1. Minimal changes in reflux esophagitis: red ones and white ones

   • Michio Hongo

   Review Pages: 95 - 99

2. Management of hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan

   • Kiwamu Okita

   Review Pages: 100 - 106

3. Update of research and management of hepatitis B

   • Takeshi Okanoue
   • Masahito Minami

   Review Pages: 107 - 118

4. Study of hemodynamic changes in portal systemic shunts and their relation to variceal relapse after endoscopic variceal ligation combined with ethanol sclerotherapy

   • Kenji Ito
   • Shoichi Matsutani
   • Hiromitsu Saisho

   OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 126

5. Simple and accurate ¹³C-urea breath test for detection of Helicobacter pylori in the remnant stomach after surgery

   • Akiyoshi Togashi
   • Norio Matsukura
   • Takashi Tajiri

   OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 132

6. The significance of aberrant CHFR methylation for clinical response to microtubule inhibitors in gastric cancer

   • Yasuo Koga
   • Yoshihiko Kitajima
   • Kohji Miyazaki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 139

7. Influence of chemotherapeutic agents and cytokines on the expression of 5-fluorouracil-associated enzymes in human colon cancer cell lines

   • Kaori Miyazaki
   • Takeshi Shibahara
   • Yasushi Matsuzaki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 140 - 150

8. Early reduction of infected hepatocytes by activated immunity at the time of interferon withdrawal hepatitis followed by lamivudine administration resulted in higher seroconversion in hepatitis Be antigen-positive patients with chronic hepatitis B

   • Michiko Shindo
   • Kazushige Hamada
   • Tadao Okuno

   OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 157

9. Significant elevation of serum interleukin-18 levels in patients with acute pancreatitis

   • Takashi Ueda
   • Yoshifumi Takeyama
   • Yoshikazu Kuroda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 158 - 165

10. Gefitinib and the modulation of the signaling pathways downstream of epidermal growth factor receptor in human liver cancer cells

    • Jun-ichi Okano
    • Kazuya Matsumoto
    • Yoshikazu Murawaki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 166 - 176

11. A case of sumatriptan-induced intestinal ischemia

    • Aparna Repaka
    • Julius Wenger
    • Shanthi V. Sitaraman

    Letters to the editor Pages: 177 - 178

12. Solid serous adenoma of the pancreas: a solid variant of serous cystadenoma or a separate disease entity?

    • Masahiko Yamaguchi

    Letters to the editor Pages: 178 - 179

13. Epigenetics modulates the effect of chemotherapy on gastric cancer

    • Yoshiyuki Watanabe
    • Fumio Itoh

    Editorial Pages: 180 - 181

14. Significance of elevated serum IL-18 levels in patients with acute pancreatitis

    • Masahiko Hirota
    • Muneyuki Shibata
    • Hideo Baba

    Editorial Pages: 182 - 183