1. Molecular targeting therapy for pancreatic cancer: current knowledge and perspectives from bench to bedside

   • Toru Furukawa

   Review 24 December 2008 Pages: 905 - 911

2. Highly stomach-selective gene transfer following gastric serosal surface instillation of naked plasmid DNA in rats

   • Junya Nishi
   • Shintaro Fumoto
   • Koyo Nishida

   Alimentary Tract 24 December 2008 Pages: 912 - 919

3. The demographic characteristics and health-related quality of life in a large cohort of reflux esophagitis patients in Japan with reference to the effect of lansoprazole: the REQUEST study

   • Michio Hongo
   • Yoshikazu Kinoshita
   • Kiyoshi Ashida

   Alimmentary Tract 24 December 2008 Pages: 920 - 927

4. Barrett’s esophagus in Japanese patients: its prevalence, form, and elongation

   • Koichi Okita
   • Yuji Amano
   • Yoshikazu Kinoshita

   Alimmentary Tract 24 December 2008 Pages: 928 - 934

5. Real-time evaluation of dyspeptic symptoms and gastric motility induced by duodenal acidification using noninvasive transnasal endoscopy

   • Manabu Ishii
   • Noriaki Manabe
   • Ken Haruma

   Alimentary Tract 24 December 2008 Pages: 935 - 941

6. Association of a genetic polymorphism in ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1 with hepatitis C virus infection and hepatitis C virus core antigen levels in subjects in a hyperendemic area of Japan

   • Yuka Takahama
   • Hirofumi Uto
   • Hirohito Tsubouchi

   Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 24 December 2008 Pages: 942 - 950

7. Precise histological evaluation of liver biopsy specimen is indispensable for diagnosis and treatment of acute-onset autoimmune hepatitis

   • Keiichi Fujiwara
   • Yoshihiro Fukuda
   • Osamu Yokosuka

   Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 24 December 2008 Pages: 951 - 958

8. Microvessel density correlates with lymph node metastases and prognosis in hilar cholangiocarcinoma

   • Armin Thelen
   • Arne Scholz
   • Sven Jonas

   Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 24 December 2008 Pages: 959 - 966

9. Etiology of non-B non-C hepatocellular carcinoma in the eastern district of Tokyo

   • Hiroshi Abe
   • Kai Yoshizawa
   • Yoshio Aizawa

   Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 24 December 2008 Pages: 967 - 974

10. Clinicopathological features, background liver disease, and survival analysis of HCV-positive patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: differences between young and elderly patients

    • Hiromi Saneto
    • Masahiro Kobayashi
    • Hiromitsu Kumada

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 24 December 2008 Pages: 975 - 981

11. Beneficial effects of living-donor liver transplantation on esophageal varices

    • Tomokazu Kawaoka
    • Shoichi Takahashi
    • Kazuaki Chayama

    Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 24 December 2008 Pages: 982 - 989