Annals ofGastroenterology & Hepatology

Volume: 3 - Number: 27 - September 15, 2005

Outstanding

Prevention of critical telomere shortening by oestradiol in human normal hepatic cultured cells and carbon tetrachloride induced rat liver fibrosis

Epidemiology of appendicectomy in primary sclerosing cholangitis and ulcerative colitis: its influence on the clinical behaviour of these diseases

The CD40/CD40L costimulatory pathway in inflammatory bowel disease

New thoughts on managing obesity

Cases Reports

Nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver and coeliac disease: potential role of IgA anticardiolipin antibody

Editor´s quiz: GI Snapshot

An unusual case of bowel obstruction

Editor’s quiz: GI Snapshot

An unusual treatment for a colonic polyp

Editor’s quiz: GI Snapshot

Inflammatory bowel disease

Leptin receptor expression on T lymphocytes modulates chronic intestinal inflammation in mice

Epidemiology of appendicectomy in primary sclerosing cholangitis and ulcerative colitis: its influence on the clinical behaviour of these diseases

Genome wide scan in a Flemish inflammatory bowel disease population: support for the IBD4 locus, population heterogeneity, and epistasis

Deficient host-bacteria interactions in inflammatory bowel disease? The toll-like receptor (TLR)-4 Asp299gly polymorphism is associated with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis

Irritable bowel syndrome

Effect of a corticotropin releasing hormone receptor antagonist on colonic sensory and motor function in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

Liver

Prevention of critical telomere shortening by oestradiol in human normal hepatic cultured cells and carbon tetrachloride induced rat liver fibrosis

Endothelin receptor antagonist TAK-044 arrests and reverses the development of carbon tetrachloride induced cirrhosis in rats

Increased prevalence of fatty liver in arterial hypertensive patients with normal liver enzymes: role of insulin resistance

Recent advances in basic science

The CD40/CD40L costimulatory pathway in inflammatory bowel disease

Recent advances in clinical practice

New thoughts on managing obesity

Review

Gastro-oesophageal reflux monitoring: review and consensus report on detection and definitions of acid, non-acid, and gas reflux

Small intestinal

A microarray screen for novel candidate genes in coeliac disease pathogenesis

Serotonin and vasoactive intestinal peptide antagonists attenuate rotavirus diarrhoea