Autoimmune pancreatitis in Japan: overview and perspective Tooru ShimosegawaAtsushi Kanno Review 18 April 2009 Pages: 503 - 517
Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of GERD in the Japanese population Yasuhiro FujiwaraTetsuo Arakawa Review 14 April 2009 Pages: 518 - 534
Sargramostim in patients with Crohn’s disease: results of a phase 1–2 study Masakazu TakazoeToshiyuki MatsuiMamoru Watanabe Original Article—Alimentary Tract 08 April 2009 Pages: 535 - 543
Characteristics of small bowel injury in symptomatic chronic low-dose aspirin users: the experience of two medical centers in capsule endoscopy Hiroki EndoKunihiro HosonoAtsushi Nakajima Original Article—Alimentary Tract 17 April 2009 Pages: 544 - 549
Prevalence of mid-gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with acute overt gastrointestinal bleeding: multi-center experience with 1,044 consecutive patients Hirotoshi OkazakiYasuhiro FujiwaraTetsuo Arakawa Original Article—Alimentary Tract 11 April 2009 Pages: 550 - 555
Down-regulation of miR-141 in gastric cancer and its involvement in cell growth Ying DuYanjun XuJianmin Si Original Article—Alimentary Tract 11 April 2009 Pages: 556 - 561
Usefulness of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) for undiagnosed intra-abdominal lymphadenopathy Osamu NakaharaKenji YamaoHideo Baba Original Article—Alimentary Tract 10 April 2009 Pages: 562 - 567
A phylogenetic study of hepatitis B virus in chronically infected Brazilian patients of Western and Asian descent Cintia Mendes ClementeFlair José CarrilhoIsabel Maria Vicente Guedes de Carvalho Mello Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 16 April 2009 Pages: 568 - 576
Efficacy and safety of addition of minor bloodletting (petit phlebotomy) in hepatitis C virus-infected patients receiving regular glycyrrhizin injections Naoki TanakaAkira HoriuchiEiji Tanaka Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 08 April 2009 Pages: 577 - 582
Down-regulation of hepatic stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 expression by angiotensin II receptor blocker in the obese fa/fa Zucker rat: possible role in amelioration of insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis Junji YokozawaTakashi SasakiSumio Kawata Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 14 April 2009 Pages: 583 - 591
FIC1-mediated stimulation of FXR activity is decreased with PFIC1 mutations in HepG2 cells Saori KohTappei TakadaHiroshi Suzuki Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 21 April 2009 Pages: 592 - 600
Factors contributing to antiviral effect of adefovir dipivoxil therapy added to ongoing lamivudine treatment in patients with lamivudine-resistant chronic hepatitis B Nao KurashigeNaoki HiramatsuNorio Hayashi Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 22 April 2009 Pages: 601 - 607
Noninvasive laboratory tests proposed for predicting cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C are also useful in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis Hideki FujiiMasaru EnomotoNorifumi Kawada Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 10 April 2009 Pages: 608 - 614
A new prognostic formula for adult acute liver failure using computer tomography-derived hepatic volumetric analysis Yoshiyuki YamagishiHidetsugu SaitoToshifumi Hibi Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 17 April 2009 Pages: 615 - 623
Actual therapeutic efficacy of pre-transplant treatment on hepatocellular carcinoma and its impact on survival after salvage living donor liver transplantation Susumu EguchiMasaaki HidakaTakashi Kanematsu Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 21 April 2009 Pages: 624 - 629
Early biochemical response to ursodeoxycholic acid predicts symptom development in patients with asymptomatic primary biliary cirrhosis Nobuaki AzemotoMasanori AbeMorikazu Onji Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 16 April 2009 Pages: 630 - 634
Preoperative serum gamma-glutamyl transferase to alanine aminotransferase ratio is a convenient prognostic marker for Child-Pugh A hepatocellular carcinoma after operation Min-Jie JuShuang-Jian QiuZhao-You Tang Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 22 April 2009 Pages: 635 - 642