World Journal of Gastroenterology - Baishideng Publishing Group

Minimally invasive surgery for esophageal achalasia

Luigi Bonavina

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):5921-5925. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.5921

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New methods for the management of gastric varices

Hiroshi Yoshida, Yasuhiro Mamada, Nobuhiko Taniai, Takashi Tajiri

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):5926-5931. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.5926

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Complementary analysis of microsatellite tumor profile and mismatch repair defects in colorectal carcinomas

Alfredo Blanes, Salvador J Diaz-Cano

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):5932-5940. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.5932

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Probiotics and prebiotics in chronic inflammatory bowel diseases

Julia B Ewaschuk, Levinus A Dieleman

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):5941-5950. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.5941

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Delayed gastric emptying is associated with pylorus-preserving but not classical Whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy: A review of the literature and critical reappraisal of the implicated pathomechanism

Kosmas I Paraskevas, Costas Avgerinos, Costas Manes, Dimitris Lytras, Christos Dervenis

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):5951-5958. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.5951

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Induction of apoptosis on human hepatocarcinoma cell lines by an alkyl resorcinol isolated from Lithraea molleoides

Luciana Barbini, Paula Lopez, Julieta Ruffa, Virginia Martino, Graciela Ferraro, Rodolfo Campos, Lucia Cavallaro

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):5959-5963. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.5959

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Distribution of hepatitis B virus genotypes: Phylogenetic analysis and virological characteristics of Genotype C circulating among HBV carriers in Kolkata, Eastern India

Arup Banerjee, Sibnarayan Datta, Partha K Chandra, Susanta Roychowdhury, Chinmoy Kumar Panda, Runu Chakravarty

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):5964-5971. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.5964

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H pylori stimulates proliferation of gastric cancer cells through activating mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade

Yong-Chang Chen, Ying Wang, Jing-Yan Li, Wen-Rong Xu, You-Li Zhang

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):5972-5977. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.5972

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Lactobacilli, bifidobacteria and E. coli nissle induce pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Ulf Helwig, Karen M Lammers, Fernando Rizzello, Patricia Brigidi, Verena Rohleder, Elisabetta Caramelli, Paolo Gionchetti, Juergen Schrezenmeir, Ulrich R Foelsch, Stefan Schreiber, Massimo Campieri

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):5978-5986. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.5978

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Effects of probiotic bacteria on gastrointestinal motility in guinea-pig isolated tissue

Matteo Massi, Pierfranco Ioan, Roberta Budriesi, Alberto Chiarini, Beatrice Vitali, Karen M Lammers, Paolo Gionchetti, Massimo Campieri, Anthony Lembo, Patrizia Brigidi

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):5987-5994. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.5987

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Increased DNA binding activity of NF-_kB, STAT-3, SMAD3 and AP-1 in acutely damaged liver

Adriana Salazar-Montes, Luis Ruiz-Corro, Ana Sandoval-Rodriguez, Alberto Lopez-Reyes, Juan Armendariz-Borunda

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):5995-6001. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.5995

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Reduced expression of Ca²⁺-regulating proteins in the upper gastrointestinal tract of patients with achalasia

Harald Fischer, Judith Fischer, Peter Boknik, Ulrich Gergs, Wilhelm Schmitz, Wolfram Domschke, Jan W Konturek, Joachim Neumann

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):6002-6007. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.6002

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Postprandial transduodenal bolus transport is regulated by complex peristaltic sequence

Huan Nam Nguyen, Ron Winograd, Gerson Ricardo Souza Domingues, Frank Lammert

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):6008-6016. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.6008

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Comparative clinical trial of S-pantoprazole versus racemic pantoprazole in the treatment of gastro-esophageal reflux disease

Vikas G Pai, Nitin V Pai, Hemant P Thacker, Jaisingh K Shinde, Vijay P Mandora, Subhash S Erram

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):6017-6020. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.6017

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Short mucin 6 alleles are associated with H pylori infection

Thai V Nguyen, Marcel JR Janssen, Paulien Gritters, René HM te Morsche, Joost PH Drenth, Henri van Asten, Robert JF Laheij, Jan BMJ Jansen

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):6021-6025. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.6021

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Resistance to activated protein C is a risk factor for fibrostenosis in Crohn’s disease

Gottfried Novacek, Wolfgang Miehsler, Julia Palkovits, Walter Reinisch, Thomas Waldhör, Stylianos Kapiotis, Alfred Gangl, Harald Vogelsang

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):6026-6031. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.6026

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Xeroderma pigmentosum group D 751 polymorphism as a predictive factor in resected gastric cancer treated withchemo-radiotherapy

RN Zárate R, F Arias, E Bandres, E Cubedo, J García-Foncillas, R Malumbres

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):6032-6036. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.6032

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Perinatal events and the risk of developing primary sclerosing cholangitis

Annika Bergquist, Scott M Montgomery, Ulrika Lund, Anders Ekbom, Rolf Olsson, Stefan Lindgren, Hanne Prytz, Rolf Hultcrantz, Ulrika Broomé

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):6037-6040. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.6037

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Loss of disabled-2 expression is an early event in esophageal squamous tumorigenesis

Kumar Anupam, Chatopadhyay Tusharkant, Siddhartha Datta Gupta, Ralhan Ranju

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):6041-6045. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.6041

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Inhibition of hepatitis B virus expression and replication by RNA interference in HepG2.2.15

Zhong-Fu Zhao, Hui Yang, De-Wu Han, Long-Feng Zhao, Guo-Ying Zhang, Yun Zhang, Ming-She Liu

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):6046-6049. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.6046

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Expression of matrix metalloproteinase-1 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 in ulcerative colitis

Ying-De Wang, Pei-Yun Yan

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):6050-6053. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.6050

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Genotype-dependent activation or repression of HBV enhancer II by transcription factor COUP-TF1

Silke F Fischer, Katja Schmidt, Nicola Fiedler, Dieter Glebe, Christian Schüttler, Jianguang Sun, Wolfram H Gerlich, Reinald Repp, Stephan Schaefer

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):6054-6058. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.6054

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Necrosis of a large hepatic tumor after hemorrhage and subsequent selective arterial embolization

Volkert AL Huurman, Jan HMB Stoot, Edwin van der Linden, Onno T Terpstra, Alexander FM Schaapherder

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):6059-6061. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.6059

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Biliary cystadenoma with mesenchymal stroma: Report of a case and review of the literature

Andreas Manouras, Haridimos Markogiannakis, Emmanuel Lagoudianakis, Vangelogiannis Katergiannakis

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):6062-6069. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.6062

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Huge primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the pancreas: Report of a case and review of the literature

Thilo Welsch, Gunhild Mechtersheimer, Sebastian Aulmann, Sascha A Mueller, Markus W Buechler, Jan Schmidt, Peter Kienle

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):6070-6073. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.6070

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Intracolonic multiple pebbles in young adults: Radiographic imaging and conventional approach to a case

Mehmet Eryilmaz, Orkun Ozturk, Oner Mentes, Kenan Soylu, Murat Durusu, Köksal Oner

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):6074-6076. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.6074

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Sigmoid colonic carcinoma associated with deposited ova of Schistosoma japonicum: A case report

Wen-Chang Li, Zhi-Gang Pan, Yi-Hong Sun

World J Gastroenterol 12(37):6077-6079. Published online Oct 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.6077

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