Interferon monotherapy in chronic hepatitis B.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:At present, there is no recognized diagnostic criteria for gastric low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia (LGIN). The purpose of this study was to determine whether an "endoscopic acanthosis nigricans appearance (EANA)" could be a useful endoscopic marker for distinguishing LGIN lesions from peripheral ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Cheng J,Xu X,Zhuang Q,Luo S,Gong X,Wu X,Wan X,Zhou H

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Locoregional therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are considered to confer a survival advantage, however, the patient group that should be targeted is not clearly defined. This study aimed to determine the impact on survival of locoregional therapies compared with supportive care, within prog...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Mahady SE,Charlton B,Fitzgerald P,Koorey DJ,Perry JF,Waugh RC,McCaughan GW,Strasser SI

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infiltrating leucocytes are activated to generate reactive oxygen species or to produce several molecules in inflamed colonic mucosa. To clarify the phenotypical and functional properties of activating cells in colitic mucosa, 23 patients with ulcerative colitis and 13 controls were studied using a combined method for...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Oshitani N,Sawa Y,Hara J,Adachi K,Nakamura S,Matsumoto T,Arakawa T,Kuroki T

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Belching is a common disorder with undetermined pathogenesis. With the combined multichannel intraluminal impedance pH monitoring, two different models of belching have been defined: gastric belching (GB) and supragastric belching (SB). The aim of this study was to assess whether SB was associated w...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Li J,Xiao Y,Peng S,Lin J,Chen M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:We have recently reported quantitative and qualitative differences of the bone marrow (BM) hematopoietic progenitor cells in autoimmune hepatitis type-1 (AIH-1) and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). In order to better investigate the possible involvement of BM in these diseases, we studied the morpho...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tsikrikoni A,Rigopoulou EI,Zachou K,Liaskos C,Kyriakou D,Dalekos GN

更新日期：2008-08-01 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：:The structural analysis, replicative efficiency and immunogenicity of hepatitis B virus (HBV) full-length genomes isolated from different patients or asymptomatic carriers are presented in the present review. Data indicate the importance of viral genome-based studies in elucidating the pathogenesis of HBV infections. ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wen YM

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) comprise the idiopathic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) of the gut. The etiology of IBD is poorly understood, but an autoimmune disturbance has been suggested to play an important role in this incurable disease. Extracorporeal leukocytapheresis (CAP) is an additional ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Fukunaga K,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Liver fibrosis is an established determinant of prognosis and therapy in chronic hepatitis B (CHB). The role of fibroscan in assessing fibrosis in CHB remains unclear. Present study was designed to correlate fibroscan with liver biopsy and determine whether fibroscan can avoid liver biopsy in patient...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Goyal R,Mallick SR,Mahanta M,Kedia S,Shalimar,Dhingra R,Sharma H,Das P,Datta Gupta S,Panda S,Acharya SK

更新日期：2013-11-01 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 AND AIM:Development of hepatic cirrhosis involves oxidative stress, inflammation, hepatic stellate cells (HSC)s activation and fibrosis. On the other hand, quercetin, a natural flavonoid is a potent antioxidant and activator of superoxide dismutase and catalase. The aim was to determinate the effect of querc...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Hernández-Ortega LD,Alcántar-Díaz BE,Ruiz-Corro LA,Sandoval-Rodriguez A,Bueno-Topete M,Armendariz-Borunda J,Salazar-Montes AM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:A relatively large number of patients with multiple myeloma have been reported to develop a secondary malignancy such as cancer of the breast, biliary system or bowel. METHODS:A retrospective study was perfomed in 734 patients with hematologic disease diagnosed at Nippon Medical School Hospital bet...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kishida T,Yonezawa M,Shibata Y,Tanaka S,Shinozawa I,Hoshino T,Tatsuguchi A,Feng L,Sato J,Fujimori S,Yoshida Y,Sakamoto C,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:In high or moderate risk populations, periodic surveillance of patients at risk of progression from gastric precursor lesions (PL) to gastric cancer (GC) is the most effective strategy for reducing the burden of GC. Incomplete type of intestinal metaplasia (IIM) may be considered as the best candidat...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： González CA,Sanz-Anquela JM,Companioni O,Bonet C,Berdasco M,López C,Mendoza J,Martín-Arranz MD,Rey E,Poves E,Espinosa L,Barrio J,Torres MÁ,Cuatrecasas M,Elizalde I,Bujanda L,Garmendia M,Ferrández Á,Muñoz G,Andreu V

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Sniff test is a common method before unsedated transnasal esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (UT-EGD) to select a nostril insertion site. Yet there is no objective method to select a more specific meatus insertion tract for anesthesia and insertion. We devised an endoscopic meatus scoring scale by anterior...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Hu CT,Lei WY,Lin JS,Hung JS

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:This study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of expression of hepatocyte nuclear factors (HNFs) involved in hepatic gene transcription in patients undergoing curative resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS:We performed immunohistochemical analyses on microarrays of the tumors ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Shim JH,Kang HJ,Han S,Lee YJ,Lee SG,Yu E,Lee HC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Palliative endoscopic or percutaneous biliary drainage is used for unresectable advanced hilar cancer (HC). The best option for drainage in Bismuth type III or IV HC has not been established. The aims of this study are to identify factors predictive of endoscopic stenting failure and evaluate the eff...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Jang SI,Hwang JH,Lee KH,Yu JS,Kim HW,Yoon CJ,Lee YS,Paik KH,Lee SH,Lee DK

