1. Reg protein is a unique growth factor of gastric mucosal cells

   • Yoshikazu Kinoshita
   • Shunji Ishihara
   • Tsutomu Chiba

   Review Pages: 507 - 513

2. 5-ASA and lycopene decrease the oxidative stress and inflammation induced by iron in rats with colitis

   • Ram Reifen
   • Andreea Nissenkorn
   • Yoram Bujanover

   OriginalPaper Pages: 514 - 519

3. Inflammation of the gastric remnant after gastrectomy: mucosal erythema is associated with bile reflux and inflammatory cellular infiltration is associated with Helicobacter pylori infection

   • Youngho Lee
   • Akira Tokunaga
   • Nobutaka Yamada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 520 - 526

4. Risk factors for vitamin D deficiency in patients with Crohn’s disease

   • Masahiro Tajika
   • Akira Matsuura
   • Yasutoshi Muto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 527 - 533

5. Correlations between lymph node metastasis and depth of submucosal invasion in submucosal invasive colorectal carcinoma: a Japanese collaborative study

   • Kazuaki Kitajima
   • Takahiro Fujimori
   • Ko Nagasako

   OriginalPaper Pages: 534 - 543

6. Analysis of Ki-ras gene mutations within the same tumor using a single tumor crypt in colorectal carcinomas

   • Motohiro Ishii
   • Tamotsu Sugai
   • Shin-ichi Nakamura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 544 - 549

7. Hepatocellular carcinoma in noncirrhotic young adult patients with chronic hepatitis B viral infection

   • Hitomi Sezaki
   • Masahiro Kobayashi
   • Hiromitsu Kumada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 550 - 556

8. The harmful effect of exercise on reducing taurine concentration in the tissues of rats treated with CCl₄ administration

   • Teruo Miyazaki
   • Yasushi Matsuzaki
   • Bernard Bouscarel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 557 - 562

9. Methylation status of suppressor of cytokine signaling-1 gene in hepatocellular carcinoma

   • Hideyuki Miyoshi
   • Hajime Fujie
   • Kazuhiko Koike

   OriginalPaper Pages: 563 - 569

10. A significant reduction in serum alanine aminotransferase levels after 3-month iron reduction therapy for chronic hepatitis C: a multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled trial in Japan

    • Motoyoshi Yano
    • Hisao Hayashi
    • Kei Ogata

    OriginalPaper Pages: 570 - 574

11. Polypoid arteriovenous malformation of colon mimicking inflammatory fibroid polyp

    • Leeso Maeng
    • Kyu Yong Choi
    • Kyoung-Mee Kim

    Case report Pages: 575 - 578

12. Melanocytic differentiation in a solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas

    • Chen Chen
    • Wen Jing
    • Samuel W. French

    Case report Pages: 579 - 583

13. Intraductal growth of a nonfunctioning endocrine tumor of the pancreas

    • Tomotaka Akatsu
    • Go Wakabayashi
    • Masaki Kitajima

    Case report Pages: 584 - 588

14. Enterovesical fistula complication in B-cell-type lymphoma of the small intestine

    • Hideaki Kato
    • Makoto Nakamura
    • Masashi Mizokami

    Letters to the editor Pages: 589 - 591

15. Bracket fungi-induced enteritis

    • Moriya Iwaizumi
    • Masami Yamada
    • Manae Hirano

    Letters to the editor Pages: 591 - 592

16. Acute pancreatitis complicating ulcerative colitis under administration of corticosteroid in surgical cases

    • Yuji Funayama
    • Kouhei Fukushima
    • Seiki Matsuno

    Letters to the editor Pages: 592 - 594

17. A case of adrenal metastasis from rectal carcinoma without lung metastasis: evaluation for alteration of loss of heterozygosity and immunohistochemical expression

    • Yasuhiro Komuro
    • Toshiaki Watanabe
    • Hirokazu Nagawa

    Letters to the editor Pages: 594 - 595

18. In which step does the K-ras mutation occur in colorectal carcinogenesis?

    • Tetsuji Takayama
    • Yoshiro Niitsu

    Editorial Pages: 596 - 597

19. Suppressor of cytokine signaling 1, a newly proposed tumor suppressor gene associated with hepatocellular carcinoma

    • Kazuyoshi Ohkawa

    Editorial Pages: 598 - 600

20. Phlebotomy: a promising treatment for chronic hepatitis C

    • Naoki Tanaka
    • Kendo Kiyosawa

    Editorial Pages: 601 - 603