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Contents Volume 23 Issue 37 October 7, 2017

Editorial

Microbial dysbiosis in spouses of ulcerative colitis patients: Any clues to disease pathogenesis?

Dario Sorrentino

World J Gastroenterol 23(37):6747-6749. Published online Oct 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i37.6747

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Review

Road to stemness in hepatocellular carcinoma

Teresita NJ Flores-Téllez, Saúl Villa-Treviño, Carolina Piña-Vázquez

World J Gastroenterol 23(37):6750-6776. Published online Oct 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i37.6750

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Intrahepatic vascular changes in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Potential role of insulin-resistance and endothelial dysfunction

Marcos Pasarín, Juan G Abraldes, Eleonora Liguori, Beverley Kok, Vincenzo La Mura

World J Gastroenterol 23(37):6777-6787. Published online Oct 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i37.6777

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Epidemiological and clinical perspectives on irritable bowel syndrome in India, Bangladesh and Malaysia: A review

M Masudur Rahman, Sanjiv Mahadeva, Uday C Ghoshal

World J Gastroenterol 23(37):6788-6801. Published online Oct 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i37.6788

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Basic Study

Estrogen receptor expression in chronic hepatitis C and hepatocellular carcinoma pathogenesis

Janaki K Iyer, Mamta Kalra, Anil Kaul, Mark E Payton, Rashmi Kaul

World J Gastroenterol 23(37):6802-6816. Published online Oct 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i37.6802

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Glycosylation-related gene expression in HT29-MTX-E12 cells upon infection by Helicobacter pylori

Michael T Cairns, Ananya Gupta, Julie A Naughton, Marian Kane, Marguerite Clyne, Lokesh Joshi

World J Gastroenterol 23(37):6817-6832. Published online Oct 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i37.6817

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STAT3 deficiency prevents hepatocarcinogenesis and promotes biliary proliferation in thioacetamide-induced liver injury

Mitsuhiko Abe, Takafumi Yoshida, Jun Akiba, Yu Ikezono, Fumitaka Wada, Atsutaka Masuda, Takahiko Sakaue, Toshimitsu Tanaka, Hideki Iwamoto, Toru Nakamura, Michio Sata, Hironori Koga, Akihiko Yoshimura, Takuji Torimura

World J Gastroenterol 23(37):6833-6844. Published online Oct 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i37.6833

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Performance verification and comparison of TianLong automatic hypersensitive hepatitis B virus DNA quantification system with Roche CAP/CTM system

Ming Li, Lin Chen, Li-Ming Liu, Yong-Li Li, Bo-An Li, Bo Li, Yuan-Li Mao, Li-Fang Xia, Tong Wang, Ya-Nan Liu, Zheng Li, Tong-Sheng Guo

World J Gastroenterol 23(37):6845-6853. Published online Oct 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i37.6845

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Case Control Study

Association of insertion-deletions polymorphisms with colorectal cancer risk and clinical features

Diego Marques, Layse Raynara Ferreira-Costa, Lorenna Larissa Ferreira-Costa, Romualdo da Silva Correa, Aline Maciel Pinheiro Borges, Fernanda Ribeiro Ito, Carlos Cesar de Oliveira Ramos, Raul Hernandes Bortolin, André Ducati Luchessi, Ândrea Ribeiro-dos-Santos, Sidney Santos, Vivian Nogueira Silbiger

World J Gastroenterol 23(37):6854-6867. Published online Oct 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i37.6854

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Retrospective Cohort Study

Hospital readmissions in decompensated cirrhotics: Factors pointing toward a prevention strategy

Siamak M Seraj, Emily J Campbell, Sarah K Argyropoulos, Kara Wegermann, Raymond T Chung, James M Richter

World J Gastroenterol 23(37):6868-6876. Published online Oct 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i37.6868

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Measurement of biological age may help to assess the risk of colorectal adenoma in screening colonoscopy

Sang-Jung Kim, Beom Jin Kim, Hyun Kang

World J Gastroenterol 23(37):6877-6883. Published online Oct 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i37.6877

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Retrospective Study

Prognostic factors of response to endoscopic treatment in painful chronic pancreatitis

Alina Tantau, Alina Mandrutiu, Daniel-Corneliu Leucuta, Lidia Ciobanu, Marcel Tantau

World J Gastroenterol 23(37):6884-6893. Published online Oct 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i37.6884

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In vivo histological diagnosis for gastric cancer using endocytoscopy

Issei Tsurudome, Ryoji Miyahara, Kohei Funasaka, Kazuhiro Furukawa, Masanobu Matsushita, Takeshi Yamamura, Takuya Ishikawa, Eizaburo Ohno, Masanao Nakamura, Hiroki Kawashima, Osamu Watanabe, Masato Nakaguro, Akira Satou, Yoshiki Hirooka, Hidemi Goto

World J Gastroenterol 23(37):6894-6901. Published online Oct 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i37.6894

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Case Report

Achalasia after bariatric Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery reversal

Mouhanna Abu Ghanimeh, Ayman Qasrawi, Omar Abughanimeh, Sakher Albadarin, Wendell Clarkston

World J Gastroenterol 23(37):6902-6906. Published online Oct 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i37.6902

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Persistent severe hypomagnesemia caused by proton pump inhibitor resolved after laparoscopic fundoplication

Synne Semb, Frederik Helgstrand, Flemming Hjørne, Peter Bytzer

World J Gastroenterol 23(37):6907-6910. Published online Oct 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i37.6907

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Rupture of small cystic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor with many microtumors

Ryota Sagami, Hidefumi Nishikiori, Shoichiro Ikuyama, Kazunari Murakami

World J Gastroenterol 23(37):6911-6919. Published online Oct 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i37.6911

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Letter to the Editor

Resistance of Helicobacter pylori to furazolidone and levofloxacin: A viewpoint

Mohammad Zamani, Arash Rahbar, Javad Shokri-Shirvani

World J Gastroenterol 23(37):6920-6922. Published online Oct 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i37.6920

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