Telomere shortening as genetic risk factor of liver cirrhosis
Lucia Carulli;Department of Biomedical;Metabolic and Neural Sciences;University of Modena and Reggio Emilia;41126 Modena;Italy;

..............page:379-383

Role of the diet as a link between oxidative stress and liver diseases
Teresa Arrigo;Salvatore Leonardi;Caterina Cuppari;Sara Manti;Angela Lanzafame;Gabriella D’Angelo;Eloisa Gitto;Lucia Marseglia;Carmelo Salpietro;Department of Pediatric;Gynecological;Microbiological and Biomedical Sciences;University of Messina;98122 Messina;Italy;Department of Medical and Pediatrics Science;University of Catania;95123 Catania;Sicily;Italy;

..............page:384-395

Emerging concepts in liver graft preservation
Mohamed Bejaoui;Eirini Pantazi;Emma Folch-Puy;Pedro M Baptista;Agustín García-Gil;René Adam;Joan Roselló-Catafau;Experimental Hepatic Ischemia-Reperfusion Unit;Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona-Spanish National Research Council;Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas;08036 Barcelona;Catalonia;Spain;Universidad de Zaragoza;CIBER- ehd;Aragon Health Sciences Institute;50009 Zaragoza;Spain;AP-HP H?pital Paul Brousse;Centre Hépato-Biliaire;Université Paris-Sud Villejuif;75008 Paris;France;

..............page:396-407

Management of hepatitis C in patients with chronic kidney disease
Roberto J Carvalho-Filho;Ana Cristina CA Feldner;Antonio Eduardo B Silva;Maria Lucia G Ferraz;Division of Gastroenterology;Hepatology Section;Federal University of Sao Paulo;Sao Paulo;SP 04023-900;Brazil;

..............page:408-422

Magnetic resonance imaging based rectal cancer classification: Landmarks and technical standardization
Sami Alasari;Daero Lim;Nam Kyu Kim;Department of General Surgery;Section of Colorectal Surgery at Yonsei University;Severance Hospital;Seoul 120-527;South Korea;

..............page:423-431

Gastric foregut cystic developmental malformation: Case series and literature review
Yan-Hua Geng;Chang-Xing Wang;Jiang-Tao Li;Qing-Yu Chen;Xiu-Zhen Li;Hao Pan;Department of Pathology;Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University College of Medicine;Department of Osteology;Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine;Department of Surgery;Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University College of Medicine;Department of Gastroenterology;Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University College of Medicine;

..............page:432-438

Increased density of tolerogenic dendritic cells in the small bowel mucosa of celiac patients
Tamara Vorobjova;Oivi Uibo;Kaire Heilman;Raivo Uibo;Department of Immunology;Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine;University of Tartu;51014 Tartu;Estonia;Department of Pediatrics;University of Tartu;Tartu;Estonia;Children’s Clinic of Tartu University Hospital;51014 Tartu;Estonia;Department of Pediatrics;University of Tartu;Tartu;Estonia;Tallinn’s Children’s Hospital;13419 Tallinn;Estonia;

..............page:439-452

Aberrant Eph B/ephrin-B expression in experimental gastric lesions and tumor cells
Shintaro Uchiyama;Noritaka Saeki;Kazushige Ogawa;Department of Veterinary Anatomy;Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences;Osaka Prefecture University;Osaka 598-8531;Japan;

..............page:453-464

Butein effects in colitis and interleukin-6/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 expression
Sehe Dong Lee;Jung Wan Choe;Beom Jae Lee;Myoung Hee Kang;Moon Kyung Joo;Ji Hoon Kim;Jong Eun Yeon;Jong-Jae Park;Jae Seon Kim;Young-Tae Bak;Division of Gastroenterology;Department of Internal Medicine;Korea University Medical Center;Seoul 152-703;South Korea;

..............page:465-474

Chemokine ligand 20 enhances progression of hepatocellular carcinoma via epithelial-mesenchymal transition
Ke-Zhu Hou;Zhi-Qiang Fu;Hua Gong;Department of First General Surgery;Shidong Hospital;

