The state of the art on treatment of Crohn’s disease Hai Yun ShiSiew Chien Ng Review Open access 06 July 2018 Pages: 989 - 998
Microbial biomarkers for immune checkpoint blockade therapy against cancer Keishi AdachiKoji Tamada Review Open access 12 July 2018 Pages: 999 - 1005
Clinical guidelines for primary sclerosing cholangitis 2017 Hiroyuki IsayamaSusumu TazumaPSC guideline committee Members: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan) Research Project, The Intractable Hepatobiliary Disease Study Group Review Open access 27 June 2018 Pages: 1006 - 1034
Single cell analysis of Crohn’s disease patient-derived small intestinal organoids reveals disease activity-dependent modification of stem cell properties Kohei SuzukiTatsuro MuranoRyuichi Okamoto Original Article—Alimentary Tract Open access 27 January 2018 Pages: 1035 - 1047
Systematic review with meta-analysis: real-world effectiveness and safety of vedolizumab in patients with inflammatory bowel disease Stefan SchreiberAxel DignassEdward Vincent Loftus Jr. Original Article—Alimentary Tract Open access 04 June 2018 Pages: 1048 - 1064
NUDT15 codon 139 is the best pharmacogenetic marker for predicting thiopurine-induced severe adverse events in Japanese patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a multicenter study Yoichi KakutaYosuke Kawaifor the MENDEL study group Original Article—Alimentary Tract Open access 19 June 2018 Pages: 1065 - 1078
Clinical features of autoimmune hepatitis with acute presentation: a Japanese nationwide survey Satoru JoshitaKaname YoshizawaThe Japan Autoimmune Hepatitis Study Group (JAIHSG) Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 23 February 2018 Pages: 1079 - 1088
Potent viral suppression and improvements in alpha-fetoprotein and measures of fibrosis in Japanese patients receiving a daclatasvir/asunaprevir/beclabuvir fixed-dose combination for the treatment of HCV genotype-1 infection Norio AkutaJoji ToyotaHiromitsu Kumada Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 02 March 2018 Pages: 1089 - 1097
Impact of continuous regional arterial infusion in the treatment of acute necrotizing pancreatitis: analysis of a national administrative database Akira EndoAtsushi ShiraishiYasuhiro Otomo Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract 21 March 2018 Pages: 1098 - 1106
Liver transplantation: Japanese contributions Susumu EguchiTaizo HibiHiroto Egawa Editorial 14 May 2018 Pages: 1107 - 1108