Future Perspectives in Gastroenterology

by Carey, M. C.; Dite, P.; Gabryelewicz, A.; Keim, V.; Mossner, J.

• ISBN13: 9781402088322
• ISBN10: 1402088329
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

In 1996, an international symposium entitled "Future Perspectives in Gastroenterology" was held in the city of Leipzig, State of Saxony, Germany. Leading scientists in diverse fields of gastroenterology presented their recent findings and undertook the propitious risk of speculating about future directions. Thanks once again to the generous support of the Falk Foundation, it was possible to revisit a symposium with the same title, but held this time in the beautiful, rebuilt city of Dresden in Saxony. This book contains the proceedings of the Falk Symposium No. 161 on "Future Perspectives in Gastroenterology", held October 11'12, 2007. It presents many innovative themes as well as "new faces" and offers a rich opportunity to learn firsthand about the latest scientific discoveries in the broad field of gastroenterology. Several of these novel developments are probably well on their way to being implemented in clinical practice.

Table of Contents

List of principal contributors	p. ix
List of chairpersons	p. xii
Preface	p. xiii
Dr Ernst Otto Riecken, An Appreciation	p. 1
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Summary of The Workshop Chair
Key Note Lecture in honour of Ernst Otto Rieckens 75th birthday: Immunological therapy of Crohn's disease	p. 7
Cytokine pathways in inflammatory bowel disease - the yin and the yang	p. 20
Biologicals for treatment of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases - quite in fashion or really necessary?	p. 26
Oesophagus and Stomach Chair
Functional dyspepsia - pathomechanisms, diagnostics, therapy and prospects	p. 47
Lipoproteins and Bile Acids: Physiology and Pathophysiology Chair
Gastrointestinal regulation of cholesterol balance	p. 63
Chaperoning organic anion transporters through the hepatocyte	p. 66
Pathophysiology of bile secretion	p. 77
Bile Duct Diseases Chair
Pathogenesis of gallstone formation: updated inventory of human lithogenic genes	p. 99
Recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of biliary neoplasm: theories and techniques for resection of lower bile duct neoplasm	p. 108
Pancreatic Physiology and Pathophysiology Chair
Cellular mechanisms of pancreatic digestive enzyme secretion	p. 119
Genetics of chronic pancreatitis	p. 131
Acute-phase reaction of the pancreas	p. 148
Pancreatic Diseases Chair
Acute pancreatitis	p. 167
Chronic pancreatitis: clinical and molecular update	p. 176
Gene expression analysis reveals the complexity of acute pancreatitis	p. 187
Key Note Lecture: Future of endoscopy in gastroenterology	p. 199
Gastrointestinal Oncology I Chair
Gastrointestinal Iymphoma	p. 207
New developments in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, therapy and prevention of gastric cancer	p. 214
Key Note Lecture: Relationship between exocrine and endocrine pancreas	p. 221
Gastrointestinal Oncology II Chair
Hepatocellular carcinoma: future perspectives	p. 241
The role of the polyomavirus, JC virus, in the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer	p. 259
Key Note Lecture: Gastroenterology in the tropics	p. 265
Index	p. 277
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