..............page:475-483

Glucagon-like peptide-2 protects impaired intestinal mucosal barriers in obstructive jaundice rats
Jun Chen;Jia-Tian Dong;Xiao-Jing Li;Ye Gu;Zhi-Jian Cheng;Yuan-Kun Cai;Department of General Surgery;Shanghai Fifth People’s Hospital;Fudan University;Department of Pathology;Shanghai Fifth People’s Hospital;Fudan University;Clinical Base of Emergency;Shanghai Fifth People’s Hospital;Fudan University;

..............page:484-490

E2F-1 overexpression inhibits human gastric cancer MGC-803 cell growth in vivo
Wei-Yuan Wei;Lin-Hai Yan;Xiao-Tong Wang;Lei Li;Wen-Long Cao;Xiao-Shi Zhang;Ze-Xu Zhan;Han Yu;Yu-Bo Xie;Qiang Xiao;Department of Surgery;The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University;Department of Surgery;People’s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region;Department of Anaesthesiology;The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University;

..............page:491-501

Hepatitis B virus infection, diabetes mellitus, and their synergism for cholangiocarcinoma development: A casecontrol study in Korea
Ban Seok Lee;Eun-Cheol Park;Seung Woo Park;Chung Mo Nam;Jaehoon Roh;Department of Medicine;Graduate School;Yonsei University College of Medicine;Seoul 120-752;South Korea;Digestive Disease Center and Department of Internal Medicine;Cheju Halla General Hospital;Jeju 690-766;South Korea;Department of Preventive Medicine;Yonsei University College of Medicine;Seoul 120-752;South Korea;Institute of Health Services Research;Yonsei University College of Medicine;Seoul 120-752;South Korea;Department of Internal Medicine;Institute of Gastroenterology;Yonsei University College of Medicine;Seoul 120-752;South Korea;

..............page:502-510

miRNA-103: Molecular link between insulin resistance and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Qian Xu;Ying Li;Yong-Fang Shang;Hui-Ling Wang;Min-Xiu Yao;Department of Endocrinology;the Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Qingdao University;

..............page:511-516

Assessment of liver ablation using cone beam computed tomography
Mohamed Abdel-Rehim;Maxime Ronot;Annie Sibert;Valérie Vilgrain;Department of Radiology;APHP;University Hospitals Paris Nord Val de Seine;92110 Clichy;France;University Paris Diderot;Sorbonne Paris Cité;75012 Paris;France;INSERM U1149;Centre de Recherche Biomédicale Bichat-Beaujon;CRB3;75018 Paris;France;

..............page:517-524

Patient age and duration of colonoscopy are predictors for adenoma detection in both proximal and distal colon
Peter Klare;Stefan Ascher;Alexander Hapfelmeier;Petra Wolf;Analena Beitz;Roland M Schmid;Stefan von Delius;Ⅱ.Medizinische Klinik;Klinikum rechts der Isar;Technischen Universit?t München;81675 Munich;Germany;Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie;Klinikum rechts der Isar;Technische Universit?t München;81675 Munich;Germany;

..............page:525-532

Thrombomodulin in the management of acute cholangitisinduced disseminated intravascular coagulation
Keigo Suetani;Chiaki Okuse;Kazunari Nakahara;Yosuke Michikawa;Yohei Noguchi;Midori Suzuki;Ryo Morita;Nozomi Sato;Masaki Kato;Fumio Itoh;Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology;St.Marianna University;School of Medicine;Kawasaki 216-8511;Japan;

..............page:533-540

Mutations of pre-core and basal core promoter before and after hepatitis B e antigen seroconversion
Nozomi Kamijo;Akihiro Matsumoto;Takeji Umemura;Soichiro Shibata;Yuki Ichikawa;Takefumi Kimura;Michiharu Komatsu;Eiji Tanaka;Department of Medicine;Shinshu University School of Medicine;Matsumoto 390-8621;Japan;

