Issue 8/2011
Content (47 Articles)
Dangerous Disappearing Act: Commensal Gut Microbiota After Acute Severe Insults
Joe Alcock
The Regulation of Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin in Gut Immune Homeostasis
Ming Li, Ji Zhang, Yuzhang Wu, Jintao Li
Peginterferon Alfa-2a Is Superior to Peginterferon Alfa-2b in the Treatment of Naïve Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Ashwani K. Singal, Sarat C. Jampana, Bhupinderjit S. Anand
Polymorphisms of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk: A HuGE Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Yonggang Wei, Fei Liu, Bo Li, Xi Chen, Yu Ma, Lvnan Yan, Tianfu Wen, Mingqing Xu, Wentao Wang, Jiayin Yang
Acute Liver Failure and Aplastic Anemia in an 11-Year-Old Girl
Ann Ming Yeh, Amirkaveh Mojtahed, Dorsey Bass
Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Following Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Cayley Bowles, Megan Ancker, George Triadafilopoulos
Mitochondrial Dependent Apoptosis: Ameliorative Effect of Flunarizine on Ischemia–Reperfusion of Celiac Artery-Induced Gastric Lesions in the Rat
Arunachalam Muthuraman, Muthusamy Ramesh, Ashish Chauhan
Intragastrically Administered Lysophosphatidic Acids Protect Against Gastric Ulcer in Rats Under Water-Immersion Restraint Stress
Mika Adachi, Gou Horiuchi, Natsuki Ikematsu, Tamotsu Tanaka, Junji Terao, Kiyoshi Satouchi, Akira Tokumura
Effects of Ischemia and Reperfusion on P2X2 Receptor Expressing Neurons of the Rat Ileum Enteric Nervous System
Ariane Silva Paulino, Kelly Palombit, Gabriela Cavriani, Wothan Tavares-de-Lima, Márcia Sanae Mizuno, Aline Rosa Marosti, Marcos Vinícius da Silva, Priscila Azevedo Girotti, Edson Aparecido Liberti, Patricia Castelucci
The Effect of Nicorandil on Small Intestinal Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury in a Canine Model
Yujin Suto, Kiyohiro Oshima, Kazuhisa Arakawa, Hiroaki Sato, Hodaka Yamazaki, Koshi Matsumoto, Izumi Takeyoshi
Pharmacologic Evaluation of Sulfasalazine, FTY720, and Anti-IL-12/23p40 in a TNBS-Induced Crohn’s Disease Model
Zaher A. Radi, Deborah M. Heuvelman, Jaime L. Masferrer, Ericka L. Benson
Rectal Administration of Lipopolysaccharide and Ovalbumin Ameliorates Acute Murine Colitis
Jong Pil Im, Byong Duk Ye, Jung Mogg Kim, Hyun Chae Jung, In Sung Song, Joo Sung Kim
Correlation Analysis Between Gene Expression Profile of Rat Liver Tissues and High-Fat Emulsion-Induced Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver
Cunshuan Xu, Gaiping Wang, Yunpeng Hao, Jia Zhi, Lianxing Zhang, Cuifang Chang
Gut-Brain Chemokine Changes in Portal Hypertensive Rats
Joaquin Merino, Maria-Angeles Aller, Sandra Rubio, Natalia Arias, Maria-Paz Nava, Maria Loscertales, Jaime Arias, Jorge-Luis Arias
Acute Pancreatitis in Obesity: Adipokines and Dietary Fish Oil
Hayder H. Al-Azzawi, Terence E. Wade, Deborah A. Swartz-Basile, Sue Wang, Henry A. Pitt, Nicholas J. Zyromski
Transient Stasis of Pancreatic Fluid Flow Together with Mild Injury of the Pancreatic Duct Cause Chronic Pancreatitis
Taizo Yamaguchi, Yasuyuki Kihara, Mitsuyoshi Yamamoto, Makoto Otsuki
Acid-Suppressive Effect of Rabeprazole 5 mg and 10 mg Once Daily by 24-Hour Esophageal pH Monitoring in Patients with Non-erosive Reflux Disease in Japan: A Multicenter, Randomized, Parallel-Group, Double-Blind Pharmacodynamic Study
Kiyoshi Ashida, Yoshikazu Kinoshita, Michio Hongo
