Metastatic gastric cancer treatment: Second line and beyond
Marwan Ghosn;Samer Tabchi;Hampig Raphael Kourie;Mustapha Tehfe;Hematology-Oncology Department;Faculty of Medicine;Saint Joseph University;Department of Medical Oncology;Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal;

..............page:3069-3077

Comparison of pediatric and adult antibiotic-associated diarrhea and Clostridium difficile infections
Lynne Vernice Mc Farland;Metehan Ozen;Ener Cagri Dinleyici;Shan Goh;Department of Medicinal Chemistry;School of Pharmacy;University of Washington;Faculty of Medicine;Department of Pediatrics;Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease;atakent acibadem University Hospital;Faculty of Medicine;Department of Pediatrics;Pediatric Intensive Care Unit;Eskisehir Osmangazi University;Department of Pathology and Pathogen Biology;Royal Veterinary College;

..............page:3078-3104

Multidisciplinary management of nonfunctional neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreas
Ian W Folkert;Paul Hernandez;Robert E Roses;Department of Surgery;Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania;

..............page:3105-3116

Tight junctions in inflammatory bowel diseases and inflammatory bowel disease associated colorectal cancer
Jonathan Landy;Emma Ronde;Nick English;Sue K Clark;Ailsa L Hart;Stella C Knight;Paul J Ciclitira;Hafid Omar Al-Hassi;IBD Unit;St Mark’s Hospital;Antigen Presentation Research Group;Department of Immunology;Imperial College;Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology;Imperial College;Department of Gastroenterology;The Rayne Institute;St Thomas’ Hospital;

..............page:3117-3126

Evidence-based medical oncology and interventional radiology paradigms for liver-dominant colorectal cancer metastases
Alan Alper Sag;Fatih Selcukbiricik;Nil Molinas Mandel;Division of Interventional Radiology;Department of Radiology;Koc University School of Medicine;Division of Medical Oncology;Department of Internal Medicine;Koc University School of Medicine;

..............page:3127-3149

Vaccine against Helicobacter pylori : Inevitable approach
Amin Talebi Bezmin Abadi;Department of Bacteriology;Faculty of Medical Sciences;Tarbiat Modares University;

..............page:3150-3157

Effective treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding with thalidomide- Chances and limitations
Juergen Bauditz;Department of Internal Medicine;Helios Klinik Anhalt/Zerbst;Department of Gastroenterology;Hepatology and Infectiology;Charité Campus Mitte;Charité University Hospital;

..............page:3158-3164

Hepatitis B and D viruses replication interference: Influence of hepatitis B genotype
Antonio Madejón;Míriam Romero;ángela Hernández;Araceli García-Sánchez;Marta Sánchez-Carrillo;Antonio Olveira;Javier García-Samaniego;Hepatology Section;Gastroenterology Department;Hospital Universitario La Paz;Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticasy Digestivas;Instituto de Investigación del Hospital Universitario La Paz;

..............page:3165-3174

Astragalus polysaccharide attenuates rat experimental colitis by inducing regulatory T cells in intestinal Peyer’s patches
Hai-mei Zhao;Yan Wang;Xiao-Ying Huang;min-fang Huang;Rong Xu;Hai-Yang Yue;Bu-gao Zhou;Hong-Yan Huang;Qi-meng Sun;Duan-Yong Liu;School of Basic Medical Sciences;Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine;Department of Microbiology;perelman School of Medicine;University of pennsylvania;Key Laboratory of Modern preparation of TCM;Ministry of Education;Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine;Department of postgraduate;Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine;Science and Technology College;Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine;

..............page:3175-3185

Melittin induces human gastric cancer cell apoptosis via activation of mitochondrial pathway
Gui-Mei Kong;Wen-Hua Tao;Ya-Li Diao;Peng-Hua Fang;Ji-Jun Wang;Ping Bo;Feng Qian;Department of Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Prevention and Treatment of Senile Diseases;Jiangsu Coinnovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses;Medical School of Yangzhou University;Department of Gastroenterology;1st Hospital of Yangzhou;

