Gastroenterology Week

Gastroenterology - Nonsulfated CCK₅₈ has surprising physiological properties

Gastroentrology - Specialty pharmaceutical company gains settlement regarding patents

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors - Glivec recommended as first line management for gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Genomics - Effective liver cell transduction relies on viral second-strand DNA synthesis

Helicobacter Vaccine - Regulatory T cells suppress H. pylori-reactive immunopathological T cells

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Raf-1 activation linked to pathogenesis

Hepatology - Proapoptotic effects of SAMe in HepG2 cells elucidated

Immunology - Interferon-gamma signals slow progression in hepatitis C-infected patients

Immunosuppression - Rapid steroid withdrawal is appropriate for HCV-positive kidney recipients

Infectious Disease - Greater risk of systemic infection with epidemic L. monocytogenes strains

Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Promotion of Entocort, a locally acting glucocorticosteroid, begins in Germany

Liver Transplantation - Isolated small intestinal segments support transplanted liver fragments

Liver Transplantation - Liver transplant recipients face graft rejection with interferon-based therapy

Medical Devices - U.S. FDA approves rabbit monoclonal antibody kit for GI tumor diagnosis

Metastasis - Radioimmunotherapy and antiangiogenic therapy extend survival in cancer models

Mutagenesis - Alkaloid riddelliine induces mutations in liver cII gene of Big Blue rats

Obesity Pathogenesis - Ghrelin expression reduced in stomachs of obese mice

Obesity Pathogenesis - Ghrelin plays role in obesity development outside of leptin signaling

Oncogenesis - Hepatitis B virus x protein halts apolipoprotein B production in liver cells

Pancreatic Cancer - Genomic DNA-chip hybridization used to identify novel gene amplifications

Pancreatic Cancer - Triplex-forming oligonucleotide curtails the oncogene Ki-ras

Pediatrics - dGK gene analysis should be performed on infants with cirrhosis

Personnel - GU/GI-focused company names Jan H. Egberts, MD, as chief operating officer

Personnel - Powerlink System developer names Robert J. Krist CFO

Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis - MRC more cost-effective than ERCP for diagnosis

Renal Allograft - Malignancy reported in sirolimus-treated renal transplant recipients

Renal Cell Carcinoma - Bcl-2 antisense nucleotide sensitizes interferon-resistant renal cancer to Fas

Renal Disease - TGF-beta1-induced glomerulopathy in mice prevented by estrogen supplementation

Stem Cell Transplantation - Mesenchymal SCs help repair kidney and improve function in acute renal failure

Transplant Medicine - Interferon may lead to graft loss in liver transplant recipients

Transplant Medicine - Race affects the outcomes of patients awaiting liver transplantations

Ulcerative Colitis - Enrollment continues in retreatment phase of Nuvion trial

Ulcerative Colitis - Friendly bacteria offers hope for ulcerative colitis patients

Ulcerative Colitis - Researchers find that expression of COX-2, NOS2 may play role in colitis

Urology - Histone deacetylase inhibitors improve the transfection of bladder cancer cells

Vaccine Delivery - Oral delivery system containing A/Panama influenza hemagglutinin optimized

Viral Proteomics - Hepatitis E virus protein ushers liver-specific precursor protein from cells