Impact of resistant starch formation in chickpea products on blood glucose and lipid profiles: Effects of cooking and storage conditions by Saloni Chauhan, Harpreet Kaur, Renuka Aggarwal, Prabhjot Kaur, Kiran Bains

“…Additionally, we conducted a histopathological examination of the liver and pancreas in rats. In humans, the boiled chickpea held at T3 has shown greater efficacy in regulating blood glucose and lipid profiles. …”
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Micro–Positron Emission Tomography/Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography Imaging of Orthotopic Pancreatic Tumor–Bearing Mice Using the αβ Integrin Tracer Cu-Labeled Cyclam-RAFT-c(-... by Winn Aung, Zhao-Hui Jin, Takako Furukawa, Michael Claron, Didier Boturyn, Chizuru Sogawa, Atsushi B. Tsuji, Hidekatsu Wakizaka, Toshimitsu Fukumura, Yasuhisa Fujibayashi, Pascal Dumy, Tsuneo Saga

“…Orthotopic xenograft was established in the pancreas of recipient nude mice. An in vivo probe biodistribution and receptor blocking study, preclinical PET imaging coregistered with contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) comparing 64 Cu-RAFT-RGD and 18 F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ( 18 F-FDG) accumulation in tumor, postimaging autoradiography, and histologic and immunohistochemical examinations were done. …”
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Age and Gender: Affecting the Positive Rates of Serum PAB and ANCA in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Qingquan Chen, Shirong Huang, Yue Wu, Shuyu Zhang, Qicai Liu, Min Chen

“…The present study is aimed at investigating the effect of age and gender on the positive rates of anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCA), anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA), anti-intestinal goblet cell antibodies (GAB), and antibodies to exocrine pancreas (PAB) in IBD patients. A total of 1871 hospitalized patients with confirmed IBD were included in this study. …”
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Primary adenocarcinoma of duodenal bulb mimicking a pancreatic tumor: a case report by Eya Slama, S. Ben Hamida, S. Zaouga, H. Elloumi, I. Cheikh, A. G. Dahak, M. Missaoui, A. Chelibi, I. Ganzoui

“…An abdominal CT scan however showed no abnormality in the pancreas but revealed on the other hand an irregular, non-stenosing, heterogeneous fibrous thickening of the lower aspect of the duodenal bulb. …”
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The role of endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis and characterization of focal liver lesions by Ahmed Morad Hashim, Gamal Eldin Mansour Mohamed Gamal, Abeer Abdellatef, Hany Hagag Ahmed

“…Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), traditionally used for evaluating the mediastinum, biliary tract, esophagus, stomach, and pancreas, is increasingly complementing these traditional diagnostic methods in hepatology. …”
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Tongue Color Analysis and Diseases Detection Based on a Computer Vision System by Abdulghafor Khudhaer Abdullah, Saleem Lateef Mohammed, Ali Al-Naji, Mohammed Sameer Alsabah

“… The tongue reflects the abnormal condition and behavior of the internal organs of the body, such as problems of the heart, liver, pancreas, stomach, intestines, blood diseases and others, which lead to changes in some of the features and characteristics of the tongue. …”
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Outcome of 177Lu-DOTATATE Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy in Progressive Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors from a Tertiary Care Center by David Mathew, Saumya S. Sunny, Justin Benjamin, Junita R. John, Felix K. Jebasingh, Josh T. Georgy, Ashish Singh, Regi Oommen

“…The main site of primary NET was in the pancreas, and the most common site for metastases was the liver. …”
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Unveiling the Emerging Role of Xanthine Oxidase in Acute Pancreatitis: Beyond Reactive Oxygen Species by Chenxia Han, Yaling Wu, Juan Rong, Qing Xia, Dan Du

“…There is no doubt that the ROS generated by irreversibly activated XO participates in the local pancreas and multiple organ failure during AP. However, the optimal timing and doses for therapeutic interventions targeting XO in animal studies and the clinic, as well as the additional molecular mechanisms through which XO contributes to disease onset and progression, including metabolic regulation, remain to be elucidated. …”
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Successful Treatment of Benign Insulinoma by Transcatheter Angioembolization by Maria Iriarte-Durán, MD, Jose Teleche-Loaiza, MD, Alberto Rosero-Guerrero, MD, Edgar Folleco-Pazmiño, MD, Andrés García-Trujillo, MD, Guillermo Guzmán-Gómez, MD

“…Case Report: We describe the case of an elderly male patient with multiple comorbidities and recurrent isolated insulinoma of 3.7 × 3.5 cm involving the uncinate process of the pancreas and contacting the splenomesenteric confluent many years after first resection, in whom, after refusing surgical management, was performed as successful arterial embolization of the pancreatic tumor. …”
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Super paramagnetic iron oxide contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging was useful in differentiating an insulinoma from an accessory spleen: a case report with review of litera... by Ema Toyokuni, Hiroshi Okada, Goji Hasegawa, Mayuko Kadono, Sayaka Kato, Mari Yoneda, Michiaki Fukui

