Journal of Gastroenterology

Preface

Hitoshi Asakura, Masaki Kitajima, Akira Terano

Analysis ofp53 mutations andHelicobacter pylori infection in human and animal models

Kazunari Murakami, Toshio Fujioka, Masaaki Kodama, Shoji Honda, Tadayoshi Okimoto, Touta Oda, Akira Nishizono, Ryugo Sato, Toshihiro Kubota, Jiro Kagawa, Masaru Nasu

Development of anH. pylori-infected animal model and gastric cancer: recent progress and issues

Toshiro Sugiyama, Syuuhei Hige, Masahiro Asaka

Helicobacter pylori strain-specific modulation of gastric mucosal cellular turnover: implications for carcinogenesis

Richard M. Peek

Gastric mucosa: long-term outcome after cure ofHelicobacter pylori infection

Francesco Franceschi, Robert M. Genta, Antonio R. Sepulveda

Long-termHelicobacter pylori infection and the development of atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer in Japan

Shin’ichi Takahashi

Pathological issues of gastric and lower esophageal cancer:Helicobacter pylori infection and its eradication

Takahiro Fujimori, Hitoshi Kawamata, Kazuhito Ichikawa, Yuko Ono, Yasuo Okura, Shigeki Tomita, Johji Imura

Indications forHelicobacter pylori eradication therapy and firstline therapy regimen in Japan: recommendation by the Japanese Society forHelicobacter Research

Kiichi Satoh

Gastric cancer: pathogenesis, risks, and prevention

Pentti Sipponen

Helicobacter pylori infection and molecular changes in gastric carcinogenesis

Matthias P. A. Ebert, Laszlo Schandl, Peter Malfertheiner

Hepatitis C virus and its roles in cell proliferation

Kunitada Shimotohno, Koichi Watashi, Katsuya Tsuchihara, Katsuhiko Fukuda, Hiroyuki Marusawa, Makoto Hijikata

Hepatocarcinogenesis in hepatitis viral infection: lessons from transgenic mouse studies

Kazuhiko Koike

Hepatitis C virus superinfection in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Yun-Fan Liaw

Management of chronic hepatitis C and prevention of hepatocellular carcinoma

Kazuaki Chayama

Indications and criteria for liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure

Kenji Fujiwara, Satoshi Mochida

Liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure

David H. Van Thiel, John Brems, Abdul Nadir, Ramazan Idilman, Alessandra Colantoni, David Holt, Steven Edelstein

Liver transplantation for fulminant hepatitis at Stanford University

Amy Lu, Humberto Monge, Kenneth Drazan, Maria Millan, Carlos O. Esquivel

Auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation (APOLT) in the treatment of acute liver failure

Daniel Jaeck, Karim Boudjema, Maxime Audet, Marie-Pierre Chenard-Neu, Umberto Simeoni, Carole Meyer, Hiroshi Nakano, Philippe Wolf

Colorectal cancer screening: the potential role of virtual colonoscopy

John H. Bond

Biliopancreatic ascariasis: endoscopic approach

Toshiaki Kamiya, Mario Justiniano, Abel Durán, Chikara Uechi

Virtual endoscopy: current perspectives

Hajime Kuwayama, Mamoru Iimuro, Yoshinori Kitazumi, Gordon Luk

Very-high-flow injection rate for upper abdominal CT angiography

Masashi Kimura, Yasukazu Shioyama, Toshiyuki Okumura, Kouji Yamada, Michihisa Kawashima, Hiroki Minamiguti, Takami Hagihira, Kazushi Kishi, Morio Sato

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