Colon cancer
Aetiology of colorectal cancer and relevance of monogenic inheritance
Regulation of epidermal growth factor receptor in human colon cancer cell lines by interferon
Commentaries
Helicobacter pylori infection and long term proton pump inhibitor therapy
Helminths and harmony
Do steroids ameliorate bile acid malabsorption in Crohn’s disease?
Conference report
Treatment of hepatitis C. The 2002 French consensus
Westernisation of gastrointestinal diseases in Asia
Digest
Digest
Esophagus
Cure of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with reflux oesophagitis treated with long term omeprazole reverses gastritis without exacerbation of reflux disease: results of a randomised controlled trial
Expression of cyclooxygenase 2, microsomal prostaglandin E synthase 1, and EP receptors is increased in rat oesophageal squamous cell dysplasia and Barrett’s metaplasia induced by duodenal contents reflux
GI snapshot
Self inflicted rectal ulcer: hearing is believing
GI SNAPSHOT
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Human ileal bile acid transporter gene ASBT (SLC10A2) is transactivated by the glucocorticoid receptor
Reversal of abnormal collagen production in Crohn’s disease intestinal biopsies treated with regenerating agents
Systemic antibodies towards mucosal bacteria in ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease differentially activate the innate immune response
Concurrent infection with Schistosoma mansoni attenuates inflammation induced changes in colonic morphology, cytokine levels, and smooth muscle contractility of trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid induced colitis in rats
Once daily high dose probiotic therapy (VSL#3) for maintaining remission in recurrent or refractory pouchitis
Leading articles
Dysbiosis in inflammatory bowel disease
Liver
Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial of interferon, ribavirin, and amantadine versus interferon, ribavirin, and placebo in treatment naïve patients with chronic hepatitis C
Cholesterol synthesis inhibition distal to squalene upregulates biliary phospholipid secretion and counteracts cholelithiasis in the genetically prone C57L/J mouse
Occasional viewpoint
Monitoring target reduction in hepatic venous pressure gradient during pharmacological therapy of portal hypertension: a close look at the evidence
Recent advances in basic science
ABC of oral bioavailability: transporters as gatekeepers in the gut
Short report
Undiagnosed coeliac disease does not appear to be associated with unfavourable outcome of pregnancy
Small intestinal
Lysine kinetics in preterm infants: the importance of enteral feeding
Ferroportin/IREG-1/MTP-1/SLC40A1 modulates the uptake of iron at the apical membrane of enterocytes
Intracellular potentiation between two second messenger systems may contribute to cholera toxin induced intestinal secretion in humans
A novel method for rapidly diagnosing the causes of diarrhoea
Acute dehydrating disease caused by Vibrio cholerae serogroups O1 and O139 induce increases in innate cells and inflammatory mediators at the mucosal surface of the gut
Stomach
Long term outcome of patients with gastric marginal zone B cell lymphoma of mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) following exclusive Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy: experience from a large prospective series
