Transforming growth factor-β during carcinogenesis: the shift from epithelial to mesenchymal signaling Koichi MatsuzakiKazuichi Okazaki Review Pages: 295 - 303
NOD2/CARD15, NOD1/CARD4, and ICAM-1 gene polymorphisms in Turkish patients with inflammatory bowel disease Senem Ceren ÖzenÜlkü DaǧlıA. Mithat Bozdayı OriginalPaper Pages: 304 - 310
Visceral hypersensitivity following cold water intake in subjects with irritable bowel syndrome Xiu Li ZuoYan Qing LiPaul V. Desmond OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 317
Inhibition of neutrophil elastase prevents the development of murine dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis Yuichi MorohoshiKatsuyoshi MatsuokaToshifumi Hibi OriginalPaper Pages: 318 - 324
Clinicopathological features of nonpolypoid colorectal tumors as viewed from the patients' background Satoshi AbeTakeshi TeraiNobuhiro Sato OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 331
Features of early gastric cancer and gastric adenoma by enhanced-magnification endoscopy Kyosuke TanakaHideki ToyodaYukihiko Adachi OriginalPaper Pages: 332 - 338
Use of a combination of computed tomography and endoscopy to assess the response to 5-fluorouracil/cisplatin and predict survival in gastric cancer Sook Ryun ParkIl Ju ChoiHark Kyun Kim OriginalPaper Pages: 339 - 346
Etiological investigation of fatal liver failure during the course of chronic hepatitis B in southeast China Wei-Min KeXue-Jun LiPei-Jia Chen OriginalPaper Pages: 347 - 351
Pancreatic and bile duct obstruction exacerbates rat caerulein-induced pancreatitis: a new experimental model of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis Mitsuo YamasakiYoshifumi TakeyamaHarumasa Ohyanagi OriginalPaper Pages: 352 - 360
Hemodynamic effects of one week of carvedilol administration on cirrhotic rats Han-Chieh LinYi-Tsau HuangShou-Dong Lee OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 368
Farnesoid X receptor, hepatocyte nuclear factors 1α and 3β are essential for transcriptional activation of the liver-specific organic anion transporter-2 gene Hideo OhtsukaTakaaki AbeMichiaki Unno OriginalPaper Pages: 369 - 377
Novel NF1 gene mutation in a Japanese patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 and a gastrointestinal stromal tumor Hiroshi NemotoGenshu TateYutaka Sanada Case report Pages: 378 - 382
Possible association of vigorous hepatitis B virus replication with the development of fulminant hepatitis Kazuaki InoueOsamu OgawaMakoto Yoshiba Case report Pages: 383 - 387
Therapeutic benefit of sulfasalazine for patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis Shinichiro TadaHirotoshi EbinumaToshifumi Hibi Letters to the editor Pages: 388 - 389
Primary hepatic somatostatinoma developed in a patient with von Recklinghausen's disease Yoshihiko MorisawaAtsushi TanakaHajime Takikawa Letters to the editor Pages: 389 - 391
A long-term survivor of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with paraaortic lymph node metastasis Takahiro UenishiOsamu YamazakiShoji Kubo Letters to the editor Pages: 391 - 392
Genetic disorders are complex in inflammatory bowel disease Kouhei Fukushima Editorial Pages: 393 - 394
Neutrophil elastase in colitis: more than a marker of disease activity? Ryota HokariSoichiro Miura Editorial Pages: 395 - 396
The role of magnifying endoscopy in the diagnosis of early gastric carcinoma Tetsuya Mine Editorial Pages: 397 - 398
