Immunosuppressive drugs in
ulcerative colitis: twisting facts
to suit theories?
B E Sands
Digest
Robin Spiller and Alastair Watson
An unusual cause of lower
gastrointestinal bleeding
G Lesur, M Kitzis, C Tresallet, I D
Centa, and P Lacombe
Chronic abdominal pain
aggravated by eating: diagnosis by
video capsule endoscopy
F Stenschke, A Nemetz, and H
Dancygier
EDITOR’S QUIZ: GI SNAPSHOT
Abdominal pain and
distension
A M Kaiser
An unusual cause of
epigastric pain in a diabetic
patient
C-C Lee, K-C Tsai, and C-M Fan
EDITOR’S QUIZ: GI SNAPSHOT
EDITOR’S QUIZ: GI SNAPSHOT
EDITOR’S QUIZ: GI SNAPSHOT
An unusual cause of subacute
intestinal obstruction
F K Y Cheung, W T Siu, P W Y Chiu,
and E K W Ng
EDITOR’S QUIZ: GI SNAPSHOT
Poet Laureate of Peebles
R A B Anderson
New British Society of
Gastroenterology (BSG) guidelines
for the diagnosis and management of
Barrett’s oesophagus
R J Playford
Interleukin 15: its role in
intestinal inflammation
D A van Heel
Histamine, mast cells, and
the enteric nervous system in the
irritable bowel syndrome, enteritis,
and food allergies
J D Wood
Crohn’s disease: why the
disparity in mortality?
E V Loftus, Jr
Roles of cyclooxygenase 2
and microsomal prostaglandin E
synthase 1 in rat acid reflux
oesophagitis
T Hayakawa, Y Fujiwara, M Hamaguchi,
T Sugawa, M Okuyama, E Sasaki, T
Watanabe, K Tominaga, N Oshitani, K
Higuchi, and T Arakawa
Accuracy of breath tests
using low doses of 13C-urea to
diagnose Helicobacter pylori
infection: a randomised controlled
trial
L Gatta, C Ricci, A Tampieri, J
Osborn, F Perna, V Bernabucci, and D
Vaira
Eradication of Helicobacter
pylori infection reverses E-cadherin
promoter hypermethylation
A O O Chan, J Z Peng, S K Lam, K C
Lai, M F Yuen, H K L Cheung, Y L
Kwong, A Rashid, C K Chan, and B C-Y
Wong
Epithelium derived
interleukin 15 regulates
intraepithelial lymphocyte Th1
cytokine production, cytotoxicity,
and survival in coeliac disease
A Di Sabatino, R Ciccocioppo, F
Cupelli, B Cinque, D Millimaggi, M M
Clarkson, M Paulli, M G Cifone, and
G R Corazza
Cross linking to tissue
transglutaminase and collagen
favours gliadin toxicity in coeliac
disease
W Dieterich, B Esslinger, D Trapp, E
Hahn, T Huff, W Seilmeier, H Wieser,
and D Schuppan
Antagonists and non-toxic
variants of the dominant wheat
gliadin T cell epitope in coeliac
disease
R P Anderson, D A van Heel, J A Tye-Din,
D P Jewell, and A V S Hill
Immune control of food
intake: enteroendocrine cells are
regulated by CD4+ T lymphocytes
during small intestinal inflammation
J R McDermott, F C Leslie, M
D’Amato, D G Thompson, R K Grencis,
and J T McLaughlin
Selective expression of
histamine receptors H1R, H2R, and
H4R, but not H3R, in the human
intestinal tract
L E Sander, A Lorentz, G Sellge, M
Coëffier, M Neipp, T Veres, T
Frieling, P N Meier, M P Manns, and
S C Bischoff
Infliximab for the treatment
of pyoderma gangrenosum: a
randomised, double blind, placebo
controlled trial
T N Brooklyn, M G S Dunnill, A
Shetty, J J Bowden, J D L Williams,
C E M Griffiths, A Forbes, R
Greenwood, and C S Probert
Crohn’s disease: increased
mortality 10 years after diagnosis
in a Europe-wide population based
cohort
F L Wolters, M G Russel, J
Sijbrandij, L J Schouten, S Odes, L
Riis, P Munkholm, P Bodini, C
O’Morain, I A Mouzas, E Tsianos, S
Vermeire, E Monteiro, C Limonard, M
Vatn, G Fornaciari, S Pereira, B
Moum, R W Stockbrügger on behalf of
the European Collaborative study
group on Inflammatory Bowel Disease
(EC-IBD)
Vanilloids in pancreatic
cancer: potential for chemotherapy
and pain management
M Hartel, F F di Mola, F Selvaggi, G
Mascetta, M N Wente, K Felix, N A
Giese, U Hinz, P Di Sebastiano, M W
