Digest:

Digest

Robin Spiller and Severine Vermeire

Gut 2009; 58: i-ii.

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Leader:

New insights into the role of endogenous opioids in the pathogenesis of gastrointestinal and liver disease

Ali R Mani and Kevin P Moore

Gut 2009; 58: 893-895. doi:10.1136/gut.2007.141648

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Editor's quiz:

Epigastric pain in a woman with previous Behçet’s disease

A Hokama, H Samura, J Arakaki, R Murabayashi, K Shimoji, H Chinen, K Kishimoto, F Kinjo, T Nishimaki, and J Fujita

Gut 2009; 58: 896. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.172767

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ANSWER

Gut 2009; 58: 948. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.172767a

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Gastric polypoid lesion at the antrum

C-J Chen, C-W Chang, H-L Chen, Y-J Chan, and M-J Chen

Gut 2009; 58: 963. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.172551

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Crampy left upper quadrant pain in a 26-year-old male

M-T Tsai, H-P Wang, J-T Sun, and W-C Lien

Gut 2009; 58: 982. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.167262

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ANSWER

Gut 2009; 58: 998. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.167262a

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ANSWERS

Gut 2009; 58: 1024. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.172551a

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Commentaries:

Acting in good taste: nutrient sensors in the gut

Kelley S Yan and Pankaj Jay Pasricha

Gut 2009; 58: 897-898. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.173021

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Mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of stem cell therapies for inflammatory bowel diseases

Julián Panés and Azucena Salas

Gut 2009; 58: 898-900. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.175067

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Sulforaphane: from chemoprevention to pancreatic cancer treatment?

Johanna W Lampe

Gut 2009; 58: 900-902. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.166694

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GLP-1 analogues: a new therapeutic approach to prevent ductopenia in cholangiopathies?

Ulrich Beuers and Burkhard Göke

Gut 2009; 58: 902-903. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.165688

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Stomach:

Paradox of gastric cardia: it becomes more acidic following meals while the rest of stomach becomes less acidic

A T Clarke, A A Wirz, J P Seenan, J J Manning, D Gillen, and K E L McColl

Gut 2009; 58: 904-909.
Published Online First: 5 December 2008. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.161927

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Inflammatory bowel disease:

Reduced mucin sulfonation and impaired intestinal barrier function in the hyposulfataemic NaS1 null mouse

P A Dawson, S Huxley, B Gardiner, T Tran, J L McAuley, S Grimmond, M A McGuckin, and D Markovich

Gut 2009; 58: 910-919.
Published Online First: 6 February 2009. doi:10.1136/gut.2007.147595

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Matrix metalloproteinase 9 is involved in Crohn’s disease-associated platelet hyperactivation through the release of soluble CD40 ligand

L Menchén, I Marín-Jiménez, E G Arias-Salgado, T Fontela, P Hernández-Sampelayo, M C García Rodríguez, and N V Butta

Gut 2009; 58: 920-928.
Published Online First: 27 November 2008. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.150318

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Human adult stem cells derived from adipose tissue protect against experimental colitis and sepsis

E Gonzalez-Rey, P Anderson, M A González, L Rico, D Büscher, and M Delgado

Gut 2009; 58: 929-939.
Published Online First: 9 January 2009. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.168534

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Adalimumab for the treatment of fistulas in patients with Crohn’s disease

J-F Colombel, D A Schwartz, W J Sandborn, M A Kamm, G D’Haens, P Rutgeerts, R Enns, R Panaccione, S Schreiber, J Li, J D Kent, K G Lomax, and P F Pollack

Gut 2009; 58: 940-948.
Published Online First: 6 February 2009. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.159251

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Pancreas:

Sulforaphane targets pancreatic tumour-initiating cells by NF-B-induced antiapoptotic signalling

G Kallifatidis, V Rausch, B Baumann, A Apel, B M Beckermann, A Groth, J Mattern, Z Li, A Kolb, G Moldenhauer, P Altevogt, T Wirth, J Werner, P Schemmer, M W Büchler, A V Salnikov, and I Herr

