TNF-alpha induced endothelial MAdCAM-1 expression is regulated by exogenous, not endogenous nitric oxide.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intussusception (IS) is a form of acute intestinal obstruction that occurs mainly in infants and is usually of unknown cause. An association between IS and the first licensed rotavirus vaccine, a reassortant-tetravalent, rhesus-based rotavirus vaccine (RRV-TV), led to the withdrawal of the vaccine. New rotav...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Sáez-Llorens X,Velázquez FR,Lopez P,Espinoza F,Linhares AC,Abate H,Nuñez E,Venegas G,Vergara R,Jimenez AL,Rivera M,Aranza C,Richardson V,Macias-Parra M,Palacios GR,Rivera L,Ortega-Barria E,Cervantes Y,Rüttimann R,Ru

更新日期：2013-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A validated histopathological tool to precisely evaluate bowel fibrosis in patients with Crohn's disease is lacking. We attempted to establish a new index to quantify the severity of bowel fibrosis in patients with Crohn's disease-associated fibrostenosis. METHODS:We analyzed the histopathological data of 3...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Li XH,Fang ZN,Guan TM,Lin JJ,Sun CH,Huang SY,Mao R,Lu BL,Cao QH,Feng ST,Li ZP

更新日期：2019-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the effect of albumin infusion on cirrhotic patients admitted for acute gastrointestinal bleeding. METHODS:Medical records of cirrhotic patients who admitted due to acute gastrointestinal bleeding through January 2009 to December 2018 were reviewed. Clinical data and the total amount of album...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Wang Z,Xie YW,Lu Q,Yan HL,Liu XB,Long Y,Zhang X,Yang JL

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) includes a wide spectrum of liver diseases, ranging from pure steatosis to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and eventually to liver cirrhosis with its complications. Identifying advanced fibrosis in patients is crucial to evaluating prognosis and possible therapeu...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Raszeja-Wyszomirska J,Szymanik B,Ławniczak M,Kajor M,Chwist A,Milkiewicz P,Hartleb M

更新日期：2010-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current literature has demonstrated that host glutamine depletion facilitates tumorigenesis. Likewise, the glutamine transporter SLC38A1 is putatively associated with malignant transformation and tumor progression. Taken together, this forms the premise for undertaking the current study. The twofold aim of t...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Xie J,Li P,Gao HF,Qian JX,Yuan LY,Wang JJ

更新日期：2014-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) is a complex and heterogeneous genetic disease that has well-established clinical diagnostic criteria. These criteria do not include gastrointestinal tumors. CASE PRESENTATION:We report a 45-year-old patient with a clinical and molecular diagnosis of TSC and a family history...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Reis LB,Konzen D,Netto CBO,Braghini PMB,Prolla G,Ashton-Prolla P

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In China, the incidence of Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has shown a significant growth trend. Analysis of the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic means, and treatment of IBD will further improve the clinician's understanding of IBD, improve knowledge and further enable early diagnosis and s...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Zhai H,Liu A,Huang W,Liu X,Feng S,Wu J,Yao Y,Wang C,Li Q,Hao Q,Hu J,Zhang S

更新日期：2016-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia (RLH) of the liver is very rarely reported, and we encountered two cases of RLH of the liver in a patient with colon cancer. CASE PRESENTATION:In the first case, a 77-year-old woman was admitted for the surgical removal of a ascending colon cancer. A hepatic tumor in the left l...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Takahashi H,Sawai H,Matsuo Y,Funahashi H,Satoh M,Okada Y,Inagaki H,Takeyama H,Manabe T

更新日期：2006-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) symptoms often overlap. In some IBS cases there are subtle inflammatory changes similar to the immune-mediated pathophysiology of IBD, and the risk of both increases after infectious gastroenteritis (IGE). METHODS:To evaluate the effect of ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Porter CK,Cash BD,Pimentel M,Akinseye A,Riddle MS

