Table of contents

Original articles

Oesophagus

• Original article: Clinical, but not oesophageal pH-impedance, profiles predict response to proton pump inhibitors in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (13 October, 2011)

  Frank Zerbib, Kafia Belhocine, Mireille Simon, Maylis Capdepont, François Mion, Stanislas Bruley des Varannes, Jean-Paul Galmiche

Helicobacter pylori

• Original article:

  Long-term clinical outcome of gastric MALT lymphoma after eradication of Helicobacter pylori: a multicentre cohort follow-up study of 420 patients in Japan

  (2 September, 2011)

  Shotaro Nakamura, Toshiro Sugiyama, Takayuki Matsumoto, Katsunori Iijima, Shouko Ono, Masahiro Tajika, Akira Tari, Yasuhiko Kitadai, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Tadanobu Nagaya, Toshiro Kamoshida, Norihiko Watanabe, Toshimi Chiba, Hideki Origasa, Masahiro Asaka, for the JAPAN GAST Study Group

GI bleeding

• Original article: Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage and deprivation: a nationwide cohort study of health inequality in hospital admissions (13 July, 2011)

  Colin J Crooks, Joe West, Tim R Card

Inflammatory bowel disease

• Original article: The Manitoba Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cohort Study: a prospective longitudinal evaluation of the use of complementary and alternative medicine services and products (11 August, 2011)

  Patricia Rawsthorne, Ian Clara, Lesley A Graff, Kylie I Bernstein, Rachel Carr, John R Walker, Jason Ediger, Linda Rogala, Norine Miller, Charles N Bernstein
• Original article: Effects of haptoglobin polymorphisms and deficiency on susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease and on severity of murine colitis (27 June, 2011)

  L Márquez, C Shen, I Cleynen, G De Hertogh, K Van Steen, K Machiels, C Perrier, V Ballet, S Organe, M Ferrante, L Henckaerts, G Galicia, P Rutgeerts, J L Ceuppens, S Vermeire
• Original article: Developing an instrument to assess the endoscopic severity of ulcerative colitis: the Ulcerative Colitis Endoscopic Index of Severity (UCEIS) (13 October, 2011)

  Simon P L Travis, Dan Schnell, Piotr Krzeski, Maria T Abreu, Douglas G Altman, Jean-Frédéric Colombel, Brian G Feagan, Stephen B Hanauer, Marc Lémann, Gary R Lichtenstein, Phillippe R Marteau, Walter Reinisch, Bruce E Sands, Bruce R Yacyshyn, Christian A Bernhardt, Jean-Yves Mary, William J Sandborn

Gut microbiota

• Original article: Metabolic adaptation to a high-fat diet is associated with a change in the gut microbiota (22 November, 2011)

  Matteo Serino, Elodie Luche, Sandra Gres, Audrey Baylac, Mathieu Bergé, Claire Cenac, Aurelie Waget, Pascale Klopp, Jason Iacovoni, Christophe Klopp, Jerome Mariette, Olivier Bouchez, Jerome Lluch, Francoise Ouarné, Pierre Monsan, Philippe Valet, Christine Roques, Jacques Amar, Anne Bouloumié, Vassilia Théodorou, Remy Burcelin

GI neoplasia

• Original article: Generation of gaseous sulfur-containing compounds in tumour tissue and suppression of gas diffusion as an antitumour treatment (11 August, 2011)

  Kazue Yamagishi, Kazuo Onuma, Yota Chiba, Shinya Yagi, Shigenobu Aoki, Tomoyuki Sato, Yasushi Sugawara, Noriyasu Hosoya, Yasutake Saeki, Minoru Takahashi, Masayoshi Fuji, Takeo Ohsaka, Takeyoshi Okajima, Kenji Akita, Takashi Suzuki, Pisol Senawongse, Akio Urushiyama, Kiyoshi Kawai, Hirofumi Shoun, Yoshimasa Ishii, Hiroya Ishikawa, Shigeru Sugiyama, Madoka Nakajima, Masaru Tsuboi, Tateo Yamanaka

Colon

• Original article: Overexpression of EIF5A2 promotes colorectal carcinoma cell aggressiveness by upregulating MTA1 through C-myc to induce epithelial–mesenchymaltransition (3 August, 2011)

  Wei Zhu, Mu-Yan Cai, Zhu-Ting Tong, Sui-Sui Dong, Shi-Juan Mai, Yi-Ji Liao, Xiu-Wu Bian, Marie C Lin, Hsiang-Fu Kung, Yi-Xin Zeng, Xin-Yuan Guan, Dan Xie
• Original article: Interval cancers in a FOBT-based colorectal cancer population screening programme: implications for stage, gender and tumour site (19 September, 2011)

  R J C Steele, P McClements, C Watling, G Libby, D Weller, D H Brewster, R Black, F A Carey, C G Fraser

Pancreas

• Original article: Variations of oral microbiota are associated with pancreatic diseases including pancreatic cancer (12 October, 2011)

  James J Farrell, Lei Zhang, Hui Zhou, David Chia, David Elashoff, David Akin, Bruce J Paster, Kaumudi Joshipura, David T W Wong

Hepatology

• Original article: Hepatitis C virus non-structural 3/4A protein interferes with intrahepatic interferon-γ production (3 August, 2011)

  Erwin Daniel Brenndörfer, Anette Brass, Jonas Söderholm, Lars Frelin, Soo Aleman, Johannes Georg Bode, Matti Sällberg
• Original article: Chronic hepatitis E infection in children with liver transplantation (23 November, 2011)

  Ugur Halac, Kathie Béland, Pascal Lapierre, Natacha Patey, Pierre Ward, Julie Brassard, Alain Houde, Fernando Alvarez
• Original article: High-frequency vagus nerve stimulation improves portal hypertension in cirrhotic rats (20 December, 2011)

  Ilse Bockx, Katrien Verdrengh, Ingrid Vander Elst, Jos van Pelt, Frederik Nevens, Wim Laleman, David Cassiman