Annals ofGastroenterology & Hepatology

Volume: 5 - Number: 43 - January 15, 2007

Outstanding

Combined PET/CT colonography: is this the way forward?

Prostaglandins and cáncer

Steatosis in chronic hepatitis: What is the matter?

Mucosal prolapse in the pathogenesis of Peutz-Jeghers polyposis

Colorectal cancer

Effect of physical activity and body size on survival after diagnosis with colorectal cancer

Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 and macrophage cyclooxygenase 2 expression in colonic adenoma

Whole body positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) tumour staging with integrated PET/CT colonography: technical feasibility and first experiences in patients with colorectal cancer

Commentaries

Combined PET/CT colonography: is this the way forward?

Is thiopurine therapy in ulcerative colitis as effective as in Crohn’s disease?

Pancreatic stellate cells: new kids become mature

Survival in colorectal cancer: impact of body mass and exercise

Digest

Digest

Esophagus

Bile acids directly augment caudal related homeobox gene Cdx2 expression in oesophageal keratinocytes in Barrett’s epithelium

Inflammatory bowel disease

Randomised controlled trial of azathioprine and 5-aminosalicylic acid for treatment of steroid dependent ulcerative colitis

Leading articles

Mucosal prolapse in the pathogenesis of Peutz-Jeghers polyposis

Liver

Dose dependent and divergent effects of superoxide anion on cell death, proliferation, and migration of activated human hepatic stellate cells

Predictive value of arterial ammonia for complications and outcome in acute liver failure

Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 are differentially involved in Fas dependent apoptosis in Peyer’s patch and the liver at an early stage after bile duct ligation in mice

Miscellanea

A rare cause of diuretic refractory ascites

Editor's quiz: GI Snapshot

Editor's quiz: GI Snapshot

Editor's quiz: GI Snapshot

Gastrointestinal bleeding: don’t overlook the role of the pancreas

Hypervascular pancreatic mass

Rectal bleeding and abdominal mass

Neuroenterology

Attenuation of acid induced oesophagitis in VR-1 deficient mice

Neuroenterology

The role of glial cells and apoptosis of enteric neurones in the neuropathology of intractable slow transit constipation

Pancreatitis

Echo enhanced ultrasound: a new valid initial imaging approach for severe acute pancreatitis

Vitamin A inhibits pancreatic stellate cell activation: implications for treatment of pancreatic fibrosis

Recent advances in basic science

Prostaglandins and cáncer

Recent advances in clinical practice

Steatosis in chronic hepatitis: What is the matter?

Stomach

Novel action of gastric proton pump inhibitor on suppression of Helicobacter pylori induced angiogenesis