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Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International (HBPD Int) Table of Contents Vol. 7, No. 1, 2008 Founded in 2002 Copyright 2008, Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International. All rights reserved.
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EDITORIAL 9 Management of pancreatic duct stone Li L and Zhang SN Kunming, China
REVIEW ARTICLES 11 Radical resection of pancreatic cancer Koliopanos A, Avgerinos C, Farfaras A, Manes C and Dervenis C Athens, Greece 19 Correction of disturbed pathophysiology of hepatic failure by albumin dialysis Williams R London, UK
ORIGINAL ARTICLES Transplantation 25 Effects of rapamycin in liver transplantation Chen YB, Sun YA and Gong JP Chongqing, China 29 Immunomodulatory effects of mesenchymal stem cells derived from adipose tissues in a rat orthotopic liver transplantation model Wan CD, Cheng R, Wang HB and Liu T Wuhan, China
Liver 34 Color Doppler velocity profile and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in assessment of liver cirrhosis Lin LW, Duan XJ, Wang XY, Xue ES, He YM, Gao SD and Yu LY Fuzhou, China 40 Prognostic factors for chronic severe hepatitis and construction of a prognostic model Li Q, Yuan GY, Tang KC, Liu GW, Wang R and Cao WK Tianjin, China
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45 Expression of CXC chemokine IP-10 in patients with chronic hepatitis B Wang J, Zhao JH, Wang PP and Xiang GJ Huainan, China 51 An experimental study of extracellular signal-regulated kinase and its interventional treatments in hepatic fibrosis Jiang MD, Zheng SM, Xu H, Zeng WZ, Zhang Y, Sun HP, Wang YX, Qin JP and Wu XL Chengdu, China
Biliary 58 Differences and significance of motilin, vasoactive intestinal peptide and gastrin in blood and gallbladder tissues of patients with gallstones Zhang ZH, Wu SD, Su Y, Jin JZ, Fan Y, Yu H and Zhang LK Shenyang, China 65 Levels of serum leptin, cholecystokinin, plasma lipid and lipoprotein differ between patients with gallstone or/and those with hepatolithiasis Lei ZM, Ye MX, Fu WG, Chen Y, Fang C and Li J Luzhou, China 70 Correlation of aPKC-Ț and E-cadherin expression with invasion and prognosis of cholangiocarcinoma Li Q, Wang JM, Liu C, Xiao BL, Lu JX and Zou SQ Wuhan, China 76 Relationship between the GH-IGFs axis and the proliferation of bile duct cancer cell line QBC939 in vitro Cai HH, Sun YM, Bai JF, Shi Y, Zhao HL and Miao Y Nanjing, China
Pancreas 82 Pancreaticoduodenectomy with radical lymphadenectomy is not contraindicated for patients with established chronic liver disease and portal hypertension Sethi H, Srinivasan P, Marangoni G, Prachalias A, Rela M and Heaton N London, UK 86 Expression of the tumor suppressor gene maspin and its significance in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas Kashima K, Ohike N, Mukai S, Sato M, Takahashi M and Morohoshi T Tokyo, Japan 91 Effects of different free fatty acids on insulin resistance in rats Han P, Zhang YY, Lu Y, He B, Zhang W and Xia F Shenyang, China
CASE REPORTS 97 Orthotopic liver transplantation for patients with Caroli's disease Wang ZX, Yan LN, Li B, Zeng Y, Wen TF and Wang WT Chengdu, China 101 Chronic pancreatitis: a sequela of acute fatty liver of pregnancy Apiratpracha W, Yoshida EM, Charles SH, Weiss AA and Byrne MF Vancouver, Canada
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 105 Mixed hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma may derive from "hepatogones" Hunt JP and Varnholt H Springfield, USA 105 The authors reply Zhou YM, et al Shanghai, China 106 Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma associated with pancreatic ductal intraepithelial neoplasia Bhanot UK Ulm, Germany
MEETINGS AND COURSES 108
RELEVANT CONTENT 111
ENDPIECES 28, 39, 64, 81, 104
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