1. In Memoriam: Emmet B. Keeffe, MD—Editor-in-Chief of Digestive Diseases and Sciences

   IN MEMORIAM 25 November 2011 Pages: 3399 - 3401

   

2. Predicting the Severity of Acute Pancreatitis: Choose the Right Horse Before Hitching the Cart

   • Maxim S. Petrov

   Editorial 05 October 2011 Pages: 3402 - 3404

   

3. Molecular Mechanisms of Barrett’s Esophagus

   • Hao Chen
   • Yu Fang
   • Xiaoxin Chen

   Review 08 October 2011 Pages: 3405 - 3420

   

4. Cryptogenic Chronic Hepatitis and Its Changing Guise in Adults

   • Albert J. Czaja

   Review 07 June 2011 Pages: 3421 - 3438

   

5. Mechanisms Linking Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with Coronary Artery Disease

   • W. Nseir
   • A. Shalata
   • N. Assy

   Review 08 June 2011 Pages: 3439 - 3449

   

6. Cameron Ulcers: You Will Find Only What You Seek

   • Carlene Lihalakha Chun
   • Carol A. Conti
   • George Triadafilopoulos

   Stanford Multidisciplinary Seminars 25 June 2011 Pages: 3450 - 3452

   

7. Cross-Sectional Imaging Obtained Immediately Following Radiofrequency Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Does Not Predict Endoscopic Evidence of Esophageal Injury

   • Darcie R. Gorman
   • Kathryn A. Peterson
   • Douglas G. Adler

   Original Article 29 July 2011 Pages: 3453 - 3458

   

8. Is It Worthwhile to Perform Capsule Endoscopy for Asymptomatic Patients with Positive Immunochemical Faecal Occult Blood Test?

   • Hideyuki Chiba
   • Masau Sekiguchi
   • Atsushi Nakajima

   Original Article 25 June 2011 Pages: 3459 - 3462

   

9. Twelve-Month Persistency with Oral 5-Aminosalicylic Acid Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis: Results from a Large Pharmacy Prescriptions Database

   • Sunanda V. Kane
   • Michael Sumner
   • Matthew Jenkins

   Original Article 31 August 2011 Pages: 3463 - 3470

   

10. Screening High Risk Individuals for Hepatitis B: Physician Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs

    • Temitope Foster
    • Huiming Hon
    • Brennan Spiegel

    Original Article 15 October 2011 Pages: 3471 - 3487

    

11. Can Quality of Care for Patients with Cirrhosis Be Measured?

    • John T. Bassett
    • Michael L. Volk

    Original Article 28 June 2011 Pages: 3488 - 3491

    

12. Is Intercellular Space Different Among Layers in Normal Esophageal Mucosa? An Electron Microscopic Study

    • Sanghoon Park
    • Hoon Jai Chun
    • Sung Joon Lee

    Original Article 07 July 2011 Pages: 3492 - 3497

    

13. Pathophysiological Investigation of the Gastric Surface Mucous Gel Layer of Patients with Helicobacter pylori Infection by Using Immunoassays for Trefoil Factor Family 2 and Gastric Gland Mucous Cell-Type Mucin in Gastric Juice

    • Seiko Kubota
    • Kazuyoshi Yamauchi
    • Hiroyoshi Ota

    Original Article 11 May 2011 Pages: 3498 - 3506

    

14. l-Glutamine Supplementation Prevents Myenteric Neuron Loss and Has Gliatrophic Effects in the Ileum of Diabetic Rats

    • Renata Virginia Fernandes Pereira
    • Eleandro Aparecido Tronchini
    • Jacqueline Nelisis Zanoni

    Original Article 28 June 2011 Pages: 3507 - 3516

    

15. Alpha-Defensin DEFA1A3 Gene Copy Number Elevation in Danish Crohn’s Disease Patients

    • Cathrine Jespersgaard
    • Peder Fode
    • Paal Skytt Andersen

    Original Article 24 June 2011 Pages: 3517 - 3524

    

16. Th1 Responses Are More Susceptible to Infliximab-Mediated Immunosuppression Than Th17 Responses

    • Kenji Kanayama
    • Kazuhiko Nakamura
    • Ryoichi Takayanagi

    Original Article 16 June 2011 Pages: 3525 - 3533

    

17. Lemon Verbena Infusion Consumption Attenuates Oxidative Stress in Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis in the Rat

    • Loïc Lenoir
    • Adrien Rossary
    • Catherine Felgines

    Original Article 18 June 2011 Pages: 3534 - 3545

    

18. Curry Induces Acid Reflux and Symptoms in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

    • Lee Guan Lim
    • Huiwen Tay
    • Khek Yu Ho

    Original Article 07 July 2011 Pages: 3546 - 3550

    

19. Montelukast Was Inefficient in Maintaining Steroid-Induced Remission in Adult Eosinophilic Esophagitis

    • Alfredo J. Lucendo
    • Livia C. De Rezende
    • Ángel Arias

    Original Article 15 June 2011 Pages: 3551 - 3558

    

20. Mechanical Characteristics of Distension-Evoked Peristaltic Contractions in the Esophagus of Systemic Sclerosis Patients

    • Hans Gregersen
    • Gerda E. Villadsen
    • Donghua Liao

    Original Article 17 June 2011 Pages: 3559 - 3568

    

21. Clinical Impact of HAb18G/CD147 Expression in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

    • Shaojun Zhu
    • Yanhong Li
    • Wei Zhang

    Original Article 26 July 2011 Pages: 3569 - 3576

    

