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Contents Volume 14 Issue 39 October 21, 2008

Review

Role of sex steroid receptors in pathobiology of hepatocellular carcinoma

Mamta Kalra, Jary Mayes, Senait Assefa, Anil K Kaul, Rashmi Kaul

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):5945-5961. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5945

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MYC and gastric adenocarcinoma carcinogenesis

Danielle Queiroz Calcagno, Mariana Ferreira Leal, Paulo Pimentel Assumpção, Marília de Arruda Cardoso Smith, Rommel Rodríguez Burbano

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):5962-5968. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5962

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Insight into congenital absence of the portal vein: Is it rare?

Guo-Hua Hu‚ Lai-Gen Shen, Jin Yang‚ Jin-Hua Mei‚ Yue-Feng Zhu

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):5969-5979. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5969

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Liver Cancer

Fibrinogen-like protein 2/fibroleukin prothrombinase contributes to tumor hypercoagulability via IL-2 and IFN-γ

Kai Su, Fang Chen, Wei-Ming Yan, Qi-Li Zeng, Li Xu, Dong Xi, Bin Pi, Xiao-Ping Luo, Qin Ning

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):5980-5989. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5980

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Clinical Research

Rectal administration of d-alpha tocopherol for active ulcerative colitis: A preliminary report

Seyed Amir Mirbagheri, Behtash Ghazi Nezami, Solmaz Assa, Mannan Hajimahmoodi

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):5990-5995. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5990

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Basic Research

Dietary glycine blunts liver injury after bile duct ligation in rats

Matthias Froh, Zhi Zhong, Peter Walbrun, Mark Lehnert, Susanne Netter, Reiner Wiest, Lars Conzelmann, Erwin Gäbele, Claus Hellerbrand, Jürgen Schölmerich, Ronald G Thurman

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):5996-6003. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5996

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Facilitating effects of berberine on rat pancreatic islets through modulating hepatic nuclear factor 4 alpha expression and glucokinase activity

Zhi-Quan Wang, Fu-Er Lu, San-Hua Leng, Xin-Sheng Fang, Guang Chen, Zeng-Si Wang, Li-Ping Dong, Zhong-Qing Yan

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):6004-6011. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6004

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Rapid Communication

Comparison of the chloride channel activator lubiprostone and the oral laxative Polyethylene Glycol 3350 on mucosal barrier repair in ischemic-injured porcine intestine

Adam J Moeser, Prashant K Nighot, Birgit Roerig, Ryuji Ueno, Anthony T Blikslager

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):6012-6017. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6012

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Management of recurrent rectal cancer: A population based study in greater Amsterdam

Roel Bakx, Otto Visser, Judith Josso, Sybren Meijer, J Frederik M Slors, J Jan B van Lanschot

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):6018-6023. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6018

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Prospective evaluation of laparoscopic Roux en Y gastric bypass in patients with clinically severe obesity

Konstantinos Vagenas, Spyros Panagiotopoulos, Ioannis Kehagias, Stavros Nikolaos Karamanakos, Nancy Mead, Fotis Kalfarentzos

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):6024-6029. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6024

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Is ineffective esophageal motility associated with gastropharyngeal reflux disease?

Kyung Yup Kim, Gwang Ha Kim, Dong Uk Kim, Soo Geun Wang, Byung Joo Lee, Jin Choon Lee, Do Youn Park, Geun Am Song

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):6030-6035. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6030

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Decreased phagocytic activity of Kupffer cells in a rat nonalcoholic steatohepatitis model

Tatsuhiro Tsujimoto, Hideto Kawaratani, Toshiyuki Kitazawa, Toshiko Hirai, Hajime Ohishi, Mitsuteru Kitade, Hitoshi Yoshiji, Masahito Uemura, Hiroshi Fukui

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):6036-6043. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6036

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Torque teno virus: Its prevalence and isotypes in North India

Mohammad Irshad, Shiwani Singh, Khushboo Irshad, Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Yogendra Kumar Joshi

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):6044-6051. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6044

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Overall expression of beta-catenin outperforms its nuclear accumulation in predicting outcomes of colorectal cancers

Worrawit Wanitsuwan, Samornmas Kanngurn, Teeranut Boonpipattanapong, Rassamee Sangthong, Surasak Sangkhathat

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):6052-6059. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6052

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Therapeutic effect of traditional Chinese medicine on coagulation disorder and accompanying intractable jaundice in hepatitis B virus-related liver cirrhosis patients

Yang-Mei Li, Hong-Zhi Yang, Wei-Bing Guan, Qian-Shan Ke, Min Dai, He-Ping Xie, Shi-Jun Zhang

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):6060-6064. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6060

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Drug utilization of clarithromycin for gastrointestinal disease treatment

Quan Zhou, Ling-Ling Zhu, Xiao-Feng Yan, Wen-Sheng Pan, Su Zeng

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):6065-6071. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6065

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Distinct expression patterns in hepatitis B virus- and hepatitis C virus-infected hepatocellular carcinoma

Chun-Feng Lee, Zhi-Qiang Ling, Ting Zhao, Kuan-Rong Lee

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):6072-6077. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6072

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Case Report

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy in patients with failed endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Takao Itoi, Fumihide Itokawa, Atsushi Sofuni, Toshio Kurihara, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Kentaro Ishii, Shujiro Tsuji, Nobuhito Ikeuchi, Fuminori Moriyasu

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):6078-6082. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6078

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A unique case of collagenous colitis presenting as protein-losing enteropathy successfully treated with prednisolone

Soichi Sano, Keiko Yamagami, Ayako Tanaka, Minako Nishio, Tomoyuki Nakamura, Yuki Kubo, Takeshi Inoue, Wataru Ueda, Kiyotaka Okawa, Katsunobu Yoshioka

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):6083-6086. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6083

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Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis following alpha-glucosidase inhibitor treatment: A case report and review of the literature

Tatsuhiro Tsujimoto, Erika Shioyama, Kei Moriya, Hideto Kawaratani, Yasuyo Shirai, Masahisa Toyohara, Akira Mitoro, Jun-ichi Yamao, Hisao Fujii, Hiroshi Fukui

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):6087-6092. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6087

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Endoscopic fibrin glue injection for closure of pancreatocutaneous fistula following transgastric endoscopic necrosectomy

Ji Woong Jang, Do Hyun Park, Sung-Hoon Moon, Sang Soo Lee, Dong Wan Seo, Sung Koo Lee, Myung-Hwan Kim

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):6093-6095. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6093

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Perforation of the colon by invading recurrent gastrointestinal stromal tumors during sunitinib treatment

Hoon Hur, Ae Ryoung Park, Sung Bae Jee, Seung Eun Jung, Wook Kim, Hae Myung Jeon

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):6096-6099. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6096

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Concomitant gastric carcinoid and gastrointestinal stromal tumors: A case report

Ying-Lung Lin, Chang-Kou Wei, Jui-Kun Chiang, An-Liang Chou, Chih-Wei Chen, Chih-En Tseng

World J Gastroenterol 14(39):6100-6103. Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6100

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