Significance of apoptotic cell death in systemic complications with severe acute pancreatitis Yoshifumi Takeyama Review Pages: 1 - 10
Abnormal acid reflux in asthmatic patients in a region with low GERD prevalence Jen-Yuan HsuHan-Chung LienGran-Hum Chen OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 15
MyD88-deficient mice develop severe intestinal inflammation in dextran sodium sulfate colitis Akihiro ArakiTakanori KanaiMamoru Watanabe OriginalPaper Pages: 16 - 23
Defense mechanisms in inflammatory bowel disease Thomas N. HyphantisJohn K. TriantafillidisVenetsanos G. Mavreas OriginalPaper Pages: 24 - 30
Promoter-controlled infectivity-enhanced conditionally replicative adenoviral vectors for the treatment of gastric cancer Hidetaka A. OnoJulia G. DavydovaMasato Yamamoto OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 42
Nonstructural 5A gene variability of hepatitis C virus (HCV) during a 10-year follow up Wenmei FanWanfu ZhuHui Zhuang OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 51
Soluble CD163 in patients with liver diseases: very high levels of soluble CD163 in patients with fulminant hepatic failure Atsushi HiraokaNorio HoriikeMorikazu Onji OriginalPaper Pages: 52 - 56
Pulmonary blood transit time and impaired arterial oxygenation in patients with chronic liver disease Yasumi KatsutaHiroshi HonmaTeruo Takano OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 63
Evaluation of arterial blood flow in esophageal varices via endoscopic color Doppler ultrasonography with a galactose-based contrast agent Takahiro SatoKatsu YamazakiToshihiro Suga OriginalPaper Pages: 64 - 69
Prognostic factors in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma receiving hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy Takahiro YamasakiTeruaki KimuraKiwamu Okita OriginalPaper Pages: 70 - 78
Microsatellite instability in preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions of the gallbladder Juan Carlos RoaIván RoaBarbara G. Schneider OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 86
A case of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis from esophageal basaloid carcinoma diagnosed by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for carcinoembryonic antigen Hiroshi OkumuraShoji NatsugoeTakashi Aikou Case report Pages: 87 - 93
Helicobacter heilmannii infection in a child after successful eradication of Helicobacter pylori: case report and review of literature Seiichi KatoKyoko OzawaKazuie Iinuma Case report Pages: 94 - 97
Endoscopic resection for the diagnosis of visceral Kaposi’s sarcoma Junichi SakagamiYoshio SogameNorio Yoshimura Case report Pages: 98 - 103
Eradication of Helicobacter pylori decreases mucosal alterations linked to gastric carcinogenesis in Mongolian gerbils Fukuto MarutaAtsushi SugiyamaTsutomu Katsuyama Letters to the editor Pages: 104 - 105
Hyperammonemia-induced encephalopathy due to ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency in an adult woman: identification of novel missense mutations Atsushi TanakaTadashi WadaYasuhiro Komatsu Letters to the editor Pages: 106 - 107
Two cases of acute necrotizing pancreatitis complicating after transcatheter arterial embolization for hepatocellular carcinoma Hideyuki KomekadoHiroyuki KokuryuHiroshi Seno Letters to the editor Pages: 107 - 108
Genetic changes in the interferon sensitivity-determining region of hepatitis C virus (HCV) during the natural course of infection: an implication for the gene function in the role of chronic infection Shinya MaekawaNobuyuki Enomoto Editorial Pages: 113 - 115