更新日期：2012-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diminished bone mineral density (BMD) is of significant concern in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Exact etiology is debatable. The recognition of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), a phosphaturic hormone related to tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) makes it plausible to hypothesize its possi...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： El-Hodhod MA,Hamdy AM,Abbas AA,Moftah SG,Ramadan AA

更新日期：2012-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) alfa-2b is recommended for chronic hepatitis B (CHB). We aimed to investigate the sustainability of off-treatment responses among Chinese HBeAg-positive CHB patients treated with PEG-IFN alfa-2b from a randomized trial. METHODS:Eligible Chinese patients (n = 322) were followed...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Sun J,Ding H,Chen G,Wang G,Wei L,Zhang J,Xie Q,Wan M,Tang H,Chen S,Gao Z,Wang Y,Zhang D,Huang W,Sheng J,Ning Q,Yang D,Lu J,Pan C,Yang Y,Wang J,Sun C,Wang Q,Hou J

更新日期：2019-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dysphagia and feeding intolerance are common in neurologically handicapped children. The aim is to determine the etiologies of feeding intolerance in neurologically handicapped children who are intolerant of tube feedings. METHODS:Eighteen neurologically handicapped children, followed in the Tube Feeding Cl...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Werlin SL

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of viral subtype on the rate of sustained virological response (SVR) to antiviral therapy in patients chronically infected with hepatitis C genotype 1 subtype 1a and 1b has not been extensively investigated. The aim of this study is to determine whether the HCV genotype 1 subtypes 1a and 1b respon...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Pellicelli AM,Romano M,Stroffolini T,Mazzoni E,Mecenate F,Monarca R,Picardi A,Bonaventura ME,Mastropietro C,Vignally P,Andreoli A,Marignani M,D'Ambrosio C,Miglioresi L,Nosotti L,Mitidieri O,Gentilucci UV,Puoti C,Barba

更新日期：2012-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Saturated fatty acids are thought to be of relevance for the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and obesity. However, the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. In previous studies we found that food-derived carbohydrates such as fructose alter the intestinal serotonergic system while ind...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Ritze Y,Böhle M,Haub S,Hubert A,Enck P,Zipfel S,Bischoff SC

更新日期：2013-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diet may play a role in disease status in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. We tested whether the inflammatory potential of diet, based on a summation of pro- and anti-inflammatory nutrients, is associated with disease activity in patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. METHODS:Partici...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Lamers CR,de Roos NM,Witteman BJM

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep disturbances are increasingly recognized as a common problem for children and adolescents with chronic pain conditions, but little is known about the prevalence, type, and impact of sleep problems in pediatric functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs). The objectives of the current study were two-f...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Schurman JV,Friesen CA,Dai H,Danda CE,Hyman PE,Cocjin JT

更新日期：2012-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) frequently undergo colectomy to reduce the 70 to 90% lifetime risk of colorectal cancer. After risk-reducing colectomy, duodenal cancer and complications from duodenal surgeries are the main cause of morbidity. Our objective was to prospectively describe the...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Sample DC,Samadder NJ,Pappas LM,Boucher KM,Samowitz WS,Berry T,Westover M,Nathan D,Kanth P,Byrne KR,Burt RW,Neklason DW

更新日期：2018-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) have a high degree of maternal inheritance of functional gastrointestinal and neurological disorders. CVS in children is also associated with an increased prevalence of mitochondrial DNA single-nucleotide polymorphisms (mtDNA SNPs) 16519 T and 3010A. Preliminary d...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Venkatesan T,Zaki EA,Kumar N,Sengupta J,Ali M,Malik B,Szabo A,van Tilburg MA,Boles RG

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Translocation of gut-derived bacterial products such as endotoxin is a major problem in liver cirrhosis. METHODS:To assess the hepatic clearance of bacterial products in individuals with cirrhosis, we tested concentrations of Gram-negative bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), LPS-binding protein (LBP), and t...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Benten D,Schulze zur Wiesch J,Sydow K,Koops A,Buggisch P,Böger RH,Gaydos CA,Won H,Franco V,Lohse AW,Ray SC,Balagopal A

