Annals ofGastroenterology & Hepatology

Volume: 4 - Number: 34 - April 15, 2006

Outstanding

Microbes, immunoregulation, and the gut

Association of Helicobacter species with hepatitis C cirrhosis with or without hepatocellular carcinoma

A rare case of hypalbuminaemic oedema

An unusual cause of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage

Colon cancer

Differential gene expression in colon cancer of the caecum versus the sigmoid and rectosigmoid

Digest

Digest

Gut motility

Inhibition of Rho kinase modulates radiation induced fibrogenic phenotype in intestinal smooth muscle cells through alteration of the cytoskeleton and connective tissue growth factor expression

Impaired reflex control of intestinal gas transit in patients with abdominal bloating

Helicobacter pylori

The polymorphism interleukin 8 –251 A/T influences the susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori related gastric diseases in the Japanese population

Inflammation

Amelioration of 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid induced colitis in angiotensinogen gene knockout mice

Inflammatory bowel diseases

Environmental risk factors in paediatric inflammatory bowel diseases: a population based case control study

Calprotectin is a stronger predictive marker of relapse in ulcerative colitis than in Crohn’s disease

Small bowel involvement in Crohn’s disease: a prospective comparison of wireless capsule endoscopy and computed tomography enteroclysis

Liver

Association of Helicobacter species with hepatitis C cirrhosis with or without hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatitis C reactivation in patients with chronic infection with genotypes 1b and 2c: a retrospective cohort study of 206 untreated patients

Miscellanea

A rare case of hypalbuminaemic oedema

EDITOR’S QUIZ: GI SNAPSHOT

An unusual cause of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage

EDITOR’S QUIZ: GI SNAPSHOT

Postprandial abdominal pain, megaloblastic anaemia, and severe weight loss in an 80 year old man

EDITOR’S QUIZ: GI SNAPSHOT

Pancres

Bacterial biofilm within diseased pancreatic and biliary tracts

Principal's Articles

Microbes, immunoregulation, and the gut

Recent advances in basic science

Apoptosis and colorectal cancer

Value of genetic testing in the management of pancreatitis