World Journal of Gastroenterology - Baishideng Publishing Group

Milling of wheat, maize and rice: Effects on fibre and lipid content and health

FI Tovey, M Hobsley

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1695-1696. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1695

Surgery for pancreatic necrosis: “Whom, when and what”

S Connor, JP Neoptolemos

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1697-1698. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1697

Hyperhomocysteinemia, endoplasmic reticulum stress, and alcoholic liver injury

Cheng Ji, Neil Kaplowitz

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1699-1708. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1699

Review of cytokine profiles in patients with hepatitis

Qiao-Ling Sun, Wei Ran

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1709-1715. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1709

Differential gene expression between squamous cell carcinoma of esophageus and its normal epithelium; altered pattern of mal, akr1c2, and rab11a expression

Sakineh Kazemi-Noureini, Sergio Colonna-Romano, Abed-Ali Ziaee, Mohammad-Ali Malboobi, Mansour Yazdanbod, Parviz Setayeshgar, Bruno Maresca

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1716-1721. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1716

Reversal of multidrug resistance in drug-resistant human gastric cancer cell line SGC7901/VCR by antiprogestin drug mifepristone

Da-Qiang Li, Zhi-Biao Wang, Jin Bai, Jie Zhao, Yuan Wang, Kai Hu, Yong-Hong Du

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1722-1725. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1722

Effects of mifepristone on invasive and metastatic potential of human gastric adenocarcinoma cell line MKN-45 in vitro and in vivo

Da-Qiang Li, Zhi-Biao Wang, Jin Bai, Jie Zhao, Yuan Wang, Kai Hu, Yong-Hong Du

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1726-1729. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1726

Microvessel density of malignant and benign hepatic lesions and MRI evaluation

Jian-Ping Lu, Jian Wang, Tao Wang, Yi Wang, Wei-Qing Wu, Li Gao

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1730-1734. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1730

Cloning and identification of NS5ATP2 gene and its spliced variant transactivated by hepatitis C virus non-structural protein 5A

Qian Yang, Jun Cheng, Yan Liu, Yuan Hong, Jian-Jun Wang, Shu-Lin Zhang

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1735-1739. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1735

Gene expression profiles in an hepatitis B virus transfected hepatoblastoma cell line and differentially regulated gene expression by interferon-α

Xun Wang, Zheng-Hong Yuan, Ling-Jie Zheng, Feng Yu, Wei Xiong, Jiang-Xia Liu, Gen-Xi Hu, Yao Li

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1740-1745. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1740

Transactivating effect of hepatitis C virus core protein: A suppression subtractive hybridization study

Min Liu, Yan Liu, Jun Cheng, Shu-Lin Zhang, Lin Wang, Qing Shao, Jian Zhang, Qian Yang

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1746-1749. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1746

Effects of Helicobacter pylori infection on gastric emptying rate in patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia

Grigoris I Leontiadis, George I Minopoulos, Efstratios Maltezos, Stamatia Kotsiou, Konstantinos I Manolas, Konstantinos Simopoulos, Dimitrios Hatseras

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1750-1754. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1750

Effects of lactose as an inducer on expression of Helicobacter pylori rUreB and rHpaA, and Escherichia coli rLTKA63 and rLTB

Jie Yan, Shou-Feng Zhao, Ya-Fei Mao, Yi-Hui Luo

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1755-1758. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1755

Coordinate increase of telomerase activity and c-Myc expression in Helicobacter pylori-associated gastric diseases

Guo-Xin Zhang, Yan-Hong Gu, Zhi-Quan Zhao, Shun-Fu Xu, Hong-Ji Zhang, Hong-Di Wang, Bo Hao

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1759-1762. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1759

Differential Cl^- and HCO₃^- mediated anion secretion by different colonic cell types in response to tetromethylpyrazine

Jin-Xia Zhu, Ning Yang, Qiong He, Lai-Ling Tsang, Wen-Chao Zhao, Yiu-Wa Chung, Hsiao-Chang Chan

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1763-1768. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1763

Time- and pH-dependent colon-specific drug delivery for orally administered diclofenac sodium and 5-aminosalicylic acid

Gang Cheng, Feng An, Mei-Juan Zou, Jin Sun, Xiu-Hua Hao, Yun-Xia He

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1769-1774. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1769

Inhibition of Fas/FasL mRNA expression and TNF-α release in concanavalin A-induced liver injury in mice by bicyclol

