World Journal of Gastroenterology - Baishideng Publishing Group

Role of receptor tyrosine kinases in gastric cancer: New targets for a selective therapy

JC Becker, C Müller-Tidow, H Serve, W Domschke, T Pohle

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3297-3305. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3297

Antibiotics and probiotics in treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

Paolo Gionchetti, Fernando Rizzello, Karen M Lammers, Claudia Morselli, Lucia Sollazzi, Samuel Davies, Rosy Tambasco, Carlo Calabrese, Massimo Campieri

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3306-3313. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3306

Consensus of primary care in acute pancreatitis in Japan

Makoto Otsuki, Masahiko Hirota, Shinju Arata, Masaru Koizumi, Shigeyuki Kawa, Terumi Kamisawa, Kazunori Takeda, Toshihiko Mayumi, Motoji Kitagawa, Tetsuhide Ito, Kazuo Inui, Tooru Shimosegawa, Shigeki Tanaka, Keisho Kataoka, Hiromitsu Saisho, Kazuichi Okazaki, Yosikazu Kuroda, Norio Sawabu, Yoshifumi Takeyama, The Research Committee of Intractable Diseases of the Pancreas

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3314-3323. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3314

Relationships between mucinous gastric carcinoma, MUC2 expression and survival

Emmanuelle Leteurtre, Farid Zerimech, Guillaume Piessen, Agnès Wacrenier, Xavier Leroy, Marie-Christine Copin, Christophe Mariette, Jean-Pierre Aubert, Nicole Porchet, Marie-Pierre Buisine

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3324-3331. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3324

Reversing multidrug resistance by RNA interference through the suppression of MDR1 gene in human hepatoma cells

Xiao-Ping Chen, Qi Wang, Jian Guan, Zhi-Yong Huang, Wan-Guang Zhang, Bi-Xiang Zhang

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3332-3337. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3332

Matrix-derived serum markers in monitoring liver fibrosis in children with chronic hepatitis B treated with interferon alpha

Dariusz Marek Lebensztejn, Maria Elżbieta Sobaniec-Lotowska, Maciej Kaczmarski, Michael Voelker, Detlef Schuppan

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3338-3343. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3338

Identification of biomarkers of human pancreatic adenocarcinomas by expression profiling and validation with gene expression analysis in endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration samples

Henrik Laurell, Michèle Bouisson, Philippe Berthelémy, Philippe Rochaix, Sébastien Déjean, Philippe Besse, Christiane Susini, Lucien Pradayrol, Nicole Vaysse, Louis Buscail

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3344-3351. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3344

Adiponectin deficiency exacerbates lipopolysaccharide/D-galactosamine-induced liver injury in mice

Hitoshi Matsumoto, Shinji Tamura, Yoshihiro Kamada, Shinichi Kiso, Juichi Fukushima, Akira Wada, Norikazu Maeda, Shinji Kihara, Tohru Funahashi, Yuji Matsuzawa, Iichiro Shimomura, Norio Hayashi

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3352-3358. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3352

Effect of solanine on the membrane potential of mitochondria in HepG₂ cells and [Ca²⁺]_i in the cells

Shi-Yong Gao, Qiu-Juan Wang, Yu-Bin Ji

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3359-3367. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3359

Dynamic functional and ultrastructural changes of gastric parietal cells induced by water immersion-restraint stress in rats

Yu-Mei Li, Guo-Ming Lu, Xiao-Ping Zou, Zhao-Shen Li, Gui-Yong Peng, Dian-Chun Fang

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3368-3372. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3368

Cloning and molecular characterization of Δ¹²-fatty acid desaturase gene from Mortierella isabellina

Ming-Chun Li, Hang Li, Dong-Sheng Wei, Lai-Jun Xing

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3373-3379. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3373

Malnutrition affects quality of life in gastroenterology patients

Kristina Norman, Henriette Kirchner, Herbert Lochs, Matthias Pirlich

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3380-3385. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3380

Malnutrition affects quality of life in gastroenterology patients

Kristina Norman, Henriette Kirchner, Herbert Lochs, Matthias Pirlich

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3380-3385. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3385

Rectal nitric oxide as biomarker in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease: Responders versus nonresponders

