Gastroenterology
ISSN: 0016-5085
 

Editorial Board • EDITORIAL BOARD
Page A4
 

Table of contents • CONTENTS LIST
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Information for authors and readers • MISCELLANEOUS
Pages A15-A16
 

Forthcoming articles 1 • MISCELLANEOUS
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Forthcoming articles 2 • MISCELLANEOUS
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Forthcoming articles 3 • MISCELLANEOUS
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Forthcoming articles 4 • MISCELLANEOUS
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Style guide • MISCELLANEOUS
Pages A41-A43
 

Copyright Assignment, Authorship Responsibility, NIH Funding, Financial Disclosure, Institutional Review Board/Animal Care Committee Approval, and Sponsorship • MISCELLANEOUS
Page A44
 

Manuscript descriptor form • MISCELLANEOUS
Page A48
 

Instructions to Authors • MISCELLANEOUS
Pages A50-A55
 

This Month in Gastroenterology • DISCUSSION
Pages 1-3
Jan Tack and John M. Carethers
 

Gastroenterology and Hepatology News

Richard M. Peek, Jr, MD • ARTICLE
Page 4
Anil K. Rustgi
 

NIH Appoints Members to National Commission on Digestive Diseases • ARTICLE
Pages 4-5
Les Lang
 

Support for GI Research a Priority for AGA Institute President • ARTICLE
Pages 5-6
Les Lang
 

K. Rajender Reddy, MD • ARTICLE
Page 6
Anil K. Rustgi
 

CDC Points to Higher Prevalence of Chronic HBV Infection Among Asian/Pacific Islanders • ARTICLE
Page 7
Les Lang
 

US Prevalence of HCV Infection Remains Substantial • ARTICLE
Pages 7-8
Les Lang
 

Biographical sketch
 

Fitz-Hugh and Curtis of the Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome • PERSONAL REPORT
Page 8
William S. Haubrich

Comment from the editor

Welcome to Gastroenterology’s New Team • EDITORIAL
Pages 9-10
Anil K. Rustgi
 

Imaging and Advanced Technology
 

Take NOTES (Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery) • ARTICLE
Pages 11-12
Michael B. Wallace
 

Clinical Challenges and Images in GI
 

Clinical Challenges and Images in GI: David A. Katzka, MD and David L. Jaffe, MD, Section Editors • DISCUSSION
Pages 13-337
Chien–Lin Chen, Andy Shau–Bin Chou and Cheng–Hui Chiu
 

Clinical - Alimentary Tract
 

Hedgehog Signal Activation in Gastric Pit Cell and in Diffuse-Type Gastric Cancer • ARTICLE
Pages 14-29
Masahide Fukaya, Noriyuki Isohata, Hiroyuki Ohta, Kazuhiko Aoyagi, Takahiro Ochiya, Norihisa Saeki, Kazuyoshi Yanagihara, Yukihiro Nakanishi, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Hiromi Sakamoto et al.
 

Hyperplastic Polyposis Syndrome: Phenotypic Presentations and the Role of MBD4 and MYH • ARTICLE
Pages 30-39
Elizabeth Chow, Lara Lipton, Elly Lynch, Rebecca D’Souza, Clelia Aragona, Lindy Hodgkin, Gregor Brown, Ingrid Winship, Melissa Barker, Daniel Buchanan et al.
 

Proportion of De Novo Cancers Among Colorectal Cancers in Japan • ARTICLE
Pages 40-46
Hideyo Goto, Yasushi Oda, Yoshitaka Murakami, Tomofumi Tanaka, Kiwamu Hasuda, Sayoko Goto, Yutaka Sasaki, Shotaro Sakisaka and Masahiro Hattori
 

Transcytosis of IgE–Antigen Complexes by CD23a in Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Its Role in Food Allergy • ARTICLE
Pages 47-58
Hongxing Li, Anna Nowak–Wegrzyn, Zachary Charlop–Powers, Wayne Shreffler, Mirna Chehade, Sunil Thomas, Giulia Roda, Stephanie Dahan, Kirk Sperber and M. Cecilia Berin
 

Clinical - Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract
 

Kinetics and Risk of De Novo Hepatitis B Infection in HBsAg–Negative Patients Undergoing Cytotoxic Chemotherapy • ARTICLE
Pages 59-68
Chee–Kin Hui, Winnie W.W. Cheung, Hai–Ying Zhang, Wing–Yan Au, Yui–Hung Yueng, Anskar Y.H. Leung, Nancy Leung, John M. Luk,Albert K.W. Lie, Yok–Lam Kwong et al.
 

