World Journal of Gastroenterology - Baishideng Publishing Group

Interaction or relationship between Helicobacter pylori and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in upper gastrointestinal diseases

Kai-Yu Ji, Fu-Lian Hu

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3789-3792. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3789

Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction: Managing the patient with chronic biliary pain

Lana Bistritz, Vincent G Bain

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3793-3802. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3793

Tumor differentiation phenotype in gastric differentiated-type tumors and its relation to tumor invasion and genetic alterations

Kimiyasu Yamazaki, Yusuke Tajima, Reiko Makino, Nobukazu Nishino, Shigeo Aoki, Masanori Kato, Masaaki Sakamoto, Koji Morohara, Tsutomu Kaetsu, Mitsuo Kusano

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3803-3809. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3803

Effects of recombinant human growth hormone on growth of human gastric carcinoma xenograft model in nude mice

Dao-Ming Liang, Jia-Yong Chen, Yi Zhang, Ping Gan, Jie Lin, An-Bao Chen

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3810-3813. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3810

Single-tube-genotyping of gastric cancer related SNPs by directly using whole blood and paper-dried blood as starting materials

Huan Huang, Ying Bu, Guo-Hua Zhou

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3814-3820. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3814

Increased hepatic expression of insulin-like growth factor-I receptor in chronic hepatitis C

José Tadeu Stefano, Maria Lúcia Corrêa-Giannella, Cristiane Maria Freitas Ribeiro, Venâncio Avancini Ferreira Alves, Paulo Celso Bosco Massarollo, Marcel Cerqueira Cesar Machado, Daniel Giannella-Neto

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3821-3828. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3821

Defensive nature of Sargassum polycystum (Brown alga) against acetaminophen-induced toxic hepatitis in rats: Role of drug metabolizing microsomal enzyme system, tumor necrosis factor-α and fate of liver cell structural integrity

H Balaji raghavendran, A Sathivel, T Devaki

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3829-3834. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3829

Effect of liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy and ischemia-reperfusion on expression of growth factor receptors

P Baier, G Wolf-Vorbeck, S Hempel, UT Hopt, E von Dobschuetz

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3835-3840. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3835

Isolation, characterization and culture of Thy1-positive cells from fetal rat livers

Zvibel Isabel, Bronstein Miri, Hubel Einav, Bar-Lev Ella, Halpern Zamir, Oren Ran

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3841-3847. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3841

Curcumin-attenuated trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid induces chronic colitis by inhibiting expression of cyclooxygenase-2

Hua Jiang, Chang-Sheng Deng, Ming Zhang, Jian Xia

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3848-3853. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3848

Expression of macrophage inflammatory protein-1α in Kupffer cells following liver ischemia or reperfusion injury in rats

Wei Ma, Zuo-Ren Wang, Lei Shi, Yue Yuan

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3854-3858. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3854

High efficient mammalian expression and secretion of a functional humanized single-chain Fv/human interleukin-2 molecules

Yue-Chun Shen, Xue-Hao Wang, Xiao-Ming Wang, Zao-Lai Chen, Xi-Ping Shen, Chao-Chen Zhao, Jun Li

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3859-3865. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3859

Efficacy of balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration, percutaneous transhepatic obliteration and combined techniques for the management of gastric fundal varices

Hirotaka Arai, Takehiko Abe, Hitoshi Takagi, Masatomo Mori

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3866-3873. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3866

Family history of irritable bowel syndrome is the major determinant of persistent abdominal complaints in young adults with a history of pediatric recurrent abdominal pain

Fabio Pace, Giovanna Zuin, Stefania Di Giacomo, Paola Molteni, Valentina Casini, Massimo Fontana, Gabriele Bianchi Porro

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3874-3877. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3874

Overexpression of c-met in the early stage of pancreatic carcinogenesis; altered expression is not sufficient for progression from chronic pancreatitis to pancreatic cancer

Jun Yu, Kenoki Ohuchida, Kazuhiro Mizumoto, Nami Ishikawa, Yasuhiro Ogura, Daisuke Yamada, Takuya Egami, Hayato Fujita, Seiji Ohashi, Eishi Nagai, Masao Tanaka

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3878-3882. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3878

Influence of a microscopic positive proximal margin in the treatment of gastric adenocarcinoma of the cardia

