Infective dyspepsia in a heart transplant recipient.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastric complications of indomethacin involve generation of reactive oxygen species, which induce gastric mucosal injury via lipid peroxidation of cell membranes. Peroxidation by reactive oxygen species alters the amounts of unsaturated fatty acids in the cell membrane and thus affects membrane fluidity. Ind...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kaneko T,Matsui H,Shimokawa O,Nakahara A,Hyodo I

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:DNA microarray technology has enabled genomewide analysis of gene transcript levels, yielding insight into the molecular nature of liver disease. METHODS:We compared gene expression of liver biopsy specimens in 16 patients with different stages of chronic hepatitis B, five with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), f...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Furuta K,Sato S,Yamauchi T,Ozawa T,Harada M,Kakumu S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nocturnal administration of branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) granules improves serum albumin levels in patients with cirrhosis. However, it is unclear whether or not this administration method can improve the patients' quality of life (QOL). In this study, we aimed to investigate the efficacy of BCAA granule...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hidaka H,Nakazawa T,Kutsukake S,Yamazaki Y,Aoki I,Nakano S,Asaba N,Minamino T,Takada J,Tanaka Y,Okuwaki Y,Watanabe M,Shibuya A,Koizumi W

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used positron emission tomography with 2-deoxy-2-[(18)F]fluoro- d-glucose (FDG-PET) in the diagnosis of two cases of malignant intraductal papillary mucinous tumor (IPMT) of the pancreas. A 56-year-old man and a 72-year-old man, both with tumors in the pancreatic head, were referred to Akita University Medical Cent...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yoshioka M,Sato T,Furuya T,Shibata S,Andoh H,Asanuma Y,Hatazawa J,Koyama K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ilaprazole (IY-81149) is a new proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) not previously studied in human patients with ulcer disease. This study evaluated and compared it with a reference PPI, omeprazole, in the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers. METHODS:This was a double-blind, parallel, randomized study. Patients a...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ho KY,Kuan A,Zaño F,Goh KL,Mahachai V,Kim DY,Yoon HM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An association between macrovascular thrombosis and idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease has been described, although very few well-documented cases have been published. We report on a 39-year-old woman who presented with right hemifacial and upper limb edema that was shown to be due to an extensive right brachioceph...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ribeiro JM,Rebocho L,Lucas MB,Campos P,Victorino RM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether extravariceal collateral pattern contributed to the development of portal-hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) before and after sclerotherapy. Ninety-nine patients with cirrhosis and large esophageal varices were examined in this retrospective study. They were divided into four groups according to tr...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakayama M,Iwao T,Oho K,Toyonaga A,Tanikawa K

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies investigating the impact of tumor location on colorectal cancer prognosis only compared two groups by location, e.g., 'right-sided colon vs. left-sided colon,' 'colon vs. rectum,' and 'right-sided (right-sided colon) vs. left-sided (left-sided colon and rectum).' This nationwide multicenter ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shida D,Inoue M,Tanabe T,Moritani K,Tsukamoto S,Yamauchi S,Sugihara K,Kanemitsu Y

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) partly exerts choleretic effects by modifying the function of the bile salt export pump (Bsep, ABCB11). UDCA induces insertion of Bsep into the canalicular membrane of hepatocytes; however, underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We aimed to elucidate molecular mechanisms behind UDC...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kagawa T,Orii R,Hirose S,Arase Y,Shiraishi K,Mizutani A,Tsukamoto H,Mine T

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori induces chronic inflammation and intestinal metaplasia (IM) through genetic and epigenetic changes and activation of intracellular signaling pathways that contribute to gastric carcinogenesis. However, the precise mechanism of IM in gastric carcinogenesis has not been fully elucidated. We...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sue S,Shibata W,Kameta E,Sato T,Ishii Y,Kaneko H,Miwa H,Sasaki T,Tamura T,Kondo M,Maeda S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An association between Crohn's disease and gastric cancer has not been clearly defined. A 34-year-old man was referred to our hospital for the evaluation of a gastric lesion and treatment of small-bowel Crohn's disease. We diagnosed the gastric lesion as adenocarcinoma, using endoscopy and histological studies. The pa...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ikeuchi H,Kusunoki M,Yamamura T,Nishigami T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a patient with complication of huge hepatic subcapsular hematoma after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for pancreatic lithotripsy. The hematoma measured 78-110mm. Angiography showed a subcapsular hematoma, rather than a hematoma in the liver. In the arterial phase, the distal end of the small v...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hirata N,Kushida Y,Ohguri T,Wakasugi S,Kojima T,Fujita R

