Immunomodulation of transplant rejection using monoclonal antibodies and soluble receptors.

abstract：:It is unknown whether demography, gallbladder function, or the radiographic appearance of gallstones predispose them to cause symptoms. We investigated these features in a consecutive series of 260 patients with newly diagnosed, uncomplicated gallstone disease, of whom 146 had experienced biliary pain and 114 were asy...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ros E,Valderrama R,Bru C,Bianchi L,Terés J

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has an estimated prevalence of 3% around the world. Unfortunately, many persons with HCV infection are asymptomatic. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of hepatitis C Virus infection in asymptomatic persons. This study was carried out in a population-based cross-sec...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Méndez-Sánchez N,Ponciano-Rodriguez G,Chávez-Tapia NC,Motola-Kuba D,Almeda-Valdes P,Sánchez-Lara K,Ramos MH,Uribe M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Repeated challenges of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) could reduce the expression of proinflammatory cytokines in vitro, and oral administration of ovalbumin (OVA) induces mucosal tolerance in vivo. However, the effect of local administration of LPS and OVA on experimental colitis in vivo remains unknown. AIMS:Th...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Im JP,Ye BD,Kim JM,Jung HC,Song IS,Kim JS

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of hypereosinophilic syndrome with eosinophilic colitis, eosinophilic cholecystitis, and increased serum levels of interleukin-5 (IL-5) and soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) is reported. Immunohistochemical studies of cholecystectomy and colon biopsy specimens with monoclonal antibodies, which are specifi...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Tajima K,Katagiri T

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The endoscopic detection of esophageal cancer is suboptimal in both patients referred with dyspeptic symptoms and those enrolled in Barrett's surveillance programs. MCM5 expression in cells collected from gastric fluid may be correlated with the presence of dysplasia or adenocarcinoma. Analysis of this bioma...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Everson M,Magee C,Alzoubaidi D,Brogden S,Graham D,Lovat LB,Novelli M,Haidry R

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to select the patients with a potential for progression to hepatic failure due to lamivudine-resistant HBV and to standardize the treatment for patients with lamivudine-resistant HBV. Patients (n = 47) with reactivated hepatitis due to lamivudine-resistant HBV were classified into two group...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kuwahara R,Kumashiro R,Ide T,Koga Y,Hino T,Hisamochi A,Tanaka K,Ogata K,Koga H,Takao Y,Sata M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:S-isomer (S) pantoprazole is known to be more effective and less dependent on cytochrome 2C19 than R-isomer (R)-pantoprazole. AIM:The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of S-pantoprazole 20 mg versus pantoprazole 40 mg for treatment of reflux esophagitis. METHODS:This multi-center...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Cho YK,Choi MG,Bak YT,Rhee PL,Kim SG,Jung HY,Seol SY

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musashi-1 (Msi-1), a mammalian neural RNA-binding protein, has been found to play important roles in the maintenance of stem cell states and differentiation in neural stem cells and mouse intestinal cells. We explored Msi-1 expression and its potential implications in the human stomach. Reverse transcription-PCR revea...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Murata H,Tsuji S,Tsujii M,Nakamura T,Fu HY,Eguchi H,Asahi K,Okano H,Kawano S,Hayashi N

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Obesity is a known risk factor for diverticulitis. Our objective was to examine the less investigated impact of morbid obesity (MO) on admissions and clinical course of diverticulitis in a US representative database. METHODS:We retrospectively queried the 2010-2014 Nationwide Readmission Database t...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Patel K,Krishna SG,Porter K,Stanich PP,Mumtaz K,Conwell DL,Clinton SK,Hussan H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bile acids in brown pigment stones and gallbladder bile were fractionated into free acids, glycine and taurine conjugates, and sulfates using diethylaminohydroxypropyl Sephadex LH-20 (DEAP-LH-20) column chromatography and were quantitated by gas chromatography. Twenty-eight cases of brown pigment stones were studi...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Akiyoshi T,Nakayama F

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of ischemia-reperfusion and 48-hr fasting on apoptosis was characterized in rat gastric mucosa and compared to small intestinal mucosa. Under halothane anesthesia, the celiac artery or superior mesenteric artery in the rat was occluded for 60 min followed by reperfusion. Occlusion of the celiac artery reduc...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Fukuyama K,Iwakiri R,Noda T,Kojima M,Utsumi H,Tsunada S,Sakata H,Ootani A,Fujimoto K

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening with a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) reduces CRC mortality; however, the acceptance rate of a colonoscopy in patients with a positive FIT was not high. The aim of this study was therefore to determine whether a telephone reminder call could increase the acceptance...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Cha JM,Lee JI,Joo KR,Shin HP,Park JJ

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for isolating and characterizing intestinal lymphoid cells from colonoscopic biopsies is presented. Intraepithelial lymphocytes were separated from the lamina propria by incubation in edetic acid (EDTA) and lamina propria lymphoid cells isolated by incubation in collagenase followed by Ficoll-Hypaque density ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Comer GM,Ramey WG,Kotler DP,Holt PR

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal administration of immunosuppressants such as tacrolimus (Tac) for small-for-size (SFS) grafts, where the functional liver mass is small and must regenerate, has not been reported so far. The aim of this study is to clarify the characteristics of Tac metabolism according to liver volume. Seven-week-old male...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Morine Y,Shimada M,Torii M,Imura S,Ikegami T,Kanemura H,Arakawa Y,Hanaoka J,Kanamoto M,Nii A,Yamazaki N

