Search Results - "Hepato-gastroenterology"

Combined gene expression analysis of whole-tissue and microdissected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma identifies genes specifically overexpressed in tumor epithelia by Badea, Liviu, Herlea, Vlad, Dima, Simona Olimpia, Dumitrascu, Traian, Popescu, Irinel

“…The precise details of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) pathogenesis are still insufficiently known, requiring the use of high-throughput methods…”
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Sitagliptin as a novel treatment agent for non-alcoholic Fatty liver disease patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Iwasaki, Tomoyuki, Yoneda, Masato, Inamori, Masahiko, Shirakawa, Jun, Higurashi, Takuma, Maeda, Shin, Terauchi, Yasuo, Nakajima, Atsushi

“…Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver injury, and is considered as the hepatic manifestation of metabolic…”
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Doxorubicin-eluting bead versus conventional TACE for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis by Gao, Sheng, Yang, Zhe, Zheng, Zhiyun, Yao, Jia, Deng, Min, Xie, Haiyang, Zheng, Shusen, Zhou, Lin

“…Doxorubicin-eluting bead TACE (DEB-TACE) has recently been developed as a novel therapy option for HCC. However, the clinical efficacy of DEB-TACE is still…”
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Efficacy and safety of sitagliptin for the treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Fukuhara, Takayuki, Hyogo, Hideyuki, Ochi, Hidenori, Fujino, Hatsue, Kan, Hiromi, Naeshiro, Noriaki, Honda, Yohji, Miyaki, Daisuke, Kawaoka, Tomokazu, Tsuge, Masataka, Hiramatsu, Akira, Imamura, Michio, Kawakami, Yoshiiku, Aikata, Hiroshi, Chayama, Kazuaki

“…Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor is useful for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). However, effects on liver function and glucose metabolism in…”
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InBody 720 as a new method of evaluating visceral obesity by Ogawa, Hisataka, Fujitani, Kazumasa, Tsujinaka, Toshimasa, Imanishi, Kenji, Shirakata, Hatsumi, Kantani, Aiko, Hirao, Motohiro, Kurokawa, Yukinori, Utsumi, Shigetoshi

“…This study was conducted to assess the efficacy of bioelectrical impedance analysis by InBody 720 as a new tool for measuring visceral fat area. A total of 53…”
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Norepinephrine stimulates pancreatic cancer cell proliferation, migration and invasion via β-adrenergic receptor-dependent activation of P38/MAPK pathway by Huang, Xin-yu, Wang, Hong-cheng, Yuan, Zhou, Huang, Jian, Zheng, Qi

“…There is growing evidence that chronic stress is associated with cancer pathogenesis and progression, but the mechanisms involved in this association are…”
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Rikkunshito improves the symptoms in patients with functional dyspepsia, accompanied by an increase in the level of plasma ghrelin by Arai, Makoto, Matsumura, Tomoaki, Tsuchiya, Naoko, Sadakane, Chiharu, Inami, Ryouhei, Suzuki, Takuto, Yoshikawa, Masaharu, Imazeki, Fumio, Yokosuka, Osamu

“…Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common disease but there is no established treatment. Rikkunshito is a traditional Japanese medicine that is widely used for…”
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Pattern of first recurrent lesions in pancreatic cancer: hepatic relapse is associated with dismal prognosis and portal vein invasion by Suenaga, Masaya, Fujii, Tsutomu, Kanda, Mitsuro, Takami, Hideki, Okumura, Norio, Inokawa, Yoshikuni, Kobayashi, Daisuke, Tanaka, Chie, Yamada, Suguru, Sugimoto, Hiroyuki, Nomoto, Shuji, Fujiwara, Michitaka, Kodera, Yasuhiro

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate patterns of the initial recurrence after pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer and risk factors in each pattern. This…”
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Synbiotic control of inflammation and infection in severe acute pancreatitis: a prospective, randomized, double blind study by Oláh, Attila, Belágyi, Tibor, Pótó, László, Romics, Jr, László, Bengmark, Stig

“…Experimental and clinical studies demonstrated that probiotics containing lactobacilli significantly improve the outcome of acute pancreatitis. In a…”
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High intensity focused ultrasound treatment for patients with local advanced pancreatic cancer by Gao, Hui-Feng, Wang, Kun, Meng, Zhi-Qiang, Chen, Zhen, Lin, Jun-Hua, Zhou, Zhen-Hua, Wang, Peng, Shi, Wei-Dong, Sheng, Ye-Hua

