1. Gene expression of interstitial collagenase (matrix metalloproteinase 1) in gastrointestinal tract cancers

   • Yoshihide Otani
   • Isao Okazaki
   • Masaharu Tsuchiya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 391 - 397

2. Serum gastrin levels following administration of omeprazole alone or in combination with pirenzepine

   • Ariyoshi Iwasaki
   • Koji Miyazawa
   • Yutaka Matsuo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 398 - 402

3. Detection of serum IgG antibody againstHelicobacter pylori from childhood in a Japanese population

   • Norio Matsukura
   • Masahiko Onda
   • Kiyohiko Yamashita

   OriginalPaper Pages: 403 - 405

4. Clinical course and long-term prognosis of Crohn's disease in Japan

   • Mitsuo Okada
   • Toshihiro Sakurai
   • Kensaburo Imamura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 406 - 414

5. T cell cytotoxicity of autologous and allogeneic lymphocytes in a patient with Crohn's disease

   • Kazuichi Okazaki
   • Yuichi Yokoyama
   • Takuro Ogata

   OriginalPaper Pages: 415 - 422

6. Serum levels of cytokines in patients with colorectal cancer: Possible involvement of interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 in hematogenous metastasis

   • Takashi Ueda
   • Etsuji Shimada
   • Tomoaki Urakawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 423 - 429

7. Morphological analysis of acute ulcerative colitis experimentally induced by dextran sulfate sodium in the guinea pig: Some possible mechanisms of cecal ulceration

   • Toshihiko Iwanaga
   • Osamu Hoshi
   • Tsuneo Fujita

   OriginalPaper Pages: 430 - 438

8. Bile flow in a mutant Sprague-Dawley rat with defective biliary excretion of glutathione

   • Haruhiko Yoshida
   • Ken-ichi Okano
   • Makoto Iijima

   OriginalPaper Pages: 439 - 442

9. Immunohistochemical expression of manganese superoxide dismutase in hepatocellular carcinoma, using a specific monoclonal antibody

   • Yoshi Aida
   • Shiro Maeyama
   • Naoyuki Taniguchi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 443 - 449

10. Evaluation of hepatic proliferative activity in chronic liver diseases and hepatocellular carcinomas by proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) immunohistochemical staining of methanol-fixed tissues

    • Tomoki Nakajima
    • Keizo Kagawa
    • Tsukasa Ashihara

    OriginalPaper Pages: 450 - 454

11. Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in serum in chronic hepatitis B and C

    • Norio Horiike
    • Morikazu Onji
    • Toshikazu Masumoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 455 - 459

12. Hemodynamic effects of combined treatment with somatostatin analogue (SMS 201-995) and low-dose isosorbide dinitrate on portal hypertension in conscious cirrhotic rats

    • Naoki Hori
    • Takeshi Okanoue
    • Kei Kashima

    OriginalPaper Pages: 460 - 468

13. Precore region mutation in hepatitis B virus genome in early stage of infection: A study in hepatitis B e antigen-positive young carriers

    • Xuan-Thanh Nguyen
    • Ryo Fukuda
    • Shiro Fukumoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 469 - 473

14. Sclerotherapy for esophageal variceal bleeding in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: An 8-year experience in Taiwan

    • Chi-Yin Cheng
    • Gran-Hum Chen
    • Pao-Fu Hsieh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 474 - 478

15. High-Dose intraperitoneal aprotinin treatment of acute severe pancreatitis: A double-blind randomized multi-center trial

    • Rikard Berling
    • Sven Genell
    • Kjell Ohlsson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 479 - 485

16. Direct dissolution of gallstones with methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) via endoscopic transpapillary catheterization in the gallbladder (ETCG)

    • Naohito Uchida
    • Toshiaki Nakatsu
    • Mikio Nishioka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 486 - 494

17. A case of metastatic chondrosarcoma of the stomach

    • Hideyuki Konishi
    • Kazushi Isetani
    • Kei Kashima

    OriginalPaper Pages: 495 - 500

18. A case of toxic megacolon in ulcerative colitis associated with cytomegalovirus infection

    • Hitoshi Kotanagi
    • Takemi Fukuoka
    • Masahiro Saito

    OriginalPaper Pages: 501 - 505

19. A case of Behçet's disease with occlusion of both caval veins and “downhill” esophageal varices

    • Hiroshi Orikasa
    • Yutaka Ejiri
    • Reiji Kasukawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 506 - 510

20. A case report of MR imaging of traumatic hemobilia

    • Fumio Yamamoto
    • Yonglin Pu
    • Hiroshi Yamamoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 511 - 513

21. Induction of interstitial pneumonitis during interferon treatment for chronic hepatitis C

    • Kyoji Moriya
    • Kiyomi Yasuda
    • Shiro Iino

    OriginalPaper Pages: 514 - 517

22. Adult mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver mimicking bile duct cystadenoma

    • Masayuki Yamamoto
    • Hideyuki Hagihara
    • Yoshiro Matsumoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 518 - 524

23. An autopsy case of pseudosarcoma of the common bile duct

    • Akihiko Kagami
    • Takashi Nikaidou
    • Hiroaki Suzuki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 525 - 530

24. Primary sclerosing cholangitis

    • Yoshiyuki Ueno
    • Nicholas F. LaRusso

    OriginalPaper Pages: 531 - 543

25. Induction of a 60-kDa heat shock protein in rat gastric mucosa by restraint and water-immersion stress

    • Shusei Fujimori
    • Michiro Otaka
    • Osamu Masamune

    Rapid communication Pages: 544 - 546

26. Simultaneous measurement of colonic ion transport and muscle contraction

    • Masaya Hosokawa
    • Masayuki Tominaga
    • Minoru Okuma

    Rapid Communications Pages: 547 - 549

27. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 550 - 551