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of 88 consecutive small-bowel enemas were compared retrospectively with the results of 52 routine small-bowel series and 50 barium enemas done in the same patients. Ninety-six percent of the diagnoses made by small-bowel enema were correct, as compared to only 65% made by routine small-bowel series. The in...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Gurian L,Jendrzejewski J,Katon R,Bilbao M,Cope R,Melnyk C

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of altering gastric emptying on postprandial plasma glucose concentration after a physiologic meal in patients with type II diabetes mellitus (T II DM). Nine T II DM patients underwent a double-blind, randomized, three-way crossover study, receiving erythromycin 2...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Gonlachanvit S,Hsu CW,Boden GH,Knight LC,Maurer AH,Fisher RS,Parkman HP

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients were prospectively studied using 99mTc-PIPIDA imaging to evaluate the effects of fasting and parenteral alimentation on gallbladder function. Three of ten patients had initial nonvisualization of the gallbladder for up to 2 hr, yet had normal visualization on repeat imaging performed after resumption of o...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Potter T,McClain CJ,Shafer RB

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the increased anticoagulant effect of acetaldehyde-treated heparin, other glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) such as chondroitin sulfates A and C, dermatan sulfate (chondroitin sulfate B), heparan sulfate, and hyaluronic acid were tested for anticoagulant activity before and after exposure to acetaldehyde. Clotting ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Brecher AS,Adamu MT

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is a serious clinical syndrome often associated with muscle wasting. Myostatin, a member of the transforming growth factor-β superfamily, has been studied in diseases with muscle wasting; however, the role of myostatin in AH is unknown. AIMS:To investigate the association between my...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Shamseddeen H,Madathanapalli A,Are VS,Shah VH,Sanyal AJ,Tang Q,Liang T,Gelow K,Zimmers TA,Chalasani N,Desai AP

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HIV progression is characterized by immune activation and microbial translocation from the gut. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are essential for gut homeostasis. Decreased intestinal SCFAs play a role in rapid HIV progression. AIMS:To compare the SCFA profile, intestinal microbiome, and intestinal mucosal ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Qing Y,Xie H,Su C,Wang Y,Yu Q,Pang Q,Cui F

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic sclerosis (SS) patients with severe esophageal affection have impaired peristalsis. However, motor function evaluated in vivo by manometry and fluoroscopy does not provide detailed information about the individual contraction cycles. AIMS:To apply, for the first time in gastrointestinal (GI) patien...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Gregersen H,Villadsen GE,Liao D

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite many studies on pain of functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID), the pain mechanism of FGID is not well understood, and pain treatment of FGID is not established. Following our former functional dyspepsia (FD) study, we proposed two subgroups of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), pain and disco...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Handa M,Nukina H,Ando K,Kubo C

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the [14C]triolein breath test for fat malabsorption with fecal fat excretion corrected for marker pellet recovery in 23 subjects with chronic liver disease. The breath test identified 15 of the 17 subjects with abnormal fecal fat excretion (sensitivity 88%). However, four of the six subjects with norm...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Absalom SR,Saverymuttu SH,Maxwell JD,Levin GE

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NSAID use and Helicobacter pylori both cause damage to the gastric mucosa and can cause peptic ulcers. Our aim was to test the relationship between gastric mucosal polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) infiltration and the severity of NSAID-induced gastric injury. H. pylori density, mucosal interleukin-8 (IL-8), and nitri...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Shiotani A,Yamaoka Y,El-Zimaity HM,Saeed MA,Qureshi WA,Graham DY

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the seroprevalence of antibody to CagA antigen, as well as other major H. pylori antigens by Western blot in H. pylori-infected subjects with endoscopically normal mucosa (N = 54) and duodenal ulcer (N = 51). The role of the host and environmental factors was also evaluated. There ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Chen TS,Chang FY,Lee SD

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper evaluates the efficiency of Nissen fundoplication as an antireflux technique in a series of 51 patients with different grades of esophagitis. Follow-up time averaged 6.6 years. The evaluation includes a clinical assessment, endoscopic study, and 24-hr pH monitoring. The results reveal an acceptable r...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Martinez de Haro LF,Ortiz A,Parrilla P,Garcia Marcilla JA,Aguayo JL,Morales G

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has previously been shown that mucosal nitric oxide synthase (NOS) is involved in acid-induced duodenal mucosal alkaline secretion. The primary aim of the present study was to elucidate which isoform of NOS is responsible in rats. Immunohistochemistry showed that inducible NOS (iNOS) was constitutively expressed in...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Holm M,Powell T,Casselbrant A,Johansson B,Fändriks L

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the success rate and complications of three precut techniques of sphincterotomy after failure of conventional techniques of cannulation of common bile duct (CBD). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between January 2003 and October 2011, 2,903 consecutive ERCPs were perf...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Katsinelos P,Gkagkalis S,Chatzimavroudis G,Beltsis A,Terzoudis S,Zavos C,Gatopoulou A,Lazaraki G,Vasiliadis T,Kountouras J

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Crohn's disease (CD) follows a relapsing and remitting course incurring cumulative bowel damage over time. The question of whether or not the timing of the initiating biologic therapy affects long-term disease progression remains unanswered. Herein, we calculated rates of change in the Lémann index-which q...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Panchal H,Wagner M,Chatterji M,Taouli B,McBride R,Patterson JR,Ungaro R,Dubinsky M,Cho J,Sachar DB

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptom scores, stool data, and the transit of a standard, solid meal were measured in 28 patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) during baseline conditions and after five weeks of treatment with placebo and loperamide, given as a flexible dosage regime in the form of a double-blind, cross-over trial. All patient...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Cann PA,Read NW,Holdsworth CD,Barends D

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00