The role of TGF-β in digestive organ disease Seiichi TakenoshitaToshihiko FukushimaManabu Iwadate Review Pages: 991 - 999
Expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in the lower esophageal sphincter of the endotoxemic opossum Hyojin ParkEugene ClarkJeffrey L. Conklin Pages: 1000 - 1004
Helicobacter pylori infection in hospital workers over a 5-year period: correlation with demographic and clinical parameters John K. TriantafillidisAristofanis GikasGeorge Androulakis Pages: 1005 - 1013
Lactose intolerance: a risk factor for reduced bone mineral density and vertebral fractures? Stefan KudlacekOthmar FreudenthalerRobert Willvonseder Pages: 1014 - 1019
Free perforation in Crohn's disease: review of the Japanese literature Hiroki IkeuchiTakehira Yamamura Pages: 1020 - 1027
Risk factors for infections in cirrhotic patients with and without hepatocellular carcinoma Keiichiro YoneyamaKaori MiyagishiKeiji Mitamura Pages: 1028 - 1034
Different antibody responses against hepatitis B surface antigen among mouse strains transfected with mutant viral DNA Kiyoshi HasegawaRiho JohNaoaki Hayashi Pages: 1035 - 1041
Shedding of Fas ectodomain that affects apoptosis of hepatocytes occurring in regenerative liver Min XiaCunshuan XuShaobai Xue Pages: 1042 - 1047
The influence of conditioned medium from mouse intestinal epithelial cells on the proliferative activity of crypt cells: role of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor Sergey V. SennikovVladimir V. TemchuraValeriy A. Trufakin Short communication Pages: 1048 - 1051
Gastropleural fistula derived from malignant lymphoma Yasushi AdachiYoshiaki SatoYasuo Kato Case report Pages: 1052 - 1056
APC gene mutations in a jejunal adenoma causing intussusception in a patient with familial adenomatous polyposis Hideyuki IshidaTakeo IwamaMichiko Miyaki Case report Pages: 1057 - 1061
A pancreatic abscess 7 years after a pancreatojejunostomy for calcifying chronic pancreatitis Asako SuzukiTakahiro MatsunagaKohzoh Imai Case report Pages: 1062 - 1067
Drug-induced hepatitis with hepatic granuloma due to saridon Masanori AbeTeru KumagiMorikazu Onji Case report Pages: 1068 - 1072
Intraductal mucinous tumors occurring simultaneously in the liver and pancreas Makoto IshidaKenichiro SekiAkio Yamaguchi Case report Pages: 1073 - 1078
A giant retention cyst of the pancreas (cystic dilatation of dorsal pancreatic duct) associated with pancreas divisum Zenichi MoriseKazuo YamafujiYasuyuki Tokura Case report Pages: 1079 - 1082
Short-segment Barrett's esophagus associated with high-grade dysplasia Katsuo MoritaTakahiro FujimoriAkira Terano Letter to the editor Pages: 1083 - 1085
Clinical and immunological course in two patients with idiopathic portal hypertension Katsutoshi TokushigeNoriko TsuchiyaNaoaki Hayashi Letter to the editor Pages: 1086 - 1089
The role of inducible nitric oxide synthase in the relaxation of lower esophageal sphincter in septic state Katsunori IijimaShuich OharaTooru Shimosegawa Editorial Pages: 1090 - 1091
Health-care workers are at risk of Helicobacter pylori infection Toshio Morizane Editorial Pages: 1092 - 1093
How are hepatocytes sensitized to apoptosis? Masahito NagakiHisataka Moriwaki Editorial Pages: 1094 - 1096