1. Intimal hyperplasia and hemodynamic factors in arterial bypass and arteriovenous grafts: a review

   • Hiroaki Haruguchi
   • Satoshi Teraoka

   REVIEW Pages: 227 - 235

2. Hybrid bioartificial liver: establishing a reversibly immortalized human hepatocyte line and developing a bioartificial liver for practical use

   • Naoya Kobayashi
   • Teru Okitsu
   • Noriaki Tanaka

   REVIEW Pages: 236 - 244

3. Clinical study of biocompatibility between open and closed heparin-coated cardiopulmonary bypass circuits

   • Hiroyuki Tanaka
   • Takanori Oshiyama
   • Shingo Miyazima

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 245 - 252

4. Expression of mRNA for growth factors and extracellular matrix proteins after injury to cultured peritoneal cells: does the healing process contribute to peritoneal ultrastructural alteration?

   • Koki Fujikawa
   • Kimio Takai
   • Takashi Horiuchi

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 253 - 259

5. In vitro and ex vivo blood compatibility study of 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC) copolymer-coated hemodialysis hollow fibers

   • Yasuhiko Iwasaki
   • Nobuo Nakabayashi
   • Kazuhiko Ishihara

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 260 - 266

6. Effects of vascular endothelial growth factor released from cultured dermal substitute on proliferation of vascular endothelial cells in vitro

   • Kentaro Kubo
   • Yoshimitsu Kuroyanagi

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 267 - 272

7. Development of a biohybrid simulator for absorption and biotransformation processes in humans based on in vitro models of small intestine and liver tissues

   • Yasuyuki Sakai
   • Osamu Fukuda
   • Akiyoshi Sakoda

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 273 - 281

8. Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema induced by a molecular adsorbent recirculating system: case report

   • Cataldo Doria
   • Lucio MandalÀ
   • Jan Smith

   CASE REPORT Pages: 282 - 285