World Journal of Gastroenterology - Baishideng Publishing Group

H pylori recurrence after successful eradication

Yaron Niv

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1477-1478. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1477

Staging accuracy of esophageal cancer by endoscopic ultrasound: A meta-analysis and systematic review

Srinivas R Puli, Jyotsna BK Reddy, Matthew L Bechtold, Daphne Antillon, Jamal A Ibdah, Mainor R Antillon

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1479-1490. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1479

Synergistic growth inhibitory effects of Phyllanthus emblica and Terminalia bellerica extracts with conventional cytotoxic agents: Doxorubicin and cisplatin against human hepatocellular carcinoma and lung cancer cells

Khosit Pinmai, Sriharut Chunlaratthanabhorn, Chatri Ngamkitidechakul, Noppamas Soonthornchareon, Chariya Hahnvajanawong

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1491-1497. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1491

Polymorphism of -765G > C COX-2 is a risk factor for gastric adenocarcinoma and peptic ulcer disease in addition to H pylori infection: A study from northern India

Ashish Saxena, Kashi Nath Prasad, Uday Chand Ghoshal, Monty Roshan Bhagat, Narendra Krishnani, Nuzhat Husain

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1498-1503. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1498

Apoptosis of human pancreatic cancer cells induced by Triptolide

Guo-Xiong Zhou, Xiao-Ling Ding, Jie-Fei Huang, Hong Zhang, Sheng-Bao Wu, Jian-Ping Cheng, Qun Wei

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1504-1509. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1504

Hepatitis B virus genotypes in southwest Iran: Molecular, serological and clinical outcomes

Anahita Mojiri, Abbas Behzad-Behbahani, Mehdei Saberifirozi, Maryam Ardabili, Mahmood Beheshti, Marjan Rahsaz, Mehrdad Banihashemi, Negar Azarpira, Bita Geramizadeh, Baharak Khadang, Afsaneh Moaddeb, Mojgan Ghaedi, Tahereh Heidari, Ardeshir Torab, Alireza Salah, Saeid Amirzadeh, Zahra Jowkar, Davood Mehrabani, Samad Amini-Bavil-Olyaee, Mohammad Ali Dehyadegari

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1510-1513. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1510

Transnasal endoscopic retrograde chalangiopancreatography using an ultrathin endoscope: A prospective comparison with a routine oral procedure

Akihiro Mori, Noritsugu Ohashi, Takako Maruyama, Hideharu Tatebe, Katsuhisa Sakai, Takashi Shibuya, Hiroshi Inoue, Shoudou Takegoshi, Masataka Okuno

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1514-1520. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1514

Regulatory T cells in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases treated with adacolumn granulocytapheresis

Emilio Cuadrado, Marta Alonso, Maria Dolores de Juan, Pilar Echaniz, Juan Ignacio Arenas

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1521-1527. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1521

Increased basolateral sorting of carcinoembryonic antigen in a polarized colon carcinoma cell line after cholesterol depletion-Implications for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

Robert Ehehalt, Markus Krautter, Martin Zorn, Richard Sparla, Joachim Füllekrug, Hasan Kulaksiz, Wolfgang Stremmel

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1528-1533. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1528

Clinical predictors of colorectal polyps and carcinoma in a low prevalence region: Results of a colonoscopy based study

Yousef Bafandeh, Manoochehr Khoshbaten, Amir Taher Eftekhar Sadat, Sara Farhang

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1534-1538. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1534

Gastric juice for the diagnosis of H pylori infection in patients on proton pump inhibitors

Javed Yakoob, Shahid Rasool, Zaigham Abbas, Wasim Jafri, Shahab Abid, Muhammad Islam, Zubair Ahmad

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1539-1543. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1539

High rate of complicated idiopathic gallstone disease in pediatric patients of a North American tertiary care center

Denise Herzog, Guylaine Bouchard

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1544-1548. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1544

High circulating D-dimers are associated with ascites and hepatocellular carcinoma in liver cirrhosis

Aldo Spadaro, Vincenza Tortorella, Carmela Morace, Agostino Fortiguerra, Paola Composto, Caterina Bonfiglio, Angela Alibrandi, Carmelo Luigiano, Giuseppe De Caro, Antonino Ajello, Oscar Ferraù, Maria Antonietta Freni

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1549-1552. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1549

Impact of obesity on the surgical outcome following repeat hepatic resection in Japanese patients with recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma

Tohru Utsunomiya, Masahiro Okamoto, Toshihumi Kameyama, Ayumi Matsuyama, Manabu Yamamoto, Megumu Fujiwara, Masaki Mori, Shiomi Aimitsu, Teruyoshi Ishida

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1553-1558. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1553

Prevalence of anti-HAV antibodies in multitransfused patients with beta-thalassemia

Dimitrios Siagris, Alexandra Kouraklis-Symeonidis, Irini Konstantinidou, Myrto Christofidou, Ioannis Starakis, Alexandra Lekkou, Christos Papadimitriou, Alexandros Blikas, Nicholas Zoumbos, Chryssoula Labropoulou-Karatza

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1559-1563. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1559

Prevalence and determinants of delayed gastric emptying in hospitalised Type 2 diabetic patients

Vladimir Kojecky, Jaromir Bernatek, Michael Horowitz, Stanislav Zemek, Jiri Bakala, Ales Hep

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1564-1569. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1564

Mutations in components of the Wnt signaling pathway in gastric cancer

Kai-Feng Pan, Wan-Guo Liu, Lian Zhang, Wei-Cheng You, You-Yong Lu

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1570-1574. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1570

Angiopoietin-1 targeted RNA interference suppresses angiogenesis and tumor growth of esophageal cancer

Xiao-Hong Liu, Chen-Guang Bai, Yang Yuan, De-Jun Gong, Sheng-Dong Huang

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1575-1581. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1575

Refined mapping of loss of heterozygosity on 1q31.1-32.1 in sporadic colorectal carcinoma

Chong-Zhi Zhou, Guo-Qiang Qiu, Jun-Wei Fan, Xiao-Liang Wang, Hua-Mei Tang, Li Huang, Yu-Hao Sun, Zhi-Hai Peng

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1582-1587. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1582

Colorectal carcinoma-associated antigen Ca-Hb3 detected by one-dimensional SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Shuo Sun, Feng-Jie Guo, Yong-Qing Tong, Jian-Gao Zhu, Guan-Cheng Li

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1588-1591. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1588

Inhibition of hepatitis B virus replication by pokeweed antiviral protein in vitro

Yong-Wen He, Chun-Xia Guo, Yan-Feng Pan, Cheng Peng, Zhi-Hong Weng

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1592-1597. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1592

Effect of lifestyle intervention on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Chinese obese children

Chun-Lin Wang, Li Liang, Jun-Fen Fu, Chao-Chun Zou, Fang Hong, Jin-Zheng Xue, Jin-Rui Lu, Xiang-Min Wu

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1598-1602. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1598

A pilot study on combination of cryosurgery and ¹²⁵iodine seed implantation for treatment of locally advanced pancreatic cancer

Ke-Cheng Xu, Li-Zhi Niu, Yi-Ze Hu, Wei-Bing He, Yi-Song He, Ying-Fei Li, Jian-Sheng Zuo

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1603-1611. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1603

Changes of histology and expression of MMP-2 and nm23-H1 in primary and metastatic gastric cancer

Lin-Bo Wang, Zhi-Nong Jiang, Miao-Ying Fan, Chao-Yang Xu, Wen-Jun Chen, Jian-Guo Shen

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1612-1616. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1612

Entecavir up-regulates dendritic cell function in patients with chronic hepatitis B

Gao-Feng Lu, Fu-Ai Tang, Peng-Yuan Zheng, Ping-Chang Yang, Yuan-Ming Qi

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1617-1621. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1617

Pseudocirrhosis in a pancreatic cancer patient with liver metastases: A case report of complete resolution of pseudocirrhosis with an early recognition and management

Soonmo Peter Kang, Tamar Taddei, Bruce McLennan, Jill Lacy

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1622-1624. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1622

A case of asymptomatic intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct without hepatolithiasis

Junpei Hayashi, Shyun-ichi Matsuoka, Makiko Inami, Shu Ohshiro, Akiyasu Ishigami, Hirotoshi Fujikawa, Masahide Miyagawa, Kenji Mimatsu, Youichi Kuboi, Hisao Kanou, Takatsugu Oida, Mitsuhiko Moriyama

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1625-1629. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1625

Protein-losing enteropathy associated with rotavirus infection in an infant

Tadashi Iwasa, Nobuyuki Matsubayashi

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1630-1632. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1630

Melanoma of the rectum: A rare entity

PM van Schaik, MF Ernst, HA Meijer, K Bosscha

World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1633-1635. Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1633