1. Immunologic Function of Dendritic Cells in Esophageal Cancer

   • Wenfeng Yang
   • Jinming Yu

   Review paper 13 December 2007 Pages: 1739 - 1746

2. Retention, Fixation, and Loss of the [¹³C] Label: A Review for the Understanding of Gastric Emptying Breath Tests

   • Masaki Sanaka
   • Takatsugu Yamamoto
   • Yasushi Kuyama

   Original Paper 29 February 2008 Pages: 1747 - 1756

   

3. Avoiding Pitfalls: What an Endoscopist Should Know in Liver Transplantation—Part 1

   • Sharad Sharma
   • Ahmet Gurakar
   • Nicolas Jabbour

   Review 09 November 2007 Pages: 1757 - 1773

   

4. Effect of Some Natural Products Either Alone or in Combination on Gastritis Induced in Experimental Rats

   • Mohamed M. Elseweidy
   • Nahla N. Younis
   • Zeinab A. Yousif

   Original Paper 27 March 2008 Pages: 1774 - 1784

   

5. Helicobacter pylori Isolated from a Patient with Ménétrier’s Disease Increases Hepatocyte Growth Factor mRNA Expression in Gastric Fibroblasts: Comparison with Helicobacter pylori Isolated from Other Gastric Diseases

   • Takeshi Ishikawa
   • Takashi Ando
   • Toshikazu Yoshikawa

   Original Paper 08 November 2007 Pages: 1785 - 1791

   

6. Prevalence and Histological Features of the Gastric Cardia-type Mucosa in Children

   • Hashem B. El-Serag
   • Petra Pilgrim
   • Mark Gilger

   Original Paper 29 March 2008 Pages: 1792 - 1796

7. Orocecal Transit Time in Patients in the Chronic Phase of Corrosive Injury

   • S. V. Rana
   • R. Kochhar
   • K. Singh

   Original Paper 20 December 2007 Pages: 1797 - 1800

8. Akt1/protein Kinase Bα is Involved in Gastric Cancer Progression and Cell Proliferation

   • Zheyi Han
   • Kaichun Wu
   • Daiming Fan

   Original Paper 01 April 2008 Pages: 1801 - 1810

   

9. Li-cadherin is Inversely Correlated with Galectin-3 Expression in Gastric Cancer

   • Wei-Guo Dong
   • Qiong-Fang Yu
   • Li-Fang Fan

   Original Paper 13 November 2007 Pages: 1811 - 1817

   

10. Evaluation of Gastric Cancer Risk Using Topography of Histological Gastritis: A Large-scaled Cross-sectional Study

    • Shinobu Imagawa
    • Masaharu Yoshihara
    • Kazuaki Chayama

    Original Paper 13 November 2007 Pages: 1818 - 1823

    

11. Kampo Medicine “Dai-Kenchu-To” Prevents Bacterial Translocation in Rats

    • Kozo Yoshikawa
    • Nobuhiro Kurita
    • Mitsuo Shimada

    Original Paper 30 April 2008 Pages: 1824 - 1831

    

12. D-Dimer Levels in the Prediction of the Degree of Intestinal Necrosis of Etrangulated Hernias in Rats

    • Nazif Zeybek
    • Fahrettin Yildiz
    • Turgut Tufan

    Original Paper 21 November 2007 Pages: 1832 - 1836

    

13. Yoghurts Containing Probiotics Reduce Disruption of the Small Intestinal Barrier in Methotrexate-Treated Rats

    • E. Southcott
    • K. L. Tooley
    • R. N. Butler

    Original Paper 22 April 2008 Pages: 1837 - 1841

    

14. The Short-Term Effects of Different Doses of Dexamethasone on the Numbers of some Bacteria in the Ileum

    • Hümeyra Ünsal
    • Muharrem Balkaya
    • Esin Poyrazoğlu

    Original Paper 30 November 2007 Pages: 1842 - 1845

15. Deficiency of 6B11+ Invariant NK T-Cells in Celiac Disease

    • Randall H. Grose
    • Fiona M. Thompson
    • Adrian G. Cummins

    Original Paper 13 December 2007 Pages: 1846 - 1851

    

16. Association of Gluten Enteropathy and Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Adult Turkish Population

    • Kamil Ozdil
    • Mehmet Sokmen
    • Damlanur Sakiz

    Original Paper 13 February 2008 Pages: 1852 - 1855

17. Abuse in Women and Men with and without Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

    • Ture Ålander
    • Gun Heimer
    • Lars Agréus

    Original Paper Open access 30 November 2007 Pages: 1856 - 1864

    

18. Tumour Necrosis Factor Alpha in Segmental Colitis Associated with Diverticula

    • Enzo Ierardi
    • Gianmichele Meucci
    • Giorgio Minoli

    Original Paper 30 November 2007 Pages: 1865 - 1868

    

19. Simvastatin Attenuates Trinitrobenzene Sulfonic Acid-Induced Colitis, but Not Oxazalone-Induced Colitis

    • Maho Ikeda
    • Fuminao Takeshima
    • Shigeru Kohno

    Original Paper 01 December 2007 Pages: 1869 - 1875

    

20. Evaluation of Two Rapid Immunochromatography Tests for the Detection of Clostridium difficile Toxins

    • Zmira Samra
    • Avia Luzon
    • Jihad Bishara

    Original Paper 08 November 2007 Pages: 1876 - 1879

21. Immunocytochemical Localization of Lymphatic and Venous Vessels in Colonic Polyps and Adenomas

    • Tatsuo Tomita

    Original Research 09 November 2007 Pages: 1880 - 1885

    

22. Staging of Early Colorectal Cancers: Magnifying Colonoscopy versus Endoscopic Ultrasonography for Estimation of Depth of Invasion

