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ORAL SESSIONS—POSTGRADUATE COURSE
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AGA Postgraduate Course General Session Sp14 Achalasia and Other Esophageal Motility Problems R
(L102)
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM West Hall B D
Ikuo Hirano Petree C
LA Convention Center LA Convention Center A
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INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME Sp15 The Other Colitides: Pouchitis, Microscopic Colitis and
Diversion Colitis (L103) MAY
8:30 Introduction and Welcome Asher Kornbluth Petree D 20
Sp1 Colin W. Howden LA Convention Center
WELCOME FROM THE AGA PRESIDENT Sp16 Complications of Gastric Bypass Surgery (L104)
William L. Hasler Concourse Hall - 150 A/B/C
8:35 Welcome from AGA President LA Convention Center
Sp2 David A. Peura
Sp17 ERCP and the Pancreas: Challenges and Progress (L105)
Chair: David C. Metz Peter B. Cotton Concourse Hall - 151
LA Convention Center
RISKS OF DIAGNOSTIC ERROR
Sp18 Dyspepsia and Gastroparesis (L106)
8:40 Understanding the Limitations of a Diagnostic Test Michael P. Jones 404 A/B
Sp3 Glenn M. Eisen LA Convention Center
9:00 Medicolegal Risks Concerning Diagnostic Issues Sp19 Variceal Bleeding (L107)
Sp4 Andrew D. Feld Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao 406 A/B
9:20 Serological Testing for Celiac Sprue and IBD: Risks of
Sp5 Mis-Diagnosis and Missed Diagnosis Sp20 Stem Cell Transplantation in Resistant Crohn's Disease
Stephan R. Targan (L108)
Robert M. Craig 407
9:40 Familial Colon Cancer and Pancreatic Cancer LA Convention Center
Sp6 Anil K. Rustgi
Sp21 Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Adults (L109)
10:00 Risks of Performing (or Not Performing) a Liver Biopsy
Walter J. Hogan 501 A/B/C
Sp7 K. Rajendeer Reddy
10:20 Panel Discussion
Sp22 Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Primary Scierosing
10:30 Refreshment Break Cholangitis: Reducing the Risk of Complications
Nora V. Bergasa 502 A
Chair: Philip S. Schoenfeld LA Convention Center
RISKS RELATED TO TREATMENT, PART I Sp23 Fecal Incontinence and Anorectal Problems (L111)
Satish S. Rao 502 B
10:55 Assessing a Treatment's Safety and Efficacy LA Convention Center
Sp8 Uri A. Ladabaum
Sp24 Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas (L112)
11:15 Legal Risks of Clinical Guidelines James M. Scheiman 503
Sp9 Richard E. Moses LA Convention Center
11:35 Risks and Benefits of Aspirin and NSAIDs in the GI Sp25 Refractory and Recurrent C. Difficile Infection (L113)
Sp10 Tract and Beyond Christina M. Surawicz 511 A/B/C
Amnon Sonnenberg LA Convention Center
11:55 Risks of Different Treatment Approaches for GERD Sp26 The Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Staging
Sp11 Peter J. Kahrilas Gastrointestinal Cancers (L114)
D. Brian Jones 515 A
12:15 Risks of Immunomodulatory and Novel Treatments in
Sp12 IBD
Alan L. Buchman Sp27 Detection and Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of Early
12:35 Panel Discussion Gastric Cancer (L115)
Kentaro Sugano 515 B
AGA Postgraduate Course Luncheon Breakout Sessions
12:55 PM - 1:55 PM AGA Postgraduate Course General Session
2:05 PM - 3:55 PM West Hall B
Sp13 Capsule Endoscopy for Obscure GI Bleeding (OGIB)
(L101) Chair: John M. Inadomi
Virender K. Sharma West Hall B
LA Convention Center RISKS RELATED TO TREATMENT, PART II
2:05 Risks of Obesity and its Management
Sp28 Samuel F. Klein
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Sp29 Anna S. Lok
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Sp30 William M. Lee
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D 3:05 Minimizing Risks from Transjugular Intrahepatic
A Sp31 Portasystemic Shunts (TIPS)
Arun J. Sanyal
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MAY 3:25 Minimizing Post-ERCP Pancreatitis
Sp32 Adam Slivka
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3:55 Refreshment Break
AGA Postgraduate Course Clinical Challenge Sessions

4:10 PM - 5:40 PM
Sp33 Oropharyngeal Dysphagia (C101)

Ian J. Cook*, Reza Shaker Petree C
Sp34 Short Bowel Syndrome (C102)
Stephen J.D. O'Keefe*, Kursheed N. Jeejeebhoy Petree D
Sp35 Complicated Inflammatory Bowel Disease (C103)
Stephen B. Hanauer*, William J. Sandborn 501 A/B/C
Sp36 Refractory IBS (C104)
Amy Foxx-Orenstein*, Joanne A.P. Wilson 502 A
Sp37 Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding:
Endoscopic and Pharmacological Interventions (C105)
Joseph J.Y. Sung*, Loren A. Laine 502 B
Sp38 Fulminant Hepatic Failure/Hepatic Encephalopathy
(C106)
Andres T. Blei*, Kevin D. Mullen 503
Sp39 Gastrointestinal Problems During Pregnancy (C107)
Cynthia M. Yoshida*, Grace H. Elta 511 A/B/C
Sp40 Severe Acute Pancreatitis (C108)
John Baillie*, Christopher E. Forsmark 515 A
Sp41 Esophageal Symptoms Not Responding to a PPI (C109)
Ronnie Fass*, Ray E. Clouse 515 B
Sp42 HCV Infection: Management of Relapsers and Non-
Responders (C110)
Steven L. Flamm*, Emmett B. Keeffe 407
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ORAL SESSIONS—OTHER
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8:30 AM - 5:00 PM 304 A/B/C D
LA Convention Center A
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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS FOR NON- MAY
PHYSICIAN PRACTICE MANAGERS/ADMINISTRATORS IN
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GASTROENTEROLOGY PRACTICES
8:30 Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcome
Sp43 F. Taylor Wootton III
9:05 Analyzing and Negotiating Better Managed Care
Sp44 Agreements
Maria K. Todd
10:15 Break
10:30 Dealing with Challenging Patient Situations

Sp45 Gary Glober
11:45 Lunch Sponsored by gMed

1:00 Financial Risk Management for the Physician and the
Sp46 Practice
Mark A. Sims
2:15 Recruitment and Retention of Physicians and Staff
Sp47 David Cornett
3:30 Break
3:45 The Future of GI (Updated)

Sp48 Joel V. Brill
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POSTGRADUATE COURSE
AGA Postgraduate Course General Session Sp63 ERCP and the Pancreas: Challenges and Progress (L205)
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM West Hall B Peter B. Cotton Concourse Hall - 151
Sp64 Dyspepsia and Gastroparesis (L206)
Chair: Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao Michael P. Jones 404 A/B
RISKS OF MISSING SOMETHING IMPORTANT Sp65 Variceal Bleeding (Spanish) (L207)
8:30 Using Clinical Guidelines in Practice Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao 406 A/B
Sp49 James D. Lewis LA Convention Center
8:50 Dysplasia in Barrett's Esophagus: Can We Do Better? Sp66 Stem Cell Transplantation in Resistant Crohn's Disease
S (L208)
Sp50 Brian J. Reid
U Robert M. Craig 407
N 9:10 Minimizing the Risk of Missed Colon Polyps or Cancers LA Convention Center
Sp51 Douglas K. Rex
D Sp67 Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Adults (L209)
A 9:30 How Not to Miss Hepatocellular Carcinoma or Walter J. Hogan 501 A/B/C
Sp52 Cholangiocarcinoma in Chronic Liver Disease LA Convention Center
Y Gregory J. Gores
MAY Sp68 Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Primary Sclerosing
21 9:50 Panel Discussion Cholangitis: Reducing the Risk of Complications (L210)
Nora V. Bergasa 502 A
10:00 Refreshment Break
Chair: Deborah D. Proctor Sp69 Fecal Incontinence and Anorectal Problems (L211)
Satish S. Rao 502 B
RISKS OF DISEASE PROGRESSION LA Convention Center
10:25 Assessing Prognosis and Natural History
Sp70 Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas (L212)
Sp53 Hashem B. El-Serag
James M. Scheiman 503
10:45 Risks of Disease Progression in IBD LA Convention Center
Sp54 Sunanda V. Kane
Sp71 Refractory and Recurrent C. Difficile Infection (L213)
11:05 Cancer Risk in Celiac Sprue Christina M. Surawicz 511 A/B/C
Sp55 Sheila E. Crowe LA Convention Center
11:25 Risks of Disease Progression in NAFLD Sp72 The Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Staging
Sp56 Anna M. Diehl Gastrointestinal Cancers (L214)
D. Brian Jones 515 A
11:45 Neuroendocrine Tumors: Risks of Disease Progression LA Convention Center
Sp57 David C. Metz
Sp73 Detection and Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of Early
12:05 Risks of Untreated H. Pylori Infection Gastric Cancer (Japanese) (L215)
Sp58 Richard H. Hunt Kentaro Sugano 515 B
AGA Postgraduate Course General Session

AGA Postgraduate Course Luncheon Breakout Session
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Chair: Colin W. Howden

Sp59 Capsule Endoscopy for Obscure GI Bleeding (OGIB)
(L201) RISKS OF WASTING MONEY
Virender K. Sharma West Hall B 1:55 Evidence-Based Criteria to Assess the Validity of an
LA Convention Center Sp74 Economic Analysis
Sp60 Achalasia and Other Esophageal Motility Problems John M. Inadomi
(L202) 2:15 Managing Risk: Diagnosing Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Ikuo Hirano Petree C Sp75 Charlene M. Prather
2:35 Screening for - and Surveillance of - Barrett's Esophagus
Sp61 The Other Colitides: Pouchitis, Microscopic Colitis and Sp76 Nicholas J. Shaheen
Diversion Colitis (L203)
Asher Kornbluth Petree D 2:55 Cost-Effective Colorectal Cancer Screening
LA Convention Center Sp77 David A. Lieberman
Sp62 Complications of Gastric Bypass Surgery (L204) 3:15 The Risks of Wasting Money Screeing for Varices in
William L. Hasler Concourse Hall - 150 A/B/C Sp78 Cirrhosis
LA Convention Center Brennan M.R. Spiegel
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3:35 Panel Discussion SSAT Postgraduate Course
CLOSING REMARKS 8:00 AM - 5:45 PM 403
3:45 Closing Remarks
Sp79 Colin W. Howden
Chairs: H. Randolph Bailey, Daniel Coit, Richard Hodin,
3:50 Refreshment Break Barbara Bass, Fabrizio Michelassi, Debra Sudan, Patrick
Reardon
AGA Postgraduate Course Clinical Challenge Session SSAT POSTGRADUATE COURSE: SURGICAL DISORDERS OF
4:10 PM - 5:40 PM THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT: OPTIMIZING
OUTCOMES WITH MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT
Participants will be able to:
Sp80 Oropharyngeal Dysphagia (C201) • Describe optimal strategies for management of patients with rectal
Ian J. Cook*, Reza Shaker Petree D cancer; understand current diagnostic and treatment algorithms for
patients with gastric cancer; S
• Understand the pathophysiology and treatment options for GIST and U
Sp81 Short Bowel Syndrome (C202) Carcinoid Tumors; understand management strategies for patients N
Stephen J.D. O'Keefe*, Kursheed N. Jeejeebhoy Petree C with complications of Crohn’s disease; understand the
LA Convention Center pathophysiology of intestinal failure and treatment options to D
optimize results; and A
Sp82 Complicated Inflammatory Bowel Disease (C203) • Understand evolving and diagnostic treatment strategies for patients Y
Stephen B. Hanauer*, William J. Sandborn 501 A/B/C with GERD.
LA Convention Center MAY
8:00 Welcome 21
Sp83 Refractory IBS (C204) Sp90 Barbara L. Bass
Amy Foxx-Orenstein*, Joanne A.P. Wilson 502 A
LA Convention Center 8:05 Session I: Rectal Cancer
Sp84 Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding: 8:05 Diagnosis, Staging, Imaging: Pretreatment Assessment
Endoscopic and Pharmacological Interventions (C205) Sp91 and Planning
Joseph J.Y. Sung*, Loren A. Laine 502 B H. Randolph Bailey
LA Convention Center 8:20 Selecting the Appropriate Surgical Approach
Sp92 David A. Rothenberger
Sp85 Fulminant Hepatic Failure/Hepatic Encephalopathy
(C206) 8:35 Efficacy of Preoperative Combined Modality Therapy for
Andres T. Blei*, Kevin D. Mullen 503 Sp93 Rectal Cancer: Current Indications, Results and Future
LA Convention Center Directions
Jose G. Guillem
Sp86 Gastrointestinal Problems During Pregnancy (C207)
Cynthia M. Yoshida*, Grace H. Elta 511 A/B/C 8:50 Quality of Life and Management of Locoregional
LA Convention Center Sp94 Complications: Sexual Dysfunction, Genitourinary
Complications, Radiation, Proctitis, Incontinence
Sp87 Severe Acute Pancreatitis (C208) Robin S. McLeod
John Baillie*, Christopher E. Forsmark 515 A
LA Convention Center 9:05 Discussion: Q&A
Sp88 Esophageal Symptoms Not Responding to a PPI (C209) 9:20 Session II: Gastric Cancer
Ronnie Fass*, Ray E. Clouse 515 B
LA Convention Center 9:20 Early Mucosal Lesions: Diagnostic and Therapeutic
Sp95 Options
Sp89 HCV Infection: Management of Relapsers and Non- Irving Waxman
Responders (C210)
Steven L. Flamm*, Emmet B. Keeffe 407 9:35 Surgical Management of the Primary Tumor: Operative
LA Convention Center Sp96 Considerations
Mark P. Callery
9:50 Palliative Management of Locoregional Unresectable

Sp97 Disease
Martin Karpeh
10:05 Adjuvant Therapies: Current Recommendations and

Sp98 Evolving Therapeutics
Daniel Coit
10:20 Discussion: Q&A
10:40 Break
11:00 Session III: GI Tumor Potpourri
11:00 Primary GIST: Diagnosis and Management of Primary

Sp99 Tumors: Surgical and Adjuvant Therapies
Stanley W. Ashley
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11:15 Recurrent GIST: Optimal Integration of Surgical and 5:15 Evaluation and Management of Patients with Recurrent
Sp100 Medical Therpeutics Sp119 Disease
Samuel Singer Jo Buyske
11:30 Carcinoid Tumors: Clinical Presentation and Site 5:30 Discussion: Q&A
Sp101 Specific Management of Primary Tumors
Richard A. Hodin
11:45 Carcinoid Tumors: Management of Hepatic Metastases

Sp102 and Carcinoid Syndrome
Sharon M. Weber

12:15 Break
12:30 Session IV: Video Session
S 12:30 Surgical Management of Multiple Hepatic Metastases
U Sp103 Yuman Fong
N 12:45 Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic
D Sp104 Neoplasms
A David A. Kooby
Y 1:00 Proctectomy with Coloanal Anastomosis for Low Rectal
MAY Sp105 Cancer
21 Matt Mutch
1:15 Transgastric Surgical Procedures
Sp106 Lee L. Swanstrom
1:30 Totally Robotic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Sp107 Myriam J. Curet
1:45 Session V: Crohn's Disease

1:45 Extensive Jejuno-Ileal Disease: The Role of Bowel
Sp108 Sparing Procedures
Fabrizio Michelassi
2:00 Management of Complex Perineal Disease
Sp109 Howard Kaufman
2:15 Crohn’s Colitis: Management Considerations
Sp110 Ann C. Lowry
2:30 Biotherapeutics: Current and Evolving Options

Sp111 William Sandborn

3:00 Break
3:15 Session VI: Intestinal Failure
3:15 Pathophysiology and Spectrum of Disease Management

Sp112 Jonathan Fryer
3:30 Non-Operative Management and Treatment Options

Sp113 Jon S. Thompson
3:45 Bowel Lengthening Procedures: Surgical Options

Sp114 Debra L. Sudan
4:00 Intestinal Transplantation: New Practical Guidelines

Sp115 Kareem M. Abu-Elmagd
4:30 Session VII: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

4:30 Spectrum of Disease: Clinical Patterns and Diagnostic
Sp116 Tools
Brant K. Oelschlager
4:45 Surgical Management Options
Sp117 Patrick R. Reardon
5:00 Endoluminal Approaches
Sp118 W. Scott Melvin
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OTHER
AGA Committee Sponsored Symposium 2:37 Fostering a Culture of Professionalism and Humanism
Sp126 in GI Medical Education
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM 308 A/B
Suzanne Rose
2:59 Improving Teaching Skills At the Bedside and in Small
Chairs: Deborah D. Proctor, M. Michael Wolfe Sp127 Groups
Helen Shields
Sponsored by: Education & Training Committee
3:21 Teaching Endoscopy with the Use of Web Based
ISSUES FACING GI FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS Sp128 Teaching Materials
Brenna Bounds
• Review the status of the fellowship application processes;
• Understand the role of the core curriculum and review content AGA Committee Sponsored Symposium S
updates; 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 513 U
• Review GI accreditation standards and qualifications for CAQ in LA Convention Center
transplant hepatology; and
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• Review 4th year fellowships and advanced level training. Chairs: Christian D. Stone, Michael Wolfe D
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8:00 The GI Match Sponsored by: Education & Training Committee
Sp120 Deborah D. Proctor Y
PURSUING A CAREER IN PRIVATE PRACTICE MAY
8:30 The Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)
Sp121 Renee Overton 21
• Identify your interests and key factors to succeeding in private
9:00 GI Core Curriculum
practice;
Sp122 M. Michael Wolfe
• Review the unique challenges facing women in private practice; and
9:30 4th Year Fellowships, Including ERCP, EUS, Transplant • Identify key factors in deciding where and how to establish a
Sp123 Hepatology practice.
Frank G. Gress
2:15 Challenges Facing Women in GI
Sp129 Jill Adessa
AGA Practice Managers/Administrators Course
2:45 Choosing the Location and Practice That's Right for You
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM 304 A/B/C
Sp130 Michael Weinstein
3:15 Establishing a Multi-Specialty Group Practice
Sp131 Cecil H. Chally
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS FOR NON-
PHYSICIAN PRACTICE MANAGERS/ADMINISTRATORS IN
GASTROENTEROLOGY PRACTICES AGA Committee Sponsored Symposium
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 514
8:30 Continental Breakfast LA Convention Center
9:00 Successfully Intregrating the MID-Level Provider Into
the GI Practice: A Panel Discussion
Chair: Carl L. Berg
10:30 Break Sponsored by: Education & Training Committee
10:45 Coding and Billing for 2006 (Updated) PURSUING AN ACADEMIC CAREER
Sp124 Cecile M. Katzoff
• Identify your interests and key factors to succeeding in academics;
AGA Committee Sponsored Symposium • Appreciate the role mentoring plays in career development; and
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 501 A/B/C • Understand the academic culture and how to navigate through this
LA Convention Center environment.
Chair: Harland S. Winter 2:15 The Need for Effective Monitoring

Sp132 Sum P. Lee
2:45 Succeeding As An Academic Researcher
DIVERSIFYING YOUR TEACHING SKILLS AT THE BEDSIDE, Sp133 Gail A. Hecht
IN THE ENDOSCOPY SUITE AND IN SMALL GROUPS 3:15 Succeeding As a Clinician Educator
Sp134 Andrea E. Reid
• Review the resources relevent to training and educating pediatric and
adult gastroenterologists;
• Develop a curriculum to foster the compentencies in professionalism
during fellowship; and
• Discuss the value of simulated versus hands-on teaching for
endoscopy.
2:15 Technology Resources for Bedside Teaching
Sp125 James McGee
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AGA Committee Sponsored Symposium
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 503
Sponsored by: Clinical Practice and Economics Committee
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT BASICS

• Have an understanding of quality improvement theory and be able
to identify drivers/influencers of quality;
• Identify specific quality indicators and potential measures in their
practice; and
• Have an understanding of continual improvement processes and
tools that can be utilized in GI practice.
S 2:15 Quality Improvement Basics
U Sp135 Deborah Robin
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4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 306 A/B
A LA Convention Center
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MAY Chair: Marcia R. Cruz-Correa
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN ACADEMIC MEDICINE

• Understanding the mechanisms and various funding sources for
obtaining or maintaining an academic career; and
• Write better grant proposals.
4:00 Industry Funding
Sp136 Jane E. Onken
4:30 NIH Funding

Sp137 Judith Podskalny
5:00 Academic Funding

Sp138 John M. Carethers
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ORAL SESSIONS—CLINICAL
CLINICAL
AGA Focused Clinical Updates

6:45 AM - 8:00 AM
Sp139 Barrett's Esophagus (FC07)

Yvonne Romero Sawtelle Room
Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level
Sp140 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Therapeutics (FC08)
David T. Rubin Balboa Room
Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level S
Sp141 Enhanced Endoscopic Imaging (FC06) U
Prateek Sharma Chandler Room N
Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level D
Sp142 GI Bleeding (FC03) A
John C. Lee Brentwood Room Y
MAY
Sp143 Motility Disorders: Top to Bottom (FC04) 21
Henry P. Parkman Westwood Room
Sp144 Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (FC01)
Hari S. Conjeevaram Glenwood Room
Sp145 Treatment of Functional Bowel Disorders (FC05)
Charlene M. Prather Del Mar Room
Sp146 What's Up With the Pancreas? (FC02)
Peter R. Durie Fernwood Room
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ORAL SESSIONS—BASIC
BASIC
AGA Focused Research Roundtables

6:45 AM - 8:00 AM
Sp147 Molecular Genetics and Carcinogenesis of Colorectal

Cancer (FR01)
C. Richard Boland Salon A
Wilshire Grand - Lobby Level
Sp148 Pathogenesis of IBD (FR02)
S Charles O. Elson Salon B
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CLINICAL
AASLD Plenary Session 8:45 Impact of Double-Balloon Endoscopy On Clinical

#8 Management of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 408 A/B
Keigo Mitsui*, Shu Tanaka, Akihito Ehara, Tsuyoshi
LA Convention Center Kobayashi, Yoshihisa Sekita, Tsuguhiko Seo, Masaoki
Yonezawa, Kazuhiro Nagata, Yoshiaki Shibata, Atsushi
Chairs: John Vierling, Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao Tatsuguchi, Shunji Fujimori, Teruyuki Kishida, Katya Gudis,
Choitsu Sakamoto
PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY I (CLINICAL)
9:00 Extensive Gut Mucosal Involvement in Diarrhea-Prone
8:30 Antiviral Activity of the Non-Nucleoside Polymerase #9 IBS Patients Disclosed By Jejunal Mast Cell Infiltration
#1 Inhibitor, HCV-796, in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis Mar Guilarte*, Javier Santos, Ines de Torres, Carmen
C Virus: Preliminary Results from a Randomized, Alonso, Laura Ramos, Maria Vicario, Francesc Casellas,
Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Ascending Multiple Cristina Martinez, Esteve Saperas, Juan Ramon Malagelada
Dose Study S
Priyamvada Chandra, Donald Raible, Dawn Harper, John 9:15 Effect of Nitazoxanide in Treating Rotavirus U
Speth, Stephen Villano*, Geraldine Bichier #10 Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients N
Jean-Francois Rossignol*, Mona Abu Zekry
8:45 Association of Interferon Signaling Pathway and D
#2 Interferon Stimulated Genes with Response to Pegylated 9:30 HLA Typing in Patients with Whipple’s Disease
Interferon and Ribavirin Therapy in HCV Infected
A
#11 Federico Biagi*, Myriam Martinetti, Carla Badulli, Michele
Caucasian and African American Patients Di Stefano, Jonia Campanella, Gino R. Corazza Y
Xiaowen Su*, Shannon Rhodes, Leland Yee, Kyungah Im, MAY
Xiaomei Tong, Charles Howell, Marika Haritos, T. Jake 9:45 Homozygote Mutations of Neurogenin-3 in Children
#12 with Congenital Generalized Malabsorptive Diarrhea
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Liang, Milton W Taylor, Huiying Yang
and Dysgenesis of Enteroendocrine Cells
9:00 Late Onset Wilson Disease (WD) Jiafang Wang, Galen Cortina, Vincent Wu, Bob Tran, Ming-
#3 Peter Ferenci*, Ferenc Szalay, Merle Uta, Anna Jer Tsai, Jang-Hyeon Cho, Marvin Ament, William Treem,
Czlonkowska, Cihan Yurdaydin, Claudia Willheim Ivor Hill, Jorge Vargas, Douglas Farmer, Laurie Reyen,
Martin Martin*
9:15 Valopicitabine (NM283), Alone Or with PEG-Interferon,
#4 Compared to PEG Interferon/Ribavirin (pegIFN/RBV)
Retreatment in Hepatitis C Patients with Prior Non- AGA Research Forum
Response to pegIFN/RBV: Week 24 Results 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 404 A/B
Paul Pockros*, Christopher O'Brien, Eliot Godofsky, Maribel LA Convention Center
Rodriguez-Torres, Nezam Afdhal, S Chris Pappas, Eric
Lawitz, Natalie Bzowej, Vinod Rustgi, Mark Sulkowski,
Chairs: Edward Loftus, Robert Lofberg
Kenneth Sherman, Ira Jacobson, George Chao, Steven Knox,
Keith Pietropaolo, Nathaniel Brown
Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel
9:30 Evolution of Multi-Drug Resistant HBV: Implications On Diseases; Gastrointestinal Oncology
#5 Rescue Therapy
Hyung Joon Yim*, Munira Hussain, Stephen Wong, Ying DYSPLASIA AND CANCER OF THE COLON AND CERVIX
Liu, Scott K. Fung, Anna S. Lok IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
9:45 Detection of Caspase Activity in the Blood of Patients Participants will be able to:
#6 with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease As a Novel • Become familiar with the effect of chronic inflammation on the risk
Biomarker of Disease Severity of colorectal cancer in patients with ulcerative colitis;
Anna Wieckowska*, Nizar Zein, Lisa Yerian, Ana R. Lopez, • Become familiar with the effect of 5-aminsalicylate on the survival
Ariel E. Feldstein rates from colorectal cancer in patients with ulcerative colitis; and
• Become familiar with the effects of immunosuppression on the risk
of cervical dysplasia in patients with IBD.
AGA Research Forum
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 301 A/B 8:30 Colorectal Cancer Survival in Ulcerative Colitis Is
LA Convention Center #13 Associated with Prior Use of 5-Aminosalicylic Acid But
Not Surveillance Colonoscopy
Chairs: Robin Rutherford, Carol Semrad Fernando Velayos*, Edward V. Loftus, Tine Jess, William J.
Tremaine, William J. Sandborn
CLINICAL ADVANCES IN INTESTINAL DISORDERS
8:45 Increased Inflammatory Activity Is An Independent Risk
Participants will be able to: #14 Factor for Dysplasia and Colorectal Cancer in Ulcerative
• Understand recent advances in the clinical managment of intestinal Colitis: A Case-Control Analysis with Blinded
disorders. Prospective Pathology Review
David T. Rubin*, Dezheng Huo, Jami A. Rothe, Jeremy
8:30 Endoscopic Diagnosis of Early Gastrointestinal Graft- Hetzel, Mina Sedrak, Nicole Yadron, Alana Bunnag, John
#7 Versus-Host Disease Hart, Jerrold R. Turner
William Ross*, Alexander A. Dekovich, Karen R. Cleary,
Shubra Ghosh, Jeffrey H. Lee, Daniel R. Couriel 9:00 Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancer in Crohn’s Colitis: A
#15 Case-Control Study
Corey A. Siegel*, Ifat Kamin, Bruce E. Sands
9:15 Use of Immunosuppressants Results in a Higher
#16 Incidence of Abnormal PAP Smears in Women with
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Sunanda V. Kane*, Bahareh Khatibi, Deepa Reddy
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9:30 Abnormal PAP Smear, Cervical Dysplasia and
#17 Immunomodulator Therapy in Women with
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Thangam Venkatesan*, Dawn B. Beaulieu, Vladimir Ferrer,
Lydia R. Weber, Judy Podoll, Josh F. Knox, Jeanne Emmons,
Mazen Issa, Kathy A. King, David G. Binion
9:45 Serum P53 Antibodies (ABS) in Patients with Ulcerative

#18 Colitis (UC) Are Associated with the Development of
Colorectal Cancer and Screening of P53 ABS By ELISA
Is Useful in Cancer Surveillance Program for UC
Patients
Nagamu Inoue*, Shigeo Yoshizawa, Katusyoshi Matsuoka,
Hiromasa Takaishi, Haruhiko Ogata, Yasushi Iwao, Makio
Mukai, Tomonobu Fujita, Yutaka Kawakami, Toshifumi Hibi
S AGA Research Forum

U 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 405
N LA Convention Center
D
Chairs: Neal Leleiko, Sari Acra
A
Y Sponsored by: Growth, Development & Aging
MAY
PEDIATRIC GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE
21
• Understand the effects of genetics on inflammatory bowel disease;
• Review recent advances in gastric emptying and vomiting; and
• Update on the role of magnetic resonance cholangio-pancreatography
in children.
8:30 Tumour Necrosis Factor α Promoter Polymorphisms:
#19 Influence On Phenotype and Severity in Childhood IBD
and Regression Analysis of the Relative Contribution to
Crohn’s Disease Phenotype
Johan van Limbergen*, Richard K. Russell, Elaine R.
Nimmo, Hazel E. Drummond, Linda Smith, Niall Anderson,
David C. Wilson, Peter M. Gillett, Paraic McGrogan, Kamal
Hassan, Laurence T. Weaver, Michael W. Bisset, Gamal
Mahdi, Jack Satsangi
8:45 NOD1/CARD4 Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism +32656
#20 and IBD: Influence On Susceptibility and Disease
Phenotype in the Scottish Childhood Onset
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Population and
Regression Analysis of the Relative Contribution to
Crohn’s Disease
Johan van Limbergen*, Richard K. Russell, Elaine R.
Nimmo, Hazel E. Drummond, Niall Anderson, Linda Smith,
David C. Wilson, Peter M. Gillett, Paraic McGrogan, Kamal
Hassan, Laurence T. Weaver, Michael W. Bisset, Gamal
Mahdi, Jack Satsangi
9:00 Substantial Differences in Lansoprazole
#21 Pharmacokinetics Between Older and Younger Infants
and Neonates
Weijiang Zhang*, Michael J. Kukulka, Galen Witt, Debra
Sutkowski-Markmann, Janine North, Stuart Atkinson
9:15 Evaluation of the Utility of Magnetic Resonance
#22 Cholangio-Pancreatography (MRCP) in Children Using
Endoscopic Retrograde (ERCP), Intra-Operative Or
Percutaneous Cholangio-Pancreatography As Gold
Standards
Neelesh A. Tipnis*, Kulwinder S. Dua, John R. Sty, Steven
L. Werlin
9:30 Effects of Osmolality, Volume, and Nutrient Density On

#23 Gastric Emptying (GE) in Preterm Infants
Robert J. Shulman, Alex Ramirez*, William Wong
9:45 Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) Levels Are

#24 Elevated During Episodes of Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
Seth B. Marcus*, M Agjabe-Williams, De Grigoriadis, Y
Tache, Don Zimmerman, B U. Li
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BASIC
AGA Research Forum AGA Topic Forum

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 305 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 501 A/B/C
LA Convention Center LA Convention Center
Chairs: Terez Shea-Donohoe, Karnam Murthy Chairs: Theresa Pizarro, Shadid Umar
Sponsored by: Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel
Receptors; Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction Diseases; Intestinal Disorders
GI PEPTIDE REGULATION OF SMOOTH MUSCLE AND AS INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION AND FUNCTION

NOVEL TARGETS FOR FUNCTIONAL BOWEL DISORDERS
Participants will be able to: • Understand effects of intestinal inflammation on intestinal function. S
• Understand the role of GI peptides in normal GI motility; U
• Dissect the mechanism by which GI peptides regulate dysmotility; 8:30 Effect of Inflammation On the Intestinal Nhe8 Gene
#31 Expression N
and
• Identify novel targets to treat motility disorders. Hua Xu*, Jennifer K. Uno, Rongji Chen, Huacong Chen, D
Fayez K. Ghishan A
8:30 Cholinergic Contractile Responses and Signal
#25 Transduction Mechanisms of Gastric Smooth Muscle in 8:45 The Role of Ctla-4 On Regulatory T Cell Function in a Y
M2 and M3 Muscarinic Receptor Subtype Knockout #32 Mouse Model of Microbially-Driven Inflammatory Bowel MAY
Mice Disease 21
Alan S. Braverman, Henry P. Parkman*, Jurgen Wess, Koichiro Watanabe*, Rao P. Varada, Shilu Xu, Theofilos
Michael R. Ruggieri Poutahidis, Masahiro Ohtani, Kristen Clapp, Juri Miyamae,
Arlin B. Rogers, Zhongming Ge, Toshio Fujioka, Susan E.
8:45 Physiological Dependence of Gastric Emptying and Erdman, James G. Fox
#26 Intestinal Motility On 5-HT4 Receptors: Analyses in
Wild-Type and 5-HT4 Knockout Mice 9:00 TNF and Light Cause Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction in
Abigail Cuenca*, Min-Tsai Liu, Kerri Holick, Rene Hen, #33 Vivo, But Only TNF Induces Diarrhea: Role of NHE3
Michael D. Gershon Daniel R. Clayburgh*, Mark W. Musch, Yang-Xin Fu,
Jerrold R. Turner
9:00 Identification of New Variant of Corticotropin Releasing
#27 Factor (CRF) Receptor Type 2α(Crf2α): Differential 9:15 Bifidobacterium Animalis Causes Extensive Duodenitis
Distribution and Regulation in the Gastrointestinal (GI) #34 and Mild Colonic Inflammation in Interleukin-10
Tract in Rats Knockout Mice
Pu-Qing Yuan*, S Vincent Wu, Lixin Wang, Yvette Tache James P. Moran*, Susan L. Tonkonogy, J.N. Walter, Gerald
W. Tannock, Balfour R. Sartor
9:15 Ghrelin Agonist Activity in a Rat Model of Postoperative
#28 Ileus and Opioid-Delayed Gastrointestinal Motility 9:30 Leukotriene D4 Modulates Na-Neutral Amino Acid Co-
Kalina Venkova*, Graeme Fraser, Hamid Hoveyda, Beverley #35 Transport During Chronic Intestinal Inflammation
Greenwood-van Meerveld Jamil Talukder*, Ramesh Kekuda, Uma Sundaram
9:30 The New CRF1 Selective Agonist Cortagine Injected 9:45 Essential Roles for P53 and Puma in T Cell Induced
#29 Peripherally and Centrally Stimulates Colonic Motor #36 Stem Cell Activation, Proliferation and Crypt Cell
Function and Induces Diarrhea in Rats: A Relevant Tool Apoptosis
for Stress-Related Gastrointestinal Disease Studies Navdha Mittal*, Ramanarao Dirisina, Jennet Manjali,
Muriel H. Larauche*, Karina Pambukchian, Armen Yueming Tang, Gery R. Grimm, Goo Lee, Navdeep S.
Karapetyan, Mulugeta Million, Jean Rivier, Yvette Tache Chandel, Terrence A. Barrett
9:45 Activation of the RHo-INteracting PRotein P116RIP By

#30 Src Kinase Inhibits RHOA and Enhances Mlc
Phosphatase Activity: A Mechanism for Inhibition of
Acetylcholine-Induced Muscle Contraction By
Internalized Cannabinoid Cb1 Receptors
Sunila Mahavadi*, Jiean Huang, Karnam S. Murthy
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ORAL SESSIONS—COMBINED
COMBINED
AGA Research Forum 8:45 Cobra1: A Novel Regulator of TFF1 Transcription in

#44 Upper Gastrointestinal Adenocarcinomas
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 303 AB
Patricia McChesney, Mohammad Razvi, Rong Li,
LA Convention Center Chrsitopher Moskaluk, Alexander Zaika, Wael El-Rifai*
Chairs: Prateek Sharma, Amitabh Chak 9:00 Effects of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-
#45 Gamma Agonist, Rosiglitazone, On Chemoprevention of
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders Gastric Cancer in Rat
Wai K. Leung*, Shanying Liao, Zhi-Rong Zeng, Christine Y.
BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS: BIOMARKERS AND HISTOLOGY Wong, Wai-Kit Chu, Victoria Y. Cheng, Ka-Fai To, Jun Yu,
Pin-Jin Hu, Joseph J. Sung
• Identify biomarkers for Barrett's Esophagus and its risk of neoplasia; 9:15 Chemoprevention of Gastric Cancer By Celecoxib in H.
S and #46 Pylori-Infected Mongolian Gerbils
U • Evaluate new research on diagnostic test for Barrett's Esophagus. Seiji Futagami*, Kenji Suzuki, Tetsuro Hiratsuka, Tomotaka
N Shindo, Tatsuhiko Hamamoto, Atsushi Tatsuguchi, Nobue
8:30 Comparison of Digital Image Analysis (DIA) and Ueki, Shinji Yoko, Masafumi Kusunoki, Ken Wada,
D #37 Fluorescent in Situ Hybridization (FISH) in the Kazumasa Miyake, Katya Gudis, Taku Tsukui, Choitsu
A Detection of Neoplasia Barrett's Esophagus Sakamoto
Kenneth K. Wang*, Ganapathy Prasad, Navtej S. Buttar,
Y Michel Wongkeesong, Lynn S. Borkenhagen, Sheila 9:30 Female Hormones Provide a Protective Effect in
MAY Krishnadath, Marlys Anderson, Sarah Papenfuss, Kevin #47 Helicobacter Pylori Induced Gastric Disease in Ins-Gas
21 Halling, Thomas Smyrk, Catherine Demars, Lori Lutzke Mice
Masahiro Ohtani*, Zhongming Ge, Alexis Garcia, Arlin B.
8:45 Cyclin a Immunocytology As a Risk Stratification Tool Rogers, Nancy S. Taylor, Sandy Xu, Koichiro Watanabe,
#38 in Barrett’s Esophagus Surveillance Kristen Clapp, Juri Miyamae, Robert P. Marini, Takeshi
Pierre Lao-Sirieix*, Laurence Lovat, Rebecca C. Fitzgerald Azuma, Timothy C. Wang, James G. Fox
9:00 Pathologic Distinction of Barrett S Esophagus from 9:45 Reciprocal Fundic and Antral Changes in Sonic
#39 Carditis with Intestinal Metaplasia: A Blinded #48 Hedgehog (SHH) During the Progression from Atrophic
Interobserver Variability Study Gastritis to Gastric Cancer
Amitabh Srivastava*, Mark Redston, Gregory Y. Lauwers, Meghna Waghray*, Weiqun Kang, Yana Zavros, Juanita
Donald A. Antonioli, Robert D. Odze, Jonathan N. Merchant
Glickman
9:15 Biomarkers in the Therapy of Barrett’s Esophagus with AGA Research Forum
#40 High-Grade Dysplasia 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 406 A/B
Ganapathy A. Prasad*, Kenneth K. Wang, Halling C. Kevin, LA Convention Center
Shannon Brankley, Navtej S. Buttar, Louis M. Wongkeesong,
Lori S. Lutzke, Sarah M. Papenfuss, K K. Krishanadath Chairs: Patricia Eagon, Kelly N. Tappenden
9:30 DNA Methylation in the Esophageal Mucosa of Patients
#41 5 Or More Years After a Fundoplication for Barrett’s Sponsored by: Nutrition & Obesity
Esophagus
John J. Kelly*, Eric Smith, Paul A. Drew, Stuart R. Phillis, NUTRIENTS AND GUT FUNCTION
Andrew R. Ruszkiewicz, Glyn G. Jamieson 8:30 Elevated Iron Absorption in the Neonatal Rat Reflects
9:45 CDX2 Expression Predicts the Presence of Specialized #49 High Expression of Iron Transport Genes in the Distal
#42 Intestinal Metaplasia in Columnar Epithelium of the Small Intestine and Colon
Esophagus Even in the Absence of Goblet Cells David M. Frazer, Sarah J. Wilkins, Therese L. Murphy,
Marjon Kerkhof*, Dorine A. Bax, Leon M. Moons, Anneke Gregory J. Anderson*
J. van Vuuren, Herman van Dekken, Ernst J. Kuipers, 8:45 Protein Composition of the Pre-Chylomicron Transport
Johannes G. Kusters, Peter D. Siersema #50 Vesicle (PCTV)-CIS Golgi Fusion Complex
Shadab Siddiqi*, James Mahan, Charles Mansbach
AGA Research Forum
9:00 Intestinal Threonine Metabolism in Wild Type and
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 306 A/B #51 MUC2 Deficient Mice
LA Convention Center Maria van der Sluis*, Maaike Schaart, Barbara de Koning,
Henk Schierbeek, Anna Velcich, Ingrid Renes, Johannes van
Chairs: Juanita L. Merchant, James G. Fox Goudoever
Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology 9:15 Conditional Intestinal Lipotoxicity: Functional
#52 Superiority of APOB48 and a Survival Advantage for
GASTRIC CANCERS: BIOLOGY AND TREATMENT APOB mRNA Editing
Yan Xie*, Jianyang Luo, Zhouji Chen, Nicholas O.
Participants will be able to: Davidson
• Understand the biology and treatment of gastric cancer.
9:30 Intestinal Epithelial Cell-Derived IL-7 Contributes to the
8:30 H. Pylori Accelerates the Progression of Dysplasia of the #53 Alternation in Intraepithelial Lymphocytes After Total
#43 PYLORIC Antrum in Tff2-/- C57bl X Sv129 Infected Parenteral Nutrition
Mice Hua Yang*, Xiaoyi Sun, Daniel H. Teitelbaum
James G. Fox*, Arlin B. Rogers, Evelyn Kurt-Jones, Timothy
C. Wang
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9:45 Novel Differentially Expressed Genes Revealed By
#54 Microarray Analysis of Duodenum in Patients with
Disorders of Iron Homeostasis
James F. Collins*, Zihua Hu, Stuart Rakka, Ellen Kilcourse,
Kris V. Kowdley
AGA Translational Symposium

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 309
Chair: Bruno Bonaz
Sponsored by: Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their

Receptors; Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction; Esophageal, Gastric
& Duodenal Disorders
S
THE CHOLINERGIC ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PATHWAY:
U
POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS IN THE GI TRACT
N
Participants will be able to: D
• Present an overview of cholinergic stimulation in suppressing
inflammation;
A
• Review the role of the vagus anti-inflammatory pathway in post- Y
operative ileus; and MAY
• Review the role of the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway in
treaing inflammatory bowel disorders.
21
8:30 The Cholinergic Anti-Inflammatory Pathway

Sp149 V.A. Pavlov
9:00 Prevention of Post-Operative Ileus By the Vagal Anti-

Sp150 Inflammatory Pathway
Wouter J. de Jonge
9:30 Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases By
Sp151 Activating the Vagal Anti-Inflammatory Pathway?
Bruno Bonaz
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CLINICAL
AASLD State-of-the-Art Lecture 11:15 Natural History of Crohn’s Disease in Children : A

#58 Population-Based Cohort Study in Northern France
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM 408 A/B
Mamadou Balde, Gwenola Vernier-Massouille, Corinne
LA Convention Center Gower-Rousseau, Dominique Turck, Jean-Louis Dupas,
Olivier Mouterde, Jean-Louis Salomez, Eric Lerebours,
Chair: Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao Antoine Cortot, Jean F. Colombel*
Sponsored by: AASLD 11:30 Height of Growth Delayed Children with Active Crohn's
#59 Disease Improves During Treatment with Infliximab
TREATMENT OF PORTAL HYPERTENSION Anne Griffiths*, Jeffrey Hyams, Wallace Crandall, Subra
Kugathasan, Allan Olson, Jewell Johanns, Grace Liu, Aparna
Participants will be able to: Raychaudhuri, Suzanne Travers, Robert Heuschkel, James
• Have updated information on therapeutic armomentarium and its Markowitz, Stanley Cohen, Harland Winter, Gigi Veereman-
S rationale for portal hypertension; Wauters, George Ferry, Robert Baldassano
U • Select the best approach in each clinical scenario (primary
N prophylaxis, treatment of acute variceal bleeding, prevention of re- 11:45 Inter-Center Variation in the Initial Management of
bleeding); and #60 Children with Crohn’s Disease
D • Known advantages and limitations of first-line treatment and on M Kappelman*, A Bousvaros, J Hyams, J Markowitz, M
A rescue therapy for primary failures. Pfefferkorn, S Kugathasan, J Rosh, A Otley, D Mack, A
Y Griffiths, J Evans, R Grand, C Langton, J Finkelstein
10:30 Treatment of Portal Hypertension
MAY Sp152 Jaime Bosch
21 AGA Research Forum
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 410
AGA Topic Forum
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Concourse Hall - 150 A/B/C
Chairs: Michelle Anderson, Douglas Adler
Chairs: Robert Baldassano, Marla Dubinsky Sponsored by: Pancreatic Disorders
Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel CHRONIC PANCREATITIS: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN
Diseases; Clinical Practice DIAGNOSIS, MANAGEMENT AND NATURAL HISTORY
ADVANCES IN PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL Participants will be able to:
DISEASE • Describe the accuracy of imaging techniques in the diagnosis of
chronic pancreatitis;
Participants will be able to: • Understand factors associated with progression and clinical outcomes
• Understand the optimal maintenance dosing regimen of infliximab in of chronic pancreatitis; and
pediatric patients with Crohn's disease; • Describe methods to exploit biochemical markers of inflammation in
• Understand the effect of infliximab on growth and natural history of the early diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis.
pediatric Crohn's disease; and
• Understand the epidemiology and natural history of pediatric 10:30 Endoscopic Ultrasonography and MRI-Pancreatography
Crohn's disease. #61 in the Evaluation of Patients with Suspected Chronic
Pancreatitis: Are Both Imaging Techniques Required?
10:30 Early Immunomodulator Use Improves 18 Month Julio Iglesias-Garcia*, Carmen Villalba, Jose Larino-Noia,
#55 Outcomes in Pediatric Crohn’s Disease Enrique Dominguez-Munoz
Jaya B. Punati*, James Markowitz, Trudy Lerer, Jeffrey
Hyams, Subra Kugathasan, Anne Griffiths, Anthony Otley, 10:45 Combined Pancreatic Juice IL-8 Concentration and EUS
Joel Rosh, Marian Pfefferkorn, David Mack, Jonathan Evans, #62 Are Highly Predictive to Diagnose Chronic Pancreatitis
Athos Bousvaros, Susan Moyer, Robert Rothbaum, Robert Surakit Pungpapong*, Kyung W. Noh, Mohammed Al-
Wyllie, Vasundhara Tolia, Maria Oliva-Hemker, Adam Haddad, Michael B. Wallace, Timothy A. Woodward,
Mezoff, Neal Lelieko, J Fernando- Del Rosario, David Keljo, Massimo Raimondo
Wallace Crandall
11:00 Stopping Smoking At the Clinical Onset of Chronic
10:45 Infliximab As a First Choice Therapy in Children with #63 Pancreatitis Reduces the Risk of Developing Pancreatic
#56 Newly Diagnosed Crohn’s Disease (CD) Promotes Long- Calcifications
Term Sustained Remission and Alters the Course of the Talamini Giorgio*, Massimo Falconi, Nora Sartori, Marina
Disease Mastromauro, Claudio Bassi, Paolo Pederzoli, Italo Vantini
Erminia Romeo, Franca Viola, Gianluigi De Angelis, Alessia
Vernuccio, Veronica Pannone, Barbara Bizzarri, Osvaldo 11:15 Abnormal Pancreatic Duct Morphology Is Highly
Borrelli, Salvatore Cucchiara* #64 Suggestive of Pancreatic Acinar Cell Dysfunction
Mansour A. Parsi*, Darwin L. Conwell, Gregory Zuccaro,
11:00 Maintenance Therapy with Infliximab Every 8 Weeks Is John A. Dumot, John J. Vargo
#57 Superior to Every 12 Weeks in Maintaining Response
and Remission in Pediatric Patients with Moderately to 11:30 Clinical Aspects of Chronic Pancreatitis Associated with
Severely Active Crohn’s Disease #65 Gene Mutations
Jeffrey Hyams*, Wallace Crandall, Subra Kugathasan, Anne Luca Frulloni*, Chiara Scattolini, Giulia Martina Cavestro,
Griffiths, Allan Olson, Jewel Johanns, Grace Liu, Suzanne Cecilia Pravadelli, Laura Bernardoni, Anna Katsotourchi,
Travers, Robert Heuschkel, James Markowitz, Stanley Paolo Bovo, Riccardo Manfredi, Rossella Graziani, Giorgio
Cohen, Harland Winter, Gigi Veereman-Wauters, George Cavallini
Ferry, Robert Baldassano
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11:45 Glucidic Homeostasis Improvement After Endoscopic
#66 Ductal Drainage in Chronic Pancreatitis
Pierre Deprez*, Helene Devroye, Jean-Paul Thissen, Yves
Horsmans, Jean-Francois Gigot, Michel Hermans
AGA Clinical Symposium

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Petree C
Chair: Brooks Cash

Sponsored by: Clinical Practice; Immunology, Microbiology &
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction
EMERGING GI THERAPIES SYMPOSIUM

S
• Review the role of anti-TNF therapy in Crohn's disease and help the U
clinician understand the differences between infliximab, adalimumab N
or certolizumab; D
• Discuss recent developments in the treatment of IBS; and
• Evaluate the evidence in support of new therapies for Hepatitis B. A
Y
10:30 Positioning Anti-TNF Therapies for Crohn's Disease and
MAY
Sp153 Ulcerative Colitis
William Sandborn 21
11:00 Emerging Therapies for IBS
Sp154 William D. Chey
11:30 What's New in the Treatment of Hepatitis B
Sp155 Anna Lok
AGA Research Forum

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 502 B
Chairs: Philip Katz, Peter Kahrilas
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders
THE PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF GERD

• Evaluate new research on the pharmacological treatment of GERD.
10:30 Effect of Acid Inhibition On Reflux Symptoms Depends

#67 On Symptom Association Probability
Marissa C. Aanen*, Bas L. Weusten, Mattijs E. Numans,
Niek J. de Wit, Melvin Samsom
10:45 Adherence and Persistence to Proton Pump Inhibitors in

#68 Daily Clinical Practice
Eva van Soest*, Peter D. Siersema, Jeanne P. Dieleman,
Miriam C. Sturkenboom, Ernst J. Kuipers
11:00 Positive Association Between Intragastric and

#69 Intraesophageal Acid Control and Healing of Los
Angeles Grade C and D Erosive Esophagitis: Results of
a Prospective, Controlled Clinical Trial
Philip O. Katz*, Gregory G. Ginsberg, Paul Hoyle, Mark B.
Sostek, John Monyak, Debra G. Silberg
11:15 The Effect of Baclofen On Esophago-Gastric Motility and

#70 Gastroesophageal Reflux in Children with GER Disease
Taher Omari*, Marc Benninga, Ross N. Butler, Lloyd
Sansom, John Dent, Geoffrey P. Davidson
11:30 Influence of Gastric Motility Modifying Drugs On the

#71 Postprandial Acid and Bile Pockets At the Gastro-
Esophageal Junction
Raf Bisschops, Daniel Sifrim, Rita Vos, Jozef Janssens, Jan
Tack*
11:45 The Pharmacological Treatment of GERD in 2006

Sp156 Donald Castell
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BASIC
AASLD Research Forum 11:00 Specification and Terminal Differentiation of Small

#80 Intestinal Endocrine Cells Occurs Independently of Wnt
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 411
Signaling
LA Convention Center Yang Wang*, Andrew B. Leiter
Chairs: Craig McClain, Neil Kaplowitz 11:15 β1 Integrins Regulate Wnt Signaling in the Intestinal
#81 Epithelium
CELL DEATH, OXIDATIVE STRESS AND DRUG TOXICITY Scott K. Kuwada, Brett Doxey*, Phillip Gray, Xiufen Li
10:30 A Novel Mechanism for Drug-Induced Liver Failure: 11:30 P53-Activated Ndrg1 Expression Plays An Important
#72 Inhibition of Histone Acetylation By Arylamine #82 Role in Inhibition of Normal Intestinal Epithelial Cell
Derivatives Proliferation Following Polyamine Depletion
Kazumoto Murata*, Kazushi Sugimoto, Minoru Hamada Ai-Hong Zhang*, Jaladanki N. Rao, Tongtong Zou, Lan Liu,
S Bernard S. Marasa, Lan Xiao, Jie Chen, Jian-Ying Wang
U 10:45 Molecular “Memory” Via Chaperone Modification As a
#73 Potential Mechanism for Rapid Mallory Body Induction 11:45 Critical Interactions Between Elf and Cdk4 in
N Pavel Strnad*, Jian Liao, James Schilling, Kenneth Lau, M #83 Regulation of Gastrointestinal Cell Proliferation in TGF-
D B. Omary β Signaling Pathway
A Sang Soo Kim*, Hye Jung Baek, Anthony Kang, Yi Tang,
11:00 Proteasome Inhibition Induces An Endoplasmic Varalakshmi Katuri, M. Blair Marshall, Bibhuti Mishra, E.
Y #74 Reticulum Stress Pathway of Apoptosis, Independent of Premkumar Reddy, Lopa Mishra
MAY Caspase Activity in Human Cholangiocarcinoma Cells
Yucel Ustundag*, Steven F. Bronk, Gregory Gores
21 AGA Topic Forum
11:15 Oxidative Stress (H2O2 ) Increases Hepatic Transferrin 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 305
#75 Receptor 1 Mediated Iron Uptake in Vitro and in Vivo
Independent of the IL-6/Hepcidin and Ire/Irp Network
Daniel Rost, Bill Andriopoulos, Stephan Hegedusch, Julia
Chairs: James Goldenring, Kentaro Sugano
Mangin, Hans-Dieter Riedel, Kostas Pantopoulos, Sebastian
Mueller*
11:30 Preclinical Differentiation Between Apparently Safe and Receptors; Gastrointestinal Oncology; Growth, Development &
#76 Potentially Hepatotoxic Applications of Trail Either Aging
Alone Or in Combination with Chemotherapeutic Drugs
Tom Ganten*, Ronald Koschny, Jaromir Sykora, Henning GI PEPTIDES IN GI DEVELOPMENT AND CANCER
Schulze-Bergkamen, Peter Buechler, Tobias L. Haas,
Manuela Schader, Andreas Untergasser, Wolfgang Stremmel, Participants will be able to:
Henning Walczak • Understand the role of developmental signals in GI cancer;
• Understand the role of developmental signals in acid secretion; and
11:45 Chronic Alcohol Consumption Decreases Cellular cAMP • Understand the role of chronic inflammation in cancer development.
#77 Levels and Enhances LPS-Inducible NFkB Activity and
TNF Expression in Monocytes: Relevance to Alcoholic 10:30 The Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor Mist1
Liver Disease #84 Regulates Differentiation of Gastric Zymogenic (Chief)
Leila Gobejishvili*, Shirish Barve, Swati Joshi-Barve, Cells from Their Mucous Neck Cell Precursors
Zhenyuan Song, Craig McClain Victoria G. Ramsey, Christopher C. Chen, Jason M. Doherty,
Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck, Jason C. Mills*
AGA Research Forum 10:45 The Risk of Gastric Cancer Correlates with Serum
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 306 A/B #85 Pepsinogen I / Pepsinogen II Ratio Both in Longitudinal
LA Convention Center Settings As Well As Cross-Sectional
Hirotsugu Watabe*, Yutaka Yamaji, Makoto Okamoto,
Chairs: Angela Tyner, Martin Martin Ryoichi Wada, Hidetaka Doi, Haruhiko Yoshida, Takao
Kawabe, Toru Mitsushima, Masao Omata
Sponsored by: Growth, Development & Aging
11:00 Gastrin-Induced Pepsinogen Regulates Sonic Hedgehog
#86 Processing and Prevents Gastric Atrophy
GENE REGULATION AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN
Yana Zavros*, Meghna Waghray, Linda Zhang, Arthur
GASTROINTESTINAL DEVELOPMENT Tessier, Deborah Gumucio, Linda C. Samuelson, Andrea
Todisco, Juanita L. Merchant
• Update on regulation of gastrointestinal development; 11:15 Activation of Hedghog Signaling in GI Cancers
• Understand the role of cell signaling in intestinal development; and #87 Jingwu Xie*, J.N. He, Tao Sheng, Arwen Stelter, Laura
• Review determinants of intestinal growth regulation. Westerberg, Shuhong Huang, Xiaoli Ma, Hongwei Zhang,
Robert Whitehead, Patrick Adegboyega, Stan Lemon, Mark
10:30 Intestine Specific Deletion of Math1 Reveals Its Roles in
Evers
#78 Epithelial Cell Fate Determination and Homeostasis
Noah F. Shroyer*, Vincent Y. Wang, Huda Y. Zoghbi 11:30 Evidence That Integrin-Linked Kinase Is Involved in
#88 Murine Colitis-Associated Carcinogenesis
10:45 Identification of Sonic and Indian Hedgehog Activity
Baljinder Salh*, Kiran Assi, David Owen, Shoukat Dedhar
#79 During Small Intestine Morphogenesis
William Zacharias*, Blair B. Madison, Xing Li, Asa 11:45 Annexin II Binds Progastrin and Gastrin Like Peptides,
Kolterud, Deborah L. Gumucio #89 and Is Required for Mediating Growth Factor Effects of
Autocrine and Exogenous Gastrins On Colon Cancer
and Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Pomila Singh*, Hai Wu, Azar Owlia
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AGA State-of-the-Art Lecture AGA Research Forum
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM 501 A/B/C 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 407
Chair: Meena Rao Chairs: Nicholas Spencer, Fivos Christofi
Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders; Immunology, Microbiology & Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Pancreatic Disorders
NEURONAL AND NON-NEURONAL SIGNALING AND
HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION
Participants will be able to: Participants will be able to:
• Characterize the diversity of HSPs; • Learn about non-neuronal cells and their role in control of
• Deliniate the basic biology of HSPs; and gastrointestinal motility;
• Characterize alterations in HSP function during intestional • Learn synaptic transmission in the gastrointestinal tract; and
inflammation, injury and repair. • Learn about sensory mechanisms in the intestine.
S
10:30 Heat Shock Proteins 10:30 Do Intrinsic Sensory Neurons Show Directional Stretch- U
Sp157 Eugene Chang #95 Sensitivity in Guinea Pig Distal Colon?
Eamonn J. Dickson*, Terence K. Smith, Grant Hennig, Nick
N
J. Spencer D
AGA Research Forum
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 301 A/B A
10:45 Co-Transmission from Sympathetic Vasoconstrictor
LA Convention Center #96 Neurons in Mouse Colonic Submucosal Arterioles and Y
the Effect of Colitis MAY
Chairs: Keith Wilson, El-Omar Emad Alan Lomax*, Stephen J. Vanner 21
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders 11:00 Enteric Glia (EGC) Support Barrier Functions of
#97 Intestinal Epithelial Cells (IEC) Under Physiological and
IMMUNOLOGICAL MEDIATORS OF H. PYLORI Inflammatory Conditions
PATHOGENESIS Christiane Hank, Sebastian Hoff, Michael Pfaffl, Michael
Schemann, Anne Ruhl*
11:15 An Alpha-7 Selective Nicotinergic Agonist Ameliorates
• Understand and gain knowledge of immune processes that regulate
#98 Postoperative Ileus By Inhibiting Activation of Intestinal
Helicobacter-induced disease.
Macrophages
10:30 Cd4+Cd45rbLoCd25+ Regulatory Lymphocytes Protect Wouter de Jonge*, Frans O. The, Esmerij P. van der
#90 Against Induction of Helicobacter Pylori Gastritis in Zanden, Dennis C. van der Coelen, Rene M. van den
C57bl/6 Mice Through An Il10 Dependent Mechanism Wijngaard, Guy E. Boeckxstaens
Chung-Wei Lee*, Varada P. Rao, Susan E. Erdman, Arlin B.
11:30 Intestinal Handling During Abdominal Surgery Induces
Rogers, James G. Fox
#99 Mast Cell Degranulation and Intestinal Inflammation in
10:45 H. Pylori-Induced Phosphorylation of C-Fos Is the Key Man
#91 Regulatory Step in the Activation of Macrophage Frans O. The*, Roelof J. Bennink, Willem M. Ankum,
Apoptosis Marrije R. Buist, Matthe P. Burger, Sicco van der Heide,
Mohammad Asim*, Rupesh Chaturvedi, Francoise I. Rene M. van den Wijngaard, Wouter J. de Jonge, Guy E.
Bussiere, Kshipra Singh, Keith T. Wilson Boeckxstaens
11:00 Site Specific Activation of Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) 11:45 Role of Adaptive Immune Cells in the Functional
#92 Is a Key Regulator of Helicobacter Pylori Mediated #100 Response to Intestinal Nematode Infection
Intracellular Signaling Justin E. Elfrey*, Aiping Zhao, Kathleen B. Madden,
Fazal H. Tabassam*, Yoshio Yamaoka Thomas L. Sutton, Joseph F. Urban, Terez Shea-Donohue
11:15 Interleukin-1β Antagonizes Helicobacter Pylori-Mediated

#93 Down-Regulation of H,K-ATPase α Subunit Gene
Transcription
Arindam Saha*, Charles E. Hammond, Monika Gooz, Maria
Trojanowska, Adam J. Smolka
11:30 Gastrin and Helicobacter-Infection Synergistically Up-

#94 Regulate Expression and Secretion of Interleukin-8 in
Gastric Cells Through Distinct Signaling Pathways
Shigeo Takaishi*, Alexander Dubeikovskiy, Zinaida
Dubeikovskaya, Iva Smirnova, Wandong Ai, Shuiping Tu,
Tomoyuki Okumura, An V. Tran, Kelly S. Betz, Timothy C.
Wang
11:45 Summary: Host Immune Regulation and Helicobacter

Sp158 Infection
Keith Wilson
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AGA Research Symposium AGA Research Forum
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 404 A/B 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 303 AB
Chairs: Lloyd Mayer, Charles O. Elson Chairs: Jonathan P. Katz, Daniel C. Chung
Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology
Diseases; Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their
Receptors; Intestinal Disorders TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, CELL CYCLE REGULATION
AND GI CANCERS
REGULATING INFLAMMATION IN THE INTESTINAL
MUCOSA Participants will be able to:
• Learn about the role of transcription factors in regulating the cell
Participants will be able to: cycle and in GI cancers.
• Review new information about specialized populations of T cells in
the intestinal mucosa that can regulate mucosal inflammation; 10:30 At Motif Binding Factor 1 (ATBF1) Negatively Regulates
S #101 Transcription of the Muc5ac Gene in Gastric Cancer
• Learn about the functions of novel populations of lymphocytes that
U reside between intestinal epithelial cells; and Yoshinori Mori*, Hiromi Kataoka, Makoto Sasaki, Satoshi
Tanida, Tadayuki Oshima, Naotaka Ogasawara, Yutaka
N • Learn about how intraepithlial lymphocytes are activated and can
Miura, Takashi Joh
D cause tissue damage in celiac disease.
A 10:30 Role of CD45CD25 Regulatory T Cells in Regulating 10:45 Kras and Hypoxia Can Induce VEGF Through C-Myc in
Sp159 Gut Inflammation #102 Colon Cancer
Y Yusuke Mizukami*, Eva-Maria Duerr, Manish Gala, Won-
Fiona Powrie
MAY Seok Jo, Xiaobo Zhang, Yutaka Kohgo, Daniel C. Chung
21 11:00 Novel Populations of Immunoregulatory Intraepithelial
Sp160 Lymphocytes 11:00 KLF4 Promoter Activity Is Inhibited By the Notch
Hilde Cheroutre #103 Signaling Pathway
Walden Ai*, Adolfo Ferrando, Timothy C. Wang
11:30 Why Intraepithelial Lymphocytes Are Pathogenic in
Sp161 Celiac Disease 11:15 Kruppel-Like Factor (KLF5) Mediates the Proliferative
Bana Jabri #104 Effect of Oncogenic K-RAS in Intestinal Epithelial Cells
IEC6 Containing An Inducible K-RAS (IEC-iK-Ras)
Mandayam O. Nandan*, Hongmiao Sheng, Jinyi Shao,
AGA Research Symposium Vincent W. Yang
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 503
11:30 CDX2 Promotes Tumorigenicity in the Human Colon
#105 Cancer Cell Line Lovo
Long H. Dang, Fang Chen, Chi Ying, Sang Y. Chun,
Chairs: Diane Simeone, Martin Fernandez-Zapico
Stephanie A. Knock, Henry D. Appelman, Duyen Dang*
Sponsored by: Pancreatic Disorders; Hormones, Transmitters, 11:45 ZBP-89 Is Essential for Butyrate-Induced P53
Growth Factors & Their Receptors; Liver & Biliary #106 Acetylation At Lys320
Longchuan Bai*, Juanita Merchant
STELLATE CELL
Participants will be able to: GRG Spring Symposium
• Learn how the stellate cells were discovered in the pancreas by in 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm 501 ABC
situ electron microscopy and the features that they display in the Los Angeles Convention Center
resting as well as activated state;
• Learn the similarities between the pancreatic stellate cell and the Chair: Averil Ma
better studied hepatic stellate cells in normal and the diseased
organs; and GRG SPRING SYMPOSIUM
• Better understand the signaling pathways leading to the activation of
pancreatic stellate cells in the diseased pancreas. 1:00 Introductory Remarks
10:30 Discovery, Cell and Molecular Biology of Pancreatic 1:05 Ubiquitin Signaling in the NF-kappa B Pathway
Sp162 Stellate Cells Sp167a Zhijian “James” Chen
Guido Adler
1:55 Ubiquitin Signaling in the NF-kappa B Pathway
11:00 Similarities and Differences Between Hepatic and Sp167b Averil Ma
Sp163 Pancreatic Stellate Cells
Vijay Shah 2:45 The Fanconi Anemia-BRCA Pathway and Cancer
Sp167c Toshiyasu Taniguchi
11:30 Pancreatic Stellate Cell Signaling in Normal and
Sp164 Diseased Pancreas
Minoti V. Apte
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COMBINED
AASLD Research Forum 11:15 Increased Sensitivity to Carbon Tetrachloride

#116 Hepatotoxicity in the AP2DTA Mouse Model of
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 409 A/B
Acquired Lipodystropy and Insulin Resistance
LA Convention Center Shazia Rafiq*, Valerie Andersen, Sateesh K. Satchidanand,
Reed Graves, Michael D. Sitrin
Chairs: Shelly Lu, Ke-Qin Hu
11:30 Vitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) Status in
GENE EXPRESSION AND HBV PATHOGENESIS #117 Adults with Non-Cholestatic Chronic Liver Disease
Leon Fisher*, Alexander A. Fisher
10:30 Essential Roles of Ikkβ /Nf-κB Activation for
#107 Development of Liver Metastasis in Mice 11:45 Protection Against Fatty Liver But Normal Adipogenesis
Shin Maeda*, Wataru Shibata, Tomoya Ohmae, Ayako #118 in Mice Lacking Adipose Differentiation Related Protein
Yanai, Keiji Ogura, Michael Karin, Masao Omata (ADFP)
Benny H. Chang*, Lan Li, Antoni Paul, Vijayalakshmi S
10:45 Inhibition of Betaine Homocysteine Methyltransferase
#108 Expression By S-Adenosylmethionine and
Nannegari, William C. Heird, Pradip Saha, Lawrence Chan U
Methylthioadenosine: Role of NFkB N
Xiaopeng Ou, Heping Yang, Komal Ramani, Hui Chen, Jose AGA Research Forum D
M. Mato, Shelly C. Lu* 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 308 A/B A
11:00 Notch Receptors and Ligands Expression in Human Y
#109 hepatocellular carcinoma and Its Association with MAY
Chairs: Robin Spiller, Anthony Lembo
Hepatitis B Virus X Protein
Juan Gao, Jie Liu, Yanglin Pan, Huahong Xie, Jiugang Song, 21
Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction
Daiming Fan*
11:15 Anti-Hepatitis B Viral Protein Apobec3g Is Induced By NOVEL PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS AND
#110 IFN-α Stimulation in Human Hepatocytes TREATMENTS IN COLONIC MOTILITY DISORDERS
Yuichi Tanaka*, Hiroyuki Marusawa, Yuko Matsumoto,
Yoshihide Ueda, Yoko Endo, Akifumi Takaori-Kondo, Iwao Participants will be able to:
Ikai, Tsutomu Chiba • Learn about signaling mechanisms controlling colonic motility;
• Learn about novel treatments of colonic motility disorders; and
11:30 Double Mutation in Core Promoter Region of Hepatitis • Learn about the pathophysiological basis for some colonic motility
#111 B Virus Genotype C Is Associated with An Increased disturbances.
Risk of hepatocellular carcinoma
Masashi Tatsukawa*, Akinobu Takaki, Kazuko Koike, 10:30 Altered Gastrointestinal Motility and Enteric Neuronal
Hidenori Shiraha, Haruhiko Kobashi, Yoshiaki Iwasaki, #119 Apoptosis in Diabetes Is Due to Increased Oxidative
Yasushi Shiratori Stress
Shareen Iqbal*, Andrew Gewirtz, Dean Jones, Shanthi
11:45 Microrna Let-7a-1 Modulates Interleukin-6 Dependent Srinivasan
#112 STAT3 Activation and Inhibition of Apoptosis in Human
Malignant Cholangiocytes 10:45 Catalase Overexpression in Transgenic Mice Improves
Fanyin Meng, Roger Henson, Hania Wehbe, Janna M. Mize- #120 Motor Dysfunction in Dextran Sulfate Sodium (DSS)-
Berge, Tushar Patel* Induced Colitis
Weibiao Cao*, Zhongmao Guo, Karen M. Harnett, Claudio
Fiocchi
AGA Research Forum
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 515 A 11:00 Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) Contributes to Decreased
LA Convention Center #121 Spontaneous Phasic Contractions of Human Sigmoid
Circular Smooth Muscle in Ulcerative Colitis
Chairs: Winnie Wong, Mary Rinella Weibiao Cao*, Karen M. Harnett, Victor E. Pricolo
11:15 Beta-3 Adrenoceptor Agonism Decreases Motility and
Sponsored by: Liver & Biliary #122 Induces Anti-Hyperalgesia: A Novel Target for IBS
Selim Cellek*, Ramkumar Thangiah, Anna K. Bassil, Colin
METABOLIC LIVER DISEASE, INCLUDING NON- A. Campbell, Kelly H. Donaldson, Karen M. Gray, Celestine
ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE (NAFLD) T. O'Shaughnessy, Jennifer L. Stretton, David E. Uehling,
Shanmugam Vivekanandan, Wendy J. Winchester, Gareth J.
10:30 Moderate Alcohol Drinking May Not Be the Risk Factor
Sanger, Kevin Lee
#113 for Fatty Liver in Health Checkup of Middle-Aged
Japanese 11:30 FG7142, a Benzodiazepine Inverse Agonist, Acts
Tamaki Yamada*, Mitsuru Fukatsu, Sadao Suzuki #123 Peripherally to Stimulate Colonic Motor Functions in
Rats
10:45 Role of Uncoupling Protein-2 in Fasting-Induced
Muriel H. Larauche*, Lixin Wang, Mulugeta Million, Yvette
#114 Metabolic Response and Hepatic Steatosis
Tache
Anthony Sheets*, Peter Fulop, Zoltan Derdak, Edmond
Sabo, Jack R. Wands, Gyorgy Baffy 11:45 Serotonin-Transporter (SERT) Polymorphism Genotype
#124 and SERT Expression in Mucosal Biopsies of Patients
11:00 Low Circulating Dhea Levels in Severe Non-Alcoholic
with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
#115 Fatty Liver Disease - A Potential Metabolic Basis of
Christopher Andrews*, Michael Camilleri, Adil E. Bharucha,
Disease Progression
Paula J. Carlson, Irene Ferber, Debra Stephens, Raul
Michael R. Charlton*, Paul Angulo Hernandez, Phunchai
Urrutia, Jeroen Aerssens, Leen Thielemans, Hinrich
Charatcharoenwitthaya, Lawrence Burgart, Samer Gawrieh,
Goehlmann, Ilse van den Wyngaert, Bernard Coulie
Keith Lindor, Kimberly Viker, Anuradha Krishnan
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10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 502 A
Chairs: Michael Wolfe, Sandeep K. Gupta
Sponsored by: Nutrition & Obesity; Esophageal, Gastric &

Duodenal Disorders; Growth, Development & Aging
GASTROINTESTINAL ELECTRICAL FUNCTION AND

OBESITY
• Understand the physiology of gastric motor and sensory functions in
health and obesity;
• Understand the mechanisms of gastric stimulation and its effects on
S gastric distention and tone; and
U • Provide an update on clinical trials of the use of implantable gastric
N stimulation in the treatment of obesity.
D 10:30 GI Electrical Function and Food Intake Or Gastric
A Sp165 Motor and Sensory Functions in Obesity
Y Michael Camilleri
MAY 11:00 Implantable Gastric Stimulation As Treatment of
21 Sp166 Obesity - Basic Research
Jiande Chen
11:30 Ongoing Clinical Trials of Implantable Gastric
Sp167 Stimulation As Treatment of Obesity
Scott A. Shikora
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CLINICAL
AASLD Clinical Symposium AGA Clinical Symposium

2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 408 A/B 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 502 B
Chairs: Mitchell L. Shiffman, John B. Gross Chairs: Francis Farraye, Philip Schoenfeld
Sponsored by: AASLD Sponsored by: Imaging & Advanced Technology; Clinical Practice;
Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel Diseases;
TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR HEPATITIS C IN NON- Gastrointestinal Oncology; Intestinal Disorders
RESPONDERS
ADVANCES IN ENDOSCOPIC IMAGING OF COLON POLYPS
• Better understand why some patients fail to respond to treatment; S
• Understand ways to improve treatment response; and • Compare available advanced techniques for colon polyp detection; U
• Treatment options for new non-responders. • Compare techniques for detecting flat neoplasia; and N
2:15 Welcome and Introduction • Understand how to reduce miss rate of colon polyps. D
Sp168 Mitchell L. Shiffman 2:15 Update On CT Colonography A
2:20 Mechanisms of Non-Response When Treating Chronic Sp176 Don Rockey Y
Sp169 HCV 2:45 Improving Endoscope Design MAY
K. Rajender Reddy Sp177 Douglas Rex 21
2:45 Higher Doses and Longer Duration of Treatment 3:15 Advances in Colonoscopic Imaging Technologies
Sp170 Paul Y. Kwo Sp178 Paul Fockens
3:10 When Is It Time for Maintenance Therapy?
Sp171 Nezam H. Afdhal AGA Clinical Symposium
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM Concourse Hall - 150 A/B/C
Sp172 John B. Gross LA Convention Center
Chairs: Richard Kozarek, Fernando del Castillo

2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 406 A/B Sponsored by: Pancreatic Disorders; Gastrointestinal Oncology
AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS: RECOGNIZING AND
Chairs: B Li, Anne Griffiths MANAGING AN EMERGING CLINICAL DISORDER
Sponsored by: Growth, Development & Aging; Immunology, Participants will be able to:
Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Nutrition & • Recognize the clinical, radiographic and endoscopic features of
Obesity autoimmunte pancreatitis;
• Understand the role of biopsy and specific histopathology in
‘BAD TO THE BONE’ EFFECTS OF IBD ON BONE GROWTH establishing a diagnosis; and
• Discuss diagnostic criteria and medical therapies for autoimmune
AND MAINTENANCE pancreatitis.
Participants will be able to: 2:15 Clinical Spectrum, Serum Markers and Radiographic
• Review the pathogenesis and most up to date information on Sp179 Features
development of osteoporosis in IBD; Terumi Kamisawa
• Discuss the effect of IBD on development of bone in the child and
adolescent; and 2:35 EUS and ERCP in the Diagnosis of Autoimmune
• Understand the implications of active IBD to the maintenance bone Sp180 Pancreatitis
density. Michael Levy
2:15 Role of Cytokines and Inflammatory Mediators On Bone 2:55 Clinching the Diagnosis of Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Sp173 Metabolism Sp181 with Histopathyology
Francisco Sylvester Thomas Smyrk
2:45 Effect of IBD on Growing Bones 3:20 Who, How and When to Treat: Diagnostic and
Sp174 Mary Leonard Sp182 Treatment Strategies in Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Suresh Chari
3:15 Bone Disease in Adults with IBD
Sp175 Charles Bernstein
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AGA Clinical Symposium 3:00 Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disorder Co-
#128 Occurrence Among Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 404 A/B
in US Healthcare Datasets Between 2001-2002
LA Convention Center Don Robinson, Jr*, Monica Hackett, Kevin Renahan, Clark
Paramore, Kathy Fraeman, Ning Zhao, Stephen Xu, Mohan
Chair: Peter Higgins Bala
Sponsored by: Clinical Practice; Pancreatic Disorders; 3:15 A Panel of Serological Antibodies (gASCA, OMP, ACCA,
Gastrointestinal Oncology #129 ALCA and AMCA) Predicts Complicated Disease Course
and Surgery in Crohn’s Disease
HOW TO USE HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE Marc Ferrante*, Marie Pierik, Liesbet Henckaerts, Nir
(HRQOL) IN EVERYDAY CLINICAL PRACTICE Dotan, Gary L. Norman, Rom T. Altstock, Iris Dotan,
Karolien Claes, Nele van Schuerbeek, Zakera Shums,
Participants will be able to: Benjamin Schooler, Gert van Assche, Paul Rutgeerts,
• Understand how health related quality of life (HRQOL) is measured; Severine Vermeire
• Learn how HRQOL measurement can be incorporated into your
clinical practice; and 3:30 Both Preoperative pANCA and CBIR1 Flagellin
S #130 Expression in Ulcerative Colitis (UC) Patients Influence
• Understand the definition and use of a ‘quality adjusted life year’
U (QALY). Pouchitis Development After Ileal Pouch-Anal
N Anastomosis (IPAA)
2:15 How to Measure HRQOL in the Office Setting Phillip Fleshner*, Eric Vasiliauskas, Marla Dubinsky, Ling
D Sp183 Ian Gralnek Mei, Carol Landers, Andrew Ippoliti, Konstantinos
A Papadakis, Stephan Targan
Y 2:37 How to Use HRQOL to Monitor Patient Progress
Sp184 Brennan Spiegel
MAY AGA Research Forum
21 3:00 How to Incorporate HRQOL in Economic Decision- 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM Petree D
Sp185 Making LA Convention Center
Fasiha Kanwal
3:22 How to Interpret Clinical Trials That Employ HRQOL Chairs: Fillippo Cremonini, Max Schmulson
Sp186 Endpoints
Neena Abraham Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction
PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS IN FUNCTIONAL GI
AGA Research Forum DISORDERS
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 515 B
LA Convention Center Participants will be able to:
• Learn about new candidate pharmacologic IBS treatments; and
• Learn about new possible mechanisms for IBS drug treatment.
Chairs: Remo Panaccione, Walter Reinisch
2:15 A Dose-Ranging, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study
Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel #131 of Lubiprostone in Subjects with Irritable Bowel
Diseases Syndrome and Constipation (c-IBS)
John F. Johanson*, Raymond Panas, P. Christopher Holland,
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: SEROLOGIC MARKERS Ryuji Ueno
AND ASSOCIATED DISEASES
2:30 Effects of Multidose Administration of MD-1100 On
Participants will be able to: #132 Safety, Tolerability, Exposure, and Pharmacodynamics in
• Become familiar with the use of proteonomics to identify serologic Healthy Subjects
markers for IBD; Caroline Kurtz*, Don Fitch, Robert W. Busby, Angelika
• Become familiar with the use of serologic marker panels for the Fretzen, G. Steven Geis, Mark G. Currie
diagnosis and prognosis of IBD; and
• Become familiar with the occurrence of concomitant autoimmune 2:45 Predictors of Premature Antidepressant Discontinuation
diseases in patients with IBD. #133 in Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (FGIDs): A
Survival Analysis Approach
2:15 Identification and Validation of Serological IBD Gregory S. Sayuk*, Jill E. Elwing, Patrick J. Lustman, Ray
#125 Biomarkers By a Novel High Throughput Proteomic E. Clouse
Approach Using High Density Protein Chip Technology
Sean Sullivan*, Heng Zhu, Carmen Cuffari, Steve Brant, 3:00 A 10-Day Course of Rifaximin, a Non-Absorbable
Shengce Tao, Yueping Chen, Xuhang Li #134 Antibiotic, Produces a Durable Improvement in All
Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Double-Blind
2:30 Gastrointestinal Diseases in Chronic Granulomatous Randomized Controlled Study
#126 Disease Mark Pimentel*, Sandy Park, Yuthana Kong, Kimberly Low,
Sushil Ahlawat*, Jordan Feld, Nadeem Hussain, David Soumya Chatterjee, Hyo-Rang Lee
Kleiner, Victoria Anderson, Dianne Hilligoss, John Gallin,
Harry Malech, Steven Holland, Theo Heller, T. Jake Liang, 3:15 Tegaserod Improves Multiple Symptoms in Women with
Jay Hoofnagle #135 Mixed/Alternating Bowel Habits As Well As Those with
IBS-C
2:45 The Relationship Between Abnormal Innate and William D. Chey*, Pierre Pare, Andrea Viegas, Gregory
#127 Adaptive Immune Function and Fibrostenosis in Crohn’s Ligozio, Michael A. Shetzline
Disease Patients
Andrew F. Ippoliti*, S Devlin, H Yang, L Mei, K Papadakis,
E Vasiliauskas, G Melmed, O Shaye, P Enyati, G Chen, J
Choi, I Nastaskin, Y Patel, E Mehdikhani, K D. Taylor, C
Landers, J I. Rotter, S Targan
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3:30 Human Visceral Pain Hypersensitivity Is Not Attenuated 2:45 Endoprosthetics, Steroids, and Foreign Body Removal
#136 By a Selective Oral Neurokinin-1 (NK-1) Receptor Sp190 Michael B. Wallace
Antagonist. a Randomized Double Blind Placebo
Controlled Pharmacodynamic Study in Healthy 3:00 Needle-Knife, Scissors, and Incision Techniques
Volunteers Sp191 Peter D. Siersema
Robert P. Willert*, Claire Delaney, Anthony R. Hobson,
Kirsty J. Hicks, Odile E. Dewit, Qasim Aziz ASGE Clinical Symposium
AGA Topic Forum LA Convention Center
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM Concourse Hall - 151
LA Convention Center Chairs: M. Brian Fennerty, David A. Johnson
Chairs: Douglas A. Corley, Ikuo Hirano Sponsored by: ASGE
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders; Clinical TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF GI ENDOSCOPY
Practice Sp191a Jerome D. Waye S
NEW EPIDEMIOLOGICAL INSIGHTS ON GERD
U
Sp191b Robert H. Hawes
N
Participants will be able to: Sp191c Peter B. Kelsey D
• Evaluate new research on the epidemiology of GERD.
Sp191d Martin L. Freeman A
2:15 Cost of Illness of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Y
#137 (GERD): Comparison of Medical, Pharmacy, Sick Leave,
MAY
short- and Long-Term Disability, and Workers’
Compensation Claims and Medical Claims By Place of 21
Service Between Employees with and Without GERD
Richard A. Brook*, Sara Campbell, Peter Wahlqvist, Mari-
Ann Wallander, Nathan L. Kleinman, Ingela Wiklund,
James E. Smeeding
2:30 Nighttime GERD and More Severe GERD

#138 Symptomatology Are Associated with Greater Work
Productivity Loss
Adam B. Elfant*, Stephen M. Lange, Quan V. Doan, Lynda
S. Welage, Stephen Brunton, Richard B. Lynn, Robert W.
Dubois
2:45 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease As a Cause of Death Is

#139 Increasing: A Population Based Analysis of Fatal Cases
After Conservative and Operative Treatment
Jarmo A. Salo*, Tuomo K. Rantanen, Jari V. Rasanen, Eero I.
Sihvo
3:00 Association Between Erosive Esophagitis and Visceral
#140 Fat Accumulation Quantified By Abdominal CT Scan: A
Case Control Study
Hang Lak Lee*, Oh Young Lee, Yong Chul Jeon, Dong Soo
Han, Byung Chul Yoon, Ho Soon Choi, Soon Young Song,
Jin Bae Kim
3:15 Characteristics of Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux

#141 Disease (GERD) Who Respond Incompletely to Therapy
with Proton Pump Inhibitors
Roger Jones*, Harley Liker, Phillippe Ducrotte
3:30 The Epidemiology of GERD

Sp187 Douglas Corley
ASGE Clinical Symposium

Chairs: Michael L. Kochman, Janak N. Shah
Sponsored by: ASGE
MANAGEMENT OF DIFFICULT ESOPHAGEAL STRICTURES

2:15 Overview and Assessment of Strictures
Sp188 Janak N. Shah
2:30 Techniques of Dilation: Maloney/Savary/Balloon/Optical/
Sp189 Self-Dilation
Stephen A. McClave
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BASIC
AASLD Research Forum 2:45 Enhanced Platelet Adhesion Induces Angiogenesis in the
#150 IBD Microcirculation
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 411
Silvio Danese*, Franco Scaldaferri, Cristina Graziani, Carol
LA Convention Center de la Motte, Alessandro Sgambato, Alfredo Papa, Achille
Cittadini, Antonio Gasbarrini, Claudio Fiocchi
Chairs: Mario Chojkier, David A. Brenner
3:00 PD-L1/PD-1-Mediated Interaction Between Normal and
MECHANISMS OF LIVER INJURY AND REPAIR #151 Ulcerative Colitis-Derived Colonic Myofibroblasts and T
Cells
2:15 Hepatic Stellate Cell Production of Resistin Modulates Irina V. Pinchuk*, Jamal I. Saada, Ellen J. Beswick, Julia
#142 Liver Insulin Sensitivity Brenmoehl, Giovanni Suarez, Patrick A. Adegboyega, Randy
Lingyun Long*, Yi Qi, Jason K. Sicklick, Steve S. Choi, Liu C. Mifflin, Victor E. Reyes, Gerhard Rogler, Don W. Powell
Yang, Anna Mae Diehl
S 3:15 Enteric Glia (EGC) Are Activated By Bacterial Products
U 2:30 Keratins Modulate the Shape and Function of #152 Via Nod and Nuclear Factor-Kappab (Nf-κB) Signaling
#143 Hepatocyte Mitochondria: A Mechanism for Protection Eike Hollenbach, Manfred Neumann, Michael Vieth, Bruce
N from Apoptosis Vallance, Peter Malfertheiner, Anne Ruhl*
D Guo-Zhong Tao*, Diana M. Toivola, Jian Liao, Beiyi Liang,
A M B. Omary 3:30 Mesenteric Adipose Tissue Is An Important Source of C-
#153 Reactive Protein in Crohn’s Disease
Y 2:45 S-Adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) May Sensitize to TNF- Florent Gonzalez*, Christel Rousseaux, Laurent Dubuquoy,
MAY #144 Induced Liver Injury in Alcoholic Liver Disease Patients Xavier Thuru, Cecilia Decourcelle, Luc Gambiez, Alain
with Impaired Mitochondrial Methionine Metabolism Saudemont, Christel Neut, Luc Penicaud, Jean-Frederic
21 Rehan Khan*, Jonathan Goldstein, Shirish Barve, Craig Colombel, Pierre Desreumaux
McClain, Daniell Hill
3:00 NO Evidence of Marrow Derived Hepatocytes Or AGA Research Forum
#145 Cholangiocytes After Toxic Liver Injury Using a 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 410
Neonatal Bone Marrow Transplant Model
Bart Rountree*, Xuli Wang, Shundi Ge, Gay Crooks
3:15 IL-22 Induced Signaling Mediates Liver Cell Chairs: Paul Wade, Tamas Ordog
#146 Regeneration and Is Abrogated By SOCS-1
Overexpression Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction
Julia Dambacher*, Florian Beigel, Kathrin Zitzmann,
Torsten Olszak, Helmut Diepolder, Burkhard Goeke, RECEPTOR EXPRESSION AND FUNCTION IN THE NERVE
Christoph J. Auernhammer, Stephan Brand SUPPLY OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
3:30 Mutation in Cytokeratin 18 (CK18) Induces Participants will be able to:
#147 Mitochondrial Fragmentation in Liver-Derived Epithelial • Learn about neurotransmitters receptors expressed by nerves in the
Cells gastrointestinal tract;
Hiroto Kumemura*, Masaru Harada, Hironori Koga, Takumi • Learn about signaling molecules released from nerves and non-
Kawaguchi, Shinichiro Hanada, Eitaro Taniguchi, Noriko neuronal cells in the gastrointestinal tract; and
Maeyama, Chikatoshi Yanagimoto, Omary M. Bisher, Michio • Learn about motility changes occurring in response to receptor
Sata activation on gastrointestinal nerves.
2:15 Activation of the Cholecystokinin-1 Receptor Subtype
AGA Research Forum #154 Attenuates Development of Desensitization of Opioid
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 407 Receptors in Morphologically-Identified Myenteric S-
LA Convention Center Type Neurons in Guinea-Pig Small Intestine
Yun Xia*, Guo-Du Wang, Xiyu Wang, Sumei Liu, Na Gao,
Chairs: Kay Lund, Wayne Lencer Gui-Jun Fie, Hong-Zhen Hu, Jackie D. Wood
Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel 2:30 Endogenous Adenosine Acts At A1 Or A3 Inhibitory
#155 Receptors to Modulate the Stereotype Neural-Motor
Diseases
Behavior of the Gut Triggered By Histamine Or
Distension
INFLAMMATION AND NON-IMMUNE CELLS
Andrey Bozarov, Yu-Zhong Wang, Jun-Ge Yu, Helen J.
Participants will be able to: Cooke, Fievos L. Christofi*
• Understand the role of innate immunity mediated by non-immune 2:45 Endothelin Receptors and Actions in Adult Guinea-Pig
cells in the pathogenesis of intestinal inflammation. #156 Enteric Nervous System
2:15 The Extracellular Matrix Component Hyaluronan (HA) Sumei Liu*, Xiyu Wang, Xiucai Fang, Na Gao, Chuanyun
#148 Is Increased Over Time in the DSS Model of Colitis, and Gao, Hong-Zhen Hu, Guo-Du Wang, Yun Xia, Jackie D.
Precedes Leukocyte Influx. Monocyte Interaction with Wood
HA Affects Migration and Gene Expression 3:00 Adenosinergic A3 Receptor Regulation in the Human
Carol A. de la Motte*, Sudip K. Bandyopadhyay, Sean #157 Enteric Nervous System
Kessler, Scott A. Strong Jacqueline E. Wunderlich*, Helen J. Cooke, Zhixiong Chen,
2:30 The Role of the Pro-Inflammatory Mediator S100a12 in Jun Ge Yu, Iveta Grants, Kristen Hinshaw, Scott Melvin,
#149 IBD Fievos L. Christofi
D.R. Foell*, Helmut Wittkowski, Dorothee Viemann, Jan
Heidemann, Pia Lebiez, Torsten Kucharzik, Johannes Roth
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3:15 Extrinsic Primary Afferent Neurons Stimulate Enteric
#158 Mast Cells to Release Histamine As a Paracrine
Modulator in the Enteric Nervous System in the Guinea-
Pig Intestine
Guo-Du Wang*, Xi-Yu Wang, Sumei Liu, Na Gao, Gui-Jun
Fei, Hong-Zhen Hu, Yun Xia, Jackie D. Wood
3:30 Perturbing NMDA Receptor - PSD-95 Protein

#159 Interactions Prevents Selective Loss of Nitric Oxide
Synthase (NOS) Containing Neuron in Rat Gastric
Myenteric Plexus
Chun Hsu*, Shi-Yi Zhou, Yuanxu Lu, Kwang-Deok Moon,
Il Song, Chung Owyang
AGA Research Forum

2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 306 A/B
LA Convention Center S
U
Chairs: Charalabos Pothoulakis, Nigel Bunnett N
Sponsored by: Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their D
Receptors A
Y
THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF GI PEPTIDES AND RECEPTORS
MAY
Participants will be able to: 21
• Understand the role of neurotransmitters and their signal
transduction pathways;
• Understand the role of GI peptides in inflammation; and
• Understand the mechanism of signal transduction during GI growth.
2:15 Feedback Inhibition of GαI Function By GβγI Subunits:
#160 A Novel Mechanism Involving Phosphorylation of GαI
By Gβγ-Dependent Src Kinase, Recruitment to Rgs12,
and Inactivation of GTP-Bound GαI
Jiean Huang*, Sunila Mahavadi, Karnam S. Murthy
2:30 Substance P (SP) Induces Ubiquitination and
#161 Degradation of the Neurokinin 1 Receptor (NK1R)
Graeme S. Cottrell*, Benjamin E. Padilla, D.R. Roosterman,
Stella Pikios, Martin Steinhoff, Nigel Bunnett
2:45 Up-Regulation of Rgs4 Expression By Interleukin-1β in

#162 Colonic Smooth Muscle Is Enhanced By Erk1/2 and P38
Mapk and Inhibited By PI 3-Kinase/Akt/Gsk3β
Wenhui Hu*, Fang Li, Sunila Mahavadi, Karnam S. Murthy
3:00 Agonist Induced Trafficking of the Motilin Receptor
#163 Anna Mitselos*, Inge Depoortere, Pieter Vanden Berghe,
Theo Peeters
3:15 Motilin Receptor Antagonism Attenuates Naturally

#164 Occurring Mmcs and Reverses Motilin-Impaired Gastric
Accomodation in Concious Dogs
Graeme Fraser*, Eric Marsault, Bernard Coulie, Luc Ver
Donck
3:30 The Orphan Nuclear Receptor Lrh-1 Regulates Intestinal

#165 Inflammation
Laurent Dubuquoy*, Pierre Desreumaux, Johan Auwerx,
Kristina Schoonjans
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COMBINED
AASLD Research Forum 3:15 Appetite and Energy Metabolism