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The clinical significance and prognosis of mixed adenocarcinoma in early gastric cancer (EGC) are incompletely understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinicopathological characteristics and long-term outcomes of mixed adenocarcinoma diagnosed as EGC after endoscopic submucosal dissect...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Han JP,Hong SJ,Kim HK

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:HFE mutations, a common cause of hereditary hemochromatosis (HH), are reportedly associated with hepatic iron overload, severe liver fibrosis, and good response to interferon treatment in European patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). HH shows ethnicity-based differences and little is known about ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ishizu Y,Katano Y,Honda T,Hayashi K,Ishigami M,Itoh A,Hirooka Y,Nakano I,Goto H

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the immune response of 20 haemodialysis (HD) patients vaccinated with hepatitis A (HA) vaccine and eight patients vaccinated with hepatitis B (HB) vaccine. Twenty patients and 22 healthy adults were immunized three times (months 0, 1 and 6) intramuscularly with a 0.5 microgram dose. All members of...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kuramoto I,Fujiyama S,Matsushita K,Sato T

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the leading cause of liver diseases including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. In China, it is a major national health problem that demands nationwide coordinated emphasis on prevention and treatment. To inform these initiatives, a nationwide survey...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wei L,Li J,Yang X,Wang G,Feng B,Hou J,Duan Z,Jia J,Ren H,Niu J,Chen X,Wang FS,Shang J,Bo Q,Li R,Liu Y,Zhuang H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:2 L polyethylene glycol plus an ascorbic acid (PEGA) is known to be as effective. However, 2 L polyethylene glycol-based regimens are often still difficult for patients to tolerate. Therefore, we conducted this study to evaluate the potential of 1 L PEGA with prepackaged low-residue diet (PLD) as an ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lee JW,Choi JY,Yoon H,Shin CM,Park YS,Kim N,Lee DH

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and fifty-three cases of acute viral hepatitis admitted to Ibn Al-Khateeb Infectious Disease Hospital, Baghdad, were studied prospectively regarding the viral aetiological agent. The most common cause was infection with one of the non-A, non-B viruses (51%). The second most common cause was infection with ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Rassam SW,Goudeau AM,Dubois F,al-Khoury BN,al-Deen JA,Sadik AM

更新日期：1989-03-01 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:Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs), which express c-Kit receptor tyrosine kinase (KIT), play an important role in gastrointestinal motility. Loss of ICCs likely contributes to diabetic gastrointestinal motility disorder, however, the mechanism of attrition remains unknown. Here, we test the hypothesis that t...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Li Y,Kojima H,Fujino K,Matsumura K,Katagi M,Urabe H,Chan L,Eguchi Y,Zhao L,Kimura H

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The immunogenetic basis of autoimmune diseases has become more and more evident. We have analyzed the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) associations with type-1 autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) among patients from western India. METHODS:In 20 patients and 120 healthy controls, polymerase chain reaction ampli...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Shankarkumar U,Amarapurkar DN,Kankonkar S

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Chronic alcoholic liver disease is associated with hepatic insulin resistance, dysregulated lipid metabolism with increased toxic lipid (ceramide) accumulation, lipid peroxidation, and oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Peroxisome-proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) agonists are insu...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ramirez T,Tong M,Chen WC,Nguyen QG,Wands JR,de la Monte SM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acids in our daily diet are broadly classified into cis and trans fatty acids (TFAs). TFAs are formed during the manufacturing process of hydrogenated vegetable oils such as margarine. Modern diets such as deep-fried products, frozen foods, and packaged snacks commonly include large quantities of margarine conta...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Okada Y,Tsuzuki Y,Ueda T,Hozumi H,Sato S,Hokari R,Kurihara C,Watanabe C,Tomita K,Komoto S,Kawaguchi A,Nagao S,Miura S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Annexin A10 (ANXA10) and its liver-specific short isoform (ANXA10S) had tissue-restricted expression. The downregulation of ANXA10S is correlated with tumor progression and poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma. The aim of the present study was to validate the tissue distribution and explore th...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lu SH,Chen YL,Shun CT,Lai JN,Peng SY,Lai PL,Hsu HC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:We previously reported that hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) for liver preservation is feasible, but hepatic microcirculatory dysfunction and significant liver damage remain major obstacles in its application when the preservation is extended to 24 h. The underlying injury mechanism is not well un...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Xu H,Lee CY,Clemens MG,Zhang JX

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the long-term efficacy and the timing of booster injection of a lyophilized, inactivated hepatitis A vaccine (HAV), we studied the acquired anti-hepatitis A virus titres in 45 subjects who received either two or three doses of the vaccine. With three doses > or = 0.5 microgram administered at 0, 1 and 6 mo...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Fujiyama S,Odoh K,Tanaka M,Kuramoto I,Tomita K

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00