Commentaries

	Treatment of oesophageal ulcerations using endoscopic transplantation of tissue-engineered autologous oral mucosal epithelial cell sheets in a canine model George P Yang and Roy M Soetikno Gut 2007; 56: 313-314. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.100073 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Therapeutic potential of fractalkine: a novel approach to metastatic colon cancer M Brueckmann and M Borggrefe Gut 2007; 56: 314-316. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.103317 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Mechanisms of epithelial dysfunction in giardiasis Andre G Buret Gut 2007; 56: 316-317. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.107771 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	DNA alkylation and DNA methylation: cooperating mechanisms driving the formation of colorectal adenomas and adenocarcinomas? William M Grady and Cornelia M Ulrich Gut 2007; 56: 318-320. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.106849 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Digest

	Digest Emad El-Omar Gut 2007; 56: 313. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Dyspepsia

	Initial poor quality of life and new onset of dyspepsia: results from a longitudinal 10-year follow-up study Alexander C Ford, David Forman, Alastair G Bailey, Anthony T R Axon, and Paul Moayyedi Gut 2007; 56: 321-327. [Abstract] [Full text] [Competing interests] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 14 August 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.099846

Intestinal infection

Effect of chronic Giardia lamblia infection on epithelial transport and barrier function in human duodenum Hanno Troeger, Hans-Joerg Epple, Thomas Schneider, Ulrich Wahnschaffe, Reiner Ullrich, Gerd-Dieter Burchard, Tomas Jelinek, Martin Zeitz, Michael Fromm, and Joerg-Dieter Schulzke Gut 2007; 56: 328-335. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 25 August 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.100198

Coeliac disease

	Mutagenesis of the catalytic triad of tissue transglutaminase abrogates coeliac disease serum IgA autoantibody binding Greg Byrne, Fergus Ryan, John Jackson, Con Feighery, and Jacinta Kelly Gut 2007; 56: 336-341. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 25 August 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.092908

Miscellanea

	When does severe diarrhoea disclose a hereditary disease? J Boujaoude, K Honein, E Hobeika, C Ghorra, P Ghorra, and E Hobeika Gut 2007; 56: 342. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.093468 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	EDITOR’S QUIZ: Gut 2007; 56: 357. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	A life-threatening complication of a life-saving manoeuvre Yang-Yuan Chen, Maw-Soan Soon, Hsu-Heng Yen, and Hwa-Koon Wu Gut 2007; 56: 364. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.095968 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	EDITOR’S QUIZ Gut 2007; 56: 372. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Malignant masquerade of the biliary confluence R Noun, S Zeidan, C Ghorra, and C Tohme-Noun Gut 2007; 56: 379. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.095398 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	EDITOR’S QUIZ Gut 2007; 56: 389. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Colonic inflammation

	Comparative study of the intestinal mucus barrier in normal and inflamed colon Alexander Swidsinski, Vera Loening-Baucke, Franz Theissig, Holger Engelhardt, Stig Bengmark, Stefan Koch, Herbert Lochs, and Yvonne Dörffel Gut 2007; 56: 343-350. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 14 August 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.098160
	Prevention of experimental colitis by parenteral administration of a pathogen-derived immunomodulatory molecule Henri Braat, Peter McGuirk, Fiebo J W Ten Kate, Inge Huibregtse, Padraic J Dunne, Daan W Hommes, Sander J H Van Deventer, and Kingston H G Mills Gut 2007; 56: 351-357. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 4 September 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.099861
	Visceral pain perception is determined by the duration of colitis and associated neuropeptide expression in the mouse Monica Verma-Gandhu, Elena F Verdu, Premysl Bercik, Patricia A Blennerhassett, Nafia Al-Mutawaly, Jean-Eric Ghia, and Stephen M Collins Gut 2007; 56: 358-364. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 3 October 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.100016

Colon cancer

	Tissue-specific differential antitumour effect of molecular forms of fractalkine in a mouse model of metastatic colon cancer S Vitale, B Cambien, B F Karimdjee, R Barthel, P Staccini, C Luci, V Breittmayer, F Anjuère, A Schmid-Alliana, and H Schmid-Antomarchi Gut 2007; 56: 365-372. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 26 July 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.088989
	A prospective comparative study of narrow-band imaging, chromoendoscopy, and conventional colonoscopy in the diagnosis of colorectal neoplasia Han-Mo Chiu, Chi-Yang Chang, Chien-Chuan Chen, Yi-Chia Lee, Ming-Shiang Wu, Jaw-Town Lin, Chia-Tung Shun, and Hsiu-Po Wang Gut 2007; 56: 373-379. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 27 September 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.099614
	Human colorectal mucosal O6-alkylguanine DNA-alkyltransferase activity and DNA-N7-methylguanine levels in colorectal adenoma cases and matched referents N P Lees, K L Harrison, C N Hall, G P Margison, and A C Povey Gut 2007; 56: 380-384. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 4 August 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.097899

Hepatitis

	Rate and predictors of treatment prescription for hepatitis C Adeel A Butt, Amy C Justice, Melissa Skanderson, Michael O Rigsby, Chester B Good, and C Kent Kwoh Gut 2007; 56: 385-389. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 27 September 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.099150
	Liver fibrosis in women with chronic hepatitis C: evidence for the negative role of the menopause and steatosis and the potential benefit of hormone replacement therapy Liana Codes, Tarik Asselah, Dominique Cazals-Hatem, Florence Tubach, Dominique Vidaud, Raymundo Paraná, Pierre Bedossa, Dominique Valla, and Patrick Marcellin Gut 2007; 56: 390-395. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 27 September 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.101931

