World Journal of Gastroenterology - Baishideng Publishing Group

Clinicopathological study of cardiac tamponade due to pericardial metastasis originating from gastric cancer

Michiya Kobayashi, Takehiro Okabayashi, Ken Okamoto, Tsutomu Namikawa, Keijiro Araki

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):6899-6904. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.6899

Significance of a novel sucrose permeability test using serum in the diagnosis of early gastric cancer

Tadayuki Shishido, Taketo Yamaguchi, Takeo Odaka, Masanori Seimiya, Hiromitsu Saisho, Fumio Nomura

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):6905-6909. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.6905

Bifunctional chimeric SuperCD suicide gene -YCD: YUPRT fusion is highly effective in a rat hepatoma model

Florian Graepler, Marie-Luise Lemken, Wolfgang A Wybranietz, Ulrike Schmidt, Irina Smirnow, Christine D Groß, Martin Spiegel, Andrea Schenk, Hansjörg Graf, Ulrike A Lauer, Reinhard Vonthein, Michael Gregor, Sorin Armeanu, Michael Bitzer, Ulrich M. Lauer

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):6910-6919. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.6910

Role of blood AFP mRNA and tumor grade in the preoperative prognostic evaluation of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Umberto Cillo, Alessandro Vitale, Filippo Navaglia, Daniela Basso, Umberto Montin, Marco Bassanello, Francesco D’Amico, Francesco Antonio Ciarleglio, Alberto Brolese, Giacomo Zanus, Vito De Pascale, Mario Plebani, Davide Francesco D’Amico

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):6920-6925. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.6920

Etiology and functional status of liver cirrhosis by ³¹P MR spectroscopy

Monika Dezortova, Pavel Taimr, Antonin Skoch, Julius Spicak, Milan Hajek

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):6926-6931. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.6926

Three-dimensional computed tomography in laparoscopic surgery for colorectal carcinoma

Hiroshi Ohtani, Kohei Ohta, Yuichi Arimoto, Eui-Chul Kim, Hiroko Oba, Kenji Adachi, Shoichi Terakawa, Mitsuo Tsubakimoto

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):6932-6935. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.6932

Fibrinogen-like protein 2 fibroleukin expression and its correlation with disease progression in murine hepatitis virus type 3-induced fulminant hepatitis and in patients with severe viral hepatitis B

Chuan-Long Zhu, Wei-Ming Yan, Fan Zhu, Yong-Fen Zhu, Dong Xi, De-Ying Tian, Gary Levy, Xiao-Ping Luo, Qin Ning

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):6936-6940. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.6936

Clinical significance of telomerase and its associate genes expression in the maintenance of telomere length in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

Chung-Ping Hsu, Li-Wen Lee, Sen-Ei Shai, Chih-Yi Chen

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):6941-6947. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.6941

Relationship between body surface area and ALT normalization after long-term lamivudine treatment

Makoto Nakamuta, Shusuke Morizono, Yuichi Tanabe, Eiji Kajiwara, Junya Shimono, Akihide Masumoto, Toshihiro Maruyama, Norihiro Furusyo, Hideyuki Nomura, Hironori Sakai, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Koichi Azuma, Shinji Shimoda, Kazuhiro Kotoh, Munechika Enjoji, Jun Hayashi: Kyushu University liver Disease Study Group

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):6948-6953. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.6948

Excessive portal flow causes graft failure in extremely small-for-size liver transplantation in pigs

Hong-Sheng Wang, Nobuhiro Ohkohchi, Yoshitaka Enomoto, Masahiro Usuda, Shigehito Miyagi, Takeshi Asakura, Hiroo Masuoka, Takashi Aiso, Keisuke Fukushima, Tomohiro Narita, Hideyuki Yamaya, Atsushi Nakamura, Satoshi Sekiguchi, Naoki Kawagishi, Akira Sato, Susumu Satomi

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):6954-6959. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.6954

Nuclear factor-κB decoy oligodeoxynucleotides attenuates ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat liver graft

Ming-Qing Xu, Xiu-Rong Shuai, Mao-Lin Yan, Ming-Man Zhang, Lu-Nan Yan

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):6960-6967. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.6960

Induction of pancreatic duct cells of neonatal rats into insulin-producing cells with fetal bovine serum: A natural protocol and its use for patch clamp experiments

San-Hua Leng, Fu-Er Lu

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):6968-6974. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.6968

Oral vaccination of mice against rodent malaria with recombinant Lactococcus lactis expressing MSP-1₁₉

Zhi-Hong Zhang, Pei-Hong Jiang, Ning-Jun Li, Mi Shi, Weida Huang

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):6975-6980. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.6975

