The ion exchange properties of human post-mortem caecal and colonic mucus: the effect of sodium butyrate.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is a tryptophan catabolic enzyme. Recent studies have focused on the immunoregulatory role of IDO in mononuclear cells. The role of IDO in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines and HCC patients was examined. METHODS:The expression of IDO mRNA in peripheral blood mononuc...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ishio T,Goto S,Tahara K,Tone S,Kawano K,Kitano S

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Although the esophagus is a common site of opportunistic infection in AIDS patients, little is known about the impact of HIV as well as opportunistic infection in the esophageal mucosa. Our aim is to analyze the esophageal immune profile in HIV+ patients with different immunological status with and w...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Werneck-Silva AL,Pagliari C,Patzina RA,Takakura CFH,Duarte MI

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Cytokines play an important role in the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis (AP). The aim of the present paper was to study the profile of anti- and proinflammatory cytokines in AP and to determine their predictive value for severity of AP, organ failure and mortality. METHODS:Consecutive patients wi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sathyanarayan G,Garg PK,Prasad H,Tandon RK

更新日期：2007-04-01 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

abstract：:Much has been achieved in Helicobacter pylori research, to the point that the growth of new knowledge is bound to slow down. However, expectations for further developments remain high. Knowledge about the characteristic organism and behaviour is already extensive. Particularly intriguing are the differences in genetic...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tytgat G

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic ischemia reperfusion (IR) injury is an important clinical problem complicating liver surgery and transplantation. The pathogenesis underlying reperfusion injury after warm ischemia is complex, encompassing a multitude of different cell types and signalling mechanisms innate and/or mobilized to the liver. Since...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Teoh NC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:There is a paucity of literature regarding the clinical profile of chronic pancreatitis (CP) in children. The aims of this retrospective study were to determine the etiology and clinical presentation, and to present our experience in diagnosing CP in children in China. METHODS:Clinical data of chil...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wang W,Liao Z,Li ZS,Shi XG,Wang LW,Liu F,Wu RP,Zheng JM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to examine expression of interferon-alpha (IFN A) genes in general and the expression of messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding the subtypes IFN-alpha-2 and IFN-alpha-4 in blood and liver biopsy samples from patients with chronic hepatitis C or hepatitis non-A, non-B (HC/HNANB) infe...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Brandt ER,Devenish RJ,Hertzog PJ,Dudley FJ,Linnane AW

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Biliary disease is one of the most common causes of acute pancreatitis in adults; however, this cause and outcome in children have rarely been described in the literature. Therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate the role of biliary disease as a cause of acute pancreatitis in children....

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Choi BH,Lim YJ,Yoon CH,Kim EA,Park YS,Kim KM

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological evidence consistently indicates that aspirin or non-aspirin non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use is associated with the occurrence of gastric ulceration, gastric and ulcer bleeding, and ulcer death. Evidence on duodenal ulcer occurrence conflicts, possibly because of differences in study population...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Langman MJ,Brooks P,Hawkey CJ,Silverstein F,Yeomans N

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The number of colonoscopies required to reach satisfactory adenoma detection rate (ADR) is not well established. The aim of this study was to identify the appropriate number of procedures required to attain satisfactory ADR for those well-trained endoscopists who have a cecal intubation rate (CIR) ≥ ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Dong Z,Sun H,Li B,Zhang Q,Sun K,Wang Z,Qian X,Wang J,Zhan T,Jiang Y,Chen Y,Xu S

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the clinical usefulness of a protein induced by vitamin K absence, antagonist-prothrombin (PIVKA-II), in detecting hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) specifically in patients with liver cirrhosis, and the possible correlation between levels of PIVKA-II and pathological features of HCC. Plasma levels of PIVKA-...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Takikawa Y,Suzuki K,Yamazaki K,Goto T,Madarame T,Miura Y,Yoshida T,Kashiwabara T,Sato S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Australia receives many migrants from countries with a high prevalence of hepatitis C infection. General practitioners, who are often the first health professionals consulted, need to be aware of risk factors and complications associated with hepatitis C in this group. METHODS:Four hundred and forty-seven g...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Dev A,Sievert W

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The oral manifestations of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) have been reported in the recent literature. Therefore, there has been growing interest in the characterization of the dento-osseous anomalies because they may precede colorectal cancer and may be used as a diagnostic marker. This system...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Almeida FT,Pachêco-Pereira C,Porporatti AL,Flores-Mir C,Leite AF,De Luca Canto G,Guerra EN

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension often develop complications relating to hepatic excretory dysfunction. The standard measurement of the hepatic excretion is the constant infusion indocyanine green clearance (ICGCI ) technique. The ICG 15-min retention test (ICG-r15) is faster, more pa...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Møller S,la Cour Sibbesen E,Madsen JL,Bendtsen F

