Management of viral hepatitis C.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Little is known about the role of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) in biliary fibrosis in the setting of bacterial colonization of the biliary tree. We therefore sought to investigate whether exposure to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) alters PDGF isoform and receptor expression in cultured r...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kim TH,Moon JH,Savard CE,Kuver R,Lee SP

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The classification of gastritis by using the revised Sydney system suggests that there are two types of Helicobacter pylori-related gastritis. The aim of the present study was to examine the risk factors that might be involved in the presence of either atrophic gastritis or intestinal metaplasia of ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tsukui T,Kashiwagi R,Sakane M,Tabata F,Akamatsu T,Wada K,Futagami S,Miyake K,Sueoka N,Hirakawa T,Kobayashi M,Fujimori T,Sakamoto C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gradual normalization of conventional liver function tests occurs in a majority of patients with extrahepatic biliary obstruction following adequate biliary drainage. Abnormal recovery pattern of liver function has been reported in up to 70% of these patients and there is scarcity of relevant information abo...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Negi SS,Chaudhary A

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The present study was designed to investigate the expression of and humoral response against NY-ESO-1 in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and to analyze the relationship between expression of NY-ESO-1 mRNA and clinicopathological features. METHODS:NY-ESO-1 mRNA and protein expression in surgic...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nakamura S,Nouso K,Noguchi Y,Higashi T,Ono T,Jungbluth A,Chen YT,Old LJ,Nakayama E,Shiratori Y

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Owing to persistent controversy regarding the use of routine antibiotic prophylaxis in patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy and the availability of several new randomized controlled trials (RCTs), we conducted an up-to-date meta-analysis to provide the best current evidence. The ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Liang B,Dai M,Zou Z

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article highlights the importance of hepatotropic viruses as pathogens in patients undergoing transplantation, their contribution to morbidity and mortality after transplantation and the approach to treatment of these pathogens when they cause disease. Although many advances have been made in the management of vi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Bzowej NH,Wright TL

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Physicians use different scales and questionnaires to assess the severity of clinical symptoms in patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders. The current study aimed to validate the "7 × 7" questionnaire for assessment of severity of the symptoms as a tool for the efficacy of treatment of fu...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ivashkin V,Sheptulin A,Shifrin O,Poluektova E,Pavlov C,Ivashkin K,Drozdova A,Lyashenko O,Korolev A

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the intragastric pH measured by 24 h pH monitoring system and the serum pepsinogen I/II ratio was studied in 68 cases. When pepsinogen I/II ratio was compared with pH 3.0 holding time (the percentage time during which the gastric pH is above 3.0), there was a negative correlation between these...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kinoshita Y,Yamashita Y,Kitajima N,Tojo M,Itoh T,Fukuzaki H,Chiba T

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research from this laboratory using a continuous enteral ethanol (EtOH) administration model demonstrated that Kupffer cells are pivotal in the development of EtOH-induced liver injury. When Kupffer cells were destroyed using gadolinium chloride (GdCl3 ) or the gut was sterilized with polymyxin B and neomycin...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Thurman RG,Bradford BU,Iimuro Y,Knecht KT,Arteel GE,Yin M,Connor HD,Wall C,Raleigh JA,Frankenberg MV,Adachi Y,Forman DT,Brenner D,Kadiiska M,Mason RP

更新日期：1998-09-01 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

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:Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has proven to be very effective in recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) when compared with standard antibiotic therapy. However, given the lack of validated criteria, decision regarding number and timing of infusions is currently based on the clinicia...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Gallo A,Cancelli C,Ceron E,Covino M,Capoluongo E,Pocino K,Ianiro G,Cammarota G,Gasbarrini A,Montalto M

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The consequences of the association between the metabolic syndrome and cryptogenic cirrhosis are uncertain. We aimed to compare the differences in clinical outcomes between cryptogenic and non-cryptogenic cirrhosis. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was conducted in a large, single academic cente...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Mohammed OK,Mahadeva S

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:Quantitative measurement of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA is useful in patients with chronic hepatitis C, especially with interferon treatment. We examined the clinical usefulness of the AMPLICOR monitor assay, a newly developed assay for quantitative measurement, by comparing it with two other assays with different pri...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ichijo T,Matsumoto A,Kobayashi M,Furihata K,Tanaka E