更新日期：2011-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A novel in vitro system was employed to investigate liver tissue respiration (mitochondrial O2 consumption) in mice treated with concanavalin A (Con A). This study aimed to investigate hepatocyte bioenergetics in this well-studied hepatitis model. METHODS:C57Bl/6 and C57Bl/6 IFN-γ-/- mice were injected intr...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Al-Shamsi M,Shahin A,Mensah-Brown EP,Souid AK

更新日期：2013-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advances in intensive care support such as therapeutic hypothermia or new liver assist devices have been the mainstay of treatment attempting to bridge the gap from acute liver failure to liver transplantation, but the efficacy of the available devices in reducing mortality has been questioned. To address th...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Thiel K,Schenk M,Etspüler A,Schenk T,Morgalla MH,Königsrainer A,Thiel C

更新日期：2011-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adult lactase non-persistence (LNP) is due to low lactase expression, resulting in lactose malabsorption (LM). LNP is a genetic trait, but is typically determined by LM markers including breath H2, blood glucose, and urinary galactose after a lactose tolerance test. Known validity of these markers using milk...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Shrestha A,Barnett MPG,Perry JK,Cameron-Smith D,Milan AM

更新日期：2020-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is a disorder that is common by seen in childhood and may lead to severe complications. In this study, we ascertained the incidence of GER among the children who had typical and atypical complaints of GER and whether there was a difference between two groups comparing the findin...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Uzun H,Alagoz D,Okur M,Dikici B,Kocabay K,Senses DA,Ozkan A,Kaya M

更新日期：2012-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and excessive salt intake are known as important risk factors for stomach cancer in humans. However, interactions of these two factors with gene expression profiles during gastric carcinogenesis remain unclear. In the present study, we investigated the global gene ex...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Toyoda T,Tsukamoto T,Yamamoto M,Ban H,Saito N,Takasu S,Shi L,Saito A,Ito S,Yamamura Y,Nishikawa A,Ogawa K,Tanaka T,Tatematsu M

更新日期：2013-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma (FDCS) is a rare neoplasm that originates from follicular dendritic cells in lymphoid tissue while paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) is an autoimmune blistering disease associated with neoplasms. Pancreatic FDCS associated with PNP and myasthenia gravis (MG) is even rarer and h...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Lu T,Song B,Pu H,Li X,Chen Q,Yang C

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) is an immune-complex mediated vasculitis characterized by neutrophilic inflammation and nuclear debris in post capillary venules. LCV is a rare dermatologic manifestation of Crohn's disease (CD) and may occur with the onset of the disease or any time after the diagnosis incl...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Buck M,Dumic I,McDermott W,Nordstrom C,Dawan S,Virata A,Martin S,Hudson A,Milovanovic T,Nordin T

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is the recommended treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients at Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) B-stage, whereas sorafenib is an orally administered small molecule target drug for BCLC C-stage. This updated systemic review and meta-analysis focuses on i...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Li L,Zhao W,Wang M,Hu J,Wang E,Zhao Y,Liu L

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli (E. coli), particularly E. coli sequence type ST131, is becoming a global concern. Commensal bacteria, an important reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes, facilitate the spread of such genes to pathogenic bacterial strains. The objective of the s...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Huang IF,Lee WY,Wang JL,Hung CH,Hu HH,Hung WY,Hung YJ,Chen WC,Shen YT,Cheng MF

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This case seeks to highlight to endoscopists a rare benign disorder that may be encountered during endoscopy. Clinicians may be tempted to biopsy, which could lead to a catastrophic gastrointestinal haemorrhage. CASE PRESENTATION:A 66-year-old asymptomatic Caucasian male was referred for colonoscopy with a ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Abeysekera KWM,Pearl DS,Burn P,Lowe A

更新日期：2019-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most common chronic liver disease in Asians. However, data on prevalence and factors associated with NAFLD in Asians are lacking. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of NAFLD in Shanghai employees to assess the relationship between N...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Hu X,Huang Y,Bao Z,Wang Y,Shi D,Liu F,Gao Z,Yu X

更新日期：2012-09-14 00:00:00