Recent advances in bilirubin metabolism research: the molecular mechanism of hepatocyte bilirubin transport and its clinical relevance Toshinori KamisakoYoshinao KobayashiYukihiko Adachi Review Pages: 659 - 664
Hepatic stellate cells: a target for the treatment of liver fibrosis Jian WuMark A. Zern Review Pages: 665 - 672
Geranylgeranylacetone stimulates mucin synthesis in cultured guinea pig gastric pit cells by inducing a neuronal nitric oxide synthase Kazuhito RokutanShigetada TeshimaKyoichi Kishi Pages: 673 - 681
Anti-cathepsin G antibodies in the sera of patients with ulcerative colitis Toshimitsu KuwanaYukio SatoReiji Kasukawa Pages: 682 - 689
Sex differences in relation to serum hepatitis B e antigen and alanine aminotransferase levels among asymptomatic hepatitis B surface antigen carriers Jung-Fa TsaiLea-Yea ChuangJuei-Hsiung Tsai Pages: 690 - 695
Increased expression of osteopontin in activated Kupffer cells and hepatic macrophages during macrophage migration in Propionibacterium acnes-treated rat liver YanHong WangSatoshi MochidaKenji Fujiwara Pages: 696 - 701
Esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis associated with esophageal perforation Maki MurakamiKatsumi TsuchiyaSeiji Kawasaki Case report Pages: 702 - 711
Cronkhite-Canada syndrome: report of two cases Ikuo MurataIchiro YoshikawaMakoto Otsuki Case report Pages: 706 - 711
Intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumor (IDSRT) Kenichiro TakahiraShigeko OhiEizo Kaneko Case report Pages: 712 - 716
Metastatic gastrinoma to the liver 20 years after primary resection Atsushi OkuzawaShigeru KobayashiMasahiko Tsurumaru Case report Pages: 717 - 720
Chemotactic cytokines (chemokines) in human hepatitis and experimental hepatitis models: which ones play the crucial role? Yoshito ItohTakeshi Okanoue Editorial Pages: 724 - 725