Esophageal Contractions in Patients with Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia
Danielle Ramos Domenis, Paula Macedo Carvalho Issa Okubo, Cláudia Sobreira, Roberto Oliveira Dantas
Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Anemia: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Erin Sarzynski, Chethan Puttarajappa, Yan Xie, Madhusudan Grover, Heather Laird-Fick
Lower Serum Level of Adiponectin Is Associated with Increased Risk of Endoscopic Erosive Gastritis
Shunsuke Yamamoto, Kenji Watabe, Shusaku Tsutsui, Shinichi Kiso, Toshimitsu Hamasaki, Motohiko Kato, Yoshihiro Kamada, Yuichi Yoshida, Shinji Kihara, Miyuki Umeda, Aiko Furubayashi, Kazuo Kinoshita, Osamu Kishida, Takashi Fujimoto, Akira Yamada, Yoshifumi Tsukamoto, Norio Hayashi, Yuji Matsuzawa
Dramatic Changes of the Gut Flora Immediately After Severe and Sudden Insults
Mineji Hayakawa, Takashi Asahara, Naomi Henzan, Hiromoto Murakami, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Nobutaka Mukai, Yousuke Minami, Masahiro Sugano, Nobuhiko Kubota, Shinji Uegaki, Hisako Kamoshida, Atsushi Sawamura, Koji Nomoto, Satoshi Gando
Characteristics of Small Bowel Tumors Detected by Double Balloon Endoscopy
Hiroya Imaoka, Naoyuki Higaki, Teru Kumagi, Jirou Miyaike, Masaki Ohmoto, Kazuhiko Yamauchi, Takatoshi Murakami, Hidehiro Murakami, Yoshiou Ikeda, Tomoyuki Yokota, Naozumi Shibata, Tomoyuki Ninomiya, Masanori Abe, Yoichi Hiasa, Bunzo Matsuura, Morikazu Onji, Masakichi Umeda, Norio Horiike
Fecal Calprotectin Is a Useful Marker for Disease Activity in Pediatric Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Tomoki Aomatsu, Atsushi Yoden, Kyoichi Matsumoto, Emi Kimura, Keisuke Inoue, Akira Andoh, Hiroshi Tamai
Is Inflammatory Bowel Disease an Important Risk Factor Among Older Persons with Colorectal Cancer in the United States? A Population-Based Case–Control Study
Aasma Shaukat, Daniel J. Virnig, Nadim I. Salfiti, David H. Howard, Shanthi V. Sitaraman, Jonathan M. Liff
Prevalence of Advanced Adenomas in Small and Diminutive Colon Polyps Using Direct Measurement of Size
Franklin C. Tsai, Williamson B. Strum
Polyp Recurrence After Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of Sessile and Flat Colonic Adenomas
J. Mannath, V. Subramanian, R. Singh, E. Telakis, K. Ragunath
Should a Colonoscopy be Recommended for Healthy Individuals with Increased Carcinoembryonic Antigen Levels? A Case–Control Study
Jin Ha Lee, Sung Pil Hong, Tae Joo Jeon, Gun-Hi Kang, Won-Choong Choi, Soung Min Jeon, Chang Mo Moon, Jae Jun Park, Jae Hee Cheon, Tae Il Kim, Won Ho Kim
Nicorandil Associated Colonic Ulceration: Case Series of an Increasingly Recognized Complication
Bee C. Lee, Patrick B. Allen, Grant R. Caddy, Inder Mainie
A Comparative Study of Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration With and Without a Stylet
Sachin Wani, Neil Gupta, Srinivas Gaddam, Vikas Singh, Ozlem Ulusarac, Maria Romanas, Ajay Bansal, Prateek Sharma, Mojtaba S. Olyaee, Amit Rastogi
Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES): Patients’ Perceptions and Attitudes
Wen Li, Hong Xu, Zi-Kai Wang, Zhi-Ning Fan, Shan-Duo Ba, Duo-Wu Zou, Xu Ren, Bing Hu, Yong-Hui Huang, Ming-Jun Sun, Jie Liu, Wen Li, Ping Xu, Qi Zhu, Si-De Liu, Jian-Guo Xiao
Medication Nonadherence with Long-Term Management of Patients with Hepatitis B e antigen-Negative Chronic Hepatitis B
