Annals ofGastroenterology & Hepatology

Volume: 5 - Number: 46 - April 15, 2007

Outstanding

Effect of aging on bolus kinematics during the pharyngeal phase of swallowing

Experimental colitis in mice and sensitization of converging visceral and somatic afferent pathways

Influence of ghrelin on interdigestive gastrointestinal motility in humans

Functional and biochemical characterization of epithelial bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein

Colorectal cancer

A genome wide linkage analysis in Swedish families with hereditary non-familial adenomatous polyposis/non-hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer

Digest

Digest

Esophagus

Determinants of perception of heartburn and regurgitation

Gut motility

Influence of ghrelin on interdigestive gastrointestinal motility in humans

Hepatobiliary disease

Adaptive regulation of the ileal apical sodium dependent bile acid transporter (ASBT) in patients with obstructive cholestasis

Arterial hypertension in cirrhosis: arterial compliance, volume distribution, and central haemodynamics

Association of pretreatment serum interferon inducible protein 10 levels with sustained virological response to peginterferon plus ribavirin therapy in genotype 1 infected patients with chronic hepatitis C

Clinical features and prognosis of primary biliary cirrhosis associated with systemic sclerosis

Inflammation- immunity-mediators

Cyclical upregulated iNOS and long-term downregulated nNOS are the bases for relapse and quiescent phases in a rat model of IBD

Different effects of endotoxic shock on the respiratory function of liver and heart mitochondria in rats

Functional and biochemical characterization of epithelial bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein

Inflammatory bowel diseases

Clinical, microbiological, and immunological effects of fructo-oligosaccharide in patients with Crohn’s disease

Genetic basis for increased intestinal permeability in families with Crohn’s disease: role of CARD15 3020insC mutation?

Liver and Bile Ducts

Defects in cGMP-PKG pathway contribute to impaired NO-dependent responses in hepatic stellate cells upon activation

Fatty acid transport and metabolism in HepG2 cells

Liver fibrosis

Diagnosis of cirrhosis by transient elastography (FibroScan): a prospective study

Miscellanea

An unusual cause of gastric outlet obstruction

Answer

Answer

Answer

Chewing is an important first step in digestion

Inflammatory bowel disease—be aware of the mimics

Motility and neuroregulation

Effect of aging on bolus kinematics during the pharyngeal phase of swallowing

Experimental colitis in mice and sensitization of converging visceral and somatic afferent pathways

Mucosal biology

Involvement of cyclooxygenase-2 in gastric mucosal hypertrophy in gastrin transgenic mice