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Depth of submucosal invasion (SM depth) in submucosal invasive colorectal carcinoma (SICC) is considered an important predictive factor for lymph node metastasis. However, no nationwide reports have clarified the relationship between SM depth and rate of lymph node metastasis. Our aim was to investigate the ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kitajima K,Fujimori T,Fujii S,Takeda J,Ohkura Y,Kawamata H,Kumamoto T,Ishiguro S,Kato Y,Shimoda T,Iwashita A,Ajioka Y,Watanabe H,Watanabe T,Muto T,Nagasako K

更新日期：2004-06-01 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: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 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：PURPOSE:In patients chronically infected with hepatitis B virus, interferon has been used for the purpose of viral suppression by loss of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) with or without seroconversion to antibody to HBeAg (anti-HBe). However, discussion about the effect of interferon on the development of hepatocellular ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Miyake Y,Kobashi H,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I receptor (IGF-IR) signaling plays important parts in both the tumorigenicity and progression of digestive/gastrointestinal malignancies. In this study, we sought to test the effectiveness of a practical approach to blocking IGF-IR signaling using RNA interference d...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang Y,Adachi Y,Imsumran A,Yamamoto H,Piao W,Li H,Ii M,Arimura Y,Park MY,Kim D,Lee CT,Carbone DP,Imai K,Shinomura Y

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two cirrhotic patients with gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) in whom chronic blood loss presented a major problem. Case 1, a 69-year-old man, had alcoholic liver cirrhosis, and case 2, a 75-year-old woman, had liver cirrhosis associated with hepatitis C virus. The patients required repeated blood trans...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yamada M,Nishimura D,Hoshino H,Katada N,Sano H,Kato K

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute and chronic pancreatitises are gastrointestinal inflammatory diseases, the incidence of which is increasing worldwide. Most (~ 80%) acute pancreatitis (AP) patients have mild disease, and about 20% have severe disease, which causes multiple organ failure and has a high mortality rate. Chronic pancreatitis (CP) i...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sato T,Shibata W,Maeda S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To further clarify the clinico-epidemiological features of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) in Japan, we conducted the fourth nationwide epidemiological survey. METHODS:This study consisted of two stage surveys; the number of AIP patients was estimated by the first survey and their clinical features were asses...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Masamune A,Kikuta K,Hamada S,Tsuji I,Takeyama Y,Shimosegawa T,Okazaki K,Collaborators.

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heartburn is a common symptom with great impact on quality of life and on the economy. An approach that helps to alleviate patients' symptoms, decrease the burden on the economy, and improve longterm outcome is needed. Step-down therapy, starting with the proton pump inhibitor lansoprazole, seems to achieve ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Abu Farsakh N

更新日期：2003-01-01 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:Bleeding of the lower gastrointestinal tract requires hospitalization and can cause in-hospital death in the most serious cases; however, only a few studies have evaluated in-hospital death from bleeding of the lower gastrointestinal tract. The aim of this study was to investigate the in-hospital mortality o...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Niikura R,Yasunaga H,Yamaji Y,Horiguchi H,Fushimi K,Yamada A,Hirata Y,Koike K

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The causal association between diabetes and pancreatic cancer remains unclear in Asian populations. This study examined whether gallstones, a cholecystectomy, chronic pancreatitis and the treatment of antidiabetic agents affect the risk of subsequent pancreatic cancer for patients with diabetes in a Taiwanes...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lai HC,Tsai IJ,Chen PC,Muo CH,Chou JW,Peng CY,Lai SW,Sung FC,Lyu SY,Morisky DE

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of colonic mucosa in which the pathogenesis of any immunological disorders would likely be related. Various circulating autoantibodies have been reported in patients with ulcerative colitis, although their possible roles in this disease process have not yet been cla...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakamura H,Yoshida K,Ikegame K,Kishima Y,Uyama H,Enomoto H

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mucosal breaks induced by gastroesophageal reflux of gastric contents were more frequently found on the right anterior wall of the lower esophagus. Bleeding from esophageal varices may be also derived from gastroesophageal reflux. The circumferential location of the ruptured esophageal varices was evaluated ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Okamoto E,Amano Y,Fukuhara H,Furuta K,Miyake T,Sato S,Ishihara S,Kinoshita Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We estimated the levels of free sialic acid and sialylated oligosaccharides excreted in the urine of normal donors (n = 10) and patients with gastric cancer (n = 6) and colorectal cancer (n = 4). The total sialic acid level in cancer patients was similar to that in normal donors. However, the ratios of glycosidically ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shimada I,Shoji M,Futatsuya R,Katoh T,Kominato Y,Sakamoto T,Fujikura T

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Recent routine testing for liver function and anti-mitochondrial antibodies has increased the number of newly diagnosed patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). This study investigated the prognosis of asymptomatic PBC patients, focusing on age difference, to clarify its effect on the prognosis of PBC pat...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kubota J,Ikeda F,Terada R,Kobashi H,Fujioka S,Okamoto R,Baba S,Morimoto Y,Ando M,Makino Y,Taniguchi H,Yasunaka T,Miyake Y,Iwasaki Y,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00