Jian-Guo Shen, Jae-Ho Cheong, Woo-Jin Hyung, Junuk Kim, Seung-Ho Choi, Sung-Hoon Noh

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3883-3886. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3883

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A report from a single center

Konstantinos Vagenas, Stavros N Karamanakos, Charalambos Spyropoulos, Spyros Panagiotopoulos, Menelaos Karanikolas, Michalis Stavropoulos

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3887-3890. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3887

Value of carcinoembryonic antigen and cytokeratins for the detection of recurrent disease following curative resection of colorectal cancer

Luís C Fernandes, Su B Kim, Sarhan S Saad, Delcio Matos

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3891-3894. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3891

Interaction between enteric epithelial cells and Peyer’s patch lymphocytes in response to Shigella lipopolysaccharide: Effect on nitric oxide and IL-6 release

Jie Chen, Chuen-Pei Ng, Dewi K Rowlands, Peng-Hui Xu, Jie-Ying Gao, Yiu-Wa Chung, Hsiao-Chang Chan

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3895-3900. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3895

Deficiency of Adenomatous Polyposis Coli protein in sporadic colorectal adenomas and its associations with clinical phenotype and histology

Martin Bortlík, Ivana Vítková, Martina Papežová, Milada Kohoutová, Aleš Novotný, Stanislav Adamec, Petra Chalupná, Milan Lukáš

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3901-3905. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3901

How much helpful is the capsule endoscopy for the diagnosis of small bowel lesions?

Osman Ersoy, Bulent Sivri, Serap Arslan, Figen Batman, Yusuf Bayraktar

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3906-3910. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3906

Circulating DNA level is negatively associated with the long-term survival of hepatocellular carcinoma patients

Ning Ren, Qing-Hai Ye, Lun-Xiu Qin, Bo-Heng Zhang, Yin-Kun Liu, Zhao-You Tang

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3911-3914. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3911

Eradication of H pylori infection in a rural population: One-day quadruple therapy versus 7-day triple therapy

Lian Zhang, Lin Shen, Jun-Ling Ma, Kai-Feng Pan, Wei-Dong Liu, Jie Li, Shu-Dong Xiao, San-Ren Lin, Meinhard Classen, Wei-Cheng You

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3915-3918. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3915

Significance of serum IgA in patients with acute hepatitis E virus infection

De-Ying Tian, Yan Chen, Ning-Shao Xia

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3919-3923. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3919

Effects of extract from Ginkgo biloba on carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury in rats

Shui-Xiang He, Jin-Yan Luo, Yue-Peng Wang, Yan-Li Wang, Han Fu, Jun-Li Xu, Gang Zhao, En-Qi Liu

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3924-3928. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3924

Functional studies of a novel oncogene TGM3 in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Wei Liu, Zai-Cheng Yu, Wen-Feng Cao, Fang Ding, Zhi-Hua Liu

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3929-3932. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3929

Mesenteric adenitis caused by Yersinia pseudotubercolosis in a patient subsequently diagnosed with Crohn’s disease of the terminal ileum

Maddalena Zippi, Maria Chiara Colaiacomo, Adriana Marcheggiano, Roberta Pica, Paolo Paoluzi, Giancarlo Iaiani, Renzo Caprilli, Francesca Maccioni

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3933-3935. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3933

Actively bleeding Dieulafoy’s lesion of the small bowel identified by capsule endoscopy and treated by push enteroscopy

Giovanni D De Palma, Francesco Patrone, Maria Rega, Immacolata Simeoli, Stefania Masone, Giovanni Persico

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3936-3937. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3936

Recurrence of inflammatory pseudotumor in the distal bile duct: Lessons learned from a single case and reported cases

EM López-Tomassetti Fernández, H Díaz Luis, A Martín Malagón, I Arteaga González, A Carrillo Pallarés

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3938-3943. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3938

Neuroendocrine gastric carcinoma expressing somatostatin: A highly malignant, rare tumor

Jaques Waisberg, Leandro Luongo Matos, Ana Maria Amaral Antonio Mader, Sérgio Pezzolo, Esmeralda Miristene Eher, Vera Luiza Capelozzi, Manlio Basilio Speranzini

World J Gastroenterol 12(24):3944-3947. Published online Jun 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3944