Tryggve Ljung, Sofie Lundberg, Mark Varsanyi, Catharina Johansson, Peter T Schmidt, Max Herulf, Jon O Lundberg, Per M Hellström

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3386-3392. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3386

Effects of adacolumn selective leukocytapheresis on plasma cytokines during active disease in patients with active ulcerative colitis

Hiroyuki Hanai, Takayuki Iida, Masami Yamada, Yoshihiko Sato, Ken Takeuchi, Tatsuo Tanaka, Kenji Kondo, Masataka Kikuyama, Yasuhiko Maruyama, Yasushi Iwaoka, Akiko Nakamura, Kazuhisa Hirayama, Abby R Saniabadi, Fumitoshi Watanabe

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3393-3399. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3393

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease may not be a severe disease at presentation among Asian Indians

Kaushal Madan, Yogesh Batra, S Datta Gupta, Bal Chander, K D Anand Rajan, M S Tewatia, S K Panda, S K Acharya

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3400-3405. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3400

Perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (p-anca) in chronic ulcerative colitis: Experience in a Mexican institution

Jesus K Yamamoto-Furusho, Takeshi Takahashi-Monroy, Omar Vergara-Fernandez, Edgardo Reyes, Luis Uscanga

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3406-3409. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3406

Experimental obstructive jaundice alters claudin-4 expression in intestinal mucosa: Effect of bombesin and neurotensin

Stelios F Assimakopoulos, Constantine E Vagianos, Aristides S Charonis, Ilias H Alexandris, Iris Spiliopoulou, Konstantinos C Thomopoulos, Vassiliki N Nikolopoulou, Chrisoula D Scopa

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3410-3415. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3410

Role of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells in inflammatory bowel disease

Michalis Tzivras, Vassilios Koussoulas, Evangelos J Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Dimitrios Tzivras, Thomas Tsaganos, Pantelis Koutoukas, Helen Giamarellou, Athanasios Archimandritis

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3416-3419. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3416

Prevalence of occult HBV infection in haemodialysis patients with chronic HCV

Vedat Goral, Hamza Ozkul, Selahattin Tekes, Dede Sit, Ali Kemal Kadiroglu

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3420-3424. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3420

Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 is associated with p53 accumulation in premalignant and malignant gallbladder lesions

Mateja Legan, Boštjan Luzar, Vera Ferlan Marolt, Andrej Cör

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3425-3429. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3425

Glycemic index of cereals and tubers produced in China

Yue-Xin Yang, Hong-Wei Wang, Hong-Mei Cui, Yan Wang, Lian-Da Yu, Shi-Xue Xiang, Shui-Ying Zhou

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3430-3433. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3430

A randomized controlled clinical trial: Interruption of intrauterine transmission of hepatitis B virus infection with HBIG

Qin Xu, Lin Xiao, Xiao-Bo Lu, Yue-Xin Zhang, Xia Cai

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3434-3437. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3434

Study on biological characters of SGC7901 gastric cancer cell-dendritic cell fusion vaccines

Kun Zhang, Peng-Fen Gao, Pei-Wu Yu, Yun Rao, Li-Xin Zhou

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3438-3441. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3438

Granular cell tumor of stomach: A case report and review of literature

Rosalia Patti, Piero Luigi Almasio, Gaetano Di Vita

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3442-3445. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3442

Primary signet-ring cell carcinoma of the colon at early stage: A case report and a review of the literature

Kuang-I Fu, Yasushi Sano, Shigeharu Kato, Hiroki Saito, Atsushi Ochiai, Takahiro Fujimori, Yutaka Saito, Takahisa Matsuda, Takahiro Fujii, Shigeaki Yoshida

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3446-3449. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3446

Postoperative bile leakage managed successfully by intrahepatic biliary ablation with ethanol

Tetsuya Shimizu, Hiroshi Yoshida, Yasuhiro Mamada, Nobuhiko Taniai, Satoshi Matsumoto, Yoshiaki Mizuguchi, Shigeki Yokomuro, Yasuo Arima, Koho Akimaru, Takashi Tajiri

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3450-3452. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3450

Synchronous anorectal melanoma

Drinko Balicevic, Karla Tomic, Miroslav Bekavac-Beslin, Igor Kovacevic, August Mijic, Mladen Belicza, Bozo Kruslin

World J Gastroenterol 12(21):3453-3455. Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3453