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) remains a leading cause of death in the USA. Defining mechanisms for liver cell death in ALD in order to develop potential new agents for therapeutic intervention is a major focus of the authors' work. Abnormal cytokine metabolism is a major feature of ALD, and a thorough understanding of...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Barve S,Joshi-Barve S,Song Z,Hill D,Hote P,Deaciuc I,McClain C

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficiency of Helicobacter pylori eradication varies geographically, as do many parameters that might affect therapeutic efficiency. The aims of this study were to investigate the relationship between different genotypes of H. pylori and bacterium-related histopathological lesions in patients with duoden...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Zhao JJ,Wang JB,Yang L,Li Y

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:A high yield of biopsy is mandatory to perform molecular genetic research with endoscopically obtained gastric cancer tissues. We evaluated whether probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) can increase the yield of endoscopic biopsy for gastric cancer compared with white light endoscopy (WLE)...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Park CH,Kim H,Jo JH,Hahn KY,Yoon JH,Kim SY,Lee YC,Noh SH,Chung HC,Lee SK

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Controversies remain over the need for antiulcer treatment following 1-week eradication triple therapy for Helicobacter pylori-positive peptic ulcers. The usefulness of combination therapy for gastric ulcers in Japanese patients, which consists of H. pylori eradication followed by gastroprotective th...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Terano A,Arakawa T,Sugiyama T,Yoshikawa T,Haruma K,Asaka M,Shimosegawa T,Sakaki N,Ishii H,Sakamoto C,Takahashi S,Kinoshita Y,Fujioka T,Kobayashi K

更新日期：2006-01-01 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 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：:Here we identify a previously unreported cause of rectal bleeding (juvenile polyposis) in a patient with cystic fibrosis (CF). We believe this patient most likely has two coexisting genetic diseases. It also raises many issues about organ transplantation in a patient with medical conditions that individually increase ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Treepongkaruna S,Hardikar W,Chow CW,Smith AL,Oliver MR

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exact pathogenesis of centrilobular necrosis following congestion of the liver is still unknown. We reviewed the clinical data related to systemic circulatory disturbance and histopathology of the liver and the gut in 320 autopsy subjects. Congestion of the liver alone was associated only with atrophy and loss of ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Shibayama Y,Urano T,Asaka S,Hashimoto K,Nakata K

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Slow waves play an important role in controlling the frequency and propagation of gastrointestinal contractions. However, mechanisms involved in the modulation of slow wave activity in vivo are still unclear. In this study, the roles of different neurotransmitters in the regulation of gastrointestin...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Liu S,Xu J,Chen JDz

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric varices (GVs) are a major complication of portal hypertension in patients with liver cirrhosis. The mortality rate associated with the bleeding from GVs is not low. Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) was first introduced by Kanagawa et al. as a treatment for isolated GVs in 1994. It ha...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kobayakawa M,Ohnishi S,Suzuki H

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The focus on colorectal neoplasia has led to an exponential increase in the use of colonoscopy in many countries. Although colonoscopy facilitates the diagnosis and treatment of colonic disease, there are public health issues that include access, training, diagnostic accuracy, complications and additions to health-car...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Roberts-Thomson IC,Teo E

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate granulocytapheresis (GCAP) in active ulcerative colitis (UC), with particular attention to the long-term effects of such treatment. METHODS:We included 80 patients with UC. Activity of the disease was evaluated by clinical activity index and endoscopic index. Patients were randomly divided in two group...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Bresci G,Parisi G,Mazzoni A,Scatena F,Capria A

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coffee is one of the most popular beverages in the world. Several studies consistently show that coffee drinkers with chronic liver disease have a reduced risk of cirrhosis and a lower incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma regardless of primary etiology. With the increasing prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver dise...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chen S,Teoh NC,Chitturi S,Farrell GC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing burden in digestive cancer in the coming years. With the advancement of endoscopic therapy, new molecular target therapy and minimally invasive ablation therapy, the treatment of digestive cancer will become more complicated. In Asia where gastric cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma are still pr...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sung J

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00