1. Molecular and clinical basis for the regeneration of human gastrointestinal epithelia

   • Ryuichi Okamoto
   • Mamoru Watanabe

   Review Pages: 1 - 6

2. Endosonographic detection of mediastinal lymph node metastasis in superficial carcinoma of the esophagus: assessment by type classification and histogram

   • Fuminori Sakamoto
   • Shoji Natsugoe
   • Takashi Aikou

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 13

3. Usefulness of narrow-band imaging endoscopy for diagnosis of Barrett’s esophagus

   • Yasuo Hamamoto
   • Takao Endo
   • Kohzoh Imai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 14 - 20

4. The comparative effects of single intravenous doses of omeprazole and famotidine on intragastric pH

   • Yasunobu Abe
   • Masahiko Inamori
   • Hisahiko Sekihara

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 25

5. Abnormal pancreatic imaging in Crohn’s disease: prevalence and clinical features

   • Yayoi Oishi
   • Tsuneyoshi Yao
   • Seigo Sakaguchi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 26 - 33

6. Low rate of YMDD motif mutations in polymerase gene of hepatitis B virus in chronically infected patients not treated with lamivudine

   • Marie Matsuda
   • Fumitaka Suzuki
   • Hiromitsu Kumada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 34 - 40

7. Inosine alleviates rat caerulein pancreatitis and pancreatitis-associated lung injury

   • Tetsuya Yamagiwa
   • Tooru Shimosegawa
   • Atsushi Masamune

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 49

8. Role of positron emission tomography with 2-deoxy-2-[¹⁸F]fluoro-d-glucose in evaluating the effects of arterial infusion chemotherapy and radiotherapy on pancreatic cancer

   • Masato Yoshioka
   • Tsutomu Sato
   • Yuzo Yamamoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 50 - 55

9. Detection of K-ras mutations in the plasma DNA of pancreatic cancer patients

   • Takanori Uemura
   • Kenji Hibi
   • Akimasa Nakao

   OriginalPaper Pages: 56 - 60

10. Inhibitory effect of green tea catechins in combination with sucralfate on Helicobacter pylori infection in Mongolian gerbils

    • Fumiyo Takabayashi
    • Noboru Harada
    • Itaro Oguni

    Rapid Communication Pages: 61 - 63

11. Cholangiocarcinoma coincident with schistosomiasis japonica

    • Hideaki Andoh
    • Ouki Yasui
    • Tsutomu Sato

    Case report Pages: 64 - 68

12. Pharmacobezoar complicating treatment with sodium alginate

    • Hiroaki Kaneko
    • Takeshi Tomomasa
    • Akihiro Morikawa

    Case report Pages: 69 - 71

13. Intrabiliary polypoid growth of liver metastasis from colonic adenocarcinoma with minimal invasion of the liver parenchyma

    • Keisuke Uehara
    • Hiroshi Hasegawa
    • Toshiharu Mori

    Case report Pages: 72 - 75

14. Pancreas head carcinoma with total fat replacement of the dorsal exocrine pancreas

    • Nobuyuki Toyama
    • Hidenori Kamiyama
    • Fumio Konishi

    Case report Pages: 76 - 80

15. Celiac artery stenting: a new strategy for patients with pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm associated with stenosis of the celiac artery

    • Yu-Wen Tien
    • Hsien-Li Kao
    • Hsiu-Po Wang

    Case report Pages: 81 - 85

16. Rhabdomyolysis associated with omeprazole

    • Miho Nozaki
    • Tsuyoshi Suzuki
    • Masanori Hirano

    Letters to the editor Pages: 86 - 86

17. Massive gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient with polyarteritis nodosa

    • Jun Tanabe
    • Takashi Abe
    • Sunao Kawano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 86 - 88

18. A case of malabsorption syndrome caused by isosporiasis in an immunocompetent patient

    • Masaya Sasaki
    • Akiko Tanaka
    • Ryoji Kushima

    OriginalPaper Pages: 88 - 89

19. Usefulness and limitations of endoscopic ultrasonography for detection of lymph node metastasis in esophageal cancer

    • Tatsuya Miyazaki
    • Hiroyuki Kato
    • Hiroyuki Kuwano

    Editorial Pages: 90 - 91

20. Is an intravenous histamine H2 receptor antagonist superior to an intravenous proton pump inhibitor in acid suppression?

    • Yoshikazu Kinoshita
    • Shunji Ishihara

    Editorial Pages: 92 - 93

21. Effect of inosine on pancreatitis: a powerful tool?

    • Yoshifumi Takeyama

    Editorial Pages: 94 - 95