..............page:541-548

Histological mixed-type as an independent prognostic factor in stageⅠgastric carcinoma
Shuhei Komatsu;Daisuke Ichikawa;Mahito Miyamae;Hiroki Shimizu;Hirotaka Konishi;Atsushi Shiozaki;Hitoshi Fujiwara;Kazuma Okamoto;Mitsuo Kishimoto;Eigo Otsuji;Division of Digestive Surgery;Department of Surgery;Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine;Kyoto 602-8566;Japan;Department of Surgical Pathology;Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine;Kyoto 602-8566;Japan;

..............page:549-555

Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of lymph node metastasis in early colorectal cancer
Joonsung Choi;Soon Nam Oh;Dong-Myung Yeo;Won Kyung Kang;Chan-Kwon Jung;Sang Woo Kim;Michael Yong Park;Department of Radiology;Seoul St.Mary’s Hospital;The Catholic University of Korea;Seoul 137-701;South Korea;Department of Surgery;Seoul St.Mary’s Hospital;The Catholic University of Korea;Seoul 137-701;South Korea;Department of Hospital Pathology;Seoul St.Mary’s Hospital;The Catholic University of Korea;Seoul 137-701;South Korea;Department of Internal Medicine;Seoul St.Mary’s Hospital;The Catholic University of Korea;Seoul 137-701;South Korea;

..............page:556-562

Impression of prognosis regarding pathologic stage after preoperative chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer
Kyungyeon Hwang;In Ja Park;Chang Sik Yu;Seok-Byung Lim;Jong Lyul Lee;Yong Sik Yoon;Chan Wook Kim;Jin Cheon Kim;Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery;University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center;Seoul 138-736;South Korea;

..............page:563-570

Clinicopathologic factors and molecular markers related to lymph node metastasis in early gastric cancer
Eun Hyo Jin;Dong Ho Lee;Sung-Ae Jung;Ki-Nam Shim;Ji Yeon Seo;Nayoung Kim;Cheol Min Shin;Hyuk Yoon;Hyun Chae Jung;Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute;Seoul National University College of Medicine;Seoul 110-744;South Korea;Department of Internal Medicine;Seoul National University Bundang Hospital;Gyeonggi-do 463-707;South Korea;Department of Internal Medicine;Ewha Womans University College of Medicine;Seoul 158-710;South Korea;

..............page:571-577

Submucosal tunneling and endoscopic resection of submucosal tumors at the esophagogastric junction
De-Jun Zhou;Zhen-Bo Dai;Malcolm M Wells;Dan-Lei Yu;Jing Zhang;Lei Zhang;Endoscopy Center;Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy;National Clinical Research Center for Cancer;Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital;Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology;Western University;Ontario;ON N6A 3K7;Canada;The Xiangya Medical School of Central-South University;Tianjin Medical University;Department of Thoracic Surgery;Tianjin Lung Cancer Center;Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy;National Clinical Research Center for Cancer;Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital;

..............page:578-583

Prophylaxis against hepatitis B virus recurrence after liver transplantation: A registry study
Shu Shen;Li Jiang;Guang-Qin Xiao;Lu-Nan Yan;Jia-Yin Yang;Tian-Fu Wen;Bo Li;Wen-Tao Wang;Ming-Qing Xu;Yong-Gang Wei;Liver Transplantation Center;Department of Liver Surgery;West China Hospital of Sichuan University;

..............page:584-592

Short turn radius colonoscope in an anatomical model: Retroflexed withdrawal and detection of hidden polyps
Sarah K Mc Gill;Shivangi Kothari;Shai Friedland;Ann Chen;Walter G Park;Subhas Banerjee;Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology;Stanford University School of Medicine;Stanford;CA 94305;United States;

..............page:593-599

Intervention to increase physical activity in irritable bowel syndrome shows long-term positive effects
Elisabet Johannesson;Gisela Ringstr?m;Hasse Abrahamsson;Riadh Sadik;Department of Internal Medicine;Institute of Medicine;Sahlgrenska Academy;University of Gothenburg;41345 G?teborg;Sweden;N?rh?lsan S?rhaga;Rehabilitation Unit;44183 Alings?s;Sweden;

