Digest:

Digest

Robin Spiller and Magnus Simren

Gut 2009; 58: i-ii.

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Leading articles:

Effect of binge drinking on the liver: an alarming public health issue?

Philippe Mathurin and Pierre Deltenre

Gut 2009; 58: 613-617.
Published Online First: 27 January 2009. doi:10.1136/gut.2007.145573

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Editor's quiz:

A shadow of doubt

P J Allan, S Appleton, and A S McIntyre

Gut 2009; 58: 617. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.167767

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All that’s elevated is not a polyp

A Hokama, J Shiroma, K Kishimoto, K Azama, H Chinen, F Kinjo, and J Fujita

Gut 2009; 58: 619. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.170696

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Answers

Gut 2009; 58: 702. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.170696a

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Answer

Gut 2009; 58: 736. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.167767a

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Commentaries:

Malignancy in unrecognised coeliac disease: a nail in the coffin for mass screening?

Richard F A Logan

Gut 2009; 58: 618-619. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.161182

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Barrett's oesophagus:

Roles of caudal-related homeobox gene Cdx1 in oesophageal epithelial cells in Barrett’s epithelium development

H Kazumori, S Ishihara, and Y Kinoshita

Gut 2009; 58: 620-628.
Published Online First: 9 January 2009. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.152975

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Oesophagus and stomach:

Study of Helicobacter pullorum proinflammatory properties on human epithelial cells in vitro

C Varon, A Duriez, P Lehours, A Ménard, S Layé, F Zerbib, F Mégraud, and D Laharie

Gut 2009; 58: 629-635.
Published Online First: 25 June 2008. doi:10.1136/gut.2007.144501

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Serum pepsinogens and risk of gastric and oesophageal cancers in the General Population Nutrition Intervention Trial cohort

J-S Ren, F Kamangar, Y-L Qiao, P R Taylor, H Liang, S M Dawsey, B Liu, J-H Fan, and C C Abnet

Gut 2009; 58: 636-642.
Published Online First: 9 January 2009. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.168641

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Coeliac disease:

Malignancies in cases with screening-identified evidence of coeliac disease: a long-term population-based cohort study

S Lohi, M Mäki, J Montonen, P Knekt, E Pukkala, A Reunanen, and K Kaukinen

Gut 2009; 58: 643-647.
Published Online First: 13 October 2008. doi:10.1136/gut.2007.140970

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Inflammation and motility:

Role of interleukin 10 in murine postoperative ileus

B Stoffels, J Schmidt, A Nakao, A Nazir, R S Chanthaphavong, and A J Bauer

Gut 2009; 58: 648-660. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.153288

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Colon cancer:

Mismatch repair polymorphisms and risk of colon cancer, tumour microsatellite instability and interactions with lifestyle factors

P T Campbell, K Curtin, C M Ulrich, W S Samowitz, J Bigler, C M Velicer, B Caan, J D Potter, and M L Slattery

Gut 2009; 58: 661-667.
Published Online First: 3 June 2008. doi:10.1136/gut.2007.144220

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Rectum:

Prospective randomised multi-centre trial comparing the clinical efficacy, safety and patient acceptability of circular stapled anopexy with closed diathermy haemorrhoidectomy

M A Thaha, K L Campbell, S A Kazmi, L A Irvine, A Khalil, N R Binnie, W S Hendry, A Walker, H J Staines, and R J C Steele

Gut 2009; 58: 668-678.
Published Online First: 17 December 2008. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.151266

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Hepatology:

Forkhead box M1B is a determinant of rat susceptibility to hepatocarcinogenesis and sustains ERK activity in human HCC

D F Calvisi, F Pinna, S Ladu, R Pellegrino, M M Simile, M Frau, M R De Miglio, M L Tomasi, V Sanna, M R Muroni, F Feo, and R M Pascale

Gut 2009; 58: 679-687.
Published Online First: 9 January 2009. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.152652

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JNK inhibition sensitises hepatocellular carcinoma cells but not normal hepatocytes to the TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand

S R Mucha, A Rizzani, A L Gerbes, P Camaj, W E Thasler, C J Bruns, S T Eichhorst, E Gallmeier, F T Kolligs, B Göke, and E N De Toni

Gut 2009; 58: 688-698.
Published Online First: 23 December 2008. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.154625

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Case reports:

Reactivation of hepatitis E infection in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia after allogeneic stem cell transplantation

P le Coutre, H Meisel, J Hofmann, C Röcken, G L Vuong, S Neuburger, P G Hemmati, B Dörken, and R Arnold

Gut 2009; 58: 699-702. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.165571

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JournalScan:

JournalScan

Gut 2009; 58: 703.

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Recent advances in basic science:

Toll-like receptors as targets in chronic liver diseases

A Mencin, J Kluwe, and R F Schwabe

Gut 2009; 58: 704-720. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.156307

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Recent advances in clinical practice:

Primary eosinophilic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract

B M Yan and E A Shaffer

Gut 2009; 58: 721-732.
Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.165894

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PostScript:

Functional characterisation of the CFTR mutations M348V and A1087P from patients with pancreatitis suggests functional interaction between CFTR monomers

F U Weiss, P Simon, N Bogdanova, N Shcheynikov, S Muallem, and M M Lerch

Gut 2009; 58: 733-734. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.167650

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Risk of seeding is reduced by associating diagnostic biopsy with percutaneous ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma

G Germani, M Pleguezuelo, R Stigliano, and A K Burroughs

Gut 2009; 58: 734-735.

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Authors’ response

M A Silva, B Hegab, C Hyde, B Guo, J A C Buckels, and D F Mirza

Gut 2009; 58: 735.

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