Liver

	Targeted and regulable expression of transgenes in hepatic stellate cells and myofibroblasts in culture and in vivo using an adenoviral Cre/loxP system to antagonise hepatic fibrosis Kohji Kinoshita, Yuji Iimuro, Jiro Fujimoto, Yutaka Inagaki, Kazuhiko Namikawa, Hiroshi Kiyama, Yuji Nakajima, Kohji Otogawa, Norifumi Kawada, Scott L Friedman, and Kazuo Ikeda Gut 2007; 56: 396-404. [Abstract] [Full text] [web only appendices] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 6 September 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.085704
	Functional integration of hepatocytes derived from human mesenchymal stem cells into mouse livers Ines Aurich, Lutz P Mueller, Hendryk Aurich, Jana Luetzkendorf, Kai Tisljar, Matthias M Dollinger, Wiebke Schormann, Jens Walldorf, Jan G Hengstler, Wolfgang E Fleig, and Bruno Christ Gut 2007; 56: 405-415. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 23 August 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2005.090050

JournalScan

	JournalScan Gut 2007; 56: 416. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Recent advances in basic science

	The canonical Wnt signalling pathway and its APC partner in colon cancer development Jean Schneikert and Jürgen Behrens Gut 2007; 56: 417-425. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 13 July 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.093310
	Polyphenols in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and acute pancreatitis Haim Shapiro, Pierre Singer, Zamir Halpern, and Rafael Bruck Gut 2007; 56: 426-436. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 24 August 2006. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.094599

Letters

	Authors’ reply Robertino Mera, Elizabeth T H Fontham, Luis E Bravo, Juan C Bravo, Maria Blanca Piazuelo, Maria Constanza Camargo, and Pelayo Correa Gut 2007; 56: 436. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.108928 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Treatment of patients with lamivudine-resistant and adefovir dipivoxil-resistant chronic hepatitis B virus infection: is tenofovir the answer? • Authors’ response J Trojan, M Stuermer, G Teuber, A Berger, D Faust, Jong Eun Yeon, and Chang Hong Lee Gut 2007; 56: 436-437. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Further evidence supporting a psychological component to irritable bowel syndrome • Authors’s reply M Castle, G W Libby, Lukas Van Oudenhove, and Jan Tack Gut 2007; 56: 437-438. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Abdominal epilepsy, an uncommon cause of recurrent abdominal pain: a brief report Sangit Ranjan Dutta, Indrajit Hazarika, and Bhabani Prasad Chakravarty Gut 2007; 56: 439-441. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.094250 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	The pattern of cytokine expression determines the degree of mucosal damage A J León, E Gómez, J A Garrote, and E Arranz Gut 2007; 56: 441-443. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.110361 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Weight loss induced by orlistat reverses fatty infiltration and improves hepatic fibrosis in obese patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis Nimer Assy, Osamah Hussein, and Zied Abassi Gut 2007; 56: 443-444. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.106021 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Screening for coeliac disease in patients fulfilling the Rome II criteria for irritable bowel syndrome in a secondary care hospital in The Netherlands: a prospective observational study Egbert-Jan van der Wouden, G Frits Nelis, and Juda Vecht Gut 2007; 56: 444-445. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.112052 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Functional polymorphisms in the promoters of MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-3, MMP-9, MMP-12 and MMP-13 are not associated with hepatocellular carcinoma risk Yun Zhai, Wei Qiu, Xiao-Jia Dong, Xiu-Mei Zhang, Wei-Min Xie, Hong-Xing Zhang, Xiao-Yan Yuan, Gang-Qiao Zhou, and Fu-Chu He Gut 2007; 56: 445-447. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.112706 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Octreotide LAR for severe obscure-overt gastrointestinal haemorrhage in high-risk patients on anticoagulation therapy J Molina-Infante, B Perez-Gallardo, G Gonzalez-Garcia, M Fernandez-Bermejo, J M Mateos-Rodriguez, and P Robledo-Andres Gut 2007; 56: 447. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.113878 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Acute surgical abdomen—an atypical presentation of Plasmodium vivax malaria Sunil Gopisetty, Jonahan Sarveswaran, Raj Achuthan, J Davies, and J R Ausobsky Gut 2007; 56: 447-448. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.114454 [Extract] [Full text] [erratum] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Submucosal xanthachromia after endoscopic mucosal resection: laparotomy or conservative therapy? Hisashi Nakamura, Kuang-I Fu, David Paul Hurlstone, Yasushi Kaji, and Takahiro Fujimori Gut 2007; 56: 448-449. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.114256 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Complete response in a patient with colonic mantle cell lymphoma with multiple lymphomatous polyposis treated with combination chemotherapy using anti-CD20 antibody and cladribine Takuya Watanabe, Nobuyuki Homma, Norio Ogata, Hiroyuki Saito, Tsutomu Kanefuji, Katsuhiko Hasegawa, Kenji Soga, Koichi Shibasaki, Takeshi Endo, and Yoichi Ajioka Gut 2007; 56: 449-450. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.114207 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Response from the hornet’s nest: furthering the debate on transplantation for alcoholic liver disease • Author’s response Kerry Webb, Liz Shepherd, and John O’Grady Gut 2007; 56: 450-451. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Patients with functional constipation do not have increased prevalence of colorectal cancer precursors Annie On On Chan, Wai Mo Hui, Gigi Leung, Teresa Tong, Ivan F N Hung, Pierre Chan, Axel Hsu, David But, Benjamin C Y Wong, Shiu Kum Lam, and Kwok Fai Lam Gut 2007; 56: 451-452. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.115394 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]