Min Li, Geng-Tao Liu

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1775-1779. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1775

Expression of gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor and effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue on proliferation of cultured gastric smooth muscle cells of rats

Lei Chen, Hong-Xuan He, Xu-De Sun, Jing Zhao, Li-Hong Liu, Wei-Quan Huang, Rong-Qing Zhang

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1780-1784. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1780

Evaluation of the viability and energy metabolism of canine pancreas graft subjected to significant warm ischemia damage during preservation by UW solution cold storage method

Chun-Hui Yuan, Gui-Chen Li, He Zhang, Ying Cheng, Ning Zhao, Yong-Feng Liu

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1785-1788. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1785

Heme oxygenase-1 in cholecystokinin-octapeptipe attenuated injury of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells induced by lipopolysaccharide and its signal transduction mechanism

Xin-Li Huang, Yi-Ling Ling, Yi-Qun Ling, Jun-Lin Zhou, Yan Liu, Qiu-Hong Wang

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1789-1794. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1789

Investigation of regurgitation and other symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux in Indonesian infants

Badriul Hegar, Aswitha Boediarso, Agus Firmansyah, Yvan Vandenplas

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1795-1797. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1795

Severity of gastroesophageal reflux disease influences daytime somnolence: A clinical study of 134 patients underwent upper panendoscopy

Pál Demeter, Katalin Várdi Visy, Nóra Gyulai, Róbert Sike, Tamás G Tóth, János Novák, Pál Magyar

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1798-1801. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1798

Intestinal microecology and quality of life in irritable bowel syndrome patients

Jian-Min Si, Ying-Cong Yu, Yu-Jing Fan, Shu-Jie Chen

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1802-1805. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1802

Management of nonfunctioning islet cell tumors

Han Liang, Pu Wang, Xiao-Na Wang, Jia-Cang Wang, Xi-Shan Hao

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1806-1809. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1806

Association of -238G/A polymorphism of tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene promoter region with outcomes of hepatitis B virus infection in Chinese Han population

Liang-Ping Lu, Xing-Wang Li, Ying Liu, Guo-Chang Sun, Xue-Ping Wang, Xi-Lin Zhu, Quan-You Hu, Hui Li

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1810-1814. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1810

Hypermethylation of Syk gene in promoter region associated with oncogenesis and metastasis of gastric carcinoma

Shui Wang, Yong-Bin Ding, Guo-Yu Chen, Jian-Guo Xia, Zhen-Yan Wu

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1815-1818. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1815

Comparison of nuclear matrix proteins between gastric cancer and normal gastric tissue

Qin-Xian Zhang, Yi Ding, Zhuo Li, Xiao-Ping Le, Wei Zhang, Ling Sun, Hui-Rong Shi

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1819-1821. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1819

Apoptosis of human primary gastric carcinoma cells induced by genistein

Hai-Bo Zhou, Juan-Juan Chen, Wen-Xia Wang, Jian-Ting Cai, Qin Du

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1822-1825. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1822

Polymorphisms of interleukin-1B and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist genes in patients with chronic hepatitis B

Ping-An Zhang, Yan Li, Pu Xu, Jian-Min Wu

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1826-1829. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1826

Effects of tegaserod on Fos, substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide expression induced by colon inflammation in lumbarsacral spinal cord

Yi-Ning Sun, Jin-Yan Luo

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1830-1833. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1830

Epidemiological investigation of esophageal carcinoma

Hong Zhang, Shao-Hua Chen, You-Ming Li

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1834-1835. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1834

Fathal pulmonary hypertension after distal splenorenal shunt in schistosomal portal hypertension

Roberto de Cleva, Paulo Herman, Vincenzo Pugliese, Bruno Zilberstein, William Abrão Saad, Joaquim José Gama-Rodrigues

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1836-1837. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1836

Gastric ulcer penetrating to liver diagnosed by endoscopic biopsy

Ertugrul Kayacetin, Serra Kayacetin

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1838-1840. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1838

Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver in association with a gastrointestinal stromal tumor: A case report

Oswens S. Lo, Ronnie T. Poon, Chi Ming Lam, Sheung Tat Fan

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1841-1843. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1841

Human cyclosporiosis in Turkey

Süleyman Yazar, Saban Yalcln, Ízzet Sahin

World J Gastroenterol 10(12):1844-1847. Published online Jun 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1844