“…To evaluate the safety and efficacy of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy in patients with local advanced pancreatic cancer. 39 patients with…”
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Defunctioning loop ileostomy with low anterior resection for distal rectal cancer: should we make an ileostomy as a routine procedure? A prospective randomized study by Chude, G G, Rayate, N V, Patris, V, Koshariya, Mahim, Jagad, Rajan, Kawamoto, J, Lygidakis, N J

“…Anastomotic leakage is a major problem in colorectal surgery particularly in low rectal cancer. The defunctioning loop ileostomy was introduced as a technique…”
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Combination of Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) and Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) vs. Surgical Resection (SR) on Survival Outcome of Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis by Guo, Weichang, He, Xiaofeng, Li, Zhaohui, Li, Yanhao

“…Although TACE-RFA combination presented synergetic effect over monotherapy in patients with early HCC, whether it can achieve comparable survival outcome as…”
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Transforming growth factor-β1 induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in hepatic fibrosis by Bi, Wan-Rong, Yang, Chang-Qing, Shi, Qing

“…The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) are crucial for the regulation of cellular plasticity during liver…”
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Total vs. proximal gastrectomy for proximal gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Wen, Lei, Chen, Xin-Zu, Wu, Bin, Chen, Xiao-Long, Wang, Li, Yang, Kun, Zhang, Bo, Chen, Zhi-Xin, Chen, Jia-Ping, Zhou, Zong-Guang, Li, Chun-Mei, Hu, Jian-Kun

“…To compare effectiveness between total gastrectomy (TG) and proximal gastrectomy (PG) for proximal gastric cancer. PubMed, Embase, Cochrane library and Chinese…”
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Hypertriglyceridemia aggravates ER stress and pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis by Zeng, Yue, Wang, Xingpeng, Zhang, Wei, Wu, Kai, Ma, Jingjing

“…Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) have been implicated in acute pancreatitis (AP). For cellular model, rat exocrine acinar cells…”
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Identification of CD44+ cancer stem cells in human gastric cancer by Chen, Wenji, Zhang, Xueping, Chu, Chiyuan, Cheung, Weunghong Leonard, Ng, Lui, Lam, Siaochi, Chow, Ariel, Lau, Tracy, Chen, Minhu, Li, Yuyuan, Nie, Yuqiang, Wong, Ben Chenyu, Pang, Roberta

“…The cancer stem cell hypothesis suggests that tumors are initiated and maintained by cancer stem cells capable of self-renewal and differentiation into mature…”
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High-sensitivity C-reactive protein is a strong predictor of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by Yeniova, Abdullah Ozgür, Küçükazman, Metin, Ata, Naim, Dal, Kürşat, Kefeli, Ayşe, Başyiğit, Sebahat, Aktaş, Bora, Ağladioğlu, Kadir, Akin, Kadir Okhan, Ertugrul, Derun Taner, Nazligül, Yaşar, Beyan, Esin

“…Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a clinical term that covers simple fatty liver (SFL) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and…”
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High expression of serum miR-17-5p associated with poor prognosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma by Zheng, Jianjian, Dong, Peihong, Gao, Shenmeng, Wang, Ni, Yu, Fujun

“…MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been shown to play pivotal roles in diverse biological processes. Altered expressions of miR-17-5p in several tumor types have been…”
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Junctional adhesion molecule-A promotes proliferation and inhibits apoptosis of gastric cancer by Ikeo, Koichi, Oshima, Tadayuki, Shan, Jing, Matsui, Hirofumi, Tomita, Toshihiko, Fukui, Hirokazu, Watari, Jiro, Miwa, Hiroto

“…Junctional adhesion molecules (JAMs) are known as integral constituents of cellular tight junctions. However, the functions of JAMs in cancer tissues are…”
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Prognostic Value of Preoperative Serum Levels of Five Tumor Markers (Carcinoembryonic Antigen, CA19-9, Alpha-fetoprotein, CA72-4, and CA125) in Gastric Cancer by Kim, Ji-Hyun, Jun, Kyong-Hwa, Jung, Hun, Park, In-Soo, Chin, Hyung-Min

“…There is no known specific tumor marker for gastric cancer, although several tumor markers have been used. The aim of this study was to investigate the…”
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