Epidermal growth factor inhibits the growth of TE8 esophageal cancer cells through the activation of STAT1 Makoto IchibaYoshiji MiyazakiYuji Matsuzawa Pages: 497 - 503
3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase activity and low-density lipoprotein receptor expression in diffuse-type and intestinal-type human gastric cancer Maria Gabriella CarusoMaria NotarnicolaAlfredo Di Leo Pages: 504 - 508
Quantitative analysis of bacterial DNA from Mycobacteria spp., Bacteroides vulgatus, and Escherichia coli in tissue samples from patients with inflammatory bowel diseases Hiroshi FujitaYoshinobu EishiMorio Koike Pages: 509 - 516
Severe manifestation of acute hepatitis A recently found in Gunma, Japan Daisuke KandaHitoshi TakagiMasatomo Mori Pages: 517 - 522
Prevalence of herpesviridae and hepatitis virus sequences in the livers of patients with fulminant hepatitis of unknown etiology in Japan Kayo IshikawaKiyoshi HasegawaNaoaki Hayashi Pages: 523 - 530
Severe catabolic state after prolonged fasting in cirrhotic patients: effect of oral branched-chain amino-acid-enriched nutrient mixture Yutaka NakayaNagakatsu HaradaSusumu Ito Pages: 531 - 536
The effect of steroid pulse therapy on the development of acute pancreatitis induced by closed duodenal loop in rats Kyojiro TakaokaKeisho KataokaJunichi Sakagami Pages: 537 - 542
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the transverse colonic mesentery defined by the presence of EWS-FLI1 chimeric mRNA in a Japanese woman Nahomi TokudomeKoki TanakaToshiaki Setoguchi Case report Pages: 543 - 549
Signet-ring cell carcinoma of the colon 7 mm in size with peritonitis carcinomatosa Shunji ShimaokaTooru NiiharaMinori Hamada Case report Pages: 550 - 555
Adenomyoma of the small intestine in an adult: a rare cause of intussusception Ji Shin LeeHyung Seok KimYoung Bog Kim Case report Pages: 556 - 559
A rare association of primary biliary cirrhosis and pernicious anemia Hajime AoyamaHiroshi SakugawaMitsuru Kinjo Case report Pages: 560 - 563
Hepatic sarcoidosis associated with chronic hepatitis C Shinwa YamadaShinichiro MineYoshiya Tanaka Case report Pages: 564 - 570
A 5-year survivor after resection of peritoneal metastases from pedunculated-type hepatocellular carcinoma Kiyotaka KurachiShohachi SuzukiSatoshi Nakamura Case report Pages: 571 - 574
STAT1 and STAT3 might be regulated differently in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma Choitsu Sakamoto Editorial Pages: 575 - 577
Are glucocorticoids really useful for the treatment of acute pancreatitis? Tooru Shimosegawa Editorial Pages: 580 - 581