Sp194 David Cummings
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 409 A/B
AGA Research Forum
Chairs: Jorge Marrero, Lewis Roberts 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 308 A/B
LIVER CELL CANCER
Chairs: Florence Wong, Gregory Everson
2:15 MELD Allocation Policy: Does a High AFP Score in the
#166 Absence of Liver Mass Equate to hepatocellular
Sponsored by: Liver & Biliary
carcinoma?
Nyingi Kemmer*, Guy Neff, Supriya Satiwah, Victoria
S CLINICAL HEPATITIS: FROM ETIOLOGY TO THERAPY
Zacharias, Fred Weber, Joseph Buell, Rosann Giesting,
U Dilynn Russell, Mark Thomas, Amit Tevar, Rakesh Shukla, 2:15 Low Serum Adiponectin Levels in a Transgenic Mouse
Steve Rudich #172 Model of Hepatitis C Infection
N
Aymin Delgado*, Yoshitaka Kamegaya, Sergio H. Jordan,
D 2:30 Risk Factors for Primary hepatocellular carcinoma in
Saurabh Agrawal, Yoichi Hiasa, Raymond T. Chung
A #167 Hispanic and Asian Americans in 2000
Megan Dunnigan*, Charles Howell 2:30 The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Veterans with
Y #173 Chronic Hepatitis C Virus
MAY 2:45 Survival and Recurrence After Radiofrequency Ablation
Prashant K. Pandya*, Sharad C. Mathur, Peggy Callahan,
#168 (RFA) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
21 Priyank Shah, Dean Reker
Shuichiro Shiina*, Takuma Teratani, Ryosuke Tateishi,
Masatoshi Akamatsu, Hideo Yoshida, Yuji Kondo, Mikio 2:45 Immunohistochemical Expression of Junctional Proteins
Yanase, Jun Imamura, Takamasa Ohki, Shintarou Kondo, #174 and Intestinal Permeability Are Altered in Hepatitis C
Hayato Nakagawa, Ryota Masuzaki, Noriyo Yamashiki, Virus (HCV) Related Chronic Hepatitis (HCV-CH)
Shuntarou Obi, Haruhiko Yoshida, Takao Kawabe, Masao Luigi Martorelli, Sapone Anna*, Pasquale Esposito, Laura
Omata Demagistris, Michele Russo, Maddalena Generoso, Maridela
Carteni', Gabriele Riegler, Franca Ferraraccio, Alessio
3:00 Title: Molecular Evidence for the Neoplastic
Fasano
#169 Transformation of Hepatic Von-Meyenburg Complexes
William Ahrens*, Marie E. Robert, Sydney Finkelstein, 3:00 Novel Defective HCV Clones Influence a Resistance to
Dhanpat Jain #175 Antiviral Therapy in Recurrent Hepatitis C After Living-
Donor Liver Transplantation
3:15 Aberrant IL-6 Signaling in Cholangiocarcinoma Cells Is
Akio Iwai*, Hiroyuki Marusawa, Yasutsugu Takada, Hiroto
#170 Due to SOCS-3 Epigenetic Silencing
Egawa, Motoshige Nabeshima, Tsutomu Chiba
Hajime Isomoto*, Steve F. Bronk, Nathan W. Werneburg,
Gregory Gores 3:20 Reliable Early Prediction of Viral Relapse By Detection
#176 of Minimal Residual Hepatitis C Viremia At Treatment
3:30 Development of De Novo hepatocellular carcinoma in
Week 12
#171 Patients Awaiting Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
Alexandra Bergk*, Christoph Sarrazin, Michael von Wagner,
During the MELD Era
Gerlinde Teuber, Peter Buggisch, Viola Weich, Bertram
Carla W. Brady*, Alastair D. Smith, Karen M. Stechuchak,
Wiedenmann, Thomas Berg
Cynthia J. Coffman, Janet E. Tuttle-Newhall, Dawn
Provenzale, Andrew J. Muir
AGA Research Forum
AGA Translational Symposium 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 515 A
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 309 LA Convention Center
LA Convention Center Chairs: John M. Carethers, William M. Grady
Chairs: Yvette Tache, Theo L. Peeters Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology
EPIGENETICS, GENOMIC INSTABILITY AND GI CANCERS
Receptors; Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders; Liver &
Biliary Participants will be able to:
• Understand the role of epigenetics in genomic instability and GI
BEYOND GROWTH HORMONE - RELIN (GHRELIN): THE Cancer.
EMERGING ROLE OF GHRELIN IN THE REGULATION OF
GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION 2:15 JC Virus Is Present in Adenomatous Polyps and
#177 Associated with Microsatellite Instability
Participants will be able to: Woontae Jung*, Meishu Li, Ajay Goel, C. Richard Boland
• Review the role of Ghrelin in gastroprotection and Helicobacter
gastritis; 2:30 Double RNA Interference of Dnmt1 and Dnmt3b
• Review the role of Ghrelin in GI motility; and #178 Induces Promoter Demethylation and Reactivation of
• Review the role of Ghrelin in the regulation of appetite. Tumor Suppressor Genes and Apoptosis in Human
hepatocellular carcinoma Cells
2:15 Gastric Acid Secretion, Gastroprotection and Satoshi Kurita*, Yoshimasa Saito, Hajime Higuchi,
Sp192 Helicobacter Nobuhiro Nakamoto, Hitomi Horikawa, Hideaki Kanamori,
Peter Konturek Shinichiro Tada, Hidetsugu Saito, Toshifumi Hibi
2:45 Gastrointestinal Motility: in Vivo and in Vitro Studies

Sp193 Inge Depoortere
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2:45 Role of Braf Mutation in HNPCC Screening Strategies AGA Translational Symposium
#179 Xavier Bessa*, Belen Balleste, Beatriz Bellosillo, Montserrat
Andreu, Spanish Gastroenterological Association GI
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 303 AB
Oncology Group LA Convention Center
3:00 Loss of Imprinting of the Insulin Growth Factor 2 Chair: Nicholas Davidson
#180 (IGF2) Gene in Buccal Cells: Correlation with Risk of
Colorectal Cancer Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders; Growth, Development &
Enrique Quintero*, Daniel Deniz, Cristina Paz-Cabrera, Aging; Liver & Biliary
Alejandro Jimenez, Antonio Z Gimeno, Adolfo Parra-Blanco,
David Nicolas, Eduardo Salido LIPID ABSORPTION
3:15 Disruption of Activin Signaling Components in Participants will be able to:
#181 Microsatellite Stable (MSS) Colon Cancers • Describe novel genetic regualtion of lipid absorption;
Barbara Jung*, Jessica Gomez, Christine M. Caro, Eddy • Characterize signaling mechanisms in lipid asorption; and
Chau, Temitope Keku, Robert S. Sandler, John M. Carethers • Understand the significance of mttp deletor phenotype.
3:30 The Role of the Bone Morphogenetic Protein Pathway in 2:15 Moving Fat: Why the Gut Is Not the Liver S
#182 Sporadic Colorectal Cancers with Different Sp199 Nicholas Davidson U
Microsatellite Instability Status
Liudmila L. Kodach*, Sylvia A. Bleuming, Alex R. Musler, 2:45 Lipid Antigen Presentation in the Gut and the Role of N
Maikel P. Peppelenbosch, Gijs R. van den Brink, Johan A. Sp200 MTP D
Offerhaus, James C. Hardwick Richard Blumberg
A
3:15 Intestinal Lipid and Satiety: Knowing When to Say Y
AGA Topic Forum Sp201 Enough MAY
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 305 Patrick Tso
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Chairs: James Goldenring, Linda Samuelson
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM 301 A/B
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders; LA Convention Center
Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their Receptors
Chairs: Richard M. Green, Jayanta Chowdhury
GASTRIC SECRETION: MECHANISMS AND REGULATION
Sponsored by: Liver & Biliary; Hormones, Transmitters, Growth
Participants will be able to: Factors & Their Receptors; Nutrition & Obesity
• Learn about new mechanisms in acid secretion and regulation.
NASH: LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE WITH GENOMICS
2:15 Proteomic Analysis of Immunoisolated H/K-ATPase AND PROTEOMICS
#183 Containing Tubulovesicles from Human Parietal Cells
Lynne A. Lapierre*, Kenya Avant, Catherine M. Caldwell, Participants will be able to:
Janice A. Williams, Amy-Joan L. Ham, Salisha Hill, Adam • Understand the role of genomics and proteomics in determining the
Smolka, James R. Goldenring pathophysiology of human NASH;
• Review candidate genes that may be important to the
2:30 Identification of a Novel Negative Feedback Regulation pathophysiology of fatty liver disorders; and
#184 of the ECL Cell During Acid Secretion By the Parietal • Discuss emerging proteomic techniques that may help elucidate the
Cell Using Subtractive Hybridization Microarray Gene pathophysiology of NASH.
Expression Profiling
Nils Lambrecht*, Iskandar Yakubov, Cindy Zer, George 2:15 Human Liver Studies
Sachs Sp202 Michael Charlton
2:45 MIRP1 (kcne2) Is Essential for Gastric Acid Secretion 2:35 Human NASH Genes
#185 Torsten K. Roepke*, Arun Anantharam, Stephanie M. Sp203 Christopher Day
Busque, Jeffrey B. Young, John P. Geibel, Daniel J. Lerner,
Geoffrey W. Abbott, Philipp Kirchhoff 2:55 Mitochondrial Injury
Sp204 Shannon Baily
3:00 Intracellular Signal Transduction Pathways Activated By
#186 Growth Factors in Isolated Parietal Cells
Nonthalee Pausawasdi*, Mahdi Sareban, Maria Y. Mao, AGA Research Forum
Andrea Todisco 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 511 A/B/C
3:15 Transgenic Expression of Hedgehog Interacting Protein
#187 (HIP) in Parietal Cells Blocks Sonic Hedgehog Activity Chairs: Craig D. Logsdon, Sushovan Guha
and Acid Secretion
Yana Zavros*, Meghna Waghray, Michael J. Smith, Andrea Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology
Todisco, Deborah Gumucio, Juanita L. Merchant
PANCREATIC CANCERS: BIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS AND
3:30 Glycosylation-Mediated Apical Sorting of the Na,K- and THERAPIES
#188 Gastric H,K-ATPase β Subunits in Polarized Cells
Olga Vagin*, Shahlo Turdikulova, George Sachs Participants will be able to:
• Understand the biology, diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer.
2:15 Expression of Oncogenic Kras in Developing Zebrafish
#189 Pancreas: A New Vertebrate Model of Exocrine
Pancreatic Cancer
Seungwoo Park*, Jon Davison, Steven Leach
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2:30 Reconstitution of P16ink4a in An Orthotopic Pancreatic
#190 Mouse Model Inhibits Tumor Growth and Angiogenesis
Petra Schulz*, Arne Scholz, Annett Rexin, Peter Hauff,
Michael Schirner, Bertram Wiedenmann, Katharina Detjen,
Stefan Rosewicz
2:45 Dissemination of Human Pancreatic Tumor Cells Is
#191 Mediated By Caveolae
Lidiya Orlichenko*, Muyiwa Awoniyi, Mark A. McNiven
3:00 The Kinase Mirk/Dyrk1b Is Activated Through the Rac1-
#192 Mkk3 Pathway and Mediates Survival in Pancreatic
Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Xiaobing Deng, Kideok Jin, Daina Z. Ewton, Sheena Li,
Asghar Naqvi, Stephen E. Mercer, Eileen A. Friedman*
3:15 Pancreas-Specific Inactivation of Relap65 in Two Mouse

S #193 Models of Pancreatic Tumor
U Maryna Lesina*, Hana Alguel, Nakhai Hassan, Paxian
Stephan, Matthias Treiber, Roland M. Schmid
N
D 3:30 Spectral Markers of the Duodenum Can Detect
#194 Pancreatic Cancer
A Randall Brand*, Yang Liu, Young Kim, Alexy Kromine,
Y Hemant Roy, Nahla Hasabou, Dhiren Shah, Vadim Backman
MAY
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CLINICAL
AASLD Topic Forum 4:30 Long-Term Clinical Outcomes After Liver

#203 Transplantation for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 408 A/B
Aftab Ala*, Thomas Schiano, Michelle Evjen, Ray Kim,
LA Convention Center Sukru Emre, Jayant Talwalkar, Russ Wiesner
Chairs: Nezam Afdhal, Keyur Patel 4:45 Race Influences Access to Liver Transplantation and
#204 Mortality On the Waiting-List
HCV TREATMENT I Omar Khokhar, Natarajan Ganeshan, Lynt Johnson, Kirti
Shetty*
4:00 Generation and Characterization of HCV Replicons with
#195 Reduced Sensitivity to Itmn 191, a Macrocyclic Inhibitor 5:00 Psychosocial Characteristics of Living Liver Donors
of Ns3/4a #205 Anita Bhushan*, Sheldon Cotler, Scott J. Cotler
Scott Seiwert*, Steven W. Andrews, Hua Tan, Kevin R.
Condroski, Joshua A. Ballard, Bryan A. Bernat, John A. 5:15 Use of Ethambutol and a Quinolone in Ppd Positive S
Josey, Lawrence M. Blatt #206 Patients with Advanced Cirrhosis Before Or After Liver U
Transplantation
4:15 Week 12 and Beyond Antiviral Activity of Higher Doses Martin Larocque*, Richard Lalonde, Peter Ghali, Nir N
#196 of Albuferon Combined with Ribavirin in Non- Hilzenrat, Jeffrey Barkun, Peter Metrakos, Jean Tchervenkof, D
Responders to Prior Interferon Based Therapy for Marc Deschenes
Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
A
David Nelson*, Vinod Rustgi, Vijay Balan, Mark Sulkowski, Y
Louis Lambiase, Rolland Dickson, Russell Weisner, Gary AGA Clinical Symposium MAY
Davis, Andy Muir, Luanne Novello, Ren Yu, William 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 304 A/B/C
21
Freimuth, Avidan Neumann, John McHutchison, Mani LA Convention Center
Subramanian
Chair: Alan Buchman
4:30 Association Between Allelic Variation in 5-Ht1a Receptor
#197 Expression (C-[1019]G polymorphism) and Interferon-
Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders; Nutrition & Obesity; Growth,
Induced Depression in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis
C Development & Aging
Michael R. Kraus*, Oliver Al-Taie, Arne Schaefer, Matthias
Pfersdorff, Michael Scheurlen ADVANCES IN TREATMENT OF SHORT BOWEL
4:45 Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in Thalassemic and Participants will be able to:
#198 Sickle Cell Disease Patients with Interferon Alfa2b • Review advances in medical treatment of short bowel;
(IFN) and Ribavirin(RBV) • Update recent advances in small bowel transplant; and
David B. Ancel*, Dominique Chaslin-Ferbus, Xavier J. • Describe the physiology of intestinal adaptation.
Amiot, Isabelle Hagege, Jerome Schaeffer Plumet, Stanislas
4:00 Contemporary Medical Management of Short Bowel
Pol, Robert Girot, Jean-Didier B. Grange
Sp205 Syndrome
5:00 Relationship Between Serum Peginterferon and 2,5-Oas Alan Buchman
#199 Kinetics and Virologic Responses in African Americans
4:30 Intestinal Transplantation: Physiologic Challenge to
and Caucasians Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C,
Sp206 Success
Genotype 1, During Peginterferon Combination Therapy
Michael Sarr
Charles Howell*, Thomas Dowling, Marika Haritos, Norah
Terrault, Wiley-Lucas Thelma, Milton Taylor 5:00 The Intestine of the Future
Sp207 Edward Whang
5:15 Evaluation of a HCV Patient Support Program’s Impact
#200 On Patient Adherence
Mohamed Hussein*, Joshua S. Benner, David Lee, Anne- AGA Clinical Symposium
Marie Sesti, David S. Battleman 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 308 A/B
AASLD Topic Forum
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 411 Chairs: Jenny Heathcote, James Boyer
Chairs: Paul Martin, Andrew Klein
CHOLESTASIS: DOES UNDERSTANDING MECHANISM
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION LEAD TO NEW THERAPIES? (CASE BASED)
4:00 Non-Utilization of Livers from Deceased Donors Who Participants will be able to:
#201 Successfully Donate Another Solid Organ: How Often • Review the molecular mechanisms of bile formation;
and the Role of Donor Age and Obesity • Discuss acute cholestatic syndromes and the pathogenesis, clinical
Gregory Sayuk, Terry Leet, Mark Schnitzler, Paul H. presentation and management; and
Hayashi* • Discuss the pathophysiology and management of chronic cholestatic
syndromes.
4:15 Overall and Post-Liver Transplant (OLT) Outcomes of
#202 Patients Listed for HBV-hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) 4:00 Mechanism for Bile Formation
Are Similar to Those Listed for HBV-Cirrhosis: Data Sp208 Richard Green
from the Us HBV-OLT Study
Stephen N. Wong*, Rajender Reddy, Emmet Keeffe, Steven- 4:22 Case 1. Drug-Induced Cholestasis
Huy Han, Robert Perrillo, Tram Tran, Timothy Pruett, Anna Sp209 Clifford Steers
S. Lok
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4:44 Case 2. Childhood Cholestasis AGA Research Forum
Sp210 Richard Schreiber
5:06 Case 3. Sclerosing Cholangitis LA Convention Center
Sp211 Nora Bergasa
Chairs: David Metz, Paul Moayyedi
AGA Research Forum Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders
LA Convention Center DYSPEPSIA: DOES THE EVIDENCE SUPPORT THE NEW
AGA GUIDELINE?
Chairs: John Inadomi, Joel H. Rubenstein
Sponsored by: Clinical Practice • Examine application and utility of dyspepsia guideline.
CO-MORBIDITIES IMPACTING ON COLORECTAL CANCER 4:00 Effect of Helicobacter Pylori (HP) Screening and
RISK AND SCREENING #213 Treatment in a Population - Questionnaire Data for
S 10,433 Individuals At 5-Years Follow-Up
U Participants will be able to: J.N. M. Hansen*, Mette Wildner-Christensen, Ove B.
N • Understand co-morbidities impacting on colorectal cancer screening; Schaffalitzky de Muckadell
D • Review extra-colonic findings identified by CT colonography; and
• Understand risk factors for second adenomas after screening. 4:15 Determinants of Symptom Severity and Weight Loss in
A #214 Functional Dyspepsia
4:00 Hemochromatosis Is Associated with Increased Lukas van Oudenhove*, Vandenberghe Joris, Brecht
Y Geeraerts, Rita Vos, Phillippe Persoons, Sebastien Kindt,
#207 Colorectal Cancer Prevalence in a National Sample of
MAY US Veterans: A Case-Control Study Koen Demyttenaere, Jan Tack
21 Alastair D. Smith*, Deborah A. Fisher
4:30 H.pylori Eradication V Empirical Acid Suppression in
4:15 Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Are At High Risk #215 Uninvestigated H.pylori Positive Dyspepsia: A Cochrane
#208 for Developing Colorectal Cancer and Adenoma: An Collaboration Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis
Interim Analysis of a Prospective Study Brendan C. Delaney*, Michelle Qume, Paul Moayyedi
Annie On On Chan*, Man Hong Jim, Kwok Fai Lam,
David Cw Siu, Teresa Sm Tong, Fook Hong Ng, Wai Mo 4:45 Who Consults with Dyspepsia? A Ten-Year Cross-
Hui, Chi Kuen Chan, Kam Chuen Lai, Wayne Hc Hu, Man #216 Sectional Survey
Fung Yuen, Yuk Kong Lau, Stephen Lee, Shiu Kum Lam, Alexander C. Ford*, Alastair G. Bailey, David Forman,
Benjamin Cy Wong Anthony T. Axon, Paul Moayyedi
4:30 A Prospective Evaluation and Classification of Extra- 5:00 Score & Scope Versus Test & Treat Strategies for the
#209 Colonic Abnormalities Identified with Computed #217 Management of Dyspepsia: A Randomised Controlled
Tomographic Colonography Screening in Asymptomatic, Trial
Average Risk Individuals Merce Barenys*, Rosa Rota, Anna Garcia -Altes, Agueda
Patrick E. Young*, Cecilia H. Kim, Priscilla A. Cullen, Abad, Josep Maria Lopez Balaguer, Sergi Romero, Margarita
Duncan S. Barlow, Donald W. Jensen, James W. Kikendall, Admetlla
Peter W. Soballe, Brooks D. Cash 5:15 Summary: The Evidence and the Guideline
4:45 Colonoscopy (C-scope) in Ambulatory Outpatients in Sp212 Nimish Vakil
#210 the VA: Should We Protect Elderly Veterans from
Unbeneficial Procedures AGA Committee Sponsored Session
Andy Fan*, Stephen J. Sontag, Thomas G. Schnell, Jack 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 513
Leya LA Convention Center
5:00 Risk for Adenoma Recurrence At the Second
#211 Surveillance Exam Chair: Wendy Frankel
Douglas Robertson*, Carol A. Burke, Leila A. Mott, John A.
Baron Sponsored by: AGA Council; Immunology, Microbiology &
Irritable Bowel Diseases
5:15 Comorbidity and Colorectal Cancer Screening
#212 Utilization in a National Sample of Veterans Health HAGGITT GI PATHOLOGY SOCIETY SESSION
Administration Patients
Deborah A. Fisher*, Joseph Galanko, Tara K. Dudley, Participants will be able to:
Nicholas J. Shaheen • Review the histologic findings in acute colitis, ulcerative colitis and
Crohn's disease;
• Review the histologic findings of dysplasia in IBD; and
• Understand how the diagnosis of IBD and dysplasia in IBD affects
patient care.
4:00 Etiology of Colitis
Sp213 Thomas Smyrk*, William J. Tremaine
4:45 Diagnosis and Management of Flat and Polypoid
Sp214 Dysplasia in IBD
Robert D. Odze*, Francis A. Farraye
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AGA Research Forum 5:00 Endoscopic Therapies - Where Are We?
Sp219 Christopher J. Gostout
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 301 A/B
Chairs: Uma Mahadevan, Subra Kugathasan 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Concourse Hall - 152
Diseases Chairs: Herbert C. Wolfsen, Kenneth K. Wang
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND Sponsored by: ASGE

PREGNANCY ISSUES
PRIMETIME ISSUES FOR BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS
• Become familiar with issues related to infertility following colectomy 4:00 Surveillance: Do We or Don't We? - Do
with ileoanal pouch in patients with ulcerative colitis; Sp220 Gary W. Falk
• Become familiar with the frequency of steroid dependency and S
4:20 Surveillance: Do We or Don't We? - Don't
hospitalization in patients with IBD; and
Sp221 Nicholas J. Shaheen U
• Become familiar with recent data on pregnancy outcomes in patients
with IBD. 4:40 Is Endoscopic Ablation a Legitimate Treatment for N
4:00 Three-Fold Increased Risk of Infertility: A Meta-Analysis
Sp222 Barrett's Esophagus? - Pro D
Herbert C. Wolfsen A
#218 of Infertility After Pouch Surgery in Ulcerative Colitis
Akbar Waljee*, Jennifer . Waljee, Arden Morris, Peter D. 5:00 Is Endoscopic Ablation a Legitimate Treatment for Y
Higgins Sp223 Barrett's Esophagus? - Con MAY
Lauren B. Gerson
4:15 Disease Activity During Pregnancy in Women with 21
#219 Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): A Population Based
Cohort Study
Uma Mahadevan*, Douglas Corley
4:30 Risk Factors for Pregnancy Outcome in Patients with

#220 Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Clemens Dejaco*, Sieglinde Angelberger, Thomas Waldhoer,
Thomas Haas, Heimo Wenzl, Peter Knoflach, Wolfgang
Miehsler, Gottfried Novacek, Harald Vogelsang, Walter
Reinisch
4:45 Rising Hospitalization Rates for Crohn’s Disease But Not
#221 Ulcerative Colitis in the United States
Meenakshi Bewtra*, Chinyu Su, James D. Lewis
5:00 Steroid Dependency and Steroid Resistance in Crohn's
#222 Disease (CD): Is There Any Predictable Risk Factor?
Manuel Barreiro-Acosta*, Aurelio Lorenzo, Enrique
Dominguez-Munoz
5:15 Aminosalicylate (ASA) Use During Pregnancy Is Not
#223 Associated with Increased Adverse Events Or Congenital
Malformations (CM) in Women with Inflammatory
Bowel Disease (IBD)
Uma Mahadevan*, Douglas Corley

Chairs: Christopher J. Gostout, Adam Slivka
Sponsored by: ASGE
ENDOSCOPY IN MORBIDLY OBESE PATIENTS

4:00 Introduction: The Spectrum of the Problem/
Sp215 Classification of Obesity
Adam Slivka
4:10 Special Needs of the Obese: Equipment, Sedation

Sp216 John J. Vargo
4:25 A Review of the Post-Operative Anatomy S/P Bariatric
Sp217 Surgery and Implications
Elizabeth Rajan
4:40 Management of Post-Bariatric Surgical Complications

Sp218 Christopher C. Thompson
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AASLD Topic Forum AGA Research Forum

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 409 A/B 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 410
Chairs: Frank Anania, Don C. Rockey Chairs: Jonathan Braun, Balfour Sartor
STELLATE CELLS AND FIBROGENESIS NOVEL PRECLINICAL THERAPIES IN ANIMAL MODELS OF
IBD
4:00 Bone Marrow Stromal Fibroblasts Contribute to Liver
#224 Cirrhosis Participants will be able to:
Gordon Wu*, Tomohito Sadahiro, Hui Zhu, Jeong-Im Woo, • Learn about preclinical treatments and novel therapies used in
Sang-Ik Noh, Yao He, Stephen A. Geller, Andrew Klien animal models of inflammatory bowel disease.
S
U 4:15 Fibrocytes Migrate from the Bone Marrow and Blood to 4:00 Ctla4-IG Abrogates TNBS Colitis By Inducing the
#225 the Injured Liver #230 Expression of Indoleamine-2,3-Dioxygenase
N Tatiana Kisseleva*, Ekihiro Seki, David A. Brenner William Stenson*, Gregory J. Gurtner, Suzanne
D Schloemann, Filipe Muhale, Keely G. McDonald, Rodney D.
4:30 Potentiation of the Antifibrotic Effect of Mycophenolate
A Newberry
#226 Mofetil By Pioglitazone and Halofuginone in a Rat
Y Model of Cirrhosis Reversal 4:15 An Anti-Inflammatory Role for the Heme Oxygenase-1
MAY Yury Popov*, Asim Khokhar, Eleonora Patsenker, Edith #231 Pathway in Chronic Th2-Mediated Murine Colitis
Niedobitek, Detlef Schuppan Refaat Hegazi*, Arthur Barrie, Antonia Sepulveda, Leo
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Otterbein, Scott Plevy
4:45 Inhibition of Transforming Growth Factor-β1-Induced
#227 Apoptosis and Smad Signaling By Extracellular Matrix 4:30 Innate Cell-Targeting Therapeutic Effect of IL-22 On
Through β1-Integrin #232 Experimental Colitis
Hiroshi Hamajima*, Mayumi Nakashima, Toshihiko Mizuta, Ken Sugimoto*, Atsuhiro Ogawa, Yasuyo Shimomura, Akira
Yuichiro Eguchi, Tutomu Yasutake, Sachiko Matsuhashi, Andoh, Atul K. Bhan, Atsushi Mizoguchi
Kazuma Fujimoto, Iwata Ozaki
4:45 Nemo Binding Domain Peptide Ameliorates Chronic T-
5:00 Differential Expression of the C5a-Receptors C5r1 and #233 Helper-1 (Th1)-Mediated Murine Colitis
#228 C5l2 in Transdifferentiating Hepatic Stellate Cells Shaival H. Dave, Jeremy S. Tilstra*, Khaja K. Rehman, Paul
(HSC) and Their Response to C5a-Ligand / C5r1 D. Robbins, Albert S. Baldwin, Scott E. Plevy
Inhibitors
Olav Gressner*, Sonja Hillebrandt, Gudrun Hack, Valerie- 5:00 Cannabinoid Receptor 2 Activation Prevents and
Beau Pucken, Ralf Weiskirchen, Tilman Sauerbruch, Frank #234 Reduces Intestinal Inflammation
Lammert Xavier Thuru*, Mathias Chamaillard, Meliha Karsak, Emilie
Gantier, Edmone Erdual, Caroline Dubuquoy, David
5:15 Upregulated Eotaxin Plasma Levels in Chronic Liver Philippe, Claudio Schteingart, Jacek Stalewski, Andreas
#229 Disease Patients Indicate Hepatic Inflammation, Zimmer, Pierre Riviere, Pierre Desreumaux
Advanced Fibrosis and Adverse Clinical Course
Frank Tacke, Chrstian Trautwein, Claus Hellerbrand, Reiner 5:15 Intestinal Colonization with the Helminth
Wiest, Juergen Schoelmerich, David A. Brenner, Bernd #235 Heligmosomoides Polygyrus Abrogates Il17a Production
Schnabl* By Mesenteric Lymph Node Cells
Ahmed Metwali, John Leung, M. Nedim Ince, Sarah
Winkler, Arthur Blum, Tommy Setiawan, Joseph F. Urban,
AGA Research Symposium Joel V. Weinstock, David E. Elliott*
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 309
AGA Research Forum
Chairs: Vincent W. Yang, C. Richard Boland 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 305
Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology; Growth, Development &
Aging; Pancreatic Disorders Chairs: Jerrold Turner, Karl Matlin
MICRO RNA (MIRNA) AND CANCER Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders
Participants will be able to: SIGNALING AT THE TIGHT JUNCTION

• Understand the role of microRNA in cell growth differentiation and
cancer development. Participants will be able to:
• Understand recent advances in the signaling mechanisms that affect
4:00 C-Myc-Regulated MicroRNAs Modulate E2f1 Expression the tight junctions of epithelia.
Sp224 Chi V. Dang
4:00 Antrum Mucosal Protein (AMP)-18 Activates Multiple
4:45 MiRNAs, Cancer, and Stem Cell Division #236 Pathways to Assemble and Stabilize Tight Junctions
Sp225 Carlo M. Croce Margaret M. Walsh-Reitz, Sreedharan Kartha, Marc
Bissonnette, Bogdan Goc, F G. Toback*
4:15 GTPase Activation in Polarity Complexes Initiates

#237 Intestinal Epithelial Defense Responses
Atsuko Fukazawa*, Kiyotaka Kurachi, Xiubin Gu, Ben
Margolis, Karl Matter, Hans C. Reinecker
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4:30 The Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Family Member Light
#238 Causes Actomyosin-Dependent Occludin Endocytosis
and Barrier Dysfunction
Brad T. Schwarz*, Fengjun Wang, Yingmin Wang, Yang-Xin
Fu, Jerrold R. Turner
4:45 Role of Keratin-8 in Intestinal Barrier Function
#239 Lixin Wang, Didier Merlin, Shanthi V. Sitaraman*
5:00 WIP1 Protects Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced Colonic

#240 Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction By Targeting Claudin-4
Tadayuki Oshima*, Takaya Shimura, Fumitaka Fujita,
Yoshinori Mori, E.J. Kubota, Tomonori Yamada, Tsuneya
Wada, Naotaka Ogasawara, Satoshi Tanida, Hiromi Kataoka,
Makoto Sasaki, Toshiyuki Takeuchi, Takashi Joh
5:15 Mechanism of Prednisolone Modulation of the Intestinal

#241 Epithelial Tight Junction Barrier: Role of the S
Glucocorticoid Receptor Pathway in Promoter U
Regulation
Michel Boivin*, John C. Kennedy, Dongmei Ye, Thomas Y. N
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COMBINED
AGA Research Forum 4:30 Enteric Neuropathology

Sp227 Roberto De Giorgio
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 405
LA Convention Center 5:00 Biomechanics: From Basics to Clinical Applications
Sp228 Hans Gregersen
Chairs: Henry P. Parkman, Kirsten Tillisch
GASTRIC FUNCTIONAL AND MOTILITY DISORDERS

• Understand the role of sex-related differences in gastric motor
S function;
U • Get new insights into the pathophysiology of gastroparesis; and
N • Learn about new therapies for refractory gastroparesis.
D 4:00 Slow Wave Circus Movements and Reentry in the
A #242 Canine Stomach in Vivo
Wim Lammers*, Luc Ver Donck, Betty Stephen, Jan A.
Y Schuurkes, Bernard Coulie
MAY
4:15 Diabetes Induces Gender Dependent Changes in Gastric
21 #243 Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase (nNOS) Expression,
Dimerization and Function
Pandu R. Gangula*, Maria-Adelaide Micci, John Winston,
Raj Kumar, Xiemin Cao, Pankaj J. Pasricha
4:30 Gender Influences Effect of Cannabinoid Receptor
#244 Agonist, Dronabinol, On Human Gastrointestinal Motor
Functions
Tuba Esfandyari*, Irene Ferber, Duane Burton, Kari Baxter,
Alan R. Zinsmeister, Michael Camilleri
4:45 Neuropathological and Genomic Changes in the
#245 Stomach of Patients with Human Diabetic Gastroparesis
Harsha Vittal*, Gianrico Farrugia, Nonko D. Pehlivanov,
Matt S. Lurken, Pankaj J. Pasricha
5:00 Predictive Factors for Clinical Improvement with

#246 Enterra Gastric Electric Stimulation Treatment for
Refractory Gastroparesis
Jennifer L. Maranki, Vanessa Lytes, John E. Meilahn, Sean
Harbison, Frank Friedenberg, Robert S. Fisher, Henry P.
Parkman*
5:15 Multi-Channel Electrogastrography and Autonomic
#247 Nervous System Function in Different Subtypes of
Patients with Functional Dyspepsia
Xiaohong Xu*, Zhiqiang Song, Zhaolu Ding, Zhifeng Wang,
Xiaoyan Chen, Meiyun Ke

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 303 AB
Chair: Michael Schemann
Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction; Esophageal,

Gastric & Duodenal Disorders
TRANSLATIONAL NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY
• Learn about the challenges to implementation of basic sciences
advances in neurogastroenterology to treatment of patients; and
• Learn about methods and concepts related to pathology of enteric
neurons and GI smooth muscle in relation to motility disorders.
4:00 Translational Neurogastroenterology: Challenges and

Sp226 Perspectives
Emeran Mayer
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OTHER
AGA Committee Sponsored Symposium AGA Committee Sponsored Symposium

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Concourse Hall - 150 A/B/C 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Concourse Hall - 150 A/B/C

Chair: Benjamin Krevsky
APPLYING MEDICAL POSITION STATEMENTS TO
Sponsored by: Education & Training Committee PRACTICE
HOW THE INTERNET CAN REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR Participants will be able to:
PRACTICE (AG03) • Identify position statement recommendations and effectively
implement them into practice;
Participants will be able to: • Understand the rating of evidence and how to determine what to
• Know how to find gastroenterology specific guidelines to provide change and what not to change; and
better care to their patients; • Modify current practice patterns so they can accept and adopt the
• Be able to defend their office network form attacks from viruses, new recommendations.
worms, spam, hackers, etc.; and
• Be able to set up fax and email over the internet to facilitate patient- 4:00 Applying Medical Position Statements to Practice
office communications. Sp236 John Inadomi, Gary Lichenstein, Nicholas Talley
1:00 Speed Up and Protect Your Office Network
Sp229 Benjamin Krevsky AGA Council Section Business Meeting
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 406 A/B
1:26 Practice Management Advice LA Convention Center
Sp230 Charles Sninsky
1:52 How to Access and Use Practice Guidelines Sponsored by: Clinical Practice
Sp231 Salam Zakko
CLINICAL PRACTICE SECTION BUSINESS MEETING
2:18 How to Reap the Benefits of Internet Based ASP and M
Sp232 EMR Applications AGA Council Section Business Meeting O
Peter Kaufman
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 303 AB N
2:44 Fully Integrate Fax and Email Into Your Practice LA Convention Center D
Sp233 Philip Grossman A
Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology
3:10 CME - At Your Convenience Y
Sp234 James B. McGee GASTROINTESTINAL ONCOLOGY SECTION BUSINESS MAY
MEETING 22
3:35 The Secret Weapon of Great Practices - A Website
Sp235 Ingram Roberts
AGA Council Section Business Meeting
AGA Committee Sponsored Symposium 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 503
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 305 LA Convention Center
LA Convention Center Sponsored by: Liver & Biliary
Sponsored by: Clinical Practice and Economics Committee LIVER AND BILIARY SECTION BUSINESS MEETING
IMPROVING PRACTICE EFFICIENCY (AG04) AGA Council Section Business Meeting

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 502 A
• Improve their abiltiy to meet the needs of their patients and referring LA Convention Center
physicians;
• Design effective office policies; and Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction
• Improve the efficient use of Mid-level providers.
MOTILITY & NERVE-GUT INTERACTION SECTION
Sp235a BUSINESS MEETING
Cecile Katzoff
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 308 A/B
Sponsored by: Nutrition & Obesity
NUTRITION AND OBESITY SECTION BUSINESS MEETING
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5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 301 A/B
PANCREATIC DISORDERS SECTION BUSINESS MEETING
SSAT Special Session

8:00 AM - 8:15 AM 403 A
Chair: Barbara Bass

SSAT OPENING SESSION
SSAT Addresses/Orations/Lectures
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM 403 A
SSAT PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
9:15 Introduction
Sp237 Robert V. Stephens
9:20 TBA
Sp238 Barbara L. Bass
SSAT GUEST ORATION

11:15 Present and Future Advances in Surgical Technologies
Sp239 and Surgical Education
Jacques Marescaux
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CLINICAL
ASGE Breakfast with Champions

6:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Sp240 ERCP: Instructive Cases (BC01)

Martin L. Freeman Concourse Ballroom - Salon 2
Marriott LA - Second Level
Sp241 Colonoscopy (BC02)
Jerome D. Waye Concourse Ballroom - Salon 1
Sp242 Upper Non-Variceal & Lower GI Bleeding (BC03)
Dennis M. Jensen Concourse Ballroom - Salon 3
AGA Focused Clinical Updates

6:45 AM - 8:00 AM
Sp243 Approaches to Viral Hepatitis (FC15)

Mitchell L. Schiffman Sawtelle Room
Sp244 Capsule Endsocopy (FC12) M
Asher Kornbluth Westwood Room
Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level O
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Sp245 Emerging Therapies for IBD (FC13) D
Bruce E. Sands Del Mar Room
Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level A
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Sp246 GERD (FC14) MAY
Nicholas J. Shaheen Chandler Room
Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level 22
Sp247 Helicobacter Pylori: What's Left? (FC10)

Alan Cutler Fernwood Room
Sp248 Interventional Endoscopy (FC16)
Michael B. Wallace Balboa Room
Sp249 Obesity Therapy and Outcomes (FC11)
Sandeep K. Gupta Brentwood Room
Sp250 Probiotics and Antibiotics in IBD/IBS (FC09)
Ellen Scherl Glenwood Room
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BASIC
AGA Focused Research Roundtables

6:45 AM - 8:00 AM
Sp251 Inflammation and GI Neuromuscular Dysfunction

(FR04)
Keith A. Sharkey Salon B
Sp252 Pathogenetic Mechanisms of H. Pylori (FR03)
Richard Peek Salon A
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CLINICAL
Nurses Program 9:25 The Degree of COX-2 Selectivity and Risk of Cardio and
#251 Cerebrovascular Events
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM 301 A/B
Neena Abraham*, Christine Hartman, Hashem El-Serag,
LA Convention Center Anita Deswal

Chairs: Stanley Branch, Rhonda Spell, RN Sp261 Nicholas LaRusso
Sponsored by: DDW
ASGE Video Forum
2006 NURSES PROGRAM (NP01) 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Petree Hall
8:00 Welcome and Introduction
Sp253 Stanley Branch, Rhonda Spell
Chairs: Christopher J. Gostout, Sita S. Chokhavatia
8:05 Barrett's Esophagus: State of the Art
Sp254 Bergein Overholt NOVEL TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS
8:50 Update On Endoscopic Treatment of GERD 8:00 Introduction

Sp255 Richard I. Rothstein Sp266 Kenneth R. McQuaid
9:30 Questions and Answers 8:05 Autoflorescence Imaging of Early Gastric Cancer
Sp267 Hisatomo Ikehara*, Takuji Gotoda, Takauisa Matsuola
9:50 Break
8:12 Q&A
10:00 Beyond the Basics, Celiac Plexus Block and Neurolysis
Sp256 Dariele Burchfield, Sandra Goller 8:15 Endoscopic Transcolonic Cholecystectomy in a Porcine
Sp268 Model
10:50 Treatment of Choledocholithiasis “a Common (Duct) Reina D. Pai*, Derek G. Fong, Douglas Fishman, Nicholas
Sp257 Problem” Stylopoulos, David Rattner, Kirby Vosburgh, Christopher C.
Stanley Branch Thompson
M
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8:24 Deep Endoscopic Stapling Device N
AGA Plenary Session Sp269 Naomi L. Nakao D
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM West Hall B A
LA Convention Center 8:32 Q&A
Y
8:35 Traction with a Rubber Band and Clips for Effective MAY
Chair: Mark Donowitz Sp270 EMR
Bo-In Lee*, Hwang Choi, Kyu-Yong Choi, Hyong-Ju Kang, 22
CLINICAL SCIENCE Byung-Wook Kim, Se-Hyun Cho, In-Seok Lee, Hiun-Suk
Chae, Myung-Gyu Choi, In-Sik Chung, Sang-Won Han
8:00 Opening Remarks
Sp258 Nicholas LaRusso 8:42 Q&A
8:05 The Distinguished Clinician Award Presentations to 8:45 Novel Use of Cap for Therapeutic Endoscopy
Sp259 Kenneth R. McQuaid and Alroy A. Chow Sp271 Roy Soetikno*, Tonya Kaltenbach, Cecile Sison, Kenneth
The Distinguished Educator Award Presentation to Ray Binmoeller
E. Clouse
David Peura 8:51 Q&A
8:15 Flexible Sigmoidoscopy is Associated with a Reduced LUMINAL - SMALL BOWEL & COLON
#248 Incidence of Distal But Not Proximal Colorectal Cancer
(CRC): A Population-Based Cohort Study 8:54 En-Bloc Resection of Large Colorectal Tumors
Linda Rabeneck*, James D. Lewis, Lawrence Paszat, Refik Sp272 Yutaka Saito*, Tochio Uraoka, Takahisa Matsuda, Fabian
Saskin, Therese A. Stukel Emura, Takuji Gotoda
8:30 A One Year, Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo 9:00 Q&A
#249 Controlled Trial of a Lactobacillus Or a Bidifobacterium
Probiotic for Maintenance of Steroid-Induced Remission 9:03 Endoscopic Appearance of Bleeding Diverticula and
of Ulcerative Colitis Sp273 Treatment with Endoscopic Clipping
Fergus Shanahan*, Francisco Guarner, Atte von Wright, Roy Soetikno*, Tonya Kaltenbach, Shai Friedland
Terttu Vilpponen-Salmela, Diarmuid O'Donoghue, Barry
Kiely, Progid Investigators 9:11 Q&A
8:45 State-of-the-Art Lecture: NSAIDs, Aspirin and Coxibs: 9:14 Multi-Clip Device for Colon Perforation Closure in a
Sp260 Gastroenterology Vs. Cardiology Sp274 Porcine Model
Loren Laine Gottumukkala S. Raju*, Ijaz Ahmed, Douglas Brinning,
Allison Poussard, Tarcin Orhan, Goro Shibukawa, Kristin
9:10 Can Aspirin be Reintroduced with Proton Pump Dawson, Gary Knight, Randall Tanguay, Joanne Hull
#250 Inhibitor Infusion After Endoscopic Hemostasis? A
Double Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial 9:20 Q&A
Joseph Sung*, James Lau, Jessica Ching, Wai-Keung Leung,
Yuk-Tong Lee, Justin Wu, Vincent Leung, Francis Chan
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9:23 Closure of Iatrogenic Colon Perforation with Endoscopic 11:14 A Novel Peroral Cholangiopancreatoscopy System
Sp275 Clips Sp288 (“SPYGLASS”)
Sushil K. Ahlawat*, Firas Al-Kawas Yang Chen*, Douglas Pleskow
9:28 Q&A 11:22 Q&A
9:31 Video Library of Double Balloon Enteroscopy 11:25 Large Balloon Papillary Dilation for Treatment of
Sp276 Klaus E. Monkemuller*, Gerhard Treiber, Lucia C. Fry, Sp289 Difficult Bile Duct Stones
Matthias Ebert, Peter Malfertheiner Chan S. Shim*, Young D. Cho, Young K. Cheon, Johng H.
Moon
9:37 Q&A
11:32 Q&A
9:40 Presentation of ASGE Audiovisual Award Winners
Sp277 Robert H. Hawes 11:35 Transgastric Endoscopic Pancreatic Debridement
Sp290 Riad R. Azar*, Matthew Ciorba, Sreenivasa Jonnalagadda,
Award Winner: Endoscopy in the Bariatric Patient Steven Edmundowicz
Christopher C. Thompson
11:41 Q&A
Award Recipient: Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for
Gastric Superficial Tumors 11:44 Common Bile Duct Fasciolasis
Joo Young Cho, In Seop Jung, Chang Beom Ryu, Chan Sup Sp291 Pedro F. Medina*, Roque Saenz
Shim
11:46 Q&A
Award Recipient: Double-Balloon Endoscopy for
Diagnosis and Treatment of Small Intestinal Diseases 11:49 Endoscopic Delivery of Biliary Hydatid Cyst
Tomonori Yano, Yoshikazu Hayashi, Hironori Yamamoto Sp292 Rao G. Venkat*, Manu Tandan, Sandeep Lakhtakia, Rajesh
Gupta, Rupa Banerjee, Viswanath R., Nageshwar D. Reddy
9:48 Break
11:54 Q&A
Chairs: Michael B. Kimmey, Subbaramiah Sridhar
LUMINAL - UGI Sp293 Kenneth R. McQuaid
10:08 Endoscopic Placement of a Covered Stent for Bleeding

M Sp281 Aortoesophageal Fistula
Do Hyun Park*, Sang-Heum Park, Jae-Hak Lee, Suck-Ho
O Lee, Il-Kwun Chung, Hong-Soo Kim, Sun-Joo Kim
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Y Sp282 with EMR
Jong-Jae Park*, Ju-Hyum Kim, Jin-Younk Kim, Jae-Sun
MAY Kim, Young-Tak Bak
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10:25 Q&A
10:28 Complete Resection of Gastric GIST and Closure of
Sp283 Large Defect of Gastric Wall
Naohisa Yahagi*, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Shinya Kodashima,
Naomi Kakushima, Masao Omata
10:35 Q&A
10:38 Endoscopic Closure of Lateral Duodenal Perforation

Sp284 with Fibrin Glue
Guido Costamagna*, Massimilian Mutignani, Federico
Iacopini, Andrea Tringali
10:43 Q&A
10:46 Argon Plasma Coagulation to Modify Enteric Stents
Sp285 Douglas Howell*, Michael Sanders, Raj Shah, Kirk
Bernadino, Christopher Lawrence
10:54 Q&A
ERCP / EUS
10:57 Overtube Cholangioscopy
Sp286 Manuel Perez-Miranda*, Flor Frias, Jesus Barrio, Esther
Saracibar, Felix Garcia-Pajares, Fernando Pons, Gloria
Sanchez-Antolin
11:02 Q&A
11:05 Transgastric ERCP: Port and Port-Less Access
Sp287 Uzma D. Siddiqui*, Kurt E. Roberts, Andrew J. Duffy,
Robert L. Bell, Harry Aslanian, Priya A. Jamida
11:11 Q&A
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AGA Plenary Session

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Concourse Hall - 150 A/B/C
BASIC SCIENCE
Sp262 Mark Donowitz
8:05 Notch 1 Acts At Multiple Stages of Endocrine

#252 Differentiation to Regulate Endocrine Cell Fate in the
Pancreas
Maryann Giel-Moloney*, Andrew B. Leiter
8:20 Acetylcholine Stimulation of the Nkcc1 Transporter Is

#253 Calcium-Dependent and Is Rapidly Desensitised By
Endocytosis in Human Colonic Crypts: Major
Implications for Intestinal Fluid Secretion
Amy Reynolds*, Alyson Parris, Richard Tighe, Michael
Lewis, Denise Westgarth, Duncan Bell, Crawford Jamieson,
Jamie Dearlymple, Joanne Southgate, Kevin Sargen, Martin
Philips, Mark Williams
8:35 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Inflammation and Cancer
Sp263 Gregory Gores
9:00 An Essential Role of Farnesoid X-Receptor in Regulating

#254 Intestinal Fibrosis in Murine Model of Chronic Colitis
Piero Vavassori, Andrea Mencarelli, Barbara Renga, Giovanni
Rizzo, Antonio Morelli, Mark Pruzanski, Roberto Pellicciari, M
Stefano Fiorucci* O
9:15 Role of the mRNA Stability Factor HUR in Inflammatory N
#255 Bowel Disease and Colon Carcinogenesis D
Kristi Bemis-Standoli, Lisa Cox, Vimala Kasa, Melinda A
Lynch, Hyllaerye Ford, Robert J. Coffey, Dan A. Dixon*
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9:30 The Distinguished Mentor Award Presentation to Young MAY
Sp264 S. Kim
David Peura
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COMBINED
SSAT Plenary Session

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM 403 A
Chair: Robert V. Stephens
SSAT PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY SESSION
• Discuss current investigations and novel strategies in the
management of patients with surgical conditions relating to the
gastrointestinal tract, liver, and pancreas;
• Discuss current basic science investigation relating to the
gastrointestinal tract, liver, and pancreas; and
• Discuss current studies in clinical outcomes for patients with surgical
disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
8:15 A Randomized Controlled Trial of Laparoscopic Nissen

#256 Fundoplication (LNF) Versus Proton Pump Inhibitors
for Treatment of Patients with Chronic Gastro-
Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Mehran Anvari*, Christopher J. Allen, Elvis Research Group
And
8:30 Hospital Readmission Following

#257 Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Dawn M. Emick*, Taylor S. Riall, John L. Cameron, Jordan
M. Winter, Keith D. Lillemoe, Joann Coleman, Patricia K.
M Sauter, Charles J. Yeo
O 8:45 Rates and Patterns of Recurrence for Percutaneous
N #258 Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) and Open Wedge
D Resection for Solitary Colorectal Liver Metastasis
Rebekah White*, I Avital, C Sofocleous, K Brown, L Brody,
A A Covey, G Getrajdman, W Jarnagin, R Dematteo, Y Fong,
Y L Blumgart, M D'Angelica
MAY 9:00 Management of t2 N0 Rectal Tumors: Long-Term
22 #259 Randomized Study Comparing Transanal Endoscopic
Microsurgery Vs Laparoscopic Resections
Emanuele Lezoche*, Mario Guerrieri, Angelo de Sanctis,
Roberto Campagnacci, Maddalena Baldarelli, Giovanni
Lezoche, Silvana Perretta
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CLINICAL
ASGE Topic Forum 9:18 Submucosal Injection of Autologous Blood Before

#270 Endoscopic Resection - An Option to NACl and
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 515 B
Hyaluronate? Results of An Ex-Vivo Pilot Study
LA Convention Center Arne R. Schneider*, Susanne Kriener, Nicolas Hoepffner,
Yogesh Shastri, Wolfgang F. Caspary
Chairs: Ronnie Fass, Benjamin C.Y. Wong
9:30 Novel Transmural Endoscopic Suturing Device
GERD AND OTHER ESOPHAGEAL DISORDERS #271 Andres Gelrud*, Suzanne Thompson, Mary E. Mootoo,
Jody Gastrich, Michael Stokes
8:30 Endoscopic Treatment of Stomal Stenosis Following
#260 Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass 9:42 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Freezing, Burning or Cutting:
Mitra Abessi, Jeffrey L. St. John, Ali Nawras* Sp295 What to Do with Tissue in 2006
Kenneth K. Wang
8:42 Prevalence of Esophageal Findings in Patients with Non-
#261 Cardiac Chest Pain (NCCP) - Among a Large Multi-
Center Consortium
Ram Dickman*, Nora Mattek, Ronnie Fass
8:54 Use of An Artificial Sphincter for the Treatment of
#262 GERD - Preliminary Study
Robert Ganz*, Chris Gostout, Todd Berg
9:06 The Budget Impact of Screening for Esophageal Varices

#263 (EV) with Capsule Endoscopy
Brennan M. Spiegel*, Eric Esrailian, Glenn Eisen
9:18 Successfull Treatment of Globus Sensation By Argon-

#264 Plasma-Coagulation of Gastric Inlet Patches in the
Cervical Esophagus - A Pilot Trial
Alexander Meining*, Monther Bajbouj, Martin Preeg,
Wolfgang Huber, Heinz Hoefler, Christian Prinz, Roland M
Schmid O
9:30 Regenerative Medicine for Widespread Endoscopic N
#265 Mucosal Resection (EMR) of the Esophageal D
Tadashi Sakurai*, Yoshio Hori A
9:42 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Eosinophilic Esophagitis: The Y
Sp294 New Kid on the (Esophageal) Block MAY
David Katzka
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8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 515 A
Chairs: Kenneth F. Binmoeller, Jonathan Cohen

NEW TECHNOLOGY - TREATMENT
8:30 Double Balloon Anastomosis: A New Method for
#266 Transgastric Gastro-Jejunostomy
Paul Swain*, Per-Ola Park, Maria Bergstrom, Sandy Mosse,
Annette Fritscher-Ravens
8:42 Submucosal Endoscopy - A Novel Approach to En Bloc

#267 Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
Eckart Frimberger*, Stefan von Delius, Hubertus Feussner,
Julia Henke, Thomas Roesch, Christian Prinz, Roland M.
Schmid
8:54 Technique for Creating Endoscopic Gastroenteric

#268 Anastomoses Using Sliding Anchors in Swine
Constantin Cope*, Douglas O. Faigel, Gregory G. Ginsberg
9:06 Endoscopic Cryotherapy for the Management of Gastric

#269 Antral Vascular Ectasia (GAVE): A Pilot Study
Sarah Cho*, Elaine Yong, Simon Zanati, Maria Cirocco,
Nancy Basset, Gabor Kandel, Paul Kortan, Gary May,
Norman Marcon
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AASLD Plenary Session

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 408 A/B
Chairs: Scott Friedman, Arun Sanyal
PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY II (BASIC)
8:30 A Comprehensive Genetic Approach Defines the
#272 Importance of a Functional Single Nucleotide
Polymorphism of the Interferon-Gamma Gene in
Interferon-Alpha-Induced and Spontaneous Recovery
from Hepatitis C
Ying Huang, Huiying Yang, Brian B. Borg*, Xiaowen Su,
Shannon Rhodes, Xiaomei Tong, George Tang, Ronda Sapp,
Charles D. Howell, Hugo R. Rosen, Chloe L. Thio, David L.
Thomas, T. Jake Liang
8:45 Nitrosative Stress Promotes Hepatic Stellate Cell
#273 Apoptosis Through a Mitochondrial Pathway
Daniel A. Langer*, David Semela, Helen Hendrickson, Steve
F. Bronk, Gregory J. Gores, Vijay H. Shah
9:00 Insulin Stimulates Collagen Synthesis By Hepatic

#274 Stellate Cells Through αβ51 Integrin Signaling
Independent of PI 3 Kinase Activity
Milan Dodig*, Srinivasan Ganesan, Srinivasan Dasarathy,
Arthur J. McCullough
M 9:15 IL-28a Is a Key Regulator of T Cell Mediated Liver
O #275 Injury Via the IFN-Gamma/Stat-1 Signaling Pathway
N Juergen Siebler*, Stefan Wirtz, Benno Weigmann, Edgar
Schmitt, Andreas Kreft, Peter R. Galle, Markus F. Neurath
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Y #276 Stimulates Small Mouse Cholangiocyte Proliferation
Shannon Glaser*, Heather Francis, Sharon Demorrow, Julie
MAY Venter, Ramona Reichenbach, Ryun Summers, Bradley
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9:45 Succinate As a Paracrine Signal for Liver Damage
#277 Mayerson Thompson*, Paulo Renato Correa, Ana Cristina
N. Pinheiro, Sona Sehgal, Emma A. Kruglov, Alfredo M.
Goes, Michael H. Nathanson, M. Fatima Leite
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AGA Presidential Plenary

10:00 AM - 11:45 AM West Hall B
Chair: David Peura and Ian Taylor
AGA PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY
Sp296 Ian Taylor
10:05 GI Clinical Research 2006: The Year in Review

Sp297 Michael Camilleri
10:25 GI Basic Science 2006: The Year in Review

Sp298 David Brenner
10:45 AGA Presidential Address
Sp299 David Peura
11:00 Presentation of the Friedenwald Medal to Dr. Norton

Sp300 Greenberger
David Peura
11:05 Presentation of the William Beaumont Prize to Dr. Barry
Sp301 Marshall
Ian Taylor
11:10 Tale from Two Cities: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina

Sp302 Ian Taylor, Peter G. Traber M
11:30 Presentation of Outstanding Service Award to Drs. Peter O
Sp303 G. Traber and Ian Taylor N
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AASLD State-of-the-Art Lecture ASGE Topic Forum

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM 408 A/B 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 515 B
Chair: John Vierling Chairs: Stephen J. Heller, Oleh Haluszka
Sponsored by: AASLD COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING: TOPICS IN
STANDARD AND VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN HCV THERAPY
10:30 Direct Comparison of An Optical Colonoscopy and
Participants will be able to: #284 Virtual Colonoscopy Colorectal Cancer Screening
• Review potential new targets for HCV management and drug Program in the Average Risk Patient
development; Richard Hsu, Deepak Gopal, Mark Reichelderfer, Darren C.
• Review and understand clinical trial results with these new agents; Schwartz, David H. Kim, Perry J. Pickhardt, Andrew J.
and Taylor, Patrick R. Pfau*
• Understand the future directions and need of future therapies.
10:42 Colonoscopic Screening for Colorectal Cancer-Impact
10:30 New Developments in HCV Therapy #285 On Later Need for Usual Care Lower Gastrointestinal
Sp305 John G. McHutchison Endoscopies
Espen Thiis-Evensen*, Birgitte Seip, Morten H. Vatn, Geir
S. Hoff
AGA Research Forum
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 410 10:54 Impact of Endoscopist Withdrawal Speed On Polyp
LA Convention Center #286 Yield: Implications for Optimal Colonoscopy
Withdrawal Time
Chairs: David Diehl, Jacques Van Dam Dia T. Simmons*, Gavin C. Harewood, Todd H. Baron,
Petersen T. Bret, Kenneth K. Wang, Felicity B. Enders,
Sponsored by: Imaging & Advanced Technology Beverly J. Ott
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11:06 Effect of a Pre-Specified Minimum Colonoscopic
O VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY
#287 Withdrawal Time On Adenoma Detection Rates During
N Participants will be able to: Screening Colonoscopy
D • Become familiar with advances in and limitations of indirect colonic Robert L. Barclay*, Joseph J. Vicari, John F. Johanson, Roger
imaging for colorectal neoplasia. L. Greenlaw
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#278 Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening in Asymptomatic #288 Optical Colonoscopy in Clinical Practice: One Year Data
MAY Darren C. Schwartz*, Kevin J. Dasher, Adnan Said, Deepak
Individuals
22 Brooks D. Cash*, Cecilia Kim, Priscilla Cullen, Myra Kim, V. Gopal, Mark Reichelderfer, David H. Kim, Perry J.
Cathy A. Dykes, Donald W. Jensen, Duncan S. Barlow, Mark Pickhardt, Andrew J. Taylor, Patrick R. Pfau
H. Johnston, James W. Kikendall, Peter W. Soballe 11:30 Risk Stratification for Advanced Colonic Neoplasia: A
10:45 The Management of Small (6-9mm) Polyps Found By #289 Screening Strategy Using Colonoscopy and
#279 Virtual Colonoscopy: Results of a Decision Analysis Computerized Tomographic Colonography
Chin Hur*, Daniel C. Chung, Robert E. Schoen, Amy B. Otto Lin*, Richard Kozarek, Jason Dominitz
Knudsen, G. Scott Gazelle 11:42 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Improving Quality and
11:00 MR Colonography Without Bowel Purgation for the Sp306 Efficiency in Colorectal Cancer Screening
#280 Assessment of Adenomatous Colon Polyps: Preliminary David A. Lieberman
Results of a Prospective Cohort Study
Jost Langhorst*, Christiane Kuehle, Thomas Zoepf, Michael ASGE Clinical Symposium
Nuefer, Waleed Ajaj, Barkhausen Joerg, Guido Gerken, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 515 A
Gustav J. Dobos, Thomas Lauenstein
11:15 CT Enterography in Crohn’s Disease: A Prospective
#281 Study Demonstrating Inter-Observer Agreement and Chairs: Irving Waxman, Christopher C. Thompson
Correlation with Disease Activity
Taft Bhuket*, Elaine M. Caoili, Peter D. Higgins, Beth Sponsored by: ASGE
Manoogian, Joel Platt, Paul Sonda, Tahira Khan, Ellen M.
Zimmermann ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF PERFORATIONS, FISTULAS
AND MUCOSAL DEFECTS
11:30 Complete Versus Incomplete Optical Colonoscopy:
#282 Predictive Factors Based On Clinical and Virtual 10:30 Endoscopic Management of Esophageal Anastomotic
Colonoscopy Findings Sp307 Leaks
Meghan Hanson*, Perry J. Pickhardt, David H. Kim, Gottumukkala S. Raju
Andrew J. Taylor, Patrick R. Pfau, Deepak V. Gopal
10:50 Surgical Treatment of Perforations, Leaks and Fistulas
11:45 Colon Cancer Screening According to Polyp Sp308 Jeffrey L. Ponsky
#283 Characteristics: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis with CT
Colonography and Endoscopy 11:10 Endoscopic Closure of Gastric Perforations During EMR
Cesare Hassan*, Angelo Zullo, Andrea Laghi, Paola Cerro, Sp309 Hironori Yamamoto
Franco Iafrate, Sergio Morini
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11:30 Endoscopic Treatment of Pancreatic Bile Duct Fistulas
Sp310 Stefan Seewald
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AASLD Research Forum

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 409 A/B
Chairs: Gene LeSage, Michael H. Nathanson
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS AND TREATMENT OF LIVER
DISEASE
10:30 Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Z Protein (PiZ) Increases Hepatic
#290 Fibrosis in a Murine Model of Cholestasis
Ali A. Mencin*, David A. Brenner
10:45 Nim811, a Mitochondrial Permeability Transition
#291 Inhibitor, Attenuates Cholestatic Liver Injury
Zhi Zhong*, Robert A. Currin, Tom Theruvath, Peter C.
Waldmeier, John J. Lemasters
11:00 Benign Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholestasis (BRIC) Is
#292 Characterized By Partial Function of the Familial
Intrahepatic Cholestasis 1 (FIC-1) Gene Product
Tamir Miloh*, Frank Chen, M Ananthanarayanan, Tamara
Frankenberg, An-Qiang Sun, Irwin Arias, Matthew Harris,
Xiaoping Li, Frederick Suchy, Benjamin Shneider
11:15 Activation of α1A-Adrenergic Receptors Stimulate the
#293 Proliferation of Small But Not Large Mouse
Cholangiocytes Via Ca2+-Dependent Activation of
M Nfatc1/C4 and Sp1 Transcription Factors
Shannon Glaser*, Sharon Demorrow, Heather Francis,
O Yoshiyuki Ueno, Julie Venter, Ramona Reichenbach, Bradley
N Vaculin, Ryun Summers, Gianfranco Alpini
D 11:30 Ppargamma Stimulates Ductal Bicarbonate Secretion By
A #294 Increased Expression of the Cholangiocyte Cl-/HCO3-
Y Exchanger
Xuefeng Xia*, Yuhua Xiao, Dongbing Gao, Emmanuel
MAY Chukwunyere, David Moore, Gene Lesage
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11:45 Pifithrin sensitizes human cholangiocarcinoma cells to
#295 gemcitabine chemotherapy by a mechanism involving
the translational regulator eIF4E
Hania Wehbe*, Fanyin Meng, Roger Henson, Janna M.
Mize-Berge, Tushar Patel
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COMBINED

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM 403 A
Chair: Barbara Bass
SSAT PLENARY SESSION
10:30 Anastomotic Leakage Is Associated with Poor Long

#296 Term Outcome in Patients Following Curative
Colorectal Resection for Malignancy
Wai Lun Law*, Hok Kwok Choi, Yee Man Lee, Judy W. Ho,
Chi Leung Seto
10:45 Pancreatic Regeneration in Chronic Pancreatitis Requires

#297 Activation of the Notch Signalling Pathway
Peter Buechler*, Yun Su, Amiq Gazdhar, Markus W.
Buechler, Helmut Friess
11:00 A 30 Year Analysis of Colorectal Adenocarcinoma in M

#298 Transplant Recipients and Proposal for Altered
Screening O
Erik E. Johnson*, Glen E. Leverson, John D. Pirsch, Charles N
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CLINICAL
ASGE Hands-On Sp317 Research in Clinical Practice: Risk or Reward? (LL05)

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Beaudry B Colleen Schmitt Serrano Room
Westin Bonaventure
Chair: Robynne K. Chutkan

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY (AH2)
Sp311 Christopher J. Gostout
ASGE Hands-On
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Emerald Bay
Westin Bonaventure
Chairs: Kenneth K. Wang, Hubut C. Wolfsen

MUCOSAL ABLATION AND EMR (AH1)
Sp312 Marcia I. Canto*
Sp312a Charles J. Lightdale
M ASGE Poster Grand Rounds

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM 515 A
O LA Convention Center
N
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A COLONOSCOPY
Y
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Chair: John R. Saltzman

EUS
AGA Problem-Based Learning Luncheons

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Sp313 36-Year-Old Woman with Fever and Abnormal Liver

Function Tests (LL01)
Sanjiv Chopra Rexford Room
Sp314 Colorectal Cancer Surveillance in Inflammatory Bowel
Disease: Controversies and Management 2006 (LL02)
Francis Farraye Larchmont Room
Sp315 Evidence-Based Approach to the Patient with Crohn's
Disease (LL03)
Sunanda Kane Mulholland Room
Sp316 Idiopathic Pancreatitis: Diagnosis and Management
(LL04)
David Lichtenstein Hillhurst Room
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DDW Meet-the-Investigator Luncheons Sp330 EMR (M011)

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Douglas O. Faigel 306 A/B
Sp331 ERCP Complications (M014)
Martin L. Freeman Chandler Room
Sp329 Dendritic Cell Research (M029) Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level
Hans-Christian Reinecker Room 310
Marriott LA - Third Level Sp332 EUS Clinical Applications (M017)
Sponsored by The ASGE EUS SIG
Sp336 Experimental Acute Pancreatitis (M010) Frank G. Gress 405
Matthew Dimagno Board Room Lounge LA Convention Center
Sp333 EUS-Directed Therapies for Pancreaticobiliary Diseases
Sp346 Nutrient Regulation of Intestinal Adaptation (M023) (M001)
Marc Levin Salon C Sponsored by The ASGE EUS SIG
Wilshire Grand - Lobby Level Michelle A. Anderson 303 AB
DDW Meet-the-Professor Luncheons Sp334 Emerging Technologies (M034)
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Irving Waxman 305
Sp335 Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (M007)
Raquel Davila Concourse Ballroom - Salon 3
Sp318 A Clinician's Guide to Interpretting the Medical Marriott LA - Second Level
Literature (M030)
Philip Schoenfeld Room 305 Sp337 Extraesophageal GERD (M033)
Marriott LA - Third Level Michael Vaezi Room 312
Marriott LA - Third Level M
Sp319 AECs (M028)
Sponsored by The ASGE AEC SIG
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Sp338 GI Bleeding Therapies (M004)
Irving M. Pike Westwood Room Amitabh Chak Sawtelle Room N
Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level D
Sp320 Acute Liver Failure (M013) Sp339 Hepatocellular Carcinoma (M024)
A
Robert Fontana Room 301 Jorge Marrero Concourse Ballroom - Salon 1 Y
Marriott LA - Third Level Marriott LA - Second Level MAY
Sp321 Achalasia (M020) Sp340 Management of Variceal Bleeding (M036) 22
Ikuo Hirano Room 306 Florence Wong 407
Marriott LA - Third Level LA Convention Center
Sp322 Autoimmune Hepatitis (M006) Sp341 Managing the Patient with Severe Functional Bowel
Albert Czaja Room 307 Disease (M005)
Marriott LA - Third Level Lin Chang Salon A
Sp323 Barrett's Esophagus (M031)
Prateek Sharma Room 308 Sp342 NAFLD (M009)
Marriott LA - Third Level Anna Mae Diehl Room 304
Marriott LA - Third Level
Sp324 Biliary Obstructions (M018)
Gregory Harber 301 A/B Sp343 NSAID Effects in the GI Tract -- Spanish Presentation
LA Convention Center (M022)
Angel Lanas 410
Sp325 Capsule Endoscopy (M032) LA Convention Center
Sponsored by The ASGE Endoscopy SIG
Virender K. Sharma 503 Sp344 New Biologic Therapies for IBD (M012)
LA Convention Center Brian Feagan Caucus
Sp326 Coding Issues (M008)
Thomas Deas Verdugo Room Sp345 New Insights in Gut Motility (M002)
Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level Adil Bharucha Salon B
Sp327 Combining Gastroenterology and Psychology in Practice
(M015) Sp572 Nutritional Assessment and Support: When Do We
Mary-Joan Gerson*, Charles Gerson Room 309 Need to Start Enteral and Parenteral Feeding? (M052)
Marriott LA - Third Level Khursheed Jeejeebhoy Garden East
Sp328 Complications of Portal Hypertension (M003)
Thomas Boyer Room 302 Sp347 Obesity Surgery - Which Procedure is Best? (M025)
Marriott LA - Third Level Ninh Nguyen Balboa Room
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Sp348 Small Bowel Transplantation (M026)
Stephen O'Keefe Fernwood Room
Sp349 Surgical Management of Non-colorectal Liver Mets
(M035)
Sharon Weber Glenwood Room
Sp350 The Future of Interventional Endoscopy: Beyond the
Lumen (M027)
Pankaj Pasricha 513
Sp351 The Role of HAI vs Systemic Chemotherapy After Liver
Resection for CRC (M021)
William Jarnagin*, Nancy Kemeny 309
Sp352 Travelers Diarrhea (M016)
Ralph Giannella Brentwood Room
Sp800 Treatment of Refractory Autoimune Hepatitis (M087)
Steven Flamm Doheny Room
Sp353 Update in Management of IBD - Japanese Presentation
(M019)
Toshifumi Hibi 514
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CLINICAL
DDW Combined Clinical Symposium AASLD Clinical Symposium

2:15 PM - 3:45 PM Concourse Hall - 151 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 411
Chairs: Michael L. Kochman, James Schieman Chairs: Philip Rosenthal, Elizabeth Rand
Sponsored by: AGA; ASGE; SSAT Sponsored by: AASLD/NASPGHAN
CYSTIC TUMORS OF THE PANCREAS UPDATE ON PEDIATRIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

2:15 Clinical Evaluation: Cross-Sectional Imaging and EUS Participants will be able to:
Sp354 Marcia I. Canto • Understand the new surgical techniques being utilized in pediatric
transplant recipients;
2:45 Surgical Evaluation of the Patient with a Pancreatic Cyst • Understand the past, present and future of immunosuppression
Sp355 Jeff Drebbin drugs and regimens; and
3:15 Developing a Rational Patient Care Approach to the • Understand the evolving and changing rules for organ allocation and
Sp356 Patient with a Pancreatic Cyst the future implications of these PELD changes.
James Scheiman 2:15 Welcome and Introduction
Sp365 Philip Rosenthal
DDW Combined Clinical Symposium
2:20 Surgical Innovations in Liver Transplantation
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM Concourse Hall - 152 Sp366 Kim M. Olthoff
2:40 Immunosuppression: Past, Present and Future
Chairs: Rome Jutabha, Ann Lowry Sp367 Sandy Feng
Sponsored by: ASGE; SSAT; AGA 3:00 The PELD System: Useful Except When It Isn't
Sp368 Benjamin L. Shneider
TREATMENT OF HEMORRHOIDS AND FISSURES M
3:20 Panel Discussion O
2:15 Management of Fistulas Sp369 Elizabeth Rand
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Sp357 Michael Stamos
3:40 Closing Remarks D
2:45 Management of Fissures Sp370 Philip Rosenthal
A
Sp358 Mika Varma
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3:15 Management of Hemorrohoids AGA Topic Forum
MAY
Sp359 Dean Jensen 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 406 A/B
LA Convention Center 22
AASLD Clinical Symposium

Chairs: Robert Schoen, Jonathan Terdiman
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 408 A/B
LA Convention Center Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology
Chair: E. Jenny Heathcote ADVANCES IN SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS OF GI
CANCERS
AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASE
Participants will be able to: • Learn about the recent advances in screening and diagnosis of GI
• Gain a better understanding of whether primary sclerosing Cancers.
cholangitis is the same disease in children as adults;
• Address the issue of whether primary biliary cirrhosis is a 2:15 Neoplasia Yield of FOBT Following a Negative
homogeneous disease affecting all patients similarly; and #299 Screening FS
• Develop a clearer understanding of why some patients with Senore Carlo*, Segnan Nereo, Andreoni Bruno, Bisanti
autoimmune hepatitis respond to therapy whereas others do not and Luigi, Castiglione Guido, Ferrari Arnaldo, Foco Alberto,
how these patients might be differentiated. Gasperoni Stefano, Malfitana Giuseppe, Pera Angelo,
Recchia Serafino, Saracco Giorgio, Zappa Marco
2:15 Welcome and Introduction
Sp360 E. Jenny Heathcote 2:30 Prevalence of a First Degree Family History of
#300 Colorectal Cancer in Persons with a Screen-Detected
2:20 PSC: Is It the Same in Children As Adults? Colorectal Adenoma in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal,
Sp361 Martha Dirks and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial
2:45 PBC: Is It An Homogenous Disease? Ajay Pabby*, Robert E. Schoen, Paul F. Pinsky, Richard B.
Sp362 Joseph Odin Hayes, Joel L. Weissfeld
3:10 AIH: What Are Some Non-Responders? 2:45 A Prediction Model Based On Age, Gender and Distal
Sp363 Steven L. Flamm #301 Findings Accurately Identifies Black and Hispanic
Patients At Low-Risk for Advanced Proximal Colorectal
3:35 Panel Discussion Neoplasia (APN) But Underestimates Absolute Risk
Sp364 E. Jenny Heathcote Benjamin E. Levitsky*, Colin C. Brown, Heeren C. Tim,
Paul C. Schroy
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3:00 Risk Stratification for Colonic Neoplasia Through AGA Clinical Symposium
#302 Enhanced Backscattering Spectroscopy Analysis of the
Endocopically-Normal Rectal Mucosa
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 501 A/B/C
Hemant Roy*, Young Kim, Yang Liu, Michael Goldberg, LA Convention Center
Nahla Hasabou, Vladimir Turzhitsky, Mohammed Jameel,
Eric Elton, Vadim Backman Chairs: Scott Friedman, Florence Wong
3:15 A Population Based Study of Effectiveness of a Negative Sponsored by: Liver & Biliary; Clinical Practice
#303 Colonoscopy
Harminder Singh*, Donna Turner, Lin Xue, Laura E. EVIDENCE FOR THE VALUE OF PROGNOSTIC
Targownik, Charles N. Bernstein BIOCHEMICAL TESTS IN LIVER DISEASE
3:30 Chromoendoscopic Colonoscopy Detects More Participants will be able to:
#304 Adenomas Than Conventional Colonoscopy: A • Develop a rational approach to the patient with abnormal serum
Randomized Trial of Back-to-Back Colonoscopies liver chemistries;
Elena M. Stoffel*, David H. Stockwell, Daniel P. Normolle, • Understand the variability of the serum ALT in HCV-infected patients
Missy Tuck, Norman Marcon, D. Kim Turgeon, John Baron, and the prognostic significance of the ALT; and
Nadir Arber, Robert Bresalier, Sapna Syngal, Dean E. • Review the role of serum liver biochemistries in following patients
Brenner with autoimmune hepatitis and cholestatic liver disease.
2:15 Overview of Liver Tests

AGA Clinical Symposium Sp375 Steven Flamm
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 502 B
LA Convention Center 2:35 Value of Liver Enzymes in HCV: The ALT
Sp376 Rob Myers
Chairs: William D. Chey, Mark Pimentel
2:55 Role of Liver Tests in AIH and Cholestasis
Sponsored by: Clinical Practice; Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Sp377 Keith Lindor
Disorders; Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel
Diseases AGA Clinical Symposium
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 503
CONTROVERSIES IN IBS LA Convention Center
M Participants will be able to:
O • Understand the potential relationship between IBS and colonic
Chairs: Karen Hall, Joanne Wilson
N ischemia;
Sponsored by: Growth, Development & Aging; Motility & Nerve-
• Review the evidence supporting enteric infection as a cause of IBS;
D and Gut Interaction; Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders;
A • Discuss the potential role of food hypersensitivity and exclusion diets Clinical Practice
Y in IBS.
GASTROINTESTINAL CARE OF THE AGED PATIENT
MAY 2:15 Is There a Relationship Between IBS and Colonic
22 Sp371 Ischemia Participants will be able to:
Lin Chang • Review the gastrointestinal care issues unique to the geriatric
population;
2:37 Gastroenteritis & Bacterial Overgrowth: Do They Cause • Discuss the evolving thinking regarding the presentation of
Sp372 IBS? depression as gastrointestinal complaints; and
Anthony J. Lembo • Understand the gastrointestinal sedation issues that are altered in the
older patient.
3:00 What Role Does Food Hypersensitivity and Exclusion
Sp373 Diets Play in IBS? 2:15 IBS in the Older Patient
Peter Whorwell Sp378 Michael Camilleri
3:22 Managing IBS As a Concomitant GI Disease 2:45 Sedation and Endoscopic Procedural Management in the
Sp374 Ted Bayless Sp379 Geriatric Patient
Norman Marcon
3:15 Depression Presenting As Gastrointestinal Symptoms in
Sp380 the Older Patient
Karen Hall
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AGA Clinical Symposium ASGE Topic Forum
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 304 A/B/C 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 515 A
Chairs: Peter Banks, Christos G. Dervenis Chairs: Douglas A. Corley, Kenneth K. Wang
Sponsored by: Pancreatic Disorders; Imaging & Advanced ESOPHAGUS - BARRETT'S/CANCER

Technology
2:15 Development of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma in Patients
#309 with Barrett’s Esophagus and High Grade Dysplasia
PROBLEMS AND PITFALLS OF ATLANTA CLASSIFICATION Undergoing Survilence: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic
FOR ACUTE PANCREATITIS: AGA, APA AND IAP TO Review
REVISIT Srinivas R. Puli*, Amit Rastogi, Sharad Mathur, Ajay Bansal,
Prateek Sharma
• Review the current state of markers of disease severity in acute 2:27 A 5-Year Randomized Phase III Trial of Efficacy and
pancreatitis; #310 Safety of Photodynamic Therapy Using Porfimer Sodium
• Learn the importance of predicting severity of acute pancreatitis in in High-Grade Dysplasia in Barrett’s Esophagus
clinical practice and research; and Bergein Overholt*, Kenneth Wang, Steven Burdick, Charles
• Understand the limitations of current methods of severity Lightdale, Michael Kimmey, Hector Nava, Michael Sivak,
assessments. Norman Nishioka, Hugh Barr, Chad Davis, Norman
Marcon, Marcos Pedrosa, Mary Bronner, Michelle Depot
2:15 Why We Need Severity Scoring Systems: Background
Sp380a and Presentation of Cases for Discussion 2:39 Curative Endoscopic Therapy for Barrett’s Early Cancer
Santhi Vege #311 and High Grade Dysplasia: Long-Term Results in 304
Patients
2:37 Scoring Systems and Individual Markers Predicing Oliver Pech*, Angelika Behrens, Andrea May, Liebwin
Sp380b Severity Gossner, Michael Vieth, Manfred Stolte, Christian Ell
Chris Forsmark
2:51 Multi-Center Clinical Trial Using Endoscopy (END) and
2:59 Atlanta Classification: Organ Failure As a Marker of #312 Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Guided Fine Needle
Sp380c Severity Injection (FNI) of Anti-Tumor Agent (TNFerade™) in
Peter Banks Patients with Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer
Kenneth J. Chang*, Neil Senzer, Stephen Swisher, Tony M
3:21 The Importance of Anatomic Severity Classifications in
Sp380d Predicting Complications Reid, Ann Mauer, Mitchell Posner, Harlan Pinto, Arlene O
John Baillie Forastiere, Roy Soetikno, Jennifer Macko, John Nemunaitis N
3:03 Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Early Esophageal D
ASGE Clinical Symposium #313 Cancer A
Tsuneo Oyama*, Kinich Hotta
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 515 B Y
LA Convention Center 3:15 Endotherapy Versus Esophagectomy for Barrett’s MAY
#314 Esophagus with High-Grade Dysplasia Or Intra-Mucosal 22
Chairs: Glen A. Lehman, Paul Fockens Carcinoma: A Review of Outcomes
Drew Schembre, Jasmine Huang*, Chance Felisky, Nico
Sponsored by: ASGE Cantone, Donald Low
ENDOLUMINAL TREATMENT OF GERD: JUST STARTING 3:27 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Endoscopic Treatment for
OR ALMOST FINISHED? Sp385 Barrett's Esophagus
Prateek Sharma
2:15 Aims and Outcome Parameters for Endoscopic GERD
Sp381 Therapy
Paul Fockens ASGE Topic Forum
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 511 A/B/C
2:35 Review of Endoscopic GERD Therapy LA Convention Center
Sp382 Richard I. Rothstein
Chairs: Brian L. Bleau, Simon K. Lo
2:55 A Review of the Evidence in Surgical Treatment of
Sp383 GERD
PANCREATIC ERCP
Marco Catarci
2:15 A Novel Biodegradable Pancreatic Stent for Human
3:15 Lessons Learned and the Way to Go Forward
#315 Pancreatic Applications: A Preclinical Study in a Large
Sp384 Glen A. Lehman
Animal Model
Johanna M. Laukkarinen*, Teemu Lamsa, Isto Nordback,
Joonas Mikkonen, Juhani Sand
2:27 Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Needle-Knife

#316 and Pull-Papillotome Techniques for Pancreatic
Sphincterotomy in High-Risk Patients
Shyam Varadarajulu*, Charles M. Wilcox
2:39 Factors Predictive of Resolution in Pancreatic Duct

#317 Disruptions Treated Endoscopically: A 10 Year Single-
Center Experience
Michel Kahaleh*, Patrick McDonough, Thomas Rockoff,
Jeffrey Tokar, Vanessa M. Shami, Reid B. Adams, Paul
Yeaton
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2:51 The Usefulness of Biopsying the Major Duodenal Papilla 3:45 Acute Diverticulitis of the Left Colon: Value of the
#318 to Diagnose Autoimmune Pancreatitis: A Prospective Sp394 Initial CT and Timing of Elective Colectomy
Study Using IgG4-Immunostaining Patrick Ambrosetti
Terumi Kamisawa*, Naoto Egawa, Hitoshi Nakajima, Kouji
Tsuruta, Atsutake Okamoto 4:15 Operative Treatment of Recurrent or Complicated
Sp395 Diverticulitis
3:03 Gastric Pacemaker for Gastroparesis in Patients with Eric Dozois
#319 Refractory Symptoms After Endoscopic Therapy for
Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction or Pancreas Divisum 4:45 Break
Martin Freeman*, Michelle Finke, John Allen, Eric Johnson
4:55 Q&A
3:15 Frequency and Severity of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis
#320 Correlated with Extent of Pancreatic Ductal
Opacification
Young Koog Cheon*, Evan L. Fogel, Lee McHenry, Stuart
Sherman, James L. Watkins, Laura Lazzell-Pannell, Suzzette
E. Schmidt, Glen A. Lehman
3:27 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Sp386 Michael J. Levy
ASGE Special Session

Chairs: Peter B. Cotton, Allan J. Morris
Sponsored by: ASGE
QUALITY MEASURES IN ENDOSCOPY

2:15 Measuring the Performance of Endoscopy
M Sp387 Douglas O. Faigel
O 2:35 Objective Assessment and Recredentialling of
N Sp388 Colonoscopy
Brian P. Saunders
D
A 2:55 Quality Improvement in US Endoscopy Practice
Y Sp389 John F. Johanson
MAY 3:15 Credentialling of Endoscopy Units
22 Sp390 Roland M. Valori
SSAT Conferences/Panels/Symposia
2:15 PM - 5:30 PM 403 A
Chair: Scott A. Strong
Sponsored by: AGA & ASGE
SSAT/AGA/ASGE STATE-OF-THE-ART CONFERENCE:

MANAGEMENT OF DIVERTICULAR DISEASE
• Describe the etiology and pathogenesis of diverticulitis and recognize
the modalities used to diagnose acute or complicated diverticulitis;
• Understand the risk and characteristics of recurrent diverticulitis and
discuss the indications for the operative management of acute or
recurrent diverticulitis; and
• Detail the operative options and strategies in the treatment of
diverticulitis and explain the short- and long-term outcomes
following operative treatment of diverticulitis.
2:15 Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Diverticulosis and

Sp391 Diverticulitis
Charles Heise
2:45 Natural History of Diverticulitis

Sp392 Clifford Ko
3:15 Imaging and Interventional Techniques in Diverticulitis

Sp393 Mark Baker
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BASIC
AGA Basic Science Symposium 3:30 Molecular Characterization of NOD2 and Grim-19
#326 Interactions By Ligand Activation
Jose E. Aguirre*, Jesus Yamamoto-Furusho, Nicolas Barnich,
LA Convention Center Daniel K. Podolsky
Chairs: Sheila Crowe, Juanita Merchant
AGA Research Forum
Sponsored by: AGA Council 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 306 A/B
HELICOBACTER PYLORI: A MAJOR ADVANCE IN MEDICAL
HISTORY AND A STORY OF ON-GOING DISCOVERY Chairs: Hamid Said, Waddah Alrefai
Participants will be able to: Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders
• Discuss the discovery of the association of Helicobacter pylori
infection with human disease; TRANSPORTERS AND CHANNELS IN THE INTESTINE
• Understand new advances in our understanding of molecular
bacterial pathogenesis; and Participants will be able to:
• Understand host epithelial and immune responses that mediate • Understand recent advances in epithelial transport.
disease outcome within the context of Helicobacter pylori infection.
2:15 Functional Characterization of the Serotonin
2:15 Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine #327 Transporter (SERT) in Human Intestine
Sp396 2005: Establishing the Link Between Helicobacter pylori Ravinder K. Gill*, Seema Saksena, Sangeeta Tyagi, Ayesha
and Human Disease Zaheer, Amika Singla, Waddah A. Alrefai, Pradeep K.
Barry Marshall Dudeja
2:35 Immunological Developments in Understanding 2:30 MAPKAPK2 Is a Critical Signaling Intermediate in
Sp397 Helicobacter Pylori Pathogenesis #328 NHE3 Activation Following Na+-Glucose Cotransport
Pierre Michetti Zhihong Hu*, Yingmin Wang, Mark W. Musch, Liping Su,
Jerrold R. Turner
2:55 Host Responses Leading to Helicobacter-Mediated M
Sp398 Diseases 2:45 Distinct Isofroms Encode Apical and Basolateral
Richard Peek #329 Intermediate Conductance K (IK) Channels
O
Christoph Rahner, Christian Barmeyer, Youshan Yang, N
Frederick J. Sigworth, Henry J. Binder, Vazhaikkurichi M. D
AGA Research Forum
Rajendran*
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 303 AB A
LA Convention Center 3:00 Regulation of Kcnq1/Kcne3 By Basolateral Y
#330 Sphingomyelinase (SMase) MAY
Chairs: Brian Dieckgraefe, Laurence Egan David Saslowsky*, Nori Tanaka, Wayne Lencer
22
Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel 3:15 Enac Expression By Aldosterone Is Paralleled By
Diseases #331 Upregulation of Claudin-8 and Increased Barrier
Function in Human Colon
MUCOSAL INFLAMMATION AND INNATE IMMUNITY Salah Amasheh, Maike Bergs, Maren M. Amasheh,
Alexander G. Markov, Anton J. Kroesen, Michael Fromm,
Participants will be able to: Joerg D. Schulzke*
• Understand the role of innate immunity in intestinal inflammation.
3:30 Elevated Intracellular Calcium ([Ca2+]i) Inhibits NHE3
2:15 Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) 2 Maintains Tight Junctional- #332 Activity By a PDZK1 (NHERF3) Dependent Process in
#321 Associated Intestinal Epithelium Barrier Integrity Which NHE3 and PDZK1 Bind Basally and Dissociate
Against Stress-Induced Damage in Vivo with Elevated [Ca2+]i
Elke Cario*, Guido Gerken, Daniel K. Podolsky Nicholas C. Zachos*, Xuhang Li, Olga Kovbasnjuk, Rafiq
Sarkar, Boris Hogema, Hugo de Jonge, Mark Donowitz
2:30 Protection from Lethal Septic Peritonitis By Neutralizing
#322 the Biological Function of Interleukin-27
Stefan J. Wirtz*, Ingrid Tubbe, Mark P. Birkenbach, Peter R.
Galle, Richard S. Blumberg, Markus F. Neurath
2:45 T-Cell Induced Colitis Is Associated with Enhanced

#323 Myelopoiesis and Remarkable Neutrophil Infiltration
Into Secondary Lymphoid Tissue
Dmitry V. Ostanin*, Dwain Dsouza, Kathryn L. Furr, Jason
Hoffman, Carla M. Brown, Laura Gray, Stephen Pruett,
Matthew B. Grisham
3:00 A20 Is Critical for Restricting Basal TLR Signal

#324 Osamu Hitotsumatsu*, Emre Turer, Ruslan Medzhitov,
Averil Ma
3:15 Association Between Serum IgG Antibody to C. Difficile

#325 Toxin A and Polymorphism of the Interleukin-8 Gene
Zhi-Dong Jiang*, Herbert L. Dupont, Kevin Garey, Margaret
Price, Gail Granham, Pablo C. Okhuysen, Thanh Dao-Tran,
Mark Larocco
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COMBINED
AASLD Topic Forum 2:30 Markers of Inflammation in IBS: Increased Permeability