Hepatopulmonary Syndrome in Patients With Hypoxic Hepatitis • ARTICLE
Pages 69-75
Valentin Fuhrmann, Christian Madl, Christian Mueller, Ulrike Holzinger, Reinhard Kitzberger, Georg–Christian Funk and Peter Schenk
 

 Clinical and Therapeutic Implications of Hepatitis C Virus Compartmentalization • ARTICLE
Pages 76-84
Gaëtana Di Liberto, Anne–Marie Roque–Afonso, Rachid Kara, Delphine Ducoulombier, Guillaume Fallot, Didier Samuel and Cyrille Feray
 

Basic - Alimentary tract
 

Does Cross-Reactivity Between Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis and Human Intestinal Antigens Characterize Crohn’s Disease? • ARTICLE
Pages 85-96
Dimitrios Polymeros, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos, Richard Day, Dimitryi Arioli, Diego Vergani and Alastair Forbes
 

Ligand-Induced 5-HT₃ Receptor Internalization in Enteric Neurons in Rat Ileum • ARTICLE
Pages 97-107
Samara L. Freeman, Jorg Glatzle, Carla S. Robin, Melissa Valdellon, Catia Sternini, James W. Sharp and Helen E. Raybould
 

Rho Kinase as a Novel Molecular Therapeutic Target for Hypertensive Internal Anal Sphincter • ARTICLE
Pages 108-116
Satish Rattan, Marcio A.F. De Godoy and Chirag A. Patel
 

Muc2-Deficient Mice Spontaneously Develop Colitis, Indicating That MUC2 Is Critical for Colonic Protection • ARTICLE
Pages 117-129
Maria Van der Sluis, Barbara A.E. De Koning, Adrianus C.J.M. De Bruijn, Anna Velcich, Jules P.P. Meijerink, Johannes B. Van Goudoever, Hans A. Büller, Jan Dekker, Isabelle Van Seuningen, Ingrid B. Renes and Alexandra W.C. Einerhand
 

IL-13 Receptor α2 Promotes Epithelial Cell Regeneration From Radiation–Induced Small Intestinal Injury in Mice • ARTICLE
Pages 130-141
Rei Kawashima, Yuki I. Kawamura, Rie Kato, Noriko Mizutani, Noriko Toyama–Sorimachi and Taeko Dohi
 

Carbonic Anhydrases and Mucosal Vanilloid Receptors Help Mediate the Hyperemic Response to Luminal CO₂ in Rat Duodenum • ARTICLE
Pages 142-152
Yasutada Akiba, Sara Ghayouri, Tetsu Takeuchi, Misa Mizumori, Paul H. Guth, Eli Engel, Erik R. Swenson and Jonathan D. Kaunitz
 

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor–Mediated Proliferation of Enterocytes Requires p21^waf1/cip1 Expression • ARTICLE
Pages 153-164
George Sheng, Kathryn Q. Bernabe, Jun Guo and Brad W. Warner
 

Basic - Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract

c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase Plays a Major Role in Murine Acetaminophen Hepatotoxicity • ARTICLE
Pages 165-178
Basuki K. Gunawan, Zhang–Xu Liu, Derick Han, Naoko Hanawa, William A. Gaarde and Neil Kaplowitz
 

Deletion of the SOCS3 Gene in Liver Parenchymal Cells Promotes Hepatitis–Induced Hepatocarcinogenesis • ARTICLE
Pages 179-193
Hisanobu Ogata, Takashi Kobayashi, Takatoshi Chinen, Hiromi Takaki, Takahito Sanada, Yasumasa Minoda, Keiko Koga, Giichi Takaesu, Yoshihiko Maehara, Mitsuo Iida and Akihiko Yoshimura
 

Pregnane X Receptor Activators Inhibit Human Hepatic Stellate Cell Transdifferentiation In Vitro • ARTICLE
Pages 194-209
Emma L. Haughton, Steven J. Tucker, Carylyn J. Marek, Elaine Durward, Val Leel, Zainab Bascal, Tanya Monaghan, Matthew Koruth, Elaina Collie–Duguid, Derek A. Mann et al.
 

