Strangulation ileus resulting from encasement of a loop of the small intestine by the great omentum, caused by abnormal adhesion.

abstract：:To determine the role of endogenous substance P in ethanol-induced mucosal damage, two experiments were performed. In the first experiment, the stomachs of anesthetized rats were doubly cannulated and gastric damage was induced with 5ml of 30% ethanol in the gastric lumen. The damage was ameliorated by pretreatment wi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hayashi H,Nishiyama K,Majima M,Katori M,Saigenji K

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) is caused by compression of the third part of the duodenum between the superior mesenteric artery and the aorta. It occurs most frequently in patients with rapid weight loss. METHODS:We report two young patients, who each presented with a longstanding history of po...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lippl F,Hannig C,Weiss W,Allescher HD,Classen M,Kurjak M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ulcerative colitis (UC) is characterized by chronic inflammation in the colon and epigenetic factors underlying the occurrence. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have been under intensive focus due to the circular construct and gene-regulating functions. However, the changes and roles of circRNAs in UC remain unknown...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang T,Chen N,Ren W,Liu F,Gao F,Ye L,Han Y,Zhang Y,Liu Y

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Innate immunity mechanisms have been shown to play a paramount role in organ transplantation. Our aim was to investigate the hypothesis that activation of the interferon system may affect clinically relevant outcomes, such as acute rejection and/or early fibrosis progression, after liver transplantation. ME...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Minisini R,Giarda P,Grossi G,Bitetto D,Toniutto P,Falleti E,Avellini C,Occhino G,Fabris C,Pirisi M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The risk factors in the progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) have not been fully clarified. Porphyromonas gingivalis (P.g) has been considered to be a confounding risk factor for systemic diseases. We aimed to evaluate the effect of P.g infection on risk of progression to NASH. M...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakahara T,Hyogo H,Ono A,Nagaoki Y,Kawaoka T,Miki D,Tsuge M,Hiraga N,Hayes CN,Hiramatsu A,Imamura M,Kawakami Y,Aikata H,Ochi H,Abe-Chayama H,Furusho H,Shintani T,Kurihara H,Miyauchi M,Takata T,Arihiro K,Chayama

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In elderly patients with superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), the optimal treatment strategy after non-curative endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) remains unclear. We aimed to evaluate the validity of additional treatments after non-curative ESD and post-ESD survival predictors in elder...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakajo K,Abe S,Oda I,Ishihara R,Tanaka M,Yoshio T,Katada C,Yano T

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of nifedipine administration (10 mg) on esophageal acid exposure time was investigated in 11 non-reflux esophagitis (non-RE) patients and 11 grade C (Los Angeles classification) reflux esophagitis (RE) patients. In each subject, esophageal pH monitoring was performed, with the subject in the supine position...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ishikawa H,Iwakiri K,Sugiura T,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we used magnetic resonance (MR) imaging to measure portal blood flow in 12 healthy controls and 17 cirrhotics while they were breath-holding after inspiration and after expiration. We then compared the results with measurements made during normal respiration in the healthy controls and cirrhotics. Blood...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sugano S,Yamamoto K,Sasao K,Watanabe M

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A new capsule endoscope has been developed by Olympus Medical Systems. The visualization and usefulness of its real-time image viewer for gastric transit abnormality were evaluated by using this new device. METHODS:Thirty-seven consecutive patients were enrolled. In cases of gastric transit abnormality (gas...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ogata H,Kumai K,Imaeda H,Aiura K,Hisamatsu T,Okamoto S,Iwao Y,Sugino Y,Kitajima M,Hibi T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is responsible for more than a half of the cases of chronic viral hepatitis in Japan. About 20% of patients who are chronically infected with the virus develop cirrhosis about 20-30 years after the infection, with hepatocellular carcinoma developing in about 5% of patients a year. The...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chayama K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA) product is a bacterial virulence factor contributing to the pathogenicity of Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection in humans. Host factors, which vary in different countries, interact with bacterial factors to determine the disease state. Our objective was to investigate the f...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sökücü S,Ozden AT,Süoğlu OD,Elkabes B,Demir F,Cevikbaş U,Gökçe S,Saner G

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) is widely available and its application with 2-[(18)F] fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ((18)F-FDG) in oncology has become one of the standard imaging modalities in diagnosing and staging of tumors, and monitoring the therapeutic efficacy in hepatic malignancies. Recently, investigators have...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tsurusaki M,Okada M,Kuroda H,Matsuki M,Ishii K,Murakami T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinicopathologic features of cystic neoplasms of the liver, such as cystadenoma and cystadenocarcinoma, are poorly defined because these lesions are extremely rare. METHODS:Clinicopathologic findings in six patients who underwent surgery for a cystic hepatic neoplasm were reviewed retrospectively to de...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hai S,Hirohashi K,Uenishi T,Yamamoto T,Shuto T,Tanaka H,Kubo S,Tanaka S,Kinoshita H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was carried out to examine the effects of submucosal administration of endothelin on gastric mucosal integrity in rats. Injection of endothelin-3 into the submucosal space of the stomach induced gastric mucosal damage dose-dependently and site-specifically. The gastric injury was localized only at th...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Watanabe Y,Okumura T,Harada K,Kohgo Y

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of the wide overlap between the groups, patients with reflux esophagitis (RE) cannot be distinguished from healthy subjects by basal lower esophageal sphincter (LES) pressure. The LES has radial asymmetry, with maximum pressure on the left side. It has been noted that one directional LES pressure, de...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Iwakiri K,Hayashi Y,Kotoyori M,Sugiura T,Kawakami A,Sakamoto C

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We recently reported the efficacy of indigo naturalis (IN) in patients with active ulcerative colitis (UC) in a randomized controlled trial (INDIGO study). However, few studies have been conducted to investigate whether IN is effective even in treatment-refractory cases, such as in those with steroid depende...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Naganuma M,Sugimoto S,Fukuda T,Mitsuyama K,Kobayashi T,Yoshimura N,Ohi H,Tanaka S,Andoh A,Ohmiya N,Saigusa K,Yamamoto T,Morohoshi Y,Ichikawa H,Matsuoka K,Hisamatsu T,Watanabe K,Mizuno S,Abe T,Suzuki Y,Kanai T,IN

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been few reports on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and the natural history of NASH. Accordingly, we assessed the clinical features of HCC in NASH, the risk factors for HCC, and natural history of NASH with advanced fibrosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:There were 3...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hashimoto E,Yatsuji S,Tobari M,Taniai M,Torii N,Tokushige K,Shiratori K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective long-term endoscopic follow-up study was designed to examine atrophic changes in the gastric mucosa over time in Helicobacter pylori-positive patients. Over a period of 8-17 years (mean, 13.4 years) 22 subjects (5 men, 17 women, mean age, 55 years) without localized gastroduodenal lesions underwent ser...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sakaki N,Arakawa T,Katou H,Momma K,Egawa N,Kamisawa T,Yamada Y,Tu Y,Ishikawa C,Ishiwata J

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to examine the impact of age on esophageal sensation, and to determine whether esophageal mechanosensitivity and chemosensitivity are correlated in healthy Japanese subjects. METHODS:To evaluate chemosensitivity, a catheter was inserted and placed 10 cm above the upper border of th...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yamasaki T,Oshima T,Tomita T,Kondo T,Toyoshima F,Sakurai J,Fukui H,Matsumoto T,Watari J,Miwa H

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of life-threatening lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage from Crohn's disease is reported. Several promising studies have recently been published that describe superselective embolization for the treatment of massive lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage in patients with bleeding colonic diverticular disease and angio...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kazama Y,Watanabe T,Akahane M,Yoshioka N,Ohtomo K,Nagawa H

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neovascularization was shown to be critically involved in the progression of multiple cancers, and treatment approaches targeting tumor-associated neovascularization provide convincing results in recent years in some tumor entities. However, little is known about the tumor-associated neovascularization in hi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Thelen A,Scholz A,Benckert C,Schröder M,Weichert W,Wiedenmann B,Neuhaus P,Jonas S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old woman was treated at our hospital for multiple sclerosis. Therapy consisted of glucocorticosteroids and cyclosporin. In the 7th week after these drugs were discontinued the patient developed acute liver failure due to fulminant hepatitis (FH) and died. Post-mortem examination showed massive liver necrosi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Funaoka M,Kato K,Komatsu M,Ono T,Hoshino T,Kato J,Kuramitsu T,Ishii T,Toyoshima I,Masamune O

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1992, a seroepidemiologic study was carried out among hemodialysis patients and the general population in Fukuoka and Okinawa, Japan to determine the presence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and HCV viremia. The markers used were antibody to HCV, determined by second-generation assay (anti-HCV), and HCV RNA, d...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hayashi J,Yoshimura E,Nabeshima A,Kishihara Y,Ikematsu H,Hirata M,Maeda Y,Kashiwagi S

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Once-daily, orally administered, co-formulated glecaprevir (NS3/4A protease inhibitor) and pibrentasvir (NS5A inhibitor) (G/P) demonstrated pangenotypic activity and high sustained virologic response (SVR) rates in studies outside Japan. Here we report safety and efficacy in a subset of Japanese patients wit...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kumada H,Watanabe T,Suzuki F,Ikeda K,Sato K,Toyoda H,Atsukawa M,Ido A,Takaki A,Enomoto N,Kato K,Alves K,Burroughs M,Redman R,Pugatch D,Pilot-Matias TJ,Krishnan P,Oberoi RK,Xie W,Chayama K

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Involvement of the gastroduodenum is extremely rare in Crohn's disease. For obstructing duodenal Crohn's disease, bypass procedures have traditionally been selected. However, more recently, strictureplasty has become an acceptable surgical option. We treated two Crohn's disease patients with short proximal duodenal st...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Takesue Y,Yokoyama T,Akagi S,Ohge H,Murakami Y,Imamura Y,Uemura K,Kanehiro T,Matsuura Y

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the adiponectin gene have been reported to be associated with insulin resistance and the prevalence of type-2 diabetes. We investigated the SNPs of adiponectin in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients. METHODS:One hundred nineteen patients histologically d...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tokushige K,Hashimoto E,Noto H,Yatsuji S,Taniai M,Torii N,Shiratori K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have only been a few prospective studies investigating risk factors associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) among chronic hepatitis B patients all over the world, and no study has been conducted in Japanese population. METHODS:A population-based cohort consisting of 19393 sub...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kusakabe A,Tanaka Y,Inoue M,Kurbanov F,Tatematsu K,Nojiri S,Joh T,Tsugane S,Mizokami M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to elucidate the role of nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) in the development of gastric ischemia-reperfusion (GI-R) injury and in mediating the effects of angiotensin II (Ang II) in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) on GI-R injury. METHODS:GI-R injury was induced in rats by cl...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang YM,Wei EQ,Hu X,Qiao WL,Shi Y,Xu M,Zhang JF

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 66-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma who was positive for hepatitis B surface antigen, and was hospitalized because of hypoglycemia and hypertension. His plasma renin activity was normal (2.3 ng/ml per h), but concentrations of angiotensin I (>2500 pg/ml) and II (86 pg/ml) were high. Increased ang...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Arai H,Saitoh S,Matsumoto T,Makita F,Mitsugi S,Yuasa K,Takagi H,Mori M

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an important etiologic factor in the development of colorectal cancer. However, the mechanism underlying the development of colorectal cancers through chronic inflammation is not known. Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) was originally identified as an inducer of so...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Endo Y,Marusawa H,Chiba T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00