Leading articles

	The Montreal classification of inflammatory bowel disease: controversies, consensus, and implications J Satsangi, M S Silverberg, S Vermeire, and J-F Colombel Gut 2006; 55: 749-753. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.082909 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Digest

	Digest Robin Spiller and Alastair Watson Gut 2006; 55: 749. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Commentaries

	Designing Spiegelmers to antagonise ghrelin P J Hornby Gut 2006; 55: 754-755. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.076067 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	The putative role of endogenous and exogenous opiates in inflammatory bowel disease S Collins and M Verma-Gandhu Gut 2006; 55: 756-757. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.084418 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Probiotics for Crohn’s disease: what have we learned? C Prantera Gut 2006; 55: 757-759. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.085381 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Prospective evaluation of fluorouracil chemotherapy based on the genetic makeup of colorectal cancer J M Carethers Gut 2006; 55: 759-761. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.085274 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Prognosis in Budd Chiari syndrome after re-establishing hepatic venous drainage D-C Valla Gut 2006; 55: 761-763. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.078048 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Miscellanea

	An unusual cause and treatment for ascites after liver transplantation J Feisthammel, M Troltzsch, H Witzigmann, J Mossner, and K Caca Gut 2006; 55: 763. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.080382 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Intermittent fever in a patient with apparent fatty liver S Colagrande, S Santini, and M Pinzani Gut 2006; 55: 774. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.078378 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Answer Gut 2006; 55: 823. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	An unsuspected cause of chronic colitis J Richter, T Heintges, D Thomassen, E Tannich, and D Häussinger Gut 2006; 55: 832. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.077487 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Answer Gut 2006; 55: 841. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Chronic pancreatitis and dyspnoea H Pauka, M B Frenz, A Riphaus, I Pohl, and T Wehrmann Gut 2006; 55: 877. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.080366 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
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Oesophagus

	Impaired transforming growth factor ß signalling in Barrett’s carcinogenesis due to frequent SMAD4 inactivation B A Onwuegbusi, A Aitchison, S-F Chin, T Kranjac, I Mills, Y Huang, P Lao-Sirieix, C Caldas, and R C Fitzgerald Gut 2006; 55: 764-774. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 20 December 2005. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.076430

Helicobacter pylori

	Helicobacter pylori outer membrane proteins and gastroduodenal disease Y Yamaoka, O Ojo, S Fujimoto, S Odenbreit, R Haas, O Gutierrez, H M T El-Zimaity, R Reddy, A Arnqvist, and D Y Graham Gut 2006; 55: 775-781. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 1 December 2005. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.083014
	Wotherspoon criteria combined with B cell clonality analysis by advanced polymerase chain reaction technology discriminates covert gastric marginal zone lymphoma from chronic gastritis M Hummel, S Oeschger, T F E Barth, C Loddenkemper, S B Cogliatti, A Marx, H-H Wacker, A C Feller, H-W Bernd, M-L Hansmann, H Stein, and P Möller Gut 2006; 55: 782-787. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 19 January 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.080523

Stomach

	Anti-ghrelin Spiegelmer NOX-B11 inhibits neurostimulatory and orexigenic effects of peripheral ghrelin in rats P Kobelt, S Helmling, A Stengel, B Wlotzka, V Andresen, B F Klapp, B Wiedenmann, S Klussmann, and H Mönnikes Gut 2006; 55: 788-792. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 30 June 2005. doi:10.1136/gut.2004.061010
	Antibiotic treatment and risk of gastric cancer K Fall, W Ye, and O Nyrén Gut 2006; 55: 793-796. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 21 March 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.091850
	Increased epithelial and serum expression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in gastric cancer: potential role of MIF in gastric carcinogenesis X-X He, J Yang, Y-W Ding, W Liu, Q-Y Shen, and H H-X Xia Gut 2006; 55: 797-802. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 17 February 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.078113

Coeliac disease

Concordance, disease progression, and heritability of coeliac disease in Italian twins L Nisticò, C Fagnani, I Coto, S Percopo, R Cotichini, M G Limongelli, F Paparo, S D’Alfonso, M Giordano, C Sferlazzas, G Magazzù, P Momigliano-Richiardi, L Greco, and M A Stazi Gut 2006; 55: 803-808. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 14 December 2005. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.083964

Inflammatory bowel disease

	Evidence for association of OCTN genes and IBD5 with ulcerative colitis S Waller, M Tremelling, F Bredin, L Godfrey, J Howson, and M Parkes Gut 2006; 55: 809-814. [Abstract] [Full text] [Web-only table] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 16 December 2005. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.084574
	Mu opioid receptor expression is increased in inflammatory bowel diseases: implications for homeostatic intestinal inflammation D Philippe, D Chakass, X Thuru, P Zerbib, A Tsicopoulos, K Geboes, P Bulois, M Breisse, H Vorng, J Gay, J-F Colombel, P Desreumaux, and M Chamaillard Gut 2006; 55: 815-823. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 18 November 2005. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.080887
	Therapeutic effect of urocortin and adrenomedullin in a murine model of Crohn’s disease E Gonzalez-Rey, A Fernandez-Martin, A Chorny, and M Delgado Gut 2006; 55: 824-832. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 9 January 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.084525
	Bacterial and fungal microbiota in relation to probiotic therapy (VSL#3) in pouchitis T Kühbacher, S J Ott, U Helwig, T Mimura, F Rizzello, B Kleessen, P Gionchetti, M Blaut, M Campieri, U R Fölsch, M A Kamm, and S Schreiber Gut 2006; 55: 833-841. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 9 January 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.078303
	Ineffectiveness of Lactobacillus johnsonii LA1 for prophylaxis of postoperative recurrence in Crohn’s disease: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled GETAID trial P Marteau, M Lémann, P Seksik, D Laharie, J F Colombel, Y Bouhnik, G Cadiot, J C Soulé, A Bourreille, E Metman, E Lerebours, F Carbonnel, J L Dupas, M Veyrac, B Coffin, J Moreau, V Abitbol, S Blum-Sperisen, and J Y Mary Gut 2006; 55: 842-847. [Abstract] [Full text] [Conflict of Interest] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 23 December 2005. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.076604

