World Journal of Gastroenterology - Baishideng Publishing Group

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and the metabolic syndrome: Effects of weight loss and a review of popular diets. Are low carbohydrate diets the answer?

Harjot K Gill, George Y Wu

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):345-353. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.345

Epidemiology of gastric cancer

Katherine D Crew, Alfred I Neugut

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):354-362. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.354

Stem cells and cancer: Evidence for bone marrow stem cells in epithelial cancers

Han-Chen Li, Calin Stoicov, Arlin B Rogers, JeanMarie Houghton

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):363-371. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.363

Current role of surgical therapy in gastric cancer

Ryan Swan, Thomas J Miner

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):372-379. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.372

Gene therapy for gastric cancer: Is it promising?

Andreas P Sutter, Henry Fechner

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):380-387. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.380

Effect of nuclear factor kappa B on intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression and neutrophil infiltration in lung injury induced by intestinal ischemia/reperfusion in rats

Xiao-Feng Tian, Ji-Hong Yao, Ying-Hua Li, Xue-Song Zhang, Bing-An Feng, Chun-Ming Yang, Shu-Sen Zheng

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):388-392. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.388

Cocultivation of umbilical cord blood CD34⁺ cells with retro-transduced hMSCs leads to effective amplification of long-term culture-initiating cells

Chun-Gang Xie, Jin-Fu Wang, Ying Xiang, Li-Yan Qiu, Bing-Bing Jia, Li-Juan Wang, Guo-Zhong Wang, Guo-Ping Huang

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):393-402. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.393

Role of Kupffer cells in acute hemorrhagic necrotizing pancreatitis-associated lung injury of rats

Hong-Bin Liu, Nai-Qiang Cui, Dong-Hua Li, Chang Chen

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):403-407. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.403

Portal vein embolization induces compensatory hypertrophy of remnant liver

Jing-Yao Huang, Wei-Zhu Yang, Jian-Jun Li, Na Jiang, Qu-Bin Zheng

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):408-414. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.408

Analysis of p53 and vascular endothelial growth factor expression in human gallbladder carcinoma for the determination of tumor vascularity

Yu Tian, Ren-Yu Ding, Ying-Hui Zhi, Ren-Xuan Guo, Shuo-Dong Wu

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):415-419. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.415

Effect of genistein on voltage-gated potassium channels in guinea pig proximal colon smooth muscle cells

Shi-Ying Li, Bin-Bin Huang, Shou Ouyang

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):420-425. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.420

Long-term outcome of endoscopic metallic stenting for benign biliary stenosis associated with chronic pancreatitis

Taketo Yamaguchi, Takeshi Ishihara, Katsutoshi Seza, Akihiko Nakagawa, Kentarou Sudo, Katsuyuki Tawada, Teruo Kouzu, Hiromitsu Saisho

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):426-430. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.426

Favorable outcomes of hilar duct oriented hepatic resection for high grade Tsunoda type hepatolithiasis

Bong-Wan Kim, Hee-Jung Wang, Wook-Hwan Kim, Myung-Wook Kim

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):431-436. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.431

Differential c-erbB-1 and c-erbB-2 mRNA expression in cancer of the pancreas compared with cancer of the papilla of Vater

Klaus L Prenzel, Ute Warnecke-Eberz, Jan Brabender, Stephan E Baldus, Elfriede Bollschweiler, Christian A Gutschow, Uta Drebber, Arnulf H Hoelscher, Paul M Schneider

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):437-442. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.437

Polymorphisms in interleukin-10 gene according to mutations of NOD2/CARD15 gene and relation to phenotype in Spanish patients with Crohn’s disease

Juan L Mendoza, Elena Urcelay, Raquel Lana, Alfonso Martinez, Carlos Taxonera, Emilio G de la Concha, Manuel Díaz-Rubio

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):443-448. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.443

Atrial fibrillation after surgery for esophageal carcinoma: Clinical and prognostic significance

