Chemokine expression in Helicobacter pylori-infected gastric mucosa Tadahito ShimadaAkira Terano Review Pages: 613 - 617
Enhanced mucosal expression of interleukin-6 mRNA but not of interleukin-8 mRNA at the margin of gastric ulcer in Helicobacter pylori-positive gastritis Koichi FurukawaToru TakahashiHitoshi Asakura Pages: 625 - 633
Effect of pirenzepine on gastric endocrine cell kinetics during lansoprazole administration Nobuo OmuraHideyuki KashiwagiTeruaki Aoki Pages: 634 - 639
A new quadruple therapy for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori. Effect of pretreatment with omeprazole on the cure rate Mitsuo OkadaKoichiro OkiKazuto Oda Pages: 640 - 645
Glutathione depletion inhibits oxidant-induced activation of nuclear factor-kappa B, AP-1, and c-Jun/ATF-2 in cultured guinea-pig gastric epithelial cells Kazuhito RokutanShigetada TeshimaKyoichi Kishi Pages: 646 - 655
Effect of trans-retinoic acid and folic acid on apoptosis in human gastric cancer cell lines MKN-45 and MKN-28 Jing-Yuan FangShu-Dong Xiao Pages: 656 - 661
Advantages of immunostaining over DNA analysis using PCR amplification to detect p53 abnormality in long-term formalin-fixed tissues of human colorectal carcinomas Hiroyuki MatsubayashiHidenobu WatanabeToshihiko Saitoh Pages: 662 - 669
Importance of cytogenetic markers for multiple primary carcinomas in colorectal cancer: Chromosome 17 and p53 locus translocation Yutaka TagawaAtsushi NanashimaHiroyoshi Ayabe Pages: 670 - 677
Blood digestion-induced splanchnic hyperemia and portal blood flow in portal hypertensive rats and the role of octreotide Katerina KotzampassiEfthimios Eleftheriadis Pages: 678 - 683
Relationship between interferon therapy and variability in nonstructural gene 5b of hepatitis C virus Qimin TaoLai WeiYan Sun Pages: 684 - 693
Analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cell stimulated with pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, T-cell receptors from patients with primary biliary cirrhosis Hironobu OchiaiHideharu SekineReiji Kasukawa Pages: 694 - 701
Defects of cholecystokinin (CCK)-A receptor gene expression and CCK-A receptor-mediated biological functions in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats Hayato NakamuraYasuyuki KiharaMakoto Otsuki Pages: 702 - 709
Primary gastric Burkitt's lymphoma presenting with c-myc gene rearrangement Akira AndohHiroki TakayaTadao Bamba Case report Pages: 710 - 715
Gastric lipoma presenting as upper gastrointestinal obstruction Vladislav TřeškaMiroslav PešekOndřej Topolčan Pages: 716 - 719
Unusual gastric polyp showing submucosal proliferation of glands: Case report and literature review Kohshiro ItohTadatoshi TsuchigameYasuji Ishimaru Pages: 720 - 723
Aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after successful eradication of Helicobacter pylori and regression of gastric lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue Shinji OhashiKose SegawaToshio Asai Pages: 724 - 727
Duodenal gastrinoma—clinical features and usefulness of selective arterial secretin injection test Atsuko TakasuTooru ShimosegawaTakayoshi Toyota Pages: 728 - 733
Unusual variant of left paraduodenal hernia herniated into the mesocolic fossa leading to jejunal strangulation Shoji HirasakiNorio KoideTakao Tsuji Pages: 734 - 738
Rectal carcinoid tumor associated with the Peutz-Jeghers syndrome Koichi WadaTukasa AsohMasao Tanaka Pages: 743 - 746
Propylthiouracil-Induced severe hepatitis: A case report and review of the literature Yasunori IchikiMitsuteru AkahoshiYoshiyuki Niho Pages: 747 - 750
Activated hepatic stellate cells participate in liver fibrosis in a patient with transfusional iron overload Yoshinori HaradaMasaki IwaiKei Kashima Pages: 751 - 754
Nine-Year survivor after resection of cholangiocellular carcinoma with tumor thrombi in the main portal trunk Yasuyuki ShimaharaKazuhiro FujiiYoshio Yamaoka Pages: 755 - 760
Acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas associated with hypoglycemia: Involvement of "big" insulin-like growth factor-II Yohei MizutaHajime IsomotoShigeru Kohno Pages: 761 - 765
Chronic asymptomatic pseudocyst with sludge aggregates masquerading as mucinous cystic neoplasm of the pancreas Hiroshi KubaKoji YamaguchiMasao Tanaka Pages: 766 - 769
A large inflammatory polyp of the gallbladder masquerading as gallbladder carcinoma Ryo MaeyamaKoji YamaguchiMasao Tanaka Pages: 770 - 774
Oxidative stress, glutathione and transcription factors. How are they related to gastric mucosal injuries? Akira Terano Editorial Pages: 775 - 776
A step to clarify the real target autoantigen in primary biliary cirrhosis Hiromi Ishibashi Pages: 779 - 781
Molecular and cytogenetic diagnosis of lymphoproliferative disorders of the gastrointestinal tract Kentaro Sugano Pages: 782 - 783