World journal of gastroenterology : WJG
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World J. Gastroenterol. · Dec 2012
Adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation for acute liver failure in China.
To investigate the long-term outcome of recipients and donors of adult-to-adult living-donor liver transplantation (AALDLT) for acute liver failure (ALF). ⋯ Timely AALDLT for patients with ALF greatly improves the recipient survival. However, further systemic review is needed to investigate the optimal treatment strategy for ALF.
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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
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.