World Journal of Gastroenterology - Baishideng Publishing Group

Surgery for obstructed defecation syndrome-is there an ideal technique

Stefan Riss, Anton Stift

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):1-5. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.1

Fecal transplant policy and legislation

Dinesh Vyas, Apoorva Aekka, Arpita Vyas

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):6-11. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.6

Modern management of anal fistula

Elsa Limura, Pasquale Giordano

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):12-20. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.12

Differential diagnosis in inflammatory bowel disease colitis: State of the art and future perspectives

Gian Eugenio Tontini, Maurizio Vecchi, Luca Pastorelli, Markus F Neurath, Helmut Neumann

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):21-46. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.21

Systematic mechanism-orientated approach to chronic pancreatitis pain

Stefan AW Bouwense, Marjan de Vries, Luuk TW Schreuder, Søren S Olesen, Jens B Frøkjær, Asbjørn M Drewes, Harry van Goor, Oliver HG Wilder-Smith

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):47-59. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.47

Autoimmune hepatitis, one disease with many faces: Etiopathogenetic, clinico-laboratory and histological characteristics

Nikolaos K Gatselis, Kalliopi Zachou, George K Koukoulis, George N Dalekos

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):60-83. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.60

p53 mutations in colorectal cancer- molecular pathogenesis and pharmacological reactivation

Xiao-Lan Li, Jianbiao Zhou, Zhi-Rong Chen, Wee-Joo Chng

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):84-93. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.84

Radiation therapy has been shown to be adaptable for various stages of hepatocellular carcinoma

Yasuteru Kondo, Osamu Kimura, Tooru Shimosegawa

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):94-101. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.94

Fecal microbiota transplantation broadening its application beyond intestinal disorders

Meng-Que Xu, Hai-Long Cao, Wei-Qiang Wang, Shan Wang, Xiao-Cang Cao, Fang Yan, Bang-Mao Wang

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):102-111. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.102

Stem cells in gastric cancer

Yue Zhao, Fei Feng, Yong-Ning Zhou

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):112-123. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.112

Review of the treatment of liver hydatid cysts

Concepción Gomez i Gavara, Rafael López-Andújar, Tatiana Belda Ibáñez, José M Ramia Ángel, Ángel Moya Herraiz, Francisco Orbis Castellanos, Eugenia Pareja Ibars, Fernando San Juan Rodríguez

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):124-131. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.124

Extent of surgery in cancer of the colon: Is more better?

Wouter Willaert, Wim Ceelen

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):132-138. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.132

Pharmacological therapy used in the elimination of Helicobacter pylori infection: A review

Ariolana A dos Santos, Adriana A Carvalho

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):139-154. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.139

Altered vasoactive intestinal peptides expression in irritable bowel syndrome patients and rats with trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid-induced colitis

Arseima Y Del Valle-Pinero, LeeAnne B Sherwin, Ethan M Anderson, Robert M Caudle, Wendy A Henderson

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):155-163. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.155

Establishment and characterization of cell lines from chromosomal instable colorectal cancer

Claudia Maletzki, Michael Gock, Martin Randow, Ernst Klar, Maja Huehns, Friedrich Prall, Michael Linnebacher

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):164-176. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.164

Beneficial effect of an omega-6 PUFA-rich diet in non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced mucosal damage in the murine small intestine

Toshihide Ueda, Ryota Hokari, Masaaki Higashiyama, Yuichi Yasutake, Koji Maruta, Chie Kurihara, Kengo Tomita, Shunsuke Komoto, Yoshikiyo Okada, Chikako Watanabe, Shingo Usui, Shigeaki Nagao, Soichiro Miura

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):177-186. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.177

Enterocyte dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing non-integrin expression in inflammatory bowel disease

Jing-Qing Zeng, Chun-Di Xu, Tong Zhou, Jing Wu, Kai Lin, Wei Liu, Xin-Qiong Wang

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):187-195. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.187

FoxM1 overexpression promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma

Fan-Di Meng, Ji-Chao Wei, Kai Qu, Zhi-Xin Wang, Qi-Fei Wu, Ming-Hui Tai, Hao-Chen Liu, Rui-Yao Zhang, Chang Liu

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):196-213. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.196

Monochromatic energy computed tomography image for active intestinal hemorrhage: A model investigation

Wen-Dong Liu, Xing-Wang Wu, Jun-Mei Hu, Bin Wang, Bin Liu

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):214-220. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.214

Reactivity against microsatellite instability-induced frameshift mutations in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Florian Kuehn, Ernst Klar, Anja Bliemeister, Michael Linnebacher

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):221-228. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.221

Frequency and associated factors of hair loss among patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Rajesh Shah, Bincy Abraham, Jason Hou, Joseph Sellin

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):229-232. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.229

Interferon therapy in hepatitis C leading to chronic type 1 diabetes

Taiba Zornitzki, Stephen Malnick, Lyudmila Lysyy, Hilla Knobler

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):233-239. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.233

Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with selective immunoglobulin E deficiency

Eli Magen, Menachem Schlesinger, Itzhak Ben-Zion, Daniel Vardy

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):240-245. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.240

Post-hepatectomy survival in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombosis

