World Journal of Gastroenterology - Baishideng Publishing Group

Hepatocellular carcinoma treated with interventional procedures: CT and MRI follow-up

Yong-Song Guan, Long Sun, Xiang-Ping Zhou, Xiao Li, Xiao-Hua Zheng

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3543-3548. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3543

Lymph node metastasis in early gastric cancer with submucosal invasion: Feasibility of minimally invasive surgery

Do-Joong Park, Hyeon-Kook Lee, Hyuk-Joon Lee, Hye-Seung Lee, Woo-Ho Kim, Han-Kwang Yang, Kuhn-Uk Lee, Kuk-Jin Choe

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3549-3552. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3549

Microarray-based method for detecting methylation changes of p16^Ink4a gene 5’-CpG islands in gastric carcinomas

Peng Hou, Jia-Yao Shen, Mei-Ju Ji, Nong-Yue He, Zu-Hong Lu

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3553-3558. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3553

Alteration of p53 and p21 during hepatocarcinogenesis in tree shrews

Jian-Jia Su, Ke-Chen Ban, Yuan Li, Liu-Liang Qin, Hui-Yun Wang, Chun Yang, Chao Ou, Xiao-Xian Duan, Young-Lk Lee, Rui-Qi Yang

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3559-3563. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3559

A novel, rapid strategy to form dendritomas from human dendritic cells and hepatocellular carcinoma cell line HCCLM3 cells using mature dendritic cells derived from human peripheral blood CD14+ monocytes within 48 hours of in vitro culture

Xin Guan, Ji-Run Peng, Lan Yuan, Hui Wang, Yu-Hua Wei, Xi-Sheng Leng

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3564-3568. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3564

Differentially expressed genes between solitary large hepatocellular carcinoma and nodular hepatocellular carcinoma

Lian-Yue Yang, Wei Wang, Ji-Xiang Peng, Jie-Quan Yang, Gen-Wen Huang

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3569-3573. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3569

End-of-treatment virologic response does not predict relapse after lamivudine treatment for chronic hepatitis B

Chun-Jen Liu, Wen-Ling Huang, Pei-Jer Chen, Ming-Yang Lai, Jia-Horng Kao, Ding-Shinn Chen

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3574-3578. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3574

Forecasting model for the incidence of hepatitis A based on artificial neural network

Peng Guan, De-Sheng Huang, Bao-Sen Zhou

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3579-3582. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3579

The effect of adenovirus expressing wild-type p53 on 5-fluorouracil chemosensitivity is related to p53 status in pancreatic cancer cell lines

Sven Eisold, Michael Linnebacher, Eduard Ryschich, Dalibor Antolovic, Ulf Hinz, Ernst Klar, Jan Schmidt

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3583-3589. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3583

Enhanced anti-apoptosis and gut epithelium protection function of acidic fibroblast growth factor after cancelling of its mitogenic activity

Xiao-Bing Fu, Xiao-Kun Li, Tong Wang, Biao Cheng, Zhi-Yong Sheng

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3590-3596. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3590

Genetic alterations and reduced expression of tumor suppressor p33^ING1b in human exocrine pancreatic carcinoma

Guan-Zhen Yu, Ming-Hua Zhu, Zhi Zhu, Can-Rong Ni, Jian-Ming Zheng, Fang-Mei Li

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3597-3601. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3597

High-yield expression of recombinant SARS coronavirus nucleocapsid protein in methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris

Ru-Shi Liu, Kun-Yu Yang, Jian Lin, Yi-Wei Lin, Zhi-Hong Zhang, Jun Zhang, Ning-Shao Xia

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3602-3607. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3602

Characteristic expression of γ-aminobutyric acid and glutamate decarboxylase in rat jejunum and its relation to differentiation of epithelial cells

Fang-Yu Wang, Masahito Watanabe, Ren-Min Zhu, Kentaro Maemura

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3608-3611. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3608

Inhibition of small-intestinal sugar absorption mediated by sodium orthovanadate Na₃VO₄ in rats and its mechanisms

Jing Ai, Jie Du, Ning Wang, Zhi-Min Du, Bao-Feng Yang

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3612-3615. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3612

Gastroprotective effect and mechanism of amtolmetin guacyl in mice

Yuan-Hai Li, Jun Li, Yan Huang, Xiong-Wen Lü, Yong Jin

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3616-3620. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3616

Dynamic changes in the expression of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors, TIMPs, during hepatic fibrosis induced by alcohol in rats

Guang-Fu Xu, Peng-Tao Li, Xin-Yue Wang, Xu Jia, De-Lu Tian, Liang-Duo Jiang, Jin-Xiang Yang

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3621-3627. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3621

