Correlation Analysis Between Ge ...
Background Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is caused by fat metabolism disorders and thereby abnormal or excessive accumulation of fat in h ...
Protective Effects of Melatonin ...
Purpose To compare the protective effects of the potent antioxidants, melatonin and octreotide, against radiationinduced intestinal injury. Methods ...
The Effect of Exopolysaccharide ...
Background Oxidative stress plays a role in disease initiation and progression in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and manipulation of this pathway ...
CagA-Positive Helicobacter pylo ...
Background The role of infection in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is still a matter of debate. Aims This study aimed to investigate the effect ...
Conventional Narrow-Band Imagin ...
Background and Aim Narrow-band imaging (NBI) is an optical image enhancement technique that enhances the vessels and patterns of gastric mucosal sur ...
Musashi1 and Hairy and Enhancer ...
Background Embryonic stem cells have great plasticity. In this study, we repaired impaired small intestine by transplanting putative intestinal epit ...
miR-373 Negatively Regulates Me ...
Background microRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of noncoding, single-stranded RNA molecules that regulate gene expression at the posttranscriptional level ...
miR-137 Is Frequently Down-Regu ...
Introduction MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small (19–25 nucleotides) noncoding RNAs that regulate the expressions of a wide variety of genes, in ...
Gut-Brain Chemokine Changes in ...
Background Hepatic encephalopathy is a syndrome whose physiopathology is poorly understood; therefore, current diagnostic tests are imperfect and mo ...
Growth of M. avium Subspecies P ...
Background Without known mechanisms of action, Crohn’s disease is exacerbated, and ulcerative colitis is improved, by the use of tobacco. Mycobacter ...
Melatonin Expresses Powerful An ...
Introduction Increased free-radical production, decreased antioxidant capacity, and excessive inflammation are wellknown features in the pathogenesi ...
Combined Effect of miR-146a rs2 ...
Background A G/C polymorphism in miRNA-146a (rs2910164) was shown to be associated with the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. Objective This study ...
Domperidone Treatment for Gastr ...
Background Domperidone is a useful alternative to metoclopramide for treatment of gastroparesis due to better tolerability. Effectiveness and side-e ...
Comparative Evaluation of Diffe ...
Background The exact etiopathology of inflammatory bowel disease is still unclear. Most of the therapies present are directed towards symptomatic im ...
Comparison of Endoscopic and Cl ...
Background A proportion of Barrett’s esophagus (BE) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) displays familial aggregation, known as familial Barrett’s e ...
Polymorphisms in Interleukin-1B ...
Background Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignancies afflicting the Chinese population. Polymorphisms in interleukin-1B (IL-1B) and inte ...
Acute Pancreatitis in Obesity: ...
Background Acute pancreatitis is a substantial clinical problem accounting for 240,000 hospital admissions yearly in the United States. Obesity is e ...
CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells Su ...
Background After the recent discovery of Th17 cells, it was proposed that Th17 responses are involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel dise ...
Protective Effects of Black Cum ...
Background The pathogenesis and treatment of ulcerative colitis remain poorly understood. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effects ...
Gastric Emptying of Solids and ...
Background Gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES) of solids is typically used to evaluate for gastroparesis. Aims The purpose of this study was to dete ...
Epigenetic Silencing of Somatos ...
Background Somatostatin (SST), a primary inhibitor of gastrin-stimulated gastric acid secretion, has potent antitumor and anti-secretory activity in ...
Endogenous Hydrogen Sulfide Is ...
Background Endogenous hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is increasingly being recognized as an important gaseous physiological mediator. Accumulating evidence ...
Smoking and Barrett’s Esophagus ...
Background Cigarette use is associated with esophageal adenocarcinoma, and cross-sectional studies suggest an association between smoking and Barret ...
Successful Control of Peristoma ...
Background The techniques of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy are classified as the pull and introducer methods. Peristomal infection is the most ...
Transient Stasis of Pancreatic ...
Background Little is known about the etiopathogenesis of chronic pancreatitis, due mainly to the lack of simple animal models suitable to study infl ...