Evidence That Gallbladder Epithelial Mucin Enhances Cholesterol Cholelithogenesis in MUC1 Transgenic Mice • ARTICLE
Pages 210-222
Helen H. Wang, Nezam H. Afdhal, Sandra J. Gendler and David Q.–H. Wang
 

S–Adenosylmethionine Regulates Cytoplasmic HuR Via AMP–Activated Kinase • ARTICLE
Pages 223-232
María L. Martínez–Chantar, Mercedes Vázquez–Chantada, Marta Garnacho, M. Ujue Latasa, Marta Varela–Rey, Javier Dotor, Monica Santamaria, Luis A. Martínez–Cruz, Luis A. Parada, Shelly C. Lu and José M. Mato
 

 Clinical Management

Clinical Case: Chronic Constipation • ARTICLE
Pages 233-239
Michael A. Kamm
 

 Case Report
 

Hepatic Iron Overload Associated With a Decreased Serum Ceruloplasmin Level in a Novel Clinical Type of Aceruloplasminemia • ARTICLE
Pages 240-245
Satoshi Kono, Hitoshi Suzuki, Kazuo Takahashi, Yoshitomo Takahashi, Kentaro Shirakawa, Yohko Murakawa, Shuhei Yamaguchi and Hiroaki Miyajima
 

Microarrays and Other New Technologies
 

Gastric Inflammation, Metaplasia, and Tumor Development in Gastrin–Deficient Mice • ARTICLE
Pages 246-258
Lennart Friis–Hansen, Klaus Rieneck, Hans–Olof Nilsson, Torkel Wadström and Jens F. Rehfeld
 

Special Reports and Reviews

The Emerging Roles of Hydrogen Sulfide in the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver • ARTICLE
Pages 259-271
Stefano Fiorucci, Eleonora Distrutti, Giuseppe Cirino and John L. Wallace
 

New Concepts in Gastroenterology

NADPH Oxidase in the Liver: Defensive, Offensive, or Fibrogenic? • ARTICLE
Pages 272-275
Samuele De Minicis, Ramón Bataller and David A. Brenner
 

CME Activities

Continuing Medical Education Exams 1: July 2006 • MISCELLANEOUS
Pages 276-277
Michael B. Wallace
 

Continuing Medical Education Exams 2: July 2006 • MISCELLANEOUS
Page 277
Michael B. Wallace
 

American Gastroenterological Association Institute
 

American Gastroenterological Association Institute Medical Position Statement on the Use of Gastrointestinal Medications in Pregnancy • ARTICLE
Pages 278-282
Uma Mahadevan and Sunanda Kane
 

American Gastroenterological Association Institute Technical Review on the Use of Gastrointestinal Medications in Pregnancy • ARTICLE
Pages 283-311
Uma Mahadevan and Sunanda Kane
 

Editorials

In Search of Desire: Mimicry, MAP, and Crohn’s Disease • EDITORIAL
Pages 312-314
Jonathan Braun
 

Cell Death in the Liver—All Roads Lead to JNK • EDITORIAL
Pages 314-316
Robert F. Schwabe
 

SOC-ing It to Tumors: Suppressors of Cytokine Signaling as Tumor Repressors • EDITORIAL
Pages 317-319
P. Kay Lund and Rachael J. Rigby
 

Selected Summaries
 

Cirrhosis-associated mortality: Frankly, Scarlet, do we really make a damn? • DISCUSSION
Pages 320-322
Stephen D. Zucker
 

Esophageal impedance testing: Unraveling the mysteries of gastroesophageal reflux • DISCUSSION
Pages 322-323
Chandra Prakash and Sreenivasa Jonnalagadda
 

Chromoendoscopy: A new vision for colonoscopic surveillance in IBD • DISCUSSION
Pages 323-325
Francis A. Farraye and Paul C. Schroy III
 

Reply • DISCUSSION
Pages 325-326
David P. Hurlstone
 

Prophylactic gynecologic surgery in the Lynch syndrome: Is attacking the root of the problem the best way to solve it? • DISCUSSION
Pages 326-327
Antoni Castells
 

Double balloon enteroscopy: Wired technology meets wireless • DISCUSSION
Pages 327-329
Sreenivasa Jonnalagadda