#340 and Cytokine Production in Diarrhoea-Predominant
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 409 A/B
Subgroups
LA Convention Center Eugene Campbell*, Marguerite Richards, Stephen Foley,
Maggie Hastings, Peter Whorwell, Yashwant Mahida, Ian
Chairs: Naga Chalasani, Thomas Boyer Hall, Keith Neal, Robin Spiller
PORTAL HYPERTENSION 2:45 Decreased Number of IGA+ Plasma Cells in the
#341 Ascending Colon Mucosa of Patients with Irritable
2:15 Inhibitory Control Test Is a Simple, Rapid and Reliable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
#333 Test to Detect Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy Johan Forshammar*, Stefan Isaksson, P-O Stotzer, Hans
Jasmohan S. Bajaj*, Kia Saeian, Matthew D. Verber, Strid, Henrik Sjovall, Magnus Simren, Lena Ohman
Raymond G. Hoffmann, Stephen M. Rao
3:00 Intestinal Immune Activation in Post-Infectious
2:30 Hepatic Stellate Cell Angiogenesis As a Novel Target for #342 Functional Dyspepsia
#334 Portal Hypertension Sebastien Kindt*, Alexander Terychnyy, Karel Geboes, Jan
David Semela*, Daniel A. Langer, Ningling Kang Decker, Tack
Vijay Shah
3:15 Pathogenic Mechanisms of Post-Infectious Functional
2:45 Differential Gene Expression of Myogenic Proteins #343 Gastrointestinal Disorders: Results After 3 Years
#335 Determine Skeletal Muscle Loss After Portacaval Antonia Perello*, Monica Perona, Agustin Balboa, Miquel
Anastamosis Sans, Ruth Benasayag, Antonio Salas, Marc Perez-Oliveras,
Srinivasan Dasarathy*, Sean M. Muc, Kola Hisamuddin, Jordi Coderch, Asuncion Garcia, Fermin Mearin
Milan Dodig, Satish C. Kalhan, Arthur J. McCullough
3:30 Prognosis of Post-Infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome
3:00 Importance of Ascites and Hyponatremia As Predictors #344 (PI-IBS) Four Years After the Walkerton Outbreak of
#336 of Pre-Transplant Survival in the MELD Era: Results of a Waterborne Gastroenteritis (GE)
Two-Year Prospective Validation in Cirrhotic Veterans John K. Marshall*, Marroon Thabane, Amit X. Garg,
Douglas M. Heuman*, Adil Habib, Hochong S. Gilles, William F. Clark, Stephen M. Collins
Robert A. Fisher, Anastasios A. Mihas
M
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N #337 of Surgical Procedures in Patients with Cirrhosis 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 404 A/B
Maarouf Hoteit*, Ammar Ghazale, Andrew Bain, Frank A.
D LA Convention Center
Anania
A Chairs: Maria Abreu, Jack Satsangi
3:30 Efficacy and Safety of Eltrombopag, An Oral Platelet
Y #338 Growth Factor, in Subjects with HCV Associated
MAY Thrombocytopenia: Preliminary Results from a Phase II Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel
Multicenter, Randomised, Placebo Controlled, Double- Diseases
22
Blind, Dose-Ranging Study
John G. McHutchison*, Nezam Afdhal, Mitchell L. INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: GENETICS I
Shiffman, Stuart Gordon, Peter Mills, Samuel Sigal, Dawn
Midwinter, Fiona M. Campbell, Steve Mangum, Julian Participants will be able to:
Jenkins, Dickens Theodore • Become familiar with IBD-2 locus in ulcerative colitis;
• Become familiar with the IBD chip to determine the course and
predict comlications in patients with IBD; and
AGA Research Forum • Become familiar with the relationship between TLR5 and the
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 407 serologic profile in Ashkenazi Jews with Crohn's disease.
2:15 Analysis of the IBD2 Locus: Inherited Variants in Gli-1,
Chairs: David Linden, Beverly Moore #345 the Major Effector of the Hedgehog Signalling Pathway,
Are Strongly Implicated in Susceptibility to Ulcerative
Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction Colitis
Charlie Lees*, Elaine R. Nimmo, Gwo-Tzer Ho, Hazel E.
IMMUNE MODULATION IN GASTROINTESTINAL Drummond, Albert Tenesa, Malcolm G. Dunlop, Sarah E.
Howie, Jack Satsangi
FUNCTIONAL AND MOTILITY DISODERS
2:30 IBDChip: A New Strategy to Predict Clinical Course and
Participants will be able to: #346 Development of Complications in Patients with
• Understand the possible relationship between mucosal immune Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
activation and GI symptoms in functional and motility disorders of Miquel Sans*, Marta Artieda, Tejedor Diego, Carlos Cara,
the GI tract; Luis Rodrigo, Manuel Barreiro, Maria Teresa Arroyo,
• Learn about the natural history of postinfectious GI dysfunction; and Montserrat Aceituno, Manuel Alvarez-Lobos, Jordi Yague,
• Understand post-infectious IBS. Juan I. Arostegui, Llorenc Quinto, Laureano Simon, Josep
2:15 Altered Immunologic Function Determines Symptom M. Pique, Antonio Martinez, Julian Panes
#339 Pattern and Severity in Patients with Irritable Bowel 2:45 Socio-Economic Status Critically Influences Penetrance
Syndrome #347 of the DLG5 113A Variant in Early-Onset IBD: A Novel
Tobias Liebregts*, Birgit Adam, Christoph Bredack, Susan Gene-Environmental Interaction
Lester, Sarah Downie-Doyle, Alexander Roth, L. Ashley Richard K. Russell*, Hazel E. Drummond, Elaine R.
Blackshaw, Gerald Holtmann Nimmo, Niall Anderson, Linda Smith, David C. Wilson,
Peter M. Gillett, Paraic McGrogan, Kamal Hassan, Lawrence
T. Weaver, Michael W. Bisset, Gamal Mahdi, Jack Satsangi
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3:00 TLR5 Polymorphisms Are Associated with OmpC and AGA Translational Symposium
#348 CBIR1 Expression and with Severity of Crohn's Disease
in Ashkenazi Jews
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 308 A/B
Jerome I. Rotter*, Kent D. Taylor, Huiying Yang, Ling Mei, LA Convention Center
Yoanna Picornell, Thomas R. Hawn, Maria T. Abreu, Alan
Aderem, Kostas A. Papadakis, Eric A. Vasiliauskas, Alan Chairs: Deborah Rubin, Jeanette Newton
Ipolitti, Stephan R. Targan
Sponsored by: Nutrition & Obesity; Immunology, Microbiology &
3:15 The Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) Gene (MEFV) Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Growth, Development & Aging
#349 As a Disease Susceptibility Gene in Inflammatory Bowel
Disease (IBD) NUTRITION AND CROHN'S DISEASE
Alexandra-Chloe Villani*, Mathieu Lemire, Edouard Louis,
Mark Silverberg, Yannick Renaud, Sebastien Brunet, Participants will be able to:
Catherine Collette, Genevieve Fortin, Cecile Libioulle, • Understand how nutrients can influence innate immunity of the gut;
Jacques Belaiche, Alain Bitton, Daniel Gaudet, Albert • Realize that nutritional therapy may be safer than steroids as the
Cohen, Diane Langelier, John Rioux, Paul Rutgeerts, Gary primary therapy for acute Crohn's disease in children; and
Wild, Severine Vermeire, Thomas J. Hudson, Denis • Determine when nutritional support should be given to patients with
Franchimont CD before and after surgery.
3:30 Genotype/Phenotype Analysis of a Panel of Genes in 2:15 Immune Reactions to Luminal Nutrients
#350 Pediatric Patients with IBD. a Study of the Italian Sp399 Scott Plevy
Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology (SIGENP)
A Latiano*, S Cucchiara, G Vieni, G Guariso, R Berni 2:37 Is Their a Role for Nutritional Support in Acute
Canani, E Miele, D de Venuto, S Accomando, C Romano, A Sp400 Crohn's?
Campanozzi, C Bascietto, F Bossa, O Palmieri, Mr Valvano, Herbert Lochs
Vito Annese 2:59 Preoperative Feeding in Crohn's, Does It Help?
Sp401 Wolfgang Schraut
AGA Research Forum
3:21 Small Bowel Transplantation As a Cure for Crohn's
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 410 Sp402 Disease
LA Convention Center Kareem Abu-Elmagd
Chairs: Oliver G. Opitz, Yaron Niv
AGA Research Forum M
Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 309 O
LA Convention Center N
MOLECULAR EPIDIMIOLOGY OF GI CANCERS: GENETIC
MUTATIONS AND POLYMORPHISMS Chairs: Lee Kaplan, Amy Foxx-Orenstein D
A
Participants will be able to: Sponsored by: Nutrition & Obesity
• Understand the role of genetic mutations and polymorphisms in GI Y
cancers. OBESITY: REGULATION OF FOOD INTAKE MAY
22
2:15 Absence of Functional Peroxisome Proliferator Activated 2:15 Gender Effects in Nutrient-Stimulated PYY and Ghrelin
#351 Receptor-α (Ppar-α) Increases Tumour Formation in #357 Secretion
APC Min/+ Mice Lukas Degen*, Stefanie Graf, Sibylle Oesch, Christoph
Anthony Shonde*, David R. Bell, Andrew J. Bennett, Beglinger
Christopher J. Hawkey
2:30 Alterations in Gut PDK4 and Calpain-9 Are Associated
2:30 Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Mutations in Helicobacter #358 with Improved Insulin Sensitivity Following Roux-en-Y
#352 Pylori Chronic Gastritis and Gastric Carcinoma Gastric Bypass Surgery
Ceu Figueiredo*, Valdemar Maximo, Paula Soares, Jose C. Edward Lin*, Ih-Ping Huang, Leena Khaitan, Li Gu,
Machado, Raquel Seruca, Fatima Carneiro, Manuel Thomas R. Ziegler, C. Daniel Smith, Nana Gletsu
Sobrinho-Simoes
2:45 Markov Economic Model for Surgery in the Morbidly
2:45 Genome Scanning Analysis Identifies Alx4 Gene #359 Obese
#353 Methylation As a Potential Marker for Colorectal and Donald Garrow*, Kit Simpson, Joe Romagnuolo
Other Gastrointestinal Adenocarcinomas
Matthias Ebert*, Fabian Model, Christoph Rocken, Hans- 3:00 Six Months Supplementation with Conjugated Linoleic
Ulrich Schulz, Peter Malfertheiner, Cathy Lofton-Day #360 Acid Decreases Fat Mass Region-Specifically in
Overweight and Obese
3:00 JC Virus T-Antigen Expression Is Associated the Jean-Michel Gaullier, Christian Syvertsen, Jo Halse, Hans O.
#354 Methylator Phenotype in Sporadic Colorectal Cancers Hoivik, Marianne O Shea, Alexandra W. Einerhand*, Ola
Ajay Goel*, Meishu Li, Takeshi Nagasaka, Sung Kwan Shin, Gudmundsen
Florentine Fuerst, Luigi Ricciardiello, C. Richard Boland
3:15 Regulation of Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic
3:15 Activated Neutrophils Cause An Hmlh1-Independent #361 Polypeptide (GIP) Expression in Cells of Pancreatic and
#355 G2-M Arrest and P53ser15 Phosphorylation in Intestinal Lineage
Colorectal Cells Lisa I. Jepeal*, Michael O. Boylan, M. M. Wolfe
Christoph Campregher*, Gloria Luciani, Christoph Gasche
3:30 Nutrient Stimulation of Stomach Apelin Secretion
3:30 IL-6, TNF-A and CRP Gene Polymorphisms Are #362 George H. Greeley*, Jason T. Reed, Ella W. Englander
#356 Associated with Increased Colon Cancer Risk in African
Americans Compared to Whites in the North Carolina
Colon Cancer Study
Temitope O. Keku*, Joseph Galanko, Seun Omofoye,
Rachel Holston, Janie Peacock, Jeffrey Barnes, Chris Martin,
Robert S. Sandler
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AGA Research Forum 2:30 Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Changes the Relationship
#371 Between pT and pN Status, and Their Prognostic
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 403 B
Significance in Esophageal Cancer
LA Convention Center Simon Law*, D.R. Kwong, Kam-Ho Wong, Ka-Fai Kwok,
Jonathan Sham, John Wong
Chairs: Colin Howden, Yvonne Romero
2:45 Hepatic Artery Chemoembolization in 122 Patients with
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders #372 Metastatic Carcinoid Tumor: Lessons Learned
Mark Bloomston*, Osama Al-Saif, Bryan Palmer, Manisha
PATHOGENETIC FACTORS IN GERD Shah, E. Christopher Ellison, Gregory Guy, Edward W.
Martin
• Identify factors that predispose to GERD; and 3:00 Does Pancreatic Duct Stenting Decrease the Rate of
• Evaluate new research on the pathogenesis of GERD. #373 Pancreatic Fistula Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy?
Results of a Prospective Randomized Trial
2:15 Hypnotic Medications Impair Nocturnal Esophageal Jordan M. Winter*, John L. Cameron, Kurtis A. Campbell,
#363 Acid Clearance: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled David Chang, Joann Coleman, Patricia K. Sauter, Taylor S.
Study Using Simultaneous pH Testing and Riall, Chris L. Wolfgang, Chris J. Sonnenday, Michael R.
Polysomnography Marohn, Richard D. Schulick, Michael A. Choti, Charles J.
Ashish P. Shah*, Sidney Cohen, Karl Kwok, Susie Rivera, Yeo
Nikroo Hashemi, Karl Doghramji, Anthony J. Dimarino
3:15 Pancreatic Cancer in the General Population:
2:30 Obesity and GERD: Is Increased Intragastric Pressure #374 Improvements in Survival Over the Last Decade
#364 the Mechanism of Linkage? Taylor S. Riall*, Jean L. Freeman, Courtney M. Townsend,
Sudip K. Ghosh*, James G. Brasseur, John E. Pandolfino, James S. Goodwin, Yong-Fang Kuo, Zhang Dong, William
Peter J. Kahrilas H. Nealon
Obesity: A Challenge to Esophagogastric Junction 3:30 Postoperative Pancreatic Fistulas Are Not Equivalent
#365 Integrity #375 After Proximal, Distal, and Central Pancreatectomy
Nimeesh Shah*, John E. Pandolfino, Hashem B. El-Serag, Wande Pratt*, Shishir Maithel, Tsafrir Vanounou, Mark P.
Sudip K. Ghosh, Zhang Qing, Peter J. Kahrilas Callery, Charles M. Vollmer
2:45 Critical Role of Stress in Increased Esophageal Mucosal 3:45 The Durability of Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication:
#366 Permeability Induced by Acid and Pepsin #376 Ten Year Outcomes
M Ricard Farre Marti*, Pieter Vanden Berghe, Kathleen Craig B. Morgenthal*, A Stival, M D. Shane, N A. Gletsu, G
O Blondeau, Jan Tack, Jozef Janssens, Daniel Sifrim Milam, V Swafford, J G. Hunter, C D. Smith
N 3:00 Production of IL-6 and IL-1β in GERD-Associated 4:00 Gastrectomy As a Remedial Operation for Failed
D #367 Human Esophagitis: Impact On Esophageal Motility #377 Fundoplication
A Florian Rieder*, Ling Cheng, Manijeh H. Phillips, Gail A. Valerie A. Williams*, Thomas J. Watson, Oliver Gellersen,
West, Weibiao Cao, Michael V. Sivak, Piero Biancani, Sebastian Feuerlein, Daniela Molena, Carolyn Jones, Lelan
Y Claudio Fiocchi Sillin, Jeffrey H. Peters
MAY
22 3:15 Body Mass Index Is Associated with Gastroesophageal 4:15 Long-Term Outcome After Resection for Chronic
#368 Reflux Symptoms in Both Normal Weight and #378 Pancreatitis: Results of 203 Patients
Overweight Women Frank Makowiec*, Hartwig Riediger, Eva Fischer, Ulrich
Brian C. Jacobson*, Samuel C. Somers, Charles S. Fuchs, Adam, Ulrich T. Hopt
Ciaran P. Kelly, Carlos A. Camargo
4:30 Lentivirus-Mediated RNA Interference of HMGAL Gene
3:30 Chemicals Formed from the Gastric Acidification of #379 Promotes Chemosensitivity to Gemcitabine in Pancreatic
#369 Salivary Nitrite Influence Oesophageal and Gastric Adenocarcinoma
Function Siong-Seng Liau*, Stanley W. Ashley, Edward E. Whang
Jonathan J. Manning*, Angela Wirz, Kenneth E. McColl
4:45 Metabolic Characterization of Non-Diabetic Severely
#380 Obese Patients Undergoing Gastric Bypass; Preoperative
SSAT Plenary Session Classification Predicts the Effects of Surgery On Insulin-
2:15 PM - 5:00 PM 402 A Glucose Homeostasis
LA Convention Center Richard A. Perugini*, Stephen Quarfordt, Donald
Czerniach, Mitchell Cahan, John J. Kelly, Demetrius E.
Chairs: Natalie Joseph, Howard Kaufman Litwin
gastrointestinal tract, liver, and pancreas; and; and
2:15 Liver Metastasis Echogenicity on Intraoperative
#370 Ultrasound Is a Prognostic Factor After Curative
Hepatic Resection
Michelle Deoliveira*, Timothy M. Pawlik, Ana Gleisner, Lia
Assumpto, Michael A. Choti
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CLINICAL
DDW Combined Clinical Symposium AGA Clinical Symposium

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Concourse Hall - 151 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 502 B
Chairs: Robin McLeod, Frank Gress Chairs: Richard Sampliner, Kenneth K. Wang
Sponsored by: SSAT; ASGE; AGA Sponsored by: Imaging & Advanced Technology; Esophageal,
Gastric & Duodenal Disorders; Clinical Practice
CONTROVERSIES IN THE TREATMENT OF RECTAL
CANCER ADVANCES IN ENDOSCOPIC IMAGING OF BARRETT'S
4:00 Laparoscopic Surgery and Rectal Cancer ESOPHAGUS
Sp403 Matthew Mutch
4:25 The Role of Local Excision in Rectal Cancer • Compare available advanced techniques for Barrett's detection;
Sp404 Julio Garcia-Aguilar • Compare techniques for detecting dysplasia and early cancer; and
• Understand how to reduce sampling error or random biopsy.
4:45 Role of Nonadjuvant Combined Modality Therapy in
Sp405 Rectal Cancer 4:00 Chromoendoscopy/Magnification
Edith Mitchell Sp411 Moises Guelrud
5:05 The Role of EUS and EMR in Early Stage Rectal Cancer 4:15 High Definition and Narrow Band Imaging
Sp405a John M. DeWitt Sp412 Herbert Wolfsen
4:35 Spectroscopic Techniques

DDW Combined Clinical Symposium Sp413 Michael Wallace
4:55 Confocal and Endomicroscopy
LA Convention Center Sp414 Ralf Kiesslich
Chairs: Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, Loren Laine M
AGA Distinguished Abstract Plenary O
Sponsored by: AASLD; ASGE; AGA 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 406 A/B N
LA Convention Center D
PRIMARY PROPHYLAXIS OF VARICEAL HEMORRHAGE
Chairs: William D. Chey, Stephen B. Hanauer
A
4:00 Do We Need Screening Endoscopy in Patients with
Sp406 Cirrhosis?
Y
Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao Sponsored by: Clinical Practice MAY
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4:25 Can We Determine the Presence/Size of Varices Without CLINICAL PRACTICE
Sp407 Endoscopy?
Atif Zaman Participants will be able to:
• Understand cardiovascular outcomes with COX-2 inhibitors;
4:45 Should Pharmacological Therapy Be First Line Therapy • Understand impact of literacy on colorectal cancer screening and co-
Sp408 in Preventing First Variceal Hemorrhage? morbidities affecting screening; and
Jaime Bosch • Understand relationship between hereditary pancreatitis and
pancreatic cancer.
5:05 Should Variceal Ligation Be First Line Therapy in
Sp409 Preventing First Variceal Hemorrhage? 4:00 Cardiovascular Outcomes from a Long-Term
Loren Laine #381 Randomized Colorectal Adenoma Chemoprevention
Trial of a Once-Daily Dose of Celecoxib
Nadir Arber*, Scott Solomon, Janet Wittes, Maria Lechuga,
AASLD State-of-the-Art Lecture Paola Gerletti, Katie MacDonald, Craig Eagle, Marc Pfeffer,
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 408 A/B John McMurray, Robert Fowler, Peter Finn, Ann Zauber,
LA Convention Center Frank Ruschitzka, Bernard Levin
Chair: Gregory J. Gores 4:15 Comorbidity and Colorectal Cancer Screening

#382 Utilization in a National Sample of Veterans Health
Sponsored by: AASLD Administration Patients
Deborah A. Fisher*, Joseph Galanko, Tara K. Dudley,
LIVER TRANSPLANT FOR HCC Nicholas J. Shaheen
Participants will be able to: 4:30 The Impact of Literacy On Colonoscopy

• Understand the treatment strategy of hepatocellular carcinoma; #383 Rony Ghaoui*, Arthur T. Evans, Bashar M. Attar
• Understand the role of cadaveric liver transplantation and living
donor liver transplantation in the management of HCC; and 4:45 Vertebral Fracture Prevalence in Crohn’s Disease:
• Explain the role of liver transplantation in patients with extended #384 Patients with or Without Decreased Bone Mineral
indications for HCC. Density
Jesse S. Siffledeen*, Kerry Siminoski, Ho Jen, Richard N.
4:00 Liver Transplant for HCC Fedorak
Sp410 Josep M. Llovet
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#385 Pancreatitis: The First National Cohort in France
Vinciane Rebours*, Marie Christine Boutron-Ruault, Claude
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 515 B
Ferec, Dermot O'Toole, Matthieu Schnee, Frederique Maire, LA Convention Center
Pascal Hammel, Philippe Ruszniewski, Philippe Levy
Chairs: Virender K. Sharma, Glenn M. Eisen
5:15 Risk Factors for Esophageal and Gastric
#386 Adenocarcinoma Sponsored by: ASGE
Crane J. Sarah, G R. Locke, Yvonne Romero, William S.
Harmsen, Diehl N. Nancy, Alan R. Zinsmeister, Lee J. CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY (CS)
Melton, Nicholas J. Talley*
4:00 Esophageal Capsule Endoscopy: What We've Learned,
Sp423 What We Still Need to Know
AGA Clinical Symposium Glenn M. Eisen
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 403 B
LA Convention Center 4:20 Gastrointestinal Bleeding - Where Are We After 5 Years
Sp424 of Capsule?
Marco Pennazio
Chairs: Gregory G. Ginsberg, Paul Fockens
4:40 Crohn's, Celiac and Evolving Indications for Small
Sponsored by: Imaging & Advanced Technology; Gastrointestinal Sp425 Bowel Capsule
Oncology; Nutrition & Obesity Arthur A. Kornbluth
ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY: THE NEXT FRONTIER 5:00 The Future of Capsule Endoscopy
Sp426 Blair S. Lewis
• Review new endoscopic surgical techniques for obesity;
• Review new endoscopic surgical techniques for intraperitoneal
ASGE Topic Forum
applications; and 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 511 A/B/C
• Review new endoscopic surgical techniques for mucosal resection. LA Convention Center
4:00 Transgastric Intraperitoneal Surgery Chairs: Jeffrey H. Lee, Guido Costamagna

Sp415 Anthony Kalloo
IMAGING ADVANCES IN THE BILIARY TREE
M 4:15 Endoscopic Therapy for Obesity
O Sp416 Pankaj J. Pasricha 4:00 Pilot Evaluation of a Direct Visualization Probe for
#387 Intraductal Examination of the Biliary System*
N 4:35 Endoscopic Therapy for GERD Soeren Meisner*, Douglas K. Pleskow, Yang K. Chen
D Sp417 Glen Lehman
4:12 A Novel Peroral Cholangiopancreatoscopy System
A 4:55 Wide Field Endoscopic Mucosal Resection #388 (SPYGLASS™) with Four-Way Deflection for Direct
Y Sp418 Christopher Gostout Access, Visualization and Biopsy
MAY Yang K. Chen*, Douglas Pleskow
22 ASGE Clinical Symposium 4:12 Results from the First Human Use Clinical Series
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 515 A #389 Utilizing a New Peroral Cholangiopancreatoscopy
LA Convention Center System (SPYGLASS™ Direct Visualization System)
Yang K. Chen
Chairs: David A. Lieberman, Kenneth R. McQuaid
4:24 Characterization of Dominant Bile Duct Stenoses in
Sponsored by: ASGE #390 Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Using
Cholangioscopy
CT COLONOGRAPHY: ISSUES FOR GI PHYSICIANS Jens J.W. Tischendorf, Martin Krueger, Christian Trautwein,
Nina Duckstein, Andrea Schneider, Michael P. Manns, Peter
4:00 Current Status of CT Colography N. Meier*
Sp419 Judy Yee
4:36 Prospective Evaluation of Intraductal Ultrasound
4:15 The Target Lesion: What Should Be the Threshold for #391 (IDUS), Digital Image Analysis (DIA), Fluorescence in
Sp420 Colonoscopy Referral? Situ Hybridization (FISH), CA 19-9, and ERCP with
David A. Lieberman Routine Cytology and Intraductal Biopsy in the
Evaluation of Indeterminate Bile Duct Strictures
4:30 The Ins and Outs of CTC: Preps, Radiation, Michael J. Levy*, Ashwin Rumalla, Todd H. Baron, Amy C.
Sp421 Extracolonic Findings, and Training Clayton, Christopher J. Gostout, Kevin C. Halling,
Elizabeth G. McFarland Benjamin R. Kipp, Georgios I. Papachristou, Bret T.
4:45 Future Trends in Colorectal Cancer Screening Petersen, Lewis R. Roberts, Thomas J. Sebo, Mark D.
Sp422 Jacques Van Dam Topazian, Maurits J. Wiersema, Gregory J. Gores
4:48 Defining the Difficult ERCP. Performance of the ASGE
#392 (modified Schutz) Scoring System in a Prospectively
Studied Cohort of 5264 Procedures
Earl J. Williams*, BSG Audit Of ERCP Steering Committee
5:00 Acquisition of ERCP Skills During Fellowship Training
#393 Sandeep Patel*, Micheal Berg, Glenn Gross
5:12 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Cholangioscopy - Advances for
Sp427 the Interventionalist
Peter B. Kelsey
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4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Concourse Hall - 153 ABC
Chairs: John J. Bosco, Marcia I. Canto
NEW TECHNOLOGY - DIAGNOSIS
4:00 Diagnosis of Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia By Visible
#394 Light Spectroscopy During Endoscopy
Shai Friedland*, David Benaron, Roy Soetikno
4:12 Can Endo-Cytoscope System (ECS) Predict Histology in

#395 Neoplastic Lesions?
Thomas Eberl*, Gertrud Jechart, Margarete Golczyk,
Andreas Probst, Hans Arnholdt, R. Knuechel-Clarke,
Helmut Messmann
4:24 Endoscopic Evaluation of the Defunctionalized Stomach

#396 Using Shapelock Technology
Reina D. Pai*, David L. Carr-Locke, Christopher C.
Thompson
4:36 Zoom-Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) As a Tool for the
#397 Detection of Barrett Metaplasia (BM) - Helpful or
Unnecessary?
Max Bittinger*, Andreas Probst, Gertrud Jechart, Hans
Arnholdt, Helmut Messmann
4:52 Diagnostic Accuracy of Raman Spectroscopy for the
#398 Classification of Dysplastic Lesions in Barrett's
Esophagus
Louis-Michel Wong Kee Song*, Andrea Molckovsky,
Kenneth Wang, Navtej Buttar, Lawrence Burgart, Brian M
Wilson, Brion Dolenko, Rajmund Somorjai O
5:04 Intraductal Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) for N
#399 Investigating Main Pancreatic Duct Strictures D
Testoni Pieralberto*, Alberto Mariani, Benedetto A
Mangiavillano, Enzo Masci, Paolo Giorgio Arcidiacono,
Salvatore Di Pietro Y
MAY
5:16 State-of-the-Art Lecture: New Diagnostic Imaging of the
Sp428 GI Mucosa
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Roy M. Soetikno
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BASIC
AASLD Research Forum 4:30 Double-Edged Role for Relap65 in Acute Experimental
#408 Pancreatitis: Relap65 Protects Local Tissue Damage, But
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 411
Promotes Systemic Complications Following Acute
LA Convention Center Pancreatitis
Hana Alguel*, Hassan Nakhai, Dieter Saur, Stephan Paxian,
Chairs: Gyongyi Szabo, Anna Mae Diehl Marina Lesina, Matthias Treiber, Roland M. Schmid
EXPERIMENTAL ASH AND NASH 4:45 Proteolytic Cleavage and Inactivation of Human
#409 Pancreatic Secretory Trypsin Inhibitor (SPINK1) By
4:00 Development of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Cathepsin B
#400 Mice Heterozygous for Mitochondrial Trifunctional Thomas Wartmann*, Thilo Kaehne, Hans-Ulrich Schulz,
Protein Is Associated with Reduced Activation of the Miklos Sahin-Toth, Markus M. Lerch, Walter Halangk
PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway
Jamal A. Ibdah*, Yiwen Zhao, Tung O. Chan 5:00 Ethanol Sensitizes Pancreatic Acinar Cells to Nf-κB
#410 Activation Through Activation of Protein Kinase C
4:15 Signal Pathway Proteomic Analysis of Human Adipose Epsilon
#401 Tissue Using Phosphoprotein Arrays: Insights Into the Akihiko Satoh*, Anna S. Gukovskaya, Joseph R. Reeve, Ilya
Pathophysiology of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Gukovsky, Stephen J. Pandol
(NAFLD) and Type 2 Diabetes (DM)
Valerie S. Calvert, Rochelle Collantes, Hazem Elariny, Ancha 5:15 Lack of the Chemokine Receptor Ccr5 Exacerbates
Baranova, Arian Afendy, Zachary Goodman, Lance A. Liotta, #411 Acute Pancreatitis in Mice
Emanuel F. Petricoin, Zobair Younossi* Christophe Moreno*, Charles Nicaise, Thierry Gustot, Eric
Quertinmont, Nathalie Nagy, Hubert Louis, Jacques Deviere
4:30 Gene Expression in Human Liver Tissue in NAFLD:
#402 Changes Associated with Pioglitazone Treatment On
Hepatic Metabolism AGA Research Forum
Ingalill K. Friis-Liby*, Silvia Gogg, Einar Bjornsson, Frank 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 309
Aldenborg, Ulf Smith LA Convention Center
4:45 Free Fatty Acids Induce Hepatocyte Mitochondrial
M Chairs: Nicola Jones, Ciaran Kelly
#403 Dysfunction in a Lysosomal-Dependent Fashion: A Link
O Between Steatosis and Liver Injury
N Zhengzheng Li, Thomas M. McIntyre, Ariel E. Feldstein*
D 5:00 Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species Induced By H. PYLORI AND EPITHELIAL PATHOBIOLOGY
A #404 Advanced Glycation END-Products (AGEs) Is Mediated
Y By NAD(P)H Oxidase in Hepatic Stellate Cells
Keiko Iwamoto*, Hideyuki Hyogo, Sho-Ichi Yamagishi, • Understand mechanisms of gastric epithelial cell injury in response
MAY Masayoshi Takeuchi, Kazuaki Chayama, Susumu Tazuma to H. Pylori infection.
22 4:00 Influence of Polymorphisms in the NOD1/CARD4 and
5:15 Myd88-Independent But Toll-Like Receptor 4 Dependent
#405 Pathways Mediate Liver Injury in Mice After Chronic #413 NOD2/CARD15 Genes On the Clinical Outcome of
Alcohol Feeding H.pylori Infection
Istvan Hritz*, Arumugam Velayudham, Pranoti Mandrekar, Philip C. Rosenstiel*, Stephan Hellmig, Jochen Hampe,
Gyongyi Szabo Wolfgang Fischbach, Hany Sahly, Ralph Lucius, Dana
Philpott, Stefan Schreiber
AGA Distinguished Abstract Plenary 4:15 Global Analysis of the Human Gastric Epithelial
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 301 A/B #414 Transcriptome Altered By H. Pylori Eradication in Vivo
Murray B. Resnick*, Edmond Sabo, Sung Soo Kim, Young
S. Cho, Patricia Meitner, Hyunk K. Kim, Rose Tavares,
Steven F. Moss
Chairs: Raul Urrutia, Fred Gorelick
4:30 Helicobacter Pylori Induces Gastric Epithelial Cell
Sponsored by: Pancreatic Disorders #415 Invasion in a Cag Pai Dependent Manner
Maria J. Oliveira, Ana C. Costa, Lara Henriques, Gianpaolo
DEVELOPMENTS IN EXPERIMENTAL ACUTE Suriano, John Atherton, Jose C. Machado, Raquel Seruca,
PANCREATITIS Marc Mareel, Ancy Leroy, Ceu Figueiredo*
Participants will be able to: 4:50 Spermine Oxidase As the Link Between H. Pylori Caga
• Describe the molecular pathways involved in the initiation of acute #416 and Gastric Carcinogenesis
pancreatitis; Rupesh Chaturvedi*, Mohammad Asim, Francoise I.
• Identify the molecular events responsible for increasing the severity Bussiere, Kshipra Singh, Robert A. Casero, Richard M. Peek,
of acute pancreatitis; and Keith T. Wilson
• Describe model systems for the study of acute pancreatitis.
5:10 Innate Immune Response Gene Polymorphisms and
4:00 Co-Localization of Lysosomal Hydrolases with Digestive #417 Their Role in H. Pylori-Induced Gastric Cancer
#406 Enzyme Zymogens in Acinar Cells During Pancreatitis Is Georgina L. Hold, Malcolm G. Smith, Mairi H. McLean*,
Not Dependent Upon Digestive Zymogen Activation Susan Berry, Kenneth E. McColl, Ashley Mowat, Emad M.
Gijs J. van Acker*, Eric R. Weiss, Michael L. Steer, George El-Omar
Perides
4:15 Transgenically Elevated Basal Levels of Nf-κB Increase

#407 Pancreatic Sensitivity to Injury and Pancreatitis Severity
Baoan Ji*, Jian Song, Craig D. Logsdon
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 304 A/B/C 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 407
Chair: Terrance A. Barrett Chairs: Shanthi Sitaraman, Anthony Blikslager
Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders
Diseases; Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their
Receptors; Intestinal Disorders PROTECTING THE GUT
IMPORTANCE OF THE IL23/IL17 AXIS IN INTESTINAL Participants will be able to:

INFLAMMATION • Learn about recent advances in epithelial protective mechanisms.
4:00 Arachidonic Acid Metabolites Uniquely Regulate Anion:

#424 HCO3 Exchangers in the Chronically Inflamed Rabbit
• Learn about the cells that produce IL23 and their distribution in the
Small Intestine
intestinal tract;
Steven Coon*, Uma Sundaram
• Learn about how IL23 regulates IL17; and
• Learn about IL17, the specialized cells that produce IL17, and the 4:15 Vav Proteins Maintain the Colonic Epithelial Barrier
role of IL17 in intestinal inflammation. #425 Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck*, John Liu, Wojciech Swat, Jason
Mills
4:00 Importance of the Il23/Il17 Axis in Intestinal
Sp429 Inflammation 4:30 Distribution of and Alterations in Na-Glutamine Co-
Robert Kastelein #426 Transporters SN1 and SN2 During Chronic Intestinal
Inflammation in Rabbits
AGA Research Forum Jamil Talukder*, Ramesh Kekuda, Vadivel Ganapathy,
Steven Coon, Uma Sundaram
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 410
LA Convention Center 4:45 Epithelial Calcium-Sensing Receptor Activation By
#427 Eosinophil Granule Protein Analogs Stimulates Collagen
Chairs: Cecilia Berin, Rodney D. Newberry Matrix Contraction
Peter Ngo*, R. John MacLeod, Punitha Ramalingam, Sean P.
Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel Colgan, Glenn T. Furuta
Diseases M
5:00 PI3-Kinase Regulates Immune-Mediated Induction of O
LUMINAL ANTIGEN: CONSTITUENTS, UPTAKE AND #428 Intestinal Goblet Cell Gene Expression
Mei-Lun Wang*, Sue A. Keilbaugh, Xi C. He, Rao Dirisina, N
REGULATION
Tanesha Cash-Mason, Terrence A. Barrett, Linheng Li, Gary D
Participants will be able to: D. Wu A
• Understand pathways used by intestinal antigens to activate mucosal Y
immune responses. 5:15 Inability to Regulate Ileal Bile Acid Transporters in a
#429 Novel Mouse Model of Necrotizing Enterocolitis MAY
4:00 Chemokine Receptors Regulate Intestinal Dendritic Cell Melissa Halpern*, Nazzareno Ballatori, Sarah Doelle, Tara 22
#418 Subspecifications in Mucosal Defense Saunders, Dania Molla Hosseini, Anna Stagner, Jessica
Jan Hendrik Niess*, Rosa Maria Salazar-Gonzalez, Xiubin Clark, Bohuslav Dvorak
Gu, Mike Pazos, Beth A. McCormick, Ifor R. Williams,
Stephen J. McSorley, Hans-Christian Reinecker
4:15 Isolated Lymphoid Follicles Contain a Heterogenous T-

#419 Lymphocyte Population and Support the Development of
IL-10 Producing Cd4+ T-Lymphocytes
Keely G. McDonald, Jacquelyn S. McDonough, Caihong
Wang, Rodney Newberry*
4:30 CD1-d-Dependent Regulation of Bacterial Colonization

#420 in the Intestine
Edward E. Nieuwenhuis*, Tetsuya Matsumoto, Mark Exley,
Ytje Simons-Oosterhuis, Margaretha Lambers, Janneke
Samsom, Dicky Lindenbergh, Sean Colgan, Andrew
Onderdonk, Richard S. Blumberg
4:45 Subclinical Helicobacter Hepaticus Infection Alters

#421 Immune Response to Soluble Luminal Antigen
Megan McBee*, Onyinye I. Iweala, Cathryn Nagler-
Anderson, David B. Schauer
5:00 Food Hyposensitization Differs in Milk Proteins

#422 Belonging to Different Protein-Families
Franziska Roth-Walter*, Cecilia Berin, Stephanie Dahan,
Giulia Roda, Xian Yang Yio, Hugh Sampson, Lloyd Mayer
5:15 The CCR6-CCL20 Chemokine Axis Is Necessary for
#423 Food Allergen-Induced Diarrhea
Adina K. Knight, Shu Zhang, Sergio Lira, Lloyd Mayer,
Hugh A. Sampson, Cecilia Berin*
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COMBINED
AASLD Topic Forum AGA Distinguished Abstract Plenary

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 409 A/B 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 303 AB
Chairs: Marlyn Mayo, Jayant Talwalkar Chairs: Robert S. Bresalier, Vincent W. Yang
AUTOIMMUNE AND CHOLESTATIC DISORDERS Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology
4:00 HLA Dr13 Is a Risk Factor for Type 1 Autoimmune GASTROINTESTINAL ONCOLOGY
#430 Hepatitis in North American Adults Outside HLA Dr3
and Dr4 4:00 Enteroendocrine Precursor Cells Develop Small
Albert J. Czaja*, Herschel A. Carpenter, S. Breanndan #436 Intestinal Tumors in Response to Wnt Signaling and
Moore Lose This Response During Further Differentiation
Yang Wang*, Maryann Giel-Moloney, Andrew B. Leiter
4:15 Macrophage Phagocytosis of Apoptotic Cholangiocytes
#431 in Vivo Is Impaired in PBC Compared to Acute 4:20 Effect of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Experimental
Rejection #437 Gastric Carcinogenesis of Mongolian Gerbils
John Garber*, Jorge Allina, Mariaisabel Fiel, Carmen M. Koji Nozaki*, Xueyuan Cao, Harunari Tanaka, Yuzuru
Stanca, Nancy Bach, Joseph A. Odin Ikehara, Tetsuya Tsukamoto, Hayao Nakanishi, Nobuyuki
Shimizu, Sachiyo Nomura, Hirokazu Yamaguchi, Yoshio
4:30 Cigarette Smoking Is Associated with Increased Severity Yamaoka, Michio Kaminishi, Masae Tatematsu
#432 of Hepatic Fibrosis in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Claudia O. Zein*, Kristi Beatty, Anthony Post, Yngve Falck- 4:40 Special Presentation - COX-2 and Colon Cancer
Ytter, Laurie Logan Sp433 Prevention: The Story Continues...
Nadir Arber, Monica Bertagnolli
4:45 Improvement of Pruritus in Intrahepatic Cholestasis of
#433 Pregnancy By Ursodeoxycholic Acid Is Specifically 5:10 Aspirin for the Prevention of Recurrent Colorectal
Related to Lowered Disulfated Progesterone Conjugates #438 Adenomas - Results of the UKCAP Trial
in Urine Richard F. Logan*, Kenneth R. Muir, Matthew J. Grainge,
M Anna Glantz, Lisbet Benthin, Lars-Ake Mattsson, Hanns- Nicholas C. Armitage, Vic C. Shepherd, Ukcap Trial Group
O Ulrich Marschall* And
N
5:00 Recurrent Autoimmune Liver Disease: Academic
D #434 Curiosity to Clinical Reality-Report of a Meta-Analysis AGA Research Forum
A Manjushree Gautam*, Rekha Cheruvattath, Vijayan Balan 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 404 A/B
Y LA Convention Center
5:15 The Clinical Significance of Iga Antimitochondrial
MAY #435 Antibodies in Sera and Saliva in Primary Biliary Chairs: Steven Brant, Stephan Schreiber
22 Cirrhosis
Saeko Nezu*, Atsushi Tanaka, Satoko Uegaki, Shuhei Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel
Okuyama, Naohiro Kawamura, M. Eric Gershwin, Shin-Ichi Diseases
Takahashi, Hajime Takikawa
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: GENETICS II
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 306 A/B Participants will be able to:
• Become familiar with the relationship between NOD2/CARD15 and
LA Convention Center serologic markers in Crohn's disease;
• Become familiar with the genes regulating CBIR1 flagellin antiobody
Chairs: Nadia Ameen, Lane Clarke in Crohn's disease; and
• Become familiar with the association of NOD1/CARD4 and Crohn's
Sponsored by: Growth, Development & Aging; Motility & Nerve-
disease.
Gut Interaction; Intestinal Disorders
4:00 Association of a Complex Insertion/Deletion
CFTR AND SECRETORY DIARRHEA - LESSONS FROM #440 Polymorphism of NOD1/CARD4 with Susceptibility to
ANIMAL MODELS Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Scottish Population
Johan van Limbergen*, Charles W. Lees, Elaine R. Nimmo,
Participants will be able to: Richard K. Russell, Hazel E. Drummond, David C. Wilson,
• Review the basis of CFTR gene defect in cystic fibrosis; Ian D. Arnott, Jack Satsangi
• Discuss the link between mutations in CFTR gene and basis for
secretory diarrhea; and 4:18 NOD2 Variants Are Significantly Associated with Sero-
• Understand the causes of inflammation associated with CF #442 Reactivity to Microbial Antigens in Crohn’s Disease
mutations. (CD)
Shane M. Devlin*, Andrew Ippoliti, Huiying Yang,
4:00 Mechanism of Secretory Diarrhea and Potential Konstantinos Papadakis, Eric Vasiliauskas, Maria T. Abreu,
Sp430 Therapies Gil Y. Melmed, Phillip Fleshner, Kent D. Taylor, Ling Mei,
Alan Verkman Carol J. Landers, Jerome I. Rotter, Stephan R. Targan
4:30 Regulation of Intestinal and Pancreatic Disease By CFTR 4:36 Detection of Muramyl Dipeptide Sensing Pathway
Sp431 Robert de Lisle #443 Defects in Patients with Crohn's Disease
David A. van Heel*, Karen A. Hunt, Subrata Ghosh, Kathy
5:00 Impact of CFTR Mutations On Intestinal and Pancreatic King, Simon Gabe, Christopher Mathew, Alastair Forbes,
Sp432 Disease Raymond J. Playford
Steve Freedman
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4:54 Genes Regulating the Expression of Antibody to CBIR1 AGA Distinguished Abstract Plenary
#444 Flagellin in Humans Are Located Within a Syntenic
Region to the Major Mouse Colitogenic Locus Cdcs1
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 502 A
Kent D. Taylor*, Huiying Yang, Ling Mei, Carol J. Landers, LA Convention Center
Yingzi Cong, Kostas A. Papadakis, Eric A. Vasiliauskas,
Andrew Ippolitti, Charles O. Elson, Jerome I. Rotter, Chairs: Emeran Mayer, James Galligan
Stephan R. Targan
5:12 The Characterisation of Distinct Intestinal Gene
#445 Expression Profiles in Inflammatory Bowel Disease MOTILITY AND NERVE GUT INTERACTIONS
(IBD) By Microarray Analysis
Colin L. Noble*, Alex Abbas, Jennine Cornelius, Ian D. Participants will be able to:
Penman, Ian D. Arnott, Zora Modrusan, Toy Karen, Jack • Recognize new information about the nerve supply of the
Satsangi, Lauri Diehl gastrointestinal tract;
• Learn about cell surface receptor function in the gastrointestinal tract
in health and disease; and
AGA Distinguished Abstract Plenary • Learn new information about the brain-gut axis.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 503
LA Convention Center 4:00 VIP Induces L-Type Calcium Channel Gene Expression
#452 in Human Colonic Circular Smooth Muscle Cells: A
Chairs: Eldon Shaffer, Richard Green Novel Role in Regulation of Motility Function
Xuan-Zheng Shi*, Barun K. Choudhury, Sheng Yan, Bal M.
Sponsored by: Liver & Biliary Mishra, Sushil K. Sarna
4:15 A Novel Innervation of the Crural Diaphragm By the

LIVER & BILIARY #453 Vagus
4:00 Safety and Efficacy of Pravastatin 80mg/Day in 320 Richard L. Young*, Nicole J. Cooper, L Ashley Blackshaw
#446 Hypercholesterolemic Patients with Compensated
4:30 Chemical Hypersensitivity in Patients with Functional
Chronic Liver Disease (CLD): Results of a Prospective,
#454 Dyspepsia
Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study
Johannes Matiasek*, Lorenz Pipal, Johann Hammer
James H. Lewis*, Mary Jean Fusco, Jeffrey R. Medoff, Mary
Ellen Mortensen, Steven Zweig 4:45 Alternatively Activated Macrophages Contribute to
#455 Enteric Nematode Infection-Induced Intestinal Smooth
4:15 Phosphatidylcholine Transfer Protein (PC-TP) Is
Muscle Hypercontractility in Mice M
#447 Regulated By Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor
α (PPARα) and Participates in Pparα-Mediated Hepatic
Aiping Zhao*, Robert M. Anthony, Justin E. Elfrey, Kathleen O
B. Madden, Rex Sun, William C. Gause, Joseph F. Urban, N
Triglyceride Metabolism
Terez Shea-Donohue
Keishi Kanno*, Erez F. Scapa, Wen-Jun Wang, Gabriela D
Orasanu, Jorge Plutzky, David Cohen 5:00 Timed Feeding Alters Clock Gene Expression in the A
#456 Murine Stomach and Colon
4:30 Probiotics Reduce Inflammation in Nonalcoholic
Willemijntje A. Hoogerwerf*, Joshua R. Scott, Tor C. Y
#448 Steatohepatitis in An Animal Model of Sedentary MAY
Savidge, Helen Hellmich
Lifestyle
Stephanie H. Abrams*, Chantal A. Rivera, Anita Mantri, 22
5:15 Fecal Serine-Protease Activity: A Pathophysiological
James Versalovic, Milton J. Finegold, C. Wayne Smith #457 Marker and Possible Therapeutical Target in Diarrhea-
Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome
4:45 The Gene Encoding the Nuclear Bile Salt Receptor FXR
Richard Roka, Andras Rosztoczy, Mathilde Leveque, Ferenc
#449 Is Associated with Cholesterol Gallstone Susceptibility
Nagy, Janos Lonovics, Rafael Garcia-Villar, Jean Fioramonti,
in a Murine Model and in a Mexican Population
Tibor Wittmann, Lionel Bueno*
Rahel Kress, Jacqueline Rocha, Peter Kovacs, Nahum
Mendez-Sanchez, Michael Stumvoll, Joachim Mossner,
Henning Wittenburg* AGA Distinguished Abstract Plenary
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 308 A/B
5:00 Characterisation of the Intrahepatic Immune Response
#450 in C5 Bac-Transgenic Mice During Liver Fibrogenesis
Sonja Hillebrandt*, Hermann E. Wasmuth, Judith Dahmen,
Christian Trautwein, Tilman Sauerbruch, Frank Lammert
Chairs: Stephen O'Keefe, Deborah Rubin
5:15 Efficacy of Leukocyte Esterase Dipstick Test As a Sponsored by: Nutrition & Obesity
#451 Screening Test for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
(SBP) NUTRITION AND OBESITY
Worawut Rungsangmanoon, Pradermchai Kongkam*,
4:00 Inhibition of the Putative Anion Transporter (PAT-1,
Rungsun Rerknimitr
#458 SLC26A6) Impairs the Ability of Upper Villous
Epithelial Cells to Regulate Intracellular pH During H+-
Dipeptide Transport
Janet E. Simpson, Nancy M. Walker, Manoocher Soleimani,
Lane L. Clarke*
4:15 Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide (GIP)
#459 Stimulates Transepithelial Glucose Transport in Mouse
Jejunum in Vitro
Selvi Krishnan*, M.michael Wolfe, John H. Schwartz, Satish
K. Singh
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4:30 Role of Peptide YY in Ileal Brake Induced Satiety and
#460 Proximal Gastric Function
My K. Vu*, Jeroen W. Maljaars, Izak Biemond, Banafsche
Mearadji, Ad Masclee
4:45 A Comparison of Nasogastric, Nasojejunal and

#461 Parenteral Feeding in Acute Stroke Patients with Lower
Esophageal Sphincter Dysfunction
Richa Dewan, Nitin Gupta, Rahul Anand*, Pankaj Mehta, V
V. Mittal, Divey Manocha, Ravi Nehru, Kuldeep Kumar
5:00 Effects of Modified Oral Diet and Human Growth
#462 Hormone On Nutrient Absorption and Parenteral
Nutrition Needs in Adults with Severe short Bowel
Syndrome: Results of a Randomized, Double-Blind,
Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial
Concepcion Fernandez-Estivariz, Menghua Luo, Niloofar
Bazargan, Li H. Gu, Shanthi V. Sitaraman, Jan-Michael
Klapproth, Dean P. Jones, John R. Galloway, Lorraine M.
Leader, Thomas R. Ziegler*
5:15 in Vitro and in Vivo Characterization of the Minimal

#463 Promoter of the Human Intestinal Biotin Transporter
HSMVT: Adaptive Regulation of the Biotin Uptake
Process
Jack C. Reidling*, Hamid M. Said
AGA Research Forum

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 501 A/B/C
Chairs: Mitchell Schubert, Gianfranco Dellefave
M
O Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders
N PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE: PATHOGENESIS, TREATMENT
D AND ADVERSE EFFECTS
A
Y • Learn about new issues in PUD pathogenesis and treatment.
MAY
4:00 Night-Time Working Increases the Ulcerogenic Potential
22 #464 of H. Pylori Infection
Antonio Pietroiusti*, Andrea Magrini, Antonio Forlini,
Alberto Galante, Luca Coppeta, Umberto Iannaccone,
Antonio Bergamaschi
4:15 Effect of Intravenous Application of Esomeprazole 40

#465 Mg Vs Pantoprazole 40 Mg On 24 Hour Intragastric pH
in Healthy Adults
Dieter Schilling*, D.R. Hartmann, Juergen F. Riemann
4:30 Ulcer Healing Properties of Pioglitazone Are Inhibited in
#466 Diabetic Rats
Peter C. Konturek*, Tomasz Brzozowski, Grzegorz Burnat,
Stanislaw Konturek
4:45 Proton Pump Inhibitor Use Is Associated with the
#467 Development of Sporadic Fundic Gland Polyps
Mathilde Jalving, Jan J. Koornstra, Jelle Wesseling, Jan H.
Kleibeuker*
5:00 Increased Plasma Ghrelin Levels in Patients with Peptic

#468 Ulcer
Hidekazu Suzuki*, Tatsuhiro Masaoka, Hiroshi Hosoda,
Toshihiro Nishizawa, Yuriko Minegishi, Eisuke Iwasaki,
Kenji Kangawa, Toshifumi Hibi
5:15 Polymorphisms of TLR-4/TLR-2 and Risk of Helicobacter

#469 Pylori Infection and Duodenal Ulcer Disease in Children
Dulciene M. Queiroz*, Andreia M. Rocha, Silvia B. Moura,
Gifone A. Rocha, Juliana B. Guerra, Paulo Bittencourt,
Taciana F. Soares, Ludmila M. Godoi, Luciana R. Almeida
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AGA Business Meeting AGA Committee Sponsored Symposium

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM 503 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 503
AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Sponsored by: Clinical Practice and Economics Committee
INSTITUTE (AGA INSTITUTE) BUSINESS MEETING
HOT TOPICS IN QUALITY AND SAFETY
AGA Committee Sponsored Symposium Participants will be able to:
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM 308 A/B • Have a practical working knowledge of current legislation related to
LA Convention Center p4p, health information technology and patient safety;
• Have an understanding of the current consumer, payor and
healthcare industry environments and how they are impacting
Chair: David C. Metz legislative initiatives; and
• Understand how these issues will/may impact quality, safety and cost
Sponsored by: Education & Training Committee in GI practice.
ABIM MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION PROGRAM 10:30 Hot Topics in Quality and Safety
MADE EASY (AG01) Sp439 Deborah Robin

• Complete the ABIM Gastroenterology Self-Evaluation Module 04-B AGA Special Session
for credit towards ABIM Maintenance of Certification; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 405
• Describe the process for completing ABIM maintenance of LA Convention Center
certification and will identify different learning techniques for the
proctored exam for recertification; and AGA REPORT FROM WASHINGTON - A FORUM ON
• Discuss new AGA tools to facilitate recertification. LEGISLATIVE, REGULATORY AND REIMBURSEMENT ISSUES
8:00 Pearls for Successful Completion of ABIM Maintenance 4:00 Welcome and Introduction to Forum
Sp434 of Certification Sp440 David Peura
Mark H. DeLegge
4:10 Clinical Practice/Practice Economics Update
8:30 Recent Advances in GI Module Sp441 F. Taylor Wootton
Sp435 Carl L. Berg, Mark H. DeLegge, David C. Metz*
4:25 GI Coding and Reimbursement Policy Update
Sp442 Joel V. Brill
AGA Committee Sponsored Symposium
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 306 A/B 4:45 Center for GI Practice Management and Economics
LA Convention Center Sp443 Update
Cecile Katzoff
Chairs: C. Richard Boland, David T. Rubin 5:00 Public Policy/Legislative Update
Sp444 Ron Fogel
Sponsored by: Ethics Committee
5:15 Discussion
GENETIC TESTING FOR BAD GENES: ETHICAL, SOCIAL, T
AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS IN GENETIC TESTING U
Participants will be able to: 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 502 B E
• Gain an understanding of the ethical framework and guidelines used LA Convention Center S
in genetic testing; D
• Appreciate the psychological impact of genetic testing on the patient; Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders
and A
• Understand some of the social consequences of genetic testing, ESOPHAGEAL, GASTRIC & DUODENAL DISORDERS Y
including implications for insurability. SECTION BUSINESS MEETING MAY
8:40 Predicting Risk: How Certain Must We Be? Who Should 23
Sp436 Decide? AGA Council Section Business Meeting
Barbara Koenig 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 503
9:00 Legal and Insurability Issues in Genetic Testing for
Sp438 Hereditary Cancer Syndromes
Patrick Lynch
9:20 Psycho-Social Considerations in Genetic Testing GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING SECTION
Sp437 Jeffrey Botkin BUSINESS MEETING

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 301 A/B
HORMONES, TRANSMITTERS, GROWTH FACTORS &

THEIR RECEPTORS SECTION BUSINESS MEETING
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5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 304 A/B/C 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM 403 A
Sponsored by: Imaging & Advanced Technology Sponsored by: ISDS
IMAGING AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SECTION SSAT ISDS LECTURE

BUSINESS MEETING
10:00 Liver Transplantation in Asia - Beyond the Titanic
Sp448 Chung-Mao Lo
SSAT State-of-the-Art Lecture
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM 403 A
Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel LA Convention Center
Diseases
SSAT STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE
IMMUNOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY & INFLAMMATORY 11:15 Back to the Future: New Directions in Surgical
BOWEL DISEASES SECTION BUSINESS MEETING Sp449 Education
Jeffrey L. Ponsky
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 406 A/B SSAT Business Meeting
LA Convention Center 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM 403 A
INTESTINAL DISORDERS SECTION BUSINESS MEETING
SSAT BUSINESS MEETING
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Room 301 A/B
Los Angeles Convention Center
PANCREATIC DISORDERS SECTION BUSINESS MEETING
ASGE Fellows Luncheon

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Avalon Westin Bonaventure
ASGE FELLOWS LUNCHEON

• Engage in a roundtable discussion with ASGE Governing Board and
ASGE Training Committee members.
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 402 A
T
U Chair: James M. Becker
E
SSAT PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE PANEL: A MEDICAL
S MALPRACTICE PRIMER: ADVERSE EVENTS - WHAT YOU
D NEED TO KNOW AND DO
A
Y • Understand basic terminology, operational tools and concepts
MAY relevant to medical malpractice;
23 • Understand the sources of adverse medical events in surgical
patients; and
• Understand the goals of risk management.
8:30 Definitions, Dos, and Don'ts
Sp445 Steven M. Strasberg
8:50 Advice from a Plaintiff's Attorney

Sp446 Bruce Fagel
9:10 Risk Management in This Litigious Milieu

Sp447 John C. Metcalfe
9:30 Q&A
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CLINICAL
ASGE Breakfast with Champions DDW Combined Clinical Symposium

6:30 AM - 8:00 AM 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Concourse Hall - 151
Chairs: Brenda Hoffman, Chris Forsmark
Sp450 ERCP Endotherapy (BC04)
Sponsored by: ASGE; AGA
David L. Carr-Locke Concourse Ballroom - Salon 1
DIAGNOSING EARLY CHRONIC PANCREATITIS
Sp451 EUS (BC05) 8:30 Histology
Thomas J. Savides Concourse Ballroom - Salon 2 Sp453 Dan Longnecker
8:48 Radiology
Sp452 Endoluminal Stents (BC06) Sp454 Elmar Merkle
Todd H. Baron Concourse Ballroom - Salon 3
Marriott LA - Second Level 9:06 Pancreatic Function Tests
Sp455 Darwin Conwell
SSAT Video Breakfast Session 9:24 EUS and ERCP
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM 403 A Sp456 Mark Topazain
9:42 Future Approaches for Early Disease Diagonsis:
Chairs: David Mahvi, Attila Nakeeb Sp457 Genomics and Proteomics
Craig Logsdon
SSAT VIDEO BREAKFAST SESSION
AASLD Topic Forum
• Discuss novel procedures and current strategies in the management 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 409 A/B
of patients with surgical conditions relating to the gastrointestinal LA Convention Center
tract, liver, and pancreas.
Chairs: Fred Poordad, Anna Lok
7:30 Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: Thoracoscopic
#470 Mobilization of Esophagus in Prone Position THERAPY OF HEPATITIS B
Chinnuswamy Palaninvelu*, Palanisamy Senthilnathan,
Ramakrishnan Parthsarathi, Rangaswamy Senthilkumar 8:30 Final Analysis of Virological Outcomes and Resistance
#477 During 5 Years of Adefovir Dipivoxil Monotherapy in
7:43 Laparoscopic Redo Nissen Fundoplication with HBeAg-Negative Patients
#471 Reduction of Paraesophageal Hernia and Sliding Hiatal Katyna Borroto-Esoda*, Sarah Arterburn, Anrdrea Snow,
Hernia with Reconstruction of Esophageal Hiatus Steven Chuck, Stefanos Hadziyannis, Stephen Locarnini,
Alexander S. Rosemurgy, Kerry Thomas, Desiree Villadolid, Fabien Zoulim, Jean-Michel Pawlotsky
Donald Thometz, Sarah Cowgill*
8:45 Entecavir Results in Continued Virologic and
7:56 Laparoscopic Resection of Gastric Cardia #478 Biochemical Improvement and HBeAg Seroconversion
#472 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Through 96 Weeks of Treatment in Lamivudine-
Don J. Selzer Refractory, HBeAg(+) Chronic Hepatitis B Patients (ETV- T
026) U
8:09 Transgastric Repair of a Gastrogastric Fistula Following Morris Sherman*, Paul Martin, William M. Lee, Cihan
#473 Laparoscopic Roux-Y Gastric Bypass E
Yurdaydin, Jose D. Sollano, James Vaughan, Robert G.
Kurt E. Roberts*, Andrew J. Duffy, Walter E. Longo, Priya Hindes S
Jamidar, Robert L. Bell D
9:00 A Randomized Trial of Telbivudine (LdT) Vs. Adefovir
8:22 Pancreas Preserving Duodenectomy for Duodenal #479 for HBeAg-Positive Chronic Hepatitis B: Results of the A
#474 Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Primary Week 24 Analysis Y
R M. Walsh*, Andrew Smith E. Jenny Heathcote*, H L. Chan, M Cho, C-L Lai, Y-M MAY
Moon, Y-C Chao, R Myers, G Minuk, P Marcellin, L Jeffers,
8:35 Resection and Reconstruction of the Superior W Sievert, R Kaiser, G Chao, N Brown, 018 Study Group 23
#475 Mesenteric Vein for Locally Advanced Pancreatic
Adenocarcinoma 9:15 Safety and Efficacy of Adefovir Dipivoxil in Patients
Craig P. Fischer*, Barbara L. Bass #480 with Lamivudine-Resistant Chronic Hepatitis B
Undergoing Liver Transplantation
8:48 Laparoscopic Ileocolic Resection for Crohn’s Disease- Eugene Schiff*, C. L. Lai, Peter Neuhaus, Hans Tillmann,
#476 Ileosigmoid Fistula Didier Samuel, J. P. Villeneuve, Stephanos Hadziyannis,
Barry Salky*, David Hazzan Sarah Arterburn, Herve Mommeja-Marin, Steven Chuck
9:30 Predictive Factors for Exacerbation of Hepatitis B After
#481 Discontinuation of Oral Therapy in HBeAg-Negative
Patients
Yoshihiko Murata*, Sarah Arterburn, Ching-Fai Pang, Elsa
Mondou, Franck Rousseau
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9:45 Phase III Comparison of Telbivudine Vs Lamivudine in AGA Clinical Symposium
#482 Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B: Efficacy, Safety, and
Predictors of Response At 1 Year
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Concourse Hall - 152
N Bzowej*, Cl Lai, E Gane, Yf Liaw, S Thongsawat, Y LA Convention Center
Wang, Y Chen, J Heathcote, J Rasenack, N Naoumov, G
Chao, B Fielman, N Brown Chair: Naresh Gunaratnam
Sponsored by: Clinical Practice
AGA Research Forum
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 403 B EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF
LA Convention Center NON-VARICEAL UGI BLEEDING
Chairs: Carol Semrad, Stephen Keely Participants will be able to:

• Recognize the lesions associated with UGI bleeding using established
Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders criteria (e.g., What is a visible vessel);
• Learn the evidence-based techniques to treat these lesions (e.g.,
CELIAC DISEASE: CLINICAL ASSESSMENT When and how to inject/burn/clip, etc.); and
• Learn how to use clinical and endoscopic scoring criteria to
Participants will be able to: appropriately triage patients (e.g., Who are candidates for early
• Learn recent advances in the clinical evalutaion of celiac disease. discharge using Rockall scores).
8:30 Anti-Tissue Transglutaminase Autoantibodies are 8:30 Review of UGI Bleeding Lesions & Clinical/ Endoscopic
#483 Deposited in the Small Intestinal Mucosa of Patients Sp458 Scoring Criteria
with Type 1 Diabetes Todd Baron
Mariantonia Maglio, Francesco Paparo, Adriana Franzese,
Raffaella Spadaro, Maria Vittoria Barone, Luciano 9:00 EBM Approach to Endoscopic TX for UGI Bleeding
Rapacciuolo, Virginia Vitale, Linda Cosenza, Riccardo Sp459 Loren Laine
Troncone*
9:30 PPI Therapy for Non-Variceal UGI Bleeding
8:45 Novel Antibody Tests Based On Synthetic Gliadin- Sp460 Francis K. Chan
#484 Related Peptides Have a Great Yield for Celiac Disease
Emilia Sugai, Horacio Vazquez, Fabio Nachman, Maria L. AGA Research Forum
Moreno, A Czech, Silvia Pedreira, Sonia Niveloni, Roberto 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 501 A/B/C
Mazure, Zulema Kogan, Juan C. Gomez, Eduardo Maurino,
Julio C. Bai*
9:00 Epidermal Transglutaminase Antibody Differentiates Chairs: James Lewis, Robert Lofberg
#485 Dermatitis Herpetiformis from Celiac Disease
Federico Biagi*, Jonia Campanella, Paola I. Bianchi, Olga Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel
Ciocca, Camilla Vassallo, Clara Piccolo, Giovanni Borroni, Diseases
Gino R. Corazza
OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH
9:15 Involvement of Systemic Serum Cytokine Levels in the INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
#486 Pathophysiology of Celiac Disease
Lincoln Hernandez*, Sindhura Kunduvaram, Anne Lee Participants will be able to:
Roland, Edward Ciaccio, Naiyer Afzal, Govind Bhagat, John • Become familiar with the opportunistic infections associated with
Manavalan, Green H. Peter corticosteroids, azathioprine, and 6-mercaptopurine in patients with
IBD;
9:30 Association Studies of Myo9b Genetic Variants in a
T • Become familiar with the opportunistic infections associated with
#487 British Celiac Disease Cohort
anti-TNF therapy in patients with IBD; and
U Karen Hunt, Alienke J. Monsuur, Parveen J. Kumar, Simon
• Become familiar with the opportunistic infections associated with
E P. Travis, Julian R. Walters, Derek P. Jewell, Raymond J.
anti-selective adhesion molecule therapy in patients with IBD.
Playford, Cisca Wijmenga, David A. van Heel*
S 8:30 Risk Factors for Opportunistic Infections in
D 9:45 Long Term Histological Follow-Up of People with
#489 Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Case-Control Study
#488 Coeliac Disease
A Gerry Robins*, Thomas Fitzgerald, Peter Howdle
Murat Toruner*, Edward V. Loftus, Jean F. Colombel, Robert
Orenstein, W S. Harmsen, Alan R. Zinsmeister, William J.
Y Sandborn, Laurence J. Egan
MAY
23 8:45 Safety of Infliximab and Other Crohn’s Disease
#490 Therapies - Treat™ Registry Data with Nearly 15,000
Patient-Years of Follow-Up
Gary R. Lichtenstein*, Russell D. Cohen, Brian G. Feagan,
William J. Sandborn, Bruce A. Salzberg, Donny M. Chen,
Michelle L. Pritchard, Delma L. Broussard, Robert H.
Diamond
9:00 Risks and Benefits of Infliximab for the Treatment of
#491 Crohn’s Disease
Corey A. Siegel*, Chin Hur, Joshua R. Korzenik, Bruce E.
Sands
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9:15 A Safety Evaluation for Progressive Multifocal AGA Committee Sponsored Symposium
#492 Leukoencephalopathy (PML) in Greater Than 3,500
Patients with Crohn’s Disease (CD), Multiple Sclerosis
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 513
(MS), and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Previously Treated LA Convention Center
with Natalizumab in Clinical Trials
William Sandborn*, Stephan Targan Chairs: Fabio Cominelli, James Anderson
9:30 Incidence of Benign Infections in Inflammatory Bowel Sponsored by: Research Policy Committee
#493 Disease (IBD) Patients Treated with Azathioprine (AZA)
Philippe Seksik, Jacques Cosnes, Isabelle Nion-Larmurier, THE ROLE OF PHD FACULTY IN CLINICAL
Jean-Pierre Gendre, Laurent Beaugerie* GASTROENTEROLOGY
9:45 Increasing Incidence of Clostridium Difficile Infection in Participants will be able to:
#494 Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease • Learn about opportunities for conducting successful clinical research/
Joseph F. Rodemann, Kimberly A. Reske, Erik R. Dubberke, trials;
Christian D. Stone* • Learn skills and TIPS for thriving in clinical departments; and
• Learn how to advance careers (research, teaching, etc.) working in
AGA Clinical Symposium clinical gastroenterology departments.
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Petree D 8:30 Opportunities for Professional Development in Clinical
LA Convention Center Sp470 Gastroenterology
Kim Barrett
Chair: Douglas A. Drossman
9:00 Opportunities for Clinical/Translational Research
Sponsored by: Clinical Practice; Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction; Sp471 William Whitehead
Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders
9:30 Effective Interface Between Basic and Clinical
Sp472 Departments
ROME III: NEW CRITERIA FOR THE FUNCTIONAL GI James Anderson
DISORDERS
Participants will be able to: ASGE Clinical Symposium
• Understand the changes occurring in diagnosis and classification of 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Concourse Hall - 153 A/B/C
functional gastrointestinal disorders; LA Convention Center
• Understand the application of the Rome III criteria for clinicians;
and Chairs: Chris A. Liacouras, Joseph M.B. Croffie
• Understand new developments in designing treatment trials in the
functional gastrointestinal disorders. Sponsored by: ASGE
8:30 The Rome III Process and Classification Method
Sp461 Douglas A. Drossman
ADVANCES IN PEDIATRIC ENDOSCOPY
8:30 Management of Refractory Benign Esophageal Strictures
CRITERIA DEVELOPMENT Sp473 in Children
Theodore Stathos
8:42 Functional Gastroduodenal Disorders: A Paradigm
Sp463 Change 9:00 Transgastric Surgery
Nicholas J. Talley Sp474 Christopher P. Swain
8:54 Functional Bowel Disorders: What's New? 9:30 Laparoendoscopic Tube Placement Technique
Sp464 Robin Spiller Sp475 Alejandro F. Flores T
9:06 Functional Biliary Disorders - Too Much Or Too Little? U
Sp465 Enrico Corazziari ASGE Topic Forum E
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 511 A/B/C
CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES LA Convention Center
S
D
9:18 Application: Validation of the Criteria and Development
Sp467 of a Diagnostic Questionnaire Chairs: Bret T. Petersen, David L. Jaffe A
William E. Whitehead
CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO SMALL BOWEL
Y
9:30 Generalizability of the Criteria for Clinicians IMAGING MAY
Sp468 W. G. Thompson 23
8:30 Double Balloon Enteroscopy (DBE) Compared to
9:42 New Developments in the Design of Treatment Trials #495 Capsule Endoscopy (CE) Among Patients with Obscure
Sp469 Michel Delvaux Gastrointestinal Bleeding (OGIB): A Multicenter U.S.
Experience
Shahab Mehdizadeh*, Andrew S. Ross, Jonathan Leighton,
Ahmad Kamal, Ann Chen, Drew Schembre, Kenneth
Binmoeller, Richard Kozarek, Irving Waxman, Lauren
Gerson, Brad Jones, Carol Semrad, Simon K. Lo
8:42 Outcome of Double-Balloon Enteroscopy After Capsule
#496 Endoscopy in Patients with Suspected Small-Bowel
Disease
Marco Pennazio*, Tatiana Sprujevnik, Arrigo Arrigoni,
Alberto Bertone, Mariella Cavallero, Mauro Spandre, Alberto
Foco
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8:54 Variation in Diagnostic Yield of Back-to-Back Capsule SSAT Conferences/Panels/Symposia
#497 Endoscopy in Obscure GI Bleeding: Preliminary Results
Jennifer S. Kimble*, Richard C. Wong, Amitabh Chak,
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 402 B
Gerard A. Isenberg, Gregory S. Cooper LA Convention Center
9:06 Cost-Benefit Analysis of Double Balloon Enteroscopy Chair: Theodore N. Pappas

#498 Compared to Other Diagnostic Modalities for Obscure
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Sponsored by: AHPBA
Ahmad Kamal, Lauren B. Gerson*
SSAT/AHPBA JOINT SYMPOSIUM: ADVANCED SURGICAL
9:18 A Prospective Comparison of Capsule Endoscopy, THERAPY FOR PANCREATIC CANCER
#499 Helical CT Angiography and Mesenteric Angiography for
the Diagnosis of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding Participants will be able to:
(OGIB) • Discuss the history and future of pancreaticoduodectomy;
Esteban Saperas*, Joan Dot, Sebastian Videla, Agusti • Understand the role of hepatic artery, superior mesenteric artery, and
Alvarez-Castells, Mercedes Perez-Lafuente, Jose Ramon portal vein resection for pancreatic cancer, and explain the
Armengol, Joan Ramon Malagelada importance of radiation and chemotherapy in the management of
pancreatic cancer; and
9:30 Long Term Follow-Up of Patients with Obscure • Understand the expanding role of laparoscopy in the surgical
#500 Gastrointestinal Bleeding After Negative Capsule management of pancreatic cancer.
Endoscopy
Larry Lai*, Grace Wong, Dorothy Chow, James Lau, Joseph 8:30 Overview and Current Update On Dr. Whipple's
Sung, Wai-Keung Leung Sp485 Operation
J. Michael Henderson
9:42 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Current Status of Small Bowel
Sp476 Imaging 8:45 Extended Surgical Resection for Pancreatic
Simon K. Lo Sp486 Adenocarcinoma
Bryan M. Clary
ASGE Clinical Symposium 9:00 Combined Modality Treatment for Localized Pancreatic
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 515 B Sp487 Adenocarcinoma
LA Convention Center Peter W.T. Pisters
Chairs: Douglas K. Rex, Douglas B. Nelson 9:15 Laparoscopic Pancreatic Resection

Sp488 Attila Nakeeb
Sponsored by: ASGE
9:30 Q&A
OPTIMIZING COLONOSCOPY OUTCOMES
8:30 The Bane of Colonoscopy: Optimizing the Bowel
Sp477 Preparation
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 503
Gavin C. Harewood LA Convention Center
8:47 Identifying the Problem Patient: Techniques for Chairs: Paul E. Hyman, Hayat Mousa
Sp478 Successful Colonoscopy
Jerome D. Waye Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction; Esophageal,
Gastric & Duodenal Disorders; Growth, Development & Aging
9:04 Maximizing Lesion Detection During Colonoscopy
Sp479 Douglas K. Rex FOOD REFUSAL IN INFANTS AND TODDLERS
T 9:21 Colonoscopy Complications: Risk Factors, Prevention,
U Participants will be able to:
Sp480 and Management
• Learn about recent advances in evaluating and treating non-verbal
E Christopher J. Gostout
children who refuse to eat.
S
ASGE Special Session 8:30 Esophageal Sensory-Motor Interactions in Developing
D Sp519 Infants
A 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 515 A
Sudarshan Jadcherla
Y 9:52 Dysphgia in the Non-Verbal Child
MAY Chairs: David J. Bjorkman, Robert A. Ganz Sp520 Nathalie Rommel
23
Sponsored by: ASGE 9:14 Treatment for Food Refusal in Infants and Toddlers
Sp521 Paul E. Hyman
PAY FOR PERFORMANCE
9:36 The Effect of Fundoplication On the Gastric Motor and
8:30 Implications for the Academic Medical Center Sp522 Sensory Function
Sp481 David J. Bjorkman Hayat Mousa
8:50 Implications of Reimbursement Incentives on the Cost
Sp482 and Quality of Care from the Perspective of the
Practicing Specialist
George A. Diamond
9:10 Quality, Payment and the Transformation of Healthcare

Sp483 Lee N. Newcomer
9:30 Performance Standards for Colonoscopy - Defining

Sp484 “Value”
John I. Allen
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BASIC
AGA Research Forum AGA Research Symposium

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 410 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 309
Chairs: Craig D. Logsdon, Martin Fernandez-Zapico Chairs: Soraya Shirazi-Beechey, Helen Raybould
Sponsored by: Pancreatic Disorders Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders; Hormones, Transmitters,
Growth Factors & Their Receptors; Growth, Development &
ADVANCES IN BASIC RESEARCH IN THE PANCREAS II: Aging
SIGNALING
GASTROINTESTINAL GLUCOSE SENSING, TRANSPORT
Participants will be able to: AND BEYOND
• Describe advances in our understanding of signaling mechanisms in
normal acinar function; and Participants will be able to:
• Increase understanding of signaling mechanisms involved in • Understand the basic biology of glucose sensing and signaling in the
pancreatic disease states. tongue;
• Gain better knowledge of the intestinal glucose sensing system and
8:30 Munc18b Controls Zymogen Granule Exocytosis in
its relationship to the ability of the intestine to absorb dietary sugars;
#501 Pancreatic Acinar Cells
and
Patrick Lam*, Maria Kauppi, Laura Cosen-Binker, Vesa
• Learn the mechanism by which hormone GLP-1 stimulates insulin
Olkkonen, Herbert Y. Gaisano
secretion and glucose disposal after meals.
8:45 Diverse Roles of Class I PI3K Isoforms δ and γ in
8:30 Sugar Sensing and Signal Transduction in Taste Cells
#502 Cerulein-Induced Pancreatitis
Sp489 Robert Margolskee
Lars Fischer*, Aurelia Lugea, Mohammad Shahsahebi, Bart
Vanhaesebroeck, Josef M. Penninger, Helmut Friess, Anna S. 9:00 Glucose Sensing in the Small Intestine
Gukovskaya, Stephen J. Pandol, Ilya Gukovsky Sp490 Soraya Shirazi-Beechey
9:00 Impaired Pancreatic Regeneration in Notch Signaling 9:30 Neuroendocrine Mediation of GLP-1 Action: Portal
#503 Ablated Mice During Acute Experimental Pancreatitis Sp491 Sensing of the Incretin Effect
J.N. T. Siveke*, Marcel Lee, Clara Lubeseder-Martellato, David D'Alessio
Christine Koehler, Roland M. Schmid
9:15 Pancreatic Stellate Cells Are Involved in Pancreatic AGA State-of-the-Art Lecture
#504 Regeneration Following Caerulein-Induced Acute 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM 406 A/B
Pancreatitis in Rats LA Convention Center
Filip Sermon*, Veronique Andriessen, Daniel Urbain, Albert
Geerts Chairs: Lopa Mishra, David Rudnick
9:30 Nuclear Factor of Activated T-Cells (NFATs) Function
Sponsored by: Growth, Development & Aging; Pancreatic
#505 As a Downstream Effector of Calcineurin in CCK-
Induced Pancreatic Growth Disorders; Liver & Biliary
Grzegorz T. Gurda*, John A. Williams
INITIATION OF LIVER AND PANCREATIC DEVELOPMENT
9:45 Impact of Purinergic Signaling On Fibrosis and T
#506 Angiogenesis in Chronic Pancreatitis Participants will be able to:
Beat M. Kunzli*, Pascal O. Berberat, Eva Csizmadia, • Understand factors regulating liver development; U
Elzbieta Kaczmarek, Keiichi Enjyoji, Helmut Friess, Simon • Appreciate the differences between exocrine and pancreatic E
C. Robson development; and
• Review the mechanisms of transcriptional regulation of S
gastrointestinal organ development. D
8:30 Initiation of Liver and Pancreatic Development
A
Sp492 Klaus Kaestner Y
MAY
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AGA Topic Forum 9:00 How TLRS Can Be Mucosal Protective
Sp494 Eyal Raz
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 502 B
LA Convention Center 9:30 The Role of Hepcidin at the Interface of Innate
Sp495 Immunity and Iron Homeostasis
Chairs: Michael Pezzone, Michael Beyak Tomas Ganz
Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction; Hormones,

Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their Receptors Grossman Lecture
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 304ABC
ION CHANNELS AND RECEPTORS ON Los Angeles Convention Center
GASTROINTESTINAL AFFERENTS
Chair: Haile T. Debas
• Recognize new information about ion channel function and GROSSMAN LECTURE
expression by intestinal sensory nerves;
• Learn about the mechanisms by which inflammation can alter the 8:30 Opening Remarks
expression or function of ion channels expressed by intestinal Sp495a Haile T. Debas
sensory nerves; and
8:40 Making Innate Good Sense: Tolls and CARD Tricks
• Learn about the distribution of sensory nerves in the gastrointestinal
Sp495b Daniel K. Podolsky
tract.
8:30 Nodose Ganglia Neurons Demonstrate Gluco-
#507 Responsiveness Mediated Via Voltage-Dependent
Potassium Channels COMBINED
Gintautas Grabauskas*, Shi-Yi Zhou, Il Song, Chung AGA Sunrise Session
Owyang
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM 513
8:45 Stimulation of CCK-1 Receptors Activates a TRPC Like Los Angeles Convention Center
#508 Inward Current in GI Vagal Afferent Neurons
Michael Beyak*, Annemarie Surprenant, David Grundy Chairs: Jeffrey Matthews, Pradeep Dudeja
9:00 Serotonin Differentially Activates C- and A- Type Vagal Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders
#509 Primary Afferent Neurons Which Contain Vanilliod
(VR1) and Puringenic (P2X) Receptors INTESTINAL TRANSPORT
Xiaoyin Wu, Chung Owyang, Ying Li*
9:15 Acid Exposure Increase TRPV1 Channel Expression in • Review advances in epithelial transport presented at DDW 2006.
#510 Spinal Afferents Innervating the Esophagus of Cats
Banani Banerjee*, Bidyut K. Medda, Jyoti N. Sengupta, Reza 7:00 Advances in Epithelial Transport
Shaker Sp495c Jeffrey Matthews, Pradeep Dudeja
9:30 TRPV1 Expression and Function in Chronic Pancreatitis

#511 and Its Role in Nociceptive Sensitization and Pain
Guang-Yin Xu*, John H. Winston, Mohan M. Shenoy,
Huaizhi Yin, Pankaj J. Pasricha
9:45 Identification of Mechanically-Activated Pain Pathways
#512 from the Gut Wall
T Xin-Yung Song, Bao-Nan Chen, Marcello Costa, Simon
Brookes*
U
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S 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Concourse Hall - 150 A/B/C
A
Y Chairs: Martin F. Kagnoff, Charalabos Pothoulakis
MAY Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel
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Growth Factors & Their Receptors
MOLECULAR BASIS OF INNATE DEFENSE IN THE

INTESTINE
• Review how antimicrobial peptides contribute to host mucosal
defense;
• Learn about the role of TRLS in signalig mucosal defense; and
• Learn about how hepcidin and iron metabolism play a role in innate
mucosal defense.
8:30 Role of Antimicrobial Peptides in Mucosal Antimicrobial

Sp493 Defense
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COMBINED
AASLD Research Forum 8:45 A Pro-Inflammatory IL-10/IL-12 Gene Profile Is

#526 Associated with An Increased Risk for Developing
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 411
Barrett’s Esophagus
LA Convention Center L.M.G. Moons, J.G. Kusters, J van Delft, E.J. Kuipers, R.
Gottschalk, W.A. Bode, H. Geldof, A.H.M. van Vliet, J.C.S.
Chairs: Daryl Lau, David R. Nelson Kleinjans, P.D. Siersema*
HCV VIROLOGY, PATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT 9:00 Origin of Barrett’s Epithelium: Development of
#527 Columnar Characteristics and Increased Expression of
8:30 Comparative Studies of HCV Ns3/4a Protease Anti-Apoptotic Proteins in Het-1A Squamous Esophageal
#519 Regulation of Host Antiviral Response Through Cleavage Cells Made Resistant to Low pH and Bile Acids
of Ips-1 in Spontaneous Clearance Verses Progression to Katerina Dvorak*, Melissa Chavarria, Claire M. Payne,
Chronic Disease Following Acute Infection Harris Bernstein, Carol Bernstein, Harinder Garewal
Spencer Carney*, William M. Lee, Stuart Ray, David
Oldach, Michael Gale 9:15 Pge2 Regulation By Cytosolic Pla2α, a Potential Non-
#528 COX-2 Chemopreventive Target, During Carcinogenesis
8:45 HCV Can Infect T Cells and Cause Suppression of IFN- in Barrett’s Mucosa
#520 γ Signaling Malini Madhavan, Cathrine Demars, Sarah Papenfuss,
Yasuteru Kondo*, Keigo Machida, Minyi Liu, Guann Y. Yu, Ganapathy Prasad, Lori Lutzke, Marlys Anderson, Louis
Thormas B. MacNaughton, Michael M. Lai Wong Kee Song, Kenneth Wang, Navtej Buttar*
9:00 Differential Antigenic Hierarchy and T Cell Threshold 9:30 P53 Mediates An Anti-Proliferative Effect of Acid in
#521 Associated with Spontaneous Recovery from HCV #529 Non-Neoplastic Barrett's Epithelial Cells
Infection: Implications for Vaccine Design Hui Ying Zhang*, Linda A. Feagins, Ruben D. Ramirez,
Susan Smyk-Pearson, Dennis Lezotte, Hugo Rosen* Stuart J. Spechler, Rhonda F. Souza
9:15 Binding of the HCV E2 Protein to Cd81 Impairs Acid Exerts An Anti-Proliferative Effect in Non-
#522 Migration of Dendritic Cells Towards the Lymphotropic #530 Neoplastic Barrett’s Epithelial Cells By Delaying Cell
Chemokine Ccl21 Cycle Progression
Jacob Nattermann*, Henning Zimmermann, Marie von Linda A. Feagins*, Hui Ying Zhang, Mizael Quinones,
Lilienfeld-Toal, Ludger Leifeld, Tilman Sauerbruch, Ulrich Deena Thomas, Stuart J. Spechler, Ruben D. Ramirez,
Spengler Rhonda F. Souza
9:30 Differences in Treatment Outcome to Antiviral Therapy 9:45 Lecture: The Roles of Acid and Inflammation in
#523 Based On Genotype and Viral Load in Hepatitis C Sp496 Barrett's Esophagus
Genotypes 2 and 3 in the Win-R Trial Rhonda Souza
Robert S. Brown*, Ira M. Jacobson, Nezam Afdhal, Brad
Freilich, Fred Regenstein, Steven Flamm, Paul Kwo, Mary
Pat Pauly, Louis H. Griffel, Clifford A. Brass AGA Clinical Symposium
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 303 AB
9:45 In Vivo-IFNγ−Mediated Sensitization Prevents TLR4
#524 Tolerance in Monocytes of Patients with Chronic HCV
Infection
Chairs: David Silk, John Fang
Angela Dolganiuc*, Gyongyi Szabo
AGA Research Forum Duodenal Disorders; Gastrointestinal Oncology T
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 301 A/B U
LA Convention Center ENDOSCOPIC FEEDING TUBE PLACEMENT IN THE E
CRITICALLY ILL
Chairs: Richard Sampliner, Navtej Buttar S
Participants will be able to: D
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders • Understand the importance of luminal nutrients in maintaining GI A
function and in preventing septic complications;
ACID AND INFLAMMATORY FACTORS IN BARRETT'S • Determine which patients in the ICU need feeding, at what time, Y
ESOPHAGUS and in what manner; and MAY
• Understand the benefits of long-term nutrition support in the 23
Participants will be able to: treatment and suppression of chronic disease.
• Understand the contribution of acid to metaplasia and neoplasia in
10:30 The Metabolic Basis for Feeding the Critically-Ill
Barrett's Esophagus;
Sp543a Ken Kudsk
• Understand the contribution of inflammation to metaplasia and
neoplasia in Barrett's Esophagus; and 10:52 Can We Feed Critically-Ill Patients By NG, Or Do We
• Evaluate new research in acid and inflammation in Barrett's Sp543b Have to Pass the Pylorus?
Esophagus. Stephen McClave
8:30 Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP)-4-Mediated 11:14 Distal Jejunal Feeding Tubes: Enteral Feeding Without
#525 Transformation of Inflamed Squamous Esophageal Sp543c Pancreatic Stimulation?
Mucosa Into Barrett’s Esophagus Stephen O'Keefe
Jantine van Baal, Francesca Milano, Navtej S. Buttar,
Agnieszka M. Rygiel, Floor de Kort, Jacques J. Bergman, 11:36 Pegs, PEG/Js, and PEJs: Intestinal Access for Long-Term
Kenneth K. Wang, Maikel P. Peppelenbosch, Kausilia K. Sp543d Enteral Feeding in Acute and Chronic GI Disease
Krishnadath* Management
Mark Delegge
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AGA Cochrane Hepatobiliary Symposium 8:45 Efficacy of Non-Invasive Hepatic Fibrosis Quantification
#539 By Liver Elasticity Measurement in Nonalcoholic
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Petree C
Steatohepatitis (NASH) -Comparison of Ultrasonic
LA Convention Center TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY and Histopathological
Diagnosis
Chairs: Christian Gluud, Ronald Koretz Yoshitaka Fukuzawa*, Tomohiko Ohashi, E.J. Matsumoto,
Ken Sato, Minoru Ayada, Naoki Hotta, Akihiko Okumura,
Sponsored by: Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their Tetsuya Ishikawa, Shinichi Kakumu
Receptors; AGA Council; Liver & Biliary
9:00 What Are the Best Cut Offs for the APRI ?
IF WE MAKE LABORATORY TESTS BETTER, DO WE MAKE #540 Ned Snyder*, Rami Hawari, Shu-Yuan Xiao, Daryl Lau,
PATIENTS BETTER? A COCHRANE HEPATOBILIARY GROUP- Roger Soloway, John Petersen
AGA SYMPOSIUM
9:20 Protective Factors for Severe Recurrence of Hepatitis C
8:30 Why Surrogate Outcomes Are Not Necessarily Useful #541 After Liver Transplantation
Sp497 Outcomes in Clinical Research Speranta Iacob*, Susanne Beckebaum, Vito Cicinnati,
Christian Gluud Razvan Iacob, Christian Klein, Liana Gheorghe, Cristian
Gheorghe, Irinel Popescu, Andrea Frilling, Massimo Malago,
8:50 Interventions for Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Guido Gerken, Christoph Broelsch
Sp498 Jesper Brok
9:40 Novel Markers of Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular
9:10 Interventions for Patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis #542 carcinoma in Hepatitis C
Sp499 Yan Gong Kuntal M. Thaker*, Bridget Seymour, Divya Gupta, Kuldip
S. Banwait, Mark A. Feitelson, Steven K. Herrine, Victor
9:35 Evidence-Based Nutrition for the Liver Patient Navarro
Sp500 Ronald Koretz

AGA Translational Symposium 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 303 AB
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 502 A LA Convention Center
Chair: Basil Rigas
Chairs: Alan F. Cutler, Mae Go
Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology; Pancreatic Disorders;
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders
LIVING WITHOUT H. PYLORI IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM NITRIC OXIDE (NO)-DONATING NSAIDS AND CANCER
Participants will be able to: CHEMOPREVENTION
• Determine treatment of resistant H. Pylori infection;
• Recognize the frequency and importance of non-HP, non-NSAID
• Understand the potential role of nitric oxide-donating NSAIDs in
ulcers; and
cancer chemoprevention.
• Learn about non-microbial factors in ulcer development.
8:30 Nitric-Oxide-Donating NSAIDs As Agents for Cancer
8:30 H. Pylori Eradication Failures - Should We Treat Again
Sp505 Prevention
Sp501 and When Is Enough Enough?
Basil Rigas
Dino Vaira
9:00 Molecular Targets of Nitric-Oxide-Donating Aspirin in
8:50 The Rising Frequency of Non-HP, Non-NSAID Ulcers:
Sp506 Cancer
T Sp502 Were Those Really HP -Related Ulcers That We
Khosrow Kashfi
Eradicated?
U Joseph J. Sung 9:30 The Antitumoral Potential of Different Nitric Oxide-
E Sp507 Donating NSAIDs
9:10 Gastric Physiology and Ulcer Disease - Forgotten
S Sp503 Factors in Ulcer Pathogenesis
George Tsioulias
D Leonard Lichtenberger
A
9:35 Darwinian Theory and Ulcer Disease: Can H. Pylori
Y Sp504 Eradication Make Us Healthier, Happier and Safer?
MAY Alan F. Cutler
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AGA Topic Forum
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 404 A/B
Chairs: Jorge Marrero, Namita R. Chowdhury
MARKERS OF DISEASE
8:30 Laboratory Parameters in the Diagnosis of
#537 Choledocholithiasis: A Meta-Analysis
Jack Braha*, Anita Turok, Jian Jun Li, Scott Tenner
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CLINICAL
AASLD State-of-the-Art Lecture 11:30 Histopathologic Variability Between the Right and Left
#547 Lobe of the Liver in Obese Patients Undergoing Bypass
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM 408 A/B
Surgery
LA Convention Center Steven Larson*, Steven Bowers, Joseph Pulcini, Stephen
Harrison
Chair: Kris Kowdley
11:45 Ethnicity a Factor in the Prevalence of Nonalcoholic
Sponsored by: AASLD #548 Fatty Liver Disease in Non-Insulin Dependant Diabetic
Patients
NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE Vinay Sundaram*, Patrick G. Northup, Mohan Nadkarni,
Rodney K. Riddle, Stephen H. Caldwell, Carl L. Berg,
Participants will be able to: Abdullah M. Al-Osaimi
• Understand the mechanisms of NAFLD;
• Diagnose and evaluate NAFLD; and
• Understand the management and treatment of NAFLD. AASLD Topic Forum
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 411
9:00 Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease LA Convention Center
Sp508 Arun J. Sanyal
Chairs: Mitchell L. Shiffman, Paul Pockros
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Concourse Hall - 151 HCV: EPIDEMIOLOGY, NATURAL HISTORY, DIAGNOSIS
LA Convention Center 10:30 High Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among
#549 Russian Immigrants in the New York City Metropolitan
Chairs: Rajender Reddy, Carl Berg Area: Results of a Community-Based Screening Program
Steven Batash, Inessa Khaykis*, Robert F. Raicht, Edmund J.
Sponsored by: AASLD; AGA Bini
TREATMENT OF EXTRAHEPATIC MANIFESTATIONS OF 10:45 Low Prevalence of Advanced Fibrosis in African
HEPATITIS C #550 Americans with Chronic Hepatitis C and Persistently
Normal Serum ALT : the Case for Conservative
10:30 Chronic Hepatitis C: A Multifaceted Disease Management
Sp509 Sanjiv Chopra Anastasios A. Mihas*, Mitchell L. Shiffman, Herbert R.
Lippman, Lisa Pisney, Douglas M. Heuman
11:00 Clinical Manifestations
Sp510 Jenny Heathcote 11:00 Spontaneous Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in
#551 African American Patients
11:30 Treatment of Extrahepatic Manifestations Xinyu Zhao*, Madhusudanan Ramaswamy, Michael Tang,
Sp511 Leonard Calabrese Martin Black, Xiaoli Ma
AASLD Research Forum 11:15 Prospective and Independent Validation of the Lok
#552 Index for Prediction of Cirrhosis in Patients with
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 409 A/B Chronic Hepatitis C: Comparison with Fibroscan,
LA Convention Center Fibrotest and Apri
Laurent Castera*, Juliette Foucher, Brigitte Le Bail, Pierre-
Chairs: Paul Angulo, Abdullah M. Al-Osaimi Henri Bernard, Julien Bertet, Patrice Couzigou, Victor de T
Ledinghen U
CLINICAL NASH
11:30 Insulin Resistance Influences Hepatic Inflammation in E
10:30 Derivation and Validation of a Model That Differentiates
#543 Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) from Nonalcoholic Fatty
#553 Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C S
Keisuke Ario*, Toshihiko Mizuta, Yuichiro Eguchi, Takanori D
Liver Disease (NAFLD) Kumagai, Tsutomu Yasutake, Iwata Ozaki, Kazuma
Winston Dunn*, Paul Angulo-Hernandez, Schuyler Fujimoto A
Sanderson, Michael Malinchoc, Charles Rosen, Linda
Stadheim, Vijay Shah
Y
11:45 Diagnostic Liver Biopsy in Patients with Advanced
#554 Fibrosis and Cirrhosis MAY
10:45 Hepatic Gene Expression in Patients with Nonalcoholic Kenneth E. Sherman*, Zachary D. Goodman, Sara T. 23
#544 Steatohepatitis in Relation to Hepatic Fibrosis Sullivan, Sima Faris-Young
Makiko Taniai*, Etsuko Hashimoto, Maki Tobari, Mihoko
Takakura, Satoru Yatsuji, Katsutoshi Tokushige, Keiko
Shiratori
11:00 Three-dimensional and Metabolic Variability of
#545 Fibroscan (TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY) Measures in
Healthy Volunteers
Mona Munteanu*, Yen Ngo, Mercedes de Torres, Djamila
Messous, Pascal Lebray, Vlad Ratziu, Thierry Poynard
11:15 Risk Factors and Hepatic Elastography (Fibroscan) in

#546 the Prediction of Hepatic Fibrosis in Non Alcoholic
Steatohepatitis
Thomas B. Kelleher*, Chelsea MacFarlane, Victor de
Ledinghen, Michel Beaugrand, J Foucher, Laurent Castera,
M Ziol, N Ganne, Farnan Rory, Afdhal Nezam
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AASLD Clinical Symposium AGA Research Forum
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 408 A/B 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Concourse Hall - 150 A/B/C
Chairs: Michael Federle, Paul Greig Chairs: John Carethers, John K. Marshall
Sponsored by: AASLD Sponsored by: Clinical Practice
WORKUP OF LIVER MASSES FACTORS IMPACTING COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING
OUTCOMES
• Recognize characteristic imaging features of common benign masses; Participants will be able to:
including cysts, hemangiomas, and focal nodular hyperplasia; and • Understand impact of literacy and ethnicity on screening outcomes;
• Recognize role and accuracy of imaging for detecting focal lesions in • Recognize risk of adenomas in relatives; and
the cirrhotic liver. • Understand variations in polyp detection.
10:30 Welcome and Introduction 10:30 Colonoscopic Screening of First Degree Relatives of
10:35 Clinical Presentation of Liver Masses #555 Patients with Colorectal Cancer: A Concurrent Case-
Sp512 Morris Sherman Control Comparison to First Degree Relatives of
Asymptomatic Individuals with Normal Colonoscopic
10:50 Diagnosis and Characterization of Focal Hepatic Masses Findings
Sp513 By Imaging James Y. Lau*, Wai-Keung Leung, Priscilla L. Siu, Simon S.
Michael P. Federle Ng, Janet F. Lee, Sara Fung, Raymond Y. Yiu, Joseph J.
Sung
11:20 Surgical Options for Focal Hepatic Masses
Sp514 Clark Gamblin 10:45 Temporal Trend in Relative Risk of Second Primary
#556 Colorectal Cancer (CRC): An Impact of Surveillance?
11:40 Case Presentations Ananya Das*, Amitabh Chak, Gregory S. Cooper
Sp515 Paul Greig
11:00 Stated Preferences for Colorectal Cancer Screening
#557 Using a Discrete Choice Experiment
AGA Clinical Symposium Seija K. Kromm, Steven J. Heitman*, Robert J. Hilsden,
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Petree D Deborah A. Marshall, S. Elizabeth McGregor, Gillian R.
LA Convention Center Currie
11:15 Colorectal Cancer Screening in Chinese Immigrants:

Chairs: Gary Lichtenstein, Stephan Schreiber
#558 Who Can Deliver the Message?
Karen E. Kim*, Stacy Tong, Eva Lu-Bonn
Diseases; Clinical Practice; Intestinal Disorders 11:30 Variation in Polyp Detection Rates At Screening
#559 Colonoscopy
BIOLOGIC THERAPIES FOR CROHN'S DISEASE Thomas F. Imperiale*, Elizabeth A. Glowinski, Ching L.
Cooper, Gregory N. Larkin, Faouzi Azzouz, David F.
Participants will be able to: Ransohoff
• Review the mechanisms of action for biologic therapies of Crohn's
disease; 11:45 The Impact of Literacy On Colonoscopy
• Review the efficacy of various anti-TNF agents for Crohn's disease; #560 Rony Ghaoui*, Arthur T. Evans, Bashar M. Attar
and
T • Review the efficacy of anti-adhesion molecule therapy for Crohn's
disease.
U 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Concourse Hall - 152
E 10:30 Mechanisms of Action LA Convention Center
S Sp516 Maria Abreu
D 11:00 Anti-TNF Therapies for Crohn's Disease Chair: Jamie Barkin
A Sp517 Stephen Hanauer
Sponsored by: Clinical Practice; Intestinal Disorders; Nutrition &
Y 11:30 Anti-Adhesion Molecules and Other Strategies for Obesity
MAY Sp518 Crohn's Disease
Stephan Targan MANAGEMENT OF COMMON GASTROINTESTINAL
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ILLNESSES IN THE ELDERLY
• Understand prevention and management of complications of
diverticular disease in the elderly;
• Understand diagnosis and management of oropharyngeal dysphagis;
and
• Learn how to apply medical and biofeedback therapy for the
management of constipation and fecal incontinence.
10:30 Diverticular Disease
Sp523 Lawrence Brandt
10:52 Oropharyngeal Dysphagia

Sp524 Kenneth Devault
11:14 Constipation
Sp525 Lawrence Schiller
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11:36 Fecal Incontinence AGA Research Forum
Sp526 Dee Fenner
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 404 A/B
AGA Research Forum
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 502 A Chairs: Darwin Conwell, Dhiraj Yadav
Sponsored by: Pancreatic Disorders
Chairs: James Schieman, Angel Lanas
PROSPECTIVE TREATMENT TRIALS IN PANCREATIC
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders DISEASES
NSAIDS AND GASTRODUODENAL INJURY Participants will be able to:

• Identify limitations in treatment for common pancreatic disorders;
Participants will be able to: and
• Appreciate the role of NSAIDs in causing injury to the upper • Describe the application of novel techniques in treatment of diseases
gastrointestinal tract; and of the pancreas.
• Evaluate new research on NSAIDs and gastroduodenal injury.
10:30 A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Clear
10:30 Prevention of Low Dose Aspirin-Associated #566 Liquids Vs. Low-Fat Solid Diet as the Initial Meal After
#561 Gastroduodenal Ulcers and Upper Gastrointestinal Mild Pancreatitis
Symptoms in Patients Receiving Esomeprazole 20 Mg Brian C. Jacobson*, Martha B. Vandervliet, Michael Hughes,
Per Day Rie Maurer, Katherine D. McManus, Peter A. Banks
Neville D. Yeomans, Angel Lanas*, Joachim Labenz, Sander
Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Christo van Rensburg, Istvan Racz, 10:45 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Trial of
Emma Naucler, Lars-Erik Svedberg #567 High-Dose Intravenous Anti-Oxidant Therapy in Severe
Acute Pancreatitis
10:45 Effects of Concomitant Aspirin (81 mg qd) On Ajith K. Siriwardena*, James M. Mason, Srinivasan
#562 Incidence of Gastric and/Or Duodenal Ulcers in Healthy Balachandra, Anil Bagul, Simon Galloway, Laura Formela,
Subjects Taking Celecoxib Or Naproxen: A Randomized, Jonathon Hardman, Saurabh Jamdar, David Schofield,
Placebo-Controlled Trial Pauline Kay, Ioannis T. Virlos
Jay L. Goldstein*, James Aisenberg, Manuela Berger,
William E. Dodge 11:00 Hereditary Pancreatitis Amlodipine Trial (H-PAT): A
#568 Phase I Study of a Calcium Channel Blocker in
11:00 Effects of Antisecretory Drugs and Nitrates On the Risk Hereditary Pancreatitis
#563 of Ulcer Bleeding Associated with NSAIDs and Anti- Veronique D. Morinville*, Mark E. Lowe, Beth D. Elinoff,
Platelet Agents David C. Whitcomb
Angel Lanas*, Luis A. Garcia-Rodriguez, Maria T. Arroyo,
Fernando Gomollon, Faust Feu, Montse Forne, Sofia 11:15 Novel Radiotherapeutic Management of Painful Flare
Aleman, Enrique Garcia, Luis Bujanda, David Nicolas, On #569 Ups in Chronic Pancreatitis
Behalf of AEG Investigators Luisa Guarner*, Xavier Molero, Begona Navalpotro, Jordi
Giralt, Juan-Ramon Malagelada
11:15 Gastroprotection Gap: A Rising and Dangerous
#564 Omission for Elderly Users of NSAIDs with Arthritis 11:30 Correlation Between Coefficients of Fat Absorption and
Gurkirpal Singh*, Huijian Wang, Eiichi Tanaka, Alka #570 Nitrogen Absorption in Subjects with Cystic Fibrosis-
Mithal, Lauren Gerson, George Triadafilopoulos Related Pancreatic Insufficiency Treated with Altu-135
Drucy Borowitz*, Christopher Goss, Stacey E. Limauro,
11:30 Improved Gastrointestinal Safety Profile with Susan Casey, Frederick T. Murray
#565 Lumiracoxib Compared with Naproxen and Ibuprofen in
Patients At Least 65 Years Old At Increased Risk of 11:45 Resection vs. Extended Drainage in Chronic T
#571 Pancreatitis: Long-Term Follow Up of a Randomized
Gastrointestinal Events
Trial
U
Christopher Hawkey*, Wilfred Weinstein, Walter Smalley,
Gerhard Krammer, Bernhard Mellein, Dominik Richard, Tim Strate*, Philipp Busch, Jens-Peter Bruhn, Oliver Mann, E
Xavier Gitton Paulus Schurr, Christian Bloechle, Claus Schneider, Emre S
Yekebas, Jakob R. Izbicki
D
11:45 Lecture: NSAIDs and Gastroduodenal Injury in 2006
Sp527 Byron Cryer A
AGA Committee Sponsored Symposium Y
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 502 B
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Chair: Henry J. Binder
Sponsored by: AGA Council; International Committee
THE BEST OF UEGW

• Summarize and provide selected highlights of the October 2005
UEGW meeting in Copenhagen.
10:30 Gastro-esophageal Disorders
Sp527a Jean Paul Galmiche
10:48 Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Sp527b Jean Frederick Colombel
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11:06 Functional and Motility Disorder ASGE Clinical Symposium
Sp527c Jan Tack
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 515 A
11:24 Endoscopy and GI Cancer Management LA Convention Center
Sp527d Guido Costamanga
Chairs: Anthony N. Kalloo, David W. Rattner
11:42 Liver Disease
Sp527c Alexander Gerbes Sponsored by: ASGE
NOTES: NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC

AGA Research Forum
SURGERY
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 403 B
LA Convention Center 10:30 Introduction
Sp528 Anthony N. Kalloo, David W. Rattner
Chairs: Bruce E. Sands, Remo Panaccione
10:45 Development of a Platform for Transluminal Surgery
Sponsored by: Clinical Practice; Immunology, Microbiology & Sp529 Lee L. Swanstrom
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 11:05 Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery: From Dream to
Sp530 Reality
THERAPEUTIC OUTCOME IN IBD Pankaj J. Pasricha
Participants will be able to: 11:25 Breaking Boundaries and the Future of Transgastric
• Identify variations in management of low grade dysplasia; Sp531 Surgery
• Review administration of intravenous iron for anemia in IBD; and Christopher P. Swain
• Review management of severe UC with cyclosporine or infliximab.
10:30 Curcumin, a Promising Drug for Long-Term ASGE Clinical Symposium

#572 Maintenance Therapy in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 515 B
Results from a Multicenter, Randomized Double-Blind LA Convention Center
Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial
Hiroyuki Hanai*, Takayuki Iida, Ken Takeuchi, Masami Chairs: Karen L. Woods, Dennis M. Jensen
Yamada, Yasushi Iwaoka, Akira Andoh, Tomoyuki Tujikawa,
Yoshihide Fujiyama, Fumitoshi Watanabe, Yasuhiko Sponsored by: ASGE
Maruyama, Keiichi Mitsuyama, Michio Sata, Kazunari
Kanke, Hideyuki Hiraishi, Kazuhisa Hirayama, Hajime Arai, UPPER AND LOWER GI BLEEDING
Shigehito Yoshii, Masato Uchijima, Toshi Nagata, Yukio
Koide 10:30 Severe Hematochezia - Conventional Management and
Sp532 Outcomes
10:45 Prediction of Azathioprine Responsiveness in Crohn's Don C. Rockey
#573 Disease By 6-Thioguanosine Di- and Triphosphate Levels
in Red Blood Cells: A Prospective Study 10:48 Urgent Endoscopic Approach to Severe Hematochezia -
Markus F. Neurath*, Ralf Kiesslich, Ute Teichgraeber, Sp533 Assessment of Outcomes and Costs
Claudia Fischer, Uta Hofmann, Michael Eichelbaum, Peter Dennis M. Jensen
Galle, Mathias Schwab
11:06 Non-Variceal UGI Hemorrhage: Focus on Current
11:00 Medical Decision Analysis for Unifocal Low-Grade Sp534 Medical Treatment and Outcomes
#574 Dysplasia (LGD) in Ulcerative Colitis (UC) Alan Barkun
Geoffrey Nguyen*, Kevin D. Frick, Themistocles
Dassopoulos 11:24 Non-Variceal UGI Bleeding: Focus on Emergency
T Sp535 Endoscopic Diagnosis, Hemostasis, and Outcomes
U 11:15 Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis: A Study of Predictors of Martin L. Freeman
#575 Outcome and Efficacy for Cyclosporin and Infliximab
E Alissa Walsh*, Rebecca Cooley, Di Templeton, Tim Florin,
S Graham Radford-Smith ASGE Topic Forum
D 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 511 A/B/C
11:30 Intravenous Iron Sucrose: A Simple, Safe, and Quick LA Convention Center
A #576 Method to Treat Anemia Secondary to Digestive
Y Diseases Chairs: Mohamad A. Eloubeidi, Julia K. LeBlanc
MAY Santiago Garcia Lopez, Fernando Gomollon*, Jose Antonio
Garcia Erce, Roberto Aramendiz, Beatriz Sicilia, Raquel PANCREATIC EUS IN CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL
23 Vicente RESEARCH
11:45 Clinical Course in Crohn`s Disease: A Prospective 10:30 Histopathologic Correlates of Non-Calcific Chronic
#577 Population Based Follow-Up Study in Southeastern #578 Pancreatitis By EUS: A Prospective Tissue
Norway from January 1990 to December 2004 (The Characterization Study
IBSEN study) Shyam Varadarajulu*, Isam A. Eltoum, Ashutosh Tamhane,
Inger C. Solberg*, Jorgen Jahnsen, Morten Vatn, Bjorn Mohamad A. Eloubeidi
Moum, Idar Lygren
10:42 Pancreatic Cyst DNA Analysis (PANDA) Study: An
#579 Interim Report
Asif Khalid*, Sydney Finkelstein, Neeraj Kaushik, Julia
Leblanc, Nuzhat Ahmad, William Brugge, Steven
Edmundowicz, Robert Hawes, Kevin McGrath
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10:54 Long-Term Data for Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) and
#580 Percutanous (PTA) Guided Intratumoral TNFerade Gene
Delivery Combined with Chemoradiation in the
Treatment of Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
(LAPC)
James J. Farrell*, N Senzer, J R. Hecht, N Hanna, T Chung,
J Nemunaitis, A Rosemurgy, M Javle, T Reid, M Posner, J
Macko, K Chang
11:06 Chemoresistance-Related Genes Profile in Specimens

#581 Obtained By Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle
Aspiration (EUS-FNA)
Reiko Ashida*, Bunzo Nakata, Hiroyuki Inoue, Nobumasa
Mizuno, Kazuhide Higuchi, Kosei Hirakawa, Tetsuo
Arakawa, Masakazu Fukushima, Kenji Yamao
11:18 Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS), Chronic Pancreatitis, and
#582 Pancreatic Cancer (PC) Precursors in High Risk
Individuals
Marcia Irene Canto*, Kieran Brune, Anthony N. Kalloo,
Michael Goggins, Sanjay Jagannath, Sergey Kantsevoy, Ralph
Hruban
11:30 Diagnostic Accuracy of Endoscopic Ultrasound for

#583 Vascular Invasion in Pancreatic and Periampullary
Cancers: A Meta-Analysis & Systematic Review
Srinivas R. Puli*, Curt Hagedorn, Shailender Singh,
Mojtaba Olyaee
11:42 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Translational Research in EUS

Sp536 Kenneth J. Chang
ASGE Topic Forum

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Concourse Hall - 153 ABC
Chairs: Petar Mamula, Robert P. Dillard
PEDIATRIC ENDOSCOPY
10:30 Safety of Endoscopist Versus Anesthesiologist
#584 Administered Sedation for Pediatric Endoscopy: In and
Outside the Operating Room
Jenifer Lightdale*, Lisa Mahoney, Phillip Levine, Lisa Heard,
Victor Fox
10:42 Unique Endoscopic Futures of Corpus Gastritis with H.
#585 Pylori Infection in Children and Adolescents; Close
Observation By Conventional Endoscopy and Magnified T
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10:54 Immediate Complications of Upper Endoscopy in S
#586 Children
Kalpesh Thakkar*, Hashem B. El-Serag, Nora Mattek, Mark D
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11:06 Wireless Capsule Endoscopy (WCE) in Pediatric
Y
#587 Gastroenterology Practice MAY
Khiet Ngo*, Elizabeth Gendy, Marquelle Klooster, George 23
Yanni, Manoj Shah
11:18 Endoscopic and Surgical Findings of Failed

#588 Fundoplication in Children: Experience from Re-Do
Fundoplication (RF)
M Shah*, K Ngo, M Klooster, G Yanni, J Baerg, G Gollin, D
Moores
11:30 Prospective Evaluation of Impact of Endoscopic

#589 Management on Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction in
Children
Shyam Varadarajulu*, Charles M. Wilcox
11:42 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Advances and New

Sp537 Technologies in Adult Endoscopy: Can They Be Adapted
to Pediatrics
Joseph M.B. Croffie
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BASIC
AGA Research Forum 11:00 Centaurin Beta 1 Protein Down-Regulates Nuclear

#598 Factor Kappa B (NF-kB) Activation By NOD2 and NOD1
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 305
Pathways
LA Convention Center Jesus K. Yamamoto-Furusho*, Ramnik Xavier, Tadakazu
Hisamatsu, Daniel K. Podolsky
Chairs: Karel V. Erpecum, Piero Portincasa
11:15 Characterization of Foxp3+Cd4+Cd25+ Regulatory T
Sponsored by: Liver & Biliary #599 Cells from Mesenteric Lymph Nodes in Human
Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
BILE FORMATION AND GALLSTONE PATHOGENESIS Masayuki Saruta*, Qi T. Yu, Allison H. Banham,
Konstantinos A. Papadakis
10:30 Increased Activity of Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer
#590 Protein, Bile Acid and Cholesterol Synthesis and 11:30 IL-23 Cross Regulates IL-12 Production in T Cell
Trafficking in the Liver of Chilean Hispanics with #600 Dependent Experimental Colitis
Gallstones Christoph Becker*, Heike Dornhoff, Clemens Neufert,
Juan Francisco Miquel*, Juan Castro, Cecilia Galman, Massimo C. Fantini, Stefan Wirtz, Alexei Nikolaev, Hans A.
Ludwig Amigo, Luz Carreno, Silvana Zanlungo, Mats Lehr, A J. Murphy, D M. Valenzuela, G D. Yancopoulos, M
Rudling, Flavio Nervi Karow, Peter R. Galle, Markus F. Neurath
10:45 Prevention of Cholesterol (Ch) Gallstones By the Potent 11:45 Essential Counter-Regulatory Role of Farnesoid-X-
#591 Ch Absorption Inhibitor Ezetimibe in Gallstone- #601 Receptor (FXR) for Intestinal Innate Immunity
Susceptible Mice Stefano Fiorucci*, Barbara Renga, Giovanni Rizzo, Andrea
Helen H. Wang, Piero Portincasa, David Q. Wang* Mencarelli, Moses Disante, Mark Pruzanski, Roberto
Pellicciari, Antonio Morelli
11:00 The Adaptive Immune Response Appears Critical in
#592 Promoting Cholesterol Gallstone Formation in a BALB/C
Murine Model AGA Basic Science Symposium
Kirk Maurer*, Martin C. Carey, James G. Fox 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM West Hall B
11:15 Anti-Oxidant Mechanism of Ursodeoxycholic Acid On
#593 Gallbladder Muscle Cells from Symptomatic Gallstone
Chairs: Marshall Montrose, Martin F. Kagnoff
Patients
Michele P. Guarino*, Ping Cong, Simone Carotti, Rossana
Sponsored by: AGA Council
Alloni, Michele Cicala, Jose Behar
11:30 Sustained Potential of Soybean Lecithin to Counteract WNT SIGNALING IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT: FROM
#594 the Progression of Liver Disease and the Premature DEVELOPMENT TO CARCINGOGENISIS
Mortality Induced By ABCB4 Deficiency in Mice
Majorie Martel, Veronique St-Hilaire, Beatriz Tuchweber, Participants will be able to:
Marie-Eve Bourbonnais, Guylaine Bouchard* • Describe the pivotal role Wnt signaling plays in gut development
and repair; and
11:45 Regulation of Fatty Acid Fluxes and Synthesis in the • Characterize how Wnt contributes to tumorigenesis in the GI tract.
#595 Liver By Phosphatidylcholine Transfer Protein (PC-TP)
Erez F. Scapa*, Keishi Kanno, Wen-Jun Wang, David Cohen 10:30 Wnt, Stem Cells and Cancer of the Intestine
Sp538 Hans Clevers
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U 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 301 A/B Sp539 Randall Moon
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Chairs: Averil Ma, Gerhard Rogler 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 407
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Y Diseases Chairs: Alan Buchman, Palle Jeppesen
MAY IMMUNOLOGIC MECHANISMS AND THE PATHOGENESIS Sponsored by: Nutrition & Obesity
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SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME
• Understand immunologic mechanisms that play a role in the 10:30 Dietary Sulfur Amino Acid Supplementation Improves
pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. #513 Plasma, Jejunal and Ileal Mucosal Thiol/Disulfide Redox
Status and Increases Indices of Intestinal Adaptation
10:30 Generation of Bacterial-Reactive T Regulatory Cells Able After Massive Small Bowel Resection in Rats
#596 to Inhibit Colitogenic T Cells. Yvonne S. Nkabyo, Li H. Gu, Yancy 0. Mannery, Junqiang
Brian G. Morris*, Langfang Wang, Yingzi Cong, Charles O. Tian, Dean P. Jones, Thomas R. Ziegler*
Elson
10:45 Subcutaneous Glucagon-Like Peptide 2 (GLP-2) Alone
10:45 The Cd28 Homolog, B and T Lymphocyte Attenuator #514 and in Combination with Oral Cholylsarcosine in the
#597 (BTLA), Is An Important New Target for Treatment of short Bowel Syndrome (SBS) Patients
Immunoregulation in Experimental Colitis Palle B. Jeppesen*, Peter Hoeyerup, Per B. Mortensen
Edwin F. de Zoeten*, Kenneth Murphy, Jonathan Kaye,
Wayne W. Hancock
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11:00 Gut Decontamination and Dietary Glutamine Each
#515 Improve Thiol/Disulfide Redox in Rat Jejunal Mucosa
Following Combined Partial Small Bowel-Colonic
Resection
Junqiang Tian*, Li Gu, Prakash Chandra, Menghua Luo,
Andrew T. Gewirtz, Ifor R. Williams, Dean P. Jones, Thomas
R. Ziegler
11:15 The Effect of Severe Malnutrition and Subsequent

#516 Refeeding On Gut Mucosal Protein Fractional Synthesis
in Human Subjects
Trevor A. Winter*, Steven J. O'Keefe, Marie Callanan, Tessa
Marks
11:30 Continuous Enteral Feeding Improves Intestinal

#517 Absorption in short Bowel Syndrome Patients
Francisca Joly*, Xavier Dray, Sophie Rousseau, Laurence
Barbot, Kouroche Vahedi, Nathalie Kapel, Bernard Messing
11:45 Evolution of the Quality of Life of Malnourished

#518 Patients Treated with Home Enteral Nutrition
Xavier Hebuterne*, Pierre Senesse, Nicole Gaconnet, Patrick
Bachmann, Alain Burde, Kamel Arab, Corinne Bouteloup,
Erick Beaujard, Laurence Beck, Franck Arnaud-Battandier,
Stephane M. Schneider
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COMBINED
AGA Clinical Symposium 11:30 Expression of Multiple Simultaneous Biomarkers in

#606 Tissues of Patients with Colitis-Associated Neoplasia
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 304 A/B/C
Steven Itzkowitz*, Lina Jandorf, Noam Harpaz, Joel
LA Convention Center Skoletsky, Anthony Shuber
Chairs: John Dent, Donald Castell 11:45 Expression of Galectin-3 and Its Binding Protein (MAC-
#607 2BP) Correlate with Progression and Metastasis of
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders; Motility Colorectal Adenocarcinoma
& Nerve-Gut Interaction; Imaging & Advanced Technology; Kai-Feng Liu*, James C. Byrd, Shumei Song, Robert S.
Clinical Practice Bresalier
ADVANCES IN ESOPHAGEAL FUNCTION TESTING:

AGA Research Forum
STRIDES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 306 A/B
10:30 High Resolution Manometry: More Than Just Pretty LA Convention Center
Sp540 Pictures
Peter Kahrilas Chairs: Toku Takahashi, Ying Li
10:50 Multichannel Intraesophageal Impedance: A Useful Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction
Sp541 Adjunct to Manometry and pH Monitoring?
Daniel Sifrim BRAIN GUT AXIS REGULATION
11:10 Wireless pH Monitoring: Where Is It and Where Is It Participants will be able to:
Sp542 Going? • Discuss recent advances in our understanding of the neural
John Pandolfino connections between the brain and the gastrointestinal tract;
• Discuss recent advances in our understanding of the effects of
11:35 High Frequency Intraluminal Ultrasound: Imaging the
psychological factors on gastrointestinal function; and
Sp543 Muscularis Propria
• Discuss recent findings related to specific neurotransmitters and their
Ravi Mittal
role in central nervous system pathways influencing gastrointestinal
function.
AGA Research Forum
10:30 Early Weaning Stress Predisposes Adult Pigs to Stress-
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 501 A/B/C
#608 Induced Colonic Barrier Dysfunction: A Novel Model for
LA Convention Center Stress-Induced Gastrointestinal Disorders in Humans
Adam J. Moeser*, Duncan X. Lascelles, Anthony T.
Chairs: Samuel B. Ho, Martin Tobi Blikslager
Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology 10:45 Acupuncture Induces Gastric Phase III-Like
#609 Contractions Via Ghrelin Release in Conscious Rats
BIOMARKERS AND GI CANCERS Cindy Chen, Kiyoshi Tsukamoto, Yukiomi Nakade,
Theodore N. Pappas, Toku Takahashi*
• Learn about the various biomarkers for GI Cancers. 11:00 Peripherally Administered CRF Stimulates Colonic
#610 Motility Via Central CRF Receptors and Vagal Pathways
10:30 Colon Cancer Specific Antigen-3 and -4 (CCSA-3 and in Conscious Rats
T #602 CCSA-4): Novel Serum Based Markers for Detection of Kiyoshi Tsukamoto*, Yukiomi Nakade, Christopher Mantyh,
U Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Kirk Ludwig, Theodore N. Pappas, Toku Takahashi
Eddy Lehman, Robert E. Schoen*, Grant W. Cannon,
E Robert H. Getzenberg 11:15 Pathways Involved in Gut Mucosal Barrier Dysfunction
S #611 Induced in Adult Rats By Neonatal Maternal
10:45 Apoptosis in Normal Rectal Mucosa Predicts Adenoma Deprivation: CRF and NGF Interplay
D #603 Recurrence Frederick Barreau, Christel Salvador-Cartier, Laurent Ferrier,
A Ahmad Amin, Joseph Galanko, Christopher Martin, Barbara Jean Fioramonti, Lionel Bueno*
Y Schliebe, Robert S. Sandler, Temitope O. Keku*
11:30 Imaging Glutamate in Human Swallowing Motor Cortex:
MAY 11:00 Increased Level and Freqency of Methylation Correlates #612 Implications for Mechanisms of Neuroplasticity
23 #604 with a Poor Response to Chemotherapy and Radiation Salil Singh*, Satish Mistry, Samantha Jefferson, Karen E.
in Esophageal Cancer Davies, Steve R. Williams, Shaheen Hamdy
James P. Hamilton*, Fumiaki Sato, Bruce D. Greenwald,
Mohan Suntharalingham, Mark J. Krasna, Martin J. 11:45 Central Glucagon Like Peptide-1 Accelerates Colonic
Edelman, Yuriko Mori, Takatsugu Kan, Suna Wang, Bogdan #613 Transit Via a Central CRF and Peripheral
C. Paun, Tetsuo Ito, Yulan Cheng, John M. Abraham, Parasympathetic Pathway in Conscious Rats
Stephen J. Meltzer Yukiomi Nakade*, Kiyoshi Tsukamoto, Constant Masere,
Kirk Ludwig, Christopher R. Mantyh, Theodore N. Pappas,
11:15 Selection and Suitability of Microsatellite Markers for Toku Takahashi
#605 Colorectal Cancer Classification According to
Microsatellite Instability Degree
Rosa M Xicola, Xavier Llor*, Elisenda Pons, Anna Giros,
Miquel A Gassull, Gi Oncology Group Spanish
Gastroenterology Association
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AGA Research Forum AGA Translational Symposium
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 514 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 309
Chairs: Simon Gibbons, Kenton Sanders Chair: Lin Chang
Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction Sponsored by: Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their
Receptors; Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction; Pancreatic Disorders
FUNCTIONS OF INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL: STUDIES
IN ANIMAL MODELS AND HUMAN DISEASE NOVEL MOLECULAR TARGETS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR FUNCTIONAL GI
Participants will be able to: DISORDERS
• Learn about the function of interstitial cells of cajal in animal
models; Participants will be able to:
• Learn about the contribution of interstitial cells of cajal to motility • Review the types of neurokinin receptors involved in visceral pain
disturbances in human subjects; and and GI motility and their potential role in the development of drugs
• Learn about the interactions of interstitial cells of cajal with nerves for the treatment of functional GI disorders (FGID);
and smooth muscle cells. • Review the effects of corticotropin releasing factor receptors on the
modulation of gut function and perception and of CRF receptor
10:30 Dual Actions of Neurotensin and Localization of NTS1
antagonists in FGID; and
#614 Receptors Relative to SK3 Channels and Interstitial
• Discuss chloride channel activators and general drug discovery
Cells of Cajal in Human Ileum
principles applicable to FGID.
Yael Azriel, Fei Shang, Lu Liu, Elizabeth Burcher*
10:30 Neurokinin Receptors
10:45 ICC Networks Coordinate Propagation of Longitudinal
Sp544 Jan Tack
#615 Muscle Activity and Movements in the Murine Small
Intestine 11:00 CRF Receptors
Grant W. Hennig*, Peter Bayguinov, Laura Ritchie, Kyu Joo Sp545 Yvette Tache
Park, Hyun Tai Lee, Nick J. Spencer, Kent M. Sanders,
Terence K. Smith 11:30 Chloride Channel Activators
Sp546 Alan Verkman
11:00 Kit-Like Immunoreactivity Localizes in the Myenteric
#616 Plexus Region of the Zebrafish Gastrointestinal Tract
Adam Rich*, Scott Leddon, Simon Gibbons, Xu Xiaolei, SSAT Plenary Session
Gianrico Farrugia 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM 403 A
11:15 Involvement of Interstitial Cells of Cajal in
#617 Gastrointestinal Dysmotility of Diabetic Db/Db Mice Chairs: Susan Galandiuk, Kenneth Tanabe
Takahiro Yamamoto*, Kenji Watabe, Masanori Nakahara,
Koji Isozaki, Tatsuya Kiyohara, Syusaku Tsutsui, Shinji SSAT PLENARY SESSION
Tamura, Yasuhisa Shinomura, Norio Hayashi
11:30 Jejunal Afferent Hypersensitivity to Mechanical • Discuss current investigations and novel strategies in the
#618 Stimulation in W/Wv Mice Infected with Trichinella management of patients with surgical conditions relating to the
Spiralis gastrointestinal tract, liver, and pancreas;
Chris D. Keating*, Johanna Wheatcroft, Steve Foley, Gulzar • Discuss current basic science investigation relating to the
Singh, Arleta Reiff.marganiec, Chapman Victoria, Andrew gastrointestinal tract, liver, and pancreas; and
Bennett, Charles Marsden, Robin Spiller, David Grundy • Discuss current studies in clinical outcomes for patients with surgical
disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. T
11:45 Reduction of Interstitial Cells of Cajal (ICC) in
#619 Auerbach's Plexus in Patients with Achalasia: New U
10:30 Is a Peroperative END to END Anastomosis for a Bile
Insights in Pathogenesis #620 Duct Injury Justified? E
Ines Gockel*, Juergen R. Bohl, Volker F. Eckardt, Theodor Philip R. de Reuver*, Otto M. van Delden, Erik A. Rauws, S
Junginger Olivier R. Busch, Thomas M. van Gulik, D.R. J. Gouma D
10:45 Combination Therapy with TRA-8 Anti-Death Receptor-5 A
#621 Antibody Significantly Reduces Pancreatic Y
Adenocarcinoma Cell Viability In Vitro and Growth In
Vivo
MAY
Leo C. Derosier*, Zhi Huang, Jeffrey Sellers, Kurt Zinn, 23
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11:00 Gallstones Containing Bacteria Are Biofilms: Bacterial

#622 Slime Production and Ability to Form Pigment Solids
Determines Infection Severity and Bacteremia
Lygia Stewart*, J. Macleod Griffiss, Gary A. Jarvia, Lawrence
W. Way
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10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 405
Chairs: Shin Fukudo, William Whitehead
BRAIN GUT INTERACTIONS IN FUNCTIONAL GI

DISORDERS
• Gain a better understanding of brain mechanisms relevant for brain
gut interactions;
• Learn about mind directed therapies in the treatmen of IBS; and
• Learn about the role of adverse life events in the pathophysiology of
functional GI disorders.
10:30 Association Between Central Activation and Pain

#531 Reports in Women with IBS
Yehuda Ringel*, Douglas A. Drossman, J.N. Leserman, Weili
Lin, Kathy Wilber, Brandall Y. Suyenobu, Steve Berman,
Whitehead E. William, Emeran Mayer
10:45 Non Genomic Transmission of Visceral Hypersensitivity

#532 Across Generations After Maternal Separation
Rene M. van den Wijngaard*, Olaf Welting, Pieter H.
Looijmans, Wouter J. de Jonge, Guy E. Boeckxstaens
11:00 Identification of Brain Networks Associated with
#533 Visceral Perception and Hypervigilance in Patients with
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Jennifer S. Labus*, Emeran A. Mayer, Steve M. Berman,
Brandall Suyenobu, Lin Chang, Bruce D. Naliboff
11:15 Abnormal CNS Response to Anticipation of Visceral

#534 Distention in Female Patients with Irritable Bowel
Syndrome (IBS) - An FMRI Study
Steven M. Berman*, Bruce D. Naliboff, Brandall Suyenobu,
Lin Chang, Joshua Bueller, Kim Ruby, Michael Minnema,
Jean Stains, Emeran A. Mayer
11:30 A Randomized Controlled Trial of Therapist-
#535 Administered vs. Minimal-Therapist-Contact Cognitive
Behavioral Treatment for Moderate to Severe IBS
Jeffrey M. Lackner*, Kenneth A. Holroyd, Gregory D.
Gudleski, Susan S. Krasner, Leonard A. Katz, Catherine D.
Powell, Praveen K. Sampath, Rebecca S. Firth, Brian T.
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ASGE Hands-On
Westin Bonaventure
Chair: Steven A. Edmundowicz

ENDOLUMINAL TREATMENT OF GERD (AH3)
Sp547
Yang K. Chen*
Sp547a
Christopher J. Gostout
Sp547b
George Triadafilopoulos
Sp547c
Ram Chuttani
ASGE Poster Grand Rounds

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM 515 A
Chair: John A. Martin
BILIARY AND PANCREATIC ERCP
ASGE Poster Grand Rounds

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM 515 B
Chair: Lauren B. Gerson
SMALL BOWEL IMAGING
AGA Problem-Based Learning Luncheons

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
T
Sp584 Abdominal Pain and Abnormal Liver Function Tests in a
Graduate Student (LL06)
U
Helen Shields Rexford Room E
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Esophagus (LL07) A
Prateek Sharma Larchmont Room Y
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Disease in an Adolescent (LL08)
Harland Winter Mulholland Room
Sp587 Nonulcer Dyspepsia: A 34-Year-Old Woman with
Intermittent Epigastric Discomfort and Post-Prandial
Nausea (LL09)
Suzanne Rose Hillhurst Room
Sp588 Unresponsive GERD versus Eosinophilic Esophagitis in
a 15-Year-Old Male (LL10)
Laurie Fishman Serrano Room
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COMBINED
DDW Meet-the-Investigator Luncheons Sp562 HBV Treatment (M054)

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Daryl Lau Room 302
Sp563 HCV Treatment (M050)
Michael Fried Caucus
Sp548 Stem Cells in the Gastrointestinal Tract (M071) Marriott LA - Second Level
Robert Whitehead Garden East
Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level Sp564 Hemochromatosis: From Screening to Pathogenesis to
Therapy (M037)
Bruce Bacon Doheny Room
DDW Meet-the-Professor Luncheons Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Sp565 Herbal Therapies for GI Health and Disease (M057)
Timothy Lipman Room 308
Sp549 Advanced Polypectomy Techniques (M067) Sp566 Malabsorption (M070)
Roy M. Soetikno Salon C Jerry Trier Room 309
Wilshire Grand - Lobby Level Marriott LA - Third Level
Sp550 Advances in Colorectal Rectal Cancer Screening (M055) Sp567 Medical vs Surgical Management of Ulcerative Colitis
David A. Lieberman Room 304 (M059)
Marriott LA - Third Level Fabrizio Michelassi*, Ellen Scherl 410
Sp551 Ampullary Polyps (M038)
Todd H. Baron 309 Sp568 Medical, Surgical and Endoscopic Treatment of Obesity
Lee Kaplan Room 310
Sp552 Capsule Endoscopy (M046) Marriott LA - Third Level
Sponsored by The ASGE Endoscopy SIG
David E. Fleischer 303 AB Sp569 Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Surgery (M060)
LA Convention Center Attila Nakeeb Verdugo Room
Sp553 Chromoendoscopy (M044)
Marcia R. Cruz-Correa 301 A/B Sp570 Multidisciplinary Management of Biliary Leaks/Injuries
Keith Lillemoe Chandler Room
Sp554 Controversies in Liver Biopsies: Who? When? How? Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level
Why? (M049)
Lawrence S. Friedman Room 305 Sp571 New Technology (M039)
Marriott LA - Third Level Kenneth F. Binmoeller 305
Sp555 Drug-Induced Liver Injury (M042)
Naga P. Chalasani Room 301 Sp573 Post Inflammatory Functional GI Disease (M068)
T Marriott LA - Third Level Robin Spiller Room 312
U Marriott LA - Third Level
Sp556 Dyspepsia and Visceral Hypersensitivity (M069)
E Jan F. Tack Room 306 Sp574 Pouchitis (M061)
S Marriott LA - Third Level Darrell Pardi Concourse Ballroom - Salon 1
D Marriott LA - Second Level
Sp557 Endoscopy in Acute & Chronic Pancreatitis (M065)
A Stuart Sherman Room 307 Sp575 Practical Management of Short Bowel, Intestinal Failure
Y Marriott LA - Third Level and Home TPN (M040)
MAY Alan Buchman Salon A
Sp558 Enteral Nutrition (M045) Wilshire Grand - Lobby Level
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Mark Delegge Glenwood Room Sp576 Practice Management (M064)
Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level Colleen Schmitt Fernwood Room
Sp559 Ethical Considerations in GI Disorders (M062)
David T. Rubin Concourse Ballroom - Salon 3 Sp577 Preoperative Decision Making in the Difficult Patient
Marriott LA - Second Level with Pancreatic Cancer (M041)
Mark Callery 405
Sp560 EUS: Advanced Techniques (M063) LA Convention Center
Thomas J. Savides 514 Sp578 Sedation Controversies (M073)
LA Convention Center Gregory Zuccaro Brentwood Room
Sp561 H. Pylori in 2006 (M051)
Benjamin Gold Board Room Lounge
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Sp579 Surgical Management of GI Neuroendocrine Tumors
(M043)
Herbert Chen Sawtelle Room
Sp580 The Use Medications for GI Conditions During
Pregnancy (M058)
Uma Mahadevan Salon B
Sp581 Therapeutic ERCP (M066)
Adam Slivka 306 A/B
Sp582 Therapeutic EUS (M048)
Paul Fockens 513
Sp583 Treatment of Villous Adenocarcinoma Endoscopy vs
Local Resection vs Whipple (M047)
Carlos Fernandez Del Castillo Balboa Room
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CLINICAL

2:15 PM - 3:45 PM Concourse Hall - 152 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 411
Chairs: Richard Sampliner, Gary W. Falk Chairs: Don C. Rockey, David A. Brenner
Sponsored by: AGA; ASGE Sponsored by: AASLD
BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS: WHO SHOULD WE DIAGNOSE HEPATIC FIBROGENESIS: MECHANISMS, SURROGATE

AND HOW SHOULD WE TREAT? MARKERS AND THERAPEUTICS
2:15 Does Screening for Barrett's Esophagus and Participants will be able to:
Sp589 Adenocarcinoma Prolong Survival • Understand mechanisms of liver fibrosis reversal;
Nicholas J. Shaheen • Learn the indications for use of non-invasive measures of liver
fibrosis; and
2:38 Should Patients with GERD Be Screened • Become familiar with different potential treatment possibilities for
Sp590 John Inadomi liver fibrosis.
3:01 Ablation Therapy of Barrett's Esophagus and 2:15 Welcome and Introduction
Sp591 Adenocarcinoma Sp599 Don C. Rockey
Peter D. Siersema
2:20 Mechanisms of Liver Fibrosis and Fibrosis Reversal
3:23 What Is the Role of EMR in the Management of Barrett's Sp600 John P. Iredale
Sp592 Esophagus and Adenocarcinoma
Kenneth K. Wang 2:40 Non-Invasive Measures of Liver Fibrosis: Where Do We
Sp601 Stand?
D. Montgomery Bissell
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM Concourse Hall - 151 3:00 Treatment of Liver Fibrosis: Reversal of the Underlying
LA Convention Center Sp602 Disease Process
Eugene R. Schiff
Chairs: Bruce D. Schirmer, Richard Rothstein
3:20 Primary Treatment of Liver Fibrosis
Sponsored by: SSAT; ASGE; AGA Sp603 Timothy R. Morgan
EVIDENCE BASED MANAGEMENT OF OBESITY SURGERY 3:40 Panel Discussion

Sp604 Don C. Rockey
AND ITS COMPLICATIONS
2:15 Effectiveness and Common Complications of Bariatric AASLD Clinical Symposium
Sp593 Surgery: Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 409 A/B
Ninh Nguyen
2:33 Effectiveness and Common Complications of Bariatric
Sp594 Surgery: Lap Adjustable Gastric Band Chairs: Laurie D. DeLeve, Dominique Valla
T Jeff Allen
Sponsored by: AASLD
U 2:51 Effectiveness and Common Complications of Bariatric
E Sp595 Surgery: Billiopancreatic Diversion and Duodenal Switch VASCULAR DISEASES OF THE LIVER
Peter F. Crookes
S Participants will be able to:
D 3:09 Medical Management of Complications After Bariatric • Provide a review of the current diagnostic and therapeutic
A Sp596 Surgery approaches; and
Lee Kaplan • Discuss risk factors for vascular liver disease so that the participant
Y can identify patients at increased risk.
MAY 3:27 Emerging Endoscopic Treatments for the Treatment of
Sp597 Obesity 2:15 Welcome and Introduction
23 Lee L. Swanstrom Sp605 Laurie D. DeLeve
2:20 Budd-Chiari Syndrome

Sp606 Dominique Valla
2:45 Liver Involvement in Hereditary Hemorrhagic

Sp607 Telangiectasia
Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao
3:10 Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome
Sp608 Laurie D. DeLeve
Sp609 Laurie D. DeLeve
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AGA Topic Forum AGA Clinical Symposium
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 502 A 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM Petree D
Chairs: Michael L. Kochman, Pankaj J. Pasricha Chairs: Donald Castell, Gary W. Falk
Sponsored by: Imaging & Advanced Technology Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders; Clinical
Practice; Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction
ADVANCED ENDOSCOPIC THERAPEUTICS AND
TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF
GERD
• Become familiar with advanced therapeutic technologies for 2:15 Why Is My Clinic Full of PPI Failures and What Should
management of digestive disorders. Sp615 I Do for Them?
Ronnie Fass
2:15 Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery
#623 (NOTES) Cholecystectomy: A Transcolonic Survival 2:35 What's New in Medical Therapy and What's On the
Study in a Porcine Model Sp616 Horizon?
Reina D. Pai*, Derek G. Fong, Douglas S. Fishman, David Nimish Vakil
W. Rattner, Christopher C. Thompson
2:55 When Should I Call the Surgeon for a Fundoplication?
2:30 Endoscopic Anastomotic Reduction After Roux-en-Y Sp617 John Hunter
#624 Gastric Bypass Surgery: A Potential Treatment for
Weight Regain 3:20 Should I Ever Recommend An Endoscopic Antireflux
Derek G. Fong*, David B. Lautz, Christopher C. Thompson Sp618 Procedure?
Brian Fennerty
2:45 Transcolonic Endoscopic Abdominal Exploration
#625 Derek G. Fong*, Reina D. Pai, Christopher C. Thompson
AGA Research Forum
3:00 Usefullnes of Endoscopic Mucosal Resection As a Final 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM Concourse Hall - 150 A/B/C
#626 Diagnostic Method in Gastroesophageal Dysplasias and LA Convention Center
Carcinomas
Mario Rey Chairs: Rona Levy, Bruce Naliboff
3:15 State-of-the-Art: Advanced Endoluminal Therapeutics
Sp610 Jeffery Ponsky
FUNCTIONAL GI DISORDERS: SYMPTOMS, COMORBIDITY
AGA Clinical Symposium AND TREATMENT
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 502 B
• Learn about new treatment modalities for IBS;
• Understand the relationship of psychiatric factors with functional GI
Chairs: Ellen Scherl, Gail Hecht disorders; and
• Understand brain responses relevant to functional GI disorders.
Sponsored by: Clinical Practice; Pancreatic Disorders; Esophageal,
Gastric & Duodenal Disorders 2:15 Anxiety and Depression Predict the Likelihood of a
#627 Functional GI Disorder (FGID) Separately from Their
CAREER DEVELOPMENT FROM A WOMAN'S PERSPECTIVE Relationship to Somatization
Gregory S. Sayuk*, Jill E. Elwing, Patrick J. Lustman, Ray T
Participants will be able to: E. Clouse U
• Understand how to evaluate and structure private practice to
enhance the quality of the physician's clinical experience; 2:30 Pain and Depression Predict Improved Health-Related
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• Improve career development skills in the academic medical arena; #628 Quality of Life in Severe IBS Treated with S
and Psychotherapy of Antidepressant D
• Assess data on women's satisfaction in gastroenterology and literature Francis Creed*, Elspeth Guthrie, Joy Ratcliffe, Lakshmi
on burnout. Fernandes, Barbara Tomenson, Nicholas Read, David
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Thompson Y
2:15 Maximizing Clinical Practice Opportunities MAY
Sp611 Robynne Chutkan 2:45 Effect of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor
#629 Antagonist On the Brain Activation By Colonic 23
2:37 Succeeding in Academics Distention in Healthy Subjects and Patients with
Sp612 Grace Elta Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Shin Fukudo*, Toyohiro Hamaguchi, Michiko Kano,
3:00 Balancing Work-Life Issues
Yasuhiro Sagami, Tomotaka Shoji, Yuka Endo, Masatoshi
Sp613 Sarah Streett
Itoh, Kazuhiko Yanai, Michio Hongo, Motoyori Kanazawa
3:22 Women's Digestive Health Centers
3:00 Effects of Hypnotherapy On IBS in Different Clinical
Sp614 Karen Woods
#630 Settings - Results from Two Randomized, Controlled
Trials
Perjohan Lindfors*, Peter Unge, Einar S. Bjornsson, Annika
Stenman, Patrik Arvidsson, Hasse Abrahamsson, Magnus
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3:15 Sex-Specific Differences in a Brain Network Functioning AGA Clinical Symposium
#631 During Anticipation of Rectal Discomfort in Irritable
Bowel Syndrome Patients (IBS)
Jen Labus*, Emeran A. Mayer, Steve Berman, Brandall LA Convention Center
Suyenobu, Lin Chang, Bruce D. Naliboff
Chairs: Daniel Present, Simon Travis
3:30 Is Abdominal Distension Related to Delayed Small and
#632 Large Bowel Transit in Patients with Constipation Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel
Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS-C)? Diseases
Anurag Agrawal*, Peter J. Whorwell, Lesley A. Houghton
TREATMENT OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS
AGA Research Forum Participants will be able to:
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 406 A/B • Review the recent advances in formulation and dose response of
LA Convention Center mesalamine for ulcerative colitis;
• Review the use of cyclosporine and tacrolimus for refractory
Chairs: Sander van Zanten, Ernst Kuipers ulcerative colitis; and
• Review the use of infliximab and visilizumab for refractory ulcerative
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders colitis.
H. PYLORI DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT 2:15 5-Aminosalicylate Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis
Sp619 Michael Kamm
• Learn new H. Pylori treatment regimens and diagnostic methods. 2:45 Medical Therapy for Refractory Ulcerative Colitis
Sp620 Edward Loftus
2:15 Effect of 2 Weeks Furazolidone- Or 2 Weeks
#633 Metronidazole- Or Combination of 1week Furazolidone+ 3:15 Surgical Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis
1 Week Metronidazole-Based Anti Helicobacter Pylori Sp621 Eric Dozois
Regimens in Peptic Ulcer: A Randomized-Controlled
Multicenter Trial ASGE Topic Forum
Y Ajvadi, R Malekzadeh, S Nasseri-Moghaddam, N E 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM Concourse Hall - 153 ABC
Daryani, H Vahedi, N Zendehdel, R Sotoudehmanesh, S
Agah, J Mikaeli, A Pourshams, M Khatibian, A Ali Asgari,
Sadegh Massarrat*
Chairs: Mohammad R. Anees, Manoop S. Bhutani
2:30 One-Week Once-Daily Triple Therapy with
#634 Esomeprazole, Moxifloxacin and Rifabutin Is Effective in CLINICAL INNOVATIONS IN EUS
the Treatment of Helicobacter Pylori Resistant to Both
2:15 Complete “Medical Mediastinoscopy” Under Conscious
Metronidazole and Clarithromycin
#639 Sedation: A Prospective Blinded Comparison of
Stephan Miehlke*, Wulf Schneider-Brachert, Andrea
Endoscopic and Endobronchial Ultrasound to
Morgner, Ahmed Madisch, Christian Kirsch, Elke Baestlein,
Bronchoscopic Fine Needle Aspiration for Malignant
Christian Haferland, Claus Jebens, Holger Knoth, Manfred
Mediastinal Lymph Nodes
Stolte, Norbert Lehn
Michael B. Wallace*, Jorge M. Pascual, Massimo Raimondo,
2:45 Three and Seven Days Levofloxacin/Azithromycin-Based Timothy A. Woodward, Barbara L. Mccomb, Margaret M.
#635 Triple Therapies As First-Line Treatment for Johnson, Mohammad Al-Haddad, Kyung W. Noh,
Helicobacter Pylori Eradication Pungpapong Surakit, Joy Hardee, Octavio Pajaro, John A.
Rosalba Finizio*, Enrico C. Nista, Marcello Candelli, Odell
Giovanni Cammarota, Giovanni Gasbarrini, Antonio
T Gasbarrini
2:27 Impact of Staging Endosonography on Treatment and
U #640 Survival in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
3:00 Analysis of Effects and Costs of Gatifloxacin, Mohamad Eloubeidi*, Renee Desmond, Shilpa Desai, Mohit
E Mehra, Ayesha Bryant, Robert Cerfolio
#636 rabeprazole Or Lansoprazole-Based Triple Therapies in
S Eradication of Helicobecter Pylori Infection in China
2:39 Endoscopic Ultrasound Can Accurately Detect Liver
D Yingqiang Zhong*, Zhongsheng Xia, Qikui Chen, Zhiyong
#641 Metastases - Results from a Prospective Controlled Trial
A Zeng
Pankaj Singh*, Phalguni Mukhopadhyay, Bankim Bhatt,
Y 3:15 In Children Eradication of Helicobacter Pylori Does Not Tushar Patel, Yasir Yaqub, Sanjay Bhat, Richard A. Erickson
MAY #637 Promote Gastroespophageal Reflux Disease: A
2:51 Economic Realities of Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) in
Multichannel pH-Impedance Study
23 #642 An Academic Gastroenterology Practice
Osvaldo Borrelli*, Caterina Anania, Letizia Cordischi,
Douglas O. Faigel
Felicia Galos, Marina Aloi, Manuela Cirulli, Valeria
Labalestra, Valentina Mancini, Salvatore Cucchiara 3:03 EUS for Prostate Cancer: A Preliminary Experience
#643 Everson L. Artifon*, Paulo Sakai, Shinichi Ishioka, Antonio
3:30 Signs of H Pylori Infection in Autoimmune Atrophic
Pompeo, Manoop S. Bhutani, Fabio Y. Hondo, Robert
#638 Gastritis Patients By Immunoblotting
Wong, Fauze Maluf, Antonio Marmo, Miguel Srougi
Edith Lahner, Annalisa Santucci, Dino Vaira, Amelia
Pasquali, Roberta Mini, Natale Figura, Gianfranco Delle 3:15 Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
Fave, Bruno Annibale* #644 (EUS FNA) Detection of Malignant Iliac Lymph Nodes
in Rectal Cancer
Michael J. Levy*, Steven R. Alberts, Jonathan E. Clain, Amy
C. Clayton, Ferga Gleeson, Gavin C. Harewood, Paul J.
Limburg, Heidi Nelson, Elizabeth Rajan, Mark D. Topazian,
Kenneth K. Wang, Maurits J. Wiersema
3:27 State-of-the-Art Lecture: EUS: A Look Into the Horizon
Sp622 Peter Vilmann
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ASGE Clinical Symposium 3:27 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Endoscopic Complications: Risk
Sp627 Reduction and Management
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 515 B
Gregory G. Ginsberg
Chairs: John J. Vargo, Yang K. Chen ASGE Clinical Symposium
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 515 A
Sponsored by: ASGE LA Convention Center
CONTROVERSIES IN SEDATION FOR ENDOSCOPY Chairs: Patrick R. Pfau, Horst Neuhaus
2:15 Use of Propofol in the ASC: An Endoscopist's
Sponsored by: ASGE
Sp623 Perspective
Lawrence B. Cohen
MANAGEMENT OF DUODENAL & AMPULLARY POLYPS
2:32 Use of Propofol in the ASC: An Anesthesiologist's
2:15 Endoscopic Management of Duodenal Adenomas in FAP
Sp624 Perspective
Sp628 Patients
Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum
Christopher J. Gostout
2:49 Reimbursement Implications of Propofol Use By Non-
2:35 Local Treatment of Sporadic Benign Ampullary Tumors
Sp625 Anesthesiologists
Sp629 Jacques M.E. Deviere
Joel V. Brill
2:55 EMR & ESD of Non-Ampullary Duodenal Lesions
3:06 Legal Issues Surrounding Propofol Mediated Sedation in
Sp630 Naogisha Yahagi
Sp626 the ASC
Andrew D. Feld
ASGE Topic Forum

2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 511 A/B/C
Chairs: V. Raman Muthusamy, John M. DeWitt
ENDOSCOPIC SAFETY AND COMPLICATIONS
2:15 Randomised Controlled Trial of Sedation for
#645 Colonoscopy: Entonox Versus Intravenous Sedation
Sushil K. Maslekar*, Mark Hughes, Elaine Skinn, Angela
Gardiner, Brian Culbert, Graeme S. Duthie
2:27 Prospective Determination of Bacteremia and Associated
#646 Complications in Patients Undergoing Endoscopic
Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS FNA)
of Rectal and Perirectal Lesions
Michael J. Levy*, Ian D. Norton, Jonathan E. Clain, Ferga
Gleeson, Gavin C. Harewood, Elizabeth Rajan, Mark D.
Topazian, Kenneth K. Wang, Maurits J. Wiersema, Walter R.
Wilson
2:39 Endoscopic Resection in Esophagus and Stomach Is T

#647 Safe: A Prospective Analysis of 303 Procedures U
Femke P. Peters*, Lianne P. Brakenhoff, Wouter L. Curvers, E
Wilda D. Rosmolen, Fiebo J. Ten Kate, Kausilia K.
Krishnadath, Paul Fockens, Jacques J. Bergman S
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2:51 Comparison of Proton Pump Inhibitor with H2 Receptor
#648 Antagonist for Prevention of Bleeding from Ulcer After A
Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Early Gastric Y
Cancers: A Non-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial MAY
Noriya Uedo*, Takuya Yamada, Yoji Takeuchi, Ryu Ishihara,
Sachiko Yamamoto, Koji Higashino, Hiroyasu Iishi, 23
Masaharu Tatsuta
3:03 Prospective Randomized Trial Evaluating Ketamine for

#649 Advanced Endoscopic Procedures in Difficult to Sedate
Patients
Shyam Varadarajulu*, Mohamad A. Eloubeidi, Ashutosh
Tamhane, Charles M. Wilcox
3:15 Use of Hemostatic Clips in Patients Undergoing

#650 Colonoscopy in the Setting of Coumadin
Anticoagulation Therapy
Douglas A. Howell*, Sheila L. Eswaran, Burr J. Loew,
Michael K. Sanders, John F. Erkkinen, Kirk P. Bernadino,
Bejamin B. Potter, Gordon A. Millspaugh, James H. Morse,
Michael A. Roy, Andreas M. Stefan, Karl C. Sze, Janice M.
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BASIC
AASLD Topic Forum AGA Topic Forum

2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 408 A/B 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 404 A/B
Chairs: Zobair Younossi, John C. Hoefs Chairs: Detlef Schuppan, Bana Jabri
HCV TREATMENT II Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders; Immunology, Microbiology &
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
2:15 Sustained Virological Response Leads to An Improved
#651 Clinical Outcome in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C CELIAC DISEASE
and Advanced Fibrosis
Bart J. Veldt*, E. Jenny . Heathcote, Heiner Wedemeyer, Participants will be able to:
Juerg Reichen, W. Peter Hofmann, Stefan Zeuzem, Michael • Understand recent advances in the understanding of the
P. Manns, Bettina E. Hansen, Solko W. Schalm, Harry L. pathophysiology of celiac disease.
Janssen
2:15 Intestinal T-Cell Responses to Gluten-Derived Peptides
2:30 Antiviral Activity of Cho-Ss-Derived Omega Interferon #657 Reveal a Large Repertoire and a Hierarchy of Gluten
#652 and Other Interferons Against HCV RNA Replicons and Epitopes in Adult HLA-Dq2-Positive Celiac Patients
Related Viruses Alessandra Camarca, Robert P. Anderson, Gianfranco
Victor Buckwold*, Jiayi Wei, Zhuhui Huang, Chunsheng Mamone, Mauro Rossi, Gaetano Iaquinto, Nicola Giardullo,
Huang, Aysegul Nalca, Jay Wells, Julie Russell, William Salvatore Auricchio, Riccardo Troncone, Carmen Gianfrani*
Lang, Curtis Scribner, Dennis Blanchett, Tom Alessi, Peter
Langecker 2:30 Role of CXCR3 in Gliadin-Mediated Zonulin Release
#658 and Increased Intestinal Permeability
2:45 Hispanic Patients with Genotype 2 Or 3 Chronic Julie Brownley, Ruiliang Lu, Anna Sapone, Bao Lu, Craig
#653 Hepatitis C Have Lower Rates of Sustained Virologic Gerard, Stefanie N. Vogel, Alessio Fasano*
Response to Treatment with Pegylated Interferon and
Ribavirin 2:45 Enteric Glial Protein S100-Beta Modulates Intestinal
Jeff Douglass*, Clifford Qualls, Charles Wiggins, Jeff #659 Mucosa Inflammation in Celiac Disease
Dunkelberg, Sanjeev Arora Esposito Giuseppe*, Carla Cirillo, Daniele De Filippis,
Giovanni Sarnelli, Alessandro Iacono, Francesco Paolo
3:00 How to Break the Persistence of HCV Infection; New D'Armiento, Teresa Iuvone, Rosario Cuomo
#654 Strategy Based On Recent Progress of Immunology
Kazuaki Inoue*, Masaya Yamada, Tsunamasa Watanabe, 3:00 Challenge of HLA-Dr4, -Dq8, Human CD4 Triple
Hiroshi Yasuda, Makoto Yoshiba #660 Transgenic NOD Mice with Gliadin in Complete
Freund’s Adjuvant, Followed By Oral Gluten
3:15 The Effect of Liver Fibrosis and Cirrhosis On SVR in Tobias Freitag*, Grete Sonderstrup, Detlef Schuppan
#655 4913 Patients with Hepatitis C; Results from the Win-R
Trial 3:15 A 35mer Peptide with T Cell Stimulatory Activity
Nezam Afdhal*, Ira Jacobsen, Robert Brown, Bradley #661 Comparable to Whole Gliadin: A Lead Compound for
Freilich, John Santoro, Louis Griffel, Clifford Brass, Th. Peptide Immunotherapy in Celiac Disease?
Win-R Study Group Jason A. Tye-Din*, Tim Beissbarth, Robert P. Anderson
3:30 Association Between HLA Allele a*02, B*58, Dpb*1701 3:30 Intestinal Dendritic Cells in Celiac Disease
T #656 and Sustained Virologic Response to Pegylated #662 Antonio Di Sabatino*, Karen M. Pickard, John N. Gordon,
Interferon and Ribavirin Therapy in Chronic HCV M R. Beattie, Giovanni Monteleone, Tom T. MacDonald
U Genotype 1-Infected, Treatment NaïVe Caucasian and
E African Americans
Shannon Rhodes*, Henry Erlich, Kyung Ah Im, Jun Wang, AGA Research Symposium
S 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 309
Jai Li, Teodorica Bugawan, Lennox Jeffers, Xiaomei Tong,
D Xiaowen Su, Leland J. Lee, T. Jake Liang, Huiying Yang LA Convention Center
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MAY Sponsored by: Growth, Development & Aging; Pancreatic
23 Disorders; Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their
Receptors
GASTROINTESTINAL DEVELOPMENT - LESSONS FROM

GENETIC MOUSE MODELS
• Review the cell lineages of the intestinal epithelium;
• Discuss the evolving thinking regarding the hierarchy of genes
controlling development of the gastrointestinal epithelium; and
• Understand the potential links between disregulation of normal
growth and differentiation signals and tumor development in the
gastrointestinal tract.
2:15 Regulation of Gut Development in Zebrafish
Sp631 Michael Pack
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2:45 Hedgehog Family Signaling and Crypt/Villus Axis AGA Research Forum
Sp632 Patterning
Deborah Gumucio
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 301 A/B
3:15 Regulation of Villus Morphogenesis By Epimorphin
Sp633 Deborah Rubin Chairs: George Greeley, Joseph Pisegna

AGA Research Forum Receptors
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 303 AB
LA Convention Center SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION MECHANISMS BY
GASTROINTESTINAL PEPTIDES AND RECEPTORS
Chairs: Nachman Mazurek, Hiroshi Nakagawa
Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology • understand the signaling mechanisms activated by GI peptides;
• understand the biochemistry of GI ligand receptors; and
REGULATION OF APOPTOSIS AND PROLIFERATION IN GI • understand the consequences of GI peptide signaling in normal
CANCERS physiology and disease.
Participants will be able to: 2:15 Substance P Mediates Anti-Apoptotic Pathways Through
• Learn about how apoptosis and proliferation are regulated in GI #669 Akt/Protein Kinase B Activation in Human Colonic
cancers. Epithelial Cells
Hon Wai Koon*, Dezheng Zhao, Yanai Zhan, Mary P.
2:15 ELF Phosphorylation By TβRi and Cyclin Dependent Moyer, Charalabos Pothoulakis
#663 Kinases in Cos-7 and Hepg2 Tumor Cell Lines
Nady Golestaneh*, Eugene A. Volpe, Jyotshna Kanungo, 2:30 CREB-Dependent COX-2 Expression By Ang II and EGF
Stephen R. Evans, Bibhuti Mishra, Harish Pant, Lopa #670 in Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Mishra Hung Pham, Lee W. Slice*
2:30 Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3 Regulates 2:45 RNA Interference Reveals a Differential Role of FAK and
#664 Esophageal Epithelial Cell Homeostasis Through #671 Pyk2 in Cell Migration, Leading Edge Formation and
Negative Regulation of Insulin-Like Growth Factor Increase in Focal Adhesions Induced By LPA in
Signaling Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Munenori Takaoka, Takaomi Okawa, Claudia D. Andl, Xiaohua Jiang*, Rodrigo Jacamo, Elena Zhukova, James
Carmen Z. Michaylira, Meenhard Herlyn, Hiroshi Sinnett-Smith, Enrique Rozengurt
Nakagawa*
3:00 Localization of Protein Kinase D2 in Endoplasmic
2:45 Prostaglandin E2 Stimulates Intestinal Epithelial #672 Reticulum and Regulation of Neurotensin Secretion in
#665 Proliferation and Migration Through Activation of the Human Bon Endocrine Cell Line
Intestinal Subepithelial Myofibroblasts J.N. Li*, Kathleen L. O'Connor, Srinivasan Rajaraman,
George G. Sheng, Jinyi Shao, Randy C. Mifflin, Don W. Courtney M. Townsend, B. Mark Evers
Powell, Hongmiao Sheng*
3:15 Pkd3 in Intestinal Epithelial Cells: Activation By
3:00 Azoxymethane Protects Intestinal Stem Cells and #673 Phorbol Esters and G Protein Coupled Receptor
#666 Reduces Crypt Epithelial Mitosis Through a COX-1 Agonists Through Pkc
Dependent Mechanism Jingzhen Yuan*, Enrique Rozengurt
Courtney W. Houchen*, Terrence Riehl, Robert George,
Mark Sturmoski, Brian Dieckgraefe, Shrikant Anant 3:30 Protein Kinase D2 Potentiates DNA Synthesis Induced
#674 By Gq-Coupled Receptors By Increasing the Duration of
3:15 The Colorectal Cancer Tumor Suppressor Krüppel-Like ERK Signaling in Swiss 3T3 Cells T
#667 Factor 4 Is Anti-Apoptotic in Response to γ Radiation- James Sinnett-Smith*, Elena Zhukova, Gabriel Kleinman,
Induced DNA Damage Xiaohua Jiang, Enrique Rozengurt U
Amr M. Ghaleb*, Vincent W. Yang E
AGA Research Forum S
3:30 Galectin-3 Loss Leads to Pten Down-Regulation and
#668 Acquisition of Trail-Resistance in Human Colon Cancer 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 305 D
Cells LA Convention Center A
Nachman Mazurek*, Yun Jie Sun, Kai-Feng Liu, Robert S. Y
Bresalier Chairs: Kim E. Barrett, Eyal Raz
MAY
Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel 23
Diseases
MECHANISMS OF PROBIOTICS IN INTESTINAL

INFLAMMATION
• Understand how probiotics can modulate intestinal inflammation.
2:15 Induction of Mu Opioid and Cannabinoid Receptors By

#675 Probiotics: A New Mechanisms of Actions
Christel Rousseaux*, Thuru Xavier, Laurent Dubuquoy,
Christel Neut, Caroline Dubuquoy, Arthur Ouwehand,
Didier Carcano, Pierre Desreumaux
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2:30 Activation of Pkc-β1 Isoform - A Novel Mechanism for 3:30 Ileal Apical Sodium-Dependent Bile Acid Transporter
#676 the Beneficial Effects of Lactobacillus Gg (LGG) On #686 Activity Is Inhibited By Enteropathogenic E. Coli
Monolayers of Intestinal Epithelial Cells (EPEC) Infection
Ali Banan*, Lijuan Zhang, Maliha Shaikh, Christopher B. Zaheer Sarwar*, Ravinder K. Gill, Alip Borthakur,
Forsyth, Jeremy Z. Fields, Ashkan Farhadi, Ali Keshavarzian Krishnamurthy Ramaswamy, Pradeep K. Dudeja, Gail A.
Hecht, Waddah A. Alrefai
2:45 Estrogen Modulates Bacterial Colonization in the Gut
#677 and Responses to Probiotic Therapy
Brendan Diederichs*, Dave Thiel, Francis Cheung, Julia
Ewaschuk, Hugo Diaz, Karen Madsen
3:00 The Probiotic Bacterium E. Coli Nissle 1917 (EcN)
#678 Ameliorates Experimental Colitis Via TLR-Dependent
Pathways
Anja Grabig*, Daniela Paclik, Claudia Guzy, Anja Dankof,
Daniel C. Baumgart, Baerbel Raupach, Bertram
Wiedenmann, Ulrich Sonnenborn, Axel Dignass, Andreas
Sturm
3:15 Lactobacillus Rhamnosus GG (LGG) Soluble Proteins

#679 Prevent Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-Induced Epithelial
Injury in Colonic Organ Culture
Fang Yan*, Hanwei Cao, Robert Whitehead, D. Brent Polk
3:30 Suppression of Experimental Autoimmune

#680 Encephalomyelitis (EAE) By Oral Administration of
Lactobacillus Paracasei DSM 13434
Shahram Lavasani*, Frida Fak, Balik Dzhambazov, Jan
Alenfall, Bjorn Westrom
AGA Research Forum

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Chairs: Michael Dwinell, Sarah Glover
Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders
MEMBRANE REGULATION
• Understand recent advances in factors that regulate transport events
at the epithelial membrane level.
2:15 Differential Effects of Pdz-Adapterprotein NHERF1,

#681 E3karp and Pdzk1 Knockout On the Regulation of
NHE3 Transport Activity in Native Murine Colonic
Epithelium
T Ayhan Cinar, Mingmin Chen, Brigitte Riederer, Boris
U Hogema, Hugo de Jonge, Mark Donowitz, Edward J.
Weinman, Olivier Kocher, Ursula Seidler*
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#682 Protein By Cholesterol in Caco2 Cells
D Fadi Annaba*, Zaheer Sarwar, Ravinder K. Gill, Seema
A Saksena, Dudeja K. Pradeep, Waddah A. Alrefai
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MAY #683 Transporter (ASBT) with Lipid Rafts
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Saksena, Alka Dwivedi, Pradeep K. Dudeja, Ravinder K. Gill
3:00 NHE3 Has Restricted Brush Border (BB) Mobility Due

#684 to Cytoskeletal Association Which Is Dynamic As Part
of Acute Stimulation and Inhibition
Boyoung Cha*, Anne Kenworthy, Ming Tse, Mark Donowitz
3:15 Enteropathogenic E. Coli (EPEC) Infection Reduces

#685 Surface Expression of down regulated in adenoma
(DRA) Protein in Caco-2 Cells
Ravinder K. Gill*, Alip Borthakur, Kim Hodges, Jerrold R.
Turner, Seema Saksena, Krishnamurthy Ramaswamy, Gail A.
Hecht, Pradeep K. Dudeja
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AGA Translational Symposium 3:30 Polyphenon E Inhibits Growth of Malignant Human

#692 Esophageal Epithelial Cells By Downregulation of CREB
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 304 A/B/C
and Cyclin D1
LA Convention Center Shumei Song*, Koyamangalath Krishnan, Kai-Feng Liu,
Robert S. Bresalier
Chairs: Stephen O'Keefe, Gianni Biolo
Sponsored by: Nutrition & Obesity; Immunology, Microbiology & AGA Translational Symposium
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Growth, Development & Aging 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 308 A/B
FOOD IN THE PREVENTION AND CAUSE OF GI DISEASE
(AGA-ESPEN SYMPOSIUM) Chairs: Emeran Mayer, Ashley Blackshaw
Participants will be able to: Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction; Pancreatic
• Understand the relationship between the gut and the brain in Disorders; Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their
controlling dietary intake and digestion; Receptors
• Understand the symbiotic relationship between the normal bacterial
flora of the gut and the health of the mucosa; and SIGNALING SYSTEMS IN ABDOMINAL PAIN: GLUTAMATE
• Recognize the essentiality of micronutrients in maintaining the health
AND SUBSTANCE P
of the GI tract.
2:15 The Role of Micronutrients in GI Disease Participants will be able to:
Sp634 Alan Shenkin • Learn about central and peripheral NMDA receptors in visceral pain,
regulation of substance P and CGRP release, and their role in the
2:45 Bacterial Flora in the Prevention and Cause of GI development of ‘pain memories’;
Sp635 Disease • Learn about the role of metabotropic Glu receptors and ONL
Andre van Gossum afferents in visceral pain; and
• Learn about a role for NMDA receptors in clinical visceral pain
3:15 The Key Role of the Intestine in Systemic Inflammation syndromes.
Sp636 and Cachexia
Mathias Pirlich 2:15 The Role of NMDA Receptors in Normal and
Sp637 Pathological Pain States of the Viscera
Fernando Cervero
AGA Research Forum
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 403 B 2:37 The Role of NMDA Receptors On Spinal Afferents in
LA Convention Center Sp638 Visceral Pain and Hyperalgesia
James McRoberts
Chairs: Nadir Arber, Marcia Cruz-Correa
2:59 The Role of MGLU Receptors On Spinal and Vagal
Sp639 Afferents in Visceral Pain Transmission
Ashley Blackshaw
PREVENTION AND CHEMOPREVENTION OF GI CANCERS 3:21 Therapeutic Implications of Glu and Neurokinin
Sp640 Signaling for the Treatment of Clinical Visceral Pain
Participants will be able to: Qasim Aziz
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#687 Incidence of Colorectal Cancer 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM 503
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#688 Chemoprevention Chairs: Frank Anania, Kris Kowdley D
Andrew T. Chan*, Joann E. Manson, Diane Feskanich, Meir A
J. Stampfer, Graham A. Colditz, Charles S. Fuchs Sponsored by: Liver & Biliary; Clinical Practice; Nutrition &
Obesity; Growth, Development & Aging
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#689 Adenoma Recurrence : Four Years Results of the APACC THE METABOLIC SYNDROME 23
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Robert Benamouzig*, Jacques Deyra, Antoine Martin, Participants will be able to:
Baktiar Bejou, Jean-Jacques Raynaud, Bernard Girard, • Understand increasing prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in the
Stanislas Chaussade United States;
• Understand genetic mechanisms for regulation of glucose and lipid
3:00 All Trans-Retinoic Acid (ATRA) Induces Apoptosis Via metabolism; and
#690 P38 and Caspase Pathways in Barrett's Esophagus • Understand potential relationship of inflammation and lipid
Kathy Hormi-Carver*, Linda A. Feagins, Stuart J. Spechler, metabolism.
Rhonda F. Souza
2:15 The Metabolic Syndrome
3:15 A Randomized Controlled Trial of Long Term Rofecoxib Sp641 Peter Tontonoz
#691 On Changes of Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia
Wai K. Leung*, Enders K. Ng, Francis K. Chan, Wing Y.
Chan, Kui-Fat Chan, Alex C. Auyeung, Candice C. Lam,
James Y. Lau, Joseph J. Sung
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#697 Natural Orifice Transvisceral Endoscopic Surgery
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 513
(NOTES): Increasing the Options for Intensive Care
LA Convention Center Unit(ICU) Patients
Raymond Onders*, Michael McGee, Jeffrey Marks, Anthony
Chairs: Fabio Cominelli, Mark Donowitz Ignagni, Michael Rosen, Amitabh Chak, Ashley Faulx,
Robert Schilz, Steve Schomisch, Maryjo Elmo, Jeffrey
Sponsored by: Research Policy Committee Ponsky
THE PLIGHT OF THE PHYSICIAN-SCIENTIST: BARRIERS
AND SOLUTIONS
• Identify barriers contributing to the significant turnover of early and
MID-level physician scientists;
• Review the AGA perspective on resolving the barriers; and
• Understand the role of the NIH and related initiatives to address
these issues.
2:15 The Plight of the Young Investigator - the AGA

Sp642 Perspective
Mark Donowitz
2:45 NIH Funding Opportunities for Physician Scientists

Sp643 Steve James
3:15 Making An Academic Career Attractive

Sp644 Kenneth Kaushansky

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM 402 A
Chairs: Jeffrey Matthews, C. Max Schmidt
2:15 Steatocholecystitis: An Explanation for Increased

#693 Cholecystectomy Rates
T Hayder Al-Azzawi*, Attila Nakeeb, Romil Saxena, Henry A.
Pitt
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S #694 Mary Otterson, Kr Theriot*, David Binion, D Thameem, S
Shidham, Oa Hatoum, Sarah Lundeen, Gordon Telford
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#695 Cells Induced Electrogenic Sodium Absorption: Possible
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MAY Colectomy
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Shibata, Ken-Ichi Takahashi, Hitoshi Ogawa, Yasuhiko
Tabata, Iwao Sasaki
3:00 1382 Pancreaticoduodenectomies for Pancreatic Cancer:

#696 A Single Institution Experience
Jordan M. Winter, John L. Cameron, Kurtis A. Campbell,
David Chang, Joann Coleman, Patricia K. Sauter, Ralph H.
Hruban, Taylor S. Riall, Richard D. Schulick, Michael A.
Choti, Keith D. Lillemoe, Charles J. Yeo*
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CLINICAL
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 403 A
Chair: Mark H. Whiteford
Sponsored by: ASCRS
SSAT/ASCRS JOINT SYMPOSIUM: MINIMALLY INVASIVE

APPROACHES TO RECTAL DISEASE
• Discuss transanal endoscopic microsurgery resection of rectal tumors;
• Become familiar with starr procedure for rectocele; and
• Explain laparoscopic restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis
and laparoscopic management of rectal prolapse.
3:30 Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery Resection of Rectal

Sp645 Tumors
Mark H. Whiteford
3:45 The STARR Procedure for Rectocele
Sp646 Clyde N. Ellis
4:00 Laparoscopic Restorative Proctocolectomy for Ulcerative

Sp647 Colitis
David W. Larson
4:15 Laparoscopic Management of Rectal Prolapse

Sp648 Conor P. Delaney
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SSAT Plenary Session 4:18 Radiofrequency Ablation for HCC in Cirrhotic Patients:
#706 Prognostic Factors for Survival
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM 402 A
Andrea Ruzzenente*, Marco Sandri, Calogero Iacono, Silvia
LA Convention Center Pachera, Corrado Pedrazzani, Sebastiano Tasselli, Alfredo
Guglielmi
Chairs: Mark Callery, Nathaniel Soper
4:24 Hyperbilirubinemia in Appendicits: A New Predictor of
SSAT POSTERS OF DISTINCTION QUICK SHOTS #707 Perforation
Joaquin Estrada*, Rodney J. Mason, Mikael Petrosyan,
Participants will be able to: Jordan Barnhart, Matthew Tao, Shirin Towfigh
3:30 Cancer of the Gallbladder: National Patterns of Surgical

#698 Intervention
James T. McPhee*, Maksim Zayaruzny, Giles F. Whalen,
Demetrius E. Litwin, Mary E. Sullivan, Frederick A.
Anderson, Jennifer F. Tseng
3:36 Targeting MEK with PD325901 Inhibits hepatocellular

#699 carcinoma Growth in TGF-α Transgenic Mice
Matthew Hennig*, Patrick Klein, Navin Bansal,
Nedumangalam Hekmatyar, Sabrina Wentz, Amanda Norris,
Stephen Noble, Courtney Doyle, Huangbing Wu, Yufang
Wang, Jean Campbell, Nelson Fausto, Glenn Merlino,
Judith Sebolt-Leopold, C M. Schmidt
3:42 Does Reflux Height Matter? A Study of 1680 Patients

#700 Guilherme M. Campos, Fernando Herbella*, Ian
Nipomnick, Marco Patti, Eric Vittinghoff
3:48 Short Tandem Repeat Polymorphism in EXON 4 of
#701 Esophageal Cancer Related Gene - 2 As a Prognostic
Marker for Esophageal Carcinoma
Tamina Rawnaq*, Jussuf T. Kaifi, Paulus G. Schurr, Michael
Bubenheim, Oliver Mann, Emre F. Yekebas, Petra Merkert,
Viacheslav Kalinin, Bjoern-Christian Link, Tim Strate,
Guido Sauter, Klaus Pantel, Jakob R. Izbicki
3:54 A Prospective Evaluation of an Algorithm Incorporating

T #702 Routine Pre-Operative Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided
Fine Needle Aspiration in Suspected Pancreatic Cancer
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S Rhett Shirley, Martin Heslin, Mohit Mehra, Juan P. Arnoletti,
Isam Eltoum, C. Mel Wilcox, Selwyn Vickers
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Diseases of the Pancreas
MAY Robin Wachowiak*, Jussuf T. Kaifi, Bjoern C. Link, Dean
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Wolfram, Jakob R. Izbicki, Emre F. Yekebas
4:06 Microsatellite DNA Alterations of Gastro-Intestinal

#704 Stromal Tumors Are Predictive for Outcome
Paulus G. Schurr*, Stefan Wolter, Jussuf Kaifi, Uta Reichelt,
Helge Kleinhans, Robin Wachowiak, Emre Yekebas, Tim
Strate, Viacheslav Kalinin, Hansjoerg Schaefer, Izbicki Jakob
4:12 Robotic Assisted Vs. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

#705 Outcome and Cost Analysis in a Case-Matched Control
Study
Stefan Breitenstein*, Antonio Nocito, Carmen Oggier,
Markus Weber, Perre-Alain Clavien
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CLINICAL

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Concourse Hall - 152 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 409 A/B
Chairs: John Lee, Kenneth R. McQuaid Chairs: J. Eileen Hay, Rebecca W. Van Dyke
Sponsored by: ASGE; AGA; SSAT Sponsored by: AASLD
2 AM CALL: MANAGEMENT OF GI EMERGENCIES LIVER DISEASE IN PREGNANCY

4:00 GI Bleeding, When to Scope, When to Sleep? Participants will be able to:
Sp649 Ian M. Gralnek • Plan a balanced approach to treating symptomatic cholelithiasis
during pregnancy;
4:23 Cholangitis: What's a Real Emergency? • Counsel women with pre-existing liver disease about risks of
Sp650 John Lee pregnancy and available management strategies; and
4:45 Forgein Bodies: What Gets Into People Anyway? • Logically approach diagnosis and management of new liver disease in
Sp651 Gregory G. Ginsberg a pregnant woman.
5:07 Emergency Potpourri: Caustic Ingestions, Trauma, and 4:00 Welcome and Introduction
Sp652 Acute Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction Sp657 J. Eileen Hay
John Cello 4:05 Cholelithiasis in Pregnancy: Issues and Management
Sp658 Grace H. Elta
4:25 Pregnancy in Women with Pre-Existing Liver Disease:
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Concourse Hall - 151 Sp659 Counseling and Management
LA Convention Center J. Eileen Hay
Chairs: Patrick Kamath, David Mahvi 4:45 A Pregnant Woman Develops Liver Disease: What to Do
Sp660 and How Fast to Move
Sponsored by: AASLD; SSAT Rebecca W. van Dyke
SURGERY IN THE CIRRHOTIC PATIENT 5:05 Panel Discussion

Sp661 J. Eileen Hay
4:00 The Hepatologist's Viewpoint
Sp653 Lawrence Friedman 5:25 Closing Remarks
Sp662 Rebecca van Dyke
4:30 The Anesthesiologist's Viewpoint
Sp654 David Plevak
AGA Research Forum
5:00 The Surgeon's Viewpoint 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 304 A/B/C
Sp655 Scott Helton LA Convention Center
AASLD State-of-the-Art Lecture Chairs: Norman Nishioka, Prateek Sharma

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 408 A/B T
Sponsored by: Imaging & Advanced Technology
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• Present recent data on new HBV drugs and long term data with 23
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older drugs; and Michael J. Levy*, Jonathan E. Clain, Amy C. Clayton, Kevin
• Analyze updated treatment guidelines for chronic hepatitis B. C. Halling, Gavin C. Harewood, Benjamin R. Kipp,
Elizabeth Rajan, Lewis R. Roberts, Thomas J. Sebo, Mark D.
4:00 Hepatitis B Update
Topazian, Kenneth K. Wang, Maurits J. Wiersema, Gregory
Sp656 Ira M. Jacobson
J. Gores
4:15 Screening Colonoscopy with Confocal Laser

#709 Endomicroscopy (CLE) for in Vivo Diagnosis of
Colorectal Neoplasias
Ralf Kiesslich*, Martin Goetz, Arthur Hoffman, Katharina
Lammersdorf, Constantin Schneider, Michael Vieth, Manfred
Stolte, Peter R. Galle, Markus F. Neurath
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4:30 Spectroscopic Microvascular Assessment from the AGA Clinical Symposium
#710 Endoscopically Normal Mucosa for Colon Adenoma
Identification
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Petree C
Hemant Roy*, Yang Liu, Young Kim, Michael Goldberg, LA Convention Center
Nahla Hasabou, Vladimir Turzhitsky, Mohammed Jameel,
Eric Elton, Vadim Backman Chair: David Metz
4:45 Image Registered Gastroscopic Ultrasound (IRGUS): 3D Sponsored by: Clinical Practice; Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal
#711 Registration of Endoscopic Ultrasound and CT Improves Disorders
Efficiency and Structure Identification Over Standard
Endoscopic Ultrasound ON-DEMAND THERAPY FOR GERD: A LOOK INTO THE
Christopher C. Thompson*, Nicholas Stylopoulos, Raul FUTURE
San-Jose Estepar, Eigil Samset, Randy Ellis, William Brugge,
Kirby G. Vosburgh Participants will be able to:
• Compare the risks and benefits of on demand therapy for reflux
5:00 Comprehensive Three-dimensional Microscopy of the disease with standard therapy;
#712 Porcine and Human Esophagus in Vivo Using Optical • Critically evaluate the results of on-demand trials in patients with
Frequency Domain Imaging reflux disease and assess the potential of various therapeutic agents
Melissa Suter*, Benjamin J. Vakoc, Norman S. Nishioka, for on demand use; and
Jerry Evans, Seok H. Yun, Seyedmohammadreza • Discuss the economics of on-demand medical therapy for GERD.
Motaghiannezam, Adrien Desjardins, Brett E. Bouma,
Guillermo J. Tearney 4:00 An Algorithmic Approach to GERD
Sp667 Peter Bytzer
5:15 The Aer-O-Scope™ Omnivision System, a 3600
#713 Panoramic View of the Colon 4:22 Does the Available Data Support On Demand Therapy?
Douglas Rex, Thomas Roesch, Bernard Levin, Jorje Pfefer, Sp668 Sander van Zanten
Nadir Arber*
4:45 Pharmacologic Attributes of Available Therapy for On
Sp669 Demand Use
AGA Clinical Symposium Colin Howden
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 502 A
LA Convention Center 5:07 Pharmaco-Economics of On Demand Therapy
Sp670 John Inadomi
Chairs: Marcelo Barreiro, Emeran Mayer
Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction; Clinical Practice; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Petree D
Growth, Development & Aging LA Convention Center
FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS: ONE OR HOW MANY?
Chairs: James Allison, Jack Mandel
• Reassess their own personal clinical experience in view of evidence Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology; Clinical Practice;
presented about overlapping and coexisting syndromes, association Imaging & Advanced Technology
with psychopathology and response to psychological treatments;
• Interpret various clinical manifestations of co-existing symptoms as POPULATION SCREENING FOR COLORECTAL CANCER:
manifestations of altered homeostasis; and WHAT IS THE BEST TEST?
• Consider new ways of managing these patients and the implications
for future research and development. Participants will be able to:
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4:00 Functional Disorders: One Or Many? cancer screening.
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4:20 Coexistence of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders Sp671 James Allison
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D Olafur Palsson 4:22 Flexible Sigmoidoscopy for Population Screening
Sp672 Wendy Atkin
A 4:40 Shared, Neurobiological Mechanisms Underlying
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MAY Bruce Naliboff Sp673 David Lieberman
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Sp666 Ray Clouse Sp674 Perry Pickhardt
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4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 303 AB 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Concourse Hall - 153 A/B/C
Chairs: Ben Pineau, Michael Levy Chairs: John L. Petrini, Klaus Mergener
Sponsored by: Imaging & Advanced Technology; Esophageal, Sponsored by: ASGE
Gastric & Duodenal Disorders; Clinical Practice
GI ENDOSCOPY AND ANTICOAGULATION: THE GOOD,
USING AND ANALYZING ENDOSCOPIC IMAGES AND THE BAD, AND THE BLOODY
VIDEO 4:00 Anticoagulants and Endoscopy: What We Think We
Participants will be able to: Sp679 Know
• Learn how to obtain and edit endoscopic images and video; Klaus Mergener
• Learn new techniques for analysis of video image data; and 4:30 Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Therapy: What's Really
• How to use endoscopic images and video in presentations. Sp680 Going On
4:00 Capturing and Editing Endoscopic Images and Video: Stephan Moll
Sp675 Lessons from the Dave Project 5:00 Optimal Management of Anticoagulation At Endoscopy
Brenna Bounds Sp681 John L. Petrini
4:30 Automated Analysis of Endoscopic Video: Can It
Sp676 Improve Outcomes ASGE Clinical Symposium
Petrus C. de Groen 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 515 A
5:00 Using Endoscopic Images and Video in Presentations LA Convention Center
Sp677 Joseph R. Armengol-Miro
Chairs: Oleh Haluszka, Michael B. Wallace
ASGE Topic Forum Sponsored by: ASGE
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 515 B
LA Convention Center HOT TOPICS IN EUS
Chairs: Roy M. Soetikno, Marcia R. Cruz-Correa 4:00 EUS and EBUS in Lung Cancer
Sp682 Michael B. Wallace
COLONOSCOPY POTPOURRI 4:20 Training and Credentialling in EUS: How to Meet ASGE
4:00 Is Variable Stiffness Colonoscope Better Than Regular Sp683 Requirements
#714 Adult Colonoscope for Colonoscopy? Meta-Analysis of Frank G. Gress
Randomized Controlled Trials 4:40 Cysts and IPMN of the Pancreas: When to Watch, When
Mohamed O. Othman*, Angela G. Bradley, Praveen K. Roy Sp684 to Operate
4:12 The Cost Effectiveness of Colonic Stenting As a Bridge Asif Khalid
#715 to Curative Surgery in Patients with Acute Left-Sided 5:00 Celiac Plexus Block/Neurolysis: Is It Really Helpful?
Malignant Colonic Obstruction: A Canadian Perspective Sp685 Michael J. Levy
Harminder Singh*, Laura E. Targownik, Steven Latosinsky,
Brennan M. Spiegel
ASGE Topic Forum
4:24 Response of Crohn's Strictures of Different Locations to 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 511 A/B/C T
#716 Endoscopic Balloon Dilation LA Convention Center
Thomas Mueller*, Bernhard Rieder, Albrecht Pfeiffer
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#717 Improved? A Randomized Prospective Study
Sunguk N. Jang*, Asyia S. Ahmad, Naga M. Ganesana, NEW TECHNOLOGY - NOTES: NATURAL ORIFICE D
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#718 Charles J. Kahi*, Faouzi Azzouz, Thomas F. Imperiale #720 Flexible Transgastric Surgery and the Development of a MAY
Feed-Back Control Valve for Regulating Pressure
5:00 Computer-Assisted Colonoscopy (The NeoGuide Per-Ola Park*, Maria Bergstrom, Paul Swain
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Jacques Van Dam*, Axel Eickhoff, Ralf Jakobs, Valerie 4:12 Closure of Gastric Perforation with a Novel Tissue
Kudis, D.R. Hartmann, Jurgen F. Riemann #721 Anchoring Device
Kazuki Sumiyama*, Christopher J. Gostout, Elizabeth
5:12 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Advances in Imaging the Colon Rajan, Timothy A. Bakken, Jodie L. Deters, Mary A.
Sp678 Douglas B. Nelson Knipschield
4:24 Initial Experience with a Novel Endoscopic Device

#722 Allowing Intragastric Manipulation and Plication
John D. Mellinger*, Bruce V. Macfadyen, Richard A.
Kozarek, Nathaniel D. Soper, Desmond H. Birkett, Lee L.
Swanstrom
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4:36 Transgastric Endoscopic Pyloroplasty with Full-
#723 Thickness Gastric and Duodenal Myotomy and Sutured
Closure
Per-Ola Park*, Annette Fritscher-Ravens, Maria Bergstrom,
Sandy Mosse, Paul Swain
4:48 Transcolonic Hepatic Wedge Resection in a Porcine
#724 Model
Derek G. Fong*, Reina D. Pai, Douglas S. Fishman, Marvin
Ryou, Christopher C. Thompson
5:00 Development and Testing of a New Platform for
#725 Retroflexed Flexible Transgastric Surgery:
Cholecystectomy, Fundoplication, Gastric Restriction
and Diaphragmatic Repair
Paul Swain*, Chris Rothe, Maria Bergstrom, Per-Ola Park,
Lee Swanstrom
5:12 State-of-the-Art Lecture: NOTES - Challenges and
Sp686 Opportunities
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AGA Research Symposium 5:00 Agonists of Protease-Activated Receptor 2 (PAR2)

#730 Sensitize Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 4
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LA Convention Center Andrew Grant*, Graeme Cottrell, Elizabeth Joseph, Nicola
Lissi, Marcello Trevisani, Pierangelo Geppetti, Nicole
Chairs: Martin Carey, David Cohen Alessandri-Haber, Jon D. Levine, Nigel W. Bunnett
Sponsored by: Liver & Biliary 5:15 Altered Gastrointestinal Function and Energy Balance in
#731 Obestatin Receptor (GPR39) Knockout Mice
CHOLESTEROL GALLSTONES: FROM GENES TO Inge Depoortere*, Dieder Moechars, Betty de Smet, Benoit
MICROBES Moreaux, Peter King, Kim Cryns, I Goris, Luc Verdonck,
Theo Peeters, Bernard Coulie
• Understand genetic factors that play an important role in cholesterol
gallstone formation in murine models and in humans; and AGA State-of-the-Art Lecture
• Understand discuss a potential role of Helicobacter species in 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 308 A/B
gallstone formation. LA Convention Center
4:00 Overview of Epidemiology and Pathogenesis- Murine Chair: Lopa Mishra
Sp687 Genes
David Wang Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology; Intestinal Disorders;
4:30 Human Lithogenic Genes Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their Receptors
Sp688 Frank Lammert
TGFB SIGNALING IN LINEAGE DETERMINATION,
5:00 The Implications for Clinical Medicine DIFFERENTIATION AND CANCER
Sp689 Michael Fuchs
• Understand the function of TGFB in regulating differentation and
AGA Distinguished Abstract Plenary cancer; and
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 301 A/B • Understand the role of transforming growth factor beta in
LA Convention Center determining cell lineage, differentiation and cancer development.
Chairs: Juanita Merchant, Helen Raybould 4:00 TGFB Signaling in Lineage Determination,
Sp690 Differentiation and Cancer
Sponsored by: Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their Rik Derynck
Receptors
AGA Distinguished Abstract Plenary
HORMONES, TRANSMITTERS, GROWTH FACTORS AND 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 503
THEIR RECEPTORS LA Convention Center
Chairs: D. Brent Polk, Mark E. Lowe
• Understand the role of small peptides and receptors in the
development of gastrointestinal cancers;
• Understand the role of small peptides and receptors in energy
metabolism; and T
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4:00 Endothelin-Converting Enzyme 1 (ECE1) Degrades • Understand the changing role of GI hormones in appetite regulation; S
#726 Substance P (SP) and Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide • Review current models of transcriptional regulation in the GI tract;
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Stella Pikios, Laurent Muller, Martin Steinhoff, Nigel W. #738 and Is Required for Intestinal Epithelial Wound Closure MAY
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4:15 P53 Downregulates Tff2 Expression in Gastric Cancer 4:15 Gata4 Is Essential for the Maintenance of Jejunal-Ileal
#727 Cells Through An AP-1 Binding Site #739 Identities in the Adult Mouse Small Intestine
Shuiping Tu*, Wandong Ai, Alfred L Chi, Shigeo Takaishi, Tjalling Bosse, Christina M. Piaseckyj, Ellen Burghard, John
Zinaida Dubeykovskaya, Timothy Cragin Wang J. Fialkovich, Satish Rajagopal, William T. Pu, Stephen D.
4:30 Rap1 Regulates Neurotensin Secretion Downstream of Krasinski*
#728 cAMP/PKA and cAMP/Epac Pathways in the Human 4:30 Sumoylation Modulates Transcriptional Activity of Cdx1
Endocrine Cell Line Bon #740 By Direct Interaction
J.N. Li*, Kathleen L. O'Connor, Courtney M. Townsend, B. Fang Xiao*, Eunran Suh
Mark Evers
4:45 A Cell Culture System Modelling the Entire Small
4:45 Mechanisms of Stimulation of Intracellular Calcium in #741 Intestinal Crypt Villus Axis
#729 Enteroendocrine STC-1 Cells By Bitter Tastants Katri Lindfors*, Essi Myrsky, Heikki Kainulainen, Markku
Monica C. Chen*, Shuping V. Wu, Enrique Rozengurt Maki
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5:00 Differences in the Appetite-Stimulating Effect of Orexin,
#742 NPY, and Ghrelin Among Young, Adult, and Old Rats
Saeko Akimoto-Takano*, Chihiro Sakurai, Setsuko Kanai,
Hiroko Hosoya, Minoru Ohta, Kyoko Miyasaka
5:15 Controlled Polymeric Delivery of VEGF Enhances

#743 Angiogenesis in Developing Intestine
Flavio G. Rocha*, Cathryn Sundback, Nicholas Krebs, Kent
Leach, David J. Mooney, Stanley W. Ashley, Joseph P.
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4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 502 B 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM West Hall B
Chairs: Stuart J. Spechler, Mae Go Chairs: Martin F. Kagnoff, William J. Sandborn
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel
Diseases
ESOPHAGEAL, GASTRIC AND DUODENAL DISORDERS
IMMUNOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY AND INFLAMMATORY
Participants will be able to: BOWEL DISEASES
• Evaluate new research in esophageal, gastric and duodenal disorders.
4:00 Neonatal FC Receptor for IgG in Intestinal Epithelial
4:00 Proton Pump Inhibitor Plus a COX-2 Inhibitor for the #744 Cells Contributes to the Protection Against Epithelium-
#732 Prevention of Recurrent Ulcer Bleeding in Patients with Associated Pathogen, C. Rodentium Infection
Arthritis: A Double Blinded, Randomized Trial Masaru Yoshida*, Timothy T. Kuo, Lynn Bry, Jonathan N.
Francis Chan*, Vincent W. Wong, Bing Y. Suen, Justin C. Glickman, Steven M. Claypool, Arthur Kaser, Takashi
Wu, Wai K. Leung, Yuk T. Lee, James Y. Lau, Joseph J. Nagaishi, Darren Higgins, Emiko Mizoguchi, Takeshi
Sung Azuma, Atsushi Mizoguchi, Wayne I. Lencer, Richard S.
4:15 In Vivo Diagnosing of Helicobacter Pylori with Confocal Blumberg
#733 Laser Endomicroscopy - Prospective Evaluation in 4:15 Certolizumab Pegol Administered Subcutaneously Is
Comparison with Conventional Histology and Urease #745 Effective and Well Tolerated in Patients with Active
Testing Crohn’s Disease: Results from a 26-Week, Placebo-
Ralf Kiesslich*, Martin Goetz, Arthur Hoffman, Constantin Controlled Phase III Study (PRECiSE 1)
Schneider, Katharina Lammersdorf, Michael Vieth, Manfred William J. Sandborn*, Brian G. Feagan, Simeon Stoinov,
Stolte, Peter R. Galle, Markus F. Neurath Pieter J. Honiball, Paul Rutgeerts, Juliet A. McColm, Alison
4:30 Acidification of Distal Esophagus Increases Cough Innes, Stefan Schreiber
#734 Reflex Sensitivity in Patients with Gastroesophageal 4:30 Critical Role of Toll-Like Receptors in Modulating GM-
Reflux Disease (GERD) and Chronic Cough #746 CSF Activity in Rodent Models of Colitis
Nikoleta Javorkova*, Renata Pecova, Silvia Varechova, Stefano Fiorucci*, Andrea Mencarelli, Barbara Renga,
Michal Demeter, Rudolf Hyrdel, Dusan Balaz, Milos Tatar, Eleonora Distrutti, Antonio Morelli, Ed Croze, Sharlene
Marian Kollarik Velicko, Brent Larsen, John Parkinson
4:45 Accelerate Healing of Penetrating Ulcer Using Bone 4:45 Natalizumab Induces Sustained Response and Remission
#735 Marrow Cell Transplantation #747 in Patients with Active Crohn's Disease: Results from
Tsutomu Nishida*, Shingo Tsuji, Masahiko Tsujii, Syuji the Encore Trial
Ishii, Toshiyuki Yoshio, Shinichiro Shinzaki, Satoshi Egawa, Stephan R. Targan*, Brian Feagan, Richard Fedorak, Bret
Takanobu Irie, Yoshimi Kakiuchi, Masakazu Yasumaru, Lashner, Remo Panacionne, Daniel Present, Andreas Raedler,
Hideki Iijima, Hiroaki Murata, Sunao Kawano, Norio Paul Rutgeerts, Zsolt Tulassay, Miroslava Volfova, Douglas C.
Hayashi Wolf, William Sandborn
5:00 Evidence from Linkage Analysis for Susceptibility Genes 5:00 GM-CSF Efficacy in Murine DSS Colitis Is Mediated By
#736 in Familial Barrett’s Esophagus and Esophageal #748 Changes in the Function of Plasmacytoid Dendritic T
Adenocarcinoma Cells
Yvonne Romero*, Joshua P. Slusser, Mariza De Andrade, U
Eyad Hanna*, Satheesh K. Sainathan, Kumar S. Bishnupuri,
Julie M. Cunningham, Teresa G. Zais, Debra M. Geno, Qizhi Luo, Rodney D. Newberry, Courtney W. Houchen,
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5:15 TRPV-1 Knockout Paradoxically Protects Mouse Gastric #749 Versus Step Up Strategies, a Randomized Controlled A
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Yasutada Akiba*, Tetsu Takeuchi, Misa Mizumori, Paul H. Caenepeel, Philippe Vergauwe, Hans Tuynman, Martine de
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Sp693 Interactions: Metabolomics, Proteomics and Genomics
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 406 A/B
Stephen Barnes
Chairs: Joseph Sellin, Marshall Montrose
INTESTINAL DISORDERS
• Appreciate the latest advances in molecular mechanisms important to
intestinal injury and repair.
4:00 Van Gogh-Like Protein1 (Vangl1) Mediates Spatial
#750 Organization of Signaling from Itf and EGF Leading to a
Polarized Migratory Response of Intestinal Epithelial
Cells
Jiri Kalabis*, Ian Rosenberg, Hans-Christian Reinecker, Vijay
Yajnik, Daniel K. Podolsky
4:15 Chitinase 3-Like-1 (CHI3L1) Enhances Potentially
#751 Pathogenic Bacterial Adhesion to Colonic Epithelial
Cells in Vitro and in Vivo
Mayumi Kawada*, Yuriko Hachiya, Atsuhiro Ogawa, Ken
Sugimoto, Emiko Mizoguchi
4:30 PIAS1 (Protein Inhibitor of Activated Stat1) Interacts
#752 with and Up-Regulates Levels and Activities of the Pro-
Proliferative Transcription Factor KrüPpel-Like Factor 5
(KLF5)
James X. Du*, C Chris Yun, Vincent W. Yang
4:45 Intestinal Barrier Repair Is Impaired Following Ischemic
#753 Injury in NHE2-Deficient Mice
Adam J. Moeser*, Prashant K. Knighot, Lane L. Clarke,
Anthony T. Blikslager
5:00 Protective Role of MMP-2 in the Development of Colitis
#754 Pallavi Garg*, Anupama Ravi, Vijay K. Matam, Steve
Epstein, Andrew Gewirtz, Didier Merlin, Shanthi Sitaraman
5:15 Metalloprotease Cleavage of TGF-α Mediates Oxidant-
#755 Induced Intestinal Permeability While Paracrine Hb-
EGF/EGFR Signaling Regulates Baseline Intestinal
Permeability
Christopher B. Forsyth*, Ali Banan, Ashkan Farhadi, Ali
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• Understand that environmental influences on carcinogenesis are
accumulative and take time;
• Understand the importance of genetic constitution on cancer risk,
and how diet can influence this risk; and
• Obtain insight into the complex interaction between diet, genes and
carcinogenesis, and to develop tools to investigate them.
4:00 The Influence of Life-Course Nutritional Exposure On

