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GASTROENTEROLOGY
January 2005 • Volume 128 • Number 1

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Clinical-alimentary Tract

Connective tissue growth factor inhibits metastasis and acts as an independent prognostic marker in colorectal cancer
Been-Ren Lin, et al

Clinical-liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract

Coffee and caffeine consumption reduce the risk of elevated serum alanine aminotransferase activity in the United States
Constance E. Ruhl, et al

Relation between hepatocyte G1 arrest, impaired hepatic regeneration, and fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C virus infection
Aileen Marshall, et al

Basic-alimentary Tract

Pyloric electrical stimulation reduces food intake by inhibiting gastric motility in dogs
Xiaohong Xu, et al

Actinin-4 increases cell motility and promotes lymph node metastasis of colorectal cancer
Kazufumi Honda, et al

Survivin: A novel target for indomethacin-induced gastric injury
Shiun-Kwei Chiou, et al

A major quantitative trait locus on mouse chromosome 3 is involved in disease susceptibility in different colitis models
Michelle E.A. Borm, et al

Basic-liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract

Acyclic retinoid inhibits human hepatoma cell growth by suppressing fibroblast growth factor-mediated signaling pathways
Run-Xuan Shao, et al

Hepatitis C virus core protein, cytochrome P450 2E1, and alcohol produce combined mitochondrial injury and cytotoxicity in hepatoma cells
Kazuhiro Otani, et al

Inhibition of inhibitor of ?B kinases stimulates hepatic stellate cell apoptosis and accelerated recovery from rat liver fibrosis
Fiona Oakley, et al

Autocrine/paracrine regulation of the growth of the biliary tree by the neuroendocrine hormone serotonin
Marco Marzioni, et al

Suppression of macrophage infiltration inhibits activation of hepatic stellate cells and liver fibrogenesis in rats
Michio Imamura, et al

Increased fecal neutral sterol loss upon liver X receptor activation is independent of biliary sterol secretion in mice
Janine K. Kruit, et al

Case Reports

Use of a mixed endothelin receptor antagonist in portopulmonary hypertension: A safe and effective therapy?
Christian Kuntzen, et al

Endosonographic diagnosis of recurrent gastrointestinal stromal tumors associated with Carney’s syndrome
Michael T. Lipcan III, et al

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