22. Esophageal Carcinoma in African Americans: A Five-Decade Experience

    • Hassan Ashktorab
    • Zahra Nouri
    • Duane T. Smoot

    Original Article 17 August 2011 Pages: 3577 - 3582

    

23. Multiparametric Assessment of Vascular Function and Atherosclerosis in Patients with Autoimmune Gastritis: A Comparative Study

    • Mustafa Yakut
    • Yusuf Üstün
    • Irfan Soykan

    Original Article 17 June 2011 Pages: 3583 - 3589

24. Serum sTREM-1 as a Surrogate Marker of Treatment Outcome in Patients with Peptic Ulcer Disease

    • Vassilios Koussoulas
    • Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis
    • Mark Pimentel

    Original Article 02 June 2011 Pages: 3590 - 3595

    

25. Serum Interleukin-33 Levels in Patients with Gastric Cancer

    • Pinghu Sun
    • Qiwen Ben
    • Yunlin Wu

    Original Article 04 June 2011 Pages: 3596 - 3601

    

26. The Impact of Post-Infectious Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders and Symptoms on the Health-Related Quality of Life of US Military Personnel Returning from Deployment to the Middle East

    • Kashyap H. Trivedi
    • Carey D. Schlett
    • Mark S. Riddle

    Original Article 07 June 2011 Pages: 3602 - 3609

27. Postoperative Infliximab Is Not Associated with An Increase in Adverse Events in Crohn’s Disease

    • Miguel Regueiro
    • Sandra El-Hachem
    • David Binion

    Original Article 17 June 2011 Pages: 3610 - 3615

    

28. Smoking and the Association of Advanced Colorectal Neoplasia in an Asymptomatic Average Risk Population: Analysis of Exposure and Anatomical Location in Men and Women

    • Joseph C. Anderson
    • Koorosh Moezardalan
    • Robert D. Shaw

    Original Article 13 July 2011 Pages: 3616 - 3623

29. In PSC with Colitis Treated with UDCA, Most Colonic Carcinomas Develop in the First Years After the Start of Treatment

    • G. Rudolph
    • D. N. Gotthardt
    • A. Stiehl

    Original Article 09 June 2011 Pages: 3624 - 3630

    

30. Acute Hemorrhagic Rectal Ulcer: An Important Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Critically Ill Patients

    • Cheng-Kuan Lin
    • Cheng-Chao Liang
    • Tzong-Hsi Lee

    Original Article 31 May 2011 Pages: 3631 - 3637

    

31. Efficacy of Intravenous Glycyrrhizin in the Early Stage of Acute Onset Autoimmune Hepatitis

    • Shin Yasui
    • Keiichi Fujiwara
    • Osamu Yokosuka

    Original Article 17 June 2011 Pages: 3638 - 3647

    

32. Serum Immunoglobulin A Concentration Is an Independent Predictor of Liver Fibrosis in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Before the Cirrhotic Stage

    • Kengo Tomita
    • Toshiaki Teratani
    • Toshifumi Hibi

    Original Article 15 June 2011 Pages: 3648 - 3654

    

33. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Markers Are Associated with Insulin Resistance in Type 1 Diabetes

    • Tomislav Bulum
    • Branko Kolarić
    • Marko Duvnjak

    Original Article 07 July 2011 Pages: 3655 - 3663

    

34. Prediction of Severe Acute Pancreatitis Using Classification and Regression Tree Analysis

    • Wandong Hong
    • Lemei Dong
    • Yumin Wang

    Original Article 11 August 2011 Pages: 3664 - 3671

    

35. Severe Acute Pancreatitis During Pregnancy: Eleven Years Experience from a Surgical Intensive Care Unit

    • Yanxia Geng
    • Weiqin Li
    • Jieshou Li

    Original Article 07 July 2011 Pages: 3672 - 3677

    

36. Self-Expanding Metal Stents for Biliary Drainage in Patients with Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Single-Center Experience with 79 Cases

    • Ashwani K. Singal
    • William A. Ross
    • Jeffrey H. Lee

    Original Article 13 July 2011 Pages: 3678 - 3684

    

37. Comorbidities, Sphincterotomy, and Balloon Dilation Predict Post-ERCP Adverse Events in PSC Patients: Operator Experience Is Protective

    • Amer A. Alkhatib
    • Kristen Hilden
    • Douglas G. Adler

    Original Article 26 July 2011 Pages: 3685 - 3688

38. Hepatobiliary Disease Associated with Hypereosinophilia: A Report of Two Patients and a Review of the Literature

    • L. M. Morgan-Rowe
    • M. Pericleous
    • A. K. Burroughs

    Case Report 07 June 2011 Pages: 3689 - 3694

    

39. Intussusception in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis: A Case Series with Review of the Literature

    • Edward F. Nash
    • Anne Stephenson
    • Peter R. Durie

    Case Report 16 June 2011 Pages: 3695 - 3700

    

40. Biliary Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy Real-Time Detection of Cholangiocarcinoma

    • Jennifer Chennat
    • Vani J. A. Konda
    • Irving Waxman

    Case Report 22 June 2011 Pages: 3701 - 3706

    

41. Make the Right Choice on Primary Treatments for Salvage Liver Transplantation Strategy

    • Hongyu Li
    • Bo Li

    Correspondence 17 June 2011 Pages: 3707 - 3708