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The aim of this study was to assess the gastric histopathology and serum gastrin-17 and pepsinogens profiles in patients with duodenal ulcer before and after Helicobacter pylori eradication in a population with a very high prevalence of H. pylori. At the same time we assessed the role of H. pylori de...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Pimanov SI,Makarenko EV,Voropaeva AV,Matveenko ME,Voropaev EV

更新日期：2008-11-01 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:It has recently been reported that Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) is involved in cellular responses to lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and early liver injury induced by LPS. The aim of the present study was to investigate the alterations of TLR4 gene expression in liver tissues and Kupffer cells during the co...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Hua J,Qiu DK,Li JQ,Li EL,Chen XY,Peng YS

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Lipids play important roles in inflammation and may be involved in the pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Here, we evaluated the characteristics of the plasma lipid profile in patients with IBD. METHODS:Plasma samples were collected from 20 patients with Crohn's disease (CD), 20 pa...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Iwatani S,Iijima H,Otake Y,Amano T,Tani M,Yoshihara T,Tashiro T,Tsujii Y,Inoue T,Hayashi Y,Takeda K,Hayashi A,Fujita S,Shinzaki S,Takehara T

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:This study was designed to determine whether non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), with or without metabolic syndrome (MetS), is a risk factor for cancer development. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective longitudinal study at the Center for Preventive Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yamamoto K,Ikeya T,Okuyama S,Fukuda K,Kobayashi D

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Chronic inflammation is a major contributor to the initiation and progression of cancers. Lactobacillus helveticus NS8, which was originally separated from fermented koumiss, exhibited anti-inflammatory functions in our prior studies. In this study, NS8 was investigated for its potential to prevent c...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Rong J,Liu S,Hu C,Liu C

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt (TIPS) technique consists of a transhepatic puncture of the portal vein and stenting of the parenchymal tract between the hepatic and portal veins. Complications of both puncture and stenting are observed in approximately 5% of procedures. Most of the complicatio...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Rössle M,Haag K,Blum HE

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The authors' previous report revealed that endothelin-1 might be released from B lymphocytes in cirrhotic patients with hypersplenism. Other investigators have shown that persistent exposure to environmental contaminants including arsenic might induce idiopathic portal hypertension. The aim of this s...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yamaguchi E,Yamanoi A,Ono T,Nagasue N

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of persistent ileitis following the refashioning of a Kock ileal pouch into a Brooke ileostomy for severe pouchitis is reported. Preserving the terminal ileum by a salvage procedure may not be a safe alternative to pouch excision with the formation of a new end ileostomy in the surgical management of pouchitis ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： de Silva HJ,Mortensen NJ

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Based on our previous studies that Artemisia asiatica extracts exert either antioxidative or cytoprotective actions against non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or Helicobacter pylori-induced gastric mucosal injury, or imposes qualified ulcer healing in an acetic acid-induced gastric ulcer model, we...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Park SW,Oh TY,Kim YS,Sim H,Park SJ,Jang EJ,Park JS,Baik HW,Hahm KB

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:This prospective pilot study investigated whether it is possible to predict the therapeutic response in both the early phase (1 week) and sustained phase (4 weeks) before starting proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy for functional dyspepsia (FD) or non-erosive reflux disease (NERD). METHODS:We admin...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nagahara A,Miwa H,Asaoka D,Shimada Y,Sasaki H,Matsumoto K,Osada T,Hojo M,Watanabe S

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Low-grade erosive esophagitis (i.e. Los Angeles grade A) is the most predominant type of esophagitis in Japan. It is unclear whether all the mucosal breaks detected by conventional endoscopy are indicative of esophageal mucosal erosion. Hospital-based, cross-sectional, cross-over, observational stud...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Amano Y,Yamashita H,Koshino K,Ohshima T,Miwa H,Iwakiri R,Fujimoto K,Manabe N,Haruma K,Kinoshita Y

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Although endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy is widely applied, there is no clear consensus on the optimal biopsy technique. We described a modified wet suction technique (MWEST) with the aim to compare the efficacy and safety between MWEST and the dry suction technique (DST). METHODS:In...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tong T,Tian L,Deng M,Liu Y,Yang Y,Yin H,Long X,Pan S,Yang Z,Luo W,Nie K,Meng X,Xiao M,Wu X,Zhang C,Wang X

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A seroepidemiological study was performed to clarify the prevalence of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection among the general population in the Irabu islands, Okinawa, Japan. Of 2028 healthy people examined who had received their annual health check-up in 1994-95, 195 (9.6%) were positive for hepatitis B surface anti...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sakugawa H,Nakasone H,Shokita H,Kawakami Y,Nakachi N,Adaniya H,Mizushima T,Nakayoshi T,Kinjo F,Saito A,Taira M,Takaesu H,Onga N

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Self-expanding metal bile duct stents provide good palliation for inoperable malignant disease. However, problems may arise if metal stents are inserted before definitive histological diagnosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of such patients. METHODS:A retrospective case note review was ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ayaru L,Kurzawinski TR,Shankar A,Webster GJ,Hatfield AR,Pereira SP

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00