Sp691 GI Cancer Prevention and Causation
Vay Liang W. Go
4:30 Gene-Nutrient Interactions in the Genesis of GI Cancer

Sp692 Ian Sanderson
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2:00 Introduction
Sp694 Joseph Romagnuolo
Chair: Joseph Romagnuolo

MUCOSAL IMAGING: GOING BEYOND WHITE LIGHT
ENDOSCOPY
2:10 Enhancing the Mucosa: Chromoendoscopy, NBI and
Sp695 High Resolution Endoscopy
Prateek Sharma
2:25 Microscopic Endoscopy: OCT, Confocal and
Sp696 Cytoendoscopy
Ralf Kiesslich
2:40 Surveillance of Barrett's: Integrating Old and New

Sp697 Technology
Gary W. Falk
Chairs: Joseph Romagnuolo, Prateek Sharma, Ralf Kiesslich,

Gary W. Falk
LIVE ENDOSCOPY CASES
2:55 Live Endoscopy Cases
3:55 Break
Chair: M. Brian Fennerty

ENDOSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF DYSPLASIA AND EARLY
CARCINOMA
4:15 Tissue Ablation Techniques
Sp698 M. Brian Fennerty
4:30 EMR in the Upper GI Tract

Sp699 Kenneth K. Wang
4:45 Endoscopic Resection of Colonic Lesions: Going Beyond

Sp700 Pedunculated Polpys
Douglas K. Rex
Chairs: M. Brian Fennerty, Kenneth K. Wang, Douglas K. Rex,

Gregory G. Ginsberg
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• Master practice integrity coding in compliance with CMS and other • Discuss epidemiology;
payers; • Become familiar with training options; and
• Recognize the changes in medicare coding and reimbursement • Better assess risks and benefits of surgical solution.
policy; and
• Learn how to correctly code all procedures to achieve appropriate 8:30 Mini-Fellowships
reimbursement. Sp705 Philip Schauer
8:30 GI Coding and Compliance Update for 2006 8:45 Fellowship Model (One-Year)
Sp701 Kathleen Mueller Sp706 C. Daniel Smith
9:00 Epidemiology: The Whole Truth
AGA Committee Sponsored Symposium Sp707 David Flum
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 514
LA Convention Center 9:15 Zero Tolerance for Bad Outcomes: An Achievable Goal?
Sp708 Bruce Schirmer
Chairs: Fabio Cominelli, Theresa Pizarro
9:30 Q&A
Sponsored by: Research Policy Committee
WOMEN IN GASTROENTEROLOGY: BALANCING CAREER

AND FAMILY
• Learn about obsticles facing women with a career in academic
gastroenterology;
• Learn about career opportunities in women's GI health; and
• Learn about how to balance issue related to having family and
continuing career development.
10:30 Gender Issues in Academic Medicine: A Presentation of
Sp702 the Statistics
Dayna Early
11:00 Balancing the Demands of a Family and Professional

Sp703 Development
Theresa Pizarro
11:30 Women's Health Issues/Related Diseases

Sp704 Charlene Prather
ASGE Business Meeting

ASGE BUSINESS MEETING
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#762 Controlled, Stereoscopic (three-dimensional) Imaging,
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Eric Allison*, Zsolt Kiraly, George S. Springer, Jacques van
Sp710 Capsule Endoscopy (BC08) Dam
Blair S. Lewis Concourse Ballroom - Salon 1
Marriott LA - Second Level 11:00 Deconstructing the Endoscope: Intragastric, Transgastric
#763 and Laparoscopic Wireless Endosurgery Using
Sp711 ERCP (BC09) Manipulable Attached and Free Capsule Imagers
Stuart Sherman Concourse Ballroom - Salon 2 Paul Swain*, Sandy Mosse, Keiichi Ikeda, Maria Bergstrom,
Marriott LA - Second Level Per-Ola Park
11:15 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Capsule Endoscopy - State of

ASGE Plenary Session Sp715 the Art: Excitement About the Future, Perspectives On
8:15 AM - 12:00 PM West Hall B the Past
LA Convention Center David E. Fleischer
11:35 Presidential Address: Challenges and Opportunities -

Chairs: Robert H. Hawes, Gary W. Falk, Grace H. Elta Sp716 Wisely Managing the Impending Disruption of
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
FROM COLONOSCOPY TO SURGERY - ENDOSCOPY Robert H. Hawes
TODAY AND TOMORROW
11:55 Inauguration of 2006-2007 President
8:15 Welcome
12:00 Close of Session
8:20 Prospective Analysis of Withdrawal Times and Polyp
#756 Detection Rates During Screening Colonoscopy and a
Comparison to US Multi-Society Task Force AGA Research Forum
Recommendations: A Community-Based Continuous 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Petree C
Quality Improvement Study LA Convention Center
William K. Hirota*, Richard D. Baerg, Brian L. Bleau, John
G. Carrougher, Michael F. Lyons, William M. Priebe, Chairs: Brian Feagan, Geert Dhaens
Gregory E. Schlepp, Amy T. Tsuchida, Sang Oh, Jason A.
Dominitz Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel
8:35 Magnified Observation of Microvascular Architecture Diseases
#757 Using Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) for the Differential
Diagnosis Between Non-Neoplastic and Neoplastic CLINICAL TRIALS IN CROHN'S DISEASE
Colorectal Lesion. A Prospective Study
Yasushi Sano*, Takahiro Horimatsu, Kuang I Fu, Atsushi Participants will be able to:
Katagiri, Manabu Muto, Hisao Tajiri, Shigeaki Yoshida • Be familiar with preliminary data on the early use of infliximab in
patients with Crohn's disease;
8:50 A Novel Retrograde-Viewing Auxiliary Imaging Device • Be familiar with the preliminary results of carbon sphere adsorption
#758 (“Third Eye RetroscopeTm”) Improves the Detection of and anti-CD3 antibody visilizumab therapy in patients with Crohn's
Simulated Polyps in Anatomical Models of the Colon disease; and
George Triadafilopoulos*, David Watts, John Higgins, • Be familiar with advances in the measurement of disease activity in
Jacques van Dam patients with Crohn's disease.
9:05 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Can Colonoscopy Really Clear 8:30 A Combined Regimen of Infliximab and Azathioprine
Sp712 the Colon of Neoplasia? #764 Induces Better Endoscopic Healing Than Classic Step-
Douglas K. Rex Up Therapy in Newly Diagnosed Crohn’s Disease
Geert R. D'Haens*, Daan Hommes, Filip Baert, Martine de
9:25 An Endoscopic Implantable Device Stimulates the LES Vos, Filip Caenepeel, Gert van Assche, Guy Lambrecht, Jean
#759 On-Demand By Remote Control in a Canine Model Claude Coche, Severine Vermeire, Marijke van Camp
John O. Clarke*, Vandana R. Long, Anthony N. Kalloo,
Donna M. Beitler, Sanjay B. Jagannath, Sergey V. Kantsevoy 8:45 The Treatment with An Oral Spherical Adsorptive
#765 Carbon (AST-120) Improves Anal Fistula, PDAI and
9:40 Endoscopic Temporary Gastric Electrical Stimulation— CDAI Scores - A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-
#760 Results of 140 Consecutive Patients Controlled Trial
Thomas L. Abell*, Anil Minocha, Roland Garretson, Nighat Yoshihiro Fukuda*, Masakazu Takazoe, Akira Sugita,
Abidi Tadashi Kosaka, Toshihiko Tomita, Kazutoshi Hori, Ken
Fukunaga, Hiroto Miwa, Takayuki Matsumoto, Hiromasa
9:55 State-of-the-Art Lecture: Beyond Anatomy - Harnessing Koizuka, Takashi Sakagami, Takashi Shimoyama
Sp713 the Full Power of the Endoscope
Pankaj J. Pasricha 9:00 A Meta-Analysis of the Placebo Outcomes in Clinical
#766 Trials Evaluating Maintenance Therapy for Patients with
10:15 The Rudolf Schindler Award Crohn’s Disease
Sp714 Robert H. Hawes, Michael B. Kimmey Monina F. Pascua*, Gary R. Lichtenstein, James D. Lewis,
Colleen Brensinger, Chinyu Su
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D #767 Measure of Post-Operative Disease Recurrence #771 Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS): A Prospective, Us
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Tremaine, B Wolff, S Ross, R Parkes, M McKenzie, R S. Brooks D. Cash*, Allan H. Andrews, Dong H. Lee, John H.
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D #768 Moderately to Severely Active Crohn’s Disease for Up to 9:00 Screening for Celiac Disease (CD) in Patients Fulfilling
A 2-Years: Results from An Open-Label Extension Study #772 the Rome II Criteria for Irritable Bowel Disease (IBS) in
Y Remo Panaccione*, Jean-Frederic Colombel, Robert Enns, a Secondary Care Hospital in the Netherlands: A
Brian Feagan, Stephen Hanauer, Ian Lawrance, Paul Prospective Observational Study
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9:15 The Effectiveness of a Model Physician-Patient
9:45 A Phase I Study: Visilizumab Therapy in Crohn’s #773 Relationship Versus Usual Care in Irritable Bowel
#769 Disease (CD) Patients Refractory to Infliximab Syndrome (IBS): A Randomized Controlled Trial
Treatment Brennan M. Spiegel*, Bruce Naliboff, Emeran Mayer, Roger
Daan Hommes*, Stephen Targan, Daniel C. Baumgart, Axel Bolus, Ian Gralnek, Paul Shekelle
U. Dignass, Lloyd Mayer, James N. Lowder
9:30 Chronic Treatment-Resistant Constipation in Children:
#774 Experience with Radioisotope Transit Studies, Colonic
AGA Clinical Symposium Manometry and Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 304 A/B/C Bridget R. Southwell*, Sebastian K. King, Jonathan R.
LA Convention Center Sutcliffe, Janet Chase, Susie Gibb, Val J. Robertson, David
Cook, Anthony G. Catto-Smith, John M. Hutson
Chairs: Rhonda Souza, Kenneth K. Wang
9:45 Prolonged Measurement of Colonic Motility in Slow
#775 Transit Constipation
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders; Clinical
Eduard A. van Hoboken*, Hilde Slingerland, Ad A. Masclee
Practice
CONTROVERSIES AROUND THE GASTROESOPHAGEAL AGA Clinical Symposium

JUNCTION 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Petree D
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Sp717 Junction
Ken McColl Chair: David Ransohoff
8:50 Identification of the Gastroesophageal Junction: So Easy Sponsored by: Clinical Practice; Gastrointestinal Oncology
Sp718 in Concept, So Difficult in Practice
Stuart Spechler ISSUES IN COLON POLYP SURVEILLANCE: CURRENT
CONTROVERSIES AND 2006 CRC GUIDELINE
9:10 New Endoscopic Techniques for Identifying Neoplasia RECOMMENDATIONS
Sp719 At the Gastroesophageal Junction: Should We Be Using
Them? Participants will be able to:
Jacques Bergman • Assess the risk of CRC based on initial screening exam;
• Assess the long-term risk of CRC based on risk factors; and
9:35 Endoscopic Classification Systems for Barrett's • Learn how to apply post-polypectomy guidelines to practice.
Sp720 Esophagus
Prateek Sharma 8:30 Current Controversy: Long-Term Risk of CRC Based On
Sp721 Initial Screening Exam
Wendy Atkin
AGA Topic Forum
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 404 A/B 9:00 2006 CRC Guideline Recommendations: Long-Term Risk
LA Convention Center Sp722 of CRC- How to Stratify High & Low Risk Patients
Ann Zauber
Chairs: Giles R. Locke, Sander van Zanten
9:30 2006 CRC Guideline Recommendations: How to Apply
Sponsored by: Clinical Practice; Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction Sp723 An Evidence- Based Guideline to Your Practice
Sidney Winawer
DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF FUNCTIONAL GI
DISORDERS
• Review diagnostic criteria for IBS;
• Review differential diagnosis of IBS; and
• Discuss treatment of chronic constipation in children.
8:30 Is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) a Diagnosis of

#770 Exclusion? a Survey of Primary Care Providers,
Gastroenterologists, and IBS Experts
Brennan M. Spiegel*, Mary Farid, Eric Esrailian, Jennifer
Talley, Lin Chang
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• Review the appropriate use of immumodulators and biologic therapy
in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis;
• Discuss the emerging therapies in Crohn's disease and ulcerative
colitis and how will they fit into the existing armamentarium; and
• Discuss the adverse events that should be monitored for when using
biologic therapies.
8:30 Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis
Sp724 Miguel Regueiro
9:00 Moderate to Severe Crohn's Disease

Sp725 Bruce Sands
9:30 Avoiding Friendly Fire: Safety of Biologic Therapy in

Sp726 IBD
Geert D'Haens
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AUTOIMMUNE VS. HELICOBACTER GASTRITIS: AN OLD FROM GENES TO T CELLS: FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS
DOG WITH A NEW TRICK? IN IBD
• Review the features and pathophysiology of autoimmune gastritis; • Understand fundamental genetic and T cell mediated mechanisms
• Review the pathophysiology of Helicobacter gastritis; and involved in animal models of IBD.
• Demonstrate how the pathophysiology of the two gastritides overlap
and uncover important mechanisms to consider. 8:30 Overlapping Gene Expression Profiles of Experimental
#776 Colitis and IBD
8:30 Autoimmune vs. Helicobacter Gastritis: An Old Dog with Anje Te Velde*, Floor de Kort, Ellen Sterrenburg, Inge
Sp727 a New Trick? Pronk, Fiebo Ten Kate, Daniel Hommes, Sander van
Paul Gleeson Deventer
8:45 Combination of QTL and Expression Analyses Revealed
AGA Research Symposium #777 Cd14 As a Candidate Gene for IBD in IL10-Deficient
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 301 A/B Mice
LA Convention Center Maike F. De Buhr, Robert Geffers, Wiebke Hansen, Astrid
M. Westendorf, Joerg Lauber, Jan Buer, Hans J. Hedrich,
Chairs: Dan Billadeau, Markus Lerch Michael Maehler, Andre Bleich*
Sponsored by: Pancreatic Disorders; Gastrointestinal Oncology; 9:00 Wasp-Deficiency in Mice Leads to Global Regulatory T
Intestinal Disorders #778 Cell Dysfunction with IL-10 Deficiency and Aberrant IL-
2 Signaling Independent of Immune Synapse Formation
ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS RESPONSE Michel Maillard*, Vinicius Cotta-De-Almeida, Pierre
Michetti, Cathryn Nagler-Anderson, Scott B. Snapper
9:15 IL-23-Dependent CD4+ ThIL-17 Cells Mediate Chronic
• Understand the importance of the endoplasmic reticulum stress
#779 Colitis
response in pancreatic cells;
Charles O. Elson*, Yingzi Cong, Terrill McClanahan, Robert
• Obtain current information on the mediators and mechanisms that
Fick, Robert Kastelein
participate in this new signaling pathway; and
• Learn the central role that sp1 proteins play in the reticulum stress 9:30 Colitis in Wild-Type Mice Following Neonatal Bone
response. #780 Marrow Transfer with Mdr1a -/- Hematopoietic Stem
Cells
8:30 Molecular Machinery Involved in the Endoplasmic
Reed A. Dimmitt*, Camalla Kimbrough, Robin G. Lorenz
Sp728 Reticulum Stress Response: An Update
Randal J. Kaufman 9:45 The Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Roles of TLRS in a
#781 Model of Experimental Colitis
9:00 A New Class of Mechanism-Based Drugs That Block
Kyoko Katakura*, Sean Fine, Jongdae Lee, Carol Shen, Lars
Sp729 Pancreatic Cancer Growth Through Activation of ER
Eckmann, Yukio Sato, Eyal Raz
Stress
Stephen Safe
AGA Topic Forum
9:30 Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response in Pancreatic
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 410
Sp730 Cancer
Craig Logsdon LA Convention Center
Chairs: Shrikant Anant, Peter Holt
NUTRITION AND CANCER

8:30 Molecular Characterization of the Chemopreventive
#806 Activity of Pentacylic Triterpene Ursolic Acid
Sandra Ulrich*, Bettina Jung, Stefan Buettner, Juergen Stein
8:45 Novel Curcumin Analog Diphenyl Difluoroketone (L-

#807 2395) Mediates Anti-Colon Cancer Activity Through
Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Signaling Inhibition
Katherine B. Lee*, Dharmalingam Subramaniam, Sripathi
M. Sureban, Rama P. Ramanujam, Hideg Kalman, Periannan
Kuppusamy, Courtney W. Houchen, Brian K. Dieckgraefe,
Shrikant Anant
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9:00 Red Meat & Colon Cancer: Dietary Heme Injures E
#808 Surface Epithelium and Thus Inhibits Apoptosis and D
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Hyperplasia in Rat Colon
Johan de Vogel, Wytske Boersma-van Eck, Aloys Sesink, E
Denise Jonker-Termont, Jan Kleibeuker, Roelof van der S
Meer* D
9:15 3,3'-Diindolylmethane (DIM) Induces Apoptosis and A
#809 Cell Cycle Arrest in Human Colon Cancer Cells Y
J.N. H. Park*, Eun Ji Kim, Dae Young Kwon, Hyun J Choi,
MAY
So Young Park, Hyun-Kyung Shin, Young-Joon Surh
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9:30 Scutellaria Baicalensis Extract and Constituent
#810 Flavonoids Inhibit Proliferation in Pancreatic Cancer
Cell Lines
Alexandra Berger*, Yantao Niu, Guido Eibl, Vay Liang Go,
Diane Harris
9:45 Bile Acids Activate Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor

#811 (EGFR) Kinase-Dependent Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase
(PI3K)/AKT Proliferative Signaling in Colon Cancer
Cells
Chang Guo*, Jean-Pierre Raufman
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MAY Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction; Esophageal,
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CELIAC DISEASE
CURRENT CONCEPTS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN
Participants will be able to: GASTROPARESIS
• Review the advances in celiac disease presented at DDW 2006.
7:00 Advances in Celiac Disease
• Discuss diagnostic criteria and medical therapies for gastroparesis;
Sp716a Carole Semrad, Robert Anderson
• Learn about current research related to the pathophysiology and
treatment of gastroparesis; and
AGA Research Forum • Learn about new approaches for the treatment of gastroparesis.
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 306 A/B
8:30 Diagnosis of Gastroparesis: Symptoms Versus Tests
LA Convention Center Sp731 Henry Parkman
Chairs: Satish Rao, Ashok Tuteja 8:52 Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Gastroparesis
Sp732 William Hasler
9:14 Principles Learned from Animal Models
ANORECTAL MOTILITY AND DISORDERS Sp733 Kent Sanders
Participants will be able to: 9:36 Panel Discussion

• Learn about the physiology and pathophysiology of the innervation Sp734 Richard McCallum
of the rectum and anus; and
• Learn about new techniques for assessment of anorectal function and
dysfunction.
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 501 A/B/C
8:30 Meal Induced Rectal Sensitivity in Patients with LA Convention Center
#782 Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) May Be Related to a 5-
Hydroxytryptamine Mediated Reduction in Rectal Chairs: Robert S. Bresalier, Dennis Ahnen
Compliance
Lesley A. Houghton*, Wendy Atkinson, Catherine Fell, Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology
Peter J. Whorwell, Stephen Lockhart, Brian Keevil
GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS AS PROGNOSTIC MARKERS
8:45 A New Form of Hypervigilance in Irritable Bowel FOR CANCER RISK AND PREVENTION
#783 Syndrome (IBS) Patients
Monica Garcia Alonso, Enrique Rey*, Manuel Diaz-Rubio Participants will be able to:
• Understand how genetic polymorphisms impact cancer risk and
9:00 Relationship Between Symptoms and Abnormalities in prevention.
#784 Rectal Sensitivity and Compliance to Distension in
Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome 8:30 Effects of Genetic Variability on Cancer Risk and
Kwang Jae Lee*, Bo Heon Meong, Jin Hong Kim, Ki Baik Sp735 Prognosis
Hahm, Sung Won Cho Christine Ambrosone
9:15 Puborectalis Muscle in Nulliparous Women: Functional 9:00 Genetic Variation and Cancer
#785 Assessment Using 3-D Ultrasound Imaging Sp736 John D. Potter
Milena M. Weinstein*, Sung-Ae Jung, Dolores H. Pretorius,
Charles W. Nager, Ravinder K. Mittal 9:30 Genetic Anthropology of the Colorectal Cancer-
Sp737 Susceptibility Allele APC I1307k
9:30 Changes of Rectal Motor and Sensory Response to Stephen B. Gruber
#786 Distension After Longo’s Haemorrhoidectomy: A
Barostat Study
Antonio Gianluca Castellaneta, Maura Corsetti*, Simone
Squillante, Nadine Osman, Pier Alberto Testoni, Sandro
Passaretti, Paola de Nardi
9:45 Investigation of Sensori-Motor, Recto Anal Inhibitory

#787 and Contractile Reflexes in Rectal Hyposensitivity
Jose M. Remes-Troche*, Sherrie de Ocampo, Megan Miller,
Jessica Paulson, Satish Sc Rao
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Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Growth, Development & Aging; A
Nutrition & Obesity THE WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY IN GI CANCERS Y
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DISEASE • Learn the role of the Wnt signaling pathway in GI cancers. 24
8:30 A Novel Selective Gene Targeting Approach to
#794 Selectively Kill Cancer Cells, in Vitro and in Vivo, with
• Learn the types of genes leading to celiac disease;
Hyperactive β-Catenin
• Learn how to search for disease gene candidates; and
Hadas Dvory-Sobol*, Diana Kazanov, Eyal Sagiv, Dana Yona,
• Confirm that a candidate gene is causal in a genetic disorder.
Nadir Arber
8:30 Multiple Classes of Genes Leading to Celiac Disease
8:45 Sox4 Is a β-Catenin-Interacting, Tumor-Promoting
Sp738 Cisca Wijmenga
#795 Modulator of Wnt Signaling That Is Upregulated in
Colorectal Cancer
AGA Research Forum Jeffrey Franklin, Emilios Tahinci, Ethan Lee, Loice
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 403 B Jayekumar, Galina Bogatcheva, Tim Yeatman, Bruce Aronow,
LA Convention Center Robert J. Coffey*
9:00 Novel Crosstalk of KrüPpel-Like Factor 4 and Beta-

Chairs: Ronnie Fass, Ravi Mittal #796 Catenin Regulates Normal Intestinal Homeostasis and
Tumor Repression
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders Wen Zhang*, Xi Chen, Yoichi Kato, Paul M. Evans, Subo
Yuan, Jun Yang, Piotr G. Rychahou, Vincent W. Yang, Xi
NEW TECHNIQUES AND INSIGHTS IN DIAGNOSTIC He, Mark B. Evers, Chunming Liu
TESTING FOR GERD
9:15 β-Catenin and Nf-κB Differentially Regulate Proliferation
Participants will be able to: #797 in Native Epithelia
• Identify new diagnostic tests for GERD; and Shahid Umar*, Yu Wang, Joseph H. Sellin
• Evaluate new research in diagnostic techniques for GERD.
9:30 Expression of CDX Proteins Interfere with the
8:30 DX-pH Measurement System: A Sensitive Device for #798 Formation of Beta-Catenin/Tcf Complex
#788 Detecting Liquid and Aerosolized Supraesophageal Rong J. Guo*, Toshihiko Ezaki, Eunran Suh, John P. Lynch
Gastric Reflux (SEGR)
Gregory J. Wiener*, Ross Tsukashima, Colleen Kelly, Erich 9:45 Overexpression of Human IGFBP-3 Inhibits the
Wolf, Molly Schmeltzer, Charles Bankert, Lauren Fisk #799 Development of Intestinal Tumors in An APC/Min
Mouse Model
8:45 The Measurement of Oesophageal Cross-Section Irena Kirman*, Suvinit Jain, Avraham Belizon, Richard L.
#789 Diameter and Volume Using a Novel Multi-Channel Whelan
Intra-Luminal Impedance Catheter: In Vitro and in Vivo
Validation
Mark Fox*, Donald MacLachlan, Amir Thakur, Roy SSAT Plenary Session
Anggiansah, Terry Wong, Angela Anggiansah 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 403 A
9:00 Characterisation of Intraluminal Impedance Patterns
#790 Associated with Gas Reflux (Belching) in Healthy Chairs: L. William Traverso, Edward Whang
Volunteers
Michiel P. van Wijk*, Daniel Sifrim, Nathalie Rommel, Marc SSAT PLENARY SESSION
A. Benninga, Geoffrey P. Davidson, Taher Omari
9:15 Effects of Feeding On Esophageal Exposure to Acid • Discuss current investigations and novel strategies in the
#791 Gastroesophageal Reflux During Esophageal Emptying management of patients with surgical conditions relating to the
and During Subsequent Mucosal Acid Neutralization in gastrointestinal tract, liver, and pancreas;
Infants • Discuss current basic science investigation relating to the
Frederick W. Woodley*, Namhee Kim, Soledad Fernandez, gastrointestinal tract, liver, and pancreas; and
Melissa Metheney, Hayat Mousa • Discuss current studies in clinical outcomes for patients with surgical
9:30 Four-Day BRAVO pH Recording Combining 48-Hour disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
#792 Periods On and Off Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy 8:30 Effect of Location and Speed of Diagnosis On
Pai-Wain C. Lo*, Qing Zhang, Nirmala Gonsalves, Ikuo #800 Anastomotic Leak Outcomes in 3838 Gastric Bypass
Hirano Patients
9:45 Light Microscopy Analisys of Intercellular Space Sukhyung Lee*, Brennan Carmody, Luke Wolfe, Eric
#793 Diameters of Esophageal Epithelium in Nerd Patients: Demaria, John M. Kellum, Harvey Sugerman, James W.
Comparison with Electron Microscopy Maher
Mentore Ribolsi, Giuseppe Perrone, Renato Caviglia*, 8:45 Treatment of Gastric Adenocarcinoma Based On
Massimo Gentile, Sara Emerenziani, Michele Guarino, #801 Institution Type/Approvals Category in the United
Rabbitti Carla, Michele Cicala States
Kaye M. Reid*, Lina Patel, Jaffer Ajani, John H. Donohue,
Members of the Gastric PCE Project The
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N Joe Matsumoto, William Traverso*
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S #803 Is the Surgeons Contribution to Long-Term Survival in
Pancreatic Cancer
D Thomas J. Howard*, Joseph E. Krug, Jian Yu, Christian M.
A Schmidt, Lewis E. Jacobson, James A. Madura, Eric A.
Y Wiebke, Keith A. Lillemoe
MAY 9:30 Efficacy of Preoperative Combined 18-
24 #804 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography and
Computed Tomography for Assessing Primary Rectal
Cancer Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy
Genevieve B. Melton*, William C. Lavely, Heather A.
Jacene, Richard D. Schulick, Michael A. Choti, Richard L.
Wahl, Susan L. Gearhart
9:45 Patterns of Local Failure and Survival for Non-Operative

#805 Treatment of Stage CO Distal Rectal Cancer Following
Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy
Angelita Habr-Gama*, Rodrigo O. Perez, Afonso H. Sousa,
Fabio G. Campos, Igor E. Proscurshim, Wladimir Nadalin,
Desiderio R. Kiss, Joaquim Gama-Rodrigues
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10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Concourse Hall - 151 #815 Subjects with Fistulizing Crohn’s Disease Who Have S
Failed Response Or Showed Intolerance to Infliximab D
LA Convention Center J Hinojosa, F Gomollon*, P Nos, M Penate, D Ceballos, Ma
Gassull A
Chairs: Emmet Keeffe, John Vierling Y
11:45 Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Sponsored by: AGA; AASLD; SSAT #816 (HSCT) for Refractory Crohn's Disease (CD), 4 Year
MAY
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CARE OF THE LIVER TRANSPLANT PATIENT IN A NON- Robert M. Craig*, Yu Oyama, Larissa Verda, Laisvyde
TRANSPLANT CENTRE Statkute, Krosnjar Nela, Kathleen Quigley, Richard Burt
10:30 When to Refer for Liver Transplantation
Sp739 J. Eileen Hay AGA Research Forum
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 308 A/B
10:55 Immunosuppression and Its Long-Term Consequences LA Convention Center
Sp740 Kelly Burak
11:20 Metabolic Complications in Liver Transplant Recipients Chairs: Kenneth K. Wang, Hiroshi Mashimo
Sp741 Sammy Saab
11:45 Questions and Answers Practice
AGA Research Forum ENDOSCOPIC EVALUATION OF BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Concourse Hall - 152 AND DYSPLASIA
• Evaluate recent research on endoscopic evaluation of Barrett's
Chairs: Bruce E. Sands, Simon Travis Esophagus.
Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel 10:30 The Seattle Protocol for High-Grade Dysplasia in
Diseases #818 Barrett’s Esophagus-It May Not Be As Good As We
Think
CLINICAL TRIALS IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE Revital Kariv*, Thomas P. Plesec, Mary P. Bronner, John R.
Goldblum, Mary Oldenburgh, Thomas W. Rice, Gary W.
Participants will be able to: Falk
• Become familiar with the results of probiotic therapy in patients with
ulcerative colitis; 10:45 Natural History of High Grade Dysplasia in a Regional
• Become familiar with the results of new mesalamine formulations for #819 Veterans Administration Barrett’s Cohort
the treatment of ulcerative colitis; and Gareth S. Dulai*, Dennis M. Jensen, Fasiha Kanwal,
• Become familiar with the preliminary results of stem cell therapy and Brennan M. Speigel, Ian M. Gralnek, Paul G. Shekelle
adalimumab in patients with Crohn's disease. 11:00 The Development and Validation of An Endoscopic
10:30 Treatment of Mild to Moderate Acute Attacks of Distal #820 Grading System for Barrett’s Esophagus-the Prague C
#812 Ulcerative Colitis with Rectally-Administered E. Coli and M Criteria
Nissle 1917: Dose-Dependent Efficacy Prateek Sharma*, David Armstrong, Jacques JGHM
Harald Matthes*, Thomas Krummenerl, Manfred Giensch, Bergman, John Dent, Liebwin Gossner, Yoshio Hoshihara,
Corinna Wolff, Juergen Schulze Janusz A. Jankowski, Ola Junghard, Lars Lundell, Guido Nj
Tytgat, Michael Veith
10:45 Atorvastatin Decreases Seo Index in Patients with short
#817 Duration of Disease in Ulcerative Colitis: A Randomized 11:15 Squamous Overgrowth in a 5-Year Randomized Phase III
Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial #821 Trial of Photodynamic Therapy Using Porfimer Sodium
Peter D. Higgins*, Tahira Khan, John Mapili, Ellen M. in Ablation of High-Grade Dysplasia in Barrett’s
Zimmermann Esophagus
Mary Bronner*, Shari Taylor, Bergein Overholt, Kenneth
11:00 Combined Data from Two Pivotal, Randomized, Placebo- Wang, Steven Burdick, Charles Lightdale, Michael Kimmey,
#813 Controlled, Phase III Studies Show That SPD476, a Hector Nava, Michael Sivak, Norman Nishioka, Hugh Barr,
Novel mesalamine Formulation Given Once Or Twice- Chad Davis, Norman Marcon, Marcos Pedrosa, Michelle
Daily, Is Effective for the Induction of Remission of Depot
Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis
William J. Sandborn*, Michael A. Kamm, Gary R. 11:30 New Barrett’s Epithelium After the Healing of Erosive
Lichtenstein, Miguel Gassull, Stefan Schreiber, Lechoslaw #822 Oesophagitis - Prospective Endoscopic and Histological
Jackowski, Prabhakar Boddu, Natalya Gubergrits Assessments
Ali S. Taha*, Margaret Balsitis, Wilson J. Angerson, Frances
11:15 Similar Clinical Remission Rates with mesalazine Foam Gallagher, Christopher G. Morran
#814 and Enema in Patients with Active Left-Sided Ulcerative
Colitis (UC): Results of a Multicentre, Prospective, 11:45 The Endoscopic Assessment of Barrett's Esophagus and
Randomized, Investigator-Blinded, Comparative Study Sp742 Dysplasia
Antoine Cortot*, Denis Maetz, Eric Degoutte, Olivier Nicholas Shaheen
Delette, Pierre Meunier, Tg Tan, Jean-Brice Cazals, Olivier
Dewit, Xavier Hebuterne, Sylvain Beorchia, Bernard
Grunberg, Eric Leprince, Geert D'Haens, Sylvie Forestier,
Marc Lemann
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10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 304 A/B/C
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S Chair: Blair S. Lewis
D AGA Research Forum
Sponsored by: Imaging & Advanced Technology; Clinical Practice;
A Gastrointestinal Oncology; Intestinal Disorders 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 403 B
MAY IMAGING THE SMALL INTESTINE: AT LAST, WE MEET IN
THE MIDDLE Chairs: Roy Wong, Racquel Darila
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Participants will be able to: Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders
• Understand new and emerging methods for small bowel endoscopy;
• Understand radiological methods for small bowel imaging; and UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
• Understand non endoscopic methods of small bowel imaging.
10:30 What's New in Capsule Imaging • Evaluate new research in upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Sp743 Lauren Gerson
10:30 The Effect of Scheduled Second Endoscopy Against
11:15 Double Balloon Endoscopy #823 Intravenous High Dose OMEPRAZOLE Infusion As An
Sp744 Jonathan Leighton Adjunct to Therapeutic Endoscopy in Prevention of
Peptic Ulcer Rebleeding - A Prospective Randomized
Study
AGA Clinical Symposium Philip W. Chiu*, Henry Joeng, Catherine Choi, Kwok Hung
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Petree D Kwong, Siu Ho Lam
10:45 Proton Pump Inhibitor Treatment Initiated Prior to
Chair: Philip Schoenfeld #824 Endoscopic Diagnosis in Unselected Upper
Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Cochrane Systematic
Sponsored by: Clinical Practice; Gastrointestinal Oncology Review and Meta-Analysis
Stephanie Dorward, Aravamuthan Sreedharan*, Grigoris I.
ISSUES IN CRC SCREENING IN PATIENTS WITH A FAMILY Leontiadis, Colin W. Howden, Paul Moayyedi, David
HISTORY OF COLON CANCER Forman
11:00 7 Or 10fr, with Low Or High Volume Epinephrine? A
#825 Single Center Prospective Randomized Control Trial in
• Assess the evidence about CRC screening and surveillance in patients
Acute Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
with a family history of adenoma in a first degree relative;
(AUGIB)
• Identify appropriate management of atypical presentations of
Subbaramiah Sridhar*, Sherman Chamberlain, Sreeram
inherited CRC disorders; and
Parupudi, Sankar Sethuraman, Dharma Thiruvaiyaru, Urias
• Learn how to apply evidence-based CRC guidelines to practice.
Cuartas, Lynda Roach, Robert Schade
10:30 History of Adenoma in First-Degree Relative: What Is
11:15 Early Is Good; Is Very Early Better? Does Endoscopy
Sp745 the Evidence for More Frequent Screening and
#826 Within 6 Hours of Presentation Improve Outcomes in
Surveillance?
High-Risk Patients Presenting with Acute Non-Variceal
Philip Schoenfeld
Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding (ANVUGIB)
11:00 Inherited CRC Disorders: Attenuated FAP, CRC in Leila Keyvani, Laura E. Targownik*, Sanjay K. Murthy,
Sp746 Family Member < 50 Years Old, and Atypical HNPCC Shanua Leeson
Presentations
11:30 The Predictive Value of Admission Hematocrit in
Randy Burt
#827 Patients Hospitalized with Acute Upper and Lower
11:30 Applying the CRC Guidelines to Practice Gastrointestinal Bleeding (GIB)
Sp747 Robert Schoen Richard A. Del Rio*, Richard C. Wong, Layla Hajjafar,
Gregory S. Cooper
AGA Clinical Symposium 11:45 The Endoscopic Management of Non-Variceal UGI

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 502 B Sp751 Bleeding 2006
LA Convention Center Dennis Jensen
Chair: Colin Howden

Practice; Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their
Receptors
THE DARK SIDE OF ACID SUPPRESSION, REVISITED

• Review the known side effects of chronic PPI use;
• Review evidence for emerging complications from chronic PPI use;
and
• Review surgical alternatives to PPI use.
10:30 Increased Community Acquired Pneumonia with PPIs

Sp748 Robert J. Laheij
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10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 303 AB #835 Requires Math1 Dependent Intestinal Secretory Lineages S
Noah F. Shroyer*, Michael A. Helmrath, Vincent Y. Wang, D
LA Convention Center Susan J. Henning, Huda Y. Zoghbi
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Chairs: Jonathan Kaunitz, Lane Clarke 11:00 Epidermal Growth Factor Stimulates Rac1 Activation in Y
#836 Intestinal Epithelial Cells Through SRC and PI 3-Kinase
Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders; Esophageal, Gastric & to Promote Cell Migration
MAY
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BICARBONATE TRANSPORT 11:15 Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Is Essential for Intestinal

#837 Growth in Response to Glucagon-Like Peptide-2 in Mice
Participants will be able to: Philip E. Dube*, Catherine L. Forse, Patricia L. Brubaker
• Understand the basic mechanisms of intestinal bicarbonate transport
and adaptation during inflammation. 11:30 Lack of P21 (WAF1/CIP1) Enhances Intestinal Stem Cell
#838 Survival Following Radiation Injury
10:30 Characterization and Regulation of the 5'-Flanking Courtney W. Houchen*, Mark A. Sturmoski, Randal May,
#828 Region of the Human Anion Exchanger SLC26A6 Robert George, Brian Dieckgraefe, Shrikant Anant
Seema Saksena*, Alka Dwivedi, Ravinder K. Gill, Ayesha
Zaheer, Atul Goel, Jaleh Malakooti, Waddah A. Alrefai, 11:45 Small Intestinal Adaptation After Partial Enterectomy Is
Krishnamurthy Ramaswamy, Pradeep K. Dudeja #839 Impaired in Pparδ+/- Mice
Lihua Wang*, Qun Zheng, Deborah C. Rubin, Marc S.
10:45 Down-Regulated in Adenoma (DRA, SLC26A3) Cl-/ Levin
#829 HCO3- Exchanger Is a Major Contributor to Basal and
cAMP-Stimulated HCO3- Secretion Across Murine
Duodenum AGA Research Forum
Nancy M. Walker, Janet E. Simpson, Clifford W. 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 301 A/B
Schweinfest, Lane L. Clarke* LA Convention Center
11:00 Intestinal Impactions and Altered cAMP-Stimulated Chairs: Maria Abreu, Torsten Kucharzik
#830 Anion Secretion Across Murine Proximal Colon of Nbc1
Na+-HCO3- Cotransporter Knockout Mice Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel
Lara R. Gawenis*, Gary E. Shull Diseases
11:15 Differential Activation of the CFTR Hco3- Conductance IBD: CYTOKINES/MUCOSAL IMMUNITY
#831 By Forskolin and Genistein in Murine Duodenum
Biguang Tuo*, Ursula Seidler Participants will be able to:
• Understand mucosal immunity and the role of cytokines in IBD.
11:30 Epithelial Extracellular Carbonic Anhydrases Facilitate
#832 Disposal of Luminal Acid As CO2 in Rat Duodenal 10:30 Regulation of Macrophage TNF Production By MNK
Mucosa #840 Kinases
Misa Mizumori*, Yasutada Akiba, Tetsu Takeuchi, Caudiu T. Mark T. Worthington*, Carol A. Chrestensen, Mary G.
Supuran, Paul H. Guth, Eli Engel, Jonathan D. Kaunitz Harp, Robert Rowlett, Xiao Ming Wang, Fabio Cominelli,
Theresa T. Pizarro, Thomas W. Sturgill
11:45 Role of Intracellular Ca2+ in 5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-
#833 HT)-Mediated Duodenal Mucosal Bicarbonate Secretion 10:45 Differential Chromatin Remodeling in Mucosal Diseases
Hui Dong*, Anders Smith, Alfred Chappell, Kim E. Barrett #841 Modifies IFNG Expression
Rivkah Gonsky*, Richard L. Deem, Stephan R. Targan
AGA Topic Forum 11:00 Ceacam1 N-Domain Mutation Found in An Ulcerative
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 405 #842 Colitis (UC) Patient Affects Il2 Secretion
LA Convention Center Mee Sook Park*, Giulia Roda, Okebugwu Kamalu, Lloyd
Mayer
Chairs: Tien C. Ko, Noah F. Shroyer
11:15 The Vegf-Vegf Receptor (VEGF-R) Pathway Is Up-
Sponsored by: Growth, Development & Aging #843 Regulated and Mediates Mucosal Angiogenesis in
Human and Experimental Inflammatory Bowel Disease
GROWTH, INJURY AND REPAIR MECHANISMS IN THE (IBD)
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT Silvio Danese*, Franco Scaldaferri, Cristina Graziani, Carol
de la Motte, Egidio Stigliano, Alessandro Sgambato,
Participants will be able to: Riccardo Ricci, Achille Cittadini, Antonio Gasbarrini,
• Understand mechanisms of intestinal adaptation; Claudio Fiocchi
• Update on the mechanisms of hormone regulation of intestinal
growth; and 11:30 Intestinal Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer Protein
• Review mechanisms of stem cell survival after radiation injury in the #844 (MTP) Regulates Cd1d Function On the Intestinal
intestine. Epithelium and Protects from Mortality in the
Oxazolone Model
10:30 The P38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Regulates Arthur Kaser*, Masaru Yoshida, Glenn T. Furuta, Feilin A.
#834 Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Down Regulation Zhu, Nicholas O. Davidson, Sean P. Colgan, Richard S.
Mark R. Frey*, Rebecca S. Dise, Karen L. Edelblum, D. Blumberg
Brent Polk
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D #845 Development Pathway Under Inflammatory Condition
N Yasuyo Shimomura*, Atsuhiro Ogawa, Ken Sugimoto,
Mayumi Kawada, Emiko Mizoguchi, Atul K. Bhan, Atsushi
E Mizoguchi
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Diseases
MICROBIAL-MEDIATED MUCOSAL INTERACTIONS IN

INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNITY
• Understand how enteric microbies induce mucosal inflammation and
immunity.
10:30 Directed Expression of Salmonella Avra in Drosophila

#846 Melanogaster Reveals Mechanistic Conservation of
Innate Immune Repression
Rheinallt Jones*, Andrew Neish
10:45 Helicobacter Pylori Persistence and Disease Severity Is
#847 Modulated By the Induction of Regulatory T-Cells
Rupert M. Kenefeck*, Karen Robinson, John C. Atherton
11:00 Salmonella Flagellin Acts As An Avirulence Factor and
#848 Limits Disease During Enteric Infection in Vivo
Matam Vijay-Kumar*, Huixia Wu, Andrew T. Gewirtz,
Andrew Neish
11:15 Gp96 Is a Colonocyte Plasma Membrane Binding
#849 Protein for Clostridium Difficile Toxin A
Xi Na*, Ho Kim, Charalabos Pothoulakis, J. Thomas
Lamont
11:30 Decay Accelerating Factor (DAF) Is a Cellular Receptor

#850 for Helicobacter Pylori
Daniel P. O'Brien*, Uma Krishna, Judith Romero-Gallo,
John Nedrud, M E. Medof, Feng Lin, Raymond Redline,
Douglas M. Lublin, Bogdan J. Nowicki, Dawn Israel, Aime
T. Franco, Richard M. Peek
11:45 Viable Bacteria Versus DNA Extracts As Anti-

#851 Inflammatory Agents in Crohn’s Disease
Monica Carol*, Marta Llopis, Maria Antolin, Cristina
Martinez, Natalia Borruel, Francesc Casellas, Francisco
Guarner, Juan-Ramon Malagelada
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Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction MAY
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ADVANCES IN ESOPHAGEAL CANCERS GASTRIC MOTILITY AND SENSATION
• Learn the recent advances in esophageal cancer. • Learn about basic motility patterns in the stomach;
• Learn about novel methods for assessment of gastric motility in
10:30 Inhibition of Telomerase By Mutant Template human subjects; and
#852 Telomerase RNA and Anti-Telomerase Sirna Induces • Learn about novel drug receptors in the stomach.
ALT in Immortalized Human Esophageal Epithelial Cells
Michaela Doebele*, Alexander von Werder, Christine Fulda, 10:30 Regional Differences in Serotonergic Activity in the
Steffen Heeg, Gitta Goessel, Michael Quante, Hideki #858 Mucosa of the Human Stomach and Duodenum
Harada, Yasir Suliman, Shang Li, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Niels van Lelyveld*, Jose Ter Linde, Marguerite Schipper,
Hubert E. Blum, Oliver G. Opitz Melvin Samsom
10:45 Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1α Regulates Insulin-Like 10:45 Role of PYLORIC Pressures and Botulinum Toxin (BT)
#853 Growth Factor Binding Protein-3 Function in Esophageal #859 Injection in the Treatment of Diabetic (DM) and
Epithelial Cells Idiopathic Gastroparesis (IG)
Munenori Takaoka, Mangatt P. Biju, Claudia D. Andl, Katerina Shetler, Linda Anh B. Nguyen*, Stephen Bunker,
Takaomi Okawa, Carmen Z. Michaylira, Daniel C. Chung, Shelly Parker, William J. Snape
Volker H. Haase, Hiroshi Nakagawa*
11:00 The Role of the Dopamine-3 Receptor in the Regulation
11:00 Reprimo Methylation Is a Potential Early Biomarker of #860 of Gastric Motility
#854 Barrett's-Associated Neoplastic Progression Purna C. Kashyap*, Maria-Adelaide Micci, Pankaj Jay
James P. Hamilton*, Fumiaki Sato, Bruce D. Greenwald, Pasricha
Tetsuo Ito, Yuriko Mori, Bogdan C. Paun, Takatsugu Kan,
Yulan Cheng, Suna Wang, Carmite Mantzur, John M. 11:15 Slow and Rapid Liquid Nutrient Load Tests in
Abraham, Stephen J. Meltzer #861 Assessment of Proximal Stomach Function in Healthy
Subjects
11:15 Induction of COX-2 By Unconjugated Bile Acids Ke Zheng, Meiyun Ke*, Zhifeng Wang
#855 Involves AP-1, CREB and Reactive Oxygen Species-
Mediated Signaling Pathways in Esophageal 11:30 Gastroduodenal Motility Measured in Health and
Adenocarcinoma Cells #862 Disease During Transit of An Ambulatory Capsule-
Shumei Song*, Robert S. Bresalier Smartpill
Mihaela Podovei*, Marek Majewski, Annabel N. Yuen,
11:30 Stepwise Endoscopic Resection of the Whole Barrett’s Braden Kuo, Irene Sarosiek, John Kuhn, Laura Negron, Jack
#856 Esophagus in Patients with Early Neoplasia Effectively R. Semler, Connor Semler, Richard W. McCallum
Removes All Genetic Alterations from the Esophageal
Epithelium 11:45 Relationship Between Proximal and Distal Gastric Motor
Femke P. Peters*, Jantine W. van Baal, Agnieszka M. Rygiel, #863 Activity in Humans
Wouter L. Curvers, Wilda D. Rosmolen, Paul Fockens, Nam Q. Nguyen*, Richard H. Holloway, Laura Bryant,
Fiebo J. Ten Kate, Kausilia K. Krishnadath, Jacques J. Carly Burdstag, Robert Fraser
Bergman
11:45 New Establishment of Diagnostic Algorithm of AGA Topic Forum

#857 Esophageal Cancer and High Sensitivity Oligo Chip 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 503
Yutaka Shimada*, Tetsuo Ito, E.J. Tanaka, Motoshige LA Convention Center
Higashiyama, Atsushi Itami, Go Watanabe, Takatsugu Kan,
Fumiaki Sato, Shigemi Matsumoto, Shin'ichi Miyamoto, Chairs: Lopa Mishra, Chris Yun
Michihide Mitsumori, Masashi Kadowaki, Gozoh Tsujimoto,
Hideo Akiyama, Akira Myomoto, Osamu Nomura, Hitoshi Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology
Nobumasa
GROWTH FACTORS, SINGALING PATHWAYS AND GI
CANCERS
• Understand the role of growth factor signaling pathways in GI
cancers.
10:30 Signaling Pathways in TGF-β Induced Tumorigenesis in
#864 Elf+/-/Smad4+/- Mutant Mice Cell Lines and Human
Gastric Tumors
Nady Golestaneh*, Yi Tang, Varalakshmi Katuri, Bibhuti
Mishra, Lopa Mishra
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Subsequent Degradation of PPARγ
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 404 A/B
Albert J. Chang*, Diane H. Song, M. M. Wolfe
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S 11:00 Cross Talk Between TGF-β-IL-6 Pathways Is Important Chairs: Leonard Lichtenberger, Adhip Majumdar
#866 for Suppression of Hepatocellular Cancer
D Varalakshmi Katuri*, Yi Tang, Wilma Jogunoori, Anton Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology
A Sidawy, Bibhuti Mishra, Lopa Mishra
Y NOVEL AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS IN GI
11:15 Posttranscriptional Regulation of COX-2 Gene CANCERS
MAY #867 Expression in Intestinal Tumorigenesis: Role of Novel
24 Protooncogene RBM3 Participants will be able to:
Sripathi M. Sureban*, Dharmalingam Subramaniam, • Learn the new therapeutic approaches in GI cancers.
Katherine B. Lee, Satish Ramalingam, Aubrey R. Morrison,
Courtney W. Houchen, Brian K. Dieckgraefe, Shrikant 10:30 Inhibition of C-Met as a Therapeutic Strategy for
Anant #870 Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Gregory A. Watson*, Xinglu Zhang, Michael T. Stang,
11:30 Rack1 Induces Apoptosis of Human Colon Cells By Steven J. Hughes
#868 Suppressing SRC Tyrosine Kinase Activity in the
Intrinsic and Akt Pathways 10:45 Reversal of Early Stages of Colorectal Cancer with EGF-
Vidya Mamidipudi, Chris Cartwright* #871 Receptor Related Protein (ERRP)
Eva M. Schmelz, Hu Xu, Jianhua Du, Arun K. Rishi, Fazlul
11:45 Direct Interaction Between RNA Binding Proteins Hur H. Sarkar, Adhip P. N. Majumdar*
#869 and CUGBP2: Functional Antagonism in Intestinal
Epithelial Cells 11:00 Specific Targeting of Tumor Endothelial Cells By a
Sripathi M. Sureban*, Jacquelyn M. Means, Pavel #872 Shiga-Like Toxin-VEGF Fusion Protein As a Novel
Rodriguez, Nabendu Murmu, Courtney Houchen, Brian K. Treatment Strategy for Pancreatic Cancer
Dieckgraefe, Shrikant Anant Hubert G. Hotz*, Joseph M. Backer, Marina V. Backer, Birgit
Hotz, Sarah Bhargava, Heinz J. Buhr
AGA Translational Symposium 11:15 Evaluation of Dendritic Cell-Based Vaccination Used in
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Petree C #873 Combination with Gemcitabine in a Murine Model of
LA Convention Center Pancreatic Carcinoma
Marc Dauer*, Christian Bauer, Franz Bauernfeind, Max
Chairs: Richard M. Peek, Jean Marie Houghton Schnurr, Stefan Endres, Andreas Eigler
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders; 11:30 15d-Pgj2 Down-Regulates Microsomal Prostaglandin E2
#874 Synthase Type 2 in Colon Cancer Cells
Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their Receptors;
Oliver Schroeder, Yulyana Yudina, Nadine Zahn, Alan
Gastrointestinal Oncology Sabirsh, Jesper Haeggstroem, Juergen Stein*
HELICOBACTER PYLORI - FROM BASICS TO BEDSIDE 11:45 The Oral Multi-Target Tumor Growth InhibitorTm, Zk
#875 304709, Inhibits Growth of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine
Participants will be able to: Tumors in An Orthotopic Mouse Model
• Learn predictive markers for H. Pylori-related disease; Arne Scholz, Karola Wagner, Martina Welzel, Bertram
• Understand the role of microbial factors in disease outcome; and Wiedenmann, Stefan Rosewicz, Gerhard Siemeister,
• Recognize impact of cellular factors on gastric carcinogenesis. Katharina M. Detjen*
10:30 Host Predictors and Markers of Disease
Sp752 Emad El-Omar AGA Research Forum
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 502 A
10:50 Microbial Determinants of Carcinogenesis
Sp753 Manuel Amieva
11:10 Ectopic/Exogenous Cellular Effectors of Gastric Cancer Chairs: Jean Paul Galmiche, Jyoti Sengupta
Sp754 Jean Marie Houghton
11:35 Can We Prevent Gastric Cancer By Treating H. Pylori:
Sp755 Why and How? SENSORY AND MOTILITY DISORDERS OF THE
Julie Parsonnet ESOPHAGUS
• Understand the role of sensory nerves in the generation of
esophageal symptoms;
• Understand the role of non-neuronal cells in esophageal disorders;
and
• Understand the possible role of receptor modulation on neural and
non-neuronal cells in esophageal disorders.
10:30 Life Expectancy, Complications and Causes of Death in

#876 Patients with Achalasia: Results of a 33-Year Prospective
Follow-Up Investigation
Volker F. Eckardt*, Tom Hoischen, Gudrun Bernhard
10:45 Sensory and Biomechanical Properties of the Esophagus

#877 After Nissen Fundoplication
Jose M. Remes-Troche*, Ranjit Mudipalli, James Maher,
Satish Sc Rao
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#878 Pathways Following Acid-Induced Esophagitis in Rats D
Banani Banerjee*, Bidyut K. Medda, Reza Shaker, Jyoti N. N
Sengupta
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11:15 Reduced Pain Perception in Barrett's Esophagus (BE) S
#879 Patients Is Likely Due to Downregulation of TRPV1
Receptors in the Squamous Epithelium Rather Than in
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the Barrett's Mucosa Itself A
Ram Dickman*, Pankaj J. Pasricha, John Winston, Mohan Y
Shenoy, Diley Hernandez, Harinder S. Garewal, Ronnie Fass
MAY
11:30 The Magnitude of Visceral Pain Hypersensitivity After 24
#880 Distal Oesophageal Acidification Correlates with Pre-
Study Anxiety State Scores
Abhishek Sharma*, Qasim Aziz, Claire Delaney, Anthony
Hobson
11:45 Neural and Non-Neural Pathways in Vanilloid Receptor
#881 (TRPV1) -Mediated, Acid-Induced Esophageal
Inflammation in the Cat
Ling Cheng*, Karen M. Harnett, Weibiao Cao, Claudio
Fiocchi, Jose Behar, Piero Biancani

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 403 A
Chairs: Janice Rafferty, TBA

10:30 Prospective Trial of Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication

#882 Versus Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy for Gastro-
Oesophageal Reflux Disease: Seven Year Follow-Up
Samir Mehta*, John Bennett, David Mahon, Michael Rhodes
10:45 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Obesity.
#883 Pathophysiology and Implications for Treatment
Fernando A. Herbella*, Ian Nipomnick, Pietro Tedesco,
Marco G. Patti
11:00 Quality of Life Convergence of Laparoscopic and Open

#884 Antireflux Surgery for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Aisha Violette*, Vic Velanovich
11:15 Ileorectal Anastomosis for Slow Transit Constipation:

#885 Long-Term Functional and Quality of Life Results
Imran Hassan*, John H. Pemberton, Yi-Qian N. You,
Ernesto R. Drelichman, Doris M. Rath-Harvey, Cathy D.
Schleck, Drik R. Larson, Tonia M. Young-Fadok
11:30 Autologous Versus Allogeneic Transfusions: NO

#886 Difference in Peri-Operative Outcome After Partial
Hepatectomy
James O. Park*, Mithat Gonen, Michael D'Angelica, Ronald
Dematteo, Fong Yuman, Leslie H. Blumgart, William R.
Jarnagin
11:45 Enteral Immunonutrition During Sepsis Prevents

#887 Pulmonary Dysfunction in a Rat Model
Jorg Glatzle*, Michael S. Kasparek, Tobias Meile, Jutta
Hahn, Mario H. Mueller, Martin E. Kreis, Alfred
Konigsrainer, Wolfgang Steurer
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S Sp762 Done Totally Laparoscopically? NO, But Laparoscopic-
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Westin Bonaventure Charles Friel
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1:24 Rebuttal
MAY 1:26 Q&A
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1:36 Break
Sp756 Shai Friedland 1:56 Controversy #4: Should Pelvic Dissection for Rectal
Sp763 Cancer Be Performed Laparoscopically? Yes
Matt Mutch
Sp756a Peter B. Kesley
2:06 Controversy #4: Should Pelvic Dissection for Rectal
Sp764 Cancer Be Performed Laparoscopically? NO
Sp756b Christopher C. Thompson* Richard L. Whelan
2:16 Rebuttal
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM 403 A 2:18 Q&A
2:28 Controversy #5: Should Both Laparoscopic and Open
Chairs: Bruce D. Schirmer, Tonia M. Young-Fadok Sp765 Approaches Be Offered to All Patients with Colon
Cancer? Yes
Sponsored by: SAGES Barry A. Salky
2:38 Controversy #5: Should Both Laparoscopic and Open
SSAT/SAGES JOINT SYMPOSIUM: CONTROVERSIES IN
Sp766 Approaches Be Offered to All Patients with Colon
MINIMALLY INVASIVE COLORECTAL SURGERY Cancer? NO
Richard P. Billingham
• List the major technical difficulties in performing laparoscopic 2:48 Rebuttal
colectomy, and compare and contrast the available data supporting
the use of laparoscopic versus open colectomy for the treatment of 2:50 Q&A
either rectal or colon cancer;
• Enumerate the advantages and disadvantages of using the hand port
for the performance of laparoscopic colectomy, and identify the AGA Problem-Based Learning Luncheon
oncologic concerns that still exist for the use of a laparoscopic 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
approach for the treatment of rectal cancer; and
• Summarize the advantages to the patient of using a laparoscopic
versus a laparoscopic-assisted approach for the definitive surgical
treatment of ulcerative colitis. Sp803 An Evidence-Based Approach to the Management of
12:00 Controversy #1: Is Severe Obesity a Contraindication to Irritable Bowel Syndrome (LL11)
Sp757 Performing a Laparoscopic Colectomy? Yes Philip Schoenfeld Rexford Room
Anthony J. Senagore Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level
12:10 Controversy #1: Is Severe Obesity a Contraindication to Sp804 Evaluating and Negotiating Physician Employment
Sp758 Performing a Laparoscopic Colectomy? NO Contracts (LL12)
Peter W. Marcello J. Sumner Bell, F. Taylor Wootton, III Larchmont Room
12:20 Rebuttal
Sp805 Evaluation of a GERD Patient Before and After
12:22 Q&A Antireflux Surgery (LL13)
Joel Richter Mulholland Room
12:32 Controversy #2: Is the Hand Device a Good Bridge to Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level
Sp759 Overcome the Learning Curve and in Selected Cases?
Yes
Garth H. Ballantyne
12:42 Controversy #2: Is the Hand Device a Good Bridge to

Sp760 Overcome the Learning Curve and in Selected Cases?
NO
Thomas Read
12:52 Rebuttal
12:54 Q&A
1:04 Controversy #3: Should Proctocolectomy and IPAA Be

Sp761 Done Totally Laparoscopically? Yes
Tonia M. Young-Fadok
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DDW Meet-the-Investigator Luncheons
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Ease (M103) S
Christopher Williams Room 309 D
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Sp778 Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas (M095) Y
Sp773 Cell Cycle Regulation and GI Cancer (M101) James Schieman Room 312 MAY
Gregory Enders Room 307 Marriott LA - Third Level
Marriott LA - Third Level 24
Sp779 Difficult Bile Duct Stictures (M076)
Sp777 COX's and Cancer (M080) Firas Al-Kawas 503
Robert S. Bresalier Room 310 LA Convention Center
Sp780 Difficult Biliary Stones (M084)
Sp785 Genetic Basis for Cholesterol Gallstone Formation Ram Chuttani 513
(M104) LA Convention Center
David Wang Salon C
Wilshire Grand - Lobby Level Sp781 Double Balloon Enteroscopy (M088)
Lauren B. Gerson 305
Sp792 Mechanisms of H. Pylori-Related Inflammation (M091) LA Convention Center
Nicola Jones Board Room Lounge
Marriott LA - Second Level Sp782 Emerging Treatments for Gastroparesis (M093)
Richard McCallum Salon A
Sp793 Neurotransmission in the Human ENS (M096) Wilshire Grand - Lobby Level
Michael Schemann Westwood Room
Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level Sp783 Evaluation of Pancreatic Cancer (M082)
Marcia I. Canto Concourse Ballroom - Salon 1
Sp796 Regulation of Inflammatory Cytokines (M090) Marriott LA - Second Level
Christian Jobin Chandler Room
Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level Sp784 Genetic Basic of Pancreatic Diseases (M108)
David Whitcomb Salon B
DDW Meet-the-Professor Luncheons
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Sp786 IBD and Colorectal Cancer (M089)
Steven Itzkowitz Glenwood Room
Sp787 Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis (M077)
Sp767 Alcoholic Liver Disease (M100) Stanley Ashley Fernwood Room
Craig McClain Room 301 Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level
Sp788 Management of NSAID-Induced Mucosal Injury in a
Sp768 Allergic Reactions in the Gastrointestinal Tract (M107) Coxib-Free Environment (M085)
Barry Wershil Room 304 Byron Cryer Concourse Ballroom - Salon 3
Marriott LA - Third Level Marriott LA - Second Level
Sp769 Barrett's Esophagus (M097) Sp789 Management of the Patient with a Fatty Liver (M081)
Sponsored by The ASGE EUS SIG Abdullah Al-Osaimi Brentwood Room
Nicholas J. Shaheen Balboa Room Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level
Sp790 Managing Strictures of the GI Tract (M086)
Sp770 Bone Disease in IBD (M075) James Disario 306 A/B
Maria Abreu Room 306 LA Convention Center
Sp791 Management of GI Stromal Tumors (M105)
Sp771 Capsule Endoscopy (M083) Todd Bauer 407
Sponsored by The ASGE Capsule Endoscopy SIG LA Convention Center
Robynne K. Chutkan 514
LA Convention Center Sp794 New Therapies for Chronic Hepatitis C (M106)
Teresa Wright Caucus
Sp772 Celiac Disease (M094) Marriott LA - Second Level
Joseph Murray Room 305
Marriott LA - Third Level Sp795 Quality of Life Measurement (M098)
Brennan Spiegel Doheny Room
Sp774 Cholestasis in Children (M099) Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level
Robert Squires Room 308
Marriott LA - Third Level Sp797 The Coding Process (M072)
Maurits J. Wiersema Verdugo Room
Sp775 Cholestatic Liver Disease (M102) Wilshire Grand - Ballroom Level
E. Jenny Heathcote Room 302
Marriott LA - Third Level Sp798 The Evaluation of “Idiopathic” Pancreatitis (M079)
Peter A. Banks Garden East
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D John Baillie 405
E Sp801 UGI Bleeding (M074)
S Neena S. Abraham 303 AB
A Sp802 When to Use Blood Tests to Diagnose and Treat IBD
Y (M092)
MAY Gary R. Lichtenstein Sawtelle Room
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2:15 PM - 3:45 PM Concourse Hall - 151 #893 A Population Based Study S
Meredythe A. McNally*, Smita L. Halder, G. Richard Locke, D
LA Convention Center Alan R. Zinsmeister, Cathy D. Schleck, Nicholas J. Talley
A
Chairs: Barbara Bass, Stephen B. Hanauer Y
AGA Research Forum
Sponsored by: SSAT; AGA 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 308 A/B MAY
THE RIGHT THERAPY AT THE RIGHT TIME: EVIDENCED
BASED MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR CROHNS DISEASE Chairs: John Baillie, Richard S. Kwon
2:15 What Are Appropriate END Points for Medical and
Sp806 Surgical Trials in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Sponsored by: Clinical Practice; Gastrointestinal Oncology
Brian Feagan
GI CANCERS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
2:37 Management of Complex Perineal Disease
Sp807 Zane Cohen Participants will be able to:
• Review laparoscopic restaging of esophageal cancer;
3:00 Stricturing Disease: Determining Factors in Surgical • Discuss role of endoscopic mucosal resection for detecting lymph
Sp808 Management of Jejunoileal and Colonic Disease node metasteses; and
Fabrizio Michelassi • Review outcomes of therapy for pancreatic cancer.
3:23 Step Up Or Top Down: Therapeutic Choices to 2:15 Factors Related to Lymph Node Metastasis and
Sp809 Optimize Disease Control #895 Feasibility of Endoscopic Mucosal Resection in Poorly
William Sandborn Differentiated Early Gastric Cancer
Young Dae Park*, Yun Jin Chung, Chang-Min Cho, Wan
Sik Yu, Won Young Tak, Seong Woo Jeon
AGA Topic Forum
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 309 2:35 Non-Cardia Gastric Cancer Remains An Important and
LA Convention Center #896 Deadly Cancer in the United States: Secular Trends in
Incidence and Survival
Chairs: Gerald Holtmann, Andreas Smout Melvin K. Lau*, Anne Le, Hashem B. El-Serag
2:50 Risk Factors for Pancreatic Cancer in Younger and Older
Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction; Clinical Practice #897 Patients
Sara H. Olson*, Jennifer Simon, Emmy Ludwig, Robert C.
FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS OF THE UPPER GI TRACT - Kurtz
EVOLVING INSIGHTS
3:05 Detereminant and Outcomes of Curative Internt Surgery
Participants will be able to: #898 (CIS)for Pancreatic Cancer in the United States
• Understand clinical characteristics of patients with upper GI motility Yasser H. Shaib*, Jessica A. Davila, Chris R. Nauman,
and functional disorders; Hashem B. El-Serag
• Understand the natural history of functional dyspepsia; and
• Learn about new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for upper GI 3:25 Risk of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma and Hereditaty
functional and motility disorders. #899 Pancreatitis: the First National Cohort in France
Vinciane Rebours*, Marie Christine Boutron-Ruault, Claude
2:15 Distinct Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Non- Ferec, Dermot O'Toole, Matthieu Schnee, Frederique Maire,
#888 Erosive Reflux Disease (NERD) and Reflux Esophagitis Pascal Hammel, Philippe Ruszniewski, Philippe Levy
(RE)
Justin Wu*, Carrian Cheung, Vincent Wong, Joseph Sung
2:30 The Functional Lumen Imaging Probe (FLIP) for the 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 502 B
#889 Evaluation of the Esophagogastric Junction (EGJ) LA Convention Center
Barry P. McMahon*, J.N. B. Frokaer, Peter Kunwald,
Donghua Liao, Peter Funch-Jensen, Hans Gregersen,
Chair: Atif Zaman
Asbjorn M. Drewes
2:45 Characteristics and Determinants of Long-Term Sponsored by: Clinical Practice; Gastrointestinal Oncology; Liver
#890 Outcome in Acute Onset Functional Dyspepsia Patients & Biliary
Sebastien Kindt*, Philippe Caenepeel, Joris Arts, Jozef
Janssens, Jan Tack HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA: AN EVIDENCED-BASED
APPROACH
3:00 Comparison of Outcomes of Gastric Electrical
#891 Stimulation (GES) in Diabetic, Postsurgical and Participants will be able to:
Idiopathic Gastroparesis By Applying Intention-to-Treat • Understand the magnitude of hepatocellular carcinoma nationally
Analysis and worldwide;
Zhiyue Lin, Irene Sarosiek, Jameson Forster, Richard W. • Identify the at-risk population and how should they be screened;
McCallum* and
• Understand the treatment options that are available and who should
3:15 Natural History of Functional GI Disorders: A 15 Year be treated with what modality.
#892 Longitudinal Population-Based Study
Smita Halder*, G Richard Locke, Cathy D. Schleck, Alan R. 2:15 Epidemiology
Zinsmeister, L Joseph Melton, Nicholas J. Talley Sp810 Hashem El-Serag
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D Sp811 Adrian Di Bisceglie
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 503
N 3:15 Management- Ablate, Resect, Or Transplant? LA Convention Center
E Sp812 Josep M. Llovet
S Chairs: Nicolas Verne, Hubert Moennikes
D AGA Research Forum Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction; Imaging &
A 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 303 AB Advanced Technology
MAY NEURAL IMAGING
Chairs: Peter Higgins, E. Jan Irvine
24 Participants will be able to:
Sponsored by: Clinical Practice; Immunology, Microbiology & • Learn about new advances of neuroimaging in understanding brain
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases gut interactions; and
• Learn about the role of the brain in esophageal and gastric
IBD DISEASE ASSESSMENTS AND OUTCOMES perception and motility.
Participants will be able to: 2:15 Rapid Reorganisation of the Human Swallowing Motor
• Review quality of life assessments for IBD; #906 Cortex to a Virtual Lesion Induced By 1hz Repetitive
• Discuss resource utilization for IBD; and Cortical Stimulation
• Review impact of psychosocial issues on IBD symptoms. Satish Mistry*, John Rothwell, David G. Thompson,
Shaheen Hamdy
2:15 The Short Health Scale - A Valid and Easy to Use
#900 HRQOL Instrument in Crohn’s Disease 2:30 Regional Brain Activation During Gastric Nutrient
Henrik Stjernman*, Christer Granno, Leif Ockander, #907 Infusion in Healthy Volunteers
Gunnar Jarnerot, Curt Tysk, Bjorn Blomberg, Magnus Brecht Geeraerts*, Lukas van Oudenhove, Patrick Dupont,
Strom, Henrik Hjortswang Stijn Dirix, Dominique Vanderghinste, Guy Bormans, Koen
van Laere, Jan Tack
2:30 Differences in Health Care Resource Consumption in a
#901 European Multinational Population-Based Inflammatory 2:45 Regional Cerebral Cortical Fmri Activity Volume Is
Bowel Disease Inception Cohort with 10 Years Follow- #908 Directly Related to the Intensity of Subliminal Proximal
Up and Distal Esophageal Distension
Selwyn H. Odes*, Michael Friger, Hillel Vardi, Frank Mark Kern*, Adeyemi Lawal, Arthi Sanjeevi, Tanya
Wolters, Maurice Russel, Bjorn Moum, Ebbe Langholz, Rittmann, Candy Hofmann, Reza Shaker
Paolo Bodini, Kostas Katsanos, Juan Clofent, Joao Freitas,
Giuseppe D'Albasio, Severine Vermeire, Colm O'Morain, 3:00 Attentional Modulation of Visceral and Somatic Pain
Reinhold Stockbrugger #909 Paul Dunckley*, Qasim Aziz, Richard G. Wise, Jonathon
Brooks, Irene Tracey, Lin Chang
2:45 Environmental Factors Associated with Ulcerative
#902 Colitis: A Large Population-Based Case-Control Study 3:15 Structural Brainstem Alterations in Patients with
Richard B. Gearry*, Ann Richardson, Christopher M. #910 Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Frampton, Judith A. Collett, Andrew Dodgshun, Bruce A. Joshua Bueller*, Steven M. Berman, Brandall Y. Suyenobu,
Chapman, Michael J. Burt, Murray L. Barclay Bruce D. Naliboff, Kashyap Trivedi, Jean Stains, Emeran A.
Mayer
3:00 Mortality in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California
#903 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Registry, 1996-2003 3:30 Discussant
Susan Hutfless*, Xiaoping Weng, Liyan Liu, James E. Sp813 Qasim Aziz
Allison, Lisa J. Herrinton
AGA Research Forum
3:15 Lifetime Utilization of Health Care Resources by
#904 Patients with IBD in Manitoba: A Profile of Time Since
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 301 A/B
Diagnosis LA Convention Center
Teresa Longobardi*, Charles Bernstein
Chairs: Reza Shaker, John Pandolfino
3:30 The Impact of Negative Affectivity & Conscientiousness
#905 On Quality of Life & Symptom Severity in Patients with Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Robert Rahimi*, Laurie Keefer, Shahriar Sedghi, Ece Mutlu, SUPRAESOPHAGEAL COMPLICATIONS OF GERD
Ali Keshavarzian
• Evaluate new research on the supraesophageal complications of
GERD.
2:15 The Effect of Esophageal Acidification On Airway
#911 Mucociliary Function
Ivan M. Lang*, Steve T. Haworth, Bidyut K. Medda, Reza
Shaker
2:30 Non-Acid Reflux Events Reaching the Pharynx Are
#912 Important Factors Associated with Cough
Robert N. Patterson*, Inder Mainie, Gerard Rafferty, Lorcan
P. McGarvey, Liam G. Heaney, Radu Tutuian, Donald O.
Castell, Brian T. Johnston
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2:45 The Role of Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER) in Exercise- E
#913 Triggered Asthma D
Kathryn Peterson*, John Fang, Chistopher Canale, Darin N
Ryujin, David Young, Wayne Samuelson
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#914 Patients with Suspected GERD-Related Laryngitis?
Michael F. Vaezi*, Rocio Lopez, Douglas Hicks, Thomas
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3:15 Effects of High Dose PPI (rabeprazole) On
#915 Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease: A Prospective, MAY
Double Blind, Randomized Controlled Study 24
Apichart Suramethakul, Permsarp Isipradit, Supinda
Saengpanich, Sutep Gonlachanvit*
3:30 Lecture: GERD Effects On the Larynx and Lungs

Sp814 Michael Vaezi
AGA Topic Forum

2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 410
Chairs: Douglas Seidner, Trevor Winter

Duodenal Disorders
ENDOSCOPY AND OUTCOMES IN OBESITY MANAGEMENT

• Determine the role of endoscopy in obesity management; and
• Determine outcomes on GI function following obesity surgery.
2:15 The Effects of Obesity and Weight Loss Surgery On
#946 Symptoms of Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER)
Milan E. Folkers*, Tom Cloward, Ted Adams, John Fang,
Mae Go, Kathryn Peterson
2:30 The Tantalus™ System for Obesity: Effect On Gastric
#947 Emptying of Solids
Claudia P. Sanmiguel*, Scott A. Cunneen, Edward H.
Phillips, Edy E. Soffer
2:45 Endoscopic Management of Upper Gastrointestinal

#948 Hemorrhage Following Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric
Bypass
Laith H. Jamil*, Clara Jackson, Kevin Krause, David
Chengelis, Michael C. Duffy
3:00 Pilot Study of Preoperative Weight Loss in Super

#949 Morbid Obese Patients: The Additional Effect of
Endoscopic Intragastric Balloon Placement
Gianluca Bonanomi*, Simona Di Caro, Mario Traina, Ilaria
Tarantino, Giselle G. Hamad, Madelyn H. Fernstrom
3:15 Pre-Operative Endoscopic Screening Is Not Cost-

#950 Effective in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
Cindy Mong*, Jacques van Dam, Lauren B. Gerson, John
M. Morton, Myriam J. Curet, Subhas Banerjee
3:30 Vagal Blocking for Obesity Control (VBLOC):
#951 Concordance of Effects of Very High Frequency Blocking
Current At the Neural and Organ Levels Using Two
Preclinical Models
Katherine S. Tweden*, Mehran Anvari, Michael D. Bierk,
Charles J. Billington, Michael Camilleri, Christopher N.
Honda, Mark B. Knudson, David E. Larson, Richard R.
Wilson, James W. Freston
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MAY Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders; Gastrointestinal Oncology OPTIMIZING TREATMENT WITH AZATHIOPRINE, 6-
24 MERCAPTOPURINE, INFLIXIMAB, AND CYCLOSPORINE IN
INTESTINAL PROLIFERATION PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
• Appreciate advances in our understanding of intestinal cell • Be familiar with strategies to optimize the concentrations of 6tgn in
proliferation, apoptosis and intracellular signaling. patients treated with azathioprine for IBD;
• Be familiar with strategies to optimize the concentrations of
2:15 Reg IV Increases Apoptotic Resistance and Crypt Stem
infliximab in patients treated with infliximab for IBD; and
#916 Cell Survival in a Radiation-Induced Intestinal Injury
• Be familiar with strategies to optimize the response to cyclosporine
Model
in patients with severe ulcerative colitis.
Kumar S. Bishnupuri*, Qizhi Luo, Satheesh K. Sainathan,
Eyad M. Hanna, Courtney W. Houchen, Shrikant Anant, 2:15 Optimization of 6-Thioguanine Production By
Brian K. Dieckgraefe #922 Allopurinol in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Not
Responding to Azathioprine/ 6-Mercaptopurine Leads to
2:30 Hif-1α Promotes Non-Hypoxic Proliferation in Colon
Improved Disease Activity, Reduced Corticosteroid
#917 Cancer Cells and Xenografts
Requirements and Normalization of Liver Enzymes
Duyen Dang*, Fang Chen, Lawrence Gardner, Jordan
Miles Sparrow*, Scott A. Hande, Sonia Friedman, Dingcai
Cummins, Carlo Rago, Fred Bunz, Sergey V. Kantsevoy,
Cao, Stephen B. Hanauer
Long H. Dang
2:30 Continuation of Immunomodulators Is Not Required to
2:45 Expression of the Pro-Proliferative KrüPpel-Like Factor
#923 Maintain Adequate Infliximab Efficacy in Patients with
#918 5 (KLF5) in Intestinal Epithelial Cells Is Induced By
Crohn’s Disease But May Improve Pharmacokinetics
Bacterial Infection in Vitro and Correlates with Colonic
Gert A. van Assche*, Gilles Paintaud, Geert D'Haens, Filip
Crypt Cell Hyperplasia Caused By Citrobacter
Baert, Severine Vermeire, Maja Noman, Herve Watier,
Rodentium in Vivo
Charlotte Magdelaine, Paul Rutgeerts
Beth B. McConnell*, Jan-Michael A. Klapproth, Maiko
Sasaki, Sengthong Chanchevalap, Jonathan P. Katz, Vincent 2:45 Adjustment in Infliximab Dose Or Dosing Interval in
W. Yang #924 Crohn’s Disease (CD): Experience from the University of
Pittsburgh
3:00 Protein Kinase C-ε Regulates the Apoptosis and Survival
Benjamin Siemanowski*, Kevin Kip, Scott Plevy, Miguel
#919 of Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Regueiro
Yuning Zhou,*, Qingding Wang, B. Mark Evers, Dai H.
Chung 3:00 Is Infliximab a Durable Therapy for Crohn's Disease?
#925 Stephen J. Rudolph*, David I. Weinberg, Robert P. McCabe
3:15 Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor-Induced Multidrug
#920 Resistance 1 Expression Plays An Important Role in the 3:15 Long-Term Infliximab Mainteance Infusion Regimens
Protective Effect On Intestinal Epithelial Injury #926 and Rates of Hospitalization, Surgery and Disability in
Minoru Matsuura*, Hiroshi Nakase, Satohiro Masuda, Crohn's Disease
Masanori Asada, Satoru Ueno, Hiroshi Kitamura, Satoko John B. Williams*, L:ydia R. Weber, Dawn B. Beaulieu,
Inoue, Norimitsu Uza, Katsuhiro Kasahara, Yasuhiko Tabata, Mazen Issa, Joshua F. Knox, Jeanne Emmons, Mary F.
Ken-Ichi Inui, Tsutomu Chiba Otterson, Ossama A. Hatoum, David G. Binion
3:30 Toll-Like Receptor (TLR)4 Is Involved in the Epithelial 3:30 Predictive Factors of Response to Cyclosporine (CsA) in
#921 to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT): Implications for #927 Severe Steroid-Refractory Ulcerative Colitis (SSRUC)
Colitis-Associated Cancer Cacheux Wulfran*, Lemann Marc, Marteau Philippe, Seksik
Masayuki Fukata*, Anli Chen, Suneeta Krishnareddy, Philippe, Nion-Larmurier Isabelle, Afchain Pauline, Allez
Junsuke Maki, Moshe Arditi, Maria Abreu Mathieu, Daniel Fady, Beaugerie Laurent, Gendre Jean-
Pierre, Cosnes Jacques
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AGA Topic Forum
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 305 #935 Acclimation D
David Scott*, Elizabeth A. Marcus, Hong Wu, George Sachs N
2:45 Dupa-Positive H. Pylori Strains Are Highly Prevalent in E
Chairs: Nathalie Vergnolle, Shanti Srinivasan #936 Brazil and Are Not Associated with Duodenal Ulcer in S
Brazilian Adults and Children
Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction; Hormones, Dulciene M. Queiroz*, Luciana I. Gomes, Gifone A. Rocha,
D
Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their Receptors Taciana F. Soares, Andreia M. Rocha, Ludmila M. Godoi A
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PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTORS 3:00 Phase Variations of Helicobacter Pylori Outer Membrane
#937 Protein Expression in Infected Mongolian Gerbils MAY
Participants will be able to: Tomoyuki Ohno*, Saori Fujimoto, Hiroaki Ogiwara, Stefan 24
• Learn about the localization of PAR receptors in the nerve supply of Odenbreit, Rainer Haas, David Y. Graham, Yoshio Yamaoka
the gut;
• Learn about PAR receptors expressed by gastrointestinal smooth 3:15 Role of H. Pylori Adhesins in Colonization of the
muscle; and #938 Primate Stomach
• Learn about intracellular signaling pathways activated by PAR Andre Dubois*, Hui Liu, Cristina Semino-Mora, Steven
receptors. Mog, Thomas Boren
2:15 Colonic Irritation in the Rat Sensitizes Urinary Bladder 3:30 Helicobacter Pylori Vaculating Cytotoxin Inhibits
#928 Afferents to PAR-2 and Capsaicin: Role of #939 Duodenal Bicarbonate Secretion By a Histamine-
Neuropeptides in the Overlap of Chronic Pelvic Pain Dependent Mechanism
Disorders Biguang Tuo*, Bettina Gebert, Rainer Haas, Michael P.
Elena E. Ustinova, Michael A. Pezzone* Manns, Ursula Seidler
2:30 TRPV4 Is Implicated in PAR2 -Induced Visceral

#929 Hyperalgesia and Allodynia
Nicolas Cenac*, Christophe Altier, Nathalie Vergnolle
2:45 Dexamethasone Prevents Visceral Hyperalgesia Induced
#930 By Proteinase-Activated Receptor-2 Agonist Through
Modulation of Colonic Mast Cell Activation in Rats
Richard Roka, Afifa Ait-Belgnaoui, Christel Salvador-Cartier,
Aurelie Waget, Jean Fioramonti, Lionel Bueno*
3:00 Agonists of Protease-Activated Receptor 2 (PAR2)

#931 Activate Protein Kinases D (PKD) 1-3 Expressed in
Primary Afferent Neurons to Sensitize Transient
Receptor Potential Vanilloid (TRPV) 1 and 4
Andrew Grant, Lorna Divino, Osvaldo Rey, Enrique
Rozengurt, Nigel Bunnett, Silvia Amadesi*
3:15 Effects of Proteinase-Activated Receptor-2 (PAR2)
#932 Deficiency in Ischemia and Inflammatory Responses in
Mouse Intestine
Eric Hyun*, Patricia Andrade-Gordon, Nathalie Vergnolle
3:30 Signaling By Protease-Activated Receptors PAR1 and
#933 PAR2 in Smooth Muscle Reflects Differential Activation
of G Proteins: GQ, GI and G12 By PAR1 and GQ, GI and
G13 By PAR2
Wimolpak Sriwai*, Jiean Huang, Karnam S. Murthy
AGA Research Forum

2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 404 A/B
Chairs: Guillermo Perez-Perez, Francis Megraud
ROLE OF MICROBIAL FACTORS IN H. PYLORI-INDUCED

DISEASE
• Understand mechanisms through which H. Pylori constituents induce
pathogenic host responses.
2:15 Induction of Autophagy, a Novel Effect of H. Pylori
#934 Vacuolating Toxin Vaca
Mauricio R. Terebiznik*, Cristina L. Vazquez, Karl Torbicki,
Noboru Mizushima, Tamotsu Yoshimori, Maria I. Colombo,
Nicola L. Jones
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AGA Topic Forum
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2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 409 A/B
D Minoru Tada*, Takashi Sasaki, Natsuyo Yamamoto, Yosuke
LA Convention Center Nakai, Takeshi Tsujino, Naoki Sasahira, Hiroyuki Isayama,
A Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata
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2:45 Discovery of Novel Diagnostic Approach for Pancreatic
MAY Sponsored by: Growth, Development & Aging; Immunology, #954 Cancer
24 Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Joo Kyung Park*, Yong Bum Yoon, Yong Tae Kim, Ji Kon
Ryu, Jun Kyu Lee, Won Jae Yoon, Sang Hyub Lee
AGING
3:00 Tumour-M2-Pyruvate Kinase (Tu-M2-PK): A Novel
Participants will be able to: #955 Biomarker of Adverse Prognosis in Pancreatic Cancer
• Learn problems associated with colorectal cancer screening in the Priyantha Siriwardana, James M. Mason, Kolitha
elderly; Goonetilleke, Nicolas K. King, Michael W. France, Ajith K.
• Understand the gastrointestinal mucosal consequences of aging; and Siriwardena*
• Review the effects of aging on GI function and physiology.
3:15 Evaluation of Hedgehog (HH) Pathway Expression in
2:15 Single Screening Colonoscopy in Octogenarians: A #956 Cell Lines and Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-
#940 Markov Decision Analysis Needle Aspirate (EUS-FNA) Biopsies of Pancreatic
Grace Shih*, Yu Xiao Yang Adenocarcinoma
Adam Steg, Selwyn Vickers*, Mohamad Eloubeidi, Amy
2:30 Isolated Lymphoid Follicle Formation Is Augmented and Petersen, Wenqan Wang, Andra Frost, Martin Johnson
#941 Aberrant with Aging
Keely G. McDonald, Jacquelyn S. McDonough, Caihong 3:30 Prevalence of Pancreatic Cancer Risk Factors and
Wang, Rodney Newberry* #957 Perceptions of Cancer Risk Among Individuals with An
Inherited Predisposition to Pancreatic Cancer
2:45 Age and the Risk of Failure of Medical Therapy in Kerry B. Dunbar*, Marcia I. Canto
#942 Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): A Case-Control
Study
William J. Tremaine*, Lawrence J. Timmons, Edward V. AGA Topic Forum
Loftus, Darrell S. Pardi, William J. Sandborn, William S. 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 407
Harmsen, Prabin Thapa, Alan R. Zinsmeister LA Convention Center
3:00 Incidence, Risk Factors, and Mortality Associated with Chairs: Ursula Seidler, Andrzej Tarnawski
#943 Fecal Incontinence in Older Individuals
Carline Quander*, Martha C. Morris, Julia Bienias, Jocelyn Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders
Carter, Denis Evans
MECHANISMS OF MUCOSAL DEFENSE AND THE UGI
3:15 Colorectal Cancer Screening Colonoscopy in Elderly
#944 Patients with Dementia: A Decision Analysis EPITHELIAL BARRIER
Grace Shih*, Keith Obstein, Jerry Johnson, Yu-Xiao Yang
3:30 Age-Related Rise in Colorectal Adenomas Is Associated • Learn about mechanisms of mucosal defense and the epithelial
#945 with Increased EGF-Receptor Expression barrier.
Sudha Reddy, Sabeena Misra, Richard Jaszewski, Hu Xu,
2:15 P130cas and CRK May Regulate Human CACO-2
Edi Levi, Nadeem Ullah, Adhip P. N. Majumdar*
#958 Intestinal Epithelial Cell Migration Via the Small GTP
Binding Protein Rac1 and the Guanine-Nucleotide
AGA Topic Forum Exchange Factors Dock180 and C3g
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 406 A/B Matthew A. Sanders*, Marc D. Basson
LA Convention Center 2:30 Novel Roles of IGF-1 in Gastric Ulcer Healing: Activates
#959 G-Actin Polymerization and RE-Epithelialization Via
Chairs: Matthew Di Magno, Randall K. Pearson Cross-Talk Between COX2 and PI3K Signaling Pathways
Thomas Nguyen*, Jianyuan Chai, Tetsuya Tanigawa,
Sponsored by: Pancreatic Disorders; Gastrointestinal Oncology Andrzej S. Tarnawski
HIGH RISK GROUPS FOR PANCREATIC CANCER: 2:45 Role of 15-Deoxy Prostaglandin J2 and NRF2 in
OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVED OUTCOMES #960 Protection of Gastric Mucosa Against Oxidative Stress
During H.pylori Infection in Mice
Participants will be able to: Akinori Yanaka*, Ken Itoh, Masafumi Tauchi, Hideo
• Understand high risk groups for the development of pancreatic Suzuki, Takeshi Shibahara, Hirofumi Matsui, Akira
cancer; Nakahara, Ichinosuke Hyodo, Masayuki Yamamoto
• Describe the molecular pathways to pancreatic cancer; and
• Exploit new technologies to develop better markers for diagnosis and 3:00 Protein Kinase C-Delta (Pkc-δ) Isoform Is a Key
prognosis. #961 Regulator of NF-kB and Its Endogenous Modulator I-kb
During Oxidative Stress Injury: A Crucial Pro-
2:15 Resectability of Pre-Symptomatic Pancreatic Cancer and Inflammatory Mechanism in Gut Epithelium
#952 Its Relationship to Onset of Diabetes: A Retrospective Ali Banan*, Lijuan Zhang, Maliha Shaikh, Jeremy Z. Fields,
Review of CT Scans and Fasting Glucose Values Prior to Ashkan Farhadi, Christopher B. Forsyth, Ali Keshavarzian
Diagnosis
Mario Pelaez-Luna*, Naoki Takahashi, Joel G. Fletcher,
Suresh T. Chari
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#962 Affect Gastric Acid and Duodenal Bicarbonate Secretory D
Capacity in Aging Mice N
Biguang Tuo*, Zhenyu Ju, Brigitte Riederer, Regina
Engelhardt, Michael P. Manns, Lenhard Rudolph, Ursula E
Seidler S
3:30 Short Food Deprivation Abolishes Orexin-a Induced
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Gunilla Jedstedt, Markus Sjoblom, Karl-Heinz Herzig
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2:15 PM - 3:45 PM 306 A/B
Chairs: Frank Giardiello, Patrick Lynch
SUSCEPTIBILITY TO GI CANCERS
• Learn the susceptibility to GI cancers.
2:15 Increased Life-Time Risk for Colorectal Cancer in

#964 Patients with Loss of Genomic Imprinting of Insulin-
Like Growth Factor 2: A Survival Analysis
Marcia Cruz-Correa*, Ronghua Zhao, Dana Sands, Eric
Weiss, Juan Nogueras, Steven Wexner, Francis M. Giardiello
2:30 Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Juvenile Polyposis
#965 Lodewijk A. Brosens*, Anne C. Tersmette, Linda M. Hylind,
Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue, Katharine Romans, Jennifer
Axilbund, Arnout van Hattem, G. Johan A. Offerhaus,
Francis M. Giardiello
2:45 Prospective Results of Surveillance Colonoscopy in
#966 Autosomal Dominant Familial Colorectal Cancer
Families with and Without Lynch Syndrome
Isis Dove-Edwin*, Andrea de Jong, Joanna Adams, Lara
Lipton, Peter Sasieni, Hans Vasen, Huw Thomas
3:00 The Genotype-Phenotype Relationship of Polyposis
#967 Families Reveals Clinically Distinct Subgroups
Kevin J. Monahan*, Volikos Emmanouil, Robin K. Phillips,
Thomas J. Huw, Andrew R. Silver, Ian P. Tomlinson
3:15 Association of Y Chromosome Haplotypes with Barrett’s

#968 Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma in the
Dutch Caucasian Population
Agnieszka M. Rygiel*, Sjoerd Repping, Leon M. Moons,
Sander Ouburg, Franceska Milano, Jantine W. van Baal,
Jacques G. Bergman, Servaas A. Morre, Peter Siersema,
Cornelis L. Mulder, Johannes G. Kusters, Maikel P.
Peppelenbosch, Jan M. Hoovers, Kausilia K. Krishnadath
3:30 Biallelic and Monoallelic Germline Myh Mutations and
#969 Colorectal Cancer (CRC): Correlation with Family
History of CRC and Related Cancers
Francesc Balaguer*, Sergi Castellvi-Bel, Victoria Gonzalo,
Antoni Castells, . GI Oncology Group of the Spanish Gast.
Association
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POSTGRADUATE COURSE
ASGE Postgraduate Course Sp824 Controversies in Barrett's Screening and Surveillance

