Pathophysiological roles of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in gastrointestinal, hepatic, and pancreatic disorders Tatsuya OhkawaraJun NishihiraToshiro Sugiyama Review Pages: 117 - 122
Agreement between endoscopic and histological gastric atrophy scores Yi LiuNaomi UemuraFiebo J.W. Ten Kate OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 127
Possible involvement of the interleukin-15 and interleukin-15 receptor system in a heightened state of lamina propria B cell activation and differentiation in patients with inflammatory bowel disease Tsuyoshi NishiwakiKenji InaKazuo Kusugami OriginalPaper Pages: 128 - 136
Decreased apoptosis and increased ornithine decarboxylase activity in the intestinal mucosa of rats with bilateral ventromedial hypothalamus lesions Hiroyuki SakataAkifumi OotaniTakemasa Shiraishi OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 142
Expression level of thymidylate synthase is a good predictor of chemosensitivity to 5-fluorouracil in colorectal cancer Tamotsu InoueKenji HibiAkimasa Nakao OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 147
Risk factors for development of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis C after sustained response to interferon Masafumi IkedaShigetoshi FujiyamaHiroshi Watanabe OriginalPaper Pages: 148 - 156
Therapeutic efficacy of decreased nitrite production by bezafibrate in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis Sk. Md. Fazle AkbarShinya FurukawaMorikazu Onji OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 163
Are bile duct lesions of primary biliary cirrhosis distinguishable from those of autoimmune hepatitis and chronic viral hepatitis? Interobserver histological agreement on trimmed bile ducts Yoh ZenKenichi HaradaYasuni Nakanuma OriginalPaper Pages: 164 - 170
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation with cooled electrodes combined with hepatic arterial balloon occlusion in hepatocellular carcinoma Takahiro YamasakiTeruaki KimuraKiwamu Okita OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 178
Cytochrome c is a possible new marker for fulminant hepatitis in humans Isao SakaidaTeruaki KimuraKiwamu Okita OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 185
Effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on neutrophils and inflammatory cytokines in the early stage of severe acute pancreatitis in rats Hongfang TuoMasanori SugiyamaYutaka Atomi OriginalPaper Pages: 186 - 191
Adenosquamous carcinoma of the extrahepatic biliary tract: clinicopathological analysis of Japanese cases of this uncommon disease Takehiro OkabayashiMichiya KobayashiKeijiro Araki Short review Pages: 192 - 199
Ileal angiomyolipoma as an unusual cause of small-intestinal intussusception Chin-Yew LinHuang-Yang ChenSiu-Cheung Chan Case report Pages: 200 - 203
Juvenile hepatocellular carcinoma with congestive liver cirrhosis Yuko IzumiNaoki HiramatsuNorio Hayashi Case report Pages: 204 - 208
Metastatic gastric tumor secondary to pancreatic adenocarcinoma Hiroshi TakamoriKeiichiro KanemitsuKen-ichi Iyama Case report Pages: 209 - 212
Evaluation of the effects of anti-secretory drugs on intragastric acidity: is combined therapy with a proton pump inhibitor and an H2 receptor antagonist effective as initial treatment? Masahiko InamoriJun-ichi TogawaAtsushi Nakajima Letters to the editor Pages: 213 - 216
Villous tumor of the rectum that started secreting watery fluid after colectomy Yoshifumi ShimadaTsuneo IiaiKatsuyoshi Hatakeyama Letters to the editor Pages: 214 - 215
Combined effect of an ACE inhibitor, perindopril, and interferon on liver fibrosis markers in patients with chronic hepatitis C Hitoshi YoshijiRyuichi NoguchiHiroshi Fukui Letters to the editor Pages: 215 - 216
Immunoregulatory cytokines and intestinal inflammation Keiichi MitsuyamaAtsushi ToyonagaMichio Sata Editorial Pages: 217 - 219
Development of hepatocellular carcinoma after sustained response to interferon therapy: how long should sustained responders with risk factors be followed? Akinori Kasahara Editorial Pages: 220 - 222
Interobserver variation in assessing small bile duct lesions in PBC, CVH, and AIH Masahiro ItoHiromi IshibashiMasahiro Ito Editorial Pages: 223 - 224