Gut 2009; 58: 949-963.
Published Online First: 1 October 2008. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.149039

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Hepatology:

Impaired plasmacytoid dendritic cell maturation and differential chemotaxis in chronic hepatitis C virus: associations with antiviral treatment outcomes

J A Mengshol, L Golden-Mason, N Castelblanco, K A Im, S M Dillon, C C Wilson, H R Rosen, and for the Virahep-C Study Group

Gut 2009; 58: 964-973.
Published Online First: 4 February 2009. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.168948

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Early kinetics of innate and adaptive immune responses during hepatitis B virus infection

P Fisicaro, C Valdatta, C Boni, M Massari, C Mori, A Zerbini, A Orlandini, L Sacchelli, G Missale, and C Ferrari

Gut 2009; 58: 974-982.
Published Online First: 6 February 2009. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.163600

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Detection of novel non-M2-related antimitochondrial antibodies in patients with anti-M2 negative primary biliary cirrhosis

M Feuchtinger, S Christ, B Preuß, J Dengjel, S Duman, S Stevanovic, and R Klein

Gut 2009; 58: 983-989.
Published Online First: 30 March 2009. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.164335

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Exendin-4, a glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist, protects cholangiocytes from apoptosis

M Marzioni, G Alpini, S Saccomanno, C Candelaresi, J Venter, C Rychlicki, G Fava, H Francis, L Trozzi, and A Benedetti

Gut 2009; 58: 990-997.
Published Online First: 1 October 2008. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.150870

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JournalScan:

JournalScan

Gut 2009; 58: 999.

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Recent advances in basic science:

The role of heat shock proteins in gastrointestinal diseases

V Dudeja, S M Vickers, and A K Saluja

Gut 2009; 58: 1000-1009. doi:10.1136/gut.2007.140194

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Novel ways to sensitise gastrointestinal cancer to apoptosis

H Schulze-Bergkamen, A Weinmann, M Moehler, J Siebler, and P R Galle

Gut 2009; 58: 1010-1024. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.164350

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PostScript:

Gender, hiatus hernia and Barrett’s oesophagus

M H Derakhshan and K E L McColl

Gut 2009; 58: 1025.

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Authors’ reply

R M Zagari, G R Law, and F Bazzoli

Gut 2009; 58: 1025-1026.

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Alarm features of colorectal cancer

G Rubin and W Hamilton

Gut 2009; 58: 1026.

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Authors’ reply

A C Ford, S J O Veldhuyzen van Zanten, C C Rodgers, N J Talley, N B Vakil, and P Moayyedi

Gut 2009; 58: 1026-1027.

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HBV genotypes and chronicification of acute hepatitis B: more questions than answers

C-L Lin and J-H Kao

Gut 2009; 58: 1027-1028.

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Authors’ reply

H-W Zhang, J-H Yin, and G-W Cao

Gut 2009; 58: 1028-1029.

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A distinct subset of submucosal mast cells undergoes hyperplasia following neonatal maternal separation: a role in visceral hypersensitivity?

N P Hyland, M Julio-Pieper, S M O’Mahony, D C Bulmer, K Lee, E M Quigley, T G Dinan, and J F Cryan

Gut 2009; 58: 1029-1030. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.167882

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Authors’ reply

J Fioramonti, C Salvador-Cartier, E Houdeau, and L Bueno

Gut 2009; 58: 1030-1031.

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Myenteric lymphocytes in the oesophagus

B Veress and G Lindberg

Gut 2009; 58: 1031.

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Are all pancreatic lesions responsive to steroid therapy in autoimmune pancreatitis?

K Hirano, M Tada, N Sasahira, T Tsujino, H Isayama, T Kawabe, and M Omata

Gut 2009; 58: 1031-1032.

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Authors’ reply

M-H Kim, S-H Moon, and D H Park

Gut 2009; 58: 1032.

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Correction

Gut 2009; 58: 1032. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.167650corr1

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