Scintigraphic detection of carcinoid tumors with a cost effectiveness analysis

Dimitris Dimitroulopoulos, Dimitris Xynopoulos, Klisthenis Tsamakidis, Emmanouel Paraskevas, Athanassios Zisimopoulos, Efthymios Andriotis, Ekaterini Fotopoulou, Marios Kontis, Ioannis Paraskevas

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3628-3633. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3628

Intra-tumor injection of H101, a recombinant adenovirus, in combination with chemotherapy in patients with advanced cancers: A pilot phase II clinical trial

Wei Lu, Shu Zheng, Xu-Feng Li, Jian-Jin Huang, Xiao Zheng, Zhen Li

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3634-3638. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3634

Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 and soluble adhesion molecules as possible prognostic markers of the efficacy of antiviral treatment in chronic hepatitis C

Anatol Panasiuk, Danuta Prokopowicz, Bozena Panasiuk

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3639-3642. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3639

Interleukin (IL) 5 levels and eosinophilia in patients with intestinal parasitic diseases

Sebnem Ustun, Nevin Turgay, Songul Bayram Delibas, Hatice Ertabaklar

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3643-3646. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3643

Diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis: Experience from 11 cases and review of the literature

Ali Uzunkoy, Muge Harma, Mehmet Harma

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3647-3649. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3647

Serum concentration of sFas and sFasL in healthy HBsAg carriers, chronic viral hepatitis B and C patients

Tadeusz Wojciech Lapinski, Oksana Kowalczuk, Danuta Prokopowicz, Lech Chyczewski

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3650-3653. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3650

In vivo suppressive effect of nuclear factor-κB inhibitor on neutrophilic inflammation of grafts after orthotopic liver transplantation in rats

Xiao-Ping Gu, Yu-Dong Qiu, Fu-Tao Xu, Yong Jiang, Yi-Tao Ding

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3654-3658. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3654

Clinical analysis of eight kindreds of familial adenomatous polyposis

Yu-Long He, Chang-Hua Zhang, Mei-Jin Huang, Shi-Rong Cai, Wen-Hua Zhan, Jian-Ping Wang, Ji-Fu Wang

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3659-3661. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3659

Effects of c-myb antisense RNA on TGF-β1 and α1-I collagen expression in cultured hepatic stellate cells

Hui-Hui Ma, Ji-Lu Yao, Gang Li, Chun-Lan Yao, Xue-Juan Chen, Shao-Ji Yang

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3662-3665. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3662

Intravenous pantoprazole versus ranitidine for prevention of rebleeding after endoscopic hemostasis of bleeding peptic ulcers

Ping-I Hsu, Gin-Ho Lo, Ching-Chu Lo, Chiun-Ku Lin, Hoi-Hung Chan, Chung-Jen Wu, Chang-Bih Shie, Pei-Min Tsai, Deng-Chyang Wu, Wen-Ming Wang, Kwok-Hung Lai

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3666-3669. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3666

Inhibition of transfected PTEN on human colon cancer

Shou-Shui Xu, Wen-Lu Shen, Song-Ying Ouyang

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3670-3673. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3670

Serum sIL-2R, TNF-α and IFN-γ in alveolar echinococcosis

Da-Zhong Shi, Fu-Rong Li, B Bartholomot, DA Vuitton, PS Craig

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3674-3676. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3674

Effect of arsenic trioxide on human hepatocarcinoma in nude mice

Hong-Yu Xu, You-Lin Yang, Shu-Mei Liu, Li Bi, Shu-Xiang Chen

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3677-3679. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3677

Primary small cell carcinoma of esophagus: Report of 9 cases and review of literature

Zhu Wu, Jian-Yang Ma, Jun-Jie Yang, Yong-Fan Zhao, Shang-Fu Zhang

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3680-3682. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3680

Integration of E. coli aroG-pheA tandem genes into Corynebacterium glutamicum tyrA locus and its effect on L-phenylalanine biosynthesis

Dong-Xin Liu, Chang-Sheng Fan, Ju-Hong Tao, Guo-Xin Liang, Shan-E Gao, Hai-Jiao Wang, Xin Li, Da-Xin Song

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3683-3687. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3683

Co-mutation of p53, K-ras genes and accumulation of p53 protein and its correlation to clinicopathological features in rectal cancer

Zhi-Zhong Pan, De-Sen Wan, Gong Chen, Li-Ren Li, Zhen-Hai Lu, Bi-Jun Huang

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3688-3690. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3688

Diagnostic evaluation of acute pancreatitis in two patients with hypertriglyceridemia

Yoshifumi Okura, Kozo Hayashi, Tetsuji Shingu, Goro Kajiyama, Yoshiyuki Nakashima, Keijiro Saku

World J Gastroenterol 10(24):3691-3695. Published online Dec 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3691