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Contents Volume 23 Issue 31 August 21, 2017

Editorial

Direct-acting antiviral agents against hepatitis C virus and lipid metabolism

Tatsuo Kanda, Mitsuhiko Moriyama

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5645-5649. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5645

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Review

Liquid biopsy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: Circulating tumor cells and cell-free nucleic acids

Wataru Okajima, Shuhei Komatsu, Daisuke Ichikawa, Mahito Miyamae, Takuma Ohashi, Taisuke Imamura, Jun Kiuchi, Keiji Nishibeppu, Tomohiro Arita, Hirotaka Konishi, Atsushi Shiozaki, Ryo Morimura, Hisashi Ikoma, Kazuma Okamoto, Eigo Otsuji

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5650-5668. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5650

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Basic Study

Fluctuation of zonulin levels in blood vs stability of antibodies

Aristo Vojdani, Elroy Vojdani, Datis Kharrazian

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5669-5679. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5669

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Effects of albumin/glutaraldehyde glue on healing of colonic anastomosis in rats

Kalliopi Despoudi, Ioannis Mantzoros, Orestis Ioannidis, Aggeliki Cheva, Nikolaos Antoniou, Dimitrios Konstantaras, Savvas Symeonidis, Manousos George Pramateftakis, Efstathios Kotidis, Stamatis Angelopoulos, Konstantinos Tsalis

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5680-5691. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5680

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Cytoplasmic domain of tissue factor promotes liver fibrosis in mice

Virginia Knight, Dinushka Lourensz, Jorge Tchongue, Jeanne Correia, Peter Tipping, William Sievert

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5692-5699. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5692

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Schistosoma japonicum attenuates dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis in mice via reduction of endoplasmic reticulum stress

Ya Liu, Qing Ye, Yu-Lan Liu, Jian Kang, Yan Chen, Wei-Guo Dong

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5700-5712. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5700

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Metabolomic profiling for identification of metabolites and relevant pathways for taurine in hepatic stellate cells

Xin Deng, Xing-Qiu Liang, Fei-Guo Lu, Xiao-Fang Zhao, Lei Fu, Jian Liang

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5713-5721. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5713

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Protective effects of Foeniculum vulgare root bark extract against carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic fibrosis in mice

Cai Zhang, Xing Tian, Ke Zhang, Guo-Yu Li, Hang-Yu Wang, Jin-Hui Wang

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5722-5731. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5722

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Retrospective Cohort Study

Hypothesized summative anal physiology score correlates but poorly predicts incontinence severity

Christopher J Young, Assad Zahid, Cherry E Koh, Jane M Young

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5732-5738. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5732

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Minor endoscopic sphincterotomy followed by large balloon dilation for large choledocholith treatment

Xiao-Dan Xu, Bo Chen, Jian-Jun Dai, Jian-Qing Qian, Chun-Fang Xu

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5739-5745. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5739

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Diagnostic value of FIB-4, aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index and liver stiffness measurement in hepatitis B virus-infected patients with persistently normal alanine aminotransferase

You-Wen Tan, Xing-Bei Zhou, Yun Ye, Cong He, Guo-Hong Ge

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5746-5754. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5746

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Retrospective Study

Accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition in the evaluation of lymph nodes enlargement in the absence of on-site pathologist

Yung Ka Chin, Julio Iglesias-Garcia, Daniel de la Iglesia, Jose Lariño-Noia, Ihab Abdulkader-Nallib, Hector Lázare, Susana Rebolledo Olmedo, J Enrique Dominguez-Muñoz

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5755-5763. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5755

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Doublecortin and CaM kinase-like-1 as an independent prognostic factor in patients with resected pancreatic carcinoma

Kohei Nishio, Kenjiro Kimura, Ryosuke Amano, Bunzo Nakata, Sadaaki Yamazoe, Go Ohira, Kotaro Miura, Naoki Kametani, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kazuya Muguruma, Kosei Hirakawa, Masaichi Ohira

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5764-5772. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5764

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Study to determine guidelines for pediatric colonoscopy

Shinichiro Yoshioka, Hidetoshi Takedatsu, Shuhei Fukunaga, Kotaro Kuwaki, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Ryosuke Yamauchi, Atsushi Mori, Hiroshi Kawano, Tadahiro Yanagi, Tatsuki Mizuochi, Kosuke Ushijima, Keiichi Mitsuyama, Osamu Tsuruta, Takuji Torimura

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5773-5779. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5773

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Postoperative changes of manometry after restorative proctocolectomy in Korean ulcerative colitis patients

Se Heon Oh, Yong Sik Yoon, Jong Lyul Lee, Chan Wook Kim, In Ja Park, Seok-Byung Lim, Chang Sik Yu, Jin Cheon Kim

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5780-5786. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5780

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Threonine and tyrosine kinase may serve as a prognostic biomarker for gallbladder cancer

Yuan Xie, Jian-Zhen Lin, An-Qiang Wang, Wei-Yu Xu, Jun-Yu Long, Yu-Feng Luo, Jie Shi, Zhi-Yong Liang, Xin-Ting Sang, Hai-Tao Zhao

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5787-5797. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5787

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Simple instruments facilitating achievement of transanal total mesorectal excision in male patients

Chang Xu, Hua-Yu Song, Shao-Liang Han, Shi-Chang Ni, Hu-Xiang Zhang, Chun-Gen Xing

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5798-5808. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5798

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Donor-derived infections among Chinese donation after cardiac death liver recipients

Qi-Fa Ye, Wei Zhou, Qi-Quan Wan

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5809-5816. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5809

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Case Report

Rarity among benign gastric tumors: Plexiform fibromyxoma - Report of two cases

Kinga Szurian, Holger Till, Eva Amerstorfer, Nicole Hinteregger, Hans-Jörg Mischinger, Bernadette Liegl-Atzwanger, Iva Brcic

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5817-5822. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5817

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Tegafur-uracil-induced rapid development of advanced hepatic fibrosis

Shuya Honda, Koji Sawada, Takumu Hasebe, Shunsuke Nakajima, Mikihiro Fujiya, Toshikatsu Okumura

World J Gastroenterol 23(31):5823-5828. Published online Aug 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i31.5823

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