..............page:3186-3195

Predictors of re-bleeding after endoscopic hemostasis for delayed post-endoscopic sphincterotomy bleeding
Mu-Hsien Lee;Yung-Kuan Tsou;Cheng-Hui Lin;Ching-Song Lee;Nai-Jen Liu;Kai-Feng Sung;Hao-Tsai Cheng;Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology;Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine;

..............page:3196-3201

Epithelial turnover in duodenal familial adenomatous polyposis: A possible role for estrogen receptors?
Alfredo Di Leo;Gabriella Nesi;Mariabeatrice Principi;Domenico Piscitelli;Bruna Girardi;Maria Pricci;Giuseppe Losurdo;Andrea Iannone;Enzo Ierardi;Francesco Tonelli;Gastroenterology Section;Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation;University of Bari;Pathology Section;Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine;University of Florence;Pathology Section;Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation;University of Bari;General Surgery Section;Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine;University of Florence;

..............page:3202-3211

Comparison of hepatic venous pressure gradient and endoscopic grading of esophageal varices
Eun Ji Lee;Yong Jae Kim;Dong Erk Goo;Seung Boo Yang;Hyun-Joo Kim;Jae Young Jang;Soung Won Jeong;Department of Radiology;Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital;Department of Radiology;Soonchunhyang University Gumi Hospital;Department of Gastroenterology;Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital;

..............page:3212-3219

Is forceps more useful than visualization for measurement of colon polyp size?
Jae Hyun Kim;Seun Ja Park;Jong Hoon Lee;Tae Oh Kim;Hyun Jin Kim;Hyung Wook Kim;Sang Heon Lee;Dong Hoon Baek;Department of Gastroenterology;Kosin University College of Medicine;Department of Gastroenterology;Dong-A University College of Medicine;Department of Gastroenterology;Haeundae Paik Hospital;Inje University College of Medicine;Department of Gastroenterology;Gyeongsang National University Hospital;Department of Gastroenterology;Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital;Department of Gastroenterology;Inje University Busan Paik Hospital;Inje University College of Medicine;Department of Gastroenterology;Pusan National University School of Medicine;Busan Ulsan Gyeongnam Intestinal Study Group Society;

..............page:3220-3226

Association of Fusobacterium nucleatum infection with colorectal cancer in Chinese patients
Yu-Yuan Li;Quan-Xing Ge;Jie Cao;Yong-Jian Zhou;Yan-Lei Du;Bo Shen;Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan;Yu-Qiang Nie;Department of Gastroenterology;Guangzhou First People’s Hospital;Guangzhou Medical University;Department of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine;University of California;Davis Health Systems;

..............page:3227-3233

Negative short-term impact of intraoperative biliary lavage in patients with hepatolithiasis
Ou Jiang;Rong-Xing Zhou;Ke Yang;Chun-Xian Cai;Yu Liu;Nan-Sheng Cheng;Department of Surgical Oncology;The Second People’s Hospital of Neijiang;Department of Biliary Surgery;West China Medical Center of Sichuan University;

..............page:3234-3241

Application of gemstone spectral imaging for efficacy evaluation in hepatocellular carcinoma after transarterial chemoembolization
Qi-Yu Liu;Chuan-Dong He;Ying Zhou;Dan Huang;Hua Lin;Zhong Wang;Dong Wang;Jin-Qiu Wang;Li-Ping Liao;Department of Radiology;Mianyang Central Hospital;