    • Kuang-I Fu
    • Shigeharu Kato
    • Takahiro Fujii

    Original Paper 13 December 2007 Pages: 1886 - 1892

    

23. Endoscopic Patterns and Histopathological Features after Eradication Therapy in Helicobacter pylori-Associated Nodular Gastritis

    • Ming-Jen Chen
    • Shou-Chuan Shih
    • Wen-Hsiung Chang

    Original Paper 13 December 2007 Pages: 1893 - 1897

    

24. Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Indication as a Predictor of Study Quality

    • Thomas C. Knopp
    • Houssam E. Mardini
    • Luis R. Peña

    Original Paper 22 November 2007 Pages: 1898 - 1901

25. The Perception of Gastroenterology Fellows towards the Relationship between Hand Size and Endoscopic Training

    • Daniel L. Cohen
    • Jahnavi R. Naik
    • Ryan D. Madanick

    Original Paper 09 November 2007 Pages: 1902 - 1909

    

26. Increased Expression of Long Pentraxin PTX3 in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

    • Shingo Kato
    • Mitsuko Ochiai
    • Koji Yakabi

    Original Paper 08 November 2007 Pages: 1910 - 1916

    

27. Dendritic Cells and Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 4 in the Ileum of Crohn's Disease Patients

    • Manuel A. Silva
    • Rodrigo Quera
    • Mary H. Perdue

    Original Paper 13 December 2007 Pages: 1917 - 1928

    

28. Concurrent Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Myelodysplastic Syndrome: Report of Nine New Cases and a Review of the Literature

    • Zhifeng Wang
    • Yanhua Zhou
    • Yulan Liu

    Original Paper 14 December 2007 Pages: 1929 - 1932

29. Assessment and Validation of the New Capsule Endoscopy Crohn’s Disease Activity Index (CECDAI)

    • Eyal Gal
    • Alex Geller
    • Yaron Niv

    Original Paper 22 November 2007 Pages: 1933 - 1937

    

30. Serum Prolidase and IGF-1 as Non-invasive Markers of Hepatic Fibrosis During Four Different Periods After Bile-duct Ligation in Rats

    • Orhan Tarçın
    • Nursal Gedik
    • Nurdan Tözün

    Original Paper 13 November 2007 Pages: 1938 - 1945

    

31. An Assessment of the Accuracy of Hepatic and Splenic Size Based Upon a Clinician’s Physical Examination, a Radiologist’s Impression and the Actual Liver and Spleen Volumes Calculated by CT Scanning

    • Shabbar Sajjad
    • Moises Garcia
    • David H. Van Thiel

    Original Paper 05 March 2008 Pages: 1946 - 1950

32. The Relationship Between Severity of Liver Cirrhosis and Pulmonary Function Tests

    • Irem Pembegul Yigit
    • Suleyman Savas Hacievliyagil
    • Melih Karıncaoglu

    Original Paper 13 December 2007 Pages: 1951 - 1956

    

33. Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis for the Evaluation of Hepatic Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection

    • Fadi Antaki
    • M. Margaret French
    • Stuart C. Gordon

    Original Paper 13 November 2007 Pages: 1957 - 1960

34. Consensus Interferon and Ribavirin in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Who Were Nonresponders to Pegylated Interferon alfa-2b and Ribavirin

    • Carroll B. Leevy

    Original Paper 25 January 2008 Pages: 1961 - 1966

    

35. Independent Predictors of Steatohepatitis and Fibrosis in Asian Indian Patients with Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis

    • Deepak Kumar Singh
    • Puja Sakhuja
    • Shiv Kumar Sarin

    Original Paper 21 November 2007 Pages: 1967 - 1976

    

36. Inpatient Admissions for Drug-induced Liver Injury: Results from a Single Center

    • Elizabeth J. Carey
    • Hugo E. Vargas
    • Jorge Rakela

    Original Paper 05 April 2008 Pages: 1977 - 1982

37. Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibodies in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

    • Wahiba Sakly
    • Moncef Jeddi
    • Ibtissem Ghedira

    Original Paper 30 November 2007 Pages: 1983 - 1987

    

38. Atorvastatin Does Not Improve Liver Biochemistries or Mayo Risk Score in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

    • Carmen M. Stanca
    • Nancy Bach
    • Joseph A. Odin

    Original Paper 05 April 2008 Pages: 1988 - 1993

    

39. Liver Transplantation in the Setting of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Portal Vein Thrombosis: A Challenging Dilemma?

    • Georgios C. Sotiropoulos
    • Arnold Radtke
    • Hauke Lang

    Original Paper 14 December 2007 Pages: 1994 - 1999

    

40. Polymorphisms of the ICAM-1 Gene Are Associated with Biliary Atresia

    • Cigdem Arikan
    • Afig Berdeli
    • Sema Aydogdu

    Original Paper 10 April 2008 Pages: 2000 - 2004

    

41. A Unique Presentation: Dorsal Agenesis of the Pancreas Manifesting as Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency in the Absence of Diabetes Mellitus in an 8-Year-Old Boy

    • Brett W. Doxey
    • W. Daniel Jackson
    • Douglas G. Adler

    Letter 30 November 2007 Pages: 2005 - 2006

    

42. Interleukin-10 (-819 C/T) and TNF-A (-308 G/A) as Risk Factors for H. pylori-Associated Gastric MALT-Lymphoma

    • Stephan Hellmig
    • Tobias Bartscht
    • Stefan Schreiber

    Letter to the Editor 13 March 2008 Pages: 2007 - 2008

43. Consensus Interferon and Ribavirin in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Who Were Nonresponders to Pegylated Interferon alfa-2b and Ribavirin

    • Carroll B. Leevy

    Erratum 22 April 2008 Pages: 2009 - 2009