1. Emerging cellular and molecular themes in pancreatic cancer research

   • Raul Urrutia

   Editor’s Note Pages: 1 - 4

2. Cell growth and metastasis in pancreatic cancer

   • Daniel D. Billadeau

   Review Article Pages: 5 - 13

3. Novel protein kinases in pancreatic cell growth and cancer

   • Thomas Seufferlein

   Review Article Pages: 15 - 21

4. Chemokines

   • Karen E. Hedin

   Review Article Pages: 23 - 29

5. Signaling from novel splice variants of hormone receptors in cancer

   • Wei-Qun Ding
   • Laurence J. Miller

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 39

6. TGFβ-induced fibrogenesis of the pancreas

   • Andre Menke
   • Guido Adler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 46

7. Smad4 transcriptional pathways and angiogenesis

   • Irmgard Schwarte-Waldhoff
   • Wolff Schmiegel

   Review Article Pages: 47 - 59

8. TGFβ-regulated transcriptional mechanisms in cancer

   • Volker Ellenrieder
   • Anita Buck
   • Thomas M. Gress

   Review Article Pages: 61 - 69

9. NF-κB/Rel transcriptional pathway

   • Hana Algül
   • Guido Adler
   • Roland M. Schmid

   Review Article Pages: 71 - 78

10. Regulation of epithelial cell growth by ZBP-89

    • Longchuan Bai
    • Craig Logsdon
    • Juanita L. Merchant

    Review Article Pages: 79 - 88

11. Expression of the stress-associated protein p8 is a requisite for tumor development

    • Juan L. Iovanna

    Review Article Pages: 89 - 98

12. BRCA2 and pancreatic cancer

    • Ali Naderi
    • Fergus J. Couch

    Review Article Pages: 99 - 106

13. Translational control of protein synthesis in pancreatic acinar cells

    • Maria Dolors Sans
    • John A. Williams

    Review Article Pages: 107 - 115

14. Successful pre-operative diagnosis of malignant intraductal papillary mucinous tumor of the pancreas by detecting telomerase activity

    • Yoshiaki Murakami
    • Takashi Yokoyama
    • Taijiro Sueda

    Case Report Pages: 117 - 121

15. The specificity of amylin for the diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma

    • Randall E. Brand
    • Xian-Zhong Ding
    • Thomas E. Adrian

    Research Article Pages: 123 - 128

16. Clinical implication of anti-p53 antibodies and p53-protein in pancreatic disease

    • Gakuji Ohshio
    • Hirofumi Suwa
    • Masayuki Imamura

    Research Article Pages: 129 - 135

17. Ethnic disparity of pancreatic cancer in New Zealand

    • Anthony R. J. Phillips
    • Carlene M. M. Lawes
    • John A. Windsor

    Review Article Pages: 137 - 145

18. Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 protein in colorectal carcinomas

    • Young-Eun Joo
    • Hyun-Soo Kim
    • Sei-Jong Kim

    Research Article Pages: 147 - 154

19. Differences in plasma gastrin, CEA, and CA 19-9 concentration in patients with proximal and distal colorectal cancer

    • Grzegorz Bombski
    • Anita Gasiorowska
    • Ewa Malecka-Panas

    Research Article Pages: 155 - 163

20. Bacterial antigen-induced release of white cell- and platelet-derived bioactive substances in vitro

    • Janne H. Hammer
    • Tommie Mynster
    • Hans J. Nielsen

    Research Article Pages: 165 - 179

21. EUS may have limited impact on the endoscopic management of gastric carcinoids

    • Jesse Lachter
    • Joseph Chemtob

    Case Report Pages: 181 - 183

22. Pedunculated early carcinoma of supra-ampullary duodenum presenting as acute pancreatitis

    • Yasuo Okamoto
    • Masatoshi Fujii
    • Yoshinori Okabayashi

    Case Report Pages: 185 - 189

23. Minute invasive ductal carcinoma of the residual pancreas after distal pancreatectomy for intraductal papillary-mucinous tumor

    • Toshiyuki Moriya
    • Wataru Kimura
    • Akira Fuse

    Case Report Pages: 191 - 197