..............page:600-608

Intraoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: A useful tool in the hands of the hepatobiliary surgeon
Ayman El Nakeeb;Ahmad M Sultan;Emad Hamdy;Ehab El Hanafy;Ehab Atef;Tarek Salah;Ahmed A El Geidie;Tharwat Kandil;Mohamed El Shobari;Gamal El Ebidy;Gastroenterology surgical center;Mansoura University;Daqahlia 35516;Egypt;

..............page:609-615

Copy number variations are progressively associated with the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer in ulcerative colitis
Bhadravathi Marigowda Shivakumar;Harish Rotti;Thanvanthri Gururajan Vasudevan;Aswath Balakrishnan;Sanjiban Chakrabarty;Ganesh Bhat;Lakshmi Rao;Cannanore Ganesh Pai;Kapaettu Satyamoorthy;Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology;Kasturba Medical College;Manipal University;Manipal 576104;India;School of Life Sciences;Manipal University;Manipal 576104;India;Department of Pathology;Kasturba Medical College;Manipal University;Manipal 576104;India;

..............page:616-622

Use of disposable graduated biopsy forceps improves accuracy of polyp size measurements during endoscopy
Hei-Ying Jin;Qiang Leng;National Center of Colorectal Surgery;the Third Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine;Jiangsu Integrated Colorectal Oncology Center;

..............page:623-628

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and atrophic gastritis in patients with dyspeptic symptoms in Myanmar
Thein Myint;Seiji Shiota;Ratha-korn Vilaichone;New Ni;Than Than Aye;Miyuki Matsuda;Trang Thi Huyen Tran;Tomohisa Uchida;Varocha Mahachai;Yoshio Yamaoka;Department of Gastroenterology;Yangon General Hospital and University of Medicine;Yangon 11131;Myanmar;Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine;Oita University Faculty of Medicine;Yufu-City;Oita 879-5593;Japan;Gastroenterology Unit;Department of Medicine;Thammasat University Hospital;Pathumthani 12120;Thailand;Department of Gastroenterology;Mandalay General Hospital and University of Medicine;Mandalay 4802;Myanmar;Department of Gastroenterology;Thingangyun Sanpya General Hospital and University of Medicine;Thingangyun 11071;Myanmar;Department of Molecular Pathology;Oita University Faculty of Medicine;Yufu-City;Oita 879-5593;Japan;GI and Liver Center;Bangkok Medical Center;Bangkok 10310;Thailand;Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology;Michael E.De Bakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine;Houston;TX 77030;United States;

..............page:629-636

Performance of American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy guidelines for dyspepsia in Saudi population: Prospective observational study
Nahla A Azzam;Majid A Almadi;Hessah Hamad Alamar;Lamis Atyah Almalki;Rehab Nawaf Alrashedi;Rawabi Saleh Alghamdi;Waleed Al-hamoudi;Division of Gastroenterology;King Khalid University Hospital;King Saud University;Riyadh 11461;Saudi Arabia;Division of Gastroenterology;The Mc Gill University Health Center;Montreal General Hospital;Mc Gill University;Montreal H3A0G4;Canada;Division of liver transplant;King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center;Riyadh 11461;Saudi Arabia;

..............page:637-643

Profiling cellular bioenergetics, glutathione levels, and caspase activities in stomach biopsies of patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms
Ali S Alfazari;Bayan Al-Dabbagh;Wafa Al-Dhaheri;Mazen S Taha;Ahmad A Chebli;Eva M Fontagnier;Zaher Koutoubi;Jose Kochiyi;Sherif M Karam;Abdul-Kader Souid;Department of Medicine;United Arab Emirates University;PO Box 17666;Al Ain;United Arab Emirates;Department of Chemistry;College of Science;UAE University;PO Box 15551;Al Ain;United Arab Emirates;Department of Anatomy;United Arab Emirates University;PO Box 17666;Al Ain;United Arab Emirates;Tawam Hospital;PO Box 15258;Al Ain;United Arab Emirates;Department of Pediatrics;United Arab Emirates University;PO Box 15258;Al Ain;United Arab Emirates;