Büchler, and H Friess
Non-response to antiviral
therapy is associated with obesity
and increased hepatic expression of
suppressor of cytokine signalling 3
(SOCS-3) in patients with chronic
hepatitis C, viral genotype 1
M J Walsh, J R Jonsson, M M
Richardson, G M Lipka, D M Purdie, A
D Clouston, and E E Powell
Four year follow up of
fatigue in a geographically defined
primary biliary cirrhosis patient
cohort
D E J Jones, N Bhala, J Burt, J
Goldblatt, M Prince, and J L Newton
Inducible nitric oxide
synthase activity contributes to the
regulation of peripheral vascular
tone in patients with cirrhosis and
ascites
J W Ferguson, A R Dover, S Chia, N L
M Cruden, P C Hayes, and D E Newby
In vivo imaging of cerebral
"peripheral benzodiazepine binding
sites" in patients with hepatic
encephalopathy
A Cagnin, S D Taylor-Robinson, D M
Forton, and R B Banati
Iron loading and morbidity
among relatives of HFE C282Y
homozygotes identified either by
population genetic testing or
presenting as patients
C A McCune, D Ravine, K Carter, H A
Jackson, D Hutton, J Hedderich, M
Krawczak, and M Worwood
JournalScan
Molecular insights into the
pathogenesis of hereditary
haemochromatosis
A Pietrangelo
An appraisal of the
histopathological assessment of
liver fibrosis
R A Standish, E Cholongitas, A
Dhillon, A K Burroughs, and A P
Dhillon
Optical coherence tomography
in the diagnosis of coeliac disease:
a preliminary report
E Masci, B Mangiavillano, L
Albarello, A Mariani, C Doglioni,
and P A Testoni
CARD15 allele frequency
differences in New Zealand Maori:
ancestry specific susceptibility to
Crohn’s disease in New Zealand?
R B Gearry, R A Lea, R L Roberts, G
K Chambers, M L Barclay, and M A
Kennedy
Risk of lymphoma:
inflammatory bowel disease and
immunomodulators
Y S Ang and R J Farrell
Acute intermittent porphyria
associated with hypoganglionosis in
a young adult
A Hadary, Y Dinai, G Shoshany, and J
C Cozacov
Cytomegalovirus colitis in
children with inflammatory bowel
disease
B Ghidini, M Bellaiche, D Berrebi, J
Viala, J P Hugot, J F Mougenot, A
Munck, M Peuchmaur, and J P Cezard
Reflux associated cough is
usually not associated with reflux:
role of reduced cough threshold •
Author’s reply
L Benini, M Ferrari, G Talamini, I
Vantini, L Dupont, K Blondeau, and D
Sifrim
Clearance mechanisms of the
aperistaltic oesophagus: the "pump
gun" hypothesis
R Tutuian, D Pohl, D O Castell, and
M Fried
Does a lower insulin
resistance affect antiviral therapy
response in patients suffering from
HCV related chronic hepatitis?
G Tarantino, P Conca, M Ariello, and
M Mastrolia
First report of a complete
pathological response of a pelvic
GIST treated with imatinib as
neoadjuvant therapy
M Salazar, A Barata, S André, J
Venâncio, I Francisco, M Cravo, and
C Nobre-Leitão
Germline epimutations of APC
are not associated with inherited
colorectal polyposis
M Hitchins, C Suter, J Wong, K
Cheong, N Hawkins, B Leggett, R
Scott, A Spigelman, I Tomlinson, D
Martin, and R Ward
Tablet induced dysphagia in
oesophageal cancer
C P Selinger and D G Clements
Risk of subsequent
development of gastric cancer in
patients with previous gastric
epithelial neoplasia
T Aoi, H Marusawa, T Sato, T Chiba,
and M Maruyama
Tumour
necrosis factor downregulation and
therapeutic response to infliximab
in a case of segmental colitis
associated with diverticula
C Hassan, A Zullo, E Ierardi, O
Burattini, V De Francesco, and S
Morini
Life threatening
intra-abdominal sepsis in patients
on anti-TNF-therapy
S Goode, G Tierney, and C Deighton
In vivo diagnosis of
collagenous colitis by confocal
endomicroscopy
R Kiesslich, A Hoffman, M Goetz, S
Biesterfeld, M Vieth, P R Galle, and
M F Neurath
