1. Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors

   • Yasuhisa Shinomura
   • Kazuo Kinoshita
   • Seiichi Hirota

   Review Pages: 775 - 780

2. Altered localization and expression of tight-junction proteins in a rat model with chronic acid reflux esophagitis

   • Daisuke Asaoka
   • Hiroto Miwa
   • Nobuhiro Sato

   OriginalPaper Pages: 781 - 790

3. Characteristics of symptomatic GERD in Japanese patients based on 24-h pH monitoring

   • Nobuo Omura
   • Hideyuki Kashiwagi
   • Katsuhiko Yanaga

   OriginalPaper Pages: 791 - 795

4. Relationship between IL-1β gene polymorphism and gastric mucosal IL-1β levels in patients with Helicobacter pylori infection

   • Jiang Xuan
   • Ryuzo Deguchi
   • Atsushi Takagi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 796 - 801

5. Interleukin-17 augments tumor necrosis factor-α-induced granulocyte and granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor release from human colonic myofibroblasts

   • Akira Andoh
   • Hirofumi Yasui
   • Yoshihide Fujiyama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 802 - 810

6. Arterial hypoxemia and intrapulmonary vasodilatation in rat models of portal hypertension

   • Yasumi Katsuta
   • Xue-Jun Zhang
   • Teruo Takano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 811 - 819

7. Hypertransaminasemia in childhood as a marker of genetic liver disorders

   • Raffaele Iorio
   • Angela Sepe
   • Angela Vegnente

   OriginalPaper Pages: 820 - 826

8. Prevalence of ischemic enterocolitis in patients with acute pancreatitis

   • Yoshihisa Takahashi
   • Jun-ichi Fukushima
   • Shigeo Mori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 827 - 832

9. Safety and efficacy of therapy with botulinum toxin in obesity: a pilot study

   • Giovanni Albani
   • Maria Letizia Petroni
   • Laila Cattani

   Rapid communication Pages: 833 - 835

10. Anorectal malignant melanoma: preoperative usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging

    • Hiroyoshi Matsuoka
    • Akihisa Nakamura
    • Tadahiko Masaki

    Case report Pages: 836 - 842

11. Deep infiltrative low-grade MALT (mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue) colonic lymphomas that regressed as a result of antibiotic administration: endoscopic ultrasound evaluation

    • Yosuke Kikuchi
    • Toshiyuki Matsui
    • Kensaburo Imamura

    Case report Pages: 843 - 847

12. Disappearance of HCV after cessation of immunosuppression in a patient with ulcerative colitis and renal transplantation

    • Hidenari Nagai
    • Katsuhiko Matsumaru
    • Kazumasa Miki

    Case report Pages: 848 - 853

13. Inflammatory tumor in pancreas: a novel complication after endoscopic injection of cyanoacrylate for gastric fundal varices

    • Akio Matsumoto
    • Kengo Takimoto
    • Hideto Inokuchi

    Letters to the editor Pages: 854 - 854

14. Letters to the editor

    • Takahiro Sato

    Letters to the editor Pages: 854 - 855

15. Examination of changes in TGF-β1 and KL-6 expression over time in patients with chronic hepatitis C by AT-II receptor blocker therapy

    • Takeshi Kurihara
    • Atsushi Maeda
    • Katsuko Yamashita

    Letters to the editor Pages: 855 - 856

16. Colitis and colony-stimulating factors (CSFs): is stimulation of innate immunity through CSFs really effective for the treatment of chronic colitis?

    • Kazuyoshi Nagayama
    • Mamoru Watanabe

    Editorial Pages: 857 - 858

17. Hypertransaminasemia: the end of a thread

    • Akira Matsui

    Editorial Pages: 859 - 860