..............page:644-652

Response-guided treatment of cirrhotic chronic hepatitis B patients: Multicenter prospective study
Er-Li Gu;Yi-Qi Yu;Jia-Li Wang;Yan-Yan Ji;Xiu-Yun Ma;Qing Xie;Hong-Ying Pan;Shan-Min Wu;Jun Li;Cheng-Wei Chen;Xiao-Wei Xu;Yue-Er Wang;Guang-Bi Yao;Hong Wang;Wen-Hong Zhang;Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology;Jing’an District Central Hospital;Jing’an Branch of Huashan Hospital;Fudan University;Department of Infectious Diseases;Huashan Hospital;Fudan University;Department of Infectious Diseases;Ditan Hospital;Department of Hepatology;Department of Infectious Diseases;Ruijin Hospital;School of Medicine;Shanghai Jiaotong University;Department of Infectious Diseases;The 6th People’s Hospital of Hangzhou;Shanghai Public Health Clincal Center;Department of Infectious Diseases;Jiangsu Provincial Hospital;Department of Hepatology;Shanghai Liver Disease Research Center of Nanjing Military Area;Department of Infectious Diseases;The 1st Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University;MOH and MOE Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology;Shanghai Medical College;Fudan University;Institutes of Biomedical Sciences;Fudan University;

..............page:653-660

Seven-day quintuple regimen as a rescue therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication
Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei;Farahnaz Joukar;Mohammad Reza Naghipour;Atena Forouhari;Seyed Mohammad Seyed Saadat;Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology;Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Research Center;Razi Hospital;Guilan University of Medical Sciences;Rasht 41448-95655;Iran;Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Research Center;Guilan University of Medical Sciences;Rasht 41448-95655;Iran;

..............page:661-666

Biopathologic features and clinical significance of micrometatasis in the lymph node of early gastric cancer
Min Jung Jo;Ji Yeon Park;Joon Seon Song;Myeong-Cherl Kook;Keun Won Ryu;Soo-Jeong Cho;Jun Ho Lee;Byung-Ho Nam;Eun Kyung Hong;Il Ju Choi;Young-Woo Kim;Gastric Cancer Branch;Research Institute and Hospital;National Cancer Center;Goyang-si 410-769;South Korea;Department of Pathology;Research Institute and Hospital;National Cancer Center;Goyangsi 410-769;South Korea;Cancer Registration and Biostatistics Branch and Center for Clinical Trial;National Cancer Center;Goyangsi 410-769;South Korea;

..............page:667-674

Accurate definition and management of idiopathic sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis
Sami Akbulut;Department of Surgery and Liver Transplant Institute;Inonu University Faculty of Medicine;Turgut Ozal Medical Center;Malatya 44280;Turkey;

..............page:675-687

Rare case of intussusception in an adult with acute myeloid leukemia
Man Fai Law;Cheuk Kei Wong;Chun Yin Pang;Hay Nun Chan;Ho Kei Lai;Chung Yin Ha;Celia Ng;Yiu Ming Yeung;Sze Fai Yip;Department of Medicine;Tuen Mun Hospital;Department of Medicine and Therapeutics;Prince of Wales Hospital;Department of Radiology;Kwong Wah Hospital;Department of Pathology;Tuen Mun Hospital;

..............page:688-693

Locally advanced undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells of the pancreas
Hong-Qiao Gao;Yin-Mo Yang;Yan Zhuang;Ping Liu;Department of General Surgery;Peking University First Hospital;Department of Pathology;Peking University First Hospital;

..............page:694-698

Novel mutation in a Chinese patient with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3
Hao-Zhe Sun;Hong Shi;Shun-Cai Zhang;Xi-Zhong Shen;Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology;Zhongshan Hospital;Fudan University;Shanghai Medical College;Fudan University;

..............page:699-703

Inflammatory pseudotumor of the colon causing intussusception: A case report and literature review
Yong Huang;Le-Ping Li;Jing Wang;Zeng-Jun Lun;Wei Li;Zhen Yang;Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery;Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University;Department of General Surgery;Zao Zhuang Municipal Hospital;

..............page:704-710