Exogenous acid fibroblast growth factor inhibits ischemia-reperfusion-induced damage in intestinal epithelium via regulating P53 and P21WAF-1 expression

Wei Chen, Xiao-Bing Fu, Shi-Li Ge, Wen-Juan Li, Tong-Zhu Sun, Zhi-Yong Sheng

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):6981-6987. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.6981

Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody titers are stable over time in Crohn’s patients and are not inducible in murine models of colitis

Stefan Müller, Maya Styner, Beatrice Seibold-Schmid, Beatrice Flogerzi, Michael Mähler, Astrid Konrad, Frank Seibold

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):6988-6994. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.6988

Computer-aided morphometry of liver inflammation in needle biopsies

N Dioguardi, B Franceschini, C Russo, F Grizzi

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):6995-7000. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.6995

Open label trial of granulocyte apheresis suggests therapeutic efficacy in chronically active steroid refractory ulcerative colitis

Wolfgang Kruis, Axel Dignass, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Julia Morgenstern, Joachim Mössner, Stephan Schreiber, Maurizio Vecchi, Alberto Malesci, Max Reinshagen, Robert Löfberg

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):7001-7006. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.7001

Appropriateness of indication and diagnostic yield of colonoscopy: First report based on the 2000 guidelines of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Iqbal Siddique, Krishna Mohan, Fuad Hasan, Anjum Memon, Istvan Patty, Basil Al-Nakib

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):7007-7013. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.7007

Treatment for isolated loco-regional recurrence of gastric adenocarcinoma: Does surgery play a role?

Fabio Carboni, Pasquale Lepiane, Roberto Santoro, Riccardo Lorusso, Pietro Mancini, Massimo Carlini, Eugenio Santoro

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):7014-7017. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.7014

Hemoconcentration is a poor predictor of severity in acute pancreatitis

José M. Remes-Troche, Andrés Duarte-Rojo, Gustavo Morales, Guillermo Robles-Díaz

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):7018-7023. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.7018

Catheter tract implantation metastases associated with percutaneous biliary drainage for extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Jun Sakata, Yoshio Shirai, Toshifumi Wakai, Tatsuya Nomura, Eiko Sakata, Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):7024-7027. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.7024

Upper gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors incidentally found by endoscopic examinations

Seng-Kee Chuah, Tsung-Hui Hu, Chung-Mou Kuo, King-Wah Chiu, Chung-Huang Kuo, Keng-Liang Wu, Yeh-Pin Chou, Sheng-Nan Lu, Shue-Shian Chiou, Chi-Sin Changchien, Hock-Liew Eng

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):7028-7032. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.7028

Cell cycle and radiosensitivity of progeny of irradiated primary cultured human hepatocarcinoma cells

Zhi-Zhong Liu, Wen-Ying Huang, Ju-Sheng Lin, Xiao-Sheng Li, Kuo-Huan Liang, Jia-Long Huang

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):7033-7035. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.7033

Prediction value of radiosensitivity of hepatocarcinoma cells for apoptosis and micronucleus assay

Zhi-Zhong Liu, Wen-Ying Huang, Xiao-Sheng Li, Ju-Sheng Lin, Xiao-Kun Cai, Kuo-Huang Lian, He-Jun Zhou

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):7036-7039. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.7036

Cell survival curve for primary hepatic carcinoma cells and relationship between SF₂ of hepatic carcinoma cells and radiosensitivity

Zhi-Zhong Liu, Wen-Ying Huang, Ju-Sheng Lin, Xiao-Sheng Li, Xiao Lan, Xiao-Kun Cai, Kuo-Huan Liang, Hai-Jun Zhou

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):7040-7043. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.7040

A case of bowel schistosomiasis not adhering to endoscopic findings

Manfredi Rizzo, Pasquale Mansueto, Daniela Cabibi, Elisabetta Barresi, Kaspar Berneis, Mario Affronti, Gabriele Di Lorenzo, Sergio Vigneri, Giovam Battista Rini

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):7044-7047. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.7044

Gastric cancer occurring in a patient with Plummer-Vinson syndrome: A case report

Ki-Han Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Ghap-Joong Jung

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):7048-7050. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.7048

Very high alpha-fetoprotein in a young man due to concomitant presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma and Sertoli cell testis tumor

Ozdal Ersoy

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):7051-7053. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.7051

Immunosurveillance function of human mast cell?

Öner Özdemir

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):7054-7056. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.7054

Hormone receptor status of primary tumor as a prognostic factor in patients with liver metastases from breast cancer treated with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization

Kadri Altundag, Ozden Altundag, Serdal Aktolga, Ozlem Yavas, Cem Boruban

World J Gastroenterol 11(44):7057-7057. Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.7057