1. Central regulation of hepatic function by neuropeptides

   • Masashi Yoneda
   • Hajime Watanobe
   • Akira Terano

   Review Pages: 361 - 367

2. Incidence of the appearance of the red color sign on esophageal varices and its predictive factors: long-term observations of 359 patients with cirrhosis

   • Naoya Murashima
   • Kenji Ikeda
   • Hiromitsu Kumada

   Pages: 368 - 374

3. Effects of omeprazole and pirenzepine on enterochromaffin-like cells and parietal cells in rat stomach

   • Akira Tari
   • Yoshitada Kuruhara
   • Goro Kajiyama

   Pages: 375 - 385

4. The role of nitric oxide (NO) in the human internal anal sphincter

   • Ryouichi Tomita
   • Katsuhisa Tanjoh
   • Masahiro Fukuzawa

   Pages: 386 - 391

5. Clinical, virological, and pathological significance of hepatic bile duct injuries in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis C

   • Shinn-Jang Hwang
   • Jiing-Chyuan Luo
   • Shou-Dong Lee

   Pages: 392 - 398

6. Diagnostic value of serum markers of connective tissue turnover for predicting histological staging and grading in patients with chronic hepatitis C

   • Yoshikazu Murawaki
   • Yujiro Ikuta
   • Hironaka Kawasaki

   Pages: 399 - 406

7. Activity of brush border membrane enzymes in proximal jejunum of portal hypertensive rats

   • Upjeet Kaur
   • Simran Kaur
   • Navneet Agnihotri

   Short communication Pages: 407 - 409

8. Adenocarcinoma complicating Barrett's esophagus: an analysis of cell proliferation

   • Yutaka Matsumoto
   • Nobuyasu Arai
   • Hiroyuki Mitomi

   Case report Pages: 410 - 414

9. Multiple hepatic infarction after transcatheter arterial infusion with SMANCS

   • Shintaro Abe
   • Takuji Yamasaki
   • Makoto Otsuki

   Case report Pages: 415 - 421

10. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma associated with Potter type III cystic disease

    • Yoichi Sakurai
    • Mitsutaka Shoji
    • Nobukazu Fuwa

    Case report Pages: 422 - 428

11. Sclerosing cholangitis and systemic lymphadenopathy

    • Hideaki Kazumori
    • Tomoyuki Hashimoto
    • Yoshikazu Kinoshita

    Case report Pages: 429 - 432

12. Clinical implications of the red color sign on esophageal varices

    • Atsushi Toyonaga
    • Kazuhiko Oho

    Editorial Pages: 433 - 435

13. Does pirenzepine suppress the undesirable effects of a proton pump inhibitor on enterochromaffin-like cells?

    • Yasuhisa Shinomura

    Editorial Pages: 436 - 437

14. Potter type III cystic disease and pancreatic malignancies

    • Taiichi Otani
    • Masatoshi Makuuchi

    Editorial Pages: 438 - 440

15. Tubule-based bioartificial liver: a proposal

    • William A. Beresford

    Letter to the editor Pages: 441 - 442