Annals ofGastroenterology & Hepatology

Volume: 3 - Number: 30 - December 15, 2005

Outstanding

Bile secretory function in the obese Zucker rat: evidence of cholestasis and altered canalicular transport function

Tezosentan, an endothelin receptor antagonist, limits liver injury in endotoxin challenged cirrhotic rats

Depletion of intestinal resident macrophages prevents ischaemia reperfusion injury in gut

An unusual case of colitis

Colon cancer

Evidence for genetic predisposition to desmoid tumours in familial adenomatous polyposis independent of the germline APC mutation

Commentaries

Increased gut permeability in Crohn’s disease: is TNF the link?

Molecular diagnosis of pancreatobiliary malignancies in brush cytologies of biliary strictures

Digest

Digest

Editorial

Reflections on 2004 and plans for 2006

Esophagus

Lifestyle related risk factors in the aetiology of gastro-oesophageal reflux

What is the best management strategy for high grade dysplasia in Barrett’s oesophagus? A cost effectiveness analysis

Inflammatory bowel diseases

Human lymphocyte stimulation with pouchitis flora is greater than with flora from a healthy pouch but is suppressed by metronidazole

Clinical and subclinical intestinal inflammation assessed by the mucosal patch technique: studies of mucosal neutrophil and eosinophil activation in inflammatory bowel diseases and irritable bowel syndrome

Intestine

Acetylated sialic acid residues and blood group antigens localise within the epithelium in microvillous atrophy indicating internal accumulation of the glycocalyx

Depletion of intestinal resident macrophages prevents ischaemia reperfusion injury in gut

Citrulline increases arginine pools and restores nitrogen balance after massive intestinal resection

Liver

Bile secretory function in the obese Zucker rat: evidence of cholestasis and altered canalicular transport function

Tezosentan, an endothelin receptor antagonist, limits liver injury in endotoxin challenged cirrhotic rats

Influence of biliary cirrhosis on the detoxification and elimination of a food derived carcinogen

Miscellanea

An unusual case of colitis

Answer

Pancreas and biliary

Endoscopic retreatment of recurrent choledocholithiasis after sphincterotomy

Stomach

Cyclooxygenase 1 is required for pH control at the mouse gastric surface

Helicobacter pylori test and eradicate versus prompt endoscopy for management of dyspeptic patients: 6.7 year follow up of a randomised trial