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Contents Volume 23 Issue 29 August 7, 2017

Editorial

Liver and the defects of cholesterol and bile acids biosynthesis: Rare disorders many diagnostic pitfalls

Gaetano Corso, Antonio Dello Russo, Monica Gelzo

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5257-5265. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5257

Abstract (1340) | Core Tip (1293) | Full Article (HTML) (4999) | Tables (1-3) (649) | Full Article (PDF)-1594K (635) | Audio-1993K (23) | Peer-Review Report-71K (274) | Answering Reviewers-26K (421) | Received: 03/18/2017 | Revised: 05/01/2017 | Accepted: 07/04/2017 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (16) | Total Visits (15702) | Similar Articles (46) | Timeline of Article Publication (0) | Article Quality Tracking (0) | Cite |

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Review

Contribution of galectin-1, a glycan-binding protein, to gastrointestinal tumor progression

María L Bacigalupo, Pablo Carabias, María F Troncoso

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5266-5281. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5266

Abstract (1569) | Core Tip (1502) | Full Article (HTML) (9274) | Figures (1-2) (605) | Full Article (PDF)-2119K (1247) | Audio-874K (65) | Peer-Review Report-66K (356) | Answering Reviewers-678K (463) | Received: 02/10/2017 | Revised: 05/04/2017 | Accepted: 06/19/2017 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (26) | Total Visits (23265) | Similar Articles (2) | Timeline of Article Publication (2) | Article Quality Tracking (0) | Cite |

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From diagnosis to treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: An epidemic problem for both developed and developing world

Dimitrios Dimitroulis, Christos Damaskos, Serena Valsami, Spyridon Davakis, Nikolaos Garmpis, Eleftherios Spartalis, Antonios Athanasiou, Demetrios Moris, Stratigoula Sakellariou, Stylianos Kykalos, Gerasimos Tsourouflis, Anna Garmpi, Ioanna Delladetsima, Konstantinos Kontzoglou, Gregory Kouraklis

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5282-5294. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5282

Abstract (1735) | Core Tip (1618) | Full Article (HTML) (21290) | Figures (1-5) (812) | Tables (1-6) (523) | Full Article (PDF)-2147K (1661) | Audio-249K (44) | Peer-Review Report-93K (338) | Answering Reviewers-71K (341) | Received: 03/15/2017 | Revised: 05/03/2017 | Accepted: 06/12/2017 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (253) | Total Visits (36870) | Similar Articles (618) | Timeline of Article Publication (0) | Article Quality Tracking (0) | Cite |

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Basic Study

Partial external biliary diversion in bile salt export pump deficiency: Association between outcome and mutation

Philipp Ellinger, Jan Stindt, Carola Dröge, Katharina Sattler, Claudia Stross, Stefanie Kluge, Diran Herebian, Sander H J Smits, Martin Burdelski, Sebastian Schulz-Jürgensen, Antje Ballauff, Jan Schulte am Esch, Ertan Mayatepek, Dieter Häussinger, Ralf Kubitz, Lutz Schmitt

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5295-5303. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5295

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Celecoxib-induced gastrointestinal, liver and brain lesions in rats, counteraction by BPC 157 or L-arginine, aggravation by L-NAME

Domagoj Drmic, Danijela Kolenc, Spomenko Ilic, Lara Bauk, Marko Sever, Anita Zenko Sever, Kresimir Luetic, Jelena Suran, Sven Seiwerth, Predrag Sikiric

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5304-5312. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5304

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Hwangryunhaedok-tang induces the depolarization of pacemaker potentials through 5-HT₃ and 5-HT₄ receptors in cultured murine small intestine interstitial cells of Cajal

Hyun Jung Kim, Guem San Lee, Hyungwoo Kim, Byung Joo Kim

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5313-5323. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5313

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MicroRNA exhibit altered expression in the inflamed colonic mucosa of ulcerative colitis patients

Swati Valmiki, Vineet Ahuja, Jaishree Paul

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5324-5332. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5324

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Salvianolic acid B protects hepatocytes from H₂O₂ injury by stabilizing the lysosomal membrane

Xiao-Feng Yan, Pei Zhao, Dong-Yan Ma, Yi-Lu Jiang, Jiao-Jiao Luo, Liu Liu, Xiao-Ling Wang

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5333-5344. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5333

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PBX1 attributes as a determinant of connexin 32 downregulation in Helicobacter pylori-related gastric carcinogenesis