(B103)
7:30 AM - 12:10 PM West Hall B
Gary W. Falk 501 B/C
Chairs: Paul P. Kortan, Gary R. May, Joseph Romagnuolo Sp825 Difficult Colonic Polyps: Detection and Removal (B104)
Douglas K. Rex 501 A
ASGE ANNUAL POSTGRADUATE COURSE 2006 - LA Convention Center
“GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY LIVE: HEAR THE Sp826 Endoscopic GERD Therapy (B105)
EVIDENCE, SEE THE PRACTICE” Glen A. Lehman 502 A
T LA Convention Center
7:30 Introduction
H Sp815 Joseph Romagnuolo Sp827 Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (B106)
U Kenneth K. Wang 502 B
Chair: Joseph Romagnuolo LA Convention Center
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S LOOKING BEYOND THE MUCOSA: ENDOSCOPIC Sp828 EUS of the Pancreas and Bile Duct (B107)
D ULTRASOUND Maurits J. Wiersema 503
A LA Convention Center
7:35 Managing Subepithelial Lesions: When and How to Use
Y Sp816 EUS Sp829 Interventional EUS (B108)
MAY Douglas O. Faigel Kenneth J. Chang 511 B/C
25 LA Convention Center
7:50 EUS in GI Malignancy: Outcomes, Critical Issues and
Sp817 Limitations Sp830 Managing Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Agents
Maurits J. Wiersema Around Endoscopic Procedures (B109)
8:05 New Frontiers: EUS Guided Therapeutics Douglas O. Faigel 511 A
Sp818 Kenneth J. Chang LA Convention Center
Sp831 Managing Difficult Biliary Strictures: Getting Tissue and
Chairs: Joseph Romagnuolo, Douglas O. Faigel, Maurits J. Stenting (B110)
Wiersema, Kenneth J. Chang Douglas A. Howell 515 A
LIVE ENDOSCOPIC CASES III
Sp832 Reducing the Risk of ERCP: Practical Pointers (B111)
Martin L. Freeman 515 B
9:40 Break LA Convention Center
Chair: Martin L. Freeman Sp833 Tissue Ablation Techniques for Barrett's (B112)
Ralf Kiesslich 513
ENDOSCOPY AND THE PANCREAS LA Convention Center
10:00 ERCP in Acute and Recurrent Pancreatitis ASGE Postgraduate Course General Session
Sp819 Peter B. Cotton
10:15 Surgery vs. ERCP/ESWL for Chronic Pancreatitis LA Convention Center
Sp820 Stuart Sherman
Chair: David E. Fleischer
10:30 Endoscopic Management of Pancreatic Fluid Collections
Sp821 Douglas A. Howell OBSCURE GI BLEEDING: WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING
AND WHEN?
Chairs: Martin L. Freeman, Peter B. Cotton, Stuart Sherman,
Douglas A. Howell 1:00 Debate Introduction
Sp834
LIVE ENDOSCOPIC CASES IV
1:05 Capsule Endoscopy Should Be Done First in Obscure
10:45 Live Endoscopic Cases Sp835 Bleeding
Blair S. Lewis
ASGE Postgraduate Course Luncheon Breakout Sessions 1:20 Enteroscopy Should Be Done First in Obscure Bleeding
12:10 PM - 12:50 PM Sp836 Simon K. Lo
1:35 Rebuttal
Sp837 Blair S. Lewis
Sp822 Ampullectomy: When and How (B101)
Gregory G. Ginsberg Petree C 1:40 Rebuttal
LA Convention Center Sp838 Simon K. Lo
Sp823 Capsule Endoscopy (B102)

Blair S. Lewis Petree D
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Romagnuolo
LIVE ENDOSCOPIC CASES V
3:00 Break
Chair: Glen A. Lehman
MANAGEMENT OF GI OBSTRUCTION
3:20 New Frontiers in Biliary Stenting
Sp839 Glen A. Lehman
3:35 The Role of Stents in Esophageal Obstruction T

Sp840 David E. Fleischer H
3:50 Enteral Stenting for Gastroduodenal and Intestinal
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Sp841 Obstruction R
Gregory G. Ginsberg S
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5:00 Conclusion
Joseph Romagnuolo
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POSTER SESSIONS—CLINICAL
CLINICAL
AASLD Poster Session S1008 Hepatitis C Virus Infection May Not Be a Risk Factor of
Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma in Korea
Authors are required to be present during the Poster Session from Tae Yoon Lee*, Sang Soo Lee, Hyoung-Chul Oh, Myung
12:00-2:00 pm. Hwan Kim, Sung Koo Lee, Dong Wan Seo, Young Seok
Lim, Young-Hwa Chung, Yung Sang Lee, Dong Jin Suh,
Those posters identified as DDW Posters of Distinction have received Seong Hoon Jeon
review scores that place them within the top 0% of all posters. We
encourage you to make them a priority as you visit the poster session. S1009 A Phase I/II, Open-Label Study (with a sequential dose
escalation stage followed by an expansion of a selected
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A dose cohort), to Evaluate the Safety and Anti-Tumor
LA Convention Center Effects of An Oncolytic Herpes Simplex Virus, Nv1020,
Administered Repeatedly Via Hepatic Artery Infusion
ACUTE LIVER FAILURE - CLINICAL Prior to Second-Line Chemotherapy, in Patients with
Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Metastatic to the Liver
S1000 High Body Mass Index Predicts Poor Outcome in Acute Ravi Chari*, Sunil Gevargheese, John Nemunaitis, Yuman
Liver Failure
Anna Rutherford*, Timothy Davern, William M. Lee,
Raymond T. Chung
Fong, Kenneth Tanabe, Evanthia Galanis, Matthias Karrasch,
Axel Mescheder, Hoda Tawfik, Nancy Kemeny, Tony Reid
S1010 Prognostic Factors for Survival After Radiofrequency

S1001 Soluble Cd163 from Activated Macrophages Predicts Ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): Long-
Mortality in Acute Liver Failure

Gronbaek Henning*, Holger J. Moller, Frank Schioedt,
Michael Schilsky, Santiago Munoz, Tarek Hassanein,
Term Outcomes in 175 Consecutive Patients
Sang-Gi Kim, Chang-Min Cho*, Seong-Woo Jeon, Seung-
Soo Ha, Byung-Hun Do, Si-Wook Jung, Wong-Young Tak,
William M. Lee Young-Oh Kweon, Sung-Kook Kim, Yong-Hwan Choi
S1002 Acetaminophen As a Co-Factor in Acute Liver Failure S1011 A Pilot Study of Oral Ts-1 Alone and Ts-1/Interferon for
Due to Viral Hepatitis Determined By Measurement of Patients with Advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
Acetaminophen-Protein Adducts Ryota Masuzaki*, Fumihiko Kanai, Jun Imamura, Shuntaro
Julie Polson*, Laura P. James, Timothy J. Davern, Linda Obi, Haruhiko Yoshida, Ryosuke Tateishi, Yuji Kondo,
S Hynan, Lorenzo Rossaro, Anne M. Larson, Carla Pezzia, Masatoshi Akamatsu, Hideo Yoshida, Takuma Teratani,
U William M. Lee Shuichiro Shiina, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata
N S1003 Serum Osteopontin Levels Reflect Degree of Liver S1012 The Performance of Biomarkers for hepatocellular
D Necrosis in Acute Liver Failure carcinoma Varies According to Risk Factor Stratification
Praveen Srungaram, Carla Pezzia, Nahid Attar, Jody Balko, and Etiology of Liver Disease: A Comparison of AFP-L3,
A Total AFP and DCP
Andres Blei, Eileen Hay, Natalie Murray, William Lee*, And
Y The Acute Liver Failure Study Group Michael L. Volk*, Grace L. Su, Anna S. Lok, Jorge A.
MAY Marrero
21 AASLD Poster Session S1013 Screening of Cirrhotic Patients Significantly Increases
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A the Likelihood of Detecting Liver Transplant-Eligible
LA Convention Center hepatocellular carcinoma
Nasser I. Khan*, Ronald S. Arellano, Dushyant Sahani,
CLINICAL: HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA Abigail Mithoefer, Daniel S. Pratt, Raymond T. Chung
S1004 Changing Characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma in S1014 The Utility of Serum AFP-L3% in the Diagnosis of
Japan hepatocellular carcinoma: Evaluation in a U.S. Referral
Ryosuke Tateishi*, Iwao Ikai, Haruhiko Yoshida, Masao Population
Omata Apinya Leerapun*, Sri V. Suravarapu, John P. Bida, Raynell
J. Clark, Elizabeth L. Sanders, Teresa A. Mettler, Linda M.
S1005 Clinical Impact of Preoperative Fdg-PET On the Stadheim, Ileana Aderca, Catherine D. Moser, David M.
Management of Patients with Intrahepatic Nagorney, Nicholas F. Larusso, Piet C. de Groen, K.V.
Cholangiocarcinoma Narayanan Menon, Konstantinos N. Lazaridis, Gregory J.
Satoru Seo*, Etsuro Hatano, Masaharu Tada, Tatsuya Gores, Michael R. Charlton, Rosebud O. Roberts, Terry M.
Higashi, Naoki Uyama, Hideaki Fujii, Iwao Ikai, Yasuyuki Therneau, Jerry A. Katzmann, Lewis Roberts
Shimahara
S1015 Prognostic Significance of MELD Score in hepatocellular
S1006 The Survival After Transarterial Chemoembolization carcinoma Treated with Radiofrequency Ablation
(TACE) Is Significantly Better in HCC Linked to Viral Hideo Yoshida*, Ryosuke Tateishi, Takamasa Ohki, Ryota
Cirrhosis Compared to HCC Linked to Alcoholic Masuzaki, Hayato Nakagawa, Yuji Kondo, Shintaro Kondo,
Cirrhosis Jun Imamura, Mssatoshi Akamatsu, Takuma Teratani,
Jean-Pierre Bronowicki*, Mathieu Lefebvre, Ahmed Ananna, Shuichiro Shiina, Haruhiko Yoshida, Takao Kawabe, Masao
Stephanie Boini, N Meyer, Helene Barraud, Francois Omata
Habersetzer, Christophe Basin, Jean-Jacques Wenger, Michel
Doffoel S1016 Hepatic Steatosis Is Associated with Increased
Frequency of hepatocellular carcinoma in Patients with
S1007 Comparison Between Japanese Tumor-Node-Metastasis Hepatitis C-Related Cirrhosis
Staging and Uicc/Ajcc TNM Staging for hepatocellular Joel Pekow*, Atul K. Bhan, Zheng Hui, Raymond T. Chung
carcinoma
Masami Minagawa*, Iwao Ikai, Masatoshi Makuuchi
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S1017 Usefulness of the Real-Time Virtual Sonography On S1030 Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumors:
Radiofrequency Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinomas Usefulness of a Novel Guidance Technique with An
Takatoshi Kitada*, Takamichi Murakami, Takaaki Matsuda, Integrated System of CT and Sonographic Images
Kaori Minamitani, Kosuke Sakurai, Keigo Osuga, Noriyoshi Yasunori Minami*, Masatoshi Kudo
Kuzushita, E.J. Miyoshi, Shinji Tamura, Hironobu
Nakamura, Norio Hayashi, Bunichiro Kishino S1031 Safety and Efficacy of Lamivudine Treatment After
Radiofrequency Ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma
S1018 Association Between Thymidylate Synthase Hideo Yoshida*, Ryosuke Tateishi, Takamasa Ohki, Ryota
Polymorphisms and Cholangiocarcinoma Susceptibilty Masuzaki, Hayato Nakagawa, Yuji Kondo, Shintaro Kondo,
Kwang Hyun Ko*, Nam Keun Kim, Seong Gyu Hwang, Jun Imamura, Masatoshi Akamatsu, Takuma Teratani,
Sung Pyo Hong, Pil Won Park, Kyu Sung Rim Shuichiro Shiina, Haruhiko Yoshida, Takao Kawabe, Masao
Omata
S1019 Comparison of 2 Cohorts of Unresectable HCC Patients
Treated with Either 90-Yttrium (Therasphere) Or S1032 Combined Intra-Arterial 5-Fluorouracil and Cisplatin
Cisplatin-TACE Chemotherapy Prolong Survivals in Advanced
Brian I. Carr hepatocellular carcinoma
Hidenari Nagai*, Masahiro Kanayama, Kaoru Yoshizawa,
S1020 Radiofrequency Ablation and Hepatic Parenchymal Katsuya Higami, Yasuko Fujita, Keita Watanabe, Kouichi
Pressure Momiyama, Akiko Ikoma, Naoki Okano, Takashi Ikehara,
Chiaki Kawamoto*, Atsushi Yamauchi, Yoko Baba, Koji Katsuhiko Matsumaru, Manabu Watanabe, Kazunari Iida,
Yakabi Koji Ishii, Yasukiyo Sumino, Kazumasa Miki
S1021 Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) Highly Improves the S1033 Growth Rate of Locally Recurrent hepatocellular
Prognosis of Stage II hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) carcinoma After Transcatheter Arterial
Hayato Hikita, Changho Song*, Keiko Nakamura, Osamu Chemoembolization Comparing the Characteristics of
Tatsumi, Minoru Shigekawa, Yuko Inoue, Fumihiko Locally Recurrent Tumor with Primary hepatocellular
Nakanishi, Yoshio Tanaka, Eizi Masuda, Taizo Hijioka carcinoma
Mikio Tezuka*, Sachiko Sekine, Kazunori Kubota, Tetsuya
S1022 Magnitude of C and B-Viral HCC- Epidemics of C and Irie, Hiroyasu Ina
B-Viral HCC in Single Institute Experience
Hideo Yoshida*, Ryosuke Tateishi, Jun Imamura, Masatoshi S1034 HBV Related hepatocellular carcinoma in Saudi Arabia -
Akamatsu, Takuma Teratani, Fumihiko Kanai, Naoya Kato, Is It a Different Presentation Or a Variant Biological
Syuichiro Shiina, Haruhiko Yoshida, Takao Kawabe, Masao Bahviour of the Virus?
Omata Ashwani K. Singal S
S1023 The Efficacy of Preoperative Chemoembolisation On S1035 Radio-Frequency Ablation with Perfused Needle U
Long Term Outcome After Liver Transplantation in Applicators - Long Term Results N
Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma Johannes Haensler*, Markus Frieser, Tom Bernatik,
Ivo W. Graziadei*, Gunda Millonig, Martin Freund, Werner D
Thadaeus T. Wissniowski, Deike Strobel
Jaschke, Walter Mark, Raimund Margreiter, Wolfgang Vogel A
S1036 Hepatocellular carcinoma Recurrence and Grading of Y
S1024 The Outcome of Combination of Transarterial Inflammatory Activity
Chemoembolization (TACE) and Percutaneous Ethanol Masatoshi Akamatsu*, Haruhiko Yoshida, Shuichiro Shiina, MAY
Injection (PEI) Therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma Ryousuke Tateishi, Takamasa Ooki, Hayato Nakagawa, Jyun 21
(HCC) Imamura, Yuji Kondo, Hideo Yoshida, Takuma Teratani,
Hiroyuki Kirikoshi*, Masato Yoneda, Koji Fujita, Satoru Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata
Saito, Atsushi Nakajima
S1037 Clinical Evaluation of Lens Culinaris Agglutinin-Reactive
S1025 Effects of Alpha-Fetoprotein On Immune Function of Fraction of Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP-L3) and Des-
Primary hepatocellular carcinoma Patients Gamma-Carboxy Prothrombin (DCP) in Histologically-
Liang Zheng Proven, Unresectable HCC (hepatocellular carcinoma) in
the United States
S1026 Impact of Aging On the Development of hepatocellular Brian I. Carr*, D Geller, C Gamblin, W Marsh, F Kanke, M
carcinoma Associated with Extrahepatic Primary
Wise, S Satomura
Malignant Neoplasms
Mikiya Kitamoto*, Hideki Nakahara, Mitsuko Kusunoki, S1038 Combined 24-Hour Intra-Arterial Infusion of 5-
Sayaka Oba, Hiroyasu Yamada, Masaru Imagawa, Yasuhiko Fluorouracil, Cisplatin, and Leucovorin Is More
Fukuda Effective for Advanced hepatocellular carcinoma Than 6-
Hour Infusion
S1027 Imatinib for Hepatocellular Cancer - Focus On PK/PD
Hidenari Nagai*, Masahiro Kanayama, Katsuya Higami,
Modelling and Liver Function Kouichi Momiyama, Akiko Ikoma, Naoki Okano, Katsuhiko
Gerhard Treiber*, Thomas Wex, Uwe Troeger, Christian Matsumaru, Manabu Watanabe, Koji Ishii, Yasukiyo
Hosius, Peter Malfertheiner Sumino, Kazumasa Miki
S1028 Increased Incidence of Hepatocellular and Intrahepatic
Cholangiocellular Cancer in the Northeast of Germany AASLD Poster Session
Ruben Schurr, Detlef Schuppan, Ulrich Stoelzel, Hans 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Scherubl*
S1029 Histologic Outcome of Loco-Ablative Therapy for
hepatocellular carcinoma: An Analysis of Explanted HCV CLINICAL/EPIDEMIOLOGY/VIROLOGY
Liver Specimens
S1039 Emerging Importance of Chronic Hepatitis C in Asian
Thomas Byrne*, Kapil Chopra, Vijayan Balan, Elizabeth
Americans
Carey, James Williams, Eric Huettl, M. Harrision, Hugo
Jason T. Cheng*, Carlos Hsien, Hai-En J. Sun, Myron J.
Vargas, David Douglas, Jorge Rakela
Tong
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S1040 Initial Content Validation of a Disease-Targeted Health- S1051 High Accuracy Pre-Treatment Prediction of Early Viral
Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) Instrument in Chronic Response to Combined Pegifn/Ribavirin Therapy in
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection: the Hbqol V1.0 HCV-Infected Patients By a Novel Method of Gene
Brennan M. Spiegel*, Paul Martin, Roger Bolus, Steven Expression Analysis: A Preliminary Study
Han, Eric Esrailian, Jennifer Talley, Fasiha Kanwal John Alsobrook*, Peter Hraber, Cole Harris, Lisa Davis,
Patti Doherty, Barbara Griffith, Thomas Williams, Sanjeev
S1041 Sero-Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C in Hospital Arora
Personnel
Riadh Bouali, Ridha Belaaj, Ali Belhadj, Amine Hila*, Fawzi S1052 Mdm2 Promoter Snp309 Is Associated with
Khediri hepatocellular carcinoma in Japanese Patients with
Chronic Hepatitis C
S1042 Prevalence and Predictors of High Body Mass Index Narayan Dharel*, Naoya Kato, Ryosuke Muroyama, Masaru
Among Native Born and Immigrant Patients with Moriyama, Run-Xuan Shao, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata
Chronic Hepatitis C in Canada
Wendong Chen*, Terence Wong, Jenny Heathcote, Murray S1054 Comparative Study Concerning the Severity of Hepatic
Krahn Lesions At the Moment of Diagnosis in Patients with
Chronic B Viral Hepatitis Vs. Patients with Chronic C
S1043 Polymorphisms in Tlr7 and 8 Affect Severity of Hepatic Viral Hepatitis
Fibrosis and Inflammation in Individuals Infected with Roxana Sirli*, Ioan Sporea, Alina Popescu, Mirela Danila,
the Hepatitis C Virus from a Single Source Marioara Cornianu
Carol A. Goulding*, Ross Mc Manus, Anne Murphy, George
S. Mac Donald, Megan Dring, John Hegarty, Susan Mc S1055 Non-Invasive Biomarkers of Liver Fibrosis in
Kiernan, Dermot Kelleher Hemophilia Patients with Hepatitis C: Can You Avoid
Liver Biopsy?
S1044 Discordant Irf-3 Activation and Hepatic Interferon- Yaakov Maor*, Dalia Bashari, Gili Kenet, Aharon Lubetsky,
Stimulated Gene Expression Associates with Immune Jacob Luboshitz, Jonathan M. Schapiro, Guillaume
Cell Infiltration in Chronic Hepatitis C Penaranda, Simon Bar-Meir, Uri Martinowitz, Philippe
Daryl T. Lau*, Penny Fish, Stanley M. Lemon, Gale Michael Halfon
S1045 Can We Predict Advanced Fibrosis in Daily Practice S1056 Steatosis Associated with More Severe Fibrosis in In
Based On Common Blood Tests?

Ramsey Cheung*, Sue Currie, Hui Shen, Timothy Morgan,
Ke-Qin Hu, Samuel Ho, Norbert Brau, Edmund Bini, Teresa
Chronic Hepatitis C
Kathleen Corey*, Atul K. Bhan, Raymond T. Chung
S Wright
AASLD Poster Session
U S1046 13
C-Methacetin Breath Test As Quantitative Liver 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
N Function Test in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: LA Convention Center
Continuous Automatic Molecular Correlation
D Spectroscopy Compared to Isotopic Ratio Mass HCV: CLINICAL TRIALS
A Spectrometry
Y Oliver Goetze*, Naszia Selzner, Monika A. Kwiatek, Michael S1057 Stronger Baseline HCV-Specific Immunity Is Associated
MAY
21 S1047
Fried, Tilman Gerlach, Beat Muellhaupt
13
C-Methacetin Breath Test By Online Molecular
with a Higher Likelihood of a Sustained Virological
Response to Combination Antiviral Therapy of Chronic
Hepatitis C
Correlation Spectroscopy Compared to Apri and Liver James R. Burton*, Jared Klarquist, Kyung Ah Im, Steven H.
Biopsy for the Assessment of Fibrosis in Chronic Belle, Hugo R. Rosen
Hepatitis C
Oliver Goetze*, Naszia Selzner, Alexandra Grau, Michael S1058 The Impact of Growth Factors On PEG-Intron and
Fried, Tilman Gerlach, Beat Muellhaupt Rebetol Dose Reduction in Patients Treated for
Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C
S1048 Increased Serum Gammaglutamyltranspeptidase Marcelo Kugelmas*, Allison L. Sabel-Soteres, Gary
Activity: A Surrogate Marker of Non Alcoholic Hepatic Spiegelman
Steatosis in Chronic Hepatitis C?
Federica Benini, Luisa Bercich, Maria G. Pigozzi, Laura S1059 Results of a Phase II Dose Ranging Study of Orally
Romanini, Alessandro Reggiani, Paolo Donati, Alessandro Administered Celgosivir As Monotherapy in Chronic
Pozzi, Francesco Lanzarotto, Chiara Ricci, Alberto Lanzini* Hepatitis C Genotype-1 Patients
Eric Yoshida, Dennis Kunimoto, Samuel S. Lee, Morris
S1049 Sinusoidal Lymphocytosis As a Marker for Sherman, Jenny Heathcote, Robert Enns*
Cryoglobulinemia in Hepatitis C Liver Biopsies
Susanne Carmack*, William Ahrens, Pars Ravichandran, Pei S1060 Comparison of Daily Consensus Interferon Versus
Hui, Marie Robert, Tamar Taddei, Pramod Mistry, Dhanpat Peginterferon Alfa 2a Extended Therapy of 72 Weeks for
Jain Peginterferon / Ribavirin Relapse Patients with Chronic
Hepatitis C
S1050 Liver Fibrosis and Necroinflammatory Activity in Stephan Kaiser*, Holger Hass, Bettina Lutze, Michael
Chronic Hepatitis C Patients with Persistently Normal Gregor
Aminotransferases
Aurora M. Loaeza*, Francisco Sanchez-Avila, J Fernando S1061 Higher Susceptibility of Peginterferon Alfa 2a Versus
Gallegos-Orozco, Edgar Oviedo, Mariana Weimersheimer, Peginterferon Alfa 2b Nonresponder Patients with
Magdalena Sanchez, Arturo Meixueiro, Jorge Garcia, Chronic Hepatitis C to Retreatment with Consensus
Graciela Castro, Aldo Montano, Florencia Vargas-Vorackova, Interferon Daily Dosing and Ribavirin
Misael Uribe Stephan Kaiser*, Holger Hass, Bettina Lutze, Michael
Gregor
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S1062 Early Viral Response to Cpg 10101, a New S1072 An Artificial Bile Duct Made of Bioabsorbable Polymer:
Investigational Antiviral Tlr9 Agonist, in Combination
with Pegylated Interferon and/Or Ribavirin, in Prior
Relapse HCV Responders: Preliminary Report of a
A Viable Prosthesis for Narrowed Portions of the
Extrahepatic Bile Duct
Mitsuo Miyazawa, Takahiro Torii*, Yasuko Toshimitsu,
Randomized Phase 1 Study Isamu Koyama, Yoshito Ikada
John McHutchison*, Reem Ghalib, Eric Lawitz, Bradley
Freilich, Paul Kwo, Francesca Masciari, Julie L. Himes,
Mohammed Al-Adhami, Bruce Bacon AASLD Poster Session
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
S1063 The Usefulness of Specam-1 and Svcam-1 Serum LA Convention Center
Concentrations Measurement in the Assessment of
Fibrosis, Inflammatory Activity and Antiviral Therapy IMMUNOSUPPRESSION AND LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
Effectiveness in Chronic Hepatitis C
Krystyna Zwirska-Korczala*, Michal Kukla, Adam S1073 Impaired Cognitive Functioning in a Large Sample of
Ziolkowski, Agnieszka Berdowska, Ewa Janczewska-Kazek,
Andrzej Gabriel, Barbara Rybus-Kalinowska, Ilona
Korzonek-Szlacheta, Tomasz Brzozowski, Stanislaw J.
Liver Transplant Candidates
Tina Meyer*, Kia Crittenden, Anne Eshelman, Marwan
Abouljoud
Konturek
S1074 Risk Factors for De Novo Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation
in Liver Transplant Recipient with Long Term Hbig
AASLD Poster Session Treatment
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Makoto Umeda*, Hiroyuki Marusawa, Mikiko Ueda, Yuichi
LA Convention Center Tanaka, Yasutsugu Takada, Hiroto Egawa, Shinji Uemoto,
Tsutomu Chiba
HEPATOBILIARY SURGERY
S1075 Sustained Virologic Response to Treatment of Recurrent
S1064 Hemorrhage-Induced Hepatic Injury and Dysfunction Hepatitis C After Liver Transplantation Is Related to
Can Be Prevented By Direct Peritoneal Resuscitation Actual Dose of Peginterferon and Ribavirin Received
(DPR) Pratima Sharma*, Jorge Marrero, Robert Fontana, Hari
Ryan T. Hurt*, Richard N. Garrison, Paul J. Matheson, Conjeevaram, Grace L. Su, Frederick Askari, Patricia
Mahoney Cobb, John R. Parker, El Rasheid Zakaria Sullivan, Anna Lok
S1065 Safety of Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation with S1076 The Efficacy of Interferon-Based Combination Anti-Viral
Intrapleural Fluid Infusion for Hepatic Tumors Located Therapy for Hepatitis C Virus After Liver S
in the Hepatic Dome Transplantation: A Meta-Analysis
Yuji Kondo*, Shuichiro Shiina, Takuma Teratani, Takamasa Charles S. Wang*, Hin Hin Ko, Eric M. Yoshida, Carlo A. U
Ooki, Ryota Masuzaki, Shintaro Kondo, Jun Imamura, Marra, Kathryn Richardson N
Ryosuke Tateishi, Mikio Yanase, Masatoshi Akamatsu, Hideo
S1077 Higher MELD in Hepatitis C Positive Liver Transplant D
Yoshida, Haruhiko Yoshida, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata
Recipients Correlates with Increased Risk for Mortality A
S1066 Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor As a Potential and Need for Retransplant in a Center Using Standard Y
Predictive Marker of Liver Regeneration After Portal and Expanded Donors
C Sofianos*, A J Tector, Rong Qi, J Fridell, R Vianna, M MAY
Vein Embolization for Patients with Hepatic
Malignancies Alsatie, S Liangpunsakul, A Pinto, S Bhardwaj, O W 21
Atsushi Kato*, Fumio Kimura, Hiroaki Shimizu, Hiroyuki Cummings, Jon Benson, Paul Kwo
Yoshidome, Masayuki Ohtsuka, Hideyuki Yoshitomi, Satoshi
Nozawa, Katsunori Furukawa, Noboru Mitsuhashi, Dan S1078 Factors Associated with Persistent Thrombocytopenia
Takeuchi, Satoshi Ambiru, Masaru Miyazaki After Liver Transplantation
Carmen M. Stanca*, Maria I. Fiel, Emil Cohen, Louis
S1067 Hepatic Resection Offers a Comparable Survival Result Aledort, Sukru Emre, Thomas D. Schiano
to Liver Transplantation for the Treatment of
hepatocellular carcinoma in Selected Patients S1079 Long-Term Follow-Up and Predictive Factors of
Kojiro Taura*, Iwao Ikai, Etsuro Hatano, Hideaki Fujii, Avascular Necrosis in a 360 Cholestatic Patients After
Naoki Uyama, Yasuyuki Shimahara OLT
Mmj Guichelaar*, J Schmoll, M Malinchoc, Je Hay
S1068 Percutaneous Cholecystostomy for Acute Cholecystitis:
A Case Control Study and Review of the Literature S1080 Haemophagocytic Syndromes: Frequent, Life
Emmanuel Melloul*, Alban Denys, Jean-Marie Calmes Threatening and Underdiagnosed Complications of Liver
Transplantation
S1069 Factors Affecting 5-Year Survival in Patients with Adrian Barnardo*, William Bernal, Nigel Heaton, John
hepatocellular carcinoma O'Grady, Julia Wendon, John Devlin
Cedric S. Lorenzo*, Christopher Gibu, Fedor Lurie, Linda
L. Wong S1081 Autoimmune Hepatitis Is a More Common Indication
for Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Among African
S1070 Silibinin Protects Isolated Perfused Liver from Cold American Patients Than Among Non-African American
Preservation-Warm Reperfusion Injury Despite Patients
Concomitant Worsening Induced By Ethanol Alastair D. Smith
Heidi Ligeret*, Antoine Brault, Diane Vallerand, Yara
Haddad, Pierre Haddad S1082 Microalbuminuria As a Tool to Risk-Stratify Patients
with Diabetes Awaiting Liver Transplantation
S1071 Uric Acid Stimulates the Secretion of Pro-Inflammatory Karen L. Krok*, Anurag Maheshwari, Venkat Rangaraj,
Cytokines By Isolated Kupffer Cells: A Possible Warren Maley, Paul J. Thuluvath
Important Mediator of Liver Ischemia/Reperfusion
Injury? S1083 Effect of Change in BMI On Outcomes After Liver
James J. Powell*, David F. Schaeffer, Urs P. Steinbrecher, Transplant: A Single Center Experience
Stephen W. Chung Sohail Asfandiyar*, James Yang, Suzanne Havstad, Stacey
Neece, Dilip Moonka, Kimberly Brown, Mary Ann H.
Sherbondy
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S1084 Analysis of the First 100 Liver Transplant Recipients S1094 Intraoperative Ultrasound (IOUS) in Patients with
from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico: the Lifelink Potentially Resectable Liver Metastases and Preoperative
Healthcare Institute/University of Puerto Rico PET/CT Imaging
Experience Stephan M. Wildi*, Christoph Gubler, Thomas Hany,
Angel E. Alsina*, Esther Torres, Ivan Antunez, Henry Henrik Petrowsky, Tilman J. Gerlach, Pierre A. Clavien,
Gonzalez, Victor Bowers, David Bruce, James Huang, John Michael Fried, Beat Mullhaupt
Leone, James Mayes
S1095 Evaluation of Hepatic Reserve Capacity and Volume
S1085 Liver Transplantation for Patients with Metabolic Liver Loss After Radiofrequency Ablation Or Microwave
Diseases: A Single Center Experience Coagulation Therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma
Ivo W. Graziadei*, Thomas Winder, Heinz Zoller, Michaela Patients
Kern, Walter Mark, Raimund Margreiter, Wolfgang Vogel Toshihiko Higashizawa*, Kenichi Ido, Hideaki Inamori,
Norio Isoda, Shin Sato, Kentaro Sugano
S1086 Prevalence and Predictors of De Novo Nonalcoholic
Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)/Nonalcoholic S1096 Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging of Liver Cancer
Steatohepatitis (NASH) After Orthotopic Liver Neil Galletly*, James McGinty, Ian Munro, Dan S. Elson,
Transplantation (OLT) Jose Requejo-Isidro, Christopher Dunsby, Mark A. Neil,
Suk Seo*, Kalyani Maganti, Manjit Khehra, Rajendra Andrew V. Thillainayagam, Paul M. French, Gordon W.
Ramsamooj, Alexander Tsodikov, Natalie Torok Stamp
S1087 Successful Use of Infliximab to Abort Primary
Nonfunction of Hepatic Allografts AGA Poster Session
Daniel W. Thomas*, Jose Derdoy, Stephanie Johnson, Yuri 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Genyk LA Convention Center
S1088 Predictors of Mortality and Treatment Modalities for
Patients On the Eurotransplant Waiting List for Liver
Transplantation
Ulrich Treichel*, Andreas Voelp, Till Gerling, Guido Persijn
EPIDEMIOLOGY & OUTCOMES
S1089 Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in the Older Patient Participants will be able to:
Garret Cullen*, Fergal Donnellan, Michelle Fahy, Aiden • Review spectrum of epidemiologic studies in clinical practice;
McCormick, John E. Hegarty • Review outcomes of endsocopy in clinical practice; and
• Review diagnostic trends in clinical practice.
S S1090 Short-Term High-Dose Followed By Long-Term Low-
U Dose Hepatitis B Immune Globulin and Long-Term S1097 Are Women Choosing Careers in Academic
Lamivudine Therapy Prevented Recurrent Hepatitis B Gastroenterology?
N Lauren B. Gerson*, Dayna Early, Gail Hecht, Linda Lee,
After Living Donor Liver Transplantation
D Akinobu Takaki*, Takahito Yagi, Yoshiaki Iwasaki, Hiroshi Kenneth McQuaid, Theresa Pizarro, Sarah Street, Cynthia
A Sadamori, Hiroyoshi Matsukawa, Hiroaki Matsuda, Susumu Yoshida, Kay Twomey
Y Shinoura, Yuuzou Umeda, Haruhiko Kobashi, Kohsaku S1098 A Survey Assessing Attitudes Towards Privacy and
Sakaguchi, Noriaki Tanaka, Yasushi Shiratori Research
MAY
S1090a β Blockers are more Effective in Reducing Portal Subhas C. Ganguli*, Yousra Al-Rweli, Christine Vanderkooy,
21 Karen Miranda, Lehana Thabane
Pressure in Severe Compared to Mild Portal
Hypertension S1099 Three Month Nutritional Supplementation Improves
Hong Gao*, Roberto J. Groszmann Both Muscle Function and Quality of Life in
Malnourished GI Patients - A Prospective Randomised
AASLD Poster Session Controlled Trial
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Kristina Norman*, Henriette Kirchner, Manuela
LA Convention Center Freudenreich, Herbert Lochs, Matthias Pirlich
S1100 Overweight and Obesity Protect Against Inguinal Hernia
LIVER IMAGING MODALITIES in the United States Population
S1091 Evaluation of Functional Reserve of the Liver Using Constance E. Ruhl*, James E. Everhart
Functional Liver Imaging in Acute Hepatic Necrosis S1101 Obesity, Physical Activity, and the Long-Term Risk of
Model Peptic Ulcers
Soon Gu Cho*, Yong Sun Jeon, Seok Jeong, Jung Il Lee, Edward Lew*, Nancy R. Cook, Martin J. Blaser, Guillermo
Jin-Woo Lee, Kye Sook Kwon, Don Haeng Lee, Pum-Soo Perez-Perez, J. Michael Gaziano
Kim, Hyung Gil Kim, Yong Woon Shin, Young Soo Kim,
Hyun Shin Park S1102 Alcohol and Symptomatic Gallstone Disease: A Swedish
Twin Study
S1092 Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Is Not An Accurate Despina Katsika*, Catherine Tuvblad, Curt Einarsson,
Method to Differentiate Minimal from Advanced Liver Hanns-Ulrich Marschall
Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
Fadi Antaki*, M. Margaret French, Michaeal G. Singer, Dilip S1103 Differential Time Trends in the Incidence of Cancer of
K. Moonka, Stuart C. Gordon the Esophagus in the Netherlands 1989-2001
Mark van Blankenstein*, Caspar W. Looman, Peter D.
S1093 Morphological and Functional Imaging of the Liver By Siersema, Ernst J. Kuipers, Jan W. Coebergh
Confocal Laser Laparoscopy
Martin Goetz*, Stephan Kanzler, Sebastian Gregor, Jose F. S1104 Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Adolescence
Garcia-Lazaro, Stefan Lueth, Peter Delaney, Dennis Strand, Juan F. Villalona*, Thomas M. Rossi, Marilyn R. Brown,
Beena Memadathil, Stefan Biesterfeld, Peter R. Galle, Ashok Shah, Phillip Katzman, Carol French
Markus F. Neurath, Ralf Kiesslich
S1105 The Natural Course of Acute Idiopathic Pancreatitis
Paul G. Lankisch*, Nils Breuer, Anja Bruns, Bettina Weber-
Dany, Patrick Maisonneuve, Albert B. Lowenfels
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S1106 Prospective Study of Time-Related Morphological S1117 High Prevalence of Abnormal Endoscopic Findings in
Changes in Patients with Intraductal Papillary Mucinous
Tumours of the Pancreas (IPMT) Confined to the Branch
Ducts (BD)
Patients with Non-GERD Dyspepsia
Nimish Vakil*, Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Nigel Flook,
Nicholas J. Talley, Karsten Lauritsen, Torre Persson, Johan
Pierre Emmanuel Rautou*, Anne Couvelard, Marie Pierre Brun, Tore Lind, Elisabeth Bolling-Sternevald, Ewa Bjorck
Vullierme, Dermot O'Toole, Laurent Palazzo, Alain
Sauvanet, Frederique Maire, Olivia Hentic, Pascal Hammel, S1118 Tegaserod Significantly Reduces Work Productivity Loss
S1107
Philippe Ruszniewski, Philippe Levy
Prevalence of High-Intensity Proton Pump Inhibitor Use

and Daily Activity Impairment in Patients with IBS
Versus Non-Tegaserod-Treated Patients
Pierre Pare*, Robert Balshaw, Shideh Khorasheh, Martin
in Manitoba: A Population Based Analysis Barbeau, Suzanne Kelly, Christopher R. McBurney
Laura E. Targownik*, Colleen J. Metge, Stella Leung
S1119 Canadian IBS Observational Study Shows Tegaserod
S1108 Relevance of Phase Angle Percentiles in Hospitalized Patients Have Greater Improvements in QOL As
Patients Compared to the Control Group
Tatjana Schuetz, Matthias Pirlich*, Kristina Norman, Hebert Pierre Pare*, Robert Balshaw, Shideh Khorasheh, Martin
Lochs Barbeau, Suzanne Kelly, Christopher R. McBurney
S1109 Rectal Bleeding in Children: Findings of Pancolonoscopy S1120 Longitudinal Outcomes Study of GI Symptoms in
Lissy D. Ridder*, Anna V. Lingen, Jan Taminiau, Marc A. Canada (LOGIC): Tegaserod Versus Usual Care
Benninga Comparison At Baseline
Pierre Pare*, Robert Balshaw, Shideh Khorasheh, Martin
S1110 Prevalence of Celiac Disease Among Blood Donors in Barbeau, Suzanne Kelly, Christopher R. McBurney
Sao Paulo City - The Most Populated and Multi-Ethnic
Center of Brazil S1121 Tegaserod Significantly Reduces Work Productivity Loss
Marilia L. Alencar*, Carmen L. Ortiz-Agostinho, Ieda and Daily Activity Impairment in Colombian Patients
Nishitokukado, Aderson Omar M. Damiao, Clarice P. with IBS with Constipation
Lemos, Andre Z. Leite, Thales Brito, Dalton A. Chamone, Maria T. Galiano*, Jairo A. Martinez, Ciro Crispin,
Aytan M. Sipahi Giovanny de Vuono, Ramon J. Espinoza, Jacobo Feris,
Carlos Gomez, Belen Mendoza, Jaime Obregon, Federico
S1111 Intrafamilial Clustering of Atrophic Gastritis Pelaez, Adriana Varon, Maria C. Eslava, Claudia Deaza,
Yoshihisa Urita*, Susumu Ishihara, Kenichiro Arai, Jun Claudia J. Ramirez, Amparo Castro
Kondo, Tatsuo Akimoto, Hiroto Kato, Noriko Hara,
Hideyuki Koshino, Yoshiko Honda, Yoko Nagai, Kazushige S1122 Impact of 0.5 Mg Qd, 1 Mg Qd and 1 Mg Bid Alosetron S
Nakanishi, Nagato Shimada, Motonobu Sugimoto, Hydrochloride On Quality of Life (QOL) and
Kazumasa Miki Productivity in Women with Chronic, Severe Diarrhea- U
Predominant IBS (D-IBS) N
S1112 Effective Management of Pancreatic Cancer Is Susan Gordon*, Vanessa Ameen, Marquita West, Amy
Dependent On the First Symptoms D
Heath, Teresa Perschy, Eric Carter
Marek Benes*, Julius Spicak A
S1123 The Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Idiopathic Y
S1113 Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors: A Problem of Constipation with a Positive Family History
Increased Magnitude and Diminished Support Annie On On Chan*, Wai Mo Hui, Kwok Fai Lam, Gigi MAY
Irvin M. Modlin*, Geeta N. Eick, Mark Kidd, Manish C. Leung, Wayne Hc Hu, Chi Kuen Chan, Man Fung Yuen, 21
Champaneria Shiu Kum Lam, Benjamin Cy Wong
S1114 Assessment of ACGME Core Competencies in S1124 The Impact of Non-GERD Dyspepsia On Productivity
Gastroenterology Trainees: Results of a National Survey While At Work and in Regular Daily Activities - Results
Derek Patel from One Study in Endoscoped (STARS I) and One
Study in Uninvestigated (STARS II) Dyspeptic Patients
S1115 Development of a For-Profit Free Standing Endoscopy
Peter Wahlqvist*, Tore Persson, Johan Brun, Nigel Flook,
Center (EASC) As Part of An Academic
Karsten Lauritsen, Nimish Vakil, Sander Veldhuyzen van
Gastroenterology Division
Zanten, Katarina Halling, Nicholas Talley
Ann Ouyang*, Lisa S. Poritz, Abraham Mathew, Thomas J.
McGarrity, Thomas R. Riley S1125 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled
Crossover Trial of Famotidine in Patients with
AGA Poster Session Functional Dyspepsia
Mototsugu Kato*, Takeshi Yoshida, Tamotsu Hata, Yuji
Ono, Shouko Ono, Manabu Nakagawa, Souichi Nakagawa,
LA Convention Center Yuichi Shimizu, Masahiro Asaka
Sponsored by: Clinical Practice S1126 Association of Perfectionism with Psychophysiological

Background of Functional Dyspepsia and
FUNCTIONAL GI DISORDERS Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Compared to Anorexia
Nervosa
Participants will be able to: Masahiro Ochi*, Kazunari Tominaga, Toshiya Iketani, Kaori
• Review outcomes of IBS trials; Kadouchi, E.J. Sasaki, Masatsugu Shiba, Toshio Watanabe,
• Review disease associations with IBS; and Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Nobuhide Oshitani, Kazuhide Higuchi,
• Review observations on IBS and quality of life. Nobuo Kiriike, Tetsuo Arakawa
S1116 Patients with IBS Have Greater Treatment Satisfaction S1127 Outcomes of Recurrent Abdominal Pain (RAP) in
with Tegaserod Compared with Placebo

Pierre Pare*, Carlos Francisconi, Andrea Viegas, Christopher
R. McBurney
Children and Responses to a Multidimensional Measure
for RAP (MM-RAP): A 2 Years Follow-Up Study
Hoda M. Malaty*, Michael Takenticho, Kennard J. Fraley,
Suhiab Abudayyeh, David Y. Graham, Kimberley Omalley,
Mark A. Gilger
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S1128 Rikkunshito Improves Induction Therapy for Depression AGA Poster Session
with SSRI
Takakazu Oka
S1129 Blood-, Breath- Or Gene-Test for Detection of Lactose
Malabsorption? A Comparison of Three Methods Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders
Per G. Farup*, Oistein Hovde
GERD: DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
S1130 Sacral Neurostimulation in Fecal Incontinence - Is
Clinical Response Associated with Improved Anal Participants will be able to:
Sphincter Pressures Or Anorectal Perception? • Evaluate recent research on diagnostic testing for GERD.
Heiko Fruehauf*, Daniel Pohl, Oliver Goetze, Franc H.
Hetzer, Dieter Hahnloser, Werner Schwizer, Michael Fried, S1139 Targeted Esophageal Biopsies: What You See Is What
S1131
Radu Tutuian
Familial Aggregation in Constipated Subjects in a

You Get (WYSIWYG) - Or Not?
Robert H. Riddell*, Vijay Mann, Paul Moayyedi, Sjo
Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Janusz Jankowski, Marc Bradette,
Tertiary Referral Center Jacob Louw, Garth Noad, Robert J. White, David Armstrong
Annie On On Chan*, Wai Mo Hui, Wayne Hc Hu, Gigi
Leung, Chi Kuen Chan, Man Fung Yuen, Shiu Kum Lam, S1140 The Clinical Impact of Prolonged (48 and 96-hour)
S1132
Benjamin Cy Wong
The Epidemiology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Its

Oesophageal pH Monitoring By the BRAVO™ System
Mark Fox*, Amir Thakur, Roy Anggiansah, Angela
Anggiansah, Terry Wong
Relationship with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in
the General Population: Results from the Loiano- S1141 Multichannel Intraluminal Impedance and pH (MII-pH)
Monghidoro Study
Rocco Maurizio Zagari*, Paolo Pozzato, Silvia Damian,
Maria Luisa Bianchi, Liza Ceroni, Lorenzo Fuccio, Maria
Is Accurate in Assessing Esophageal Transit
Abnormalities
Amine Hila*, Amit Agrawal, Wojciech Blonski, Inder
Eugenia Minardi, Mari-Ann Wallander, Saga Johansson, Mainie, Janice Freeman, Donald O. Castell
Bahman Farahmand, Enrico Roda, Franco Bazzoli
S1142 The Diagnostic Value of the Proton Pump Inhibitor Test
S1133 The Community Prevalence of Abdominal Pain and for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Population-
Cramps: A Multi-National Survey Based Study
Guido N. Tytgat*, Luiz G. Paulo, Stefan Mueller-Lissner, Marissa C. Aanen*, Bas L. Weusten, Mattijs E. Numans,
S Eamonn M. Quigley, Richard G. Locke, Eckhard Schaefer, Niek J. de Wit, Andre J. Smout
Iris Helfrich
U S1143 Non Acid Reflux in Children By Long Term pH-
N S1134 Provider Beliefs Regarding Diagnostic Testing in IBS Impedance Study, - An Analysis of Practice Based Data
Exhibit Extreme Variation and Diverge from Guidelines Sudipta Misra*, Zahangir Khaled, Amy Lee
D Brennan M. Spiegel*, Mary Farid, Eric Esrailian, Jennifer
A Talley, Lin Chang S1144 Differentiating Laryngopharyngeal Reflux and
Gastroesophageal Reflux Utilizing Impedance
Y S1135 Does the Use of Complementary and Alternative Characteristics
MAY Medicines (CAM) Predict a Non-Organic Kevin D. Halsey*, Eric A. Gaumnitz
21 Gastrointestinal Disorder?
Shital Amin, Subhadip Ghosh-Ray, Niall van Someren, S1145 MII-pH Monitoring in Infants and Children: What We
Kalpesh Besherdas, Steven Mann* Can Get from the Autoscan?
Silvia Salvatore, Bruno Hauser, C Luini, S Arrigo, Yvan
S1136 Making a Diagnosis of Gastroparesis Reduces Diagnostic Vandenplas*
Cost and Unnecessary Surgeries in Patients with
Recurrent Nausea and Vomiting S1146 Symptoms of Both Acid and Non-Acid Reflux Occur
Chadwick W. Hatfield*, William D. Chey, David Barthel, Almost Exclusively in the Upright Position
Jack Semler, Steve Harrell, John Wo Amit Agrawal*, Amine Hila, Wojciech Blonski, Radu
Tutuian, Inder Mainie, Marcelo Vela, Donald O. Castell
S1137 Quality of Life Survey in Patients with Functional
Gastrointestinal Disorders: An Asian Study S1147 Typical and Atypical GERD Symptoms Refactory to PPI
Daphne Ang*, Hock-Foong Lui, Widjaja Luman Therapy Are Produced By Different Mechanisms
Inder Mainie*, Radu Tutuian, Amine Hila, Amit Agrawal,
S1138 The Impact of Sleep Disruption On Quality of Life Wojciech Blonski, Donald O. Castell
(QOL) in IBD & IBS
Laurie Keefer*, Ali Keshavarzian, Ranjbaran Ziba, Laura S1148 Interobserver Variation in the Magnification Endoscopy
Benson, Edward J. Stepanski Findings of Non Erosive Reflux Disease
Rupa Banerjee*, Nalini M. Guda, Santosh Darisetty, Manu
Tandan, Sandeep Lakhtakia, Rajesh Gupta, Venkat G. Rao,
Nageshwar D. Reddy
S1149 Correlating Impedance (Imp) Falls from Above to Below

1000 Ohms with Barium Presence and Amount At the
Impedance Site: Findings from Simultaneous
Videoesophagram, Impedance Monitoring, and
Manometry.
Francisco J. Marrero*, Hala Imam, Steven Shay
S1150 Evaluation of Cyp2c19 Genetic Polymorphism On the

Accuracy of Proton-Pump Inhibitor (PPI) Test in the
Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Jaw-Town Lin*, Yi-Chia Lee, Hsiu-Po Wang, Han-Mo Chiu,
Shih-Pei Huang, Ming-Shiang Wu
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S1151 Minimal Change Esophagitis Symptomatically S1163 Lower Esophageal Recording of Acid Exposure Better
Resembles Functional Dyspepsia, But Is Explains Symptoms in Patients with Non-Erosive Reflux
Pathophysiologically Similar to GERD Disease
Yasuyuki Shimoyama*, Motoyasu Kusano, Osamu Ram Dickman*, Jimmy M. Bautista, Wai-Man Wong, Rajan
Kawamura, Shiko Kuribayashi, Masaki Maeda, Atsuto Bhatt, Joy N. Beeler, Isaac B. Malagon, Sara Risner-Adler,
Nagoshi, Hiroaki Zai, Tatsuya Higuchi, Fumitaka Moki, Ronnie Fass
Tsutomu Horikoshi, Munetoshi Toki, Masatomo Mori
S1164 Multichannel Intraluminal Impedance (MII-pH) for the
S1152 Association Between Non Acid Reflux and Symptoms. Evaluation of Heartburn in Subjects Both On and Off
Multicenter Ambulatory 24-Hour pH-Impedance Study PPI Therapy
in 150 Patients Off and On Proton Pump Inhibitors Ellen Stein*, Sharmila Anandasabapathy, Barry W. Jaffin
(PPI) Therapy
Frank Zerbib*, Sabine Roman, Alain Ropert, Stanislas S1165 Prolonged Wireless pH-Metry in Community Practice:
Bruley des Varannes, Philippe Pouderoux, Ulriikka Chaput, Does the Longer Sampling Time Improve the Yield of
Francois Mion, Jean Paul Galmiche, Daniel Sifrim pH Testing?
Saeid Goshtasbi*, Nimish Vakil, David Carron, Michael
S1153 The Relevance of Duodenogastroesophageal Reflux and Molloy, Steven Lipscomb
Its Diagnosis
Ulrich Muller*, Patrick Darb-Esfahani, Thomas Fiedler, S1166 Reproducibility of pH Profiles in 48hour Wire Free
Sarah Johanssen, Daniel Kottler, Heike Muller, Herbert Capsule Esophageal pH Monitoring
Lochs, Winfried A. Voderholzer Joanna Gray*, Aileen Sutherland, Grant M. Fullarton
S1155 Esophageal Manometry Findings in Patients with GERD- S1167 Magnification Endoscopy Changes of Minimal Change
Like Symptoms Unresponsive to Proton Pump Inhibitors Esophagitis: Effect of Rabeprazole Therapy
Obtained By 24-Hour pH and Motility Recordings Rupa Banerjee*, Manu Tandan, Rajesh Gupta, Santosh
Susan N. Ramdhaney*, Venkat Pavan R. Kancharla, Darisetty, Sandeep Lakhtakia, Venkat G. Rao, Nageshwar D.
Manojkumar Singh, Vijaya Boyella, Yatin Zhang, Hulya Reddy
Levendoglu
S1168 Gastrin-17 (G-17) As a Sensitive Serological Bio-Marker
S1156 Ambulatory Esophageal Impedance-pH Monitoring in for Diagnosis of Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease
GERD Suspected Patients: A Visual Analysis of (GERD) Independently of H. Pylori Status
Recording Segments Preceding the Occurrence of Lucas G. Cavallaro*, Antonio Nouvenne, Andrea Maini,
Symptoms Is Needed Roberta Merli, Libera Fanigliulo, Daniela Basso, Mario
Sabine Roman*, Stanislas Bruley des Varannes, Philippe Plebani, Veronica Iori, Giulia Martina Cavestro, Marta S
Pouderoux, Ulriikka Chaput, Francois Mion, Jean-Paul Maino, Giorgio Nervi, Angelo Franze', Francesco Di Mario
Galmiche, Frank Zerbib
U
S1169 Evaluating the Day to Day Variability Detected in the 48 N
S1157 Clinical Impact of Esophageal Impedance-pH Hour Ambulatory BRAVO pH Data
M. Babitha Reddy*, Gregory Haber D
Measurement in Children - Results from the German
Pediatric Impedance Group (G-PIG) A
S1170 Time Esophageal pH<4 Significantly Overestimates the
Tobias G. Wenzl*, Denisa Pilic, Thorsten Frohlich, Ulf
Prevalence of Pathologic Esophageal Reflux in GERD
Y
Pfeifer, Michael Welter, Henrik Kohler, Anjona Schmidt- MAY
Subjects Treated with Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs)
Choudhury, Heino Skopnik
Lauren B. Gerson*, Peyman Sahbaie, George 21
S1158 Effects of Test Meal On Multi-Channel Triadafilopoulos, Winston Young, Jerry D. Gardner
Electrogastrography and Autonomic Nervous System
Function in Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux S1171 Endoscopic Placement Under Sedation Does Not Affect
pH Monitoring By the BRAVO™ System
Diseases
Xiaohong Xu*, Zhaolu Ding, Zhifeng Wang, Xiaoyan Chen, Amir Thakur*, Mark Fox, Roy Anggiansah, Wong Terry,
Meiyun Ke Angela Anggiansah
S1159 Multichannel Intraluminal Esophageal Impedance S1172 Wireless Vs Traditional pH Monitoring: Better
Predicts Early Persistent Symptoms Following Tolerability and Lower Impact On Daily Activities and
Food Intake
Fundoplication
Matthew Shane*, Julia P. Shane, Morgenthal B. Craig, C Ausilia Grigolon, Ivana Bravi, Paolo Cantu', Roberto
Dan Smith, Edward Lin, Vickie Swafford, Leena Khaitan Penagini*
S1160 Accuracy of a Comprehensive Histopathological Score S1173 Esophageal pH Testing in Patients Symptomatic On PPI
Therapy
for the Diagnosis of Patients with Gastroesophageal
Barbara Ann M. Mackalski*, Alexandra Ilnyckyj
Reflux Disease
Sharad Mathur*, Ajay Bansal, Srinivas R. Puli, Amit Rastogi, S1174 Multichannel Intraluminal Impedance and pH (MII-pH)
Prateek Sharma Esophageal Testing Is More Specific Than pH Alone for
Diagnosing Acid Gastroesophageal Reflux
S1161 Esophageal and Intragastric pH Monitoring Using a
Wireless System (BRAVO) to Evaluate Esophageal Acid Amine Hila*, Amit Agrawal, Wojciech Blonski, Janice
Freeman, Donald O. Castell
Exposure and Gastric Acid Secretion
Ayaka Seza*, Takeo Odaka, Michiko Kobayashi, Taketo S1175 Diagnostic Value of Oesophageal Physiology Studies -
Yamaguchi, Syunn Genn, Takuto Suzuki, Hiromitsu Saisho An Eight Year Prospective Study
S1162 Use of BRAVO Wireless pH Monitoring Placed in the Samir Mehta*, Alexander P. Boddy, Richard Lowndes,
Columnar Segment of Barrett’s Esophagus to Assess Michael Rhodes
Antisecretory Therapy S1176 Heartburn and Regurgitation - Does That Mean I Have
Jorge Uribe*, Marianna Dejongh, Matthew Gideon, Philip GERD?
O. Katz Inder Mainie*, Radu Tutuian, Amine Hila, Amit Agrawal,
Donald O. Castell
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S1177 Delayed Esophageal Clearance in Patients with Barrett's S1190 Probiotics As Prevention of Infections in GERD-Affected
Esophagus As Assessed By Pillcam EsoTm Children Taking Gastric Acidity Inhibitors
Daniel Wolfson*, Jamie Barkin, Shosh Friedman, Ron Roberto Berni Canani*, Gianluca Terrin, Silvia Salvatore, Pia
Nitzan, Hagit Ephrath, Inna Dolnikov Cirillo, Annalisa Passariello, Riccardo Muscariello, Maria
Concetta Siani, Francesco Porcaro, Alfredo Guarino
S1178 Acid Gastroesophageal Reflux Reports in Infants: A
Comparison of Esophageal pH Monitoring and S1191 Exposure of the Esophagus to Acid in Patients with
Multichannel Intraluminal Impedance Measurement Reflux Treated with Tegaserod
Techniques M Bafutto*, C Carvalho Aquino, A S. Borges
Frederick W. Woodley, Hayat M. Mousa*
S1192 Predictors of Endoscopic Remission After Healing and
S1179 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Tehran Maintenance Therapy for Reflux Esophagitis: Results
Mehdi Nouraie*, Maryam Asadi, Hadi Razjouyan, Siavosh from the Expo Study
Nasseri-Moghaddam Joachim Labenz*, David Armstrong, Sofia Andersson, Stefan
Eklund, Andreas Leodolter
S1180 Validation of Structured Scoring Using the La
Classification for Esophagitis and Barrett’s Esophagus in S1193 The Effect of Repeated Doses of Esomeprazole On
Asian Patients Pharmacodynamic and Pharmacokinetic Variables in
Reuben Km Wong*, Khay Guan Yeoh, Kok Ann Gwee, Infants Aged 1 to 24 Months with GERD
Khek Yu Ho Taher Omari*, Geoff Davidson, Patrik Bondarov, Emma
Naucler, Catharina Nilsson-Pieschl, Per Lundborg
S1181 One Week rabeprazole Trial Is Not Enough to Diagnose
Patients with GERD-Related NCCP S1194 A Comparison of Clinical, Demographic, and
Jeong Hwan Kim*, Poong-Lyul Rhee, Hee Jung Son, Jae J. Endoscopic Findings Among Patients with Erosive and
Kim, Jong Chul Rhee Non-Erosive Reflux Disease
Sachin Wani*, Ajay Bansal, Priya Maddur, Sandi Hall,
S1182 Reflux Episodes Are Similar in Asymptomatic African Srinivas R. Puli, Amit Rastogi, April Higbee, Prateek Sharma
Americans and Non Hispanic Whites
Kenneth Vega, Christina Lambiase, Louis Lambiase* S1195 Inappropriate Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors in a
Hospital Setting in the Netherlands
S1183 Ginger-Ale Swallow Test to Locate the BRAVO pH Evelyn P.M. van Vliet*, Henk J.A.M. Otten, Ernst J.
Capsule in the Esophagus Kuipers, Pieter D. Knoester, Arjan Rudolphus, Henk C.
Kozhikot Kumaran Hoogsteden, Peter D. Siersema
S S1184 Normal Values for Ambulatory 24-H Combined S1196 Intragastric Acidity After H.Pyori Eradication: Is More
U Impedance-pH Monitoring On Acid Suppressive Therapy Suppression Needed?
Radu Tutuian*, Inder Mainie, Amit Agrawal, Janice Yuhong Yuan*, Marroon Thabane, Mohammad Yaghoobi,
N Freeman, Donald O. Castell Jenny Liu, Richard H. Hunt
D
A AGA Poster Session
S1197 Maintenance Therapy with Continuous and On-Demand
Rabeprazole (RAB) 20mg in Uninvestigated
Y 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
MAY LA Convention Center David G. Morgan*, Michael F. O'Mahony, William F.
21 O'Mahony, Jean Roy, Julie Dinniwell, Fernando Camacho,
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders Farah A. Husein-Bhabha
PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPIES FOR GERD S1198 A Randomized, Comparative Study of Three Doses of
Azd0865 and Esomeprazole for Healing of Reflux
Participants will be able to: Esophagitis
• Evaluate recent research on pharmacological therapies for GERD. Peter J. Kahrilas*, John Dent, Karsten Lauritsen, Peter
Malfertheiner, Hans Denison, Stefan Franzen, Pelle
S1185 Discontinuation of Proton Pump Inhibitors in Patients Lundborg
On Long-Term Therapy: A Double-Blind, Placebo-

Controlled Trial
Einar Bjornsson*, Hasse Abrahamsson, Magnus Simren,
S1199 H2 Receptor Antagonists Do Not Diminish the Acid
Inhibitory Effects of Omeprazole
Niklas Mattsson, Pia Agerforz, Anders Kilander Lars Fandriks, Anders Pettersson, Nimish Vakil*
S1186 Predictors for Treatment Failure of On-Demand Proton S1200 Nocturnal Gastric Acidity After Bedtime Dosing of
Pump Inhibitor (PPI) Therapy in Gastroesophageal Proton Pump Inhibitors in Patients with Nighttime
Reflux Disease (GERD) GERD Symptoms
Justin Wu*, Carrian Cheung, Vincent Wong, Joseph Sung Philip O. Katz*, David Ballard, Frauke K. Koch, Barry
Goldlust, Jacqueline M. Major, Theresa C. Gautille, Bonnie
S1187 Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy for Suspected GERD - Hepburn
Related Chronic Laryngitis: Is It Effective? A Meta-
Analysis S1201 The Effect of Acid Suppression On Subjective Sleep,
Mohammed A. Qadeer*, Rocio Lopez, J. Pieter Noordzij, Gastric Myoelectrical Functioning, and Cardiac
David L. Steward, Maria Suurna, Thomas Havas, Wo John, Autonomic Function in Patients with Erosive GERD
Colin W. Howden, Michael F. Vaezi Chien-Lin Chen*, Terry Bj Kuo
S1188 Involvement of Cannabinoid Receptors in the Triggering S1202 Gerdyzer™ - A New Scale for Patient-Reported Outcome
of TLESRs in Healthy Subjects of HRQOL in GERD Shows Excellent Psychometric
Hanneke Beaumont*, Magnus Ruth, Jorgen Jensen, Anders Criteria. Validation Trial in 396 Patients with Erosive
Lehmann, Guy Boeckxstaens Esophagitis
Juan R. Malagelada*, Kenneth R. Devault, Olivier Chassany,
S1189 How Do Consumers Take “Over-the-Counter” Holger Schmitt, Ursula Gebauer, Gerald Holtmann
Omeprazole?
Nicholas J. Shaheen*, Karina Berenson, John Doyle, Kurt
Brown
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S1203 Establishment of New Oral Treatment for Nerd Patients S1214 A Meta-Analysis of Efficacy of Esomeprazole Compared
Akinori Koide*, Taketo Yamaguchi, Hidehiko Koyama, with Other Proton Pump Inhibitors On Erosive
Takeo Odaka, Yoshihiro Koma, Kenichi Nakajima, Izumi Esophagitis
Shinbo, Hitoshi Maeda, Masato Ai, Yoshiharu Tokoro, Hong Gao*, Tianshu Liu, Naiqing Zhao, Jiyao Wang
Hiromitsu Saisho
S1215 Multivariate Analysis of Factors Affecting the Healing of
S1204 A Randomized, Comparative Efficacy Study of Three Reflux Esophagitis in Japan
Doses of Azd0865 and Esomeprazole in Patients with Ken Ariizumi*, Shuichi Ohara, Tomoyuki Koike, Shigeyuki
Non-Erosive Reflux Disease Kobayashi, Hatushi Yamagishi, Atushi Miura, Yoshifumi
John Dent*, Peter Kahrilas, Jan Hatlebakk, Nimish Vakil, Inomata, Yasuhiko Abe, Masashi Kawamura, Yasushi
Hans Denison, Stefan Franzen, Goran Hasselgren Kitagawa, Katsunori Iijima, Akira Imatani, Tooru
Shimosegawa
S1205 Impact of Esophagitis Classification in Evaluating
Healing After Therapy with Proton Pump Inhibitors S1216 A Quality of Life in Patients with EE and Nerd Treated
(PPIs) by Rabeprazole-An One-Year’s Multi-Center Open Study
Mohammad Yaghoobi*, Sara Padol, Yuhong Yuan, Richard Xiaohong Liu, Meiyun Ke*, Zhiqiang Song, Jinyan Luo,
H. Hunt Yaozong Yuan, Xiaohua Hou, Youling Zhu, J.N. Sun, Hui
Zha
S1206 An Exploratory, Randomised, Controlled, Parallel-Group,
Open-Label Study to Evaluate Different Dosing S1217 Night-Time Heartburn As a Possible Indicator of Degree
Regimens of rabeprazole in Controlling Nocturnal of Heartburn Severity, Frequency and Response to
Heartburn (NT HB) Symptoms in Uninvestigated Standard Acid Suppressive Regimens
Symptomatic Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (s-GERD) David G. Morgan*, Subhas C. Ganguli, Michael F.
David G. Morgan*, Subhas C. Ganguli, Michael F. O O'Mahony, Jean Roy, Fernando Camacho, Bruno Teixeira,
Mahony, Jean Roy, Fernando Camacho, Bruno Teixeira, Farah A. Husein-Bhabha
Farah A. Husein-Bhabha
S1218 Comparison Between the Combined Analysis and the
S1207 On-Demand Maintenance Therapy in Patients with Demeester Score to Predict Reponse to PPI Therapy
Esophagitis and Non-Erosive Reflux Disease (NERD): A Inder Mainie*, Radu Tutuian, Amine Hila, Amit Agrawal,
Prospective, Randomized, Crossover, Comparative Study Donald O. Castell
of rabeprazole Versus Lansoprazole
Miguel Sobrino-Faya*, Marta Iglesias-Rey, Enrique S1219 Does the Absence of Erosive Esophagitis Really Predict
Dominguez-Munoz a Worse Response to Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI)
Therapy in Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux S
S1208 Control of Transient Lower Esophageal Sphincter Disease?
Relaxations (TLESRs) and Reflux By a Histamine H2 William D. Chey*, Borko Nojkov, Richard Saad, Jennifer U
Receptor Antagonist (H2RA) Nizatidine (NIZ) in Rai, Susan A. Adlis, Michael J. Shaw N
Healthy Subjects D
Katsuhiko Iwakiri*, Makoto Kotoyori, Yoshinori Hayashi,
Yuriko Tanaka, Noriyuki Kawami, Choitsu Sakamoto, AGA Poster Session A
Richard H. Holloway 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Y
S1209 Comparison of the Effects of Fasting Morning, Fasting MAY
Evening, and Fed Bedtime Administration of Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology 21
Tenatoprazole On Intragastric pH in Healthy Volunteers:
A Randomized Three-Way Crossover Study CHEMOPREVENTION
Alan B R. Thomson*, Patrick Cohen, Herve Ficheux,
Florence Domagala, Michel Homerin S1220 EGFR Antagonist Gefitinib Inhibits ERBB Signaling and
S1210 High Dose Versus Standard Dose Proton Pump
Inhibitors in the short Term Management of Reflux
Tumor Development in the Rat Azoxymethane Model of
Colon Cancer
Sujatha Jagadeeswaran*, Urszula Dougherty, Nathaniel
Esophagitis Little, Weihua Yuan, Reba Mustafi, Sonia Cerda, Anusara
Mostafizur Khan*, Jose Santana, Clare Donellan, Cathy Chumsangsri, John Hart, Maria Tretiakova, Loren Joseph,
Preston, Paul Moayyedi Ezra Cohen, Alessandro Fichera, Marc Bissonnette
S1211 Predictors of Resolution of Heartburn in Patients with S1221 Prevention and Treatment of Colorectal Cancer in Mice

Reflux Esophagitis: Results from the Healing Phase of with Vitamin D and Its Gemini Analogues
the Expo Study Min Yao*, Catherine S. Spina, Vin Tangpricha, Wei Zhou,
Joachim Labenz*, David Armstrong, Sofia Andersson, Stefan Hubert Maehr, Milan Uskokovic, Luciano Adorini, Michael
Eklund, Andreas Leodolter F. Holick, M. M. Wolfe
S1212 Predictors of Heartburn Remission in Patients with S1222 Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Reduce the

Reflux Esophagitis: Results from the Maintenance Phase Incidence of Colon Cancer: A Study of Half a Million
of the Expo Study US Veterans
Joachim Labenz*, David Armstrong, Sofia Andersson, Stefan Vikas Khurana*, Hanmanth R. Bejjanki, Gloria Caldito
Eklund, Andreas Leodolter
S1223 Celecoxib and Curcumin Synergistically Inhibit the
S1213 Assessment of Therapy and the Patients’ QOL in Gastro- Growth of Colorectal Cancer in Rat Model
Esophageal Reflux Disease in Japan: A Cross-Over Trial Baruch Shpitz, Nis Giladi*, Eyal Sagiv, Diana Kazanov,
Hiroyuki Okada*, Ryuta Takenaka, Yoshiro Kawahara, Menachem Moshkowits, Aharon Halak, Nadir Arber
Tatsuya Toyokawa, Yuuichi Mouri, Yasuhiro Nagahara,
Masahiro Takatani, Junji Shiode, Jouichiro Horii, Satoru S1224 A Randomised Study of the Effects of N-3 Fatty Acid
Yagi, Takao Tuzuki, Daisuke Tanioka, Jun Katoh, Hirofumi Supplementation On COX-2 Expression in Barrett’s
Kawamoto, Yasushi Shiratori Epithelium
Samir Mehta*, Alexander P. Boddy, J.N. Cook, Elizabeth K.
Lund, Virginia Sams, Ian T. Johnson, Michael Rhodes
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S1225 Smokers Have a Higher Risk for Significant Colorectal S1238 Mesalamine Downregulates Oncogene C-MYC and Genes
Neoplasia and At a Younger Age Than Those Who Encoding Transcription Factors and Signaling
Never Smoked: Implications for Screening Guidelines Transduction Molecules Involved in Cell Survival and
Joseph C. Anderson*, Brendan J. Wiggins, Zvi A. Alpern, Proliferation in Colon Cancer Cells: Molecular Basis for
Carol A. Martin, Patricia Hubbard-Ells Chemopreventive Action
Eric Chu*, Jianyuan Chai, Andrzej S. Tarnawski
S1226 Growth Factors Dictate the Inhibitory Response of
Target Cells to the Dietary Agent, Curcumin S1239 Efficacy and Safety in a Phase I Safety Trial of Celecoxib
William Rengifo-Cam*, Pomila Singh in Children with FAP
Patrick M. Lynch*, Carol Burke, Ernie Hawk, Craig Eagle,
S1227 Vitamin C Suppresses H. Pylori Colonization But Has Mabel Woloj, James Church, Hennie Hasson, Sherri
NO Effect On Helicobacter Pylori-Induced Gastritis in Patterson, Elizabeth Half, Gregory D. Ayers
Vitamin C-Deficient L-Gulono-γ-Lactone Oxidase Knock-
Out (Gulo-/-) Mice S1240 Combination of Cetuximab and Trastuzumab
Chung-Wei Lee*, Xiang-Dong Wang, Arlin B. Rogers, Cooperatively Reduce Cell Growth and Augment
Timothy C. Wang, James G. Fox NSAID-Mediated Cell Death in Human Colon Cancer
Cells
S1228 Regulation of RAS in Colon Cancer Cells By Elizabeth Half*, Ho Yee Yeung, Yunjie Sun, Frank A.
Chemopreventive Ursodeoxycholic Acid Sinicrope
Sharad Khare*, Mehdi Baluch, Cory Holgren
S1241 The Salicylate Derivative 5-Aminosalycilate (5-ASA)
S1229 Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) and 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3- Affects Cell Cycle Progression in Colorectal Cancer
1α-Hydroxylase (1α(OH)Ase) in Normal and Malignant Cells By Activating a P53- and MMR-Independent,
Human Colon Reversible Replication Checkpoint
Damien Matusiak*, Robert Carroll, Richard Benya Gloria Luciani*, Christoph Campregher, Christoph Gasche
S1230 Regulatory Mechanism for Folic Acid Induced Inhibition S1242 Statins Increase the Risk of Colorectal Adenomatous
of Recurrence of Colorectal Adenomas Polyps
Nataliya Razumilava, Saadia Siddiqui, Edi Levi, Hu Xu, Gulam Khan*, Nazia Qazi, Swarnalatha Asokan, Jyothi
Nadeem Ullah, Martin Tobi, Richard Jaszewski, Adhip P. N. Tummala, Jian Jun Li, Scott Tenner
Majumdar*
S1243 Can Calcium Chemoprevention of Adenoma Recurrence
S1231 A New Aminoacid Derivative of Ursodeoxycholate, N-L- Substitute for Colonoscopic Surveillance Or Extend
Glutamyl-UDCA (UDCA-Glu) to Release Selectively Surveillance Intervals?
S UDCA in the Rat Colon Aasma Shaukat*, Murtaza Parekh, Joseph Lipscomb, Uri
U Carlo Clerici, Danilo Castellani, Stefania Asciutti*, Elisabetta Ladabaum
N Nardi, Giorgio Gentili, Roberto Pellicciari, Kenneth Setchell,
Nancy O'Connell, Vittorio Giuliano, Fabio Chistolini, Olivia
D Morelli, Mattia Clementi, Monia Baldoni, Antonio Morelli AGA Poster Session
A 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
S1232 NSAIDs, COX-2 Inhibitors, LES Relaxing Drugs and LA Convention Center
Y Esophageal Cancer: A Case- Control Study
MAY Satish Ranka*, Jenny M. Gee, Ian T. Johnson, J.N. Skinner,
21 Andrew R. Hart, Michael Rhodes
S1233 Effects of Rofecoxib, a COX-2 Selective Inhibitor, in SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS (I)
Patients with Barrett's Esophagus: Final Results of a 6-
S1244 Sensitivity and Specificity of Immunochemical,

Month Randomized Controlled Trial
Automated Developed, Fecal Occult Blood Test (OC-
Angel Lanas*, Federico Sopena, Javier Ortego, Eva Barrio,
Sensor) for Detecting Significant Colonic Neoplasia
Luis Bujanda, Angel Cosme, Adolfo Parra, Javier Alcedo,
Zohar Levi*, Rachel Hazazi, Alex Vilkin, Paul Rozen, Amal
Angel Ferrandez, Eduardo Bajador, Josep M. Pique
Waked, Eran Maoz, Shlomo Birkenfeld, Yaron Niv
S1234 The Increase of 15-LOX-1 Expression On Carcinoma
S1245 Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Impact On Colorectal

Cells May Enhance the Sensitivity to NSAIDs-Induced
Adenoma Risk in Women
Apoptosis in Colorectal Cancers
Jill E. Elwing*, Feng Gao, Nicholas O. Davidson, Dayna S.
Masahiro Yoshinaga*, Hiroyuki Murao, Yosuke Kitamura,
Early
Koutaro Koga, Satoru Tsuruta, Hisato Igarashi, Hidefumi
Higashi, Kazuhiko Nakamura S1246 Endometrial Cancer: The Impact On Colorectal
S1235 Combination Treatment with Curcumin and Quercetin
of Adenomas in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Adenoma Risk in Women
Jill E. Elwing*, Feng Gao, Dayna S. Early, Nicholas O.
Davidson
Marcia Cruz-Correa*, Daniel A. Shoskes, Patricia Sanchez,
Rhongua Zhao, Linda M. Hylind, Steven D. Wexner, Francis S1247 Impact of Systematic 18FDG-PET On Colo-Rectal

M. Giardiello Cancer Relapse Diagnosis and Management: Results of a
Randomized, Controlled Multicenter Two Years Follow
S1236 Induction of C-Terminal SRC Kinase (CSK) By NSAIDs:
Up Study
A Novel Anti-Proliferative Target in the
Iradj Sobhani*, T. Andre, T. Aparicio, C. Gornet, E. Itti, D.
Chemoprevention of Colorectal Cancer
Le Guludec, R. Lebtahi, M. Lemann, M. Meignan, F.
Dhananjay Kunte*, Ramesh Wali, Jennifer Koetsier, Hemant
Mentre, E. Mitry, F. Montravers, Y. Panis, R. Parc, P.
Roy
Piedbois, S. Retout, P. Rougier, J.N. Talbot, E. Tiret, C.
S1237 The Effect of Helicobacter Pylori Eradication On Incident Vaylet
of Gastric Cancer
S1249 Impact of Initial Polypectomy Versus Follow-Up
Keiji Ogura*, Yoshihiro Hirata, Ayako Yanai, Wataru
Surveillance Colonoscopy On Colorectal Cancer
Shibata, Tomoya Ohmae, Yuzo Mitsuno, Shin Maeda,
Incidence in Post-Polypectomy Patients
Hirotsugu Watabe, Yutaka Yamaji, Makoto Okamoto,
Ann G. Zauber*, Iris Vogelaar, Marjolein van Ballegooijen,
Haruhiko Yoshida, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata
Rob Boer, Deborah Schrag, Dik Habbema, Sidney J.
Winawer
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S1250 Results of Mass Screening with Fecal Occult Blood Test S1260 Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Lubiprostone for the
in 4 Pilot Areas in France Treatment of Chronic Constipation in Elderly Subjects
Jean-Francois Bretagne*, Vincent Dancourt, Bernard Denis, Ryuji Ueno, Raymond Panas*, Aimee Wahle, Yan Zhu, P.
Gerard Durand, Jean Faivre, Gaud Mallard, Philippe Perrin, Christopher Holland
Christine Piette, N Touillon
S1261 Risk Analysis of Gastrointestinal Surgery in Elderly
S1251 Risk Factors for Advanced Colorectal Neoplasia in Patients Over 80 Years Old: Usefulness of the Possum
Women: Comparison of the Concern and VA 380 Scoring System
Populations Tsuneo Tanaka*, Yasuhiro Matsugu
Brooks D. Cash*, Andrew Flood, David Weiss, Arthur
Schatzkin, David Lieberman, Philip S. Schoenfeld S1262 Efficacy and Safety of Lubiprostone for the Treatment of
Chronic Constipation in Elderly vs. Non-Elderly
S1252 An Advance Notification Letter Increases Participation Subjects
in a Fecal Immunochemical Test-Based Colorectal Ryuji Ueno, Taryn R. Joswick*, Aimee Wahle, Yan Zhu, P.
Cancer Screening Program Christopher Holland
Stephen R. Cole*, Alicia Smith, Carlene Wilson, Deborah
Turnbull, Adrian Esterman, Graeme P. Young
AGA Poster Session
S1253 Colonoscopy with An Indigo Carmine Capsule: A 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Randomized Controlled Trial LA Convention Center
Adolfo Parra-Blanco*, David Nicolas, Antonio Z Gimeno,
Livia Rezende, Marta Carrillo, Juan Adolfo Ortega, Sponsored by: Growth, Development & Aging
Margarita Menacho, Rosa Mari Rodriguez-Hernandez,
Lourdes Rodriguez-Perez, Cristina Rodriguez-Galito, CLINICAL PEDIATRIC GI - LIVER AND PANCREATIC
Enrique Quintero DISORDERS
S1254 Temporal Trends in Colorectal Procedure Use Following
Colorectal Cancer Resection
• Increase understanding of pediatric pancreatic disease;
Gregory S. Cooper*, Jonathan D. Payes
• Update on investigation in neonatal pancreatitis; and
S1255 A Prospective Study of Community Screening • Understand difficulties in designing pancreatic clinical trials in
Colonoscopy in African American Women (AAW) and pediatrics.
Latino Women (LW): Barriers, Compliance, Results and
S1263 Etiology and Outcome of Acute Pancreatitis in Infants
Satisfaction S
and Toddlers
Moshe Shike, Alvaro Genao*, Ann Zauber, Margaret Burke,
Leena Kandula*, Mark E. Lowe U
Mark Schattner, Winsome Grant, Valerie Cuyjet, Shelby
Samuel, Franklin Marsh, Lianne Russo, Rian Rodriguez, N
Harold Freeman AGA Poster Session D
S1256 Results and Cost of a Population-Based Biennial Faecal A
Occult Blood Colorectal Cancer Screening Program LA Convention Center
Y
Bernard Denis*, Philippe Perrin, Jean Francois Vies, Jean
Paul Milleliri, Frederic Vagne, Guy Ventre, Jean Marc Sponsored by: Growth, Development & Aging MAY
Boyaval, Fernand Planchon 21
CLINICAL PEDIATRIC GI - SMALL AND LARGE INTESTINE
S1257 Prevalence of Anal Dysplasia in a French Population
Isabelle Etienney*, Sarra Vuong, Fady Daniel, Benoit Mory, Participants will be able to:
Milad Taouk, Samy Sultan, Christian Thomas, Josee • Learn about current treatments for inflammatory bowel disease;
Bourguignon, De Parades Vincent, Nathalie Meary, Andre • Understand new methods for imaging the gastrointestinal tract; and
Balaton, Patrick Atienza, Pierre Bauer • Review current thoughts about functional abdominal pain in
childhood.
S1258 Potential Usefulness of Detecting Cyclooxygenase 2 and
Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 Messenger RNA in Feces for S1264 Use of Clostridium Botulinum Toxin for the Treatment of
Colorectal Cancer Screening Obstructive Symptoms Or Enterocolitis in Patients with
Tetsunari Takai*, Shigeru Kanaoka, Ken-Ichi Yoshida, Non-Relaxing Internal Anal Sphincter: A Long-Term
Mutsuhiro Ikuma, Masayoshi Kajimura, Naoyuki Miura, Outcome Study
Haruhiko Sugimura, Akira Hishida Bruno P. Chumpitazi*, Steven J. Fishman, Samuel Nurko
S1265 Fanconi Syndrome in Patients with Microvillous

AGA Poster Session Inclusion Disease
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Karin M. van Dael*, Sven C. van Ijzendoorn, Leonie J.
LA Convention Center Pierik, D.R. J. Reijngoud, Hilda M. Keuning, Arend
Karrenbeld, Marius C. van den Heuvel, Edmond H. Rings
Sponsored by: Growth, Development & Aging S1266 The Role of Capsule Endoscopy in the Evaluation of
Patients with Unexplained Growth Failure
AGING Libia Moy*, Jeremiah Levine
Participants will be able to: S1267 Infliximab’s Growth Related Effects for Children and
• Understand the effects of aging on gene mutations in colonic Adolescents with Crohn's Disease
mucosa; Sean D. Sullivan*, Alexandra Eidelwein, Richard
• Learn about the treatment of constipation in the elderly; and Thompson, Carmen Cuffari, Oliva-Hemker Maria
• Apply a scoring system for risk analysis of gastrointestinal surgery in
the elderly. S1268 Gastrointestinal (GI) Inflammation in Children with
Recurrent Abdominal Pain (RAP) Is Not Related to Pain
S1259 Age-Associated Mutation of the DCC Gene in Patients and Stooling Pattern
with Normal Colonic Mucosa

Nolan E. Perez*, Satish B. Maryala, Yingjie Yu, Adhip P.
Majumdar
Robert J. Shulman*, Danita Czyzewski, Monica Jarrett,
Lonnie Zeltzer
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S1269 Cyclooxygenase 2 Expression in Polyps from a Juvenile AGA Poster Session
Polyposis Syndrome Patient with Mutant Bmpr1a
Jayde Kurland, Stayce Beck, Carol Solomon, Oscar Bran,
John M. Carethers, Sherry C. Huang* LA Convention Center
S1270 CT Enterography in Children with Crohn’s Disease: Sponsored by: Growth, Development & Aging
Correlation with Inflammatory Markers and Disease
Activity CLINICAL PEDIATRIC GI - UPPER GI TRACT
Mark A. Naddaf*, Peter Higgins, Peter Strouse, Pamela
Brown, Ellen M. Zimmermann Participants will be able to:
• Understand the treatment and presentation of gastroesophageal reflux
S1271 Growth Failure Persists Despite Current Treatment disease in children;
Paradigms in Pediatric Crohn's Disease • Learn how fathers respond to functional abdominal pain in children;
Marian D. Pfefferkorn*, Jeffrey Hyams, Georgine Burke, and
James Markowitz, Joel Rosh, David Mack, Anthony Otley, • Review the utility of ASCA testing in IBD.
Subra Kugathasan, Jonathan Evans, Athos Bousvaros, Susan
Moyer, Robert Rothbaum, Robert Wyllie, Vasundhara Tolia, S1280 Symptoms Refactory to PPI Therapy Associated with
M Oliva-Hemker, Adam Mezoff, Neal Leleiko, Fernando Del Non-Acid, Acid Or No Reflux in Children
Rosario, Wallace Crandall, David Keljo, Robert Baldassano, Inder Mainie*, Radu Tutuian, Amine Hila, Amit Agrawal,
Anne Griffiths Donald O. Castell
S1273 Comparison of Quantitative Calcaneal Ultrasound and S1281 Do Abnormalities of Peristalsis Result in Abnormal
Dxa in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Esophageal Clearance? the Use of Esophageal Function
Manisha Harpavat*, Qianyu Dang, David Keljo, Susan Testing (EFT), a Novel Technology to Evaluate
Greenspan Dysphagia in Children
Rachel L. Rosen*, Julia Fritz, Nurko Samuel
S1274 Abnormalities of the Enteric Nervous System, Smooth
Muscle and Interstitial Cells of Cajal in Children with S1282 Worries About Childhood Functional Abdominal Pain:
Colonic Motility Disorders The Fathers Perspective
Maartje M. van den Berg*, Hayat M. Mousa, Carlo Di Nader N. Youssef*, Miranda van Tilburg, Annette
Lorenzo, Marc A. Benninga, Guy E. Boeckxstaens, Mark Langseder, William E. Whitehead
Luquette
S1283 Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease in Young Children:
S S1275 Predictors of Maternal Responses to Child Incidence and Presentation Patterns in a Population-
Gastrointestinal Symptoms Based Birth Cohort
U Shelby L. Langer*, Lynn S. Walker, Joan M. Romano, Denesh K. Chitkara*, Heiko de Schepper, Amy Weaver,
N William E. Whitehead, Rona L. Levy Mary Jo Rucker, Slauvica Katusic, Giles R. Locke, Nicholas
D J. Talley
S1276 Nuclear β-Catenin in Germline Pten Mutated
A Hamartomatos Polyps S1284 ASCA Positivity Independently Predicts Oral Crohn’s
Y Jashdeep Dhoot, John M. Carethers, Sherry C. Huang* Disease in a Large Early Onset IBD Population
Richard K. Russell*, Brian Ip, Marian C. Aldhous, Hazel E.
MAY S1277 Azathioprine Maintains First Remission in Newly Drummond, Ian D. Arnott, Margaret McDougall, David C.
21 Diagnosed Pediatric Crohn’s Disease: A Retrospective Wilson, Peter M. Gillett, Paraic McGrogan, Kamal Hassan,
Study Lawrence T. Weaver, Michael W. Bissett, Gamal Mahdi, Jack
Gerald J. Jaspers*, Henkjan J. Verkade, Johanna C. Escher, Satsangi
Lissy de Ridder, Jan A. Taminiau, Edmond H. Rings
S1278 Outcome of Moderate to Severe Pediatric Crohn's AGA Poster Session
Disease: Effect of Infliximab Therapy 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Joel R. Rosh*, Jeffrey Hyams, Trudy Lerer, James LA Convention Center
Markowitz, Marian Pfefferkorn, David Mack, Anthony Otley,
Subra Kugathasan, Jonathat Evans, Athos Bousvaros, Susan
Moyer, Robert Rothbaum, Robert Wyllie, Vasu Tolia, Maria
Oliva-Hemker, Adam Mezoff, Neal Leleiko, Fernando
CROSS SECTIONAL IMAGING
Delrosario, Wallace Crandall, David Keljo, Robert
Baldassano, Anne Griffiths S1285 Detection and Characterization of Hepatic Metastases
from Gastrointestinal Endocrine Tumor with Contrast-
S1279 Longitudinal Effect of Corticosteroids in Pediatric
Specific US Modes and a Sulfur Hexafluoride-Filled
Crohn's Disease
Microbubble Contrast Agent
Manisha Harpavat*, Qianyu Dang, David Keljo, Susan
Claude D. Marcus*, Hedia Brixi-Benmansour, Louis Job,
Greenspan
Viviane Ladam-Marcus, Stephanie Lagarde, Guillaume
Cadiot
S1286 Non-Invasive in Vivo Visualization of Pancreatic Cancer

Signature with Conditionally Replicative Adenovirus
System
Julia Davydova, Tatyana Gavrikova, Seiji Yamamoto, Amy
Nelson, Masato Yamamoto*
S1288 Comparison of Dynamic High Field Magnetic MR-

Colonography (3-Tesla) for Detection and
Characterization of Colorectal Lesions Compared with
Conventional Colonoscopy (CC): A Feasibility Study
Peter Netzer, Juergen M. Gschossmann*, Christoforos
Stoupis, Wojtek Bielecki, Hanno Hoppe, Bettina Saar
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S1289 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predicts Circumferential AGA Poster Session
Resection Margin Status in Patients Receiving Pre-
Operative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer
Laura Hancock*, Colm P. Forde, Jay B. Bradbury, Fergus LA Convention Center
Gleeson, Neil J. Mortensen
S1290 3d Ultrasonography Is a Valid and Accurate Measure of Diseases
Liquid Gastric Emptying in Healthy Subjects
Diana Gentilcore*, Trygve Hausken, Michael Horowitz, DIAGNOSTICS, DISEASE ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC
Karen L. Jones MONITORING I
S1291 Quantitative and Non-Invasive Assessment of Participants will be able to:
Postprandial Intragastric Dilution As Assessed By • Become familiar with evolving diagnostic strategies for IBD;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) • Become familiar with evolving disease assessment strategies for IBD;
Reto Treier*, Andreas Steingoetter, Oliver Goetze, Peter and
Boesiger, Michael Fried, Werner Schwizer • Become familiar with evolving therapeutic monitoring strategies for
S1292 Gadobenate Dimeglumine Enhanced MRI Evaluation for IBD.
Acute Bile Duct Injury: A Pilot Study S1300 Alterations in I-Kappa B Kinase (I-kK) Pathways Predict

Paari Vijayaragavan*, Piyal Nag, Ajay Sharma, Sadiq S. the Instability of Mucosal Claudin Isotypes (1-5) in
Sikora, Vinay K. Kapoor, Sunil K. Jain, Rakesh K. Gupta Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Novel Gut
S1293 Stereoscopic High-Resolution MRCP As 3D Anatomical Barrier Dependent Mechanism for the Pathophysiology
Information of the Cystic Duct Prior to of Human IBD
Cholecystectomy Ali Banan*, Maliha Shaikh, Lijuan Zhang, Jeremy Z. Fields,
Tetsuya Yamagishi*, Karl H. Hoehne, Takao Itoi, Takashi Ece Mutlu, Ashkan Farhadi, Christopher B. Forsyth, Ali
Kawai, Kimihiko Abe Keshavarzian
S1294 Impact of Operators Experience On Value of High- S1301 Urinary Neopterin Excretion Is a Good Non Invasive
Resolution Transabdominal Ultrasound (US) in the
Diagnosis of Choledocholithiasis: A Prospective Biomarker for Monitoring Crohn’s Disease Activity
Stephane Nancey*, Armand Perret-Liaudet, Driffa Moussata,
Helene Navarro, Ivan Graber, Bernard Renaud, Dominique
Comparison Using Endoscopic Retrograde
Cholangiography (ERC) As Gold Standard Kaiserlian, Bernard Flourie
Steffen Rickes*, Gerhard Treiber, Klaus Moenkemueller, S1302 Prognostic Significance of Endoscopic Remission in S

Ulrich Peitz, Antal Csepregi, Stefan Kahl, Anika Vopel, Patients with Active Ulcerative Colitis Treated with Oral
Kathleen Wolle, Ebert P.A. Matthias, Sabine Klauck, Peter U
and Topical mesalazine: Preliminary Results of a
Malfertheiner Prospective, Multicenter Study N
S1295 Comparison of Secretin-Stimulated Dynamic Magnetic Gianmichele Meucci*, Renato Fasoli, Simone Saibeni, D
Resonance Cholangiography and Operative Daniela Valpiani, Renzo Gullotta, Enrico Colombo, Renata A
Cholangiography in the Diagnosis of Pancreaticobiliary D'Inca', Maddalena Terpin, Giovanni Lombardi
Y
Reflux S1303 Serological Markers Are Associated with Severity of MAY

Hosoki Takuya*, Tokuda Yukiko, Sakai Mio, Sai Hidemi, Disease and Need of Surgery in IBD Patients
Kashiwasaki Masaki, Nakamori Masaji, Michida Tomoki Shuwen Xue*, Joanne M. Stempak, Abdul A. Elkadri,
21
S1296 MRI Studies of Blood Flow in the Superior Mesenteric Gordon R. Greenberg, Tom D. Walters, Anne M. Griffiths,
Artery (SMA) Hillary Steinhart, Mark S. Silverberg
Adam D. Jeays*, Richard Gillott, Rodney Hose, Patricia S1304 A Unique Inflammatory Mechanism in Man:

Lawford, Samuel Jacob, Paul Spencer, Karna D. Bardhan Dysregulation of An EGF-R and PKC Isoform [PKC-ζ,
S1297 In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Experimental PKC-β1] Dependent Pathway Appears to Underlie
Mouse Colitis and Association to Inflammatory Activity Mucosal Oxidative Stress, NF-kB Activation and Gut
Anna E. Larsson*, Silvia Melgar, Rehnstrom Erika, Erik Injury in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Michaelsson, Lennart Svensson, Hockings Paul, Lars E. Ali Banan*, Maliha Shaikh, Lijuan Zhang, Ece Mutlu,
Olsson Jeremy Z. Fields, Ashkan Farhadi, Christopher B. Forsyth,
Ali Keshavarzian
S1298 Diagnostic Accuracy of CT Colonography Evaluated By
Surgically Resected Specimen As the Gold Standard: Is S1305 Positive CARD15 Mutation SNP12 and ASCA Predict
Optical Colonoscopy Adequate Gold Standard?
Shinichiro Okada*, Yutaka Kawamura, Junichi Sasaki, Increased Disease Severity and Surgical Cost in Crohn's
Disease
Selwyn H. Odes*, Michael Friger, Hillel Vardi, Severine
Fumio Konishi
Vermeire, G Claessens, X Bossuyt, Lene Riis, Frank Wolters,
S1299 MRCP and MRI Findings in Autoimmune Pancreatitis Maurice Russel, Ole Hoie, Patrizia Politi, Ioannis Mouzas,
Pong Yui Chen*, Terumi Kamisawa, Go Kuwata, Yuyang Tu, Colm O'Morain, Juan Clofent, Estela Monteiro, Andrea
Hitoshi Nakajima, Naoto Egawa, Kouji Tsuruta, Atsutake Messori, Pia Munkholm, Reinhold Stockbrugger
Okamoto, Noriko Kamata
S1306 99mtc-Infliximab Scans Measure Disease Extent and
Activity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

Guru Iyngkaran*, Chris Tsopelas, Suresh Sivanesan, David
Hetzel, Francis D. Bartholomeusz
S1307 Nodular Regenerative Hyperplasia and Sinusoidal
Dilatation of the Liver in a Non-Thiopurine Using IBD-

Cohort
Nanne K. De Boer*, Henriette Tuynman, Elisabeth
Bloemena, Johan Westerga, Chris J. Mulder, Miquel A.
Cuesta, Stefan G. Meuwissen, Carin M. van Nieuwkerk,
Adriaan A. van Bodegraven
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S1308 The TNF/Adam 17 System: Implication of an ADAM 17 S1319 Low Molecular Mass Polypeptide 2 (LMP2) Expression
Haplotype in the Clinical Response to Infliximab in

