1. Lactobacillus acidophilus Restores Functionality in Uremic Macrophages: Plausible or Lacking Evidence?

   • Luis Vitetta

   Editorial 18 February 2016 Pages: 1417 - 1419

2. The Microbiome in Critical Illness: Firm Conclusions or Bact to Square One?

   • John D. Lyons
   • Mandy L. Ford
   • Craig M. Coopersmith

   Editorial 29 February 2016 Pages: 1420 - 1421

3. Endoscopic Detection of Gastric Carcinoma After Helicobacter pylori Eradication: More Difficult or Just Hype?

   • Toshihisa Takeuchi
   • Kazuhide Higuchi

   Editorial 17 March 2016 Pages: 1422 - 1423

4. Re-bleeding After Endoscopic Hemostasis for Peptic Ulcer Bleeding: Is eNough SAID or Are Other Factors Important?

   • Mitsuhiro Fujishiro
   • Yuichi Ikeda

   Editorial 12 March 2016 Pages: 1424 - 1425

5. Providing Deep Sedation for Advanced Endoscopic Procedures: The Esthetics of Endoscopic Anesthetics

   • Basavana Goudra
   • Preet Mohinder Singh

   Editorial 12 April 2016 Pages: 1426 - 1428

6. GRG Profiles: John M. Carethers

   • John M. Carethers

   DDS-GRG Profiles and Perspectives 05 February 2016 Pages: 1429 - 1435

7. Facilitating Minority Medical Education, Research, and Faculty

   • John M. Carethers

   DDS-GRG Profiles and Perspectives 08 February 2016 Pages: 1436 - 1439

   

8. Gastrointestinal Bleeding Following LVAD Placement from Top to Bottom

   • Kelly Cushing
   • Vladimir Kushnir

   DDS-GRG Mentored Reviews 26 March 2016 Pages: 1440 - 1447

   

9. Gastroenterology Training in Japan

   • Hisashi Hatanaka
   • Hironori Yamamoto
   • Kentaro Sugano

   Fellows and Young Gis Section 10 February 2016 Pages: 1448 - 1450

   

10. CD8αα TCRαβ Intraepithelial Lymphocytes in the Mouse Gut

    • Yuan Qiu
    • Ke Peng
    • Hua Yang

    Review 14 January 2016 Pages: 1451 - 1460

    

11. Gut Microbiota and Celiac Disease

    • Giovanni Marasco
    • Anna Rita Di Biase
    • Davide Festi

    Review 02 January 2016 Pages: 1461 - 1472

12. Mucin–Microbiota Interaction During Postnatal Maturation of the Intestinal Ecosystem: Clinical Implications

    • Sana Rokhsefat
    • Aifeng Lin
    • Elena M. Comelli

    Review 20 January 2016 Pages: 1473 - 1486

    

13. Double-Edged Sword: Esophageal and Colonic Crohn’s Disease

    • Apurva Tandon
    • Charles Lombard
    • George Triadafilopoulos

    Stanford Multidisciplinary Seminars 30 August 2015 Pages: 1487 - 1490

    

14. When Good Medications Go Bad, Don’t DILI Dally

    • Luke Gessel
    • Joseph Alcorn

    UNM Clinical Case Conferences 04 April 2016 Pages: 1491 - 1494

    

15. The Effect of Colonoscopy Reimbursement Reductions on Gastroenterologist Practice Behavior

    • Matthew B. McNeill
    • Shannon Chang
    • Samuel H. Sigal

    Original Article 19 January 2016 Pages: 1495 - 1500

    

16. Involvement of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Receptor 1, (TRPV1)-Expressing Vagal Nerve in the Inhibitory Effect of Gastric Acidification on Exogenous Motilin-Induced Gastric Phase III Contractions in Suncus murinus

    • Makoto Yoshimura
    • Takashi Mikami
    • Takafumi Sakai

    Original Article 10 February 2016 Pages: 1501 - 1511

    

17. Dual Alpha_2C/5HT_1A Receptor Agonist Allyphenyline Induces Gastroprotection and Inhibits Fundic and Colonic Contractility

    • Zoltán S. Zádori
    • Ágnes Fehér
    • Klára Gyires

    Original Article 10 February 2016 Pages: 1512 - 1523

    

18. Tight Junction Ultrastructure Alterations in a Mouse Model of Enteral Nutrient Deprivation

    • Farokh R. Demehri
    • Susanne M. Krug
    • Daniel H. Teitelbaum

    Original Article 21 December 2015 Pages: 1524 - 1533

    