Jian-Yang Ma, Yun Wang, Yong-Fan Zhao, Zhu Wu, Lun-Xu Liu, Ying-Li Kou, Jun-Jie Yang

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):449-452. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.449

Expression of dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule 3 grabbing nonintegrin on dendritic cells generated from human peripheral blood monocytes

Jun Li, Zhi-Hua Feng, Guang-Yu Li, Dan-Lei Mou, Qing-He Nie

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):453-456. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.453

Relationship between co-stimulatory molecule B7-H3 expression and gastric carcinoma histology and prognosis

Chang-Ping Wu, Jing-Ting Jiang, Min Tan, Yi-Bei Zhu, Mei Ji, Kuan-Feng Xu, Jie-Min Zhao, Guang-Bo Zhang, Xue-Guang Zhang

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):457-459. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.457

Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of splenic abscess: A review of 67 cases in a single medical center of Taiwan

Kuo-Chin Chang, Seng-Kee Chuah, Chi-Sin Changchien, Tung-Lung Tsai, Sheng-Nan Lu, Yi-Chun Chiu, Yaw-Sen Chen, Chih-Chi Wang, Jui-Wei Lin, Chuan-Mo Lee, Tsung-Hui Hu

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):460-464. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.460

Telomerase activity and human telomerase reverse transcriptase expression in colorectal carcinoma

Jian-Lun Liu, Lian-Ying Ge, Gui-Nian Zhang

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):465-467. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.465

Helicobacter pylori infection in the pharynx of patients with chronic pharyngitis detected with TDI-FP and modified Giemsa stain

Jiang-Ping Zhang, Zhen-Hui Peng, Ju Zhang, Xiang-Hong Zhang, Qing Yin Zheng

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):468-472. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.468

Heat-shocked tumor cell lysate-pulsed dendritic cells induce effective anti-tumor immune response in vivo

Jian Qiu, Guo-Wei Li, Yan-Fang Sui, Hong-Ping Song, Shao-Yan Si, Wei Ge

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):473-478. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.473

Intestinal permeability in rats with CCl₄-induced portal hypertension

Guo-Xiang Yao, Zhong-Yi Shen, Xin-Bo Xue, Zhen Yang

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):479-481. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.479

Serum soluble interleukin-2 receptor levels in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection and its relation with anti-HBc

Ping Xiao, Qing-Feng Chen, Yan-Ling Yang, Zhen-Hua Guo, Hong Chen

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):482-484. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.482

Role of nitric oxide in Toll-like receptor 2 and 4 mRNA expression in liver of acute hemorrhagic necrotizing pancreatitis rats

Lei Zhang, He-Shui Wu, Yan Chen, Xing-Jun Guo, Lin Wang, Chun-You Wang, Jing-Hui Zhang, Yuan Tian

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):485-488. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.485

Retention mucocele of distal viable remnant tip of appendix: An unusually rare late surgical complication following incomplete appendectomy

Maria Antony Johnson, Damodaran Jyotibasu, Palaniappan Ravichandran, Satyanesan Jeswanth, Devy Gounder Kannan, Rajagopal Surendran

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):489-492. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.489

TIPSS for variceal hemorrhage after living related liver transplantation: A dangerous indication

Peter Schemmer, Boris Radeleff, Christa Flechtenmacher, Arianeb Mehrabi, Götz M Richter, Markus W Büchler, Jan Schmidt

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):493-495. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.493

Extensive retroperitoneal and right thigh abscess in a patient with ruptured retrocecal appendicitis: An extremely fulminant form of a common disease

Chi-Hsun Hsieh, Yu-Chun Wang, Horng-Ren Yang, Ping-Kuei Chung, Long-Bin Jeng, Ray-Jade Chen

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):496-499. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.496

Management of patients with stercoral perforation of the sigmoid colon: Report of five cases

Wen-Shih Huang, Chia-Siu Wang, Ching-Chuan Hsieh, Paul Y Lin, Chih-Chien Chin, Jeng-Yi Wang

World J Gastroenterol 12(3):500-503. Published online Jan 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.500