Table of contents

Original articles

Oesophagus

• Original article: The incidence of oesophageal adenocarcinoma in non-dysplastic Barrett's oesophagus: a meta-analysis (13 October, 2011)

  Tusar K Desai, Kumar Krishnan, Niharika Samala, Jashanpreet Singh, John Cluley, Subaiah Perla, Colin W Howden

Stomach

• Original article:

  Epigenetic inactivation of BCL6B, a novel functional tumour suppressor for gastric cancer, is associated with poor survival

  (13 September, 2011)

  Lixia Xu, Xiaoxing Li, Eagle S H Chu, Guijun Zhao, Minnie Y Y Go, Qian Tao, Hongchuan Jin, Zhirong Zeng, Joseph J Y Sung, Jun Yu

Helicobacter pylori

• Original article:

  Helicobacter pylori CagL dependent induction of gastrin expression via a novel αvβ₅-integrin–integrin linked kinase signalling complex

  (27 January, 2012)

  Tobias Wiedemann, Stefan Hofbaur, Nicole Tegtmeyer, Sylwia Huber, Norbert Sewald, Silja Wessler, Steffen Backert, Gabriele Rieder

Irritable bowel syndrome

• Original article: An irritable bowel syndrome subtype defined by species-specific alterations in faecal microbiota (16 December, 2011)

  Ian B Jeffery, Paul W O'Toole, Lena Öhman, Marcus J Claesson, Jennifer Deane, Eamonn M M Quigley, Magnus Simrén

Probiotics

• Original article: Probiotic and postbiotic activity in health and disease: comparison on a novel polarised ex-vivo organ culture model (1 February, 2012) Free

  Katerina Tsilingiri, Theolis Barbosa, Giuseppe Penna, Flavio Caprioli, Angelica Sonzogni, Giuseppe Viale, Maria Rescigno

Inflammatory bowel disease

• Original article: TNFα inhibitors restrict T cell activation and cycling via Notch-1 signalling in inflammatory bowel disease (7 November, 2011)

  Lael Werner, Uta Berndt, Daniela Paclik, Silvio Danese, Anja Schirbel, Andreas Sturm
• Original article:

  NADPH oxidase complex and IBD candidate gene studies: identification of a rare variant in NCF2 that results in reduced binding to RAC2

  (7 September, 2011)

  Aleixo M Muise, Wei Xu, Cong-Hui Guo, Thomas D Walters, Victorien M Wolters, Ramzi Fattouh, Grace Y Lam, Pingzhao Hu, Ryan Murchie, Mary Sherlock, Juan Cristóbal Gana, NEOPICS*, Richard K Russell, Michael Glogauer, Richard H Duerr, Judy H Cho, Charlie W Lees, Jack Satsangi, David C Wilson, Andrew D Paterson, Anne M Griffiths, Mark S Silverberg, John H Brumell

Colon

• Original article: Nottingham trial of faecal occult blood testing for colorectal cancer: a 20-year follow-up (3 November, 2011)

  J H Scholefield, S M Moss, C M Mangham, D K Whynes, J D Hardcastle
• Original article: Dietary haem stimulates epithelial cell turnover by downregulating feedback inhibitors of proliferation in murine colon (24 September, 2011)

  Noortje IJssennagger, Anneke Rijnierse, Nicole de Wit, Denise Jonker-Termont, Jan Dekker, Michael Müller, Roelof van der Meer
• Original article: Colonoscopy quality measures: experience from the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (22 September, 2011)

  Thomas J W Lee, Matthew D Rutter, Roger G Blanks, Sue M Moss, Andrew F Goddard, Andrew Chilton, Claire Nickerson, Richard J Q McNally, Julietta Patnick, Colin J Rees

Hepatology

• Original article: Toll-like receptor-4 mediates obesity-induced non-alcoholic steatohepatitis through activation of X-box binding protein-1 in mice (17 January, 2012)

  Dewei Ye, Francois Y L Li, Karen S L Lam, Huating Li, Weiping Jia, Yu Wang, Kwan Man, Chung Mau Lo, Xiaokun Li, Aimin Xu
• Original article: Prospective derivation and validation of early dynamic model for predicting outcome in patients with acute liver failure (15 February, 2012)

  Ramesh Kumar, Shalimar, Hanish Sharma, Rohit Goyal, Ajay Kumar, Shankar Khanal, Shyam Prakash, S Datta Gupta, Subrat Kumar Panda, Subrat Kumar Acharya
• Original article: Lack of full CD8 functional restoration after antiviral treatment for acute and chronic hepatitis C virus infection (15 February, 2012)

  Gabriele Missale, Massimo Pilli, Alessandro Zerbini, Amalia Penna, Lara Ravanetti, Valeria Barili, Alessandra Orlandini, Atim Molinari, Massimo Fasano, Teresa Santantonio, Carlo Ferrari