Pancreatitis-associated protein (PAP) is almost absent in the normal pancreas but is overexpressed in acute pancreatitis. However, its expression in chronic pancreatitis (CP) is unknown. An herbal… (More)
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Because autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) responds well to corticosteroids, many AIP patients are given this treatment. However, there is no consensus on the indications, dose, or duration of… (More)
OBJECTIVES:Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) with a mass formation or swollen pancreas located in one or two segments of the gland (focal type AIP) has been reported. The aims of this study were to… (More)
The incidence of acute pancreatitis in Japan is increasing and ranges from 187 to 347 cases per million populations. Case fatality was 0.2% for mild to moderate, and 9.0% for severe acute… (More)
We evaluated the diagnostic usefulness of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) in 19 patients with extragastric compression. In these 19 cases, the causes of the compression were normal organs or… (More)
The aim of this study was to assess the imaging findings of pathologically proven intraductal papillary-mucinous tumors of the pancreas and the natural history of follow-up cases, and to optimize the… (More)
Background. Abnormalities of the tumor suppressor gene p16 have been reported in a variety of human tumors but are rare in pancreatic carcinoma except for cancer cell lines and xenografts. Their… (More)
The present study was undertaken to detect K-ras point mutations at codon 12 in pure pancreatic juice (PPJ) for the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer (PC) using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction… (More)
Antitumor effects of nine components of a herbal medicine, 'Sho-saiko-to', were investigated on human hepatoma cell lines (PLC/PRF/5, Hep-G2), human liver cells (Chang) and a human pancreatic cancer… (More)
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Expression of the p16 gene product in human primary pancreatic carcinoma (PC) was investigated in paraffin-embedded tissue using a monoclonal antibody against p16 protein, clone G175-405, by means of… (More)