Table of contents

Original articles

Oesophagus

• Original article: Association of insulin and insulin-like growth factors with Barrett's oesophagus (19 September, 2011)

  Katarina B Greer, Cheryl L Thompson, Lacie Brenner, Beth Bednarchik, Dawn Dawson, Joseph Willis, William M Grady, Gary W Falk, Gregory S Cooper, Li Li, Amitabh Chak

Stomach

• Original article: A comprehensive survey of genomic alterations in gastric cancer reveals systematic patterns of molecular exclusivity and co-occurrence among distinct therapeutic targets (7 February, 2012)

  Niantao Deng, Liang Kee Goh, Hannah Wang, Kakoli Das, Jiong Tao, Iain Beehuat Tan, Shenli Zhang, Minghui Lee, Jeanie Wu, Kiat Hon Lim, Zhengdeng Lei, Glenn Goh, Qing-Yan Lim, Angie Lay-Keng Tan, Dianne Yu Sin Poh, Sudep Riahi, Sandra Bell, Michael M Shi, Ronald Linnartz, Feng Zhu, Khay Guan Yeoh, Han Chong Toh, Wei Peng Yong, Hyun Cheol Cheong, Sun Young Rha, Alex Boussioutas, Heike Grabsch, Steve Rozen, Patrick Tan

Neurogastroenterology

• Original article: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor contributes to abdominal pain in irritable bowel syndrome (13 October, 2011)

  Yan-Bo Yu, Xiu-Li Zuo, Qiu-Jie Zhao, Fei-Xue Chen, Jing Yang, Yan-Yan Dong, Peng Wang, Yan-Qing Li

Inflammatory bowel disease

• Original article: Neuronal guidance molecule netrin-1 attenuates inflammatory cell trafficking during acute experimental colitis (3 August, 2011)

  Carol M Aherne, Colm B Collins, Joanne C Masterson, Marco Tizzano, Theresa A Boyle, Joseph A Westrich, Jason A Parnes, Glenn T Furuta, Jesús Rivera-Nieves, Holger K Eltzschig
• Original article: Role of biological therapy for inflammatory bowel disease in developing countries (13 October, 2011)

  Gerhard Rogler, Charles N Bernstein, Ajit Sood, Khean Lee Goh, Jesús K Yamamoto-Furusho, Zaigham Abbas, Michael Fried

Gastrointrotestinal neoplasia

• Original article: The orphan receptor TR3 suppresses intestinal tumorigenesis in mice by downregulating Wnt signalling (28 August, 2011)

  Hang-Zi Chen, Qing-Feng Liu, Li Li, Wei-Jia Wang, Lu-Ming Yao, Meng Yang, Bo Liu, Wei Chen, Yan-Yan Zhan, Ming-Qing Zhang, Jian-Chun Cai, Zhong-hui Zheng, Sheng-Cai Lin, Bo-An Li, Qiao Wu

Colon

• Original article: Clinical application of a systems model of apoptosis execution for the prediction of colorectal cancer therapy responses and personalisation of therapy (14 November, 2011)

  Suzanne Hector, Markus Rehm, Jasmin Schmid, Joan Kehoe, Niamh McCawley, Patrick Dicker, Frank Murray, Deborah McNamara, Elaine W Kay, Caoimhin G Concannon, Heinrich J Huber, Jochen H M Prehn
• Original article:

  Evidence for accelerated colorectal adenoma–carcinoma progression in MUTYH-associated polyposis?

  (16 August, 2011)

  M H Nieuwenhuis, S Vogt, N Jones, M Nielsen, F J Hes, J R Sampson, S Aretz, H F A Vasen
• Original article: Detection of miR-92a and miR-21 in stool samples as potential screening biomarkers for colorectal cancer and polyps (19 September, 2011)

  Chung Wah Wu, Simon S M Ng, Yu Juan Dong, Siew Chien Ng, Wing Wa Leung, Chung Wa Lee, Yee Ni Wong, Francis K L Chan, Jun Yu, Joseph J Y Sung

Pancreas

• Original article: Growth pattern of serous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas: observational study with long-term magnetic resonance surveillance and recommendations for treatment (22 September, 2011)

  Giuseppe Malleo, Claudio Bassi, Roberto Rossini, Riccardo Manfredi, Giovanni Butturini, Marta Massignani, Marina Paini, Paolo Pederzoli, Roberto Salvia

Hepatology

• Original article: Inhibition of histidine decarboxylase ablates the autocrine tumorigenic effects of histamine in human cholangiocarcinoma (26 August, 2011)

  Heather Francis, Sharon DeMorrow, Julie Venter, Paolo Onori, Mellanie White, Eugenio Gaudio, Taylor Francis, John F Greene, Steve Tran, Cynthia J Meininger, Gianfranco Alpini
• Original article: Hepatitis B virus strains of subgenotype A2 with an identical sequence spreading rapidly from the capital region to all over Japan in patients with acute hepatitis B (7 November, 2011)

  Yoko Tamada, Hiroshi Yatsuhashi, Naohiko Masaki, Makoto Nakamuta, Eiji Mita, Tatsuji Komatsu, Yukio Watanabe, Toyokichi Muro, Masaaki Shimada, Taizo Hijioka, Takeaki Satoh, Yutaka Mano, Toshiki Komeda, Masahiko Takahashi, Hiroshi Kohno, Hajime Ota, Shigeki Hayashi, Yuzo Miyakawa, Seigo Abiru, Hiromi Ishibashi