Fukushima Y,Suzaki F,Kasugai K,Nishizawa T,Naito Y,Hayakawa T,Kamiya T,Andoh T,Yoshida H,Tokura Y,Nagata H,Mori M,Kato K,Hosoda H,Takebayashi T,Miura S,Uemura N,Joh T,Hibi T,S

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:It is well known that endotoxemia, which is caused by a bacterial infection, can exacerbate acute pancreatitis, whereas pancreatitis-associated protein (PAP) has the ability to induce bacterial aggregation. Pancreatitis-associated protein is supposed to protect the tissue from infection during infla...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wang X,Wang B,Wu J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following partial hepatectomy (PH), there is a rapid and highly orchestrated series of biochemical events which occur prior to cellular proliferation. Some of these events are presumably intimately linked with the eventual regeneration of the liver, whereas others are likely to be stress related or required for the co...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Brenner DA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucus and bicarbonate secretions have been widely implicated as an important pre-epithelial protective barrier against autodigestion of the gastric mucosa by acid and pepsin. Evidence from several independent studies shows there is a continuous layer of resilient viscoelastic mucus gel adherent to the surface of the g...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Copeman M,Matuz J,Leonard AJ,Pearson JP,Dettmar PW,Allen A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hepatitis B virus (HBV) carrier with marked retention of indocyanine green (ICG) and sulfobromophthalein (BSP) was admitted to our hospital for assessment of liver function. On admission, he was asymptomatic and blood chemistry tests showed normal values for transaminases and bilirubin. Serum hepatitis B surface ant...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ikejima K,Ichikawa S,Kitamura T,Watanabe S,Hirose M,Yokoi Y,Uchida S,Oide H,Suzuki H,Kitami N

更新日期：1993-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:A lack of published data remains on factors associated with the treatment response to proton pump inhibitors (PPI) in patients with non-erosive reflux disease (NERD). METHODS:Studies on effectiveness of PPI in patients with NERD were identified using the MEDLINE database and manual searches of the available...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Hiyama T,Matsuo K,Urabe Y,Fukuhara T,Tanaka S,Yoshihara M,Haruma K,Chayama K

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant bile leak is an uncommon but serious complication of biliary tract surgery. Of twenty-five patients presenting with postoperative bile leak, 11 had complete tie-off of common bile duct and required surgery, while the remaining 14 had injury without complete obstruction and could be managed by endoscopic me...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Saraswat VA,Choudhuri G,Sharma BC,Agarwal DK,Gupta R,Baijal SS,Sikora SS,Saxena R,Kapoor VK

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Covered metallic stents (CMSs) were developed to overcome tumor ingrowth in uncovered metallic stents (UMSs) for malignant biliary obstruction, but superiority of CMSs over UMSs is still controversial due to the high migration rate in CMS. Therefore, we conducted this retrospective analysis to clarif...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nakai Y,Isayama H,Kogure H,Hamada T,Togawa O,Ito Y,Matsubara S,Arizumi T,Yagioka H,Mizuno S,Sasaki T,Yamamoto N,Hirano K,Tada M,Koike K

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The fibrosis stage of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is closely associated with long-term prognosis, including liver-related mortality. However, it is not yet clear whether noninvasive fibrosis markers can predict the incidence of non-liver-related complications in Japanese NAFLD. In this ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ito T,Ishigami M,Ishizu Y,Kuzuya T,Honda T,Hayashi K,Nishimura D,Toyoda H,Kumada T,Goto H,Hirooka Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 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 AND AIM:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is characteristically a hypervascular tumor and its progression is known to be closely related to angiogenesis. In this study, we investigated angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels in the hepatic vein draining from HCC, as well as i...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kuboki S,Shimizu H,Mitsuhashi N,Kusashio K,Kimura F,Yoshidome H,Ohtsuka M,Kato A,Yoshitomi H,Miyazaki M

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:To evaluate the long-term efficacy and the timing of booster injection of a lyophilized, inactivated hepatitis A vaccine (HAV), we studied the acquired anti-hepatitis A virus titres in 45 subjects who received either two or three doses of the vaccine. With three doses > or = 0.5 microgram administered at 0, 1 and 6 mo...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Fujiyama S,Odoh K,Tanaka M,Kuramoto I,Tomita K

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Same-day bidirectional endoscopy, including esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and colonoscopy, is frequently performed to screen for cancer and gastrointestinal bleeding. However, the optimal sequence for the procedures is unclear thus far. The aim of this study was to evaluate the optimal sequence fo...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Hsieh YH,Lin HJ,Tseng KC

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Endoscopic assessment of mucosal healing in ulcerative colitis (UC) is increasingly accepted as a measure of disease activity, therapeutic goal, and the key prognostic indicator. While regular endoscopy evaluates appearance of the mucosal surface, confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) enables in vivo v...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Macé V,Ahluwalia A,Coron E,Le Rhun M,Boureille A,Bossard C,Mosnier JF,Matysiak-Budnik T,Tarnawski AS

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Uncoupling protein-2 (UCP-2) is a negative regulator of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. We investigated the effect of UCP-2 on disease progression in a murine dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis model, and the expression and distribution of tight junction (TJ) proteins, such as oc...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Zhang H,Kuai XY,Yu P,Lin L,Shi R

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00