Nghiem B. Ha, Nghi B. Ha, Ruel T. Garcia, Huy N. Trinh, Kevin T. Chaung, Huy A. Nguyen, Khanh K. Nguyen, Brian S. Levitt, Mindie H. Nguyen
Defining Virologic Relapse in Chronic Hepatitis B
Kyung Hee Kim, Dong Hyun Sinn, Won Kyoung Yun, Hyun Chin Cho, Yun Young Lee, Geum-Youn Gwak, Moon Seok Choi, Joon Hyeok Lee, Kwang Cheol Koh, Byung Chul Yoo, Seung Woon Paik
Retreatment of Hepatitis C with Consensus Interferon and Ribavirin After Nonresponse or Relapse to Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin: A National VA Clinical Practice Study
Helen S. Yee, Sue L. Currie, Kathryn Tortorice, Myrna Cozen, Hui Shen, Summer Chapman, Fran Cunningham, Alexander Monto
Prediction of Sustained Virological Response to Combination Therapy with Pegylated Interferon Alfa and Ribavirin in Patients with Genotype 3 Chronic Hepatitis C
S. K. Tohra, S. Taneja, S. Ghosh, B. K. Sharma, A. Duseja, R. K. Dhiman, A. Das, Y. K. Chawla
Idiopathic Noncirrhotic Intrahepatic Portal Hypertension is Associated with Sustained ADAMTS13 Deficiency
Ian Mackie, C. E. Eapen, Desley Neil, Andrew S. Lawrie, Andrew Chitolie, Jean C. Shaw, Elwyn Elias
CT Portography with Gastric Variceal Volume Measurements in the Evaluation of Endoscopic Therapeutic Efficacy of Tissue Adhesive Injection into Gastric Varices: A Pilot Study
John P. Rice, Meghan Lubner, Andrew Taylor, Bret J. Spier, Adnan Said, Michael R. Lucey, Alexandru Musat, Mark Reichelderfer, Patrick R. Pfau, Deepak V. Gopal
Differentiation-Inducing Activity of Hydroxycamptothecin on Cancer Stem-Like Cells Derived from Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Yi Zhang, Wen-Jie Song, Fu-Qin Zhang, Wei-Hui Liu, Ke-Feng Dou
Donor Hepatectomy for Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Learning Steps and Surgical Outcome
Shigeru Marubashi, Hiroaki Nagano, Hiroshi Wada, Shogo Kobayashi, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yutaka Takeda, Masahiro Tanemura, Yuichiro Doki, Masaki Mori
The Clinical Utility and Limitations of Serum Carbohydrate Antigen (CA19-9) as a Diagnostic Tool for Pancreatic Cancer and Cholangiocarcinoma
Sundeep Singh, Shou-jiang Tang, Jayaprakash Sreenarasimhaiah, Luis F. Lara, Ali Siddiqui
Age Should Not Be a Barrier to Performing Capsule Endoscopy in the Elderly with Anaemia
Reena Sidhu, Mark E. McAlindon
Serum Vitamin D Concentrations and Unexplained Elevation in ALT Among US Adults
Barbara J. Boucher
Drug-Induced Autoimmune-Like Hepatitis: A Diagnostic Challenge
Agustin Castiella, Maria Isabel Lucena, Eva Maria Zapata, Pedro Otazua, Raul J. Andrade
Drug-Induced Autoimmune-Like Hepatitis: A Case of Chronic Course After Drug Withdrawal
Alexandra Heurgué-Berlot, Brigitte Bernard-Chabert, Marie-Danièle Diebold, Gérard Thiéfin
Biliary Access with Conventional Methods or with Suprapapillary Puncture: Safety Is the Main Issue We Need to Query First
Ulku Saritas, Yucel Ustundag
Erratum to: Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Pseudo-Achalasia in a Patient with Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome: An Enemy Out of the Blue
Carlene Lihalakha Chun, Saul Eisenstat, Shane Dormady, Charles Lombard, George Triadafilopoulos
Erratum to: Add-On Adefovir Is Superior to a Switch to Entecavir as Rescue Therapy for Lamivudine-Resistant Chronic Hepatitis B
Goh Eun Chung, Won Kim, Kook Lae Lee, Sang Youn Hwang, Jeong-Hoon Lee, Hwi Young Kim, Yong Jin Jung, Donghee Kim, Ji Bong Jeong, Byeong Gwan Kim, Yoon Jun Kim, Jung-Hwan Yoon, Hyo-Suk Lee