World Journal of Gastroenterology - Baishideng Publishing Group

Prediction of severe acute pancreatitis: Current knowledge and novel insights

Georgios I Papachristou

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6273-6275. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6273

Hypnosis and upper digestive function and disease

Giuseppe Chiarioni, Olafur S Palsson, William E Whitehead

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6276-6284. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6276

Interstitial cells of Cajal in the gut - A gastroenterologist’s point of view

Lucian M Negreanu, Philippe Assor, Bogdan Mateescu, Catalin Cirstoiu

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6285-6288. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6285

Current status of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Jian Yang, Lu-Nan Yan

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6289-6297. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6289

What's new about ghrelin in 2008?

Akio Inui

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6298-6298. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6298

Effects of ghrelin on interdigestive contractions of the rat gastrointestinal tract

Hiroshi Taniguchi, Hajime Ariga, Jun Zheng, Kirk Ludwig, Toku Takahashi

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6299-6302. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6299

Growth hormone releasing peptide 2 reverses anorexia associated with chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil in colon cancer cell-bearing mice

Simona Perboni, Cyril Bowers, Shinya Kojima, Akihiro Asakawa, Akio Inui

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6303-6305. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6303

Characteristic features of ghrelin cells in the gastrointestinal tract and the regulation of stomach ghrelin expression and production

Zheng Zhao, Takafumi Sakai

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6306-6311. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6306

Feeding behavior and gene expression of appetite-related neuropeptides in mice lacking for neuropeptide Y Y5 receptor subclass

Hiroshi Higuchi, Takeshi Niki, Tomohiro Shiiya

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6312-6317. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6312

Different effects of ghrelin, des-acyl ghrelin and obestatin on gastroduodenal motility in conscious rats

Mineko Fujimiya, Akihiro Asakawa, Koji Ataka, Ikuo Kato, Akio Inui

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6318-6326. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6318

Ghrelin and Helicobacter pylori infection

Hiroyuki Osawa

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6327-6333. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6327

Ghrelin and gastric acid secretion

Koji Yakabi, Junichi Kawashima, Shingo Kato

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6334-6338. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6334

c-Fos overexpression increases the proliferation of human hepatocytes by stabilizing nuclear Cyclin D1

Meryem Güller, Kahina Toualbi-Abed, Agnès Legrand, Laurence Michel, Alain Mauviel, Dominique Bernuau, Fanny Daniel

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6339-6346. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6339

Leptin transiently antagonizes ghrelin and long-lastingly orexin in regulation of Ca²⁺ signaling in neuropeptide Y neurons of the arcuate nucleus

Daisuke Kohno, Shigetomo Suyama, Toshihiko Yada

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6347-6354. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6347

Metabolism for cyclosporin A during liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in rats

Shigeki Nagayoshi, Yujo Kawashita, Susumu Eguchi, Yukio Kamohara, Mitsuhisa Takatsuki, Shungo Miyamoto, Satoshi Mochizuki, Akihiko Soyama, Hirotaka Tokai, Masaaki Hidaka, Yoshitsugu Tajima, Takashi Kanematsu

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6355-6359. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6355

Protective effects of anti-ricin A-chain RNA aptamer against ricin toxicity

Shaoan Fan, Feng Wu, Frank Martiniuk, Martha L Hale, Andrew D Ellington, Kam-Meng Tchou-Wong

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6360-6365. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6360

Chronic hepatitis C is a common associated with hepatic granulomas

Ned Snyder, Juan G Martinez, Shu-Yuan Xiao

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6366-6369. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6366

Histological abnormalities of the small bowel mucosa in cirrhosis and portal hypertension

Jamilé Wakim-Fleming, Nizar N Zein, Ana Bennett, Rocio Lopez, Janice Santisi, William D Carey

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6370-6375. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6370

Expression of cell adhesion molecule CD44 in gastric adenocarcinoma and its prognostic importance

Kamran Ghaffarzadehgan, Mostafa Jafarzadeh, Hamid Reza Raziee, Hamid Reza Sima, Ehsan Esmaili-Shandiz, Hanieh Hosseinnezhad, Ali Taghizadeh-Kermani, Omeed Moaven, Maryam Bahrani

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6376-6381. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6376

Continuous regional arterial infusion therapy with gabexate mesilate for severe acute pancreatitis

Yoshifumi Ino, Yoshiyuki Arita, Tetsuro Akashi, Toshinari Kimura, Hisato Igarashi, Takamasa Oono, Masayuki Furukawa, Ken Kawabe, Keiichiro Ogoshi, Jiro Ouchi, Toshihiko Miyahara, Ryoichi Takayanagi, Tetsuhide Ito

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6382-6387. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6382

Chronic gastrointestinal symptoms and quality of life in the Korean population

Jeong-Jo Jeong, Myung-Gyu Choi, Young-Seok Cho, Seung-Geun Lee, Jung-Hwan Oh, Jae-Myung Park, Yu-Kyung Cho, In-Seok Lee, Sang-Woo Kim, Sok-Won Han, Kyu-Yong Choi, In-Sik Chung

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6388-6394. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6388

Effects of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids from seal oils on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease associated with hyperlipidemia

Feng-Shang Zhu, Su Liu, Xi-Mei Chen, Zhi-Gang Huang, Dong-Wei Zhang

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6395-6400. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6395

ERCC1 polymorphism, expression and clinical outcome of oxaliplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy in gastric cancer

Zhao-Hui Huang, Dong Hua, Xiang Du, Li-Hua Li, Yong Mao, Zhi-Hui Liu, Ming-Xu Song, Xi-Ke Zhou

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6401-6407. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6401

Acalculous cholecystitis due to Salmonella enteritidis

Maria Lourdes Ruiz-Rebollo, Gloria Sánchez-Antolín, Félix García-Pajares, Maria Antonia Vallecillo-Sande, Pilar Fernández-Orcajo, Rosario Velicia-Llames, Agustín Caro-Patón

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6408-6409. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6408

Splenic rupture following colonoscopy

Juan Francisco Guerra, Ignacio San Francisco, Fernando Pimentel, Luis Ibanez

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6410-6412. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6410

Therapeutic barium enema for bleeding colonic diverticula: Four case series and review of the literature

Jun-ichi Iwamoto, Yuji Mizokami, Koichi Shimokobe, Takeshi Matsuoka, Yasushi Matsuzaki

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6413-6417. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6413

Polysplenia syndrome with preduodenal portal vein detected in adults

Hyung-Il Seo, Tae Yong Jeon, Mun Sup Sim, Suk Kim

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6418-6420. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6418

Splenic inflammatory pseudotumor mimicking angiosarcoma

Chao-Wen Hsu, Chieh-Hsin Lin, Tsung-Lung Yang, Hong-Tai Chang

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6421-6424. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6421

Rare pulmonary and cerebral complications after transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma: A case report

Hua Zhao, Hui-Qin Wang, Qing-Qiu Fan, Xing-Xian Chen, Jian-Ying Lou

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6425-6427. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6425

Port site and distant metastases of gallbladder cancer after laparoscopic cholecystectomy diagnosed by positron emission tomography

Jian-Bin Hu, Xiao-Nan Sun, Jing Xu, Chao He

World J Gastroenterol 14(41):6428-6431. Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6428