World Journal of Gastroenterology - Baishideng Publishing Group

Endoscopic treatment of chronic pancreatitis

Laurent Heyries, Jose Sahel

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6127-6133. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6127

Smoking in inflammatory bowel diseases: Good, bad or ugly?

Peter Laszlo Lakatos, Tamas Szamosi, Laszlo Lakatos

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6134-6139. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6134

Small bowel capsule endoscopy in 2007: Indications, risks and limitations

Emanuele Rondonotti, Federica Villa, Chris JJ Mulder, Maarten AJM Jacobs, Roberto de Franchis

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6140-6149. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6140

Telbivudine: A new treatment for chronic hepatitis B

Deepak N Amarapurkar

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6150-6155. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6150

Basic and clinical aspects of osteoporosis in inflammatory bowel disease

Lorena Rodríguez-Bores, Josué Barahona-Garrido, Jesús K Yamamoto-Furusho

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6156-6165. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6156

Re-expression of methylation-induced tumor suppressor gene silencing is associated with the state of histone modification in gastric cancer cell lines

Chun-Feng Meng, Xin-Jiang Zhu, Guo Peng, Dong-Qiu Dai

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6166-6171. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6166

Protective effects of erythropoietin against acute lung injury in a rat model of acute necrotizing pancreatitis

Oge Tascilar, Güldeniz Karadeniz Cakmak, Ishak Ozel Tekin, Ali Ugur Emre, Bulent Hamdi Ucan, Burak Bahadir, Serefden Acikgoz, Oktay Irkorucu, Kemal Karakaya, Hakan Balbaloglu, Gürkan Kertis, Handan Ankarali, Mustafa Comert

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6172-6182. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6172

Carbon liberated from CO-releasing molecules attenuates leukocyte infiltration in the small intestine of thermally injured mice

Bing-Wei Sun, Qin Jin, Yan Sun, Zhi-Wei Sun, Xi Chen, Zhao-Yong Chen, Gediminas Cepinskas

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6183-6190. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6183

Heterozygous nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-2 mutations affect monocyte maturation in Crohn’s disease

Marilena Granzotto, Elisa Fabbro, Massimo Maschio, Stefano Martelossi, Sara Quaglia, Alberto Tommasini, Gianni Presani, Alessandro Ventura

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6191-6196. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6191

Accurate positioning of the 24-hour pH monitoring catheter: Agreement between manometry and pH step-up method in two patient positions

Mehmet Fatih Can, Gokhan Yagci, Sadettin Cetiner, Mustafa Gulsen, Taner Yigit, Erkan Ozturk, Semih Gorgulu, Turgut Tufan

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6197-6202. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6197

Combination of allopurinol and hyperbaric oxygen therapy: A new treatment in experimental acute necrotizing pancreatitis?

Bilgin Comert, Ahmet Turan Isik, Sezai Aydin, Ergun Bozoglu, Bulent Unal, Salih Deveci, Nuket Mas, Esref Cinar, Mehmet Refik Mas

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6203-6207. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6203

Early diagnosis and prediction of severity in acute pancreatitis using the urine trypsinogen-2 dipstick test: A prospective study

Erdinc Kamer, Haluk Recai Unalp, Hayrullah Derici, Tugrul Tansug, Mehmet Ali Onal

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6208-6212. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6208

Effect of Breathwalk on body composition, metabolic and mood state in chronic hepatitis C patients with insulin resistance syndrome

M Vázquez-Vandyck, S Roman, JL Vázquez, L Huacuja, G Khalsa, R Troyo-Sanromán, A Panduro

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6213-6218. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6213

Inflammatory cytokines suppress arylamine N-acetyltransferase 1 in cholangiocarcinoma cells

Benjaporn Buranrat, Auemduan Prawan, Banchob Sripa, Veerapol Kukongviriyapan

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6219-6225. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6219

Predictors of premature delivery in patients with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy

Jurate Kondrackiene, Ulrich Beuers, Rimantas Zalinkevicius, Horst-Dietmar Tauschel, Vladas Gintautas, Limas Kupcinskas

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6226-6230. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6226

Bevacizumab plus infusional 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin and irinotecan for advanced colorectal cancer that progressed after oxaliplatin and irinotecan chemotherapy: A pilot study

Hyuk-Chan Kwon, Sung Yong Oh, Suee Lee, Sung-Hyun Kim, Hyo-Jin Kim

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6231-6235. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6231

Predictive factors for interferon and ribavirin combination therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Joonho Yoon, Jong In Lee, Soon Koo Baik, Kwang Ho Lee, Joon Hyung Sohn, Hyean-Woo Lee, Jun Namkung, Sei Jin Chang, Jong-Whan Choi, Hyun-Won Kim, Byung-Il Yeh

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6236-6242. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6236

Effect and mechanism of β-L-D4A on DNA polymerase α

Yan Li, Ju-Sheng Lin, Ying-Hui Zhang, Xiao-Yan Wang, Ying Chang, Xing-Xing He

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6243-6248. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6243

Effects of endogenous nitric oxide induced by 5-fluorouracil and L-Arg on liver carcinoma in nude mice

Xiao-Yan Yin, Jun-Mei Jiang, Ji-Yong Liu, Ju-Ren Zhu

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6249-6253. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6249

Two novel germline mutations of MLH1 and investigation of their pathobiology in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer families in China

Chao-Fu Wang, Xiao-Yan Zhou, Tai-Ming Zhang, Ye Xu, San-Jun Cai, Da-Ren Shi

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6254-6258. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6254

Effects of short-term application of low-dose growth hormone on trace element metabolism and blood glucose in surgical patients

Kun Qian, Zhi Wan, Lang-Song Hao, Ming-Ming Zhang, Yong Zhou, Xiao-Ting Wu

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6259-6263. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6259

Relationship between survivin expression and recurrence, and prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma

Chao-Ping Ye, Cheng-Zhi Qiu, Zhong-Xin Huang, Qi-Chen Su, Wei Zhuang, Rui-Lan Wu, Xin-Feng Li

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6264-6268. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6264

Relationship between vascular invasion and microvessel density and micrometastasis

Yan-Dong Wang, Pei Wu, Jia-Ding Mao, He Huang, Fan Zhang

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6269-6273. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6269

A phantom gallbladder on endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Jinhong Xing, Jeremy Rochester, Caroline K Messer, Bruce P Reiter, Mark A Korsten

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6274-6276. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6274

Prolonged cholestasis following successful removal of common bile duct stones: Beware patients on estrogen therapy

JM Dunn, A McNair

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6277-6280. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6277

Penetrating ectopic peptic ulcer in the absence of Meckel’s diverticulum ultimately presenting as small bowel obstruction

Hilary Hurley, Ronan A Cahill, Paul Ryan, Ashraf I Morcos, Henry P Redmond, Helen M Kiely

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6281-6283. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6281

Hepatic hydrothorax occurring rapidly after manual abdominal compression

Kazufumi Dohmen, Hirofumi Tanaka, Masatora Haruno, Yoshiyuki Niho

World J Gastroenterol 13(46):6284-6285. Published online Dec 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i46.6284