Xiao-Ming Liu, Can-Xia Xu, Lin-Fang Zhang, Li-Hua Huang, Ting-Zi Hu, Rong Li, Xiu-Juan Xia, Lin-Yong Xu, Ling Luo, Xiao-Xia Jiang, Ming Li

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5345-5355. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5345

Abstract (1535) | Core Tip (1354) | Full Article (HTML) (4484) | Figures (1-4) (597) | Tables (1-1) (510) | Full Article (PDF)-1893K (625) | Audio-1676K (21) | Peer-Review Report-100K (386) | Answering Reviewers-53K (322) | Supplementary Material-466K (343) | Received: 01/26/2017 | Revised: 04/25/2017 | Accepted: 07/04/2017 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (7) | Total Visits (18896) | Similar Articles (23) | Timeline of Article Publication (3) | Article Quality Tracking (0) | Cite |

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Case Control Study

Influence of dietary isoflavone intake on gastrointestinal symptoms in ulcerative colitis individuals in remission

Dominika Głąbska, Dominika Guzek, Dominika Grudzińska, Gustaw Lech

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5356-5363. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5356

Abstract (1402) | Core Tip (1278) | Full Article (HTML) (5039) | Tables (1-5) (512) | Full Article (PDF)-1738K (576) | Audio-1072K (37) | Peer-Review Report-70K (341) | Answering Reviewers-41K (565) | Received: 02/02/2017 | Revised: 03/31/2017 | Accepted: 05/19/2017 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (19) | Total Visits (18588) | Similar Articles (0) | Timeline of Article Publication (0) | Article Quality Tracking (0) | Cite |

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Genetic polymorphisms of MAFK, encoding a small Maf protein, are associated with susceptibility to ulcerative colitis in Japan

Tomiyasu Arisawa, Masakatsu Nakamura, Toshimi Otsuka, Wu Jing, Naoko Sakurai, Hikaru Takano, Tasuku Hayashi, Masafumi Ota, Tomoe Nomura, Ranji Hayashi, Takeo Shimasaki, Tomomitsu Tahara, Tomoyuki Shibata

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5364-5370. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5364

Abstract (1319) | Core Tip (1217) | Full Article (HTML) (3760) | Figures (1-1) (497) | Tables (1-4) (544) | Full Article (PDF)-1626K (486) | Audio-990K (22) | Peer-Review Report-94K (252) | Answering Reviewers-44K (299) | Received: 01/24/2017 | Revised: 03/14/2017 | Accepted: 07/04/2017 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (4) | Total Visits (14519) | Similar Articles (415) | Timeline of Article Publication (0) | Article Quality Tracking (0) | Cite |

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Retrospective Study

Elaboration and validation of Crohn’s disease anoperineal lesions consensual definitions

Clémence Horaist, Vincent de Parades, Laurent Abramowitz, Paul Benfredj, Guillaume Bonnaud, Dominique Bouchard, Nadia Fathallah, Agnès Sénéjoux, Laurent Siproudhis, Ghislain Staumont, Manuelle Viguier, Philippe Marteau

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5371-5378. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5371

Abstract (1428) | Core Tip (1204) | Full Article (HTML) (11422) | Figures (1-3) (658) | Tables (1-2) (513) | Full Article (PDF)-1941K (694) | Audio-2659K (35) | Peer-Review Report-100K (262) | Answering Reviewers-124K (330) | Received: 12/27/2016 | Revised: 05/11/2017 | Accepted: 07/04/2017 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (9) | Total Visits (23043) | Similar Articles (192) | Timeline of Article Publication (1) | Authors Evaluation (1) | Article Quality Tracking (0) | Cite |

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Efficacy of tolvaptan for the patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

Masayuki Miyazaki, Masayoshi Yada, Kosuke Tanaka, Takeshi Senjyu, Takeshi Goya, Kenta Motomura, Motoyuki Kohjima, Masaki Kato, Akihide Masumoto, Kazuhiro Kotoh

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5379-5385. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5379

Abstract (1451) | Core Tip (1490) | Full Article (HTML) (3882) | Figures (1-5) (572) | Tables (1-2) (470) | Full Article (PDF)-1651K (624) | Audio-715K (28) | Peer-Review Report-126K (329) | Answering Reviewers-191K (503) | Received: 01/19/2017 | Revised: 03/10/2017 | Accepted: 04/21/2017 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (4) | Total Visits (16307) | Similar Articles (1882) | Timeline of Article Publication (0) | Article Quality Tracking (0) | Cite |

