DNA methylation as a marker for the past and future Toshikazu UshijimaTakeshi NakajimaTakao Maekita Review Pages: 401 - 407
Dietary habits and stomach cancer in Mizoram, India Rup Kumar PhukanKonwar NarainJagadish Mahanta OriginalPaper Pages: 418 - 424
Late toxicity in complete response cases after definitive chemoradiotherapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma Yosuke KumekawaKazuhiro KanekoMichio Imawari OriginalPaper Pages: 425 - 432
Effects of melatonin or acetylsalicylic acid on gastric oxidative stress after bile duct ligation in rats Alaaddin PolatMemet Hanifi Emre OriginalPaper Pages: 433 - 439
Will symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux disease develop into reflux esophagitis? Masahiro Kawanishi OriginalPaper Pages: 440 - 443
Oral dimethyl sulfoxide for systemic amyloid A amyloidosis complication in chronic inflammatory disease: a retrospective patient chart review Sadahiro AmemoriRyuichi IwakiriKazuma Fujimoto OriginalPaper Pages: 444 - 449
Sucralfate prevents the delay of wound repair in intestinal epithelial cells by hydrogen peroxide through NF-κB pathway Kenichi ShindoMasahiro IizukaSumio Watanabe OriginalPaper Pages: 450 - 461
Visceral fat accumulation and insulin resistance are important factors in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease Yuichiro EguchiTakahisa EguchiNaofumi Ono OriginalPaper Pages: 462 - 469
Efficacy of interferon monotherapy in young adult patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection Kiminori UkaFumitaka SuzukiHiromitsu Kumada OriginalPaper Pages: 470 - 475
Comparison of three methods of nutritional assessment in liver cirrhosis: subjective global assessment, traditional nutritional parameters, and body composition analysis Fátima A.F. FigueiredoRenata M. PerezMário Kondo OriginalPaper Pages: 476 - 482
New approach to diagnosing ampullary tumors by magnifying endoscopy combined with a narrow-band imaging system Yujiro UchiyamaHiroo ImazuHisao Tajiri OriginalPaper Pages: 483 - 490
Validation of the Japanese version of the Rome II modular questionnaire and irritable bowel syndrome severity index Masae ShinozakiMotoyori KanazawaShin Fukudo Rapid communication Pages: 491 - 494
Intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct extending superficially from the intrahepatic to extrahepatic bile duct Atsushi NanashimaYorihisa SumidaYasuhiro Fukuda Case report Pages: 495 - 499
Minute colonic elastosis showing endoscopic features of hyperplastic polyp Kunimitsu KawaharaTomoki MichidaNobuteru Kikkawa Letters to the editor Pages: 500 - 501
Two cases in one family of living donor liver transplantation for homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia Naoki KawagishiKazushige SatohSusumu Satomi Letters to the editor Pages: 501 - 502
Long-term effect of bezafibrate on parameters of hepatic fibrosis in primary biliary cirrhosis Kenji OhmotoNaoko YoshiokaShinichiro Yamamoto Letters to the editor Pages: 502 - 503
Promise of definitive chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer balanced with late radiation toxicity: an old but new issue Ichinosuke Hyodo Editorial Pages: 504 - 506
Influence of melatonin and acetylsalicylic acid on lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzyme activities in gastric mucosa Tetsuya Mine Editorial Pages: 507 - 508
Natural history and new conceptual framework of gastroesophageal reflux disease Hiroto Miwa Editorial Pages: 509 - 510