19. Macrophages Are Involved in Gut Bacterial Translocation and Reversed by Lactobacillus in Experimental Uremia

    • Lingshuang Sun
    • Hua Liu
    • Quan He

    Original Article 30 October 2015 Pages: 1534 - 1544

    

20. Nucleotide-Binding Oligomerization Domain-Containing Protein 2 Variants in Patients with Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

    • Murat M. M. Harputluoglu
    • Ramazan Dertli
    • Yasir Furkan Cagin

    Original Article 02 January 2016 Pages: 1545 - 1552

    

21. Orai1, a Direct Target of microRNA-519, Promotes Progression of Colorectal Cancer via Akt/GSK3β Signaling Pathway

    • Wei Deng
    • Jin Wang
    • Zhongtao Zhang

    Original Article 20 January 2016 Pages: 1553 - 1560

    

22. IL-6/STAT3 Plays a Regulatory Role in the Interaction Between Pancreatic Stellate Cells and Cancer Cells

    • Shin Hamada
    • Atsushi Masamune
    • Tooru Shimosegawa

    Original Article 06 January 2016 Pages: 1561 - 1571

    

23. The Clinical Impact of Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization (TACE)-Induced c-Met Upregulation on TACE Refractoriness in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    • Jun Kajihara
    • Yoshito Tomimaru
    • Masaki Mori

    Original Article 02 January 2016 Pages: 1572 - 1581

    

24. A Randomized Controlled Comparison of Esophageal Clearance Times of Oral Budesonide Preparations

    • Jody N. Hefner
    • Robin S. Howard
    • Steve B. Min

    Original Article 26 February 2016 Pages: 1582 - 1590

    

25. Minor Anesthesia-Related Events During Radiofrequency Ablation for Barrett’s Esophagus Are Associated with an Increased Number of Treatment Sessions

    • Meir Mizrahi
    • Neil Sengupta
    • Tyler M. Berzin

    Original Article 19 February 2016 Pages: 1591 - 1596

26. Assessment of Gastric Emptying in Patients with Autoimmune Gastritis

    • Çağdaş Kalkan
    • Irfan Soykan
    • Emra Kalkan

    Original Article 02 January 2016 Pages: 1597 - 1602

    

27. The Diagnostic Yield of Repeated Endoscopic Evaluation in Patients with Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Left Ventricular Assist Devices

    • Hassan K. Dakik
    • Alyson A. McGhan
    • Daniel M. Wild

    Original Article 25 January 2016 Pages: 1603 - 1610

28. When Should Antiplatelet Agents Be Resumed After Successful Endoscopic Hemostasis in Patients with Peptic Ulcer Bleeding?

    • Jung-Wook Kim
    • Hyun Jin Park
    • Young Woon Chang

    Original Article 05 February 2016 Pages: 1611 - 1621

    

29. The Effect of Maternal Peripartum Anti-TNFα Use on Infant Immune Response

    • Sarah Sheibani
    • Russell Cohen
    • Uma Mahadevan

    Original Article 02 January 2016 Pages: 1622 - 1627

30. Metagenomic Analysis Reveals Dynamic Changes of Whole Gut Microbiota in the Acute Phase of Intensive Care Unit Patients

    • Masahiro Ojima
    • Daisuke Motooka
    • Takeshi Shimazu

    Original Article Open access 29 December 2015 Pages: 1628 - 1634

    

31. Corticosteroid Use in a Prospective, Community-Based Cohort of Newly Diagnosed Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients

    • Jason M. Shapiro
    • Sarah E. Hagin
    • Neal S. LeLeiko

    Original Article 02 January 2016 Pages: 1635 - 1640

32. Morphological Characteristics of Early Gastric Neoplasms Detected After Helicobacter pylori Eradication

    • Kazutoshi Hori
    • Jiro Watari
    • Hiroto Miwa

    Original Article 30 September 2015 Pages: 1641 - 1651

    

33. Increased Incidence of Second Primary Pancreatic Cancer in Patients with Prior Colorectal Cancer: A Population-Based US Study

    • Erik Rahimi
    • Sachin Batra
    • Sushovan Guha

    Original Article 23 April 2016 Pages: 1652 - 1660

34. Risk of Advanced Colorectal Neoplasia According to the Number of High-Risk Findings at Index Colonoscopy: A Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Disease (KASID) Study