Yusuke Yamamoto, Hisashi Ikoma, Ryo Morimura, Katsutoshi Shoda, Hirotaka Konishi, Yasutoshi Murayama, Shuhei Komatsu, Atsushi Shiozaki, Yoshiaki Kuriu, Takeshi Kubota, Masayoshi Nakanishi, Daisuke Ichikawa, Hitoshi Fujiwara, Kazuma Okamoto, Chouhei Sakakura, Toshiya Ochiai, Eigo Otsuji

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):246-253. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.246

Azathioprine is essential following cyclosporine for patients with steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis

Nobuyuki Miyake, Takafumi Ando, Kazuhiro Ishiguro, Osamu Maeda, Osamu Watanabe, Yutaka Hirayama, Keiko Maeda, Kazuhiro Morise, Masanobu Matsushita, Kazuhiro Furukawa, Kohei Funasaka, Masanao Nakamura, Ryoji Miyahara, Naoki Ohmiya, Hidemi Goto

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):254-261. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.254

Long-term survival after resection of pancreatic cancer: A single-center retrospective analysis

Takehito Yamamoto, Shintaro Yagi, Hiromitsu Kinoshita, Yusuke Sakamoto, Kazuyuki Okada, Kenji Uryuhara, Takeshi Morimoto, Satoshi Kaihara, Ryo Hosotani

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):262-268. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.262

Clinical outcomes of small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder

Sung Pil Yun, Nari Shin, Hyung Il Seo

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):269-275. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.269

Morphologic factors of biliary trees are associated with gallstone-related biliary events

Jin-Seok Park, Don Haeng Lee, Jun Hyeok Lim, Seok Jeong, Young Sun Jeon

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):276-282. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.276

Autoantibodies in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B: Prevalence and clinical associations

Bo-An Li, Jia Liu, Jun Hou, Jie Tang, Jian Zhang, Jun Xu, Yong-Ji Song, Ai-Xia Liu, Jing Zhao, Jing-Xia Guo, Lin Chen, Han Wang, Li-Hua Yang, Jie Lu, Yuan-Li Mao

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):283-291. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.283

Latent structure of irritable bowel syndrome symptom severity

Fabian Jasper, Boris Egloff, Andrea Roalfe, Michael Witthöft

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):292-300. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.292

Fatty acid changes help to better understand regression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Dominika Maciejewska, Arleta Drozd, Piotr Ossowski, Karina Ryterska, Dominika Jamioł-Milc, Marcin Banaszczak, Joanna Raszeja-Wyszomirska, Małgorzata Kaczorowska, Anna Sabinicz, Ewa Stachowska

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):301-310. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.301

Common telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter mutations in hepatocellular carcinomas from different geographical locations

Dilek Cevik, Gokhan Yildiz, Mehmet Ozturk

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):311-317. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.311

Long-term follow-up of distal intestinal obstruction syndrome in cystic fibrosis

Moran Lavie, Tzipora Manovitz, Daphna Vilozni, Sarina Levy-Mendelovich, Ifat Sarouk, Ilana Weintraubv, David Shoseyov, Malena Cohen-Cymberknoh, Joseph Rivlin, Ori Efrati

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):318-325. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.318

Impact of fecal occult blood on obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: Observational study

Yuka Kobayashi, Hirotsugu Watabe, Atsuo Yamada, Hirobumi Suzuki, Yoshihiro Hirata, Yutaka Yamaji, Haruhiko Yoshida, Kazuhiko Koike

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):326-332. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.326

Circulating metastasis associated in colon cancer 1 transcripts in gastric cancer patient plasma as diagnostic and prognostic biomarker

Susen Burock, Pia Herrmann, Ina Wendler, Markus Niederstrasser, Klaus-Dieter Wernecke, Ulrike Stein

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):333-341. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.333

Human papillomavirus does not have a causal role in colorectal carcinogenesis

Laura Lorenzon, Francesca Mazzetta, Emanuela Pilozzi, Giordana Uggeri, Maria Rosaria Torrisi, Mario Ferri, Vincenzo Ziparo, Deborah French

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):342-350. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.342

Concomitant therapy achieved the best eradication rate for Helicobacter pylori among various treatment strategies

Hyun Jeong Lee, Jin Il Kim, Jin Soo Lee, Eun Jung Jun, Jung-Hwan Oh, Dae Young Cheung, Woo Chul Chung, Byung-Wook Kim, Sung Soo Kim

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):351-359. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.351

Giant colonic diverticulum, clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment: Systematic review of 166 cases

Giuseppe Nigri, Niccolò Petrucciani, Giulia Giannini, Paolo Aurello, Paolo Magistri, Marcello Gasparrini, Giovanni Ramacciato

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):360-368. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.360

Indocyanine green fluorescence and three-dimensional imaging of right gastroepiploic artery in gastric tube cancer

Toru Nakano, Tadashi Sakurai, Shota Maruyama, Yohei Ozawa, Takashi Kamei, Go Miyata, Noriaki Ohuchi

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):369-372. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.369

Placement of ¹²⁵I seed strands and stents for a type IV Klatskin tumor

Wen Zhang, Zheng-Qiang Yang, Hai-Bin Shi, Shen Liu, Wei-Zhong Zhou, Lin-Bo Zhao

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):373-376. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.373

Re: ''Laparoscopic vs open approach to resection of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with known cirrhosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis''

Zhan-Zhan Li, Li-Zhang Chen

World J Gastroenterol 21(1):377-378. Published online Jan 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.377