Colorectal cancer

Mismatch repair status in the prediction of benefit from adjuvant fluorouracil chemotherapy in colorectal cancer R Jover, P Zapater, A Castells, X Llor, M Andreu, J Cubiella, V Piñol, R M Xicola, L Bujanda, J M Reñé, J Clofent, X Bessa, J D Morillas, D Nicolás-Pérez, A Payá, C Alenda for the Gastrointestinal Oncology Group of the Spanish Gastroenterological Association Gut 2006; 55: 848-855. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 18 November 2005. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.073015

Pancreas

	A novel integrin 5ß1 binding domain in module 4 of connective tissue growth factor (CCN2/CTGF) promotes adhesion and migration of activated pancreatic stellate cells R Gao and D R Brigstock Gut 2006; 55: 856-862. [Abstract] [Full text] [Conflict of Interest] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 16 December 2005. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.079178

Liver disease

	Polymorphisms in the T cell regulatory gene cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 influence the rate of acute rejection after liver transplantation Ö Tapirdamaz, V Pravica, H J Metselaar, B Hansen, L Moons, J B J van Meurs, I V Hutchinson, J Shaw, K Agarwal, D H Adams, C P Day, and J Kwekkeboom Gut 2006; 55: 863-868. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 18 November 2005. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.080937
	Surface expression and cytolytic function of natural killer cell receptors is altered in chronic hepatitis C J Nattermann, G Feldmann, G Ahlenstiel, B Langhans, T Sauerbruch, and U Spengler Gut 2006; 55: 869-877. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 1 December 2005. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.076463
	Favourable medium term outcome following hepatic vein recanalisation and/or transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for Budd Chiari syndrome C E Eapen, D Velissaris, M Heydtmann, B Gunson, S Olliff, and E Elias Gut 2006; 55: 878-884. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 20 September 2005. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.071423

JournalScan

	JournalScan Gut 2006; 55: 885. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Recent advances in clinical practice

	Molecular subtyping of gastric MALT lymphomas: implications for prognosis and management M-Q Du and J C Atherton Gut 2006; 55: 886-893. doi:10.1136/gut.2004.061663 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

	Endoscopic evaluation for cytomegalovirus enterocolitis after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation Y Kakugawa, M Kami, T Kozu, N Kobayashi, H Shoda, T Matsuda, Y Saito, I Oda, T Gotoda, S Mori, R Tanosaki, N Murashige, T Hamaki, S Mineishi, Y Takaue, T Shimoda, and D Saito Gut 2006; 55: 895-896. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.087031 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Hyperhomocysteinaemia and vascular disease in liver patients G Bianchi, G Marchesini, and M Zoli Gut 2006; 55: 896. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.087247 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Second gastric cancers among patients with primary sporadic and familial cancers in Sweden J Ji and K Hemminki Gut 2006; 55: 896-898. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.090118 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Percutaneous gall bladder aspiration as an alternative to laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Child-Pugh C cirrhotic patients with acute cholecystitis G Currò and E Cucinotta Gut 2006; 55: 898-899. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.087841 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Wireless capsule endoscopic finding in Cronkhite-Canada syndrome X C Cao, B M Wang, and Z C Han Gut 2006; 55: 899-900. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.090662 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Immunonutrition enhances the expression and secretion of mouse intestinal defensins O Froy, G Levkovich, and N Chapnik Gut 2006; 55: 900-901. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.092353 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	A new silybin-vitamin E-phospholipid complex improves insulin resistance and liver damage in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: preliminary observations A Federico, M Trappoliere, C Tuccillo, I de Sio, A Di Leva, C Del Vecchio Blanco, and C Loguercio Gut 2006; 55: 901-902. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.091967 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Is the periodic repetition of a coagulation check necessary during anti-hepatitis C virus therapy? F Capra, N Nicolini, and M Franchini Gut 2006; 55: 902. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.091496 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Is this really the current status of small bowel transplantation in the UK? G L Gupte, S V Beath, A J W Millar, and D A Kelly Gut 2006; 55: 903. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.092601 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	White cell scanning has a role in imaging small and large bowel A P Poullis Gut 2006; 55: 903. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.093351 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Seventeen years after successful small bowel transplantation: long term graft acceptance without immune tolerance F M Ruemmele, F Sauvat, V Colomb, M Jugie, D Jan, D Canioni, D Damotte, S Sarnacki, N Brousse, Y Revillon, and O Goulet Gut 2006; 55: 903-904. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.093989 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]