1. Casting off the image of a “Local” journal to embrace a more international audience: The new Journal of Gastroenterology

   • Tsuneyoshi Yao

   Foreword Pages: I - I

2. Significance of modes of adherence in esophagealCandida albicans

   • Kazunori Hoshika
   • Hiroko Mine

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 5

3. Amyloid deposition in the digestive tract in casein-induced experimental amyloidosis in mice

   • Yutaka Kobayashi
   • Yutaka Shimada
   • Katsutoshi Terasawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 6 - 14

4. Evaluation of diamine oxidase activity (DAO) in the rat intestinal mucosa by measuring expired¹⁴CO₂ after oral administration of¹⁴C-putrescine

   • Tadao Bamba
   • Akira Sasaki
   • Shiro Hosoda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 18

5. Clinical significance of serum iron and ferritin in patients with colorectal cancer

   • Teruyuki Kishida
   • Jun Sato
   • Masafumi Kobayashi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 23

6. Regulation of asialoglycoprotein receptor synthesis by inflammation-related cytokines in HepG2 cells

   • Reiji Nakaya
   • Yutaka Kohgo
   • Yoshiro Niitsu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 24 - 30

7. Effects of glucagon on urinary excretion of urea and on plasma ammonia level in argininosuccinate synthetase deficiency

   • Shinji Tamura
   • Sumio Kawata
   • Yuji Matsuzawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 34

8. Immunohistochemical characterization of a monoclonal antibody to hyperplastic nodules induced in rat liver by chemical carcinogens

   • Fumie Kurokawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 40

9. Small hepatocellular carcinoma with intravascular tumor growth into the right atrium

   • Hideya Noguchi
   • Kenji Hirai
   • Kyuichi Tanikawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 46

10. Effects of pravastatin and ursodeoxycholic acid on cholesterol and bile acid metabolism in patients with cholesterol gallstones

    • Shuichiro Okamoto
    • Kenji Nakano
    • Syoji Kuroki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 55

11. Clinicopathological study of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) of hepatocytes in primary biliary cirrhosis

    • Minoru Shibata
    • Masashi Watanabe
    • Makoto Enomoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 56 - 60

12. Incidence and pathogenesis of villous tumors of the gallbladder, and their relation to cancer

    • Wataru Kimura
    • Tetsuichro Muto
    • Yukiyoshi Esaki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 65

13. Alpha-fetoprotein-producing early gastric cancer accompanying liver cirrhosis: A case report

    • Yasuhiro Umekawa
    • Makoto Watanabe
    • Yoshihiro Shimada

    OriginalPaper Pages: 66 - 70

14. A case of appendiceal cancer metastatic to the stomach with pseudomyxoma peritonei

    • Taku Miyashita
    • Etsuo Hoshino
    • Hideo Miyashita

    OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 75

15. A case of Crohn's disease limited to the appendix, showing a portentous ultrasonographic finding

    • Kouki Masuo
    • Akira Yasui
    • Kazuhide Kumagai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 76 - 79

16. Spontaneous passage of a colon cast in the absence of abdominal aneurysm

    • Hitoshi Yoshiji
    • Dai Nakae
    • Yoichi Konishi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 80 - 83

17. Ulcerative colitis associated with Weber-Christian panniculitis and musculitis: A case report

    • Mutsumi Nozue
    • Atsushi Ono
    • Noboru Goto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 84 - 87

18. A case of allergic liver injury induced by tegafur

    • Masaru Baba
    • Teruo Shima
    • Itsuo Kusano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 88 - 92

19. The effect of OP-2507, a prostacyclin analogue, on endotoxin-induced extensive hepatic necrosis in rats following partial hepatectomy

    • Keisuke Hamazaki
    • Tomohiro Kato
    • Kunzo Orita

    Rapid Communication Pages: 93 - 93

20. Plasma levels of mevalonate and 7α-hydroxy-4-cholestene-3-one in cholesterol gallstone disease and their etiological significance

    • Junichi Shoda
    • Bing -fang He
    • Toshiaki Osuga

    Rapid Communication Pages: 94 - 94

21. Angiomyolipoma of the liver: A collective review

    • Akitaka Nonomura
    • Yuji Mizukami
    • Masumi Kadoya

    OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 105

22. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 106 - 113