Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Fundoplication improves disordered esophageal motility

T. Ryan Heider, Kevin E. Behrns, Mark J. Koruda, Nicholas J. Shaheen, Tananchai A. Lucktong, Barbara Bradshaw, Timothy M. Farrell

Barrett’s esophagus with high grade dysplasia: Surgical results and long-term outcome— An update

Elaine E. Tseng, T. T. Wu, Charles J. Yeo, Richard F. Heitmiller

Duodenal reflux produces hyperproliferative epithelial esophagitis—A possible precursor to esophageal adenocarcinoma in the rat

Colman K. Byrnes, Anil Bahadursingh, Nabeel Akhter, Narasimham L. Parinandi, Viswanathan Natarajan, Elizabeth Montgomery, Tarik Tihan, Mark D. Duncan, Petra H. Nass, John W. Harmon

Preoperative intervention does not affect esophageal muscle histology or patient outcomes in patients undergoing laparoscopic Heller myotomy

Mark Bloomston, Elie Fraiji, H. Worth Boyce, Amerigo Gonzalvo, Milton Johnson, Alexander S. Rosemurgy

Cholangitis: Bacterial virulence factors that facilitate cholangiovenous reflux and tumor necrosis factor-alpha production

Lygia Stewart, Adair L. Oesterle, J. McLeod Grifiss, Gary A. Jarvis, Lawrence W. Way

Liver injury during acute pancreatitis: The role of pancreatitis-associated ascitic fluid (paaf), p38-MAPK, and caspase-3 in inducing hepatocyte apoptosis

Jun Yang, Adam Fier, Yvette Carter, Gouqing Liu, P. K. Epling-Burnette, Fanqi Bai, Thomas P. Loughran, Stephen Mastorides, James G. Norman, Michel M. Murr

Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Role of interventional radiologists in managing patients and complications

Taylor A. Sohn, Charles J. Yeo, John L. Cameron, Jeffrey F. Geschwind, Sally E. Mitchell, Anthony C. Venbrux, Keith D. Lillemoe

Evaluation of vascular endothelial growth factor blockade and matrix metalloproteinase inhibition as a combination therapy for experimental human pancreatic cancer

Hubert G. Hotz, O. Joe Hines, Birgit Hotz, Thomas Foitzik, Heinz J. Buhr, Howard A. Reber

Gene transfer of human manganese superoxide dismutase protects small intestinal villi from radiation injury

Hong Liang Guo, Darren Wolfe, Michael W. Epperly, Shaohua Huang, Kaihong Liu, Joseph C. Glorioso, Joel Greenberger, David Blumberg

Transcriptional activation of the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase is associated with changes in the acetylation state of histone H3 at a specific site within its promoter region in vitro

Brian F. Hinnebusch, J. Welles Henderson, Aleem Siddique, Madhu S. Malo, Wenying Zhang, Mario A. Abedrapo, Richard A. Hodin

Colonic metaplasia in the ileal pouch is associated with inflammation and is not the result of long-term adaptation

A. Brent Fruin, Ola El- Zammer, Arthur F. Stucchi, Michael O’Brien, James M. Becker

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Michele Gearhart, Jill Martin, Leslie Trumbull, Ed Zavala, David Wetzel, Manish Gupta, Todd Merchen, Joseph Morelli, Fred Weber, Jaime Aranda-Michel, Maryetta Bass, Michael J Hanaway, E S Woodle, Joseph F Buell