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Outcomes of preoperative endoscopic nasobiliary drainage and endoscopic retrograde biliary drainage for malignant distal biliary obstruction prior to pancreaticoduodenectomy

Guo-Qiang Zhang, Yong Li, Yu-Ping Ren, Nan-Tao Fu, Hai-Bing Chen, Jun-Wu Yang, Wei-Dong Xiao

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5386-5394. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5386

Abstract (1413) | Core Tip (1348) | Full Article (HTML) (4554) | Figures (1-1) (501) | Tables (1-4) (510) | Full Article (PDF)-1613K (639) | Audio-1504K (41) | Peer-Review Report-89K (315) | Answering Reviewers-78K (302) | Received: 03/20/2017 | Revised: 05/03/2017 | Accepted: 06/19/2017 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (25) | Total Visits (16908) | Similar Articles (82) | Timeline of Article Publication (0) | Article Quality Tracking (0) | Cite |

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Clinical Trials Study

Phase I clinical study of personalized peptide vaccination combined with radiotherapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

Jie Shen, Li-Feng Wang, Zheng-Yun Zou, Wei-Wei Kong, Jing Yan, Fan-Yan Meng, Fang-Jun Chen, Juan Du, Jie Shao, Qiu-Ping Xu, Hao-Zhen Ren, Ru-Tian Li, Jia Wei, Xiao-Ping Qian, Bao-Rui Liu

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5395-5404. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5395

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Observational Study

Transition clinic attendance is associated with improved beliefs and attitudes toward medicine in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Nancy Fu, Kevan Jacobson, Andrew Round, Kathi Evans, Hong Qian, Brian Bressler

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5405-5411. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5405

Abstract (1334) | Core Tip (1261) | Full Article (HTML) (4663) | Figures (1-1) (489) | Tables (1-3) (771) | Full Article (PDF)-1584K (613) | Audio-207K (28) | Peer-Review Report-77K (263) | Answering Reviewers-23K (273) | Supplementary Material-85K (290) | Received: 01/08/2017 | Revised: 03/07/2017 | Accepted: 05/19/2017 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (27) | Total Visits (17609) | Similar Articles (670) | Timeline of Article Publication (0) | Article Quality Tracking (0) | Cite |

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Gut barrier failure biomarkers are associated with poor disease outcome in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis

Tamas Tornai, Eszter Palyu, Zsuzsanna Vitalis, Istvan Tornai, David Tornai, Peter Antal-Szalmas, Gary L Norman, Zakera Shums, Gabor Veres, Antal Dezsofi, Gabriella Par, Alajos Par, Peter Orosz, Ferenc Szalay, Peter Laszlo Lakatos, Maria Papp

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5412-5421. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5412

Abstract (1416) | Core Tip (1376) | Full Article (HTML) (5589) | Figures (1-1) (532) | Tables (1-4) (473) | Full Article (PDF)-1647K (748) | Audio-1468K (23) | Peer-Review Report-93K (274) | Answering Reviewers-182K (385) | Received: 03/27/2017 | Revised: 05/09/2017 | Accepted: 06/19/2017 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (43) | Total Visits (18379) | Similar Articles (45) | Timeline of Article Publication (2) | Article Quality Tracking (0) | Cite |

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Efficacy of forced coagulation with low high-frequency power setting during endoscopic submucosal dissection

Tsukasa Ishida, Takashi Toyonaga, Yoshiko Ohara, Tadao Nakashige, Yasuaki Kitamura, Ryusuke Ariyoshi, Hiroshi Takihara, Shinichi Baba, Tetsuya Yoshizaki, Fumiaki Kawara, Shinwa Tanaka, Yoshinori Morita, Eiji Umegaki, Namiko Hoshi, Takeshi Azuma

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5422-5430. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5422

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Prospective Study

Clinical outcomes of isolated renal failure compared to other forms of organ failure in patients with severe acute pancreatitis

Amir Gougol, Mohannad Dugum, Anwar Dudekula, Phil Greer, Adam Slivka, David C Whitcomb, Dhiraj Yadav, Georgios I Papachristou

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5431-5437. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5431

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Systematic Review

Laparoscopic ultrasonography as an alternative to intraoperative cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Alexandra Dili, Claude Bertrand

World J Gastroenterol 23(29):5438-5450. Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5438

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