“…Contrast-enhanced computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a mass in the splenic hilum; however, its continuity with the pancreas was unclear. Contrast-enhanced MRI using super paramagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) showed no SPIO uptake in the splenic hilar mass. …”
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Metastasis-Induced Acute Pancreatitis Successfully Treated with Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy in a Patient with Small Cell Lung Cancer by Kerem Okutur, Mustafa Bozkurt, Taner Korkmaz, Ercan Karaaslan, Levent Guner, Suha Goksel, Gokhan Demir

“…Although involvement of pancreas is a common finding in small cell lung cancer (SCLC), metastasis-induced acute pancreatitis (MIAP) is very rare. …”
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Clinical Report of a 17q12 Microdeletion with Additionally Unreported Clinical Features by Jennifer L. Roberts, Stephanie K. Gandomi, Melissa Parra, Ira Lu, Chia-Ling Gau, Majed Dasouki, Merlin G. Butler

“…An abdominal ultrasound revealed a small pancreas, mild splenomegaly with a 1.3 cm accessory splenule, and normal kidneys and liver. …”
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The Effect of P-Cymene on Glucose, Insulin, Antioxidant Power, and the Level of AKT Gene mRNA in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Model in Male Wistar Rats by Maryam Arabloei Sani, Zahra Hajebrahimi, Parichehreh Yaghmaei, Nasim Hayati Roodbari

“…Results: Streptozotocin increased serum levels of glucose and decreased serum levels of insulin, the antioxidant power of serum, pancreas levels of AKT mRNA, and β island size. Administration of metformin or p-cymene improved the levels of glucose, insulin, AKT mRNA, β island size, and antioxidant power in an independent manner of dose. …”
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Role of HNF6 in liver homeostasis and pathophysiology by Miaomiao Tian, Weizhen Gao, Shujun Ma, Huiling Cao, Yu Zhang, Fuxiang An, Jianni Qi, Zhen Yang

“…Recently, HNF6 was also found to be expressed in tissues, such as the pancreas, intestine, and lungs, where it controls their formation by regulating cell differentiation and influences their pathophysiological processes via various mechanisms. …”
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Ticlopidine in Its Prodrug Form Is a Selective Inhibitor of Human NTPDase1 by Joanna Lecka, Michel Fausther, Beat Künzli, Jean Sévigny

“…Ticlopidine (100 µM) completely inhibited the ATPase activity of NTPDase1 in situ as shown by enzyme histochemistry with human liver and pancreas sections. Ticlopidine also inhibited the activity of rat and mouse NTPDase1 and of potato apyrase. …”
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Disseminated Gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis: A Case Report with Review of Diagnostic Clues by Neda Soleimani, Mohammad Hossein Anbardar, Hamed Nikoupour, Faranak Derakhshan, Mojtaba Shafiekhani, Sahand Mohammadzadeh, Seyed Mohamad Sakhaei, Mahsa Farhadi

“…Despite immunosuppressive treatment, there was no improvement, and with worsening symptoms, more investigations revealed advanced colon mass with entrapment of the stomach and pancreas. Colonic mucosa biopsy and trucut biopsy of the mass showed just necrosis and acute inflammation; thus, she underwent exploratory laparotomy with colectomy, partial gastrectomy, distal pancreatectomy, and left nephrectomy. …”
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Effect of Astaxanthin on Immune Function and Myocardial Injury in Mice with Chronic Sleep Deprivation by FENG Biyun, LI Lingyan, LI Ming, ZHANG Jiayuan, QI Huanyang, CHEN Pingping, XU Guanghui

“…Results: Compared with the model group, body mass, phagocytic index and clearance index significantly increased in the treatment groups, and heart, spleen and pancreas coefficients decreased. Moreover, the levels of serum creatine kinase (CK), superoxide dismutase (SOD), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (γ-GT) rose markedly in each treatment group, and the level of malondialdehyde (MDA) significantly declined. …”
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Robotic duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection with preoperative three-dimensional visualization and intraoperative real-time indocyanine green fluorescence navigation by Yaqiang Shu, Chuanfu Li, Bo Liu, Fan Wu, Chao Zhang, Muyu Fu, Xiaohua Lei, Guodong Chen

“…The results show that the technique is safe and effective for benign masses of the head of the pancreas and may offer a benefit for maintaining the integrity of duodenal blood flow and the biliary system.…”
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Early onset pancreatic cancer: A review by Dong Luo, Yixiong Li, Xiao Yu, Liandong Ji, Xuejun Gong

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Resolución espontánea de un pseudoquiste pancreático gigante. A propósito de un caso by Jorge Luis Estepa Pérez, Gustavo Becerra Terón, Tahiluma Santana Pedraza

“…El ultrasonido abdominal mostró imagen ecolúcida tabicada de aspecto quístico de 104 X 40 mm, posterior a hígado y anterior al páncreas. En tomografía simple y contrastada de abdomen se observó: lesión hipodensa de 10 X 6 cm., líquida (densidad 10 UH) en contacto con el lóbulo hepático izquierdo y estómago, crecimiento hacia abajo y llegando hasta zona del mesogastrio, contornos bien delimitados de paredes finas. …”
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