Crohn’s Disease
Vinciane Dideberg, Emilie Theatre, Frederic Farnir, Severine
Is Enhanced in the Intestine of Patients with
Leo R. Fitzpatrick*, Jeffrey Small, Kevin McKenna, Lisa S.
Vermeire, Paul Rutgeerts, Martine de Vos, Jacques Belaiche, Poritz, Walter A. Koltun
Andre van Gossum, Denis Franchimont, Edouard Louis*,
Vincent Bours S1320 High Prevalence of Sarcopenia in Patients with Crohn's
Disease: Association with Osteopenia
S1309 A Translational Strategy Suggests a Future Direction for Rima Al-Jaouni, Jerome Filippi, Stephane M. Schneider,
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Therapy: Changes in Xavier Hebuterne*
Tissue & Cellular Lambda (λ) Isoform of PKC May
Underlie Oxidative Stress & Inflammatory Processes in S1321 Whole Blood Gene Expression Differentiates Between
Intestinal Mucosa Active Disease and Remission in Patients with Crohn’s
Ali Banan*, Maliha Shaikh, Lijuan Zhang, Ece Mutlu, Disease
Ashkan Farhadi, Jeremy Z. Fields, Christopher B. Forsyth, Robert Burakoff, Scott Hande*, Sonia Friedman, Frederick
Ali Keshavarzian Makrauer, Peter Banks, Martha Vander Vliet, S Mohr, C.C.
Liew
S1310 Interaction Between Homocystein Metabolism and
TPMT Activity in IBD Patients Under Azathioprine S1322 Biomarkers for Visilizumab Therapy of Intravenous
Xavier Roblin, Alain Chartier, Veronique Ducros, Gaelle Steroid Refractory Ulcerative Colitis (IVSR-UC)
Hardy, Aurelie Durand, Germain Bessard, Bruno Bonaz* Jacky Woo*, James Sheridan, Stephen Keller, Jordan Hiller,
Yu L. Chang, James Lowder, Vladimir Vexler
S1311 A Potential Role of Soluble Angiopoietin-2 and
Angiopoietin Receptor TIE-2 in Inflammatory Bowel S1323 A High Level of Methylated Mercaptopurine Metabolites
Disease Is a Cause of Myelotoxicity in IBD Patients Under AZA/
Ioannis Koutroubakis*, Costas Xidakis, Konstantinos 6-MP
Karmiris, Aekaterini Sfiridaki, Ermioni Kandidaki, Elias Xavier Roblin, Alain Chartier, Joanna Pofelski, Gaelle Hardy,
Kouroumalis Germain Bessard, Bruno Bonaz*
S1312 Feasibility and Patient Acceptance of a Home S1324 Immunomodulatory Therapy with Azathioprine Is
Telemanagment System in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Accompanied By a 28-Fold Increase in Concentrations
Raymond K. Cross*, Joseph Finkelstein of Mucosal Bacteria in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis
and Indeterminate Colitis
S S1313 The MDR1 G2677Τ Polymorphism Is Associated with Alexander Swidsinski*, Yvonne Doerffel, Vera Loening-
Gastrointestinal Intolerance to Azathioprine Baucke, Laura P. Hale, Franz Theissig, Hartwig Andree,
U Konstantinos Katsanos*, Marc Ferrante, Marie Joossens, Herbert Lochs
N Sofie Joossens, Liesbet Henckaerts, Marie Pierik, Karolien
Claes, Nele van Schuerbeek, Afroditi Katsaraki, Gert van S1325 Bowel Sonography for the Diagnosis and Grading of
D Post-Surgical Recurrence of Crohn’s Diseas
Assche, Epameinondas V. Tsianos, Paul Rutgeerts, Severine
A Vermeire Antonio Rispo*, Luigi Bucci, Francesco Sabbatini, Giovanni
Y de Palma, Roberto Grassia, Alessandro Compagna, Anna
S1314 Comparative Study of New Rapid Bedside Fecal Testa, Dario D'Antonio, Fabiana Castiglione
MAY Calprotectin Test with An Established ELISA to Assess
21 Intestinal Inflammation in a Prospective Study S1326 Effectiveness of Darbepoetin Alfa in Combination with
Yogesh Shastri*, Nada Povse, Jurgen Stein Intravenous Iron Sucrose in Patients with Inflammatory
Bowel Disease and Refractory Anemia
S1315 A Panel of Anti-Glycan Antibodies (gASCA, ALCA, Ioannis Koutroubakis*, Konstantinos Karmiris, Sokratis
ACCA and AMCA) in the Diagnosis and Differential Makreas, Costas Xidakis, Georgia Tsiolakidou, Elias
Diagnosis of IBD Kouroumalis
Marc Ferrante*, Marie Pierik, Liesbet Henckaerts, Nir
Dotan, Rom T. Altstock, Iris Dotan, Marie Joossens, Sofie S1327 Hepatotoxicity of Long-Term and Low-Dose 6-
Joossens, Konstantinos Katsanos, Karolien Claes, Nele van Thioguanine in IBD Patients
Schuerbeek, Gert van Assche, Paul Rutgeerts, Severine Nanne K. De Boer*, Lennard P. Gilissen, Luc J. Derijks,
Vermeire Gijsbertus Den Hartog, Berend D. Westerveld, Leopold G.
Engels, Adriaan A. van Bodegraven, Elisabeth Bloemena,
S1316 The Positivity of Systemic Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Viral Chris J. Mulder
Load Is Highly Predictive of Associated CMV Colitis in
Patients Hospitalized for Exacerbation of Ulcerative S1328 Endoscopic Scores of Postoperative Recurrence in
Colitis Or Crohn’s Disease with Colonic Involvement Crohn's Disease: A Reproducibility Study
Sophie Buyse, Joel Gozlan, Corinne Amiel, Nadia Hoyeau, Philippe Bulois*, Hugues Coevoet, Laurence Martin, Jean-
Isabelle Nion-Larmurier, Philippe Seksik, Jacques Cosnes, Yves Mary, Yoram Bouhnik, Arnaud Bourreille, Guillaume
Jean-Pierre Gendre, Laurent Beaugerie* Cadiot, Franck Carbonnel, Benoit Coffin, Bernard Duclos,
Jean-Louis Dupas, David Laharie, Edouard Louis, Philippe
S1317 Hyperhomocysteinemia, Folate Deficiency, and Marteau, Jacques Moreau, Jean-Claude Soule, Jean-Frederic
Carcinogenesis in IBD Patients Colombel, Marc Lemann, Getaid The
Xavier Roblin, Jean Marc Phelip, Veronique Ducros, Jean
Luc Faucheron, Bruno Bonaz* S1329 Inherent Resistance to 6-Thioguanine (6-TG) Induced
Apoptosis Correlates with Disease Activity in Children
S1318 Faecal M2-Pyruvate Kinase: A Novel, Non-Invasive with IBD
Marker of Ileal Pouch Inflammation Ryan S. Carvalho*, James A. Mahoney, Maria M. Oliva-
Matthew W. Johnson*, Susan Maestranzi, David H. Dewar, Hemker, Carmen Cuffari
Alastair Forbes, Roy Sherwood, Paul J. Ciclitira, John R.
Nicholls S1330 IgM Anti α-Enolase Antibody As a Serologic Marker in
Patients with Intestinal Bechet’s Disease: Relation to
Clinical Course
Sung Jae Shin*, Tae Il Kim, Byung Chang Kim, Sooyoung
Park, Jae Yong Jang, Kwang Hoon Lee, Chang Hwan Choi,
Won Ho Kim
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S1331 Crohn's Disease in Pregnant Women and Nursing S1343 Bioequivalence of 4 G Pentasa* (mesalamine) Daily;
Mothers: Which Drugs Are Safe? A Multidisciplinary Dosed As 4x1g Sachets Or 2x 2 X 1g Sachet
European Expert Panel (EPACT) Peggy Gandia*, Isabelle Idier, Musse Foldager, Georges
Christian Mottet*, Pascal Juillerat, Christian Felley, Vincent Houin
Wietlisbach, Valerie Pittet, Jean-Jacques Gonvers, Robert W.
Dubois, John-Paul Vader, Bernard Burnand, Florian S1344 A Prospective Assessment of Clinical Activity Indices vs
Froehlich, Pierre Michetti Calprotectin in Patients in Remission with Crohn’s
Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Are We Understating the
S1332 Visilizumab Treatment Promotes Morphological Level of Occult Inflammation?
Recovery, Reduces Inflammatory Markers and Affects T Caitlin O'Mahony*, John K. Collins, Eamonn Quigley, Liam
Cell Subsets in Mucosa of Ulcerative Colitis Patients O'Mahony, Fergus Shanahan
Lili Zhang*, Mien Sho, Mian Su, Jim Lowder, Jacky Woo,
Debbie Law S1345 Utility of Fecal Calprotectin in Differentiating
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) from Recurrent
S1333 Validation of the New “Phical” Faecal Calprotectin Test Abdominal Pain (RAP) in Children
As a Diagnostic Tool for Pouchitis Robert J. Shulman
Matthew W. Johnson*, Susan Maestranzi, David H. Dewar,
Alastair Forbes, Ingvar Bjarnason, Roy Sherwood, Paul J. S1346 Prescribing Patterns and Awareness of Adverse Effects
Ciclitira, John R. Nicholls of Infliximab: A Health Survey of Gastroenterologists
Raymond K. Cross*, Meaghan Donovan, Kevin Lunney,
S1334 CBIR1 Serves As a Multi-Functional Predictor of Olivia Carter-Pokras
Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a Six-Marker System
Augusto Lois*, Leonard Eggleston, Susan Carroll, Esther S1347 Gastroduodenitis Associated with Ulcerative Colitis
Oh, Mary Barry, Bruce Neri Kazutoshi Hori*, Yoshio Ohda, Nobuyuki Hida, Chizuko
Hayashi, Toshihiko Tomita, Yongmin Kim, Kazuhiko
S1335 A New Six-Marker System That Includes CBIR1 Has Nakajima, Noriyasu Yamamoto, Yoshio Jinno, Takashi
Greatly Improved Prediction Accuracy for Inflammatory Sakagami, Yoshihiro Fukuda, Takayuki Matsumoto, Hiroto
Bowel Disease and for Differentiation of Ulcerative Miwa
Colitis and Crohn’s Disease Compared to Commonly
Used Testing with ANCA and ASCA S1348 Local Injection of Infliximab in Crohn’s Disease
Augusto Lois*, Leonard Eggleston, Susan Carroll, Esther Recurrence During Endoscopy: A Prospective
Oh, Mary Barry, Bruce Neri Longitudinal Study
Livia Biancone*, Micaela Cretella, Carmelina Petruzziello,
S1336 Small Intestine Contrast Ultrasonography (SICUS) Claudio Tosti, Palmieri Giampiero, Sara Onali, Alessandra S
Versus Videocapsule Endoscopy (VCE) for Assessing Geremia, Emma Calabrese, Francesco Pallone
Crohn’s Disease Post-Operative Recurrence: A U
Prospective Longitudinal Study S1349 Tacrolimus Enema Treatment for Left-Sided Colitis: A N
Livia Biancone*, Emma Calabrese, Rosa Maria Bozzi, Safety Study
Jolanda M. van Dieren*, Edward E. Nieuwenhuis, Ernst J. D
Carmelina Petruzziello, Sara Onali, Micaela Cretella, Anna
Caruso, Alessandra Geremia, Francesco Pallone Kuipers, Janneke van der Woude A
S1350 Clinical Significance of Mucosal Suppressors of
Y
S1337 Alterations in Composition and Activity of Faecal
Microbiota During Anti-TNF-α Antibody Treatment in Cytokine Signaling (SOCS) Expression in Ulcerative MAY
Crohn’s Disease: A Pilot Study Colitis 21
H.M.C. van Nuenen*, C.J. van der Woude, K. Venema, G. Yoshihiro Miyanaka*, Shinji Tanaka, Yoshitaka Ueno, Kyoko
Welling, E.J. Kuipers Yoshioka, Tsuyoshi Hatakeyama, Masaru Shimamoto,
Kazuaki Chayama
S1338 Fdg-PET Imaging of Murine Experimental Colitis
Thorsten Vowinkel*, Sven Hermann, Markus Loeffler, S1351 Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Which
Rudolf Mennigen, Emile Rijcken, Markus Utech, Matthias Laboratory Parameter Helps the Most?
Bruewer, Norbert Senninger, Michael Schaefers, Christian F. Alain Schoepfer*, Michael Trummler, Beatrice Seibold, Petra
Krieglstein Seeholzer, Frank Seibold
S1339 Faecal S100A12 Is a Useful Non-Invasive Screening Test S1352 Nature and Frequency of Incidental Extraintestinal
in Children with Gastrointestinal Symptoms Suggestive Lesions Found On Magnetic Resonance Enteroclysis
of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (MR-E)
Marc A. Sidler, Steven T. Leach, Andrew Day* Hans Herfarth*, Michael Grunert, Frank Klebl, Stefan
Feuerbach, Juergen Schoelmerich, Gerhard Rogler, Andreas
S1340 Higher Human Beta-Defensin 2 Levels in Feces in Active G. Schreyer
Ulcerative Colitis and Ileal But Not Colonic Crohn’s
Disease Compared to IBS S1353 Local Mucosal Parameters in IBD Do Not Correlate with
Jost Langhorst*, Sigrid Elsenbruch, Andreas Rueffer, Systemic Parameters
Andreas Michalsen, Gustav J. Dobos Sabine Buhner*, Luzia Valentini, Susanne Hengstermann,
Lennart Schaper, Carsten Buning, Tatjana Schuetz, Thomas
S1341 Inherent Differences in 6-Thioguanine (6-TG) Induced Koernicke, Martina Werich, Brigitte Winklhofer-Roob,
Apoptosis May Predict Clinical Responsiveness to Herbert Lochs
Induction and Maintenance 6-Mercaptopurine (6-MP)
Therapy Independent of 6-TGN Metabolite Levels in S1354 Efficacy and Endoscopic Prediction of Clinical Response
Children with Crohn’s Disease to Leukocytapheresis in Patients with Corticosteroid
Ryan S. Carvalho*, James A. Mahoney, Maria M. Oliva- Refractory Or Dependent Ulcerative Colitis: Results
Hemker, Carmelo Cuffari with Two Different Leukocytapheresis Systems
Kenji Watanabe*, Nobuhide Oshitani, Noriko Kamata,
S1342 Urinary PGE-M, a Metabolite of PGE2: A Novel Hirokazu Yamagami, Kazuhide Higuchi, Takayuki
Biomarker of Crohn’s Disease Activity Matsumoto, Tetsuo Arakawa
Jeffery C. Johnson*, David A. Schwartz, Prashant R. Joshi,
Jason D. Morrow, Robert J. Coffey, Robert D. Beauchamp,
Nipun B. Merchant
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S1355 Correlation Between Endoscopic Disease Activity and AGA Poster Session
High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein, Serum Amyloid A,
and Plasma and Fecal Calprotectin in Children with
Inflammatory Bowel Disease LA Convention Center
Ulrika L. Fagerberg*, Lars Loof, Johan Lindholm, Lars-Olof
Hansson, Yigael Finkel Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel
Diseases
S1356 Usefulness of the 13CO2 Breath Test in Patients with
Active and Quiescent Ulcerative Colitis Given [1-13C]- DIAGNOSTICS, DISEASE ASSESSMENT AND THERAPEUTIC
Butyrate Rectally MONITORING II
Kimitoshi Kato*, Yukimoto Ishii, Shigeaki Mizuno, Satoshi
Asai, Masahiko Sugitani, Tadashi Kohno, Sigekatu Participants will be able to:
Takahashi, Sachiko Komuro, Maho Iwamoto, Shunpachi • Become familiar with evolving strategies for diagnosis in IBD;
Miyamoto, Noriko Nakajima, Takero Mazaki, Yasuyuki • Become familiar with evolving strategies for disease assessment in
Arakawa IBD; and
• Become familiar with evolving strategies for therapeutic monitoring
S1357 Comparison of CRP, Clinical Activity Indices and Fecal in IBD.
Lactoferrin with Disease Status in Ileocolonoscopy of
Patients with IBS and IBD S1363 Comparative Evaluation of the Diagnostic Accuracy of
Jost Langhorst*, James Boone, Andreas Rueffer, Andreas Fecal Markers in the Identification of Intestinal
Michalsen, Gustav J. Dobos Inflammation: Appraisal for Monoclonal Calprotectin
Oliver Schroeder, Marc Naumann*, Yogesh Shastri, Nada
S1358 A Prospective, Blinded Assessment of Distal Colonic Povse, Juergen Stein
Mucosal Concentrations of 5-ASA and NAC-5ASA in UC
Patients Treated with Either Balsalazide (Colazal) Or a S1364 Beneficial Behavioural Effects of IBD Therapy and
pH-Dependent mesalamine (Asacol) Gluten/Casein-Free Diet in An Italian Cohort of Patients
Asher Kornbluth*, Carmen Cuffari, James George, Peter with Autistic Enterocolitis Followed Over One Year
Legnani, Michele Hunt, Elliot Freid-Boxt, John Young Federico Balzola*, Daniela Clauser, Alessandro Repici,
Marina Caldognetto, Claudio Barletti, Anna Sapino,
S1359 Infliximab Significantly Increases Proportion of Cristiana Barbera, Pierluigi Calvo, Dario Reggio, Fabrizio
Overweight/Obese Crohn’s Disease Patients Receiving Gennari, Antonello Nonnato, Marco Forni, Isabella Morra,
Longterm Maintenance Therapy Marina Gandione, Roberto Rigardetto, Mario Rizzetto
Mazen Issa*, Lydia R. Weber, Sushrut V. Shidham, Dawn B.
S Beaulieu, David G. Binion S1365 Reliability of IBD Phenotyping Within the Niddk IBD
U Genetics Consortium (IBDGC)
S1360 Elevated C-Reactive Protein On Admission Predicts Hillary Steinhart*, Themistocles Dassopoulos, Geoffrey C.
N Colectomy in Hospitalized IBD Colitics with and Nguyen, Alain Bitton, Gillian P. Bromfield, L. Philip
D Without Clostridium Difficile Co-Infection Schumm, Yahong Wu, Abdul A. Elkadri, Miguel Regueiro,
Vladimir Ferrer*, Mary F. Otterson, Sarah Lundeen, Lydia Benjamin Siemanowski, Esther A. Torres, Frederico J.
A R. Weber, Jasmohan S. Bajaj, Ossama A. Hatoum, David G. Gregory, Sunanda Kane, Laura E. Harrell, Denis
Y Binion Franchimont, Steven R. Brant, John D. Rioux, Huiying
MAY S1361 North American Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Yang, Richard H. Duerr, Mark S. Silverberg, Judy H. Cho
21 Experts and Community Providers Are Consistent in S1366 Relationship Between 6-Mercaptopurine Dose and 6-
Their Use of Diagnostic Tests in Crohn’s Disease (CD) Thioguanine Nucleotide Levels in Patients with
Eric Esrailian*, Brennan M. Spiegel, Laura E. Targownik, Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Marla C. Dubinsky, Stephan R. Targan, Ian M. Gralnek Ahmed Morales*, Sandhya Salguti, Chuan L. Miao, James
S1362 DLG5 R30q Does Not Predict Response to Infliximab D. Lewis
Therapy in Hungarian Patients with Crohn’s Disease S1367 Does Faecal Calprotectin Predict Risk of Relapse in
Simon Fischer, Peter L. Lakatos*, Karolien Claes, Laszlo Crohn’s Disease Patients Lacking Objective Clinical
Lakatos, Istvan Altorjay, Tamas Molnar, Karoly Palatka, Evidence of Inflammatory Disease Activity?
Maria Papp, Janos Osztovits, Paul Rutgeerts, Hungarian David A. Watts*, Norman Anderson, Gordon Brydon, Jack
LBD Study Group, Severine Vermeire, Janos Papp Satsangi, Subrata Ghosh
S1368 Orofacial Granulomatosis: Experience from a Combined

Oral Medicine/ Gastroenterology Clinic
Carlo Nunes*, Michael P. Escudier, Pepe Shirlaw, Stephen
Challacombe, Jeremy D. Sanderson
S1369 Anti-Laminaribioside and Anti-Chitobioside Antibodies
As Predictors of Crohn's Disease
Eran Israeli*, Itamar Grotto, Miri Blank, Liat Anafi, Eran
Goldin, Yehuda Shoenfeld
S1370 Fecal Calprotecin Is a Reliable Surrogate Marker for
Endoscopic Activity in Crohn's Disease
Geert R. D'Haens*, Filip Baert, Maja Noman, Gert van
Assche, Marijke van Camp, Gust van Olmen, Doreen Iwens,
Patrick Hanaway, Amy Peace-Brewer, Severine Vermeire,
Paul Rutgeerts
S1371 Fecal Excretion of Human Deoxyribonucleic Acid in

Long Term Follow-Up of Ulcerative Colitis
Francesc Casellas*, Natalia Borruel, Antonio Torrejon,
Encarnacion Varela, Maria Antolin, Francisco Guarner, Juan-
Ramon Malagelada
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S1372 A Rapid One-Hour Infusion of Infliximab Is Well- S1386 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Phenotype in British
Tolerated Children of South Asian Origin
Micha Rojany*, Jacob Wegelin, Walter Trudeau, Thomas Nadeem A. Afzal*, Lang Hans-Joerg, Sarah Mills, Michael
Prindiville Green, Sandhia Naik, Nigel Meadows, Ian Sanderson, Nick
Croft
S1373 Calprotectin and Lactoferrin Decrease with Maintenance
Infliximab Administration in Luminal Crohn's Disease S1387 Crp and ESR Do Not Predict Disease Activity in
Ron Palmon*, Steven Brown, Thomas A. Ullman, Patrick Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Hanaway, Lloyd F. Mayer Kapil Dhawan*, Qin Li, Elizabeth Shenkman, John F.
Valentine
S1374 Crohn’s-Like Disease Following Ileal-Pouch Anal-
Anastomosis (IPAA) for Ulcerative Colitis (UC) Is S1388 Correlation of CT Enteroclysis with Surgical Pathology
Associated with IBD Serology Seroconversion in Patients with Crohn’s Disease
John B. Averette*, Steve F. Polyak, John F. Valentine Michael V. Chiorean*, Dean T. Maglinte, Romil Saxena,
Attila Nakeeb, Jun Ying
S1375 Can High-Sensitive C-Reactive Protein Be a Biomarker
for Patients with Ulcerative Colitis?
Yoshiaki Takeuchi*, Fumihiko Nozu, Katsuhito Arai, Michio AGA Poster Session
Imawari 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
S1376 Serologic Markers As Quantitative Predictors of
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Activity - Clarifying the
Cart and the Horse
David M. Poppers*, Brian P. Bosworth, Douglas M. Weine,
Quanhong Ni, Ellen J. Scherl
CLINICAL INTESTINAL DISORDERS: INFLAMMATION
S1389 Accuracy of Small Intestine Contrast Ultrasonography

S1377 Lymphopenia Cd4 Counts in Patients with Inflammatory
(SICUS) in the Preoperative Assessment of Small Bowel
Bowel Disease and Low
Lesions in Crohn's Disease
Darrell G. Finlay*, Samir Nath, Andrew Dupont, Joseph H.
Nadia Pallotta*, Naima Abdulkadir hassan, Danila
Sellin
Guagnozzi, Enrico Corazziari
S1378 Does Preoperative Wireless Endoscopic Capsule Predict
S1390 Efficacy of Adacolumn Selective Leukocytapheresis in

Long-Term Outcome After Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis
Patients with Steroid Naive and Steroid Dependent with
(IPAA)?
Stefanie J. Schluender*, Shahab Mehdizadeh, Eric A.
Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis S
Tomotaka Tanaka*, Hideharu Okanobu, Abbi R. Saniabadi,
Vasiliaukas, Marla Dubinsky, Konstantinos A. Papadakis, U
Aki Kohgame, Hiroki Imagawa, Yoshito Takemura, Yoshio
Andrew Ippoliti, Simon Lo, Stephan Targan, Phillip N
Kuga, Takashi Moriya, Toshihide Ohya
Fleshner
D
S1391 Diagnostic Value of Faecal Calprotectin in Unselected
S1379 Ulcerative Colitis in Patients with Primary Sclerosing
Outpatients Referred for Colonoscopy: A Multicenter A
Cholangitis (PSC-UC) - A Specific Subgroup of
Prospective Study Y
Gianmichele Meucci*, Renata D'Inca', Roberto Maieron, MAY
Pavel Drastich*, David Kamenar, Julius Spicak
Nicoletta Orzes, Maurizio Vecchi, Daniela Visentini, Giorgio
Minoli, Elisabetta Dal Pont, Maurizio Zilli, Elvio Benedetti, 21
S1380 A Cost Effectiveness Analysis of High Dose Oral
mesalazine for the Treatment of Moderately Active Tiziana Virgilio, Elio Tonutti
Ulcerative Colitis: A Decision Analytic Model
S1392 Costs of Crohn’s Disease According to Severity States
J Borrill*, K Bodger, A Bhatt
Isabelle Jaisson-Hot*, Pascale Guerre, Fady Daniel, Jean-
S1381 Exposure to Diagnostic Medical Radiation in Patients Frederic Colombel, Eric Lerebours, Bernard Duclos, Arnaud
with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Additional Risk Bourreille, Jean-Louis Dupas, Guillaume Cadiot, Yoram
for Bowel Cancer Bouhnik, Jacques Moreau, Philippe Marteau, Antoine
Evan Newnham*, Anusha Surender, Eliza Hawkes, Peter Cortot, Louis Descos, Cyrille Colin, Marc Lemann, Bernard
Gibson Flourie, The Getaid And
S1382 The Granulocyte and Monocyte Adsorption Apheresis S1393 Accuracy of Four Fecal Assays in Inflammatory Colonic
(GCAP) Therapy Changes Surgical Indication for Patient Disease
with Ulcerative Colitis Alain Schoepfer*, Michael Trummler, Beatrice Seibold, Petra
Tetsushi Kinugasa*, Masahide Kuroki, Takayuki Shirakusa, Seeholzer, Frank Seibold
Yuichi Yamashita
S1394 Health Related Quality of Life in Crohn’s Disease By
S1383 In Vivo Measurement of Colonic Butyrate Metabolism in Severity States
Patients with Active Ulcerative Colitis Isabelle Jaisson-Hot*, Pascale Guerre, Fady Daniel, Jean-
Damian McKay*, Stephen J. Kirk, Keith R. Gardiner, Helen Frederic Colombel, Eric Lerebours, Bernard Duclos, Arnaud
Kemp, Wolfram Meier-Augenstein Bourreille, Jean-Louis Dupas, Guillaume Cadiot, Yoram
Bouhnik, Jacques Moreau, Philippe Marteau, Antoine
S1384 Treatment of Small Bowel Inflammatory Stricturing Cortot, Louis Descos, Cyrille Colin, Marc Lemann, Bernard
Crohn’s Disease with Infliximab : An Open Pilot Study Flourie, The Getaid And
Edouard Louis*, Jacques Boverie, Filip Baert, Olivier Dewit,
Martine Devos, Geert D'Haens S1395 Projected Clinical Course of Crohn's Disease
Isabelle Jaisson-Hot*, Pascale Guerre, Fady Daniel, Jean-
S1385 Serum Protein Signatures Determined By Mass Frederic Colombel, Eric Lerebours, Bernard Duclos, Arnaud
Spectrometry (SELDI-ToF) Accurately Identifies Patients Bourreille, Jean-Louis Dupas, Guillaume Cadiot, Yoram
with Inflammatory Bowel Disease By Support Vector Bouhnik, Jacques Moreau, Philippe Marteau, Antoine
Machines with Linear Kernels Cortot, Louis Descos, Cyrille Colin, Marc Lemann, Bernard
Venkataraman Subramanian*, Devika Subramanian, Sanjeev Flourie
Krishna, Daniel Agranoff, Richard Pollok
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S1396 Malnutrition in Quiescent Inflammatory Bowel Diseases S1410 Non-Specific Mucosal Microscopic Abnormalities Can
Cannot Be Diagnosed with Standard Tools Affect the Terminal Ileum and Different Sites of the
Susanne Hengstermann, Luzia Valentini*, Carsten Buening, Large Bowel in Patients with Functional Bowel
Lennart Schaper, Thomas Koernicke, Ralf J. Schulz, Disorders
Matthias Pirlich, Tanja Schuetz, Herbert Lochs Adriana Marcheggiano, Alfredo Covotta, Carlo Iannoni,
Danilo Badiali, Rosanna Cantarini, Marco Paoletti, Nadia
S1397 Low-Dose Naltrexone As a Treatment for Active Crohn's Pallotta, Enrico Corazziari*
Disease
Jill P. Smith*, Heather E. Stock, Sandra I. Bingaman, David
T. Mauger, Ian S. Zagon AGA Poster Session
S1398 CARD15 Gene in Patients of Crohn’s Disease in India : LA Convention Center
Preliminary Evidence of a Variable Association
Nikita Thakur, G R. Chandak, Rupa Banerjee*, Rajesh
Gupta, Sandeep Lakhtakia, Manu Tandan, Venkat G. Rao,
Nageshwar D. Reddy
CLINICAL ACUTE AND CHRONIC PANCREATITIS
S1399 Is It Possible to Differentiate Crohn's Disease from
NSAID-Enteropathy By Capsule Enteroscopy? Participants will be able to:
Laurence P. Maiden*, Bjarni Thjodleifsson, Sam Adler, • Describe advances in management and diagnosis of acute
Winfreid Voderholzer, Ingvar Bjarnason pancreatitis.
S1400 Age At Diagnosis and Disease Course in Pediatric S1411 Management of Acute Pancreatitis: A Survey of Internal
Crohn’s Disease
Neera Gupta*, Melvin B. Heyman, Alan G. Bostrom, Oren Medicine Residents
Sameer Barkatullah*, Ami Shah, Aziz Aadam, Sri
Komanduri
Abramson, Barbara S. Kirschner, Harland S. Winter,
Benjamin D. Gold, George D. Ferry, Stanley A. Cohen, S1412 Evaluation On a Mexican Cohort of a UK Computer
Robert N. Baldassano Model Developed to Predict Severity of Acute
S1401 Age At Diagnosis and Presentation of Pediatric Crohn’s Pancreatitis
Disease Callum B. Pearce*, Jose A. Gonzalez-Gonzalez, D.R. A.

Neera Gupta*, Melvin B. Heyman, Alan G. Bostrom, George Garcia-Cantu, Steve R. Gunn, Colin D. Johnson
D. Ferry, Stanley A. Cohen, Robert N. Baldassano, Oren `. S1413 Trends in the Epidemiology of Acute Pancreatitis (AP):
S Abramson, Barbara S. Kirschner, Harland S. Winter, A Systematic Review
Benjamin D. Gold Dhiraj -. Yadav*, Albert B. Lowenfels
U
N S1402 A Novel Microparticulate Drug Delivery System for the S1414 Predictors of Length of Hospitalization for Acute Biliary
Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Pancreatitis in a Tertiary Medical Center
D Richard A. Kendall, Murdan Sudaxshina, Basit W. Abdul* Sameer Barkatullah*, Aziz Aadam, Garth Swanson, Ami
A Shah, Sri Komanduri
S1403 Efficacy of Mesalazine in the Treatment of Symptomatic
Y Diverticular Disease
MAY S1415 Hemoconcentration Is An Independent Risk Factor for
Giuseppe Comparato*, Libera Fanigliulo, Lucas G. Severe Acute Pancreatitis
21 Cavallaro, Giovanni Aragona, Giulia Martina Cavestro, Young S. Oh, Da Hea Seo, Christian D. Stone*
Stefania Liatopoulou, Angelo Franze', Cecilia Carloni,
Veronica Iori, Marta Maino, Giorgio Nervi, Francesco Di S1416 Prognostic Factors of Life-Threatening Local
Mario Complications in Patients with Severe Acute Pancreatitis
Akiyoshi Hagiwara*, Takehiko Tarui, Hideaki Goto, Takeaki
S1404 Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome: Clinical Outcomes and Matsuda, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi, Shuji Shimazaki
Molecular Features
Neal K. Osborn*, Schuyler Sanderson, Thomas Smyrk, S1417 The Prevalence of Pancreatic Serine Protease Inhibitor
Linda Murphy, David Ahlquist, Lisa Boardman Kazal Type 1 (SPINK1) and Cationic Trypsinogen Gene
(PRSS1) Mutations in Polish Patients with Chronic
S1405 Prevalence of Disaccharidase Deficiency in Symptomatic Alcoholic Pancreatitis (CAP)
Patients with Existing Gastrointestinal Illnesses Ewa I. Malecka-Panas*, Anita Gasiorowska, Renata Talar-
Charles W. Randall*, Carlo M. Taboada, Russell D. Wojnarowska, Beata Smolarz, Hanna Romanowicz-
Havranek, Franz Zurita, David Stump, Gary Gossen, Victor Makowska
Ostrower, Susan Ryan, Janet Ford
S1418 A Novel PRSS1 Mutation (Arg-121 -> Thr) Highlights

S1406 Chronic Drug Consumption and Risk of Microscopic the Surface Exposed Region PRSS1 A121-R122-V123 As
Colitis (MC): A Case-Control Study a Hotspot in the PRSS1 Gene and Indicates a
Fernando Fernandez-Banares, Maria Esteve*, Jorge Espinos, Unreported Phenotype
Merce Rosinach, Montse Forne, Josep Maria Viver Peter Felderbauer*, Juergen Schnekenburger, Rainer Lebert,
S1407 Mucosal Healing in the Small Intestine Detected By Tobias Meister, Kerem Bulut, Frank Schmitz, Wolfram
Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Domschke, Wolfgang E. Schmidt
Ruediger Schoo*, Carsten Buening, Johann Ockenga, Jutta S1419 Natural History of Chronic Hereditary Pancreatitis
Wirth, Jutta Weber, Guido Schachschal, Herbert Lochs, (CHP)
Voderholzer Winfried Vinciane Rebours*, Marie Christine Boutron-Ruault, Claude
S1408 The Significance of Raised C Reactive Protein in Ferec, Dermot O'Toole, Matthieu Schnee, Frederique Maire,
Patients with Late Radiation-Induced Bowel Symptoms Pascal Hammel, Philippe Ruszniewski, Philippe Levy
Usman Khalid, Andrew R. Norman, Jervoise Andreyev* S1420 Pancreatitis in Primary Hyperparathyroidism-Related
S1409 Autoimmune Enteropathy Successfully Treated with Hypercalcaemia Is Strongly Associated with the N34s
Tacrolimus: A Case Report of Two Adult Patients Mutation in the SPINK1 Trypsin Inhibitor Gene
Sami Mustajoki*, Martti Farkkila Peter Felderbauer*, Volker Fendrich, Elias Karakas, Kerem
Bulut, Nikolaus Ansorge, Frank Schmitz, Detlef Bartsch,
Wolfgang E. Schmidt
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S1421 The Impact of Genetic Variants in TPMT, ITPA, MTHFR, S1433 Does Aspirin Increase the Risk of Bleeding for
SPINK1 and PRSS1 On Azathioprine-Induced Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Procedure?
Pancreatitis Prasun K. Jalal, Mark Hall, Sam Davidoff*, Kostas Sideridis,
Angel J. Lopez*, Mattias Schwab, Heiko Witt, Azhar Ansari, Simmy Bank
Clemens Dejaco, Elke Schaeffeler, Alexander Teml, Harald
Vogelsang, Peter Ferenci, Walter Reinisch S1434 Evaluation of Patient Pain During Colonoscopy for
Types of Looping and Predictive Difficult Factors in
Patients: An Analysis Using Magnetic Endoscope
ASGE Poster Session Imaging
Koichiro Sato*, Sayo Itoh, Yoshinori Saegusa, Koichi
Authors are required to be present during the Poster Session from Hirahata, Kenji Tominaga, Hiroaki Suda, Tadayoshi
12:00-2:00 pm. Kakemura, Sumio Fujinuma, Yoshihiro Sakai
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A S1435 Diagnostic Yield of Routine Chromoendoscopy for
LA Convention Center Esophageal Dysplasia in Asymptomatic Older
Population
CLINICAL ENDOSCOPIC PRACTICE Jae Woo Kim*, Hyun Soo Kim, Kyu Hong Kim, Hye Jung
Kim, Myeong Gwan Jee, Soon Koo Baik, Sang Ok Kwon
S1422 Carbon Dioxide Insufflation for More Comfortable
ERCP: A Randomized Controlled Trial S1436 Air Suctioning During Colon Biopsy Acquisition
Michael Bretthauer*, Birgitte Seip, Geir Hoff, Mariann Reduces Bacterial Contamination
Kordal, Lars Aabakken Stephan R. Vavricka*, Alexander Imhof, Stephan Wildi,
Radu Tutuian, Peter Bauerfeind, Markus Spiess, Christian
S1423 Pulsed Fluoroscopy to Reduce Radiation Exposure Ruef, Michael Fried
During ERCP: A Prospective Randomized Trial
Lance T. Uradomo*, Eric M. Goldberg, Peter E. Darwin S1437 Influence of Experience, Scanning Speed, and the Use of
a Jog-Shuttle Device On the Detection Rate in Capsule
S1424 Percutaneous Endoscopic Cecostomy in Adults: A Case Endoscopy
Series Uwe Seitz*, Frederick Dy, Yehia M. Naga, Tiing Leong Ang,
Christopher R. Lynch*, Robert G. Jones, Kristen Hilden, Sabine Bohnacker, Stefan Seewald, Frank Thonke, Stefan
Jason C. Wills, John C. Fang Groth, Andrea de Weerth, Nib Soehendra
S1425 Diagnostic Value of Endoscopic Mucosal Resection in S1439 Evaluation of Cardio-Esophageal (CE) Junction of
Low Grade Dysplasia of Gastric Mucosa Asymptomatic Volunteers and Patients with Erosive and
Byoung Kuk Jang*, Yeong Seok Lee, Seong Yeol Kim, Hong S
Non-Erosive Reflux Disease Using Conventional and
Sug Lee, Woo Jin Chung, Kyung Sik Park, Kwang Bum Narrow Band Imaging Endoscopy U
Cho, Jae Seok Hwang, Sung Hoon Ahn, Yu Na Kang Kwong Ming Fock*, Eng Kiong Teo, Ngai Moh Law, Yiong N
Huak Chan, Tju Siang Chua, Jessica Tan, Choo Hean Poh, D
S1426 Endoscopic Or Surgical Resection of Submucosal Andrew Kwek, Song Lu
Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus Or Stomach? a A
Decision Analysis S1440 The Utility of Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) Endoscopy in Y
Heiko Pohl*, Bertram Wiedenmann, Thomas Roesch the Detection of Goblet Metaplasia in Patients with
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) MAY
S1427 Colonoscopic Perforation Requiring Surgery: Rates, Kwong Ming Fock*, Eng Kiong Teo, Yh Chan, Nm Law, Ts 21
Causes and Consequences. a National Series Chua, Jyl Tan, Ch Poh, Abe Kwek, Song Lu
Sven Adamsen*, Karin Mosbach, Palle Miliam, Hart-Hansen
Ole S1441 Endoscopic Training and Adverse Outcomes (30 DAY
POST PROCEDURE MORTALITY): An Audit of 5715
S1428 Use of Self-Expandable Polyflex Stents for Palliation of Procedures
Esophageal Strictures and Closure of Gastrointestinal Bhavesh Doshi*, Kingshuk Muckerjee, Shashi Sagi, Matthew
Fistulas Tedford, Geetika Sharma, Ann-Marie Byrne, Liz Brown,
Tony E. Yusuf*, Christopher C. Thompson, John M. Keith Jones, Keith Bodger, Sturgess Richard, Sanchoy Sarkar
Poneros, John R. Saltzman, Richard S. Johannes, David L.
Carr-Locke S1442 Preoperative Diagnosis and Management of Thick-
Walled Gallbladder Based On the Results of Bile
S1429 Prone Position Reduces Colonoscopic Cecal Intubation Cytology Using An Endoscopic Transpapillary
Time Gallbladder Drainage Tube
Shivakumar Vignesh Toshio Kurihara*, Takao Itoi, Atsushi Sofuni, Fumihide
S1430 Creation and Validation of a Novel Ex-Vivo Colonoscopy Itokawa, Takayoshi Moriyasu, Takashi Kawai, Tetsuya
Simulation Model Yamagishi
Robert E. Sedlack S1443 Efficacy and Safety of Endoscopic Balloon Dilatation of
S1431 Randomized Controlled Study On Optimal Air Symptomatic Crohn's Disease Strictures
Insufflation Level During Colonoscopy Tamas Molnar*, Ferenc Nagy, Zoltan Szepes, Janos Lonovics
Atsuo Yamada*, Hirotsugu Watabe, Makoto Okamoto, S1444 Endoscopy By Non-Gastroenterologists - Who, How
Yutaka Yamaji, Keiji Ogura, Shintaro Kondo, Miki Ohta, Much, and Methods of Credentialing
Takafumi Sugimoto, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata Grant F. Hutchins*, Elizabeth Lyden, Tim M. McCashland
S1432 Feasible Endoscopic Removal of Covered Self- S1445 Clinical Significance of Magnifying Endoscopy
Expandable Biliary Metallic Stents in Contrast to Combined with Narrow Band Imaging System for
Uncovered One Neoplastic Lesions At Oropharyngeal and
Hyun Phil Shin*, Myung-Hwan Kim, Seok Won Jung, Jong Hypopharyngeal Sites
Cheol Kim, Eun Kwang Choi, Jimin Han, Sang Soo Lee, Ken-Ichi Goda*, Yukinaga Yoshida, Masayuki Kato, Takashi
Dong Wan Seo, Sung Koo Lee Nakayoshi, Kazuki Sumiyama, Takuji Yamasaki, Shouichi
Saito, Mitsuru Kaise, Hisao Tajiri, Masahiro Ikegami
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S1446 Is a Photograph of the Caecum Or Terminal Ileum S1461 Limitations in Capsule Endoscopy Examinations
Reliable Enough for Documenting Completion of Andres Sanchez Yague*, Javier Romero Vazquez, Angel
Colonoscopy - A Prospective Study? Caunedo Alvarez, Federico Arguelles Arias, Manuel
Raman Guruswamy*, J.N. Skinner, Brett Bernard Rodriguez-Tellez, Francisco Pellicer Bautista, Juan Manuel
Herrerias Gutierrez
S1447 Is N-2-Butyl-Cyanoacrilate a Really Good Option for the
Treatment of Gastric Varices ? S1462 Retrospective Analysis of the Results of Strip Biopsy for
Nestor Landoni*, Alberto Bernedo, Cesar Calderon, Horacio Setting of Adequate Application of Endoscopic
Martinez, Augusto Villaverde, Nestor Chopita Submucosal Dissection for Early Gastric Cancer
Hideo Yanai*, Hiroki Nakamura, Yukari Tanioka, Eiki
S1448 Effectiveness of Colonoscopy : Quality Indicators Sakaguchi, Toyokazu Kawano, Jun Nishikawa, Takeshi
Gianmichele Meucci*, Franco Radaelli, Gabriella Bartesaghi, Okamoto
Silvia Porta, Giorgio Minoli
S1463 Capsule Endoscopy Findings and Clinical Outcome in
S1449 Outcome of Bleeding Ulcer Related to Nonsteroidal Patients with Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use, Helicobacter Pylori Guido Costamagna*, Maria Elena Riccioni, Syed Shah,
Infection and Idiopathic Cause: A Preliminary Report Alessandra Bizzotto, Piera Giuseppina Lecca, Cristiano
Chi-Liang Cheng*, Nai-Jen Liu, Hao-Tsai Cheng, Jui-Hsiang Spada, Stefano Rausei
Tang, Ching-Song Lee, Yui-Yi Chu, Cheng-Hui Lin, Yung-
Kuan Tsou S1464 Transgastric Drainage of a Perihepatic and
Pericholecystic Abscess
S1450 Occupational Injuries to Endoscopists: Report from the Paul Christiaens*, August van Olmen, Geert D'Haens,
Asge Web Survey Veerle Moons
Ray F. Keate*, Gerald W. Dryden, Kenneth Wang, Yang K.
Chen, . ASGE Web Editorial Board S1465 Mechanical Simulator for ERCP Training
Joseph W. Leung*, Felix W. Leung
S1451 Combined Magnifying Endoscopy Using Narrow Band
Imaging and Acetic Acid in Diagnosis of Gastric Cancer S1466 Impact of Effect of H.pylori Infection On Reflex
Kazuyosi Yagi*, Atsuo Nakamura, Atsuo Sekine Esophagitis in Japan
Takashi Kawai*, Mikinori Kataoka, Tetsuya Yamagishi,
S1452 Diagnostic Yields of Endoscopic Biopsies in Rheumatoid Ikuko Miyazaki, Toshihiro Oshima, Kenji Yagi, Kouhei
Arthritis Patients with Endoscopically-Negative Findings Kawakami, Atsusi Sofuni, Satoru Taira, Takao Itoi, Fuminori
of Upper Gastrointestinal Amyloidosis Moriyasu, Yuu Takagi, Tatsuya Aoki
Kuangi Fu*, Seichi Yamawaki, Tsuyoshi Oohashi, Takao
S Yano, Takahiro Fujimori S1467 Cardiopulmonary Complications for Transnasal EGD
U Compared to That for Transoral EGD
S1453 Effective High-Level Disinfection of a Novel Peroral Takashi Kawai*, Mikinori Kataoka, Tetsuya Yamagishi,
N Cholangiopancreatoscopy Optical Probe (SPYGLASS™) Ikuko Miyazaki, Kenji Yagi, Kouhei Kawakami, Atsusi
D Yang K. Chen Sofuni, Takao Itoi, Fuminori Moriyasu, Yuu Takagi, Tatsuya
A Aoki
S1454 A Protective Effect of Newly Developed Silicon-Covered
Y Two Piece-Designed Teeth Protective Mouthpiece (Tpm S1468 Quality of Life (QoL) and Survival in Irresecable Gastric
MAY ™) On Upper Endoscopy: A Multicenter Randomised Malignant Obstruction (PYLORIC) After Endoscopic
21 Controlled Trial Palliation (EXPANDABLE METAL STENTS -SEMS) and
Hee Jung Son*, Poong-Lyul Rhee, Jae J. Kim, Jong Chul Chemotherapy
Rhee, Yong Bum Yoon Sergio R. Sobrino, Fabiola Trejo Vazquez, Angelica I.
Hernandez Guerrero*, Octavio Alonso Larraga
S1455 Air Contamination of Procedure Rooms in a
Gastroenterological Unit with Enteric Bacteria S1469 Safety and Efficacy of Esophagogastroduodenoscopy in
Stephan M. Wildi*, Alexander Imhof, Stephan R. Vavricka, Acute Myocardial Infarction
Markus Spiess, Christian Ruef, Michael Fried Khalid Mumtaz*, Faisal Ismail, Saeed Hamid, Zaigham
Abbas, Ashfaq Ahmad, Hasnain Shah, Wasim Jafri
S1456 Does Aspirin Increase the Risk of Bleeding for
Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Procedure? S1470 Endoscopic Complications in Post MI Patients
Mark J. Coronel*, Kenneth Banner, Veena Nannegari, Gareth Parkes*, James O. Lindsay, Peter Fairclough
Samuel Davidoff, Prasnun K. Jalal, Simmy Bank
S1471 The Value of the Endoscopic Therapies in the Treatment
S1457 Incidence and Clinical Significance of of Rectal Varices; a Retrospective Comparison Between
Pneumoperitoneum Following PEG Placement: A Injection Sclerotherapy and Band Ligation
Prospective Study Takahiro Sato
Kostas Sideridis*, Ari Wiesen, Angelo Fernandes, John
Hines, Anant Indaram, Simmy Bank S1472 Prospective Assessment of Impact of Feedback On
Colonoscopy Performance
S1458 Screening for Barrett’s Esophagus in Asymptomatic Gavin C. Harewood*, Bret T. Petersen, Beverly J. Ott
Women
Lauren B. Gerson*, Shahin Shahnia, Subhas Banerjee S1473 Endoscopic Differences of Gastric Cardiac Varices from
Fundal Varices in Acute Bleeding
S1459 Non-Medical Colonoscopy Kazuhiko Oho*, Kenji Miyakoda, Keigo Emori, Yukihiko
Sushil K. Maslekar*, Angela Gardiner, Mark Hughes, Morita, Masafumi Kumamoto, Osamu Tsuruta, Atsushi
Graeme S. Duthie Toyonaga, Michio Sata
S1460 Factors Affecting Abdominal Pain During Colonoscopy S1474 Effect of Music On Patients Undergoing Outpatient
Se Y. Oh*, Hong J. Kim, Dong I. Park, J.N. H. Park, Yong Colonoscopy
K. Cho, Chong I. Sohn, Woo K. Jeon, Byung I. Kim, Seung Matthew L. Bechtold*, Rodney A. Perez, John B. Marshall
H. Ryu
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S1475 Clinical Impact of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy in the S1487 Accuracy and Degree of Interobserver Agreement of
Evaluation of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding (OGIB) Small-Caliber Endoscope in Screening for Esophageal
in a Veteran Population - Interm Analysis Varices
Colm J. Oloughlin*, Srihari Ramanujam, Nathan Slinde, Surakit Pungpapong*, Andrew P. Keaveny, Massimo
Charles Katopes Raimondo, Rolland C. Dickson, Timothy A. Woodward,
Denise M. Harnois, Michael B. Wallace
S1476 Measuring and Improving the Experience of Patients
Having An Endoscopy with the Endoscopy Global S1488 Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Changes Staging for
Rating Scale (GRS) Early-Stage Neoplasia in Barrett’s Esophagus Compared
Roland M. Valori*, Debbie Johnston, Vikesh Tailor to Pinch Biopsies and EUS
Drew Schembre*, Kamran Ayub, Geoffrey Jiranek
S1477 Fellows Completing a Canadian Two Year Training
Program in Gastroenterology Complete Enough S1489 Long Term Follow Up of Endoscopic Resection in
Endoscopic Procedures to Satisfy Asge Guidelines and Patients with Early Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the
Are Competent Colonoscopists in Their First Year of Esophagus - A Prospective Study
Practice Oliver Pech*, Andrea May, Liebwin Gossner, Hendrik
Saleh Alqahtani*, J Love, B Kaplan, Paul Beck Manner, Thomas Rabenstein, Michale Vieth, Manfred Stolte,
Christian Ell
S1478 Endoscopic Management of Gastric Varices; Efficacy and
Outcomes of Gluing with N-Butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate S1490 New Approach for Severe Cervical Stenosis with
Paul J. Belletrutti*, J Love, R Hilsden, J Romagnuolo, F Polyflex Plastic Stents
Chen, B Kaplan, Paul Beck Claudia -. Zitron, Adriane G. Pelosof*, Andre L. Carvalho
S1479 Defining Measures of Colonoscopy Skill: Results of a S1491 Self-Expandable Metal Stents with An Antireflux
Survey of Endoscopists and GI Nurses Mechanism in Esophageal Malignancies: Do They Really
Louis Y. Korman*, Gustavo A. Marino, Lawrence J. Brandt Prevent Reflux Symptoms?
Javier Jimenez-Perez*, Juan Vila, Fermin Urtasun, Javier
S1480 The Efficacy of the Resolution Hemoclip in Barberena, Javier Velasco, Fernando Borda
Hemodynamically Significant Upper and Lower GI
Bleeds: A Safe and Effective Alternative to Cautery S1492 Large Diameter Stents in the Esophagus Are Safe and
Mitchell S. Kaplan*, Sri Komanduri Associated with a Lower Risk of Recurrent Dysphagia
Than Small Diameter Stents
Els M. Verschuur*, Ernst J. Kuipers, Eva M. van Soest,
ASGE Poster Session Peter D. Siersema
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A S
LA Convention Center S1493 Double Stenting of Esophagus and Airways in Patients U
with Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer : Feasibility, N
ESOPHAGUS POSTER SESSION Efficacy and Complications
Stephane Lecleire*, Frederic Di Fiore, Michel Antonietti, D
S1481 The Effect of Poor Quality of Sleep On Esophageal Acid Emmanuel Ben Soussan, Eric Lerebours, Pierre Michel, A
Exposure Philippe Ducrotte Y
Ram Dickman*, Colleen N. Green, Stuart F. Quan, Roy
Dekel, Sara Risner-Adler, Ronnie Fass S1494 Continuous Non-Permanent Dilation of Resilient Non- MAY
Peptic Benign Esophageal Strictures Using a Self- 21
S1482 Comparison of Endoscopic Sclerosis with Endoscopic Expanding Plastic Esophageal Stent (Polyflex®): A
Band Ligation for Hemostasis of Active Hemorrhage Prospective Study
Elicited By Rupture of Esophageal Varices: Preliminary Raj Santharam*, Kulwinder S. Dua
Analysis
Gustavo O. Luz, Fauze Maluf-Filho*, Sergio E. Matuguma, S1495 Experience with 1,345 Esophageal Cancer Patients Seen
Eduardo G. Moura, Everson L. Artifon, Spencer Cheng, At a Single Mission Hospital in Western Kenya
Jeane M. Melo, Adriana V. Safatle-Ribeiro, Edson Ide, Russell E. White*, Zachariah Kasepoi, Gavin C. Harewood,
Eunice Chiba, Rogerio Kuga, Elisa R. Baba, Sonia N. Fylyk, Thomas Ng, William Cioffi, Mark Topazian
Paulo Sakai, Shinichi Ishioka
S1496 Flexible Endoscopy As a Diagnostic Tool for Esophageal
S1483 The Role of Self Expanding Metal Stents in Palliation of Injuries: Large Experience from a Trauma Center
Dysphagia in Oesophageal Cancer: Results from a Vitor Arantes*, Claudio Campolina, Silvia Valerio, Roberta
Cochrane Systematic Review Nogueira Sa, Colodomiro Toledo, Luiz Gonzaga V. Coelho
Aravamuthan Sreedharan*, Keith Harris, Adrian Crellin,
David Forman, Simon Everett S1497 Endoscopic Cricopharyngeal Myotomy for Zenker
Diverticulum: Evaluation of Technical and Clinical
S1484 Frequency of Recurrence of Premalignant Esophageal Results
Lesions and Early Stage Esophageal Cancer After Federico Iacopini*, Michele Marchese, Andrea Tringali,
Endoscopic Resection Pietro Familiari, Cristiano Spada, Vincenzo Perri, Alberto
Till Wehrmann*, Markus B. Frenz, Nikos Stergiou, Andrea Larghi, Domenico Galasso, Guido Costamagna
Riphaus
S1498 Treatment of Barrett’s Esophagus and High-Grade
S1485 One-Year Follow-Up After a Randomized, Sham- Dysplasia Using the Halo-360 Ablation System: A Multi-
Controlled Trial of Endoscopic Gastroplication for the Center Experience
Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Robert Ganz*, Gene Overholt, Masoud Panjehpour, Steve
Matthijs P. Schwartz*, Hiske Wellink, Melvin Samsom, Demeester, Shiro Urayama, Steve Freeman, Thomas Savides,
Andre J. Smout Victor Eysselein, Virender Sharma, Malcolm Branch, David
Fleischer
S1486 Size of Hiatus Hernia Is Correlated with Kyphosis, Not
with Obesity, in Elderly Japanese Women
Motoyasu Kusano*, Kaoru Hashizume, Yoichi Ehara,
Masatomo Mori
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S1499 Influence of Endoscopic Mucosal Resection On S1510 Endoluminal Gastroplication for the Treatment of
Esophagectomy Rates in a Specialized Barrett’s GERD: A 2-Year Prospective Follow-Up Report in An
Esophagus Unit Eastern Country
Ganapathy A. Prasad*, Kenneth K. Wang, Navtej S. Buttar, Chien-Chung Liao*, Chia-Long Lee, Bor-Ru Lin, Chyi-Huey
Louis M. Wongkeesong, Lori S. Lutzke, Lynn S. Bai, Yu-Hsia Shieh, Chi-Hwa Wu, Christopher J. Gostout
Borkenhagen, Sarah M. Papenfuss
S1511 Poor Inter-Observer Agreement for Classification of
S1500 Age and Hiatus Hernia: Predictors of Nocturnal Endoscopic Diagnosis of Non-Erosive Esophagitis
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Norihisa Ishimura*, Yuji Amano, Kenji Furuta, Shunji
Priya Maddur*, Ajay Bansal, Sandi Hall, Sachin Wani, Ishihara, Kyoichi Adachi, Yoshikazu Kinoshita
Prashant Pandya, Srinivas R. Puli, Amit Rastogi, April D.
Higbee, Prateek Sharma S1512 Early Recognition and Specific Medical Treatment
Affects the Frequency of Esophageal Dilatations in
S1501 Endoscopic Full-Thickness Plication for GERD: 3 Month Patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EE)
Follow-Up and 6 Month Interim Analysis in a Arthi Sanjeevi*, Ganesh Ashwath, Richard Komorowski,
Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial Benson T. Massey, Reza Shaker, Walter J. Hogan
Richard I. Rothstein*, Charles J. Filipi, Karel Caca, Ronald
Pruitt, Klaus Mergener, Torquati Alfonso, Gregory Haber, S1513 String Capsule Endoscopy (SCE) for the Screening and
Yang Chen, Kenneth Chang, David Wong, Jacques Deviere, Surveillance of Esophageal Varices: A Prospective,
Douglas Pleskow, Charles Lightdale, Alaine Ades, Richard Blinded, Comparative Study with EGD
Kozarek, Anthony Lembo Sally Stipho*, Erin Tharalson, Rodney Akins, Masud
Shaukat, Francisco Ramirez
S1502 Incidence of Barrett’s Esophagus On Repeat Endoscopy:
Should We Look More Than Once? Sarah Rodriguez, S1514 Role of Trans-Nasal Gastroscopy (T-EGD) in Clinical
M.D., Nora Mattek, M.P.H., M. Brian Fennerty, M.D., Management in Ingested Foreign Bodies
David a. Lieberman, M.D., Glenn M. Eisen, M.D., M.P.H. Alessandro Gigliozzi*, Sandro Boschetto, Maurizio
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon Giovannone, Mauro Tosoni, Fausto Barberani
Sarah Rodriguez*, Nora Mattek, Brian Fennerty, David
Lieberman, Glenn Eisen S1515 Prophylactic Stenting of High Risk Esophageal
Anastamoses: A Porcine Study On Leak and Stricture
S1503 Endoscopically Placed Titanium Plicator for GERD: Prevention
Pivotal Phase -- Preliminary 6-Month Results Michelle Taylor*, Yashodhan S. Khajanchee, Lee L.
Jack I. Ramage*, Richard I. Rothstein, Steven A. Swanstrom
S Edmundowicz, Yang K. Chen, Glen A. Lehman, M B.
S1516 Endoscopic Mucosal Resection As a Surveillance
Fennerty, Virender K. Sharma, David L. Carr-Locke,
U Christopher J. Gostout
Strategy for Barrett’s Esophagus with Dysplasia: the
N New Standard of Care?
S1504 Evaluation of 96-Hour pH Monitoring with the BRAVO Andrew Ross*, Alberto Larghi, Lynne Stearns, Mihir Wagh,
D Charles Dye, Amy Noffsinger, John Hart, Irving Waxman
Wireless System in 60 Patients
A Scarpulla Giuseppe*, Galante P., Manganaro M., Camilleri S.
S1517 High Resolution Magnification Endoscopy with Narrow
Y Band Imaging in Patients with Barrett's Esophagus
S1505 Complete Barrett’s Eradication Endoscopic Mucosal
MAY Resection As a Treatment for High Grade Dysplasia Or George K. Anagnostopoulos*, Kenshi Yao, Christopher J.
21 Intramucosal Adenocarcinoma Arising from Barrett’s Hawkey, Krish Ragunath
Epithelium: A Viable Alternative to Esophagectomy
S1518 Inter-Observer Variability in the Diagnosis of Low-Grade
Andrew Ross*, Alberto Larghi, Lynne Stearns, Mihir Wagh,
Charles Dye, Amy Noffsinger, John Hart, Irving Waxman Dysplasia in Pathologists: A Comparison Between
Experienced and in-Experienced Pathologists
S1506 Successful Circumferential Ablation of Barrett’s Oliver Pech*, Daniel Schmitz, Liebwin Gossner, Andrea
Esophagus (BE) with Low Grade Dysplasia (LGD) Using May, Gerhard Seitz, Michael Vieth, Manfred Stolte, Christian
the Halo360 Ablation System: One-Year Follow-Up of the Ell
Aim-LGD Pilot Trial
S1519 Acetic Acid Guided Biopsies After Magnifying
Virender Sharma*, H. Jae Kim, Roxane McLaughlin,
Endoscopy Compared with Random Biopsies in the
Michelle Moirano, Michael Crowell, Patrick J. Dean, David
Detection of Barrett`S Esophagus a Prospective
E. Fleischer
Randomized Trial with Cross Over Design -
S1507 Circumferential RF Ablation for Non-Dysplastic Barrett’s Arthur W. Hoffman*, Ralf Kiesslich, Andreas Bender,
Esophagus (NDBE) Using the Halo360 Ablation System Markus F. Neurath, B Nafe, G Herrmann, Michael Jung
(AIM Trial): One-Year Follow-Up of 100 Patients
S1520 Lugol Chromoendoscopy Combined with Image
David E. Fleischer*, Virender Sharma, Alvaro Reymunde,
Michael Kimmey, Ram Chuttani, Bergein Overholt, Kenneth Cytometry and P53 LOH in Patients At Risk for
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Chang, Charles Lightdale, Nilda Santiago, Douglas Pleskow,
M. Brian Fennerty, Patrick J. Dean, Kenneth K. Wang Daniel A. Boller*, Jan Borovicka, Rolf Studer, Ursula
Zuercher, Doris Kradolfer, Joerg Neuweiler, Peter Spieler,
S1508 Computer-Assisted Analysis of Brush Biopsies Rene Schoenegg, Rudolf Grossenbacher, Christa
(EndoCDx) Increases Detection of Barrett's Esophagus Meyenberger
and Dysplasia: A Multicenter Prospective Clinical Trial
S1521 Polyflex Stent Placement Immediately Following
John F. Johanson*, Endocdx Collaborative Group
Endoscopic Ultrasound Staging of Advanced Esophageal
S1509 The Use of Thrombin Injections in the Management of Malignancy: A Feasible and Effective Alternative to
Bleeding Gastric Varices - A Single Centre Experience Surgical Jejunostomy
Jayapal Ramesh*, Jimmy K. Limdi, Vikram Sharma, Ali Srinadh Komanduri*, Victoria Villaflor, Butsch John
Aboutwerat, Alistair J. Makin
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S1522 Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy with Lugol Staining S1534 The Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in
Screens Early and Curable Lesions Among a High-Risk Patients with Acute Hemorrhagic Esophagitis
Patients Population. National Prospective Study of the Seiji Kimura*, Masanori Tanaka
French Digestive Endoscopy Society (SFED)
Jean-Louis Legoux*, Johan Dubuc, Jean-Yves Scoazec, S1535 Endoscopic Evaluation of Opportunistic Infections Inpos
Thierry Barrioz, Pascal Renkes, Jean-Pierre Avignon, Roger Renal Transplant Patients
Mas, Philippe Jacob, Stephane Ollivier, Olivier Favre, Thais G. Mourao, Paula A. Novais, Hanna B. Sa, Perla O.
Thierry Ponchon Schulz, Tais G. Andrade, Monica Soldan, Marcia H. Costa,
Marilia S. Andrade, Celeste Elia, Cyrla Zaltman*
S1523 The His-Wiz Antireflux Procedure Results in
Symptomatic and pH Improvement At 1 Year of Follow- S1536 The Adjunctive Use of Covered Biliary Self Expanding
Up Stents and Self Expanding Non Metallic Stents to
Randhir Sud, Rajesh Puri, Sydney Chung, Peter B. Cotton, Manage the Refractory Proximal Esophageal Stricture
Gostout J. Christopher, Robert H. Hawes, Anthony N. Diahann L. Seaman*, Christopher Gostout
Kalloo, Sergei Kantsevoy, Pankaj J. Pasricha*
S1537 Esophageal Endoscopic Mucosal Resection for Early
S1524 Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Patients Cancer and High Grade Dysplasia
with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Sarah Cho*, Matthew Remedios, Maria Cirocco, Gabor
Hye-Kyung Jung*, Su Yeon Shin, Ki-Nam Shim, Tae-Hyun Kandel, Paul Kortan, Gary May, Norman Marcon
Kim, Sung-Ae Jung, Sun Young Yi, Kwon Yoo, Il-Hwan
S1538 Weight Predicts Survival Following Self- Expanding
Moon
Metal Stent Insertion for Palliation of Malignant
S1525 Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER) Is Highly Prevalent in Oesophageal Obstruction
Asymptomatic Patients Awaiting Lung Transplantation Melissa L. Haines*, Stewart Campbell, Anthony C. Smith,
Kalyani Maganti*, Connie Wigen, Lorinda Dollison, Juan C. Jim C. Brooker, Bernd Grunewald, Frank Weilert
Garcia
S1539 Long Term Outcomes of Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
S1526 Endoluminal Gastroplication for the Treatment of for Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer in Western Patients
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: the First Multicenter Andrew Crumley*, James J. Going, Adrian J. Stanley, Joe E.
Trial in Japan Abela, Christopher J. Shearer, Margaret McKernan,
Soji Ozawa*, Masaki Kitajima, Koichiro Kumai, Kazuhide Christopher R. Carter, Robert C. Stuart
Higuchi, Tetsuo Arakawa, Mototsugu Kato, Masahiro Asaka,
S1540 Successful En-Bloc Resection of 6 Cases of Large
Natsuya Katada, Hiroyuki Kuwano
Superficial Esophageal Cancer Using Sodium
Hyaluronate and Needle-Knife S
S1527 Mallory-Weiss Syndrome : Retrospective Review of Ten
Years’ Experience Makoto Nishimura*, Hironori Yamamoto, Kentaro Sugano U
Sang-Hyuk Lee*, Cheol Yoon, Doo-Geun Chai, Kyung-Im
S1541 Endoscopic Analysis of the Superficial Vascular Network
N
Bae, Seok-Woo Kang, Jae-Hwan Kim, In-Soo Jae, Sung-Jae D
At the Eg Junction, with Narrow Band Imaging (NBI)
Park, Sam-Ryon Ji, Yun-Jae Lee, Sang-Young Seol, Jung-
Myung Chung
Jean-Francois Rey*, Konstantin Kuznetsov, Rene Lambert A
S1542 Endoscopic Injection of Durasphere for the Treatment of Y
S1528 The First Quadrant Sign: Predominance of Erosive
Esophagitis Occurring in the First Quadrant At the
GERD - Long Term Human Pilot Study MAY
Distal Esophagus Robert Ganz*, Tina Wittchow, Dean Klein 21
Khay Guan Yeoh, Reuben Km Wong*, Kok Ann Gwee, S1543 Radiologic Embolotherapy to the Management of Fundic
Gabriel Lau, Khek Yu Ho Gastric Varices
S1529 Esophageal Circumferential En-Bloc Submucosal Hirotaka Arai*, Kazuyo Mori, Hisashi Takayama, Takehiko
Abe, Satoru Kakizaki, Hitoshi Takagi, Masatomo Mori
Dissection in a Porcine Model
Frederic Prat*, Luigi Mangialavori, Ariane Chryssostalis, S1544 Endoscopic Diagnosis of Depth and Extension of Cancer
Stanislas Chaussade Invasion of Superficial Barrett’s Adenocarcinoma
Iizuka Toshiro*, Yahagi Naohisa, Hoteya Shu, Yamamoto
S1530 Stepwise Radical Endoscopic Resection for Complete
Takashi
Removal of Barrett's Esophagus with Early Neoplasia
Femke P. Peters*, Wouter L. Curvers, Mohammed A. Kara, S1545 The Prevalence of Barrett’s Esophagus Among Hispanics
Wilda D. Rosmolen, Fiebo J. Ten Kate, Kausilia K. Is Lower Than That of Caucasians
Krishnadath, J. Jan B. van Lanschot, Paul Fockens, Jacques Brian C. Jacobson*, Curtis T. Barry, Zhao Liu
J. Bergman
S1546 Circumferential Balloon-Based Radiofrequency Ablation
S1531 Stenting for Unresectable Esophageal Cancer: Does It of Barrett’s Esophagus in Patients with Low-Grade
Improve Survival? Dysplasia Or High-Grade Dysplasia with and Without a
Chris R. Naumann*, Mikele Cayton-Woody, Waqar A. Prior Endoscopic Resection Using the Halo360 Ablation
Qureshi, Yasser H. Shaib System
S1532 Prevalence of Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease Jacques J. Bergman*, Carine Sondermeijer, Femke P. Peters,
Symptoms in General Practice Fiebo J. Ten Kate, Paul Fockens
Yoshihisa Urita*, Susumu Ishihara, Kenichiro Arai, Jun S1547 Circumferential Balloon-Based Radiofrequency Ablation
Kondo, Tatsuo Akimoto, Hiroto Kato, Yoshiko Honda, of Barrett’s Esophagus Using the Halo 360 Ablation
Hideyuki Koshino, Noriko Hara, Yoko Nagai, Kazushige System Preserves the Inner Diameter of the Esophagus
Nakanishi, Nagato Shimada, Motonobu Sugimoto, and Prevents Subsequent Narrowing and Compliance
Kazumasa Miki Reduction
Jacques J. Bergman*, Carine Sondermeijer, Femke P. Peters,
S1533 Radiofrequency Correction of GERD (Stretta) Results in
Fiebo J. Ten Kate, Paul Fockens
Significant, Long Term 4-Year Improvement in
Symptoms, Quality of Life and Medication Use in the
Medically Refractory GERD Patient
Mark D. Noar*, Sahar Lotfi
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S1548 Reflux Esophagitis and Helicobacter Pylori Infection in S1562 Cost-Benefit Analysis of Capsule Endoscopy Compared
Patients with Systemic Scleroderma to Standard Upper Endoscopy for the Detection of
Kanako Yamaguchi*, Ryuichi Iwakiri, Akiko Danjyo, Barrett’s Esophagus
Yasuhisa Sakata, Hibiki Ootani, Ryo Shimoda, Seiji Tsunada, Lauren B. Gerson*, Otto Lin
Hiroyki Sakata, Kazuma Fujimoto, Kohei Nagasawa
S1563 Radiofrequency Correction of GERD Procedure (Stretta)
S1549 Symptom Pattern At Baseline Predicts Treatment Corrects Gastroparesis Associated with Medically
Response in Erosive Esophagitis Patients Refractory GERD
Ronnie Fass*, Peter Berghofer, Ulrike Kliebsch, Hubert Mark D. Noar*, Sahar Lotfi
Monnikes
S1564 Postoperative Achalasia, As An Antireflux Surgery
S1550 Patients Treated with Pantoprazole (PANTO) 40 Mg OD Complication
Experience Significantly Less Acid Episodes Than Hiosadhara E. Fernandez*, Jose J. Herrera, Edgardo Suarez,
Patients Treated with OMEPRAZOLE (OME) 20 Mg OD Cinthia B. Hernandez, Jose A. Palacios
Anton Gillessen*, Peter Sander
S1565 The Use of Acetylcystine in Esophageal Food Impaction
S1551 The Value of Upper Endoscopy in Patients with Esmat Z. Sadeddin*, Christian Dang, Lassy Nisha, Laura
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Who Failed Alba, Stuart Chen, Alexandra Laya, Wendell Clarkston
Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) Therapy
Dan van Handal*, Feroze Hussain, Rajan Bhatt, Ram S1566 Barrett’s Esophagus: the Reliability of the Endoscopic
Dickman, Diley Hernandez, Ronnie Fass Diagnosis in Community Practice
Nitesh Ratnakar*, Anne Breitinger, Nalini Guda, Susan
S1552 Endoscopic Surveillance of the Gastroesophageal Flap Partington, Nimish Vakil
Valve Following Endoluminal Gastroplication in Patients
with GERD S1567 Endoscopic and Histological Correlation of the Findings
Chien-Chung Liao*, Bor-Ru Lin, Chia-Long Lee, Ivy L. Pike of the Mucosa of the Distal Esophagus in Non-Erosive
Reflux Disease (NERD)
S1553 Endoscopic Treatment with the Use of Silicone Covered Walton Albuquerque*, Luiz Gonzaga V. Coelho, Paulo R.
Self Expanding Polyester Stents in Esophageal Leaks, Savassi-Rocha, Christiane S. Poncinelli, Luiz Claudio M. Da
Strictures, and Fistulae Rocha, Rodrigo A. de Paula, Laura S. Brandao Vianna,
Vu N. Nguyen*, Bernard Stark Hugo J. Silviano Brandao, Roberta N. de Sa
S1554 Outcomes of Esophageal Impaction with Foreign Body - S1568 Surveillance History of Barrett’s Esophagus Patients
A Retrospective Series in An Australian Teaching Endoscopically Treated for Early Neoplasia
S Hospital Femke P. Peters*, Christiaan E. de Vries, Wouter L. Curvers,
U Anne Kidman*, Robert Y. Chen, John Hart Wilda D. Rosmolen, Kausilia K. Krishnadath, Paul Fockens,
N Jacques J. Bergman
S1555 Non-Cardiac Chest Pain (NCCP): Is It Really Non-
D Cardiac? S1569 Prospective Evaluation of the Esophageal Capsule
A Jeffrey Weprin*, Stephen J. Sontag, Thomas G. Schnell, Jack Endoscopy for Detection of Barrett’s Esophagus and
Leya Early Barrett’s Cancer
Y Nicola Plum*, Andrea May, Agnes Ipsen, Melanie Langfeld,
MAY S1556 Chromoendoscopy in the Diagnosis of Early Alexander Wree, Christian Ell
21 Oesophageal Neoplasia
Markus Gwiggner*, Susi R. Green, David N. Poller, R L.
Metha, Richard D. Ellis, Patrick M. Goggin, Haemish D. ASGE Poster Session
Duncan, Shaw A. Somers, Simon K. Toh, Pradeep Bhandari 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
S1557 Differentiation of Benign from Malignant Esophageal
Strictures Using 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron OUTCOMES IN ENDOSCOPY I
Emission
Walter G. Park*, Shai Friedland, Alan Taur, Marie Carlisle, S1570 Outcomes and Quality of Life (QoL) in Patients
Roy Soetikno, Michelle Randolph Undergoing Stenting Or Minimally Invasive Surgical
Diversion (MISD) for Palliation of Malignant Large
S1558 Endoscopic Resection for Early Esophageal and Gastric Bowel Obstruction (MLBO)
Neoplasia in 140 Patients Jason K. Abfier*, Nicole Ishill, Peta-Gaye Williams, Arnold
Femke P. Peters*, Lianne P. Brakenhoff, Wouter L. Curvers, J. Markowitz, Mark Schattner, Martin R. Weiser, Larissa
Wilda D. Rosmolen, Fiebo J. Ten Kate, Kausilia K. Temple, Ann Zauber, Howard Thaler, Hans Gerdes
Krishnadath, Paul Fockens, Jacques J. Bergman
S1571 Development and Validation of the Patient Satisfaction
S1559 Esophageal Endoscopic Mucosal Resection: Report On a with Sedation Instrument (PSSI)
120 Patients Cohort Dennis Revicki, John J. Vargo*, Kellee Howard, Jennifer
Thierry Ponchon*, Mihai Ciocirlan, Marie George Lapalus, Petrillo, John McRorie
Valerie Hervieu, Jean Christophe Souquet, Bertrand
Napoleon, Jean Yves Scoazec, Christine Lefort, Jean S1572 Same Day Dual Endoscopy: Does the Sequence Matter?
Christophe Saurin Kavitha Kumbum*, Bharathi Ramaiah, Steve Blum, Prospere
Remy
S1560 Preliminary Results of BÂRrx Ablation Trial in Patients
with Non-Dysplastic Intestinal Metaplasia Versus Low S1573 Patient Satisfaction with Lower Gastrointestinal
Or High Grade Dysplasia Endoscopy: Doctors, Nurses and Non-Medical
Franklin Tsai*, Mehrdad Vosoghi, Reza Khoshini, Sonya Colonoscopists
Reicher, David Chung, Samuel French, Viktor Eysselein Sushil K. Maslekar*, Graeme S. Duthie
S1561 Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) in Barrett’s S1574 Development and Validation of the Clinician Satisfaction
Esophagus: “Suck and Cut” Versus “Band and Snare” with Sedation Instrument (CSSI)
Paolo Fedi*, Julian A. Abrams, Efsevia Vakiani, Helen E. John J. Vargo*, Kellee Howard, Jennifer Petrillo, Dennis
Remotti, Charles J. Lightdale Revicki, John McRorie
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S1575 Detection of Early Gastric Cancer: Overestimation of the
Role of Mass-Screening
Suzuki Haruhisa*, Gotoda Takuji, Saito Daizo, Sasako
Mitsuru
S1576 Prospective Evaluation of Patient Satisfaction with

Endoscopic Ultrasonography for Decision-Making
Harry Snady*, Rodolfo Molina
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POSTER SESSIONS—BASIC
BASIC
AASLD Poster Session S1588 Liver Injury Related to Complementary and Alternative
Medicine (CAM): Compared with Conventional
Authors are required to be present during the Poster Session from Medicine-Related Liver Injury
12:00-2:00 pm. Yi-Shin Huang*, Full-Young Chang, Shou-Dong Lee
Those posters identified as DDW Posters of Distinction have received

review scores that place them within the top 0% of all posters. We AASLD Poster Session
encourage you to make them a priority as you visit the poster session. 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
LA Convention Center EXPERIMENTAL HEPATOCARCINOGENESIS
CELL DEATH, OXIDATIVE STRESS AND DRUG TOXICITY S1589 Tumor Suppressor XAF1 Induced Apoptosis and
S1577 Preservation of Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4α Is Inhibited Carcinogenesis in Hepatocarcinoma Cells

Dongmei Shi*, Minmin Qiao, Jihong Tan, Yongping Zhang,
Involved in Zinc Protection Against TNF-α-Induced Tianle Ma, Shihu Jiang, Shuiping Tu
Liver Injury in Mice
S1590 Excessive and Chronic Ethanol Consumption Promotes

Zhanxiang Zhou*, Wenke Feng, Zhenyuan Song, Ming
Song, Craig J. McClain, Y. James Kang Hepatic Carcinogenesis By Altering the Normal
Hepatocyte Homeostasis in the Liver of
S1578 Eryrthopoeitin Functions As a Cytoprotective Cytokine Diethylnitrosamine-Initiated Rats
in Primary Murine Hepatocytes Pollyanna R. Chavez, Helmut K. Seitz, Peter Bannasch,
Jacquelyn J. Maher, Rafaz Hoque* Robert M. Russell, Xiang-Dong Wang*
S1579 Autophagy Contributes Intracellular Inclusion Clearance S1591 Expression of Serum Response Factor in hepatocellular
in Cultured Cells, and Prevents Or Promotes Cell Death
Depending On Its Level of Stimulation
Masaru Harada*, Bishr M. Omary
carcinoma: Implications for Epithelial Mesenchymal
Transition
Woo S. Moon*, Min Y. Park, Kyung Y. Kim, Hee C. Yu, In
H. Kim, Sang W. Kim, Soo T. Lee, Dong G. Lee
S S1580 Beneficial Effects of the Herbal Medicine Inchin-Ko-to
On Liver Function and Regeneration After Massive S1592 Aberrant Expression of Activation-Induced Cytidine

U Deaminase (AID) and Hepatocarcinogenesis
Hepatectomy in Rats
N Takashi Ogasawara*, Tetsuya Ikemoto, Yuuji Morine, Satoru Tadayuki Kou*, Hiroyuki Marusawa, Kazuo Kinoshita, Il-Mi
D Imura, Masahiko Fujii, Yuuji Soejima, Mitsuo Shimada Okazaki, Yoshihide Ueda, Yuzo Kodama, Yoko Endo,
Hironori Haga, Iwao Ikai, Tsutomu Chiba
A S1581 Liver Peroxisomes Release H2O2 Into the Cytoplasm
Y Via 4.5 Nm Microchannels: Direct Evidence for S1593 VIP Inhibits Hepg2 Cell Proliferation and
Peroxisomes As Essential Oxidative Stress Source Downregulates Stat-3 Protein Levels and Gene
MAY Expression
Reiner Fritz, Jutta Bol, Sabine Angermuller, Dariush Fahimi,
21 Alfred Volkl, Sebastian Mueller* Afaf G. Absood*, Bin Hu, Nermine Bassily, Lisa M. Colletti
S1582 Inhibitory Effects of Estrogen On Chemokine and S1594 Survivin Expression and Its Pathogenic Role in
Proinflammatory Cytokine Production in Mononuclear hepatocellular carcinoma
Cells and Macrophages Il Han Song*, Eun Young Kim, Se Young Yun, Hong Ja
Tatsuhiko Shiraishi*, Ichiro Shimizu Shimizu, Tatuzo Kim, Jeong Eun Shin, Suk Bae Kim
Itagaki, Mari Urata, Katsuyoshi Tamaki, Hiroshi Fukuno,
Mitsuyasu Yano, Satoshi Wada, Susumu Ito AASLD Poster Session
S1583 Green Tea Polyphenols Attenuate Acetaminophen 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Hepatotoxicity LA Convention Center
Helieh S. Oz*, Jian Zhong, Willem J. de Villiers, Theresa
Chen HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS AND FIBROGENESIS
S1584 Protective Effects of Glycyrrhizin On Acetaminophen- S1595 Imbalance Between Angiotensin II Type 1 and 2
Induced Hepatotoxicity in Mice
Guo Jinsheng*, Wang Jiyao, He Jinhua, Koo M. Wing
Leung
Receptor Signals Is a Key Factor in Pathogenesis of
Liver Fibrosis: A Novel Target for Therapeutic Strategy
of Fibrotic Liver Diseases in Metabolic Syndome
Susumu Tazuma, Hideyuki Hyogo, Keishi Kanno, Yoshitaka
S1585 10 Cases of Severe Hepatotoxicity Associated with Nabeshima*, Toshiya Kobuke, Daisuke Komichi, Michihiro
Dietary Supplements from Herbalife® Products

Antoinette Engel, Alain Schoepfer*, Karin Fattinger, Urs
Marbet, Dominique Criblez, Juerg Reichen, Carl M. Oneta
Nonaka, Motoki Inoue, Keiko Iwamoto, Tomokazu Ishitobi,
Takeyoshi Ajima, Daiki Miki, Kazuaki Chayama
S1596 Keratin Mutation Predisposes to Thioacetamide- But Not
S1586 Genetic Polymorphism of Detoxication Enzyme,
Manganese Superoxide (MnSOD), May Predict Severe
Drug-Induced Liver Injury
Ccl4-Induced Mouse Liver Fibrosis
Pavel Strnad*, Qin Zhou, Nam-On Ku, M B. Omary
Yi-Shin Huang*, Full-Young Chang, Shou-Dong Lee S1597 GC-Globulin Concentrations Modify the Profibrogenic
S1587 Drug-Induced Liver Injury in the Outpatient Hepatology

Clinic: Frequency, Causes and Clinical Features
Effect of At-Risk Haplotypes On Serum Activities of
Complement Factor C5
Olav Gressner*, Ursula Meier, Hermann E. Wasmuth, Joerg
Einar Bjornsson, Maria Benito Devalle*, Nasim Alem, Koehl, Tilman Sauerbruch, Frank Lammert
Viktoria Av Klinteberg, Rolf Olsson
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S1598 Interleukin-1alpha and the Induction of Matrix Metallo- S1613 Epimorphin Is Involved in ECM Remodeling At Hepatic
Proteinases in Murine Liver Fibrosis
Roben G. Gieling*, Ling Zhou, Chunli Yan, Yuan-Ping Han Sinusoids Via Hepatocyte-Derived Mmp 3 and Mmp 9
During Recovery Phase of Liver Injuries
Kouichi Miura*, Ryutaro Yoshino, Takashi Goto, Shigetoshi
S1599 Expression of C-Maf Gene in Hepatic Stellate Cells Ohshima, Ken-Ichiro Mikami, Kazuo Yoneyama, Daisuke
Guang-Cun Huang Watanabe, Satoko Takeuchi, Ayako Endoh, Wataru Sato,
Takahiro Dohmen, Sumio Watanabe
S1600 Influence of Somatostatin and Octreotide On Liver
Microcirculation in An Experimental Mouse Model of S1614 Cross-Signaling Mechanisms Between Smad 3 and MAP
Cirrhosis Studied By Intravital Fluorescence Microscopy Kinases Downstream of TGF-Beta in Activated Hepatic
Eline Vanheule*, Anja M. Geerts, Hendrik Reynaert, Hans Stellate Cells
van Vlierberghe, Albert Geerts, Martine de Vos, Isabelle Al-Karim Khimji*, Don C. Rockey
Colle
S1615 Bile Acid-Induced P38 Phosphorylation Enhances
S1601 Sgp130, Natural Inhibitor of Soluble Interleukin-6 Cellular Spreading Capacity of the Hepatic
Transsignaling, Is Increased in Chronic Liver Diseases Myofibroblast-Like Cell
Thierry Gustot*, Anne Durnez, Sylvie Evrard, Christophe Yining Zhang*, Tadashi Ikegami, Teruo Miyazaki, Akira
Moreno, Arnaud Lemmers, Denis Franchimont, Olivier Le Honda, Bernard Bouscarel, Yasushi Matsuzaki
Moine, Albert Geerts, Jacques Deviere
S1616 Regulation of Cultured Rat Stellate Cells Proliferation
S1602 Diphenyleneiodonium Enhances Antifibrotic Activity By and Collagen Synthesis By Kupffer Cells Via Cell to
Inhibiting the Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species in Cell Contact
Hepatocytes and Hepatic Stellate Cells in Rats Yoshikazu Kobayashi*, Naoki Kumagai, Kyoko Toda,
Katsutaka Sannomiya*, Ichiro Shimizu, Mei Wei, Mi Shen, Fumihiko Kaneko, Satoshi Tsunematsu, Koichiro Atsuda,
Huiwei Huang, Tatsuzo Itagaki, Susumu Ito Kanji Tsuchimoto, Hidetsugu Saito, Toshifumi Hibi
S1603 Oral Zinc N-(3-aminopropionyl)-L-Histidine S1617 Study of Steatosis in Chronic Hepatitis C and
Supplementation Prevents Ongoing Thioacetamide- Relationship with Fibrosis and Stellate Cell Activation
Induced Liver Fibrosis in the Rat Liver Marioara Cornianu*, Alis Dema, Sorina Taban, Simona
Toru Kono*, Toshiyuki Asama, Naoyuki Chisato, Yoshiaki Costi, Roxana Sirli, Daniela Lazar, Elena Lazar, Ioan Sporea
Ebisawa, Masahi Yoneda, Mutsubu Sugawara, Katsuhiro
Ogawa, Shinichi Kasai S1618 Inhibition of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha By Sirna in
Rat Kupffer Cells
S1605 S-Allyl Cysteine Attenuates Ccl4-Induced Liver Fibrosis Yawu Jing, Qing-Na Cao, Andrei Shishkov, Yedy Israel,
in Rats S
Biddanda C. Ponnappa*
Shintaro Kodai*, Shigekazu Takemura, Yukiko Minamiyama, U
Seikan Hai, Satoshi Yamamoto, Shinjiro Mizuguchi, Shoji N
Kubo, Shigeru Okada AGA Poster Session
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A D
S1606 Questioning the Regulatory Influence of TGF-Beta On LA Convention Center A
Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF) in Cultured
Hepatic Stellate Cells (HSC)
Y
Axel M. Gressner, Birgit Lahme, Olav Gressner*, Frank MAY
Receptors
Lammert, Ralf Weiskirchen 21
S1607 PSC 833,An Inhibitor of P-Glycoprotein (Pgp), Inhibits HORMONES & RECEPTORS ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
the Transactivation of Rat Hepatic Stellate Cells,
Reduces Activated Stellate Cell Proliferation, and
• Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in
Stimulates Activated Stellate Cell Apoptosis: A Potential
GI physiology;
Novel Therapy for Liver Fibrosis
Xiaokun S. Ding*, Dittakavi Sarma, Shanthi V. Sitarman,
GI disorders; and
Frank A. Anania
• Understand the role of receptors and signaling molecules in GI
S1608 Serum Markers of Fibrosis in Alcoholic Liver Disease physiology and pathology.
Charles S. Lieber*, David G. Weiss, Fiorenzo Paronetto
S1619 Novel Mechanisms for Regulation of Grk2 Activity:
S1609 Reversion of Secondary Biliary Fibrosis Is Preceded By
Apopotosis of Bile Duct Epithelial Cells
Gunda Millonig*, Yury Popov, Eleonora Patsenker, Stefan
Inhibition of Grk2 Via Preferential Association with Pkc-
Phosphorylated Rkip (Raf Kinase Inhibitory Protein) and
Stimulation of Grk2 Via Tyrosine Phosphorylation of
Kraehenbuehl, L Kraehenbuehl, D Inderbitzin, C Lang, M Grk2 By C-Src
Schaefer, Detlef Schuppan Jiean Huang*, Sunila Mahavadi, Karnam S. Murthy
S1610 Correlation Between Liver Elasticity Measured By S1620 A Truncated FAK Lacking the Ferm Domain Displays
Fibroscan® and Liver Fibrosis Assessed By Histology;
Preliminary Study in Korea
Seong-Woo Jeon*, Chang-Min Cho, Young-Dae Park, Yoon-
High Catalytic Activity But Retains Responsiveness to
Adhesion-Mediated Signals
Rodrigo O. Jacamo*, Enrique Rozengurt
Jin Jung, Won-Young Tak, Young-Oh Kweon, Sung-Kook
S1621 Rage Activates NfκB Through a Protein Kinase C
Kim, Yong-Hwan Choi
Dependent Mechanism
S1611 Edaravone Prevents Liver Fibrosis in Rat Liver Cirrhosis Maren K. Fuentes*, Thiruvengadam Arumugam, Emina H.
Induced By Dimethylnitrosamine Huang, Craig D. Logsdon
Hiroto Tanaka*, Hiroki Ueda, Youhei Kida, Hiroko
S1622 Protein Kinase C Negative Regulation of G-Protein

Hamagami, Masakazu Ichinose
Coupled Receptor-Induced Epidermal Growth Factor
S1612 De Novo Synthesis of Glutathione Is a Prerequisite for Receptor Transactivation
Curcumin to Inhibit Activation of Hepatic Stellate Cells Chintda Santiskulvong*, Enrique Rozengurt
Shizhong Zheng*, Yumei Fu, Anping Chen
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S1623 Secretion, Production and Biological Activity of the AGA Poster Session
Human C-Terminal Flanking Peptide of Progastrin
Kelly Smith, Oneel Patel, Shamilah Lachal, Ian Jennings,
Bruce Kemp, John Burgess, Graham Baldwin, Arthur LA Convention Center
Shulkes*
S1624 Feedback Inhibition of RHOA By G12-Coupled PAR1 Receptors
Receptors in Smooth Muscle Is Mediated Via Inhibitory

