Update of research and management of hepatitis B Takeshi OkanoueMasahito Minami Review Pages: 107 - 118
Study of hemodynamic changes in portal systemic shunts and their relation to variceal relapse after endoscopic variceal ligation combined with ethanol sclerotherapy Kenji ItoShoichi MatsutaniHiromitsu Saisho OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 126
Simple and accurate 13C-urea breath test for detection of Helicobacter pylori in the remnant stomach after surgery Akiyoshi TogashiNorio MatsukuraTakashi Tajiri OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 132
The significance of aberrant CHFR methylation for clinical response to microtubule inhibitors in gastric cancer Yasuo KogaYoshihiko KitajimaKohji Miyazaki OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 139
Influence of chemotherapeutic agents and cytokines on the expression of 5-fluorouracil-associated enzymes in human colon cancer cell lines Kaori MiyazakiTakeshi ShibaharaYasushi Matsuzaki OriginalPaper Pages: 140 - 150
Early reduction of infected hepatocytes by activated immunity at the time of interferon withdrawal hepatitis followed by lamivudine administration resulted in higher seroconversion in hepatitis Be antigen-positive patients with chronic hepatitis B Michiko ShindoKazushige HamadaTadao Okuno OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 157
Significant elevation of serum interleukin-18 levels in patients with acute pancreatitis Takashi UedaYoshifumi TakeyamaYoshikazu Kuroda OriginalPaper Pages: 158 - 165
Gefitinib and the modulation of the signaling pathways downstream of epidermal growth factor receptor in human liver cancer cells Jun-ichi OkanoKazuya MatsumotoYoshikazu Murawaki OriginalPaper Pages: 166 - 176
A case of sumatriptan-induced intestinal ischemia Aparna RepakaJulius WengerShanthi V. Sitaraman Letters to the editor Pages: 177 - 178
Solid serous adenoma of the pancreas: a solid variant of serous cystadenoma or a separate disease entity? Masahiko Yamaguchi Letters to the editor Pages: 178 - 179
Epigenetics modulates the effect of chemotherapy on gastric cancer Yoshiyuki WatanabeFumio Itoh Editorial Pages: 180 - 181
Significance of elevated serum IL-18 levels in patients with acute pancreatitis Masahiko HirotaMuneyuki ShibataHideo Baba Editorial Pages: 182 - 183