World journal of gastroenterology : WJG
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World J. Gastroenterol. · Dec 2012
Electroacupuncture alleviates stress-induced visceral hypersensitivity through an opioid system in rats.
To investigate whether stress-induced visceral hypersensitivity could be alleviated by electroacupuncture (EA) and whether EA effect was mediated by endogenous opiates. ⋯ EA given at classical acupoint ST-36 alleviates stress-induced visceral pain, which is most likely mediated by opioid pathways in the periphery.
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World J. Gastroenterol. · Dec 2012
Age-related symptom and life quality changes in women with irritable bowel syndrome.
To explore age-related changes in symptoms and quality of life (QoL) of women with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). ⋯ Factors affecting QoL should always be treated in IBS, especially emotional problems in young adults. Even mild abdominal pain should be controlled in elderly patients.
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World J. Gastroenterol. · Dec 2012
Impact of intestinal ischemia/reperfusion and lymph drainage on distant organs in rats.
To investigate the impact of intestinal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and lymph drainage on distant organs in rats. ⋯ Lymph drainage could block the "gut-lymph" pathway, improve intestinal barrier function, and attenuate distant organ injury incurred by intestinal I/R.
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World J. Gastroenterol. · Dec 2012
Oridonin induces apoptosis in gastric cancer through Apaf-1, cytochrome c and caspase-3 signaling pathway.
To investigate the effect and mechanism of oridonin on the gastric cancer cell line HGC-27 in vitro. ⋯ Apoptosis of HGC-27 induced by oridonin may be associated with differential expression of Apaf-1, caspase-3 and cytochrome c, which are highly dependent upon the mitochondrial pathway.
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World J. Gastroenterol. · Dec 2012
Prealbumin is predictive for postoperative liver insufficiency in patients undergoing liver resection.
To investigate the risk factors for postoperative liver insufficiency in patients with Child-Pugh class A liver function undergoing liver resection. ⋯ Prealbumin serum level is a predictive factor for postoperative liver insufficiency in patients with liver function of Child-Pugh class A undergoing hepatectomy. Since prealbumin is a good marker of nutritional status, the improved nutritional status may decrease the incidence of liver insufficiency.