Phosphorylation of G12 By PKC
Wimolpak Sriwai*, Wenhui Hu, Karnam S. Murthy
HORMONES & RECEPTORS IN GASTROINTESTINAL
MOTILITY
S1625 C-Type Natriuretic Peptide Receptor (NPR-C) in Human Participants will be able to:
Pancreatic Alpha Cells: Identification, Localization and • Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in
ANP Mediated Changes in Glucagon Secretion GI physiology;
William R. Gower*, Kim D. Moore, Matthew Burgess, Abdel • Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in
Alli, Gay M. Carter, Hirohito Ichii, Camillo Ricordi GI disorders; and
S1626 Apical EGFR Phosphorylation Induced By Basolateral physiology and pathology.
EGF Is Not Due to Transcytosis of Phosphorylated
Basolateral EGFR to the Apical Membrane S1633 A Novel Model to Study Gastric Pressure in Response to
Nelly E. Avissar*, Liana Toia, Harry C. Sax Gastric Content Infusion in Conscious Mice: Effect of
Methylatropine, Win 55,212-2 and NG-Nitro-L-Arginine
S1627 Roles of Progesterone (PG) Receptors A and B On Methyl Ester
Relaxation and Contraction of Muscle Cells from Pieter Janssen*, Maria Astin Nielsen, Per-Goran Gillberg,
Human and Guinea Pig Colon Leif Hultin
Arun Goswami*, Ping Cong, Piero Biancani, Jose Behar
S1634 Fasting Small Bowel Motility Reinstated By Ghrelin
S1628 Properties of Human TRPA1, a Mechanosensitive Infusion in Rats
Channel and Putative Nociceptor Ylva Haglund*, Celestine O'Shaughnessy, Gareth J. Sanger,
Jiahui Lin*, Kirk Hillsley, Pieter Peeters, Jeroen Aerssens, Per M. Hellstrom, Erik Naslund
David Grundy, Bernard Coulie, Ronald H. Stead
S1635 The Gastrointestinal Activity and Peripheral Selectivity
S1629 Identification of Peptide-Ligand Binding Domains of the of Alvimopan, Adl 08-0011, and Naloxone in Mice
Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor, Compared to Scott Armstrong*, Christina C. Sandlund, Carrie
S the Motilin Receptor Richardson, Tina Pham, Adrienne Winans, David T. Beattie
U Bunzo Matsuura*, Teruhisa Ueda, Maoqing Dong, Laurence
N J. Miller, Sachiko Utsunomiya, Hidetaka Matsui, Yoichi S1636 The Activity of Alvimopan, Adl 08-0011 and
Hiasa, Morikazu Onji Methylnaltrexone in the Guinea Pig Ileum
D
David T. Beattie*, Madhavi Cheruvu, Shana Johnson
A S1630 Caveolin Regulates Acetylcholine-Induced Translocated
Pkcα-Hsp27-RHOA Complex On the Membrane of S1638 The Effects of a Ghrelin Receptor Agonist On Motility
Y Rabbit Colonic Smooth Muscle Cells Reflexes and Visceral Pain in Vivo
MAY Sita Somara*, Jeffrey R. Martens, Khalil N. Bitar Yasutake Shimizu*, Ed C. Chang, Anthony D. Shafton,
21 Gareth J. Sanger, Jason Witherington, John B. Furness
S1631 Orexin-a, An Appetite Hormone, Attenuates Gastric
Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Via of Prostaglandin/ S1639 Tissue Distribution of the Motilin and Ghrelin Receptor
Cyclooxygenase Pathway, Vagal and Afferent Sensory Along the Human Gastrointestinal Tract
Nerves E.J. Takeshita, Bunzo Matsuura*, Maoqing Dong, Laurence
Tomasz Brzozowski*, Peter C. Konturek, Robert Pajdo, J. Miller, Hidetaka Matsui, Yoichi Hiasa, Morikazu Onji
Slawomir Kwiecien, Wladyslaw Bielanski, Atsukazu
Kuwahara, Jin Kato, Stanislaw J. Konturek, Wieslaw W. S1640 5ht2b Receptors Are Expressed On Neurons and Non-
Pawlik Neuronal Cells in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract, Rat
Colon and Rat DRG
S1632 The Inhibitory Effect of Substance P On HCO3- Elizabeth C. Colley*, Catherine J. Streutker, Kirk Hillsley, S
Secretion from the Guinea Pig Microperfused Pancreatic M. Kelly, Gareth Hicks, Ronald H. Stead
Ducts
Peter Hegyi*, Zoltan Rakonczay, Tamas Takacs, Gyula Papp, S1641 Ca2+ Influx Induced By Galr2 Stimulation in Smooth
Janos Lonovics, Andras Toth, Andras Varro, Mike Gray, Muscle Cells of Rat Small Intestine Is Mediated By the
Barry Argent Activation of a Receptor Operated Channel
Laura Anselmi*, Salvatore L. Stella, Ingrid G. Jaramillo,
Catia Sternini, Nicholas Brecha
S1642 Protease-Activated Receptor-1 (PAR1) and PAR2 Mediate
Relaxations in Lower Esophageal Sphincter
Shih-Che Huang
S1643 Delaying Gastric Emptying and Enhancing
Cholecystokinin Release and Satiety By Using Acid
Stable Fat Emulsions
Luca Marciani, Martin Wickham, Gulzar Singh, Debbie
Bush, Barbara Pick, Eleanor Cox, Annette Fillery-Travis,
Richard Faulks, Charles Marsden, Penny A. Gowland, Robin
C. Spiller*
S1644 Effects of Cholecystokinin-8s (CCK-8s) On Identified
Pancreas-Projecting Vagal Motoneurons
Shuxia Wan*, R. Alberto Travagli
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S1645 Ghrelin Reduces Mechanical Sensitivity of AGA Poster Session
Gastroesophageal Vagal Afferents in Ferrets and Mice
Amanda J. Page*, James Slattery, Tracey A. O'Donnell,
Stuart Brierley, Catherine Milte, Rhianna Laker, L A. LA Convention Center
Blackshaw
S1646 Effects of Cholecystokinin-8s (CCK-8s) Microinjections Diseases
in the Dorsal Vagal Complex of Deafferented Rats On
Pancreatic Exocrine Secretion MUCOSAL INFLAMMATION, INNATE IMMUNITY AND
Zhongling Zheng*, R. Alberto Travagli INNATE DEFENSE
S1655 In Vivo Goblet Cell Responses to An Enteric Bacterial
AGA Poster Session Pathogen in a Mouse Model of Infectious Colitis
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Kirk S. Bergstrom*, Caixia Ma, Waliul Khan, Bruce A.
LA Convention Center Vallance
Sponsored by: Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their S1656 Activation of Toll-Like Receptor 3 Protects Against DSS-
Receptors Induced Colitis
Matam V. Kumar*, Hui Xia, Vasantha Kolachala, Shanthi V.
HORMONES & RECEPTORS IN INFLAMMATION AND Sitaraman, Andrew S. Neish, Andrew T. Gewirtz
STRESS RESPONSES S1657 Abnormally Differentiated Subsets of Intestinal
Macrophage Induce IL-12 Hyperproduction in Response
to Bacteria. -Etiology of Th1 Dominant Colitis in IL-10
Deficient Mice-
GI physiology;
Nobuhiko Kamada*, Tadakazu Hisamatsu, Susumu
Okamoto, Kiyoko S. Akagawa, Toshifumi Hibi
GI disorders; and
• Understand the role of receptors and signaling molecules in GI S1658 IRF-1 Mediates Innate Immune Response of Intestinal
physiology and pathology. Epithelial Cells By Regulating the Concerted Expression
of Immunosubunits and TLR3
S1647 Hydrogen Sulfide Is Synthesized in Enteric Neurons and
Atsushi Yoshioka*, Shigeru Oshima, Kiichiro Tsuchiya, Shin
Acts As a Pro-Secretory Mediator in the Guinea-Pig and
Namiki, Ryuuichi Okamoto, Tetsuya Nakamura, Takanori
Human Gut
Kanai, Mamoru Watanabe S
Rudolf Schicho*, Dagmar Kruger, Florian Zeller, Thomas
Frieling, Isao Ishii, Hideo Kimura, Michael Schemann S1659 Regulation of IL-10 Production Induced By NOD2/ U
CARD15 and TLR2 Pathways in Human Monocyte- N
S1648 Role of Endocannabinoids in Gastroprotection Against
Derived Dendritic Cells
Acute Gastric Lesions
J.N. Li*, Matija Hedl, Morassa Mohseni, Kholil Qato, Betul
D
Michal Pawlik*, Tomasz Brzozowski, Peter C. Konturek, A
Yilmaz, Samuel Bracamonte, Clara Abraham, Judy Cho
Anetta Targosz, Danuta Drozdowicz, Greg Burnat, Stanislaw
J. Konturek, Wieslaw W. Pawlik, Eckhart G. Hahn Y
S1660 Enteroinvasive E. Coli Activate P38, ERK and JNK MAP
Kinase Phosphorylation and Functionally Regulate MAY
S1649 The Role of Calcitonin Receptor-Like Receptor in
Intestinal Epithelial Cell Proinflammatory Chemokine 21
Colonic Inflammation and Motility
Production By Signaling Through NOD1
Matthew S. Clifton*, Julia J. Hoy, Prema S. Idumalla,
Yukiko Miyamoto*, Martin F. Kagnoff
Stephen Dada, Carlos U. Corvera, Nigel W. Bunnett, Aditi
Bhargava S1661 Toll-Like Receptor (TLR4) Is Essential for Expression of
Antimicrobial Peptides and Prevention of Bacterial
S1650 Neonatal Lipopolysaccharide Increases the Severity of
Translocation in the Gut
TNBS-Induced Colitis in Adult Rats
Suneeta Krishnareddy*, Masayuki Fukata, Anli Chen,
Niall P. Hyland*, Sarah J. Spencer, Quentin J. Pittman,
Arielle Klepper, Maria Abreu
Keith A. Sharkey
S1662 Akap13 Specifically Mediates NF-kB Signaling Through
S1651 Role of CRF Family of Neuropeptides in Colonic
TLR2
Inflammation
Oren Shibolet*, Shan Qin, Tobias Mueller, Ian Rosenberg,
Julia J. Hoy*, Matthew S. Clifton, Prema S. Idumalla, Aditi
Ramnik Xavier, Daniel K. Podolsky
Bhargava
S1663 Modulation of Lipopolysaccharide-Activated Human
S1652 Role of Endogenous Ghrelin in Acute and Chronic DSS-
Dendritic Cells By Muramyl Dipeptide Promotes the
Induced Colitis in Mice
Development of T Helper-Type 2 Cells - Relevance to
Betty de Smet*, Theo Thijs, Dieder Moechars, Larissa
Pathogenesis of Crohn’s Disease
Polders, Bernard Coulie, Theo L. Peeters, Inge Depoortere
Matt Butler*, David van Heel, Rakesh Chaudhary, Raymond
S1653 Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Promotes Playford, Subrata Ghosh
Pancreatic Beta Cell Survival
S1664 Probiotic Components Induce the Expression of
Simon Mwangi*, Alpana Limaye, Shanthi Srinivasan
Cathelin-Related Antimicrobial Peptide Expression in
S1654 Peripheral Nociceptin Prevents Stress-Induced Gastric Rat Macrophages: Its Role in Protection Against
Damage in Rats Polymicrobial Sepsis
Carlo Polidori, Maurizio Massi, Lucia Silvotti, Valeria Xiao Wang*, Heng-Fu Bu, Roxanne Y. Williams, Xiao-Di
Albonetti, Daniela Grandi, Giuseppina Morini* Tan
S1665 Polyamines Are Required for Expression of Toll-Like
Receptors in Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Involved in
Regulation of Innate Immune Response
Jie Chen*, Jaladanki N. Rao, Tongtong Zou, Lan Liu, Ai-
Hong Zhang, Douglas J. Turner, Jian-Ying Wang
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S1666 TLR-Specific Cytokine Production By Preadipocytes and S1680 The Anti-Inflammatory Flavonoid Luteolin Attenuates
Adipocytes - Further Evidence That Adipose Tissue Is Spontaneous Colitis in IL-10-/- Mice But Worsens
Linked to Innate Immunity Chemical-Induced Colitis in NF-κBegfp Transgenic Mice
Arvind Batra*, Jeannette Pietsch, Thorsten Stroh, Rainer Thomas Karrasch*, Byung-Ik Jang, Christian Jobin
Glauben, Besir Okur, Inka Fedke, Martin Zeitz, Britta
Siegmund S1681 Novel Role for Chronic Stimulation of NOD2 in
Mediating Tolerance to Bacterial Products
S1667 IL-10 Production By Both Antigen Presenting Cells and Matija Hedl*, J.N. Li, Judy Cho, Clara Abraham
CD4+ T Lymphocytes Maintains Mucosal Homeostasis
Bo Liu*, Lisa Holt, R Balfour Sartor S1682 Extracellular Pressure Stimulates Macrophage
Phagocytosis Via a Pathway Involving Phosphoinositide
S1668 Pathological Role of Mucosal Mast Cells in a Mouse 3-Kinase, Akt2, FAK, ERK, and P38
Model of Food Allergy: New Insights from Hiroe Shiratsuchi*, Marc D. Basson
Phosphatidylinositol-3 Kinase Deficient Mice
Toshihisa Kodama*, Takeshi Yamamoto, Naho Utsunomiya, S1683 High Fat Diets Exacerbate Dextran Sulfate Sodium
Hirofumi Kuramoto, Makoto Kadowaki (DSS) Induced Colitis in Mice By Altering Non-Classic
Nkt Cells and Regulatory T Cells
S1669 Neutrophils Mediate Barrier Function in Xiong Ma, Zhiping Li*
Cryptosporidium Parvum Infection
Leah M. Zadrozny, Stephen M. Stauffer, Martha U. S1684 Alterations in Human Defensin-5 (HD-5) Expression
Armstrong, Samuel L. Jones, Jody L. Gookin* Following Gastric Bypass Surgery
David A. Elphick*, Magnus Sundbom, Yashwant R. Mahida,
S1670 Persistent Activation of Gastric Innate Immunity in Robert N. Cunliffe, Tore Midtvedt, Lars Engstrand, Sven
MHC Class II-Deficient Mice Induces Gastric Mucosal Gustavsson, Lars-Goran Axelsson
Hyperplasia Via Up-Regulation of Gastrin
Toshiro Fukui*, Akiyoshi Nishio, Kazuyuki Saga, Masahiro S1685 The Role of Endogenous and Pharmacological Pparγ
Kido, Keiichi Kiriya, Tsutomu Chiba Agonists On Restoration of Colonic Homeostasis After
Acute Stress-Induced Inflammation and Dysfunction
S1671 Human Trefoil Factor Family-3 Induces Monocyte Javier R. Caso, Angel Ponferrada, Luis Alou, David
Production of IL-10 and Inhibits T Cell Proliferation Sevillano, Maria L. Gomez-Lus, Arturo L. Colon, Ignacio
Xianyang Yio*, Jiang Yio, Jie-Yu Zhang, Ling Shao, Giulia Marin-Jimenez, Maria A. Moro, Ignacio Lizasoain, Pedro
Roda, Stephanie Dahan, Mark Babyatsky, Steven Itzkowitz, Lorenzo, Pedro Menchen, Enrique Cos, Juan C. Leza, Luis
Lloyd Mayer Menchen*
S S1672 Characterization of Potential Role of NADPH Oxidase S1686 Structural Requirements of Recombinant Intestinal
U Organizer 1 (NOXO1) in Oxygen Radical-Dependent Mucin Muc3 EGF-Like Cysteine-Rich Domains for Cell
N Immune Responses of Large Intestinal Epithelial Cells Migration, Anti-Apoptosis, and Intestinal Wound
Kazuhito Rokutan, Yuki Kuwano*, Kumiko Tominaga, Healing Effects
D Hideyuki Sasaki, Kensei Nishida, Kiyoshi Masuda, Atsuo Laurie Shekels*, Rachel Moor, Kenji Takamura, David
A Sekiyama, Shigetada Teshima-Kondo Evans, Robert L. Heinrikson, Samuel B. Ho
Y S1673 Inhibition of Interleukin-1β Release from Monocytes By S1687 Macrophage-Mediated Protection Against Dextran
MAY Human α-Defensins Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis
21 Jishu Shi*, Shelly Aono, Wuyuan Lu, Xueyou Hu, Christine Joseph E. Qualls*, Alan M. Kaplan, Willem de Villiers,
Dyskstra Donald A. Cohen
S1674 What Is the Function of Metaplastic Paneth Cells? S1688 Regulatiion of Wnt Pathway By TLR9 in Intestinal
Jan Wehkamp*, Nita Salzman, Bo Shen, Marko Estrada, Epithelial Cells
Christian Leutenegger, Charles L. Bevins Ji-Hun Mo*, Jongdae Lee, Yu-Tsueng Liu, Raz Eyal
S1675 Interleukin-8 (IL-8) Is a Critical Signal in Intestinal S1689 Chemokine-Induced Aggregation of Peritoneal
Epithelial Cell-Macrophage Cross-Talk Macrophages Triggers Peritoneal Adhesion
Akhil Maheshwari*, Lesley E. Smythies, Ronnie Clements, Taeko Dohi*, Akiyoshi Hoshino, Yuki I. Kawamura, Noriko
Yolanda Hartman, Meg Mosteller-Barnum, Phillip D. Smith Toyama-Sorimachi, Kenji Yamamoto
S1676 Expression of Human Defensin-5 in Inflammatory Bowel S1690 Visilizumab Induces Apoptosis of Mucosal T Cells from
Disease Tissue Ulcerative Colitis Patients in Vitro
David A. Elphick*, Patrick Tighe, Susan Liddell, Yashwant Qi T. Yu*, Masayuki Saruta, Konstantinos A. Papadakis
R. Mahida
S1691 Diagnosis and Grading of Intestinal Acute Graft-Versus-
S1677 Human Defensin Alpha 1 (DEFA1) Expression and Host Disease Following Allogeneic Stem Cell
Interaction Are Associated with Nucleotide Transplantation By Colonoscopy
Oligomerization Domain 2 (NOD2/CARD15) Karin Potthoff, Juergen Finke, Jan Harder, Robert Thimme,
Jesus K. Yamamoto-Furusho*, Daniel K. Podolsky Hartmut Bertz, Matthias Egger, Annette Schmitt-Graeff,
Wolfgang Kreisel*
S1678 Cyclooxygenase-2 Regulates Toll-Like Receptor 2 On
Intestinal Epithelial Cells S1692 Regulation of Paneth Cell Alpha Defensin Genes By
Shinichiro Shinzaki*, Hideki Iijima, Satoshi Egawa, Shuji Microbial Stimuli
Ishii, Takanobu Irie, Tsutomu Nishida, Yoshimi Kakiuchi, Suresh Sivanesan*, Carolyn Koh, Sanjay Lala, Satish Keshav
Masakazu Yasumaru, Hiroaki Murata, Tatsuya Kanto,
Masahiko Tsujii, Shingo Tsuji, Sunao Kawano, Norio S1693 CPG Oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG-ODN) Stimulate IgA
Hayashi Secretion in Intestinal Mucosal B-Cells
Stefan H. Blaas*, Manuela Gunckel, Juergen Schoelmerich,
S1679 Neutrophil Activation and Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Gerhard Rogler
Formation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Gareth Parkes*, Simon Clare, David Goulding, Neil
Rayment, Barry Hudspith, Jonathan Brostoff, Gordon
Dougan, Jeremy Sanderson, Liljana Petrovska
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AGA Poster Session S1705 Intestinal Permeability Is Associated with Severity of
Disease in Surgical ICU Patients
F Hietbrink*, Mgh Besselink, Mbm de Smet, W Renooij,
LA Convention Center Lma Akkermans, Lph Leenen
Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders S1706 Stress Associated Changes in the Composition of
Luminal Microbiota in the Human Jejunum
TIGHT JUNCTIONS AND BARRIER FUNCTION Cristina Martinez*, Javier Santos, Carmen Alonso, Mar
Guilarte, Laura Ramos, Maria Vicario, Maria Antolin,
Participants will be able to: Francisco Guarner, Juan-Ramon Malagelada
• Appreciate the recent advances in the regulation of tight junction
and barrier function. S1707 Ginkgo Biloba Protects Against Intestinal Epithelial
Barrier Hyperpermeability By Stabilizing Tight-
S1694 PLCβ Is Necessary for the Maintenance of Basal Junctional Proteins: Role of NF-kB Inactivation,
Integrity of Tight Junctions, While PLCγ Is Involved in

EGF-Mediated Protection of Tight Junctions from
Acetaldehyde
Occludin and Claudin
Ali Banan*, Lijuan Zhang, Maliha Shaikh, Ashkan Farhadi,
Christopher B. Forsyth, Philip Engen, Ali Keshavarzian
Takuya Suzuki*, Ankur Seth, R.K. Rao
S1708 Fluorometric Detection of Specific Binding of Cy3-
S1695 Mechanism of Heat Stress Modulation of Occludin Labeled Norwalk Virus-Like Particles to Caco-2 Cells
Protein Expression: Key Regulatory Role of Heat Shock

Factor-1
Karol Dokladny*, Dongmei Ye, John C. Kennedy, Robin S1709
Anne M. Hutson*, Sue E. Crawford, Mary K. Estes
Irsogladine, An Activator of Gap-Junctional Intercellular

Matuk, Thomas Y. Ma Communication, Suppresses Paracellular Permeability of
Human Intestinal Epithelial Cell Monolayers Through
S1696 Dynamic Movement of the Tight Junction Protein Up-Regulation of Claudin-4
Claudin 2 in the Lateral Membrane of Live Human Hidekazu Morita*, Tatsuro Katsuno, Aihiro Hoshimoto,
Intestinal Epithelial Cells Kazuki Hatakeyama, Yasuo Suzuki, Yasushi Saito
Samantha Wilson, Guy R. Sander*, Barry C. Powell
S1710 Bile Enhances Barrier Function By a COX-2 Dependent
S1697 LPS-Induced Alteration of Colonic Paracellular Mechanism in Porcine Duodenum
Permeability Is Linked to Mast Cell Dependent Increase Jenna G. Wooten*, B. D. X. Lascelles, Adam J. Moeser,
of Luminal Protease Activity Vanessa L. Cook, Dianne Little, Anthony T. Blikslager
Raphael Moriez*, Helene Eutamene, Vassilia Theodorou,
Jean Fioramonti, Lionel Bueno S1711 Transcriptional Expression of Tight Junction Proteins in S
Celiac Disease and Other Disorders with Compromised U
S1698 Expression of the Tight Junction Protein Claudin-2 in Intestinal Barrier Function
Resting and Proliferating Intestinal Epithelial Cells Is N
Maria G. Clemente*, Amit Tripathi, Anna Sapone, Maria P.
Inversely Regulated By TNFAlpha Musu, Paolo Usai, Stefano de Virgiliis, Alessio Fasano D
Joachim Mankertz, Shida Tavalali, Bernd Hillenbrand, Heinz A
Schmitz, Alfred H. Gitter, Peter Florian, Michael Fromm, S1712 Intestinal Permeability and Effect of NSAIDs On
Joerg D. Schulzke* Permeability in Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients
Y
Compared to Healthy Subjects MAY
S1699 The TNF-Alpha Convertase (TACE) Regulates Intestinal Angele Kerckhoffs*, M Samsom, M de Smet, Lma 21
Permeability Induced By Oxidant Stress Through An Akkermans, W Renooij
EGFR and MAPK-Dependent Pathway
Christopher B. Forsyth*, Ali Banan, Ashkan Farhadi, Ali
Keshavarzian AGA Poster Session
S1700 Pronounced Mucosal Barrier Dysfunction of the Whole LA Convention Center
Gut After Cardiac Surgery
Sabine Buhner*, Christian von Heymann, Jan-Peter Braun, Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction
Michael Sander, Lisa Weymann, Pascal Dohmen, Martina
Werich, Herbert Lochs, Claudia Spies GASTRIC MOTILITY AND SENSATION: BASIC SCIENCE
S1701 LPS from the Commensal Microflora Participates to
Stress-Induced Colonic Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction in
• Discuss new information related to neural and hormonal control of
Mice
gastric motility;
Julien Demaude, Jean Fioramonti, Laurent Ferrier*, Lionel
• Understand neural mechanisms responsible for the physiology and
Bueno
pathophysiology of gastric sensation; and
S1702 Enteropathogenic E. Coli-Induced Activation of Myosin • Discuss new treatments for disturbances in gastric motility and
Light Chain Kinase and Early Alteration of Tight sensation.

Junction Protein Localization Are ESPF-Independent
S1713 Sub-Population Specific Deficits of Vagal Gastric

Michelle M. Muza-Moons*, Andrew W. Weflen, Rajani
Mechanosensitivity in C-Kit Deficient Wwv Mutant Mice
Kanteti, Jerrold R. Turner, V.K. Viswanathan, Gail Hecht
Michael Beyak*, Sean Ward, David Grundy
S1703 The Active Motif of ZOT, At1002, Increases ZO-1 and
Myosin 1 Beta Serine Phosphorylation, Their S1714 Botulinum Toxin a Inhibits Gastric PYLORIC Smooth
Interaction, and Intestinal Permeability Muscle By Acetylcholine Independent Muscle
Manjusha Thakar*, Tarcisio Not, Simeon Goldblum, Alessio Hyperpolarization
Fasano Xue D. He*, Bo Yang, Madhu Prasad, Raj K. Goyal
S1704 Disturbed Cytokine Response to Mycobacterium Avium S1715 Less Expressions of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase and
Subspecies Paratuberculosis Is Dysregulated in Patients Substance P in Gastric Interstitial Cells of Cajal in
with Crohn’s Disease Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
Shomik Sibartie*, John Keohane, Paul Scully, Shaun Hirohiko Iwasaki*, Masayoshi Kajimura, Satoshi Oosawa,
O'Neill, Jim O'Mahony, Liam O'Mahony, Fergus Shanahan Mutuhiro Ikuma, Takahisa Furuta, Shigeru Kanaoka,
Yoshihiko Sato
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S1716 Gastric Electrical Stimulation Entrains Gastric Slow S1730 Gastric Emptying in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Mice
Waves (GSWs) Via Nitrergic Pathways in Rats Kyoung M. Choi*, Jin Zhu, Simon J. Gibbons, Gary J.
Yue Yu*, Guangfu Yin, Wei Qian, Xiaohua Hou Stoltz, Steven A. Vernino, Joseph H. Szurszewski, Gianrico
Farrugia
S1717 Botulinum Toxin a Inhibits Slow Waves in Mouse
Gastric Antrum By a Mechanism That Is Independent of S1731 Effects of short-Term L-Arginine Administration On
Its Hyperpolarizing Effect Proximal Stomach Tone and Gastric Emptying of a
Xue D. He*, Raj K. Goyal Polymeric Enteral Diet in Humans
Guillaume Savoye*, Yassine Jemaa, Gregory Mosni, Celine
S1718 Effect of Infused Gastric Content On Gastric Savoye-Collet, Paola Morcamp, Mickael Bouin, Philippe
Distribution, Gastric Pressure, and Blood Pressure in Denis, Philippe Ducrotte
Conscious Rats with Normal and Impaired Gastric
Accommodation S1732 Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Positively Modulates
Pieter Janssen*, Maria Astin Nielsen, Per-Goran Gillberg, Vagal Afferent Excitability Within the Solitary Nucleus:
Leif Hultin An in Vitro Live-Cell Imaging Study
Richard C. Rogers*, Gerlinda E. Hermann
S1719 Esophageal-Gastric Relaxation Reflex: Dual Control of
Peripheral Nitergic and Cholinergic Transmission S1733 Predictors of Symptom Non-Responders to High-
Gerlinda E. Hermann*, Alberto Travagli, Richard C. Rogers Frequency Gastric Electrical Stimulation for Refractory
Gastroparesis
S1720 Opposite Effects of Clonidine and Sumatriptan On Zhiyue Lin*, Irene Sarosiek, Jameson Forster, Richard W.
Postprandial Gastric Volume Response and Liquid McCallum
Emptying As Assessed By MRI in Health
Monika A. Kwiatek*, Andreas Steingoetter, Dieter Menne, S1734 Visceral Specific Analgesic Action of Mosapride Citrate,
Oliver Goetze, Geoffrey S. Hebbard, Peter Boesiger, Miriam a Gastroprokinetic Drug, and Its Metabolite Against
Thumshirn, Werner Schwizer, Michael Fried Gastric Distension Through a 5-HT4 and 5-HT3 Receptor
in Conscious Rats
S1721 Clonidine Increases Postprandial Distal Antral Motility Hiroshi Kaneko*, Toshihiro Konagaya, Shinichi Kakumu
and Occlusion in Contrast to Sumatriptan - Assessment
By MRI in Health S1735 Effects of Postgastric 13C-Acetate Processing On
Monika A. Kwiatek*, Anupam Pal, Andreas Steingoetter, Measurement of Liquid Gastric Emptying Rates - A
Dieter Menne, Oliver Goetze, James G. Brasseur, Geoffrey S. Systematic Investigation in Health
Hebbard, Peter Boesiger, Michael Fried, Werner Schwizer Oliver Goetze*, Heiko Fruehauf, Monika A. Kwiatek, Daniel
S Pohl, Miriam Thumshirn, Werner Schwizer, Michael Fried
S1722 Chronic Alcohol Consumption Impairs Nitrergic
U Inhibition in the Mouse Small Intestine S1736 Dietary Free Glutamate Modulates Gastric Emptying
N Monika Krecsmarik, Benedicte Y. de Winter, Joris G. de Rate in Humans
Man, Maria Bagyanski, Luc van Nassauw, Eva Fekete, Paul Hiroaki Zai*, Motoyasu Kusano, Yasuyuki Shimoyama,
D A. Pelckmans, Jean-Pierre Timmermans* Masaki Maeda, Atsuto Nagoshi, Tatsuya Higuchi, Shiko
A Kuribayashi, Osamu Kawamura, Masatomo Mori
S1723 Botulinum Toxin a Inhibits Inhibitory Junction
Y Potentials in Gastric PYLORIC Smooth Muscles S1737 Validation of a Novel Symptom-Predominant
MAY Raj K. Goyal*, Xue D. He Classification for Gastroparesis
21 John M. Wo*, Jamie Studts, Jennifer L. Koopman, Luwa
S1724 Neurally Mediated Chronotrophic Effects On Gastric Cai, Robert Cacchione, Steven P. Harrell
Pacemaking Is Limited By Cholinesterase Actviity
Abigail Forrest*, Sean M. Ward, Yulia Baguinov, Brian A. S1738 The Role of 13c-Octanoic Acid Breath Testing in the
Perrino, Fiona Britton, Rebecca Partain, Kenton M. Sanders Assessment of Gastric Emptying in Critically Ill Patients
Nam Q. Nguyen*, Marianne Chapman, Max Bellon, Laura
S1725 Abatement Effect of Daikenchuto, One of the Japanese Bryant, Carly Burgstad, Dylan F. Bartholemeuz, Ross Butler,
Traditional Herbal Medicine (KAMPO MEDICINE), On Geoff Davidson, Robert Fraser, Richard Holloway
the Morphine-Induced Slowing of Gastrointestinal
Motility S1739 The Effect of Food On Electrical and Mechanical
Nakamura Tomonori*, Mizuki Hayashi, Keiko Onoue, Activity of the Canine Antrum
Shizuko Tsuchiya, Shingo Yano, Kageyoshi Ono Claudia P. Sanmiguel*, Masanobu Hagiike, Scott A.
Cunneen, Edward H. Phillips, Jeffrey L. Conklin, Edy E.
S1726 How Common in Rapid Gastric Emptying in Soffer
Gastroparesis? Comparison of Area Under the Curve,
Total Gastric Emptying and 1 Hour Values in Patients S1740 Variability of the 13c-Acetate Breath Test for Gastric
and Normal Volunteers Emptying of Liquids in Healthy Children
Thomas L. Abell*, Warren Starkebaum, Nighat Abidi, An Bruno Hauser, Jean de Schepper, Vicky Caveliers, Silvia
Liu Salvatore, Alessandro Salvatoni, Yvan Vandenplas*
S1727 Delayed Liquid and Solid Gastric Emptying in Non- S1741 Effects and Mechanisms of Gastric Electrical Stimulation
Dyspeptic Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome On Gastric Tone in Rats
Stamatiki Kritas*, Lauren V. Garritt, Lesley M. Stevenson, Yanquan Luo*, J.N. Zhang, Jiande Chen
Geoff P. Davidson, Ross N. Butler
S1742 Variability of the 13c-Octanoic Acid Breath Test for
S1728 Relationships Between Proximal Gastric Relaxation and Gastric Emptying of Solids in Healthy Children
Gastric Emptying in Humans: Roles of Meal Volume and Bruno Hauser, Jean de Schepper, Vicky Caveliers, Silvia
Calorie Content Salvatore, Alessandro Salvatoni, Yvan Vandenplas*
Karla Lourenco*, Larissa Sanches, Luiz Troncon, Ricardo B.
de Oliveira S1743 Gastric Electrical Stimulation for Obesity: Is There a
Need for a New Generation Device?
S1729 Glucagon Alters Frequency and Propagation Velocity of J.N. Zhang, J D Z Chen*
the Gastric Slow Wave Magnetic Field
Leonard A. Bradshaw*, Jared A. Sims, Katie McDonald, S1744 A New Method to Improve Liquid Nutrient Load Test
William O. Richards Zhiqiang Song, Meiyun Ke*, Zhifeng Wang, Lin Xu
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AGA Poster Session S1758 Responses to Mechanical Stimuli in Low-Threshold
Slowly-Adapting Rectal Mechanoreceptors After TNBS-
Induced Inflammation in the Guinea Pig
LA Convention Center Penny A. Lynn, Marcello Costa, Simon Brookes*
Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction S1759 Colonic Serotonergic Signaling Molecule and Receptors
mRNA Alteration in Rats with Acute or Chronic
GASTROINTESTINAL SENSORY MECHANISMS Restraint Stress
Yan Sun*, Gengqing Song, Fengling Liu, Wei Qian, Xiaohua
Participants will be able to: Hou
• Discuss recent advances in our understanding of the sensory nerve
supply of the gastrointestinal tract; S1760 Nippostrongylus Brasiliensis (NB)-Infected Mice Exhibit
• Understand the effects of inflammation and other pathophysiological Chemical But Not Mechanical Hypersensitivity
changes on the function of gastrointestinal sensory nerves; and Kirk Hillsley*, Christine McCaul, Pieter Peeters, Jeroen
• Discuss drugs effects on gastrointestinal sensory nerves. Aerssens, David Grundy, Bernard Coulie, Ronald H. Stead
S1745 Evidence for Glucoresponsiveness of Gastric Vagal S1761 Effects of Intraluminal Local Anesthetic On Duodenal
Afferents Mediated By Katp Channels:

Immunocytochemistry and Electrophysiology Studies
Shi-Yi Zhou*, Yuanxu Lu, Chung Owyang
Glucose Sensing in Humans
Reawika Chaikomin*, Selena Doran, Michael Horowitz,
Chris Rayner
S1746 Impaired Acid-Induced Esophageal Protective Reflexes S1762 Adenosine Activates a Subset of Nociceptive Vagal
During Rem Sleep

Gregg S. Gagliardi*, Ashish P. Shah, Karl Doghramji, Sidney
Cohen, Anthony J. Dimarino
Sensory Nerves in Esophagus
Fei Ru, Marian Kollarik*
S1763 Somatic Hypersensitivity in the Irritable Bowel
S1747 Sustained Hyperexcitability of Mouse Colonic Syndrome
Nociceptive Dorsal Root Ganglia (DRG) Neurons

Activated By Proteinase Activated Receptor 2 (PAR2) Is
Mediated By a PKC and ERK1/2 Dependent Pathway
Baharak Moshiree*, Roger B. Fillingim, Kristy Phelan,
Joseph Riley, Nicholas G. Verne
Ahmed Kaysii*, Silvia Amadesi, Nigel Bunnett, Stephen S1764 Peripheral Sensitization and the Role of P2X Receptors
Vanner in the Pathogenesis of Visceral Hypersensitivity in a Rat
Model of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
S1748 Nicotinic Agonists Activate Inward Currents in Isolated Guang-Yin Xu*, Mohan M. Shenoy, John H. Winston,
GI Projecting Nodose Ganglion Neurons Huaizhi Yin, Pankaj J. Pasricha S

Michael Beyak*, Annemarie Surprenent, David Grundy U
S1765 Localization and Characterization of the
Mechanosensory Innervation of the Rat Pancreas
N
S1749 Estrogen Modulates Visceral Sensitivity in Adult Rats
Exposed to Neonatal Colon Irritation (CI) Ann C. Schloithe, Charmaine M. Woods, Joesph S. Davison, D
J.N. Wang*, Chunping Gu, Xin Peng, Kirsten Garner, Elie Laurence A. Blackshaw, James Toouli, Gino Saccone* A
D. Al-Chaer Y
S1766 Angiotensin As a Potential Mediator of Mast Cell Nerve
S1750 An Investigation Into the Role of 5HT in Mediating Interactions in the Esophagus MAY
Jejunal Afferent Hypersensitivity to Mechanical

Stimulation in Trichinella Spiralis Infected Mice
Chris D. Keating*, Michael Beyak, Annemarie Surprenant, S1767
Shaoyong Yu*, Kevin Kwong, Bradley Undem
Potentiation of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid
21
David Grundy Receptor 3 (TRPV3) Sensing Function By Ethanol

Hong-Zhen Hu*, Chumbo Wang, Michael X. Zhu, Jackie D.
S1751 Nociceptor Excitability Is Associated with Suppression Wood
of a-Type Potassium Currents: Insights Into the
Pathogenesis of Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis S1768 In Vivo Electrophysiological and C-Fos Study of Pelvic
Guang-Yin Xu*, John H. Winston, Mohan M. Shenoy, Primary Afferent Nerve Fibers Encoding Colorectal
Huaizhi Yin, Pankaj J. Pasricha Mechanosensory Signalling in Healthy Female Wistar
Rats
S1752 Involvement of a 5-HT3 Receptor in the Capsaicin- Heiko U. de Schepper*, Benedicte Y. de Winter, Luc van
Induced Inhibitory Duodeno-Gastric Reflex in Man Nassauw, Jean-Pierre Timmermans, Paul A. Pelckmans, Joris
George Karamanolis*, Rita Vos, Josef Janssens, Jan Tack G. de Man
S1753 Sensory Innervation of Intestinal Blood Vessels S1769 Chronic Mild Stress-Induced Visceral Hypersensitivity to
Bao-Nan Chen, Xin-Yung Song, Marcello Costa, Simon Rectal Distension in Rats: Role of Protenase-Activator
Brookes* Receptor-2 and Mast Cell
Yong Sung Kim*, Suck Chei Choi, Moon Young Lee, Young
S1754 Effects of C.Difficile Toxin B On the Electrical Activity Woo Sohn, Yong Leol Oh, Geom Seog Seo, Tae Hyeon Kim,
of the DRG Neurons Chang Soo Choi, Young Mi Lee, Yeon-A Choi, Sang Wook
Denis G. Colomb*, Minho Kang, Hamid I. Akbarali Kim, Myung Gyu Choi, Yong-Ho Nah
S1756 Involvement of the Acid-Sensing Ion Channel ASIC3, S1770 The Role of TRPV1 in the Etiopathogenesis of Visceral
But Not ASIC2, in Acid Hypersensitivity Associated Hypersensitivity in a Rat Model of Irritable Bowel
with Gastritis in Mice Syndrome
Peter Holzer*, Thomas Wultsch, Evelin Painsipp, Anaid John Winston*, Mohan Shenoy, Swaroop Pendyala, Pankaj
Shahbazian, Rainer Waldmann Pasricha
S1757 Enhanced Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) Nociceptive S1771 Expression and Action of Corticotropin Releasing Factor
Transmission in Visceral Hypersensitive Rats Is (CRF) Receptor 2 and Its Ligands On the Vagal
Restricted to Visceral Afferent Input Afferents
Jun Gao, Xiaoyin Wu, Chung Owyang, Ying Li* Lixin Wang*, Vincent S. Wu, Yuhua Wang, Yvette Tache
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S1772 Fatty Acids and Latex Microspheres Activate Discrete AGA Poster Session
Cellular Sensing Mechanisms
Anthony D. Jackson*, Andrew J. Higgins, Maynard Case,
John McLaughlin LA Convention Center
S1773 Gonadal Hormones Modulate Stress-Induced Visceral Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction
Hypersensitivity in Rats
J.N. Wang, Kirsten Garner, Elie D. Al-Chaer* IMMUNE MODULATION OF MOTILITY
S1774 Estrogen Modulates 5-Hydroxytryptophan Induced Participants will be able to:
Visceral Hypersensitivity in Awake Female Rats • Discuss recent advances in our understanding of the interactions
Ching-Liang Lu*, Full-Young Chang, Pei-Yi Liu, Shou-Dong between the immune system and gastrointestinal motility; and
Lee • Discuss animal models used to study the mechanisms responsible for
inflammation induced changes in gastrointestinal motility.
S1775 The Role of NGF in Sensitization of the Nociceptive
Response to Acute Pancreatitis S1784 Effect of Pathogenic Lipopolysaccharide Translocation
Liansheng Liu*, John Winston, Huaizhi Yin, Bryan Kosler,
Shelley Allen, Dave Dawbarn, Pankaj Pasricha On Human Colonic Smooth Muscle Cell Contraction
and Toll-Like 4 Receptor Expression
Michele Pier Luca Guarino*, Carola Severi, Simone Carotti,
S1776 Correlation of Anterior Insula Activity with Sensations Gianpiero Ferraguti, Webiao Cao, Alessia Cicenia, Anna
of Satiation in Humans Using Continuous FMRI Maria Altomare, Rossana Alloni, Sara Emerenziani, Renato
Mihaela Podovei*, Wei Qiu, Annabel N. Yuen, Itzhak Caviglia, Michele Cicala
Aharon, Mark Vangel, Braden Kuo
S1785 Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction: Evidence for

S1777 Distribution and Immunohistochemistry of the Mouse Autoimmune Activation of Fas and Autophagy
Spinal and Vagal Pancreatic Afferents Roberto De Giorgio*, Rosanna Cogliandro, Giovanni
Kenneth Fasanella*, Julie A. Christianson, Ratsamy S. Barbara, Vincenzo Stanghellini, Umberto Volta, Chunfang
Chanthaphavong, David C. Whitcomb, Brian M. Davis Guo, Roberto Towns, John W. Wiley
S1778 Target-Derived Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) Regulating S1786 Intracolonic Oil of Mustard Induces An Inflammatory

Spinal Sensory Axon Outgrowth to the Embryonic Ileus with Concurrent Alterations in Small Intestinal
Mouse Gut Secretomotor Function
Wen Jiang*, Andrew J. Furley, Karna Bardhan, David Craig R. Schneider, Nathaniel H. Wallace, Jeffrey M. Palmer,
Grundy Kristen M. Chevalier, Beverley A. Moore, Paul R. Wade,
S
Pamela J. Hornby, Edward S. Kimball*
U S1779 Effect of a 1 Week Trial of Capsaicin P.O. On Intestinal
Mechano- and Chemonociception S1787 Impact of Humoral Autoimmunity in Severe Gut
N Johann Hammer Dysmotility: Actions of Anti-Hu On Enteric and Visceral
D Sensory Neurons
A S1780 NMDA Receptors Differentially Regulate the Excitability Luigia Talamonti, Qin Li, Michael Beyak, Marcello Trevisani,
of Distinct Classes of Splanchnic Afferent Neurons Klaus Michel, Barbara Campi, Giovanni Barbara, Pierangelo
Y Innervating Rat Distal Colon Geppetti, David Grundy, Michael Schemann, Roberto De
MAY David Adelson*, James A. McRoberts, Yuhua Wang, Emeran Giorgio*
21 A. Mayer
S1788 Neuro-Immune Interactions and Anorectal Motility in
S1781 Genetic Differences Determine Inflammatory Response Children with Food-Allergy Related Constipation
and Development of Visceral Hyperalgesia in a Rat Osvaldo Borrelli*, Giovanni Di Nardo, Giovanni Barbara,
Model Roberto De Giorgio, Cesare Cremon, Sandra Lucarelli,
Birgit Adam*, Chris Tsopelas, Tobias Liebregts, F Dylan Tullio Frediani, Vincenzo Stanghellini, Salvatore Cucchiara
Bartholomeusz, Andrew Ruszkiewicz, Gerald Holtmann
S1789 Gastrointestinal Dysmotility in 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU)-
S1782 Developing a High Through-Put, Minimally Invasive Test Induced Inflammatory Intestinal Damage
of Gastrointestinal Sensitivity Pedro M. Soares, Jose Mauricio S. Mota, Gerly Anne C.
Sepeedeh Saleh, Barbara J. Unsworth, Qasim Aziz, Anthony Brito, Miguel A. Nobre e Souza*, Armenio A. Santos,
Hobson* Ronaldo A. Ribeiro, Marcellus H. Souza
S1783 Real-Time Release of Serotonin from Mouse Ileum S1790 The Effect of Colonic Mucosal Mediators from Patients
Paul P. Bertrand with Irritable Bowel Syndrome On Tritiated ACh
Release and Motor Responses in Strips of Human Colon
Giovanni Barbara*, Gianluigi D'Agostino, Elisabetta Cervio,
Barbara Balestra, Cesare Cremon, Roberto De Giorgio,
Vincenzo Stanghellini, Roberto Corinaldesi, Marcello Tonini
S1791 Effect of Hexamethonium and Different TRPV1 Receptor

Antagonists On Impaired Gastric Emptying Induced By
Experimental Colitis in Rats
Heiko U. de Schepper*, Joris G. de Man, Paul A.
Pelckmans, Benedicte Y. de Winter
S1792 Increased Spontaneous Serotonin Release from Jejunum

of Trichinella Spiralis Infected Mice
Stephen Foley*, Gulzar Singh, Johanna Wheatcroft, Arleta
Reiff-Marganiec, Christopher Keating, Victoria Chapman,
Andrew Bennett, Charles Marsden, David Grundy, Robin
Spiller
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AGA Poster Session S1803 The Stimulatory Effect of Various Extracellular Matrices
On Rat Pancreatic Stellate Cells
Hiroshi Asaumi*, Masashi Taguchi, Mitsuo Tashiro, Shiro
LA Convention Center Watanabe, Yoko Nomiyama, Makoto Otsuki
AGA Poster Session
ACUTE PANCREATITIS: EXPERIMENTAL MODELS 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
• Describe signaling pathways important in the initiation of acute Sponsored by: Pancreatic Disorders
pancreatitis.
S1793 Protective Effect of Emodin On Severe Acute BASIC STUDIES IN PANCREATIC NEOPLASIA
Pancreatitis Through Induction of Apoptosis and
Suppression of Cytokines Expression Via Inhibition of
• Understand perturbations in signaling in pancreatic cancer and
Nf-κB Activation
metastases.
Weiyan Yao, Yaozong Yuan*
S1804 Genome Wide Analysis and Global Gene Expression of
S1794 Evidence of Region-Specific Activation of Cell Injury
50 Cases of Pancreatic Endocrine Neoplasm (PEN) with
Mechanisms in Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons in DBTC-
Clinical and Pathological Correlation
Induced Pancreatitic Rats
Laura H. Tang*, S M. Chung, L Song, Jr Shia, P J. Allen, L
Shuangsong Hong*, Chunfang Guo, John W. Wiley
H. Blumgart, M F. Brennan, M I. D'Angelica, R Dematteo, H
S1795 Robust Mouse Reg-2 Induction in Response to Keratin Fong, W R. Jarnagin, D P. Jaques, A Viale, D S. Klimstra
Mutation As a Cytoprotective Mechanism in Acute
S1805 Sustained Akt Phosphorylation Is Required for Anti-
Pancreatitis
Apoptotic Effect of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I in
Pavel Strnad*, Bihui Zhong, Diana M. Toivola, Xuhuai Ji,
Pancreatic Cancer Cells: Roles of Phosphatases
Harry B. Greenberg, M B. Omary
Jong Kyun Lee*, Mouad Edderkaoui, Peggy P. Hong, Patrick
S1796 Prophylactic Probiotics Reduce Bacterial Translocation Truong, J. David Lambeth, Andrea Berti, Stephen J. Pandol,
and Improve Outcome in Experimental Pancreatitis Anna S. Gukovskaya
L. Paul van Minnen*, Harro M. Timmerman, Femke
S1806 Pancreatic Tumor Cell Adhesion and Migration Is

Lutgendorff, Andre Verheem, Wil Harmsen, Sergey R.
Regulated By Phosphorylation of the Actin-Binding S
Konstantinov, Hauke Smidt, Maarten R. Visser, Ger T.
Protein Cortactin
Rijkers, Hein G. Gooszen, Louis M. Akkermans
Anne E. Kruchten*, Eugene W. Krueger, Mark A. McNiven U
S1797 A Novel Possibility for Gene Transfer Into the Duct N
S1807 Suppression of C-Terminal Src Kinase (CSK) Leads to D
Cells Using Non-Replicating Pseudorabies Virus Variants
Increased Cell Proliferation in Pancreatic Cancer
Maria Kovacs*, Zoltan Rakonczay, Balazs Ordogh, Tamas A
Dhananjay Kunte*, Jennifer Koetsier, Ramesh Wali, Randall
Takacs, Janos Lonovics, Andras Varro, Andras Toth, Gyula J.
Papp, Mike A. Gray, Barry E. Argent, Zsolt Boldogkoi, Peter
Brand, Hemant Roy Y
Hegyi S1809 Implication of S100p in Pancreatic Cancer As An Early MAY
Developmental Marker and a Therapeutic Target 21
AGA Poster Session Kenoki Ohuchida*, Kazuhiro Mizumoto, Eishi Nagai,
Hiroyuki Konomi, Koji Yamaguchi, Masao Tanaka
BASIC STUDIES IN PANCREATIC FIBRINOGENESIS

• Describe the role of stellate cells in pancreatic diseases.
S1799 SiRNA for Collagen-Specific Chaperone, Heat Shock
Protein 47 Prevents Collagen Secretion from Pancreatic
Stellate Cells in Rats
Masashi Taguchi*, Shiro Watanabe, Hiroshi Asaumi,
Yoshikuni Nagashio, Yoko Nomiyama, Makoto Otsuki
S1800 Engulfment of Apoptotic Acinar Cells By Pancreatic

Stellate Cells Regulates Pancreatic Fibrogenesis
Junko Tahara*, Kyoko Shimizu, Keiko Shiratori
S1801 Role of the Cholinergic System in Alcohol-Induced

Pancreatitis
Aurelia Lugea*, Jose Nieto, Melissa Daghighian, Akihiko
Satoh, Stephen J. Pandol
S1802 Colony-Stimulating Factor Release from Human

Pancreatic Periacinar Myofibroblasts
Osamu Inatomi*, Akira Andoh, Yuki Yagi, Shigeki Bamba,
Kazunori Hata, Takao Saotome, Atsushi Takayanagi,
Nobuyoshi Shimizu, Yoshihide Fujiyama
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POSTER SESSIONS—COMBINED
COMBINED
AGA Poster Session S1820 Abnormal Expression of Biomarkers in Incompletely

Ablated Barrett’s Esophagus
Katerina Dvorak*, Lois Ramsey, Claire M. Payne, Richard
LA Convention Center Sampliner, Lisa Camargo, Ronnie Fass, Harris Bernstein,
Carol Bernstein, Anil Prasad, Harinder Garewal
S1821 Systematic Review of Adenocarcinoma Risk in Barrett's
BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT Esophagus with Particular Reference to short Segment
Barrett's Esophagus and Intestinal Metaplasia
Participants will be able to: Jose Santana*, Mostafizur Khan, Nimish Vakil, Paul
• Evaluate recent research on the diagnosis and management of Moayyedi
Barrett's Esophagus.
S1822 Loss of Goblet Cell Differentiation Occurs with the
S1810 Corn Derived Carbohydrate Inositol Hexaphosphate Progression of Dysplasia in Barrett’s Esophagus
(IP6) Inhibits Barrett’s Adenocarcinoma Growth By Pro-

Apoptotic Mechanisms
David W. McFadden*, Dale R. Riggs, Barbara J. Jackson,
Amitabh Srivastava*, Jason L. Hornick, Xiaohong Li,
Carissa Sanchez, Brian J. Reid, Robert D. Odze
Cynthia Cunningham S1823 Histological Evaluation of Resection Specimens
Obtained At 244 Endoscopic Resections in Barrett’s
S1811 Correlation of DNA Ploidy Analysis By Digital Image Esophagus
Analysis and Flow Cytometry in Barrett's Esophagus Femke P. Peters*, Lianne P. Brakenhoff, Wouter L. Curvers,
Kenneth K. Wang*, Ganapathy Prasad, Navtej S. Buttar, Wilda D. Rosmolen, Fiebo J. Ten Kate, Kausilia K.
Michel Wongkeesong, Peter Rabinovitch, Thomas Smyrk, Krishnadath, Paul Fockens, Jacques J. Bergman
Lynn Borkenhagen, Sarah Papenfuss, Catherine Demars,
Lori Lutzke S1824 Flow Cytometry As a Marker of Occult Advanced
Neoplasia in Barrett’s Esophagus
S1812 Accuracy of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy for the Wai-Kit Lo*, Timothy Kuo, Jason Hornick, Chinweike
Detection of Barrett’s Esophagus Ukomadu, John M. Poneros
Prateek Sharma*, Amit Rastogi, Romeo Esquivel, Krishna
S Gurram, Sachin Wani, Ajay Bansal, Srinivas R. Puli, April S1825 Prevalence of Barrett’s Esophagus in a Population Not
Higbee, Lisa Camargo, Richard Sampliner Primarily Referred for Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease
U Brechje C. van Eijck*, Leonieke M. Wolters, Herman van
N S1813 Does Degree of Acid Exposure Differ Between Distal Dekken, Ernst J. Kuipers, Peter D. Siersema
Versus Proximal Esophagus in Patients with Barrett’s
D Esophagus (BE)? S1826 Suppression of Acid Reflux with Double-Dose
A Prateek Sharma*, Ajay Bansal, Sachin Wani, Srinivas R. Esomeprazole for 6 Months Does Not Alter DNA
Y Puli, April Higbee, Amit Rastogi Methylation in Patients with Barrett’s Esophagus
Eric Smith*, Paul A. Drew, Awni Abu-Sneineh, William C.
MAY S1814 The Burden of Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Tam, Andrew R. Ruszkiewicz, Mark N. Schoeman, John
21 Michelle E. Kruijshaar*, Peter D. Siersema, Marjon Kerkhof, Dent, Richard H. Holloway
Ewout W. Steyerberg, Marie-Louise Essink-Bot
S1827 Impaired Gallbladder Motility in Patients with Barrett’s
S1815 Increased Microvascular Density Associated with Esophagus
Progression of Barrett’s Esophagus: A New Target for the Ferenc Izbeki*, Andras Rosztoczy, John Y. Sebit, Janos
Next Generation of Endoscopic Technology Lonovics, Tibor Wittmann
Andrew Ross*, Lucas Campbell, Stefan Seewald, Nib
Sohendra, Lynne Stearns, Charles Dye, Amy Noffsinger, S1828 Prospecive Evaluation of the New Prague Classification
John Hart, Irving Waxman for Barrett's Esophagus
Andreas Leodolter*, Peer Oberueber, Dietmar Zielinski,
S1816 Cancer Risk in Barrett’s Oesophagus: A Meta-Analysis Michael Vieth, Manfred Stolte, Jochen Labenz
Titus Thomas*, Keith R. Abrams, John De Caestecker,
Richard J. Robinson S1829 Is C-Myb mRNA Over Expression a Good Molecular
Marker for Low-Grade Dysplasia in Barrett’s Esophagus
S1817 Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Analysis of (BE)?
Esophagus Using Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) for Christo van Rensburg*, Caroline Daniels, Colleen Wright,
Quantitative Diagnosis of Low Grade Dysplasia Martin Kidd, Nico de Villiers, Maritha Kotze
Thomas D. Wang*, Peyman Sahbaie, Tarun Bhandari, James
Crawford, Lisa Dixon, Shai Friedland, George S1830 No Uniform Approach for the Treatment of High Grade
Triadafilopoulos, Roy Soetikno, Christopher Contag Dysplasia and Early Carcinoma in Barrett’s Esophagus
Patients
S1818 Her-2/Neu in Barrett’s Esophagus: A Comparative Study Wouter L. Curvers*, Henk Festen, Wim Haameteman,
Between Histology, Immunohistochemistry and Gerard A. Meijer, Frans T. Peters, Pieter D. Siersema, H W.
Molecular Technique (FISH) Tilanus, Jacques J. Bergman
Elisa Rossi, Domenico Della Casa*, Vincenzo Villanacci,
Guido Missale, Michele Ghedi, Gianpaolo Cengia, Renzo S1831 Immunohistochemical Evaluation of COX-2, CDX2 and
Cestari CDC2 in Barrett’s Esophagus-Dysplasia-Adenocarcinoma
Progression
S1819 Patients with Barretts Esophagus Experience Less Reflux Vincenzo Villanacci, Elisa Rossi, Domenico Della Casa*,
Complaints Paolo Lancini, Luigi Minelli, Guido Missale, Claudia
Ahmed Madisch*, Stephan Miehlke, Susanne Sell, Bernd Zambelli, Renzo Cestari
Wigginghaus, Manfred Stolte
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AGA Poster Session S1844 A Critical Role of SRF in Myofibroblast Differentiation
LA Convention Center During Experimental Esophageal Ulcer Healing
Jianyuan Chai*, Manith Norng, Andrzej Tarnawski
S1845 Effect of Inhibition of Cyclooxygenase-2 and 5-

Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders Lipoxygenase Or Antagonism of the Lipoxin A4/
Annexin-1 Receptor On Indomethacin-Induced Gastric
NSAIDS AND GASTROINTESTINAL INJURY Mucosal Damage in Rats
Brigitta M. Peskar*, Bernhard A. Peskar, Nadia Sawka
• Evaluate recent research on the effects of NSAIDs on the upper S1846 A Novel Mechanism for NSAID Enhanced Proteasomic
gastrointestinal tract. Degradation of Survivin
Shiun-Kwei Chiou*, Michael K. Jones, Andrzej Tarnawski
S1832 Meta-Analysis of Bleeding with Low-Dose Aspirin and
Clopidogrel in Randomized Controlled Trials S1847 The Role of Cholinergic Hypersensitivity On NSAID-
Kenneth McQuaid*, Loren Laine Induced Gastric Damage
Changcheng Wang*, Ireneusz T. Padol, Richard H. Hunt
S1833 Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding and
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Japan: A Case- S1848 Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 and Lipoxygenases in the
Control Study Protective Effect of Indomethacin and Acetaminophen in
Choitsu Sakamoto*, Kentaro Sugano, Shinichi Ota, Susana Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury of the Rat Stomach
Perez, David Kaufman, Tsugumichi Sato, Kiyoshi Kubota, Nadia Sawka, Bernhard A. Peskar, Brigitta M. Peskar*
Akira Terano
S1849 Is Cyr61 Required for Myofibroblast Differentiation? An
S1834 Impact of Aspirin and Comedications On Healing of Exploration of the Role of Cyr61 in Gastric Ulcer
Biopsy-Induced Gastroduodenal Erosions Healing
Gerhard Treiber*, Michael Vieth, Thomas Wex, Peter Jianyuan Chai*, Manith Norng
Malfertheiner
S1850 Evaluation of the Structural Properties and Activities of
S1835 Rebamipide Compared with Misoprostol for a Purified PC-NSAID Preparation
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Associated Lenard M. Lichtenberger*, Elizabeth Dial, Vasanthi
Gastrointestinal Toxicity Prevention Jayaraman, Z.hong Zhou, Ramanan Krishnamorti, David E.
Soo-Heon Park*, Chul-Soo Cho, Oh-Young Lee, San-Ren Volk, David G. Gorenstein, Upendra Marathi
Lin, Yao-Zong Yuan, Zhao-Shen Li, Hong-Chuan Zhao,
Udom Kachintorn, Chomsri Kositchaiwat, Comson S1851 Effects of Esomeprazole Sodium On Glutathione Levels S
Lertkupinit in the Gastric Mucosa of Rats Treated with U
Indomethacin N
S1836 Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Hemophiliacs: Manuela Verri*, Gianfranco Natale, Federica Boschi, Ornella
Incidence and Relationship to Non-Steroidal Anti- Pastoris, Marcello Tonini D
Inflammatory Drugs A
M. Elaine Eyster*, Shonda M. Asaad, Silvia E. Cohn, Mary- S1852 The Host Specific Differences in the Shunt Toward
Anne Ardini, James J. Goedert Lipoxygenase(LOX) Pathway Caused By the Inhibition Y
of Cyclooxygenase(COX) Correlate with the Differences MAY
S1837 How Reliable Is the Clinical History of NSAID Use in in the Extent of NSAID-Induced Gastric Damage 21
Patients Who Present with Upper Gastrointestinal Ireneusz T. Padol*, Changcheng Wang, Victoria Seto,
Hemorrhage? Richard H. Hunt
John M. Runnels*, Anil Minocha
S1853 A Cause-Effect Relationship Between Deficiency of
S1838 Use of GI Prophylaxis in Patients Discharged from Prostaglandins and Expression of Cyclooxygenase-2 in
Hospital On Ulcerogenic Medicines Rat Stomachs Following Administration of Nonsteroidal
Gregory A. Cote*, John P. Norvell, John R. Rice, Michael Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Postelnik, Colin W. Howden Yuji Mashita*, Yoshikazu Kubo, Ryo Hatazawa, Koji
Takeuchi
S1839 NSAIDs and Induction of Erosive Esophagitis
Gerhard Treiber*, Charlotte Fonga, Peter Malfertheiner S1854 Transcriptome Analysis for Cytoprotective Actions of
Rebamipide Against Indomethacin-Induced Gastric
S1840 H. Pylori Infection Is No Longer the Major Cause of Mucosal Injury in Rats
Peptic Ulcer in Copenhagen County Yuji Naito*, Masaaki Kuroda, Katsura Mizushima, Tomohisa
Bo Sondergaard*, Peter Bytzer Takagi, Osamu Handa, Satoshi Kokura, Norimasa Yoshida,
S1841 Physicians’ Approaches to the Use of Gastroprotective Toshikazu Yoshikawa
Strategies in Low-Risk Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory S1855 Effects of Selective Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors On
Drug (NSAID) Users Healing of Experimental Gastric Ulcers and Mucosal
Sanjay K. Murthy*, Laura E. Targownik, Sangeeta Kauldher Expression of Cyclooxygenase Isoforms
S1842 Increasing Prescription of Proton Pump Inhibitors in Matteo Fornai*, Luca Antonioli, Rocchina Colucci,
Patients Admitted to the Verona University Hospital and Gianfranco Natale, Fabio Baschiera, Nunzia Bernardini,
Decreasing Risk of Peptic Ulcer Chiara Ippolito, Corrado Blandizzi, Mario Del Tacca
Giorgio Talamini*, Marina Tommasi, Valeria Amadei, S1856 Indigestible Solid Components of Food and Intestinal
Benedetta Pajusco, Anna Fratucello, Alessandro Lechi, Hyper-Motilities Play An Important Role in the
Giovanna Scroccaro, Italo Vantini Formation of Intestinal Ulcers Induced By Indomethacin
S1843 INOS Inhibition Increases HIF-1α in Mesenteric in Cats and Dogs
Macrophages and Reduces the Inflammatory Response Hiroshi Satoh*, Sachiko Shiotani, Noriko Otsuka
to Aspirin
Irene Diez, Carlos Hernandez, Elsa Quintana, Sara
Calatayud, Juan V. Esplugues, Maria D. Barrachina*
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S1857 CDNA Microarray Analysis Reveals Anti-Inflammatory S1867 Expression of iNOS in Pre-Neoplastic and Neoplastic
Effects of Lansoprazole, a Proton Pump Inhibitor, Conditions of Gastric Mucosa After Helicobacter Pylori
Against Indomethacin-Induced Intestinal Mucosal Injury (H.pylori) Infection: A Molecular and
in Rats Immunohistochemical Study in Tissue Microarrays
Hiroshi Ichikawa*, Norimasa Yoshida, Toshimitsu Okuda, (TMAs)
Kazuhiro Kamata, Hirokazu Kajikawa, Hisato Tsuboi, Andreas Karameris, Evangelos Tsiambas, Sofia Gazi,
Takahiro Suzuki, Osamu Handa, Tomohisa Takagi, Satoshi Kyriakos Gerontopoulos, George Vilaras, Dimitrios Stefanou,
Kokura, Yuji Naito, Toshikazu Yoshikawa Theodore Rokkas*
S1868 Stool α-Defensin Assay for Colorectal Cancer Screening:

AGA Poster Session Feasibility Analysis
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Aravind Sugumar*, Hongzhi Zou, Jonathan Harrington,
LA Convention Center Kristie K. Klatt, David A. Ahlquist
Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology S1869 Recovery of RUNX3 Expression in Long-Term Follow-
Up After H. Pylori Eradication
BIOMARKERS Takayuki Motoyoshi*, Hideyuki Konishi, Shunji Tachibana,
Kouichi Soga, Chohei Sakakura, Masao Noda, Shoji
S1858 Poor Metabolizer Genotype Status of Cytochrome P450 Mitsufuji, Keisho Kataoka, Takeshi Okanoue
2c19 Is a Risk Factor for Developing Gastric Cancer in

Japanese with Helicobacter Pylori Infection
Mitsushige Sugimoto*, Takahisa Furuta, Naohito Shirai,
S1870 Pentasialo- and Hexasialotransferrin Isoforms As a
Diagnostic Tool of Colorectal Cancer
Akiko Nakamura, Mutsuhiro Ikuma, Masayoshi Kajimura, Thierry Codden*, Franz J. Legros, Jean-Pol Henry, Anne
Haruhiko Sugimura, Akira Hishida, Tskashi Ishizaki Lenaerts, Vincent Nuyens, Sylvianne Delaunay
S1859 Induction of Aberrant Methylation in Gastric Mucosae S1871 Expression of CDX2, Villin, Sima and Apomucins in
By H. Pylori Infection, and Its Association with Risk of Small Intestinal Adenocarcinoma: A Comparison with
Single and Multiple Gastric Cancers Colorectal Adenocarcinoma
Takeshi Nakajima*, Takao Maekita, Ichiro Oda, Takuji Megan Q. Zhang*, Zong-Ming E. Chen, Jon H. Ritter, Pei
Gotoda, Daizo Saito, Masao Ichinose, Toshikazu Ushijima Hui, Fan Lin, Hanlin L. Wang
S1860 Identification of Increased Fibrinopeptide a Serum S1872 Mass Spectrometry Based Identification of Plasma
Protein Levels in Gastric Cancer Sera By Magnet Bead Proteins That Identify Intestinal-Tumor Bearing Mice
S Assisted Maldi-Tof Mass Spectrometry Kenneth E. Hung*, Alvin T. Kho, David Sarracino, Larissa
Matthias Ebert*, Soren Deininger, Claudia Knippig, Georgeon Richard, Bryan Krastins, Issac Kohane, Raju
U Kucherlapati
Christoph Roecken, Peter Malfertheiner
N
S1861 Identification of Human Esophageal Cancer Sub-Types S1873 Clinical Significance of Prostaglandin E Synthase
D Expression in Gastric Cancer Tissue
By Serum Protein Analysis Using Maldi-Tof Mass
A Spectroscopy Katya Gudis*, Atsushi Tatsuguchi, Ken Wada, Tetsuro
Y Timothy P. Millar, Yuliya V. Karpievitch, Elizabeth G. Hill, Hiratsuka, Kazuhiro Nagata, Seiji Futagami, Teruo Kiyama,
Charles E. Hammond, Brenda J. Hoffman, Adam J. Smolka* Takashi Tajiri, Choitsu Sakamoto
MAY
21 S1862 Improved Performance of a Non-Invasive Fecal DNA S1874 Tumor M2-PK and Immunochemical FOBT: Valuable and
(fDNA) Test to Screen for Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Sensitive Tests for Screening for Colorectal Cancer
Steven Itzkowitz*, Lina Jandorf, Randall Brand, Linda Sanna Mulder*, Monique E. van Leerdam, Rob J.
Rabeneck, Paul Schroy, Stephen Sontag, David Johnson, Joel Ouwendijk, Hanneke J. van Vuuren, Jan Francke, Ernst J.
Skoletsky, Sanford Markowitz, Anthony Shuber Kuipers
S1863 Elevated Genomic Instability in Aberrant Crypt Foci S1875 The Expression of HER2 in Helicobacter Pylori Infected
(ACF) Is Associated with Tobacco Use Intestinal Metaplasia and Gastric Cancer
Sadir Alrawi, Heliodoro Medina, Merril Dayton, John Gibbs, Noriko Nakajima*, Yoko Ito, Kiyoshi Yokoyama, Satoshi
Daniel Stoler, Garth Anderson, Robert Carroll* Hayakawa, Shigeaki Mizuno, Kimitoshi Kato, Noriko
Kinukawa, Nemoto Norimichi, Arakawa Yasuyuki, Eric R.
S1864 Nestin, a Novel Angiogenesis Marker Correlates with Lacy
Poor Prognosis of Colorectal Cancer Patients
Nobuhisa Teranishi*, Toshiyuki Ishiwata, Noritake Tanaka, S1876 Analysis of Mucin Expression Patterns Is Useful for
Kiyonori Furukawa, Hideyuki Suzuki, Tomoko Seya, Hayato Accurate Diagnosis of Gastric Borderline Lesions in
Kan, Hiroyuki Tsuruta, Satoshi Matsumoto, Yukihiro Akiya, Endoscopic Biopsy Samples
Seiichi Shinji, Akihisa Matsuda, Kazumitsu Cho, Jyunpei Hideki Minematsu*, Yasuharu Saito, Rie Kakinoki, Akira
Sasaki, Masao Kawamoto, Tetsuro Matsunobu, Yuri Andoh, Ryoji Kushima, Yoshihide Fujiyama
Fujiwara, Takashi Tajiri, Zenya Naito
S1877 Alpha Fetoprotein Is a Marker of Aggressive and
S1865 Overexpression of Calcium Binding Protein S100a4 in Progressive Neuroendocrine Tumours
Barrett’s Tumorigenesis Tahir H. Shah*, Mani Bhogal, Aneesha Noonan, Niroshan
Ok-Jae Lee*, Seung-Mo Hong, Abbes Belkhiri, Christopher Sivathasan, Caroline Witney-Smith, Tejal Amin, Daniel
Moskaluk, Wael El-Rifai Hochhauser, Martyn E. Caplin
S1866 Multiple Primary Cancers After Endoscopic Treatment S1878 Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization (FISH) Analysis of
of Esophageal Carcinoma Endoscopic Brushings Obtained from Barrett’s
Iizuka Toshiro*, Yahagi Naohisa, Hoteya Syu, Yamamoto Esophagus (BE) Patients with Esophageal
Takashi Adenocarcinoma (EA)
Shannon Brankley*, Aaron Harwood, Mona Legator, Lori
Lutzke, Larry Morrison, Kenneth Wang, Micheal Campion,
Halling Kevin
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S1879 EGFR Proteins Are Highly Expressed in Pseudomyxoma S1891 Inhibition of Bcl-2/Bcl-Xl Proteins Stimulate Apoptosis
Peritonei and Inhibit Proliferation of Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Elizabeth E. Half*, Russell R. Broaddus, Kai Feng Liu, Izumi Ohno*, Mouad Edderkaoui, Patrick B. Truong, Irina
Laura A. Lambert, Cathy Eng, Paul F. Mansfield, Robert S. V. Odinocova, J.N. K. Lee, Hiromitsu Saisho, Anna S.
Bresalier Gukovskaya, Stephen J. Pandol
S1880 Expression of the Tight Junction Proteins Cingulin, S1892 Engineering Diphteria Toxin in Pancreatic Cancer Cells:
Occludin and Claudin-7 in Human Gastrointestinal Tract A Promising Tool for Therapy
Cancers Paola Fogar*, Filippo Navaglia, Eliana Greco, Alessia
Ulrich-Frank Pape*, Ines Eichhorn, Lutz Langbein, Werner Stranges, Carlo-Federico Zambon, Alessandra Falda, Daniela
W. Franke, Bertram Wiedenmann Basso, Sergio Pedrazzoli, Mario Plebani
S1881 Interphase Fish As a Biomarker of Gastric Cancer Risk S1893 Opposing Actions of Prostaglandin E2 and Prostaglandin
in Helicobacter Pylori Multifocal Intestinalized E3 On Pancreatic Cancer Cell Proliferation and Invasion
Pangastritis Hirozumi Sawai*, Makoto Satake, Sascha Hasan, Howard A.
Byung-Wook Kim*, Mary P. Bronner, Mee-Yon Cho, Bo-In Reber, Oscar J. Hines, Guido Eibl
Lee
S1894 RNAI-Based Knockdown of Bcl-2 Sensitises Pancreatic
Cancer to Gemcitabine Treatment
AGA Poster Session Matthias Ocker*, Daniel Neureiter, Gabi Sass, Steffen Zopf,
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Marion Ganslmayer, Kinya Okamoto, Eckhart G. Hahn,
LA Convention Center Christoph Herold
Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology S1895 Nobel Function of Synthetic Serine Protease Inhibitor
(FUT-175) As Apoptosis Inducer of Pancreatic Cancer
PANCREATIC CANCERS: BIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS AND Tadashi Uwagawa*, Paul J. Chiao, Katsuhiko Yanaga
THERAPY (I)
AGA Poster Session
S1882 Trans-Activation of IGF-R By Fibronectin Protects from
Apoptosis in Pancreatic Cancer Cells 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A

Mouad Edderkaoui*, Izumi Ohno, Peggy Hong, Stephen J. LA Convention Center
Pandol, Anna S. Gukovskaya
S1883 High-Resolution Genomic Profiling in Human Pancreatic S
Carcinoma By Genechip Mapping 100k Array AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASE
Lian-Jie Lin*, Fumihiko Kanai, Motohisa Tada, Yasuo U
Tanaka, Keisuke Tateishi, Masashi Sanada, Yasuhito Nannya, S1896 Spontaneous Production of Anti-Mitochondrial N
S1884
Seishi Ogawa, Masao Omata
Biochemical and Functional Characteristics of Primary

Antibodies in Keratin-8 Deficient Mice
Diana M. Toivola*, Aida Habtezion, Linxin Y. Zhang,
William H. Robinson, Paul J. Utz, Eugene C. Butcher, M B.
D
A
and Secondary Tumors in a Spontaneous Model of Omary Y
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
S1897 Expression of PD-1, PD-L1 and PD-L2 Within Liver of MAY
Richard J. Aspinall*, Sara Weis, Kevin Kuo, Paul J. Pockros,
David A. Cheresh Autoimmune Liver Diseases 21
Norikazu Mataki*, Kentaro Kikuchi, Toshihiro Kawai,
S1885 New Technologies for Nanoscale Cell Surface Analysis Yoshikiyo Okada, Chie Kurihara, Chikako Watanabe,
Reveal Potential for New Diagnostic Tools in Shunsuke Kohmoto, Ryota Hokari, Atsushi Kawaguchi,
Gastrointestinal Tumor Detection Shigeaki Nagao, Toshiro Kondo, Kazuro Itoh, Hiroshi
Ilona Bredebusch, Bjoern Kemper, Daniel Carl, Gert von Miyakawa, Soichiro Miura
Bally, Wolfram Domschke, Juergen Schnekenburger*
S1898 The Role of Regulatory T (TR) Cells On Liver Pathology
S1886 Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor Receptor in the Graft Versus Host Reaction (GVHR) Model Mouse
Promotes β1-Integrin Mediated Adhesion and Invasion Teruo Miyazaki*, Mikio Doy, Akira Honda, Tadashi
of Pancreatic Cancer Cells Ikegami, Bernard Bouscarel, Yasushi Matsuzaki
Arup Chakraborty, Zhimin Tong, Kai-Feng Liu, Robert
Bresalier, Sushovan Guha* S1899 Long Term Follow-Up of Autoimmune Pancreato-
Cholangitis - Insights Into the Natural History of the
S1887 Gene Expression Profiles of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Disease
Tumors and Gastrointestinal Carcinoids Henk R. van Buuren*, Menno A. Brink, Sjoerd D. van der
Eva-Maria Duerr*, Yusuke Mizukami, Andrew L. Warshaw, Werf, Maarten A. Meijssen, Maarten G. Thomeer, Annette
Matthew H. Kulke, Daniel C. Chung Fritscher-Ravens
S1888 Resveratrol and Embelin Increase Apoptosis and S1900 Cyclosporine-a Versus Prednisolone for Induction of
Decrease Proliferation in Pancreatic Cancer Cells Remission in Patients with Autoimmune Hepatitis:
Through Regulation of IAPS Interim Report of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Mouad Edderkaoui*, Izumi Ohno, Stephen J. Pandol, Anna Siavosh Nasseri-Moghaddam*, Reza Malekzadeh, Saeid
S. Gukovskaya Karimian
S1889 Identification of Novel Differential Proteomic

Biomarkers in Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasm Fluid
James J. Farrell*, Puneet Souda, Babak Hasanzadeh, Julian
Whitelegge, Kym Faull
S1890 Interleukin-13 Receptor Alpha2 Expression and Its
Targeting By IL-13 Cytotoxin in Pancreatic Ductal
Adenocarcinoma
Takeshi Shimamura*, Syed R. Husain, Raj K. Puri
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8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Sponsored by: Liver & Biliary Sponsored by: Liver & Biliary
CLINICAL BILIARY STONE DISEASES AND STONE CLINICAL HEPATITIS: ETIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, AND
PATHOGENESIS NATURAL HISTORY
S1901 Evidence That An ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC)G5/G8- S1911 The Gut Microflora Is Involved in Ethanol Metabolism
Independent Pathway Determines Cholesterol (Ch)

Gallstone Formation in Mice
Helen H. Wang, David Q. Wang*
and Ethanol-Induced Impairment of the Epithelial
Barrier in Rodents
Laurent Ferrier*, Florian Berard, Laurent Debrauwer,
Chantal Chabo, Philippe Langella, Lionel Bueno, Jean
S1902 Advanced Glycation Endproducts in the Gallbladder: Fioramonti
The Influence of Diabetes and Diet
Abhishek Mathur*, Swartz-Basile Deborah, Lu Debao, S1912 Accuracy of Indices Utilizing Common Lab Values in
Hayder Al-Azzawi, Attila Nakeeb, Henry A. Pitt Predicting Hepatic Fibrosis and Cirrhosis in Hepatitis C
Patients in a Community Setting
S1903 Construction of a Partial Full-Length Prairie Dog cDNA Sedat Ekici*, Jeffrey Kim, Brian Wolfman, Toomas Sorra,
of Sodium Hydrogen Exchanger Isoform-3 (NHE3) Adnan Khdair, Irwin Grosman
Ramakrishnan Ramugounder, Gregg J. Johannes,
Mohammad Z. Abedin* S1913 Serum Hyaluronic Acid (HA), Ykl-40, Fibrospect-II (FS-
II) Test and Digital Quantification of Fibrosis (DQF)
S1904 Estrogen Receptor Alpha Is Expressed By Gallbladder Correlate with Ishak Fibrosis Scores in Patients with
Epithelium in Prairie Dogs Chronic Hepatitis C (HCV)
Ross M. Goren*, Misbah Zaheer, Ramakrishnan Preeti Mehta*, Robert Ploutz-Snyder, Jyotirmoy Nandi,
Ramugounder, Mohammad Z. Abedin Robert A. Levine
S1905 Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Is the in Vitro Unstable S1914 Co-Stimulatory Expansion of Hepatitis C Virus-Specific
Precursor of the CACO3 Polymorphs Vaterite, Calcite T Cells: Exploring the Potential for Immunotherapy in
and Aragonite, But is Stable in Gallstones Containing Chronic HCV Infection
CACO3 from Leeds UK and Galveston TX Jennifer Coleclough*, Yun Li, Mark Bonyhadi, Bruce Levine,
S Roger D. Soloway*, D.R. Taylor, Mark D. Stringer, Jinguang Barbara Vance, Robert H. Vonderheide, Kyong-Mi Chang
U Wu
N S1915 Metabolic Syndrome in Veterans with Chronic HCV
S1906 Prevalence of Gallbladder Disease Among Persons with Infection Correlates with NAFLD Activity Score
D Viral Hepatitis and Cirrhosis Prashant K. Pandya*, Priyank Shah, Peggy Callahan, Dean
A Hyun-Jin Kim*, Gyeong-A Jung Reker, Sharad C. Mathur
Y S1907 Genetics of Gallstone Disease - Who Should Be S1916 Chronic Hepatitis C May Be the Most Common
MAY Investigated? Association for Hepatic Granulomas
21 Clemens Schafmayer, Juergen Tepel, Sandra Freitag, Heike Juan G. Martinez*, Shu-Yuan Xiao, Ned Snyder
Wolken, Michael Wittig, Ilka Vogel, Herrmann Dittrich,
Juergen Belz, Rainer Quaeschling, Hofjat Schekarriz, Volker S1917 Helicobacter Pylori Infection Does Not Have a Significant
Mendel, Werner Neugebauer, Friedrich Kallinowski, Anton Impact On the Natural History Or Response to
Schafmayer, Jiri Klima, Henry Voelzke, Ulrich R. Foelsch, Treatment of Chronic HCV
Fred Faendrich, Michael Krawczak, Stefan Schreiber, Jochen Christopher J. Christensen*, Gagan K. Sood, Diana Little,
Hampe* Maher Azzouz
S1908 Analysis of the Risk Factors Helicobacter Infection, S1918 Mortality Among Subjects Positive for Anti-Hepatitis C
Overweight, Sex, and Age in Gallstone Disease and Virus Antibody in a Hyperendemic Area of Japan: A
Gallbladder Carcinoma in Germany Prospective Study
Ulrich R. Bohr*, Doerthe Kuester, Frank Meyer, Thomas Keiko Toyama*, Hirofumi Uto, Chinatsu Hujimoto, Joji
Wex, Morena Stillert, Antal Csepregi, Hans Lippert, Albert Kuroki, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Kenji Nagata, Yuka Takahama,
Roessner, Peter Malfertheiner Akio Ido, Sherri O. Stuver, Hirohito Tsubouchi
S1909 Cholelithiasis and Biliary Sludge in Children: S1919 Serum Alanine Aminotransferase Flares in Hepatitis C
Predisposing Diseases and Mode of Presentation Virus Carriers with Normal Or Persistently Normal
Denise Herzog*, Guylaine Bouchard Alanine Aminotransferase Levels in a Hyperendemic
Area of Japan
S1910 Aminoguanidine Impairs Gallbladder Contractility Hirofumi Uto*, Kazunori Kusumoto, Katsuhiro Hayashi,
Hayder Al-Azzawi*, Abhishek Mathur, Debao Lu, Deborah Satoru Hasuike, Mayumi Kodama, Kenji Nagata, Keiko
Swartz-Basile, Attila Nakeeb, Henry A. Pitt Toyama, Yuka Takahama, Akio Ido, Sherri O. Stuver,
Hirohito Tsubouchi
S1920 A Study to Assess Expertise and Training in

Transcutaneous Liver Biopsy Amongst Trainee
Gastroenterologists in the United Kingdom
Peter F. Marden*, Ben Colleypriest, John D. Linehan
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Sponsored by: Liver & Biliary Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction
CLINICAL HEPATITIS: MANAGEMENT COLON MOTILITY AND DISORDERS

S1921 Prevalence of HCV Risk Factors in Hispanic-American Participants will be able to:
Subpopulations • Discuss neural and humoral mechanisms controlling normal colonic
Stacey B. Trooskin*, Maricruz Velez, Steven K. Herrine, motility;
Simona Rossi, David J. Axelrod, Robert Winn, Scott • Discuss pathyphysiological changes responsible for altered colonic
McNeal, Victor J. Navarro motility; and
• Understand the use of animal models for studying normal and
S1922 Bone Mineral Density Correlates to Insulin-Like Growth abnormal colonic motility.
Factor I, in Non-Cirrhotic Osteopenic Hepatitis C
Patients with Low Dairy Calcium Intakes (n=23) S1928 Real-Time, Acetylcholine-Induced Early Phasic

Marcel H. van Gemert*, Cmj van Nieuwkerk, Jc Roos, E Oscillatory Force Generation Analysis of 3D
Bloemena, Ac van Doorn, Cjj Mulder Bioengineered Colon Circular Smooth Muscle
Constructs Using Dominant Negative RHOA Or
S1923 The Influence of Cigarette Smoking On Response to Dominant Negative PKCα
Treatment with Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2b and Saumya S. Vanderwyst*, Suresh B. Patil, Robert R. Gilmont,
Ribavirin in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Sita Somara, Khalil N. Bitar
Mary P. Pauly*, Alan J. Sheinbaum, Jean-Luc I Szpakowski,
Joanna B. Ready, Robert S. Brown, Bradley Freilich, Nezam S1929 Colonic Electrical Stimulation with Trains of Short

Afdhal, Paul Kwo, John Santoro, Scott Becker, Ira Jacobson, Pulses Not Long Pulses Enhances Colonic Transit in
Louis Griffel, Clifford Brass Awaken Rats
Shi Liu*, Wenpo Li, Xiaohua Hou, Jiande Chen
S1924 Knowledge Deficits Concerning Hepatitis C Among
Racial and Ethnic Minorities: A Prospective Study S1930 Colonic and Gastric Muscle Contraction in the Obese
Stacey B. Trooskin*, Maricruz Velez, Steven K. Herrine, (OB/OB) Mouse
Simona Rossi, David J. Axelrod, Robert Winn, Scott Ping Cong*, Gyorgy Baffy, Piero Biancani, Jose Behar
McNeal, Victor J. Navarro
S1931 Biofeedback Is an Effective Treatment for Functional S
S1925 Lack of Adherence As a Critical Factor for Non- Constipation: A Randomized Controlled Study U
Sustained Virological Response to Combination Therapy Wayne H. Hu, Joanne H. Li, Annie O. Chan*, Nina Y.
of Interferon and Ribavirin in Chronic Hepatitis C
N
Wong, Stephen H. Wong, Wai M. Hui
Patients of Genotype 2 Infection D
Yoshiaki Iwasaki*, Daisuke Tanioka, Hiroshi Ikeda, Kouichi S1932 Responses of Rat Proximal, MID and Distal Colonic A
Takaguchi, Haruhiko Kobashi, Yasuyuki Araki, Minoru Muscularis Mucosae to ATP and Bradykinin Are
Tomita, Noriaki Hashimoto, Kazuhisa Yabushita, Masaharu Mediated By Different Mechanisms
Y
Ando, Tomonori Senoh, Yasuhiro Makino, Kohsaku William Percy MAY
Sakaguchi, Yasushi Shiratori 21
S1933 The Prokineticin Receptor 1 Mediates Inhibition of
S1926 Successful Treatment with High Dose Consensus Spontaneous Giant Contractions in the Murine Proximal
Interferon and Ribavirin of Patients with Chronic Colon
Hepatitis C Who Are Resistant to PEG-Interferon and Willemijntje A. Hoogerwerf
Ribavirin Therapy
Kenneth D. Rothstein*, Ramesh Koka, Angel Fernandez, S1934 Genome-Wide Transcriptional Signals from Colonic
Holly Hargrove, Shailender Singh, Victor Araya, Santiago J. Neuromuscular Tissue in Patients with Slow Transit
Munoz Constipation
Lu Liu*, Rohan B. Williams, Fei Shang, Denis W. King,
S1927 High Dose Induction Therapy with Consensus Elizabeth Burcher
Interferon (CIFN) in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C
Is Safe and Highly Efficient: An Open-Label Pilot Study S1935 Differential Role of A1 and A2a Purinergic Receptors in
Thomas Witthoeft*, Diether Ludwig the Control of Colonic Neuromuscular Function in the
Presence of Experimental Colitis
Luca Antonioli*, Matteo Fornai, Corrado Blandizzi,
Rocchina Colucci, Narcisa Ghisu, Maria Cristina Breschi,
Mario Del Tacca
S1936 Tegaserod Improves Symptoms and Function in Patients

with Chronic Constipation
Brian Lacy*, Jeffrey Kralstein, Michael Dolker, Michael
Shetzline
S1937 Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) Potentiates Rat

Inferior Splanchnic Nerve Afferent (ISA) Unit
Responsiveness to Serotonin (5-HT) in Vitro
Yuhua Wang*, Mulugeta Million, Lixin Wang, David
Adelson, Jen Yu Wei, Yvette Tache
S1938 Effect of Lactobacillus Casei Shirota On Colonic Transit

Time in Patients with Slow-Transit Constipation
Franka Schlieger*, Heinz Krammer, Andreas Franke,
Hermann Harder, Irmtrud Wagner, Manfred V. Singer
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S1939 Regulation of Intestinal Smooth Muscle Cell Growth S1952 Evidence for Alterations in Central Autonomic Activity
and IGF-I Production By Tegaserod During Sleep in Women with Diarrhea-Predominant
John F. Kuemmerle*, Jennifer G. Bowers, John R. Grider Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS-D)
Heng Y. Wong*, Emeran A. Mayer, Bruce D. Naliboff, Britta
S1940 Peripheral Corticotropin Releasing Factor (CRF) 2 Dickhaus, Teresa I. Olivas, Vanessa Z. Ameen, Joyce
Receptor Activation Decreases the CRF1-Mediated Reinholdt, Lin Chang
Colonic Motor and Secretory Function
Mulugeta Million*, Pu-Qing Yuan, Pascale Plaisancie, Paul S1953 Mechanisms Underlying the Neurokinin A - Induced
R. Saunders, Karina Pambukhchian, Armen Karapetyan, Contraction of Guinea-Pig Taenia Coli
Yvette Tache Takanori Nakatsuji*, Satoshi Ieiri, Junko Akiyoshi, Tomoaki
Taguchi, Sachiyo Suita
S1941 A Course of Tegaserod Treatment Modulates CNS
Processing of Visceral Afferent Information S1954 Purinergic P2X Neuro-Neuronal Transmission Underlies
Lisa Kilpatrick*, Jen Labus, Steve M. Berman, Brandall the 5HT3 Receptor Mediated Inhibition of Rabbit Distal
Suyenobu, Jean Stains, Bruce D. Naliboff, Emeran A. Mayer Colon Propulsion
Luciano Onori, Annalisa Aggio, Giovanni Latella*, Giuseppe
S1942 The Effect of Mosapride Citrate On Colonic Motor Frieri, Gennaro Taddei, Dina Melideo, Marcello Tonini
Function in Guinea Pig: Does It Differ Between
Proximal and Distal Colon? S1955 CB1 and TRPV1 Receptors Mediate Protective Effects
Hyojin Park*, Eun Ju Choi, Sang In Lee On Colonic Electrophysiological Properties in Mice
A. Sibaev, F Massa, B Yuece, G Marsicano, H A. Lehr, B
S1943 Dendritic Cells Can Secrete Corticotropin Releasing Lutz, B Goeke, H D. Allescher, Martin Storr*
Factor
Mariko Hojo*, Toshifumi Ohkusa, Akira Harada, Tomoyoshi S1956 Platelet Activating Factor (PAF) Affects Sigmoid Smooth
Shibuya, Harumi Tomeoku, Kaoru Kushima, Akihito Muscle Contraction in Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
Nagahara, Nobuhiro Sato Sharad Kunnath*, Victor E. Pricolo, Karen M. Harnett, Neal
S. Leleiko, Weibiao Cao
S1944 Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Patients Show Hyper-
Reactive Motility Responses to Intraluminal Distention S1957 Power Dynamics of Colonic Electrical Activity in
Which Are Unrelated to Pain Hypersensitivity Patients with Constipation and Irritable Bowel
Motoyori Kanazawa*, Olafur S. Palsson, Syed Im. Thiwan, Syndrome Assessed By Transcutaneous Electrodes
Marsha J. Turner, Miranda Al. van Tilburg, Michael D. Manuel A. Amaris*, Melchor V. Demetria, Bashar M. Attar,
Crowell, Shin Fukudo, Douglas A. Drossman, William E. Daniel C. Sadowski, Martin P. Mintchev
S Whitehead
S1958 Serine 16 Phosphorylation-Dependent Translocation of
U S1945 Alterations in Bile Acid Metabolism in Constipation HSP20 in Colonic Smooth Muscle Cells May Modulate
N Hasse R. Abrahamsson*, Ann-Margret Lindqvist, Ralf HSP27 Dependent Contraction
Nilsson, Magnus Simren, Per-Goran Gillberg Robert R. Gilmont*, Khalil N. Bitar
D
A S1946 Effect of Yohimbine On Gastrointestinal Transit and
Symptoms in Healthy Subjects AGA Poster Session
Y Christopher N. Andrews*, Adil Bharucha, Michael 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
MAY Camilleri, Barbara M. Seide, Kari L. Baxter, Duane D. LA Convention Center
21 Burton, Alan R. Zinsmeister
S1947 Role of Tachykinin Nk1 Receptors On Novelty Stress-
Induced Defecation in Mongolian Gerbils TREATMENT OF OBESITY: SURGERY, ENDOSCOPY AND
Shiho Okano*, Hideaki Nagaya, Nobuhiro Inatomi DRUG THERAPY
S1948 Expression of 5-HT3, 5-HT4 and 5-HT7 Receptors in the S1959 Effects of Sibutramine On Gastric Emptying, Intestinal
Guinea Pig Distal Colon and Their Role in Peristaltic Motility and Rectal Tone in Conscious Dogs
Activity Junying Xu*, Jiande Chen
Barbara Balestra, Elisabetta Cervio*, Roberto De Giorgio,
Giovanni Barbara, Fabrizio de Ponti, Vincenzo Stanghellini, S1960 Partial Replacement of Dietary Long-Chain Triglycerides
Catia Sternini, Marcello Tonini (LCT) By Medium-Chain Triglycerides (MCT) Fed Ad
Libitum Is Hepatotoxic Whereas Total Replacement Or
S1949 Motility of the Interposed Colon for Esophageal Dietary Restriction Is Beneficial
Replacement Charles S. Lieber*, Qi Cao, Leonore M. Decarli, Maria A.
Susumu Ohwada*, Susumu Kawate, Yoshihiro Sato, Masaru Leo, Ki M. Mak, Anatoly Ponomarenko, Chaoling Ren,
Izumi, Kunihiro Hamada, Kentaro Hirai, Yutaka Sunose, Xiaolei Wang
Hiroyuki Tsutsumi, Takayuki Yamada, Yuichi Iino
S1961 Effects of Optifast Very Low Calorie Diet On Liver Size
S1950 Intestinal Gas Retention in Patients with Slow-Transit and Regional Adiposity
Idiopathic Constipation (STC) James Toouli*, Mark Lewis, Madeleine Phillips, Sara
Ana C. Hernando-Harder*, Hermann Harder, Heinz-Juergen Wahlroos, John Slavotinek, Robin Valentine, Lilian Kow,
Krammer, Manfred V. Singer Campbell Thompson
S1951 The Effect of Naloxone-3-Glucuronide (NX3G) On S1962 Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Is a Viable
Gastro-Coecal Transit Time in Healthy Volunteers Under Option in the Treatment of Mega Obesity (BMI >70kg/
Morphine Medication M2)
Peter Netzer, Michael P. Wissmeyer, Alexander Sendensky, William Watson*, Bradley Needleman, Vimal Narula, S.
Catarina Batista, Stefan Baumeler, Rudolf Brenneisen, Scott Davis, Matthew Goldblatt, W. Scott Melvin, Dean
Thomas Krause, Peter Reber, Juergen M. Gschossmann*, Mikami
Ulrich Scheurer
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S1963 Sibutramine Significantly Delays Gastric Emptying
Without Altering Volume Or Postprandial Symptoms in
Obesity
Maria I. Vazquez-Roque*, Debra Stephens, Duane Burton,
Kari Baxter, Michael Ryks, Matthew Clark, Michael D.
Jensen, Sarah Kalsy, Karen Graszer, Alan R. Zinsmeister,
Michael Camilleri
S1964 Pre-PYLORIC Neural Electrical Stimulation Produces

Cholinergically-Mediated Retrograde Peristalsis in Acute
Canine Model of Microprocessor-Invoked Gastric
Motility for the Treatment of Obesity
Emil Neshev, Denis Onen, Ehsan Jalilian, Martin P.
Mintchev*
S1965 A Multi-Component Model Can Predict Outcome of

Restrictive Surgery for Obesity At Baseline and 3
Months
Naeem Aslam*, Hani Rashed, Atul K. Madan, David S.
Tichansky, Teresa Cutts, William D. Johnson, Thomas L.
Abell
S1966 Effects of Duodenum/Ileum Electrical Stimulations On
Duodenum Distention-Response (DD-R) Neurons in the
Vmh of Rats
J.N. Zhang*, J D Z Chen
S1967 Intragastric Balloon for Refractory Obesity: Poor

Compliance with Dietary Education and Follow-Up
Does Not Preclude Weight Loss
Erik Francois*, Jean Marc Dumonceau, Marie Barea, Karine
Buedts, Michael Piagnerelli, Jacques Deviere, Axel Hittelet
S1968 Rediscovered Therapeutic Option for Morbid Obesity: S
Multicenter Pilot Study with a New Pneumatic Stomach
Balloon U
Yogesh Shastri, Irina Blumenstein, Udo Martin, Stephan N
Haass, Jurgen Stein, Wolfgang Caspary, Nicolas Hoepffner* D
S1969 Post Adjustable Gastric Banding Syndrome. pH-Metric A
and Manometric Recordings in 19 Patients Y
Mohamed Merrouche, Jean Marc Sabate, Pauline Jouet,
Simon Msika, Severine Ledoux, Benoit Coffin* MAY
21
S1970 Incidence of Stomal Stricture and Efficacy of Endoscopic
Intervention: A Tertiary Center’s Experience with
Gastric Bypass Surgery
Michael A. Veliuona*, Fedele J. Depalma, Robert N.
Cooney, Abraham Mathew
S1971 Botulinum a Toxin Injected Into the Gastric Wall for the
Treatment of Class III Obesity: A Pilot Study
Aloisio Cardoso Jr.*, Paulo Roberto Savassi-Rocha, Luiz
Gonzaga Vaz Coelho, Maria Matilde Mello Sposito, Walton
Albuquerque, Marco Tulio Costa Diniz
S1972 Short Duration Vs Continuous Bouts of Excercise in

Childhood Obesity Treatment Programs
Sari Acra*, Megan Neumman, Andrea Klint, Kong Chen
S1973 Long Term Follow-Up of Morbidly Obese Patients

Undergoing Bioenterics Intragastric Balloon (BIB)
Placement
Spyros Michopoulos*, Georgios Stamatis, Stephanos
Karagiannis, Fotis Dimopoulos, Helen Chrysanthopoulou,
Chris Karatsoras, Emmanouel Archavlis, Michael
Theodorakis, Athanassios - Meletios Dimopoulos
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CLINICAL
AASLD Poster Session AASLD Poster Session

AUTOIMMUNE AND CHOLOSTATIC DISORDERS BILIARY PHYSIOLOGY, TRANSPORT, CHOLANGIOCYTE
BIOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL CHOLESTASIS - CLINICAL
M1000 Mayo Risk Score: Potential Role in Identifying Which
Patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Should Be M1011 The Foetal-Maternal Circulation of Bile Acids and
Screened for Esophageal Varices Bilirubin: Effects of Cholestasis and Ursodeoxycholic
Claudia O. Zein*, Cynthia Levy, Kristi Beatty Acid Administration
Emanuela Baglivo, Francesco Azzaroli*, Marco Montagnani,
M1001 Evidence of Shared Autoimmune Susceptibility Factors Valentina Feletti, Patrizia Simoni, Marcello Locatelli,
in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Autoimmune