..............page:3242-3251

Constipation, hard stools, fecal urgency, and incomplete evacuation, but not diarrhea is associated with diabetes and its related factors
Noriko Ihana-Sugiyama;Naoyoshi Nagata;Ritsuko Yamamoto-Honda;Eiko Izawa;Hiroshi Kajio;Takuro Shimbo;Masafumi Kakei;Naomi Uemura;Junichi Akiyama;Mitsuhiko Noda;Department of Diabetes;Endocrinology and Metabolism;National Center for Global Health and Medicine;Division of General Medicine;Jichi Medical University Graduate School of Medicine;Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology;National Center for Global Health and Medicine;Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism;Toranomon Hospital;Diabetes Research;Diabetes Research Center;National Center for Global Health and Medicine;Center for Clinical Sciences;National Center for Global Health and Medicine;Ohta Nishinouchi Hospital;First Department of Comprehensive Medicine;Saitama Medical Center;Jichi Medical University School of Medicine;Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology;Kohnodai Hospital;National Center for Global Health and Medicine;Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes;Saitama Medical University;

..............page:3252-3260

Clinical features, endoscopic polypectomy and STK11 gene mutation in a nine-month-old Peutz-Jeghers syndrome Chinese infant
Zhi-Heng Huang;Zai Song;Ping Zhang;Jie Wu;Ying Huang;Department of Gastroenterology;Children’s Hospital of Fudan University;Department of Pediatric Surgery;Children’s Hospital of Fudan University;The Molecular Genetic Diagnosis Center;Shanghai Key Lab of Birth Defects;Translational Medicine Research Center of Children’s Development and Disease;Pediatrics Research Institute;Children’s Hospital of Fudan University;Department of Gastroenterology;Children’s Hospital of Xiamen;

..............page:3261-3267

Mutations in pre-core and basic core promoter regions of hepatitis B virus in chronic hepatitis B patients
Xiao-Ling Wang;Jian-Ping Ren;Xue-Qing Wang;Xiao-Hong Wang;Shao-Fang Yang;Yi Xiong;Department of Clinical Laboratory;Shanxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine;

..............page:3268-3274

Dual-sugar tests of small intestinal permeability are poor predictors of bacterial infections and mortality in cirrhosis: a prospective study
Anika Vogt;Philipp A Reuken;Sven Stengel;Andreas Stallmach;Tony Bruns;Department of Internal Medicine IV;Jena University Hospital;Center for Sepsis Control and Care;Jena University Hospital;

..............page:3275-3284

Contained colonic perforation due to cecal retroflexion
Zhuo Geng;Deepak Agrawal;Amit G Singal;Stephen Kircher;Samir Gupta;Department of Internal Medicine;Case Western Reserve University - Metrohealth Medical Center;Department of Internal Medicine;Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases;University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center;Department of Radiology;University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center;Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System;Department of Internal Medicine;Division of Gastroenterology;and the Moores Cancer Center;University of California San Diego;

..............page:3285-3288

Delayed diagnosis of alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency following post-hepatectomy liver failure: A case report
Benjamin Norton;Jemimah Denson;Christopher Briggs;Matthew Bowles;David Stell;Somaiah Aroori;Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry;Tamar Science Park;Department of Histopathology;Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust;Peninsula HPB Unit;Derriford Hospital;

..............page:3289-3295

Primary advanced esophago-gastric melanoma: A rare case
Lin Wang;Liang Zong;Hidetsugu Nakazato;Wen-Yue Wang;Chao-Feng Li;Yan-Fen Shi;Guo-Chao Zhang;Tao Tang;Peking University China-Japan Friendship School of Clinical Medicine;Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery;Graduate School of Medicine;University of Tokyo;Department of Surgery;Okinawa Red Cross Hospital 902-8588;Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery;China-Japan Friendship Hospital;Department of Pathology;China-Japan Friendship Hospital;

..............page:3296-3301

Liuweiwuling tablets protect against acetaminophen hepatotoxicity: What is the protective mechanism?
Kuo Du;Hartmut Jaeschke;Department of Pharmacology;Toxicology and Therapeutics;University of Kansas Medical Center;

..............page:3302-3304