1. Cadherins: an integral role in inflammatory bowel disease and mucosal restitution

   • Andrew P. Zbar
   • Constantinos Simopoulos
   • Anastasios J. Karayiannakis

   Review Pages: 413 - 421

2. Perforating veins in recurrent esophageal varices evaluated by endoscopic color Doppler ultrasonography with a galactose-based contrast agent

   • Takahiro Sato
   • Katsu Yamazaki
   • Toshihiro Suga

   OriginalPaper Pages: 422 - 428

3. Novel interleukin 1β polymorphism increased the risk of gastric cancer in a Korean population

   • Kyung-A Lee
   • Chang-Seok Ki
   • Tae Sung Sohn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 429 - 433

4. Increased expression of matrix metalloproteinase-7 in invasive early gastric cancer

   • Tomoko Kitoh
   • Hideo Yanai
   • Kiwamu Okita

   OriginalPaper Pages: 434 - 440

5. The clinical characteristics and outcome of intraabdominal abscess in Crohn’s disease

   • Akiko Yamaguchi
   • Toshiyuki Matsui
   • Hiroyuki Ono

   OriginalPaper Pages: 441 - 448

6. Effect of mutation in the hepatitis C virus nonstructural 5B region on HCV replication

   • Izumi Okura
   • Norio Horiike
   • Morikazu Onji

   OriginalPaper Pages: 449 - 454

7. Efficacy of interferon retreatment after relapse for chronic hepatitis C patients with biochemical response after first interferon therapy

   • Yasuji Arase
   • Kenji Ikeda
   • Hiromitsu Kumada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 455 - 460

8. Inhibition of cell invasion and morphological change by troglitazone in human pancreatic cancer cells

   • Wataru Motomura
   • Miho Nagamine
   • Toshikatsu Okumura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 461 - 468

9. Analysis of serum catalase activities in pancreatic diseases

   • Masayo Fukui
   • Makoto Kanoh
   • Yasuyuki Arakawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 469 - 474

10. Inflammatory tumor in pancreatic tail induced by endoscopic ablation with cyanoacrylate glue for gastric varices

    • Takahiro Sato
    • Katsu Yamazaki
    • Toshihiro Suga

    Case report Pages: 475 - 478

11. Rectal cancer associated with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

    • Kennoki Kyo
    • Shinichi Sameshima
    • Toshio Sawada

    Case report Pages: 479 - 483

12. Successfully treated idiopathic rectosigmoid perforation 7 years after renal transplantation

    • Tsuyoshi Konishi
    • Toshiaki Watanabe
    • Hirokazu Nagawa

    Case report Pages: 484 - 489

13. PBC-AIH overlap syndrome with concomitant ITP and Hashimoto’s disease with positivity for anti-centromere antibody

    • Yasuo Arakawa
    • Shuichi Amaki
    • Yasuyuki Arakawa

    Case report Pages: 490 - 495

14. Gene expressions of proinflammatory cytokines in the colonic mucosa in a patient with amebic colitis

    • You Sun Kim
    • Joo Sung Kim
    • Jung Mogg Kim

    Letters to the editor Pages: 496 - 497

15. Multiple tuberculous abscesses of the liver and the brain in a patient with acute leukemia

    • Rong Qin Zheng
    • Masatoshi Kudo
    • Pei Zhou

    Letters to the editor Pages: 497 - 499

16. Acute hepatic failure due to hepatic involvement by chronic lymphocytic leukemic cells in a patient with chronic hepatitis B

    • Satoru Hasuike
    • Katsuhiro Hayashi
    • Hirohito Tsubouchi

    Letters to the editor Pages: 499 - 500

17. Controversy in polymorphisms of interleukin-1β in gastric cancer risks

    • Takahisa Furuta
    • Naohito Shirai
    • Mitsushige Sugimoto

    Editorial Pages: 501 - 503

18. Serum markers for predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis

    • Tadao Manabe
    • Yuji Okada

    Editorial Pages: 504 - 506