1. REVIEW: Genetic Bases of Autoimmune Hepatitis

   • Albert J. Czaja
   • Derek G. Doherty
   • Peter T. Donaldson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2139 - 2150

2. Predictors of Pain Medication Use After Percutaneous Liver Biopsy

   • Thomas R. Riley III

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2151 - 2153

3. Relationship Between Response to Interferon-α and Function of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients

   • Fátima Esquivel
   • Agustín Albillos
   • Melchor Alvarez-Mon

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2154 - 2162

4. Lower Th-1/Th-2 Ratio Before Interferon Therapy May Favor Long-Term Virological Responses in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

   • Naohiko Masaki
   • Sugano Fukushima
   • Shigeki Hayashi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2163 - 2169

5. Hepatic Stimulator Substance Activity in Animal Model of Fulminant Hepatic Failure and Encephalopathy

   • Alexandra P. Margeli
   • Evangelos Manolis
   • Stamatios E. Theocharis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2170 - 2178

6. Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphate Inhibits Excess Activation of Kupffer Cell Function Induced by Endotoxin

   • Takuya Tamaki
   • Takehiro Nakai
   • Hiroki Yamaue

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2179 - 2185

7. CASE REPORT: Azithromycin-Induced Intrahepatic Cholestasis

   • Sreekanth Chandrupatla
   • Anthony J. Demetris
   • Mordechai Rabinovitz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2186 - 2188

8. CASE REPORT: Herpes Simplex Esophagitis in Patients with Liver Disease

   • Arnaud Pauwels
   • Nicolas Carbonell
   • Raoul Poupon

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2189 - 2191

9. Lovastatin Alters Biliary Lipid Composition and Dissolves Gallstones: A Long-Term Study in Prairie Dogs

   • Mohammad Z. Abedin
   • Seth C. Narins
   • Kimberly S. Kirkwood

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2192 - 2210

10. Direct Measurement of Pancreatic Enzymes: A Comparison of Secretagogues

    • Marian D. Pfefferkorn
    • Joseph F. Fitzgerald
    • Helena M. Caffrey

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2211 - 2216

11. Intestinal Transit of Fat Depends on Accelerating Effect of Cholecystokinin and Slowing Effect of an Opioid Pathway

    • Henry C. Lin
    • Oren Zaidel
    • Susan Hum

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2217 - 2221

12. Lack of Objective Evidence of Efficacy of Laxatives in Chronic Constipation

    • Michael P. Jones
    • Nicholas J. Talley
    • Dominique Dubois

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2222 - 2230

13. Intestinal Blood Flow in Murine Colitis Induced with Dextran Sulfate Sodium

    • Ingrid M. Garrelds
    • Jan P.C. Heiligers
    • Frederik J. Zijlstra

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2231 - 2236

14. Apoptosis and Cell Proliferation of Small Intestinal Villi in Mitomycin C-Treated Rats

    • T. Morimoto
    • Y. Ito
    • Y. Otsuki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2237 - 2246

15. Elevated (≥10%) MIB-1 Proliferative Index Correlates with Poor Outcome in Gastric Stromal Tumor Patients: A Study of 35 Cases

    • Claire Toquet
    • Jean Claude Le Néel
    • Maryse Fiche

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2247 - 2253

16. Ductal and Acinar Differentiation in Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors

    • Terumi Kamisawa
    • Yuyang Tu
    • Toshikazu Yamaguchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2254 - 2261

17. Age- and Diet-Related Increase in Transepithelial Colon Permeability of Fischer 344 Rats

    • J.M. Mullin
    • M.C. Valenzano
    • R. Kothari

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2262 - 2270

18. CASE REPORT: Surface Structure of Single-Gland Adenoma in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

    • Satoru Tamura
    • Kazuo Nakajo
    • Saburo Onishi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2271 - 2274

19. Hepatocyte Growth Factor Expression in Dextran Sodium Sulfate-Induced Colitis in Rats

    • Cesar F. Ortega-Cava
    • Shunji Ishihara
    • Yoshikazu Kinoshita

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2275 - 2285

20. Fate of Goblet Cells in Experimental Colitis

    • Mireille K. Makkink
    • Nicole M.J. Schwerbrock
    • Jan Dekker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2286 - 2297

21. Long-Term Outcome of Congenital Intestinal Pseudoobstruction

    • Hayat Mousa
    • Paul E. Hyman
    • Carlo Di Lorenzo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2298 - 2305

22. Mechanisms of Calcium Transport in Human Colonic Basolateral Membrane Vesicles

    • Seema Saksena
    • Mohammad S. Ammar
    • Pradeep K. Dudeja

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2306 - 2315

23. A Coculture Model Mimicking the Intestinal Mucosa Reveals a Regulatory Role for Myofibroblasts in Immune-Mediated Barrier Disruption

    • L.E.M. Willemsen
    • C.C.H.M. Schreurs
    • E.A.F. van Tol

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2316 - 2324

24. Gut Mucosal Immunity to Tissue Transglutaminase in Untreated Celiac Disease and Other Gastrointestinal Disorders

    • Anna Dahele
    • Marian C. Aldhous
    • Subrata Ghosh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2325 - 2335

25. REVIEW: Gastrointestinal Melatonin: Localization, Function, and Clinical Relevance

    • George A. Bubenik

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2336 - 2348

26. CASE REPORT: Therapeutic Efficacy of Granulocyte and Monocyte Adsorption Apheresis in Severe Active Ulcerative Colitis

    • Hiroyuki Hanai
    • Fumitoshi Watanabe
    • Takayuki Iida

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2349 - 2353

27. Gastric Mucosa Lesions Induced by Duodenogastric Reflux Increase Penetration of N-[³H]-Methyl-N-Nitro-N-Nitrosoguanidine into Corpus Mucosa of Rats

    • Kjell K. Øvrebø
    • Knut Svanes
    • Halfdan Sørbye

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2354 - 2369

28. Effects of Prostaglandin E₂ on Gastric Irritant-Induced Apoptosis

    • Tatsuya Hoshino
    • Tatsunori Takano
    • Tohru Mizushima

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2370 - 2379

29. CASE REPORT: Cytomegalovirus-Associated Perforated Gastric Ulcer Healing Under Antiviral Therapy

    • Mehran Howaizi
    • Maamar Abboura
    • Elisabeth Auberger

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2380 - 2382