    • Yoon Suk Jung
    • Dong Il Park
    • Chang Kyun Lee

    Original Article 25 January 2016 Pages: 1661 - 1668

    

35. Socioeconomic Inequalities in the Utilization of Colorectal Stents for the Treatment of Malignant Bowel Obstruction

    • Philip N. Okafor
    • Derrick J. Stobaugh
    • Jayant A. Talwalkar

    Original Article 06 January 2016 Pages: 1669 - 1676

36. Association Between Colorectal Cancer and Atherosclerotic Diseases: A Study Using a National Inpatient Database in Japan

    • Yutaka Yamaji
    • Hideo Yasunaga
    • Kazuhiko Koike

    Original Article 01 February 2016 Pages: 1677 - 1685

37. Efficacy and Safety of Propofol-Mediated Sedation for Outpatient Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

    • Juliana F. Yang
    • Priya Farooq
    • Ali A. Siddiqui

    Original Article 29 January 2016 Pages: 1686 - 1691

38. Factors that Influence Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

    • Angela C. Cheung
    • Harshna Patel
    • Gideon M. Hirschfield

    Original Article 07 January 2016 Pages: 1692 - 1699

    

39. Upper Normal Alanine Aminotransferase Range and Insulin Resistance in Korean Adolescents: Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009–2010

    • Yoon Lee
    • Kyung-Do Han
    • Yang-Hyun Kim

    Original Article 24 December 2015 Pages: 1700 - 1706

    

40. Preoperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Does Not Reduce the Risk of Postoperative Infectious Complications in Patients Undergoing Elective Hepatectomy

    • Yan-Ming Zhou
    • Zhen-Yi Chen
    • Bin Li

    Original Article 29 December 2015 Pages: 1707 - 1713

    

41. Statins Are Underutilized in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Dyslipidemia

    • Pierre Blais
    • Michael Lin
    • Fasiha Kanwal

    Original Article 26 December 2015 Pages: 1714 - 1720

    

42. Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Cirrhosis Patients Pose Similar Risks of Bleeding When Compared to Traditional Anticoagulation

    • N. M. Intagliata
    • Z. H. Henry
    • S. H. Caldwell

    Original Article 02 January 2016 Pages: 1721 - 1727

43. Prospective Multicenter Observational Study of Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy

    • C. S. Landis
    • M. Ghabril
    • B. F. Scharschmidt

    Original Article 19 January 2016 Pages: 1728 - 1734

    

44. The Royal Free Hospital-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool Is an Independent Predictor of Deterioration of Liver Function and Survival in Cirrhosis

    • Sarah Maria Borhofen
    • Carmen Gerner
    • Jonel Trebicka

    Original Article 02 January 2016 Pages: 1735 - 1743

    

45. Improved Survival Among all Interferon-α-Treated Patients in HCV-002, a Veterans Affairs Hepatitis C Cohort of 2211 Patients, Despite Increased Cirrhosis Among Nonresponders

    • Myrna L. Cozen
    • James C. Ryan
    • Alexander Monto

    Original Article 08 April 2016 Pages: 1744 - 1756

    

46. Refractory Autoimmune Hepatitis: Beyond Standard Therapy

    • Jonah N. Rubin
    • Helen S. Te

    Case Report 02 January 2016 Pages: 1757 - 1762

    

47. Prevention of Esophageal Strictures After Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection: A Promising Therapy Using Carboxymethyl Cellulose Sheets

    • Guan Way Lua
    • Jian Tang
    • Zhao Shen Li

    Case Report Open access 25 January 2016 Pages: 1763 - 1769

    

48. Correlation of Anti-mitochondrial Antibodies with Liver Histology and Outcomes

    • Susanna Tan
    • Zohreh Movahedi
    • Abdul Nadir

    Correspondence 14 March 2016 Pages: 1770 - 1771

49. Inflammatory Bowel Disease Provoked by Etanercept: Report of 443 Possible Cases Combined from an IBD Referral Center and the FDA

    • Aoibhlinn O’Toole
    • Matthew Lucci
    • Joshua Korzenik

    Correspondence 04 January 2016 Pages: 1772 - 1774

50. Probability of Iatrogenesis in Gastroenterology

    • Amnon Sonnenberg
    • Gennadiy Bakis

    Correspondence 18 January 2016 Pages: 1775 - 1777