Annals ofGastroenterology & Hepatology

Volume: 3 - Number: 28 - October 15, 2005

Outstanding

Oesophageal cancer and gastro-oesophageal reflux: what is the relationship?

East meets West: infection, nerves, and mast cells in the irritable bowel syndrome

Risk of oesophageal cancer in Barrett’s oesophagus and gastro-oesophageal reflux

Clinical significance of azathioprine active metabolite concentrations in inflammatory bowel disease

Coeliac disease

Regulation of the T helper cell type 1 transcription factor T-bet in coeliac disease mucosa

Commentaries

Oesophageal cancer and gastro-oesophageal reflux: what is the relationship?

T helper cell polarisation in coeliac disease: any (T-)bet ?

East meets West: infection, nerves, and mast cells in the irritable bowel syndrome

Digest

Digest

Esophagus

Risk of oesophageal cancer in Barrett’s oesophagus and gastro-oesophageal reflux

Helicobacter pylori

Effect of Th1 cytokines on acid secretion in pharmacologically characterised mouse gastric glands

Cytokine gene polymorphisms influence mucosal cytokine expression, gastric inflammation, and host specific colonisation during Helicobacter pylori infection

Inflammatory bowel diseases

Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody (ASCA) positivity is associated with increased risk for early surgery in Crohn’s disease

Clinical significance of azathioprine active metabolite concentrations in inflammatory bowel disease

Measurement of vitamin D levels in inflammatory bowel disease patients reveals a subset of Crohn’s disease patients with elevated 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and low bone mineral density

Irritable bowel syndrome

Bacillary dysentery as a causative factor of irritable bowel syndrome and its pathogenesis

Altered visceral perceptual and neuroendocrine response in patients with irritable bowel syndrome during mental stress

Miscellanea

A calcified caecal mass

EDITOR’S QUIZ: GI SNAPSHOT

A male with a pelvic mass

EDITOR’S QUIZ: GI SNAPSHOT

An unusual case of abdominal pain

EDITOR’S QUIZ: GI SNAPSHOT

Principal's Articles

Effects of growth factors and receptor blockade on gastrointestinal cancer

Small intestinal

Chemical nociception in the jejunum induced by capsaicin