Duodenal ulcer in China.

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection rapidly decreasing in Japan, endoscopic findings and dyspeptic symptoms need to be re-evaluated. METHODS:In a health check-up program, endoscopy was performed on 530 young Japanese subjects (371 men and 159 women) born in the 1970s. Helicobact...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Shimatani T,Inoue M,Iwamoto K,Hyogo H,Yokozaki M,Saeki T,Tazuma S,Horikawa Y

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of ethanol and its metabolites on collagen synthesis in cultured rat Ito cells and hepatocytes were studied. In cultured Ito cells, collagen synthetic ability reached peak values after incubation for 24 h and after 8 h in cultured hepatocytes. The distribution patterns of 14C-activity in each collagen frac...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tsutsumi M,Takada A,Takase S,Shimanaka K,Enyama K

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC) is a matricellular glycoprotein that plays a significant role in tumor development. SPARC has been indicated that promotes tumorigenesis, metastasis, and poor prognosis in prostate cancer and lung cancer. Therefore, we sought to investigate the mol...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Jiang X,Liu F,Wang Y,Gao J

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The aim of this study was to clinicopathologically distinguish the pathogenesis of gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma without a MALT lymphoma component (DLL). METHODS:We investigated clinicopathological features of these gastric lymphomas inc...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Hiyama T,Haruma K,Kitadai Y,Masuda H,Miyamoto M,Ito M,Kamada T,Tanaka S,Uemura N,Yoshihara M,Sumii K,Shimamoto F,Chayama K

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Gastric cancer (GC) has the fifth highest incidence rate of all cancers and has a poor prognosis. However, no recent large-scale and long-term studies have evaluated the incidence and survival rates of individuals with GC. METHODS:In order to explore the change of GC incidence and survival rates by ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sun F,Sun H,Mo X,Tang J,Liao Y,Wang S,Su Y,Ma H

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Symptoms and complications of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) have been shown to impair patients' health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in the West. We aimed to measure the HRQOL and to determine the factors associated with worse HRQOL among the Chinese PBC patients in Hong Kong. METHODS:Chinese pa...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wong GL,Law FM,Wong VW,Hui AY,Chan FK,Sung JJ,Chan HL

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bile duct damage and hepatic steatosis are two characteristic histological findings in hepatitis C virus infection; and high prevalence of hepatitis C antibody is noted in patients with cholangiocarcinoma. The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between biliary diseases and hepatitis...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chang TS,Lo SK,Shyr HY,Fang JT,Lee WC,Tai DI,Sheen IS,Lin DY,Chu CM,Liaw YF

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is now commonly performed as a treatment for colorectal tumors. However, little is known about the relationship between submucosal fibrosis and the outcome of the colonic ESD procedure. The aims of this study were to investigate the relationship between the deg...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lee SP,Kim JH,Sung IK,Lee SY,Park HS,Shim CS,Han HS

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:First-degree relatives of colorectal cancer patients are at increased risk for developing colorectal neoplasms. In order to assess the potentiality of colonoscopy screening in this high-risk population, 213 asymptomatic family members (age range 30-69 years, mean 42.8 years) of those patients with colorectal cancer re...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wu CS,Tung SY,Chen PC,Kuo YC

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of interleukin-8 (CINC: cytokine-induced neutrophil chemo-attractant) from different cell populations in the rat liver was studied and cells related to the initiation of CINC production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-injected endotoxaemic rats were characterized. Sinusoidal endothelial cells (16.4 +/- 10.6...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ohkubo K,Masumoto T,Horiike N,Onji M

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are nonenzymatic modifications of proteins by reducing sugars. These compounds accumulate in a number of chronic disease states, contributing to tissue injury via several mechanisms, including activation of the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Goodwin M,Herath C,Jia Z,Leung C,Coughlan MT,Forbes J,Angus P

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Regional variations in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) rates have been observed. Limited epidemiological data are available from Australasia. IBD prevalence rates have never been assessed in an Australian population-based setting. In addition, there are few historical IBD incidence data to allow as...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Studd C,Cameron G,Beswick L,Knight R,Hair C,McNeil J,Desmond P,Wilson J,Connell W,Bell S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overexpression of signaling proteins including epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), Akt, mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) occurs in cholangiocarcinoma cell lines. However, the prognostic value of these markers is unknown. No prior study correlated the expression of the...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Javle MM,Yu J,Khoury T,Chadha KS,Iyer RV,Foster J,Kuvshinoff BW,Gibbs JF,Geradts J,Black JD,Brattain MG

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:It has been suggested that Chlamydia is an organism that may have the potential to cause inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in susceptible individuals. Chlamydia pneumoniae has emerged as an important human pathogen in the last decade. The objective of the present study was to investigate the frequency...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chen W,Li D,Wilson I,Chadwick VS

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is some evidence of an antagonism between peptic ulcer and diabetes mellitus. This antagonism is possibly related to anomalous insulin metabolism in duodenal ulcer patients. To evaluate this issue, 471 Rochester, Minnesota residents who had surgery for peptic ulcer were examined and then followed for up to 34 ye...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Duggan JM,O'Keefe EA,Weaver AL,Zinsmeister AR,Melton LJ 3rd

更新日期：1992-05-01 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:Intubation of the terminal ileum (TI) demonstrates a complete colonoscopy, but its clinical value during screening exams is unknown. We aimed to determine whether TI intubation during screening colonoscopy is associated with colonoscopy quality measures or identifies subclinical pathology. METHODS:W...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Leiman DA,Jawitz NG,Lin L,Wood RK,Gellad ZF

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To ascertain whether acid inhibition or Helicobacter pylori (HP) colonization is the decisive factor in the healing of duodenal ulcer, we treated 54 patients with famotidine and carried out long-term follow-up. Helicobacter pylori colonization was found in 70.4% of patients before treatment. There were no differences ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lai KH,Chang FY,Tsay SH,Lu LC,Cheng JT,Jeng SS,Wu TC,Ng WW,Jeng JS,Lee SD

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Tobacco smoking is a risk factor for gastrointestinal disorders, causing mucosal damage and impairing immune responses. However, smoking has been found to be protective against ulcerative colitis (UC). Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) is a major susceptibility locus for UC, and HLA-DRB1*15:02 has the st...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lee HS,Kim K,Jung S,Hong M,Kim BM,Yoo DS,Moon JW,Baek J,Hwang SW,Park SH,Yang SK,Han B,Song K,Ye BD

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:To investigate the effectiveness of peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) surgery in achalasia patients with failure of prior pneumatic dilation (PD). METHODS:Twenty-one patients with a history of failed PD were prospectively recruited as the case group, and 30 patients with no history of prior treatmen...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ling T,Guo H,Zou X

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an emerging problem in the Asia-Pacific region. However, its prevalence and risk factors in Asian (especially South Asian) communities is poorly studied. In this study, the aim was to determine the community prevalence and risk factors for NAFLD among adu...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Dassanayake AS,Kasturiratne A,Rajindrajith S,Kalubowila U,Chakrawarthi S,De Silva AP,Makaya M,Mizoue T,Kato N,Wickremasinghe AR,de Silva HJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Fucosylated alpha-fetoprotein (AFP-L3) is known to be a marker of poor prognosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, it has been difficult to measure AFP-L3 under low AFP (≤ 20 ng/mL). The aim of this study was to elucidate the role of AFP-L3 in HCC patients with low AFP conditi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nouso K,Kobayashi Y,Nakamura S,Kobayashi S,Takayama H,Toshimori J,Kuwaki K,Hagihara H,Onishi H,Miyake Y,Ikeda F,Shiraha H,Takaki A,Iwasaki Y,Kobashi H,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flexible sigmoidoscopy has been recommended as a screening method to reduce the incidence of colorectal cancer in asymptomatic, average-risk subjects through the early detection and removal of polyps. However, the association between distal and proximal colonic neoplasia and, hence, the requirement for colonoscopic fo...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Collett JA,Platell C,Fletcher DR,Aquilia S,Olynyk JK

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains a serious cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Developing new therapeutic strategies is urgently needed to improve the outcomes of HCC patients. Dendritic cell (DC)-based vaccines and programmed death 1 (PD-1) immune checkpoint inhibitors have been regarded...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Teng CF,Wang T,Shih FY,Shyu WC,Jeng LB

更新日期：2021-01-19 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：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：:The loss of haemolytic activity in sera during storage at low temperature (the cold activation of complement) was observed in 136 of 184 (74%) patients with chronic liver disease associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. This was more frequent than observed in the three of 40 (8%) patients with chronic hepati...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Aikawa T,Kimura I,Kojima M,Ueno C,Miyamoto K,Tango T,Tanaka N

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Better understanding of hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication and the natural history and immunopathogenesis of chronic hepatitis B, together with the introduction of effective agents with different mechanisms of action, is the basis for better therapeutic strategies against chronic hepatitis B. Substantial experience h...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Liaw YF

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Pepsinogen (PG) method is widely used to identify high risk groups of gastric cancer. It is very useful before Helicobacter pylori eradication, but after eradication the method becomes useless because the PGI, PGII, PGI/II ratios change. Therefore, we aimed to identify a high risk group for gastric c...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Haneda M,Kato M,Ishigaki S,Suzuki M,Takahashi M,Nakagawa M,Ono S,Mori Y,Mabe K,Nakagawa S,Kudo T,Shimizu Y,Asaka M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy (EIS) is known to produce oesophageal structural and motility changes; however, alterations in frequency and severity of gastro-oesophageal reflux (GER) following EIS have not been investigated in detail. We studied 22 patients with cirrhosis and oesophageal varices before EIS and 26...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ghoshal UC,Saraswat VA,Aggarwal R,Misra A,Dhiman RK,Naik SR

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00