Current Issue August 2010, Vol. 139, No. 2

Editor's Essential Reading

Clinical—Alimentary Tract

Issue Highlights

Clinical—Alimentary Tract

Clinical—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract

Basic—Alimentary Tract

Basic-Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract

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  • Discussion

    Ajit Sood, Vandana Midha, Govind K. Makharia, Vineet Ahuja, Dinesh Singal, Pooja Goswami, Rakesh K. Tandon

  • α-Enolase Autoantibodies Cross-Reactive to Viral Proteins in a Mouse Model of Biliary Atresia

    Brandy R. Lu, Stephen M. Brindley, Rebecca M. Tucker, Cherie L. Lambert, Cara L. Mack

  • Discussion

    Maria Rescigno, Iliyan D. Iliev

  • Autophagy Reduces Acute Ethanol-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Steatosis in Mice

    Wen-Xing Ding, Min Li, Xiaoyun Chen, Hong-Min Ni, Chie-Wen Lin, Wentao Gao, Binfeng Lu, Donna B. Stolz, Dahn L. Clemens, Xiao-Ming Yin

  • Curbside Consultation of the Pancreas: 49 Clinical Questions

    Daniel Cornett, Patrick Pfau

  • Genetic Heterogeneity in Colorectal Cancer Associations in Americans of African vs. European Descent

    Sonia S. Kupfer, Jeffrey R. Anderson, Stanley Hooker, Andrew Skol, Rick A. Kittles, Temitope O. Keku, Robert S. Sandler, Nathan A. Ellis

  • Esophageal Pain

    Joel E. Richter

  • Prevalence of Colorectal Cancer Surveillance for Ulcerative Colitis in an Integrated Health-Care Delivery System

    Fernando S. Velayos, Liyan Liu, James D. Lewis, James E. Allison, Nicole Flowers, Susan Hutfless, Oren Abramson, Geraldine S. Perry, Lisa J. Herrinton

  • Loose Stool and Periumbilical Pain

    Hsing-Feng Lee, Ching-Liang Lu, Full-Young Chang, Ching-Liang Lu

  • MicroRNAs Control Intestinal Epithelial Differentiation, Architecture, and Barrier Function

    Lindsay B. McKenna, Jonathan Schug, Anastassios Vourekas, Jaime B. McKenna, Nuria Bramswig, Joshua R. Friedman, Klaus H. Kaestner

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Image of the Week

An Insidious Pancreatic Lesion in a Young Woman With Recurrent Pancreatitis Contrast-enhanced CT depicting a bulging contour in the pancreatic tail portion with focal pancreatic duct dilation.

2 videos:

Dr. Xiaoqun Dong discusses her manuscript "Insulin-like Growth Factor Axis Gene Polymorphisms and Clinical Outcomes in Pancreatic Cancer."
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Jessica Liu discusses her manuscript "Incidence and Determinants of Spontaneous Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Seroclearance: A Community-Based Follow-up Study."
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Dr. Maurizia Rossana Brunetto discusses her manuscript "Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Serum Levels Help to Distinguish Active From Inactive Hepatitis B Virus Genotype D Carriers."
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Review

Hereditary Hemochromatosis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment

In the late 1800s, hemochromatosis was considered an odd autoptic finding. More than a century later, it was finally recognized as a hereditary, multi-organ disorder associated with a polymorphism that is common among white people: a 845G→A change in HFE that results in C282Y in the gene product.

Mini—Reviews and Perspectives

Achalasia: Update on the Disease and Its Treatment

Most studies that evaluate the epidemiology of achalasia are retrospective. Studies on the incidence and prevalence of achalasia come mostly from the United Kingdom, but there have been also studies of diverse populations such as Northern Europe, Israel, New Zealand, the United States, and Zimbabwe.

Editorial

MyD88 Signaling in the Intestine: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?

A unique and intricate relationship exists between the host and the vast, complex microbial communities living on both the external and internal mucosal surfaces of animals. This unique relationship has formed over millions of years of co-evolution between the kingdom Prokarya and Eukarya and is perhaps best appreciated in the gastrointestinal tract, where ~1000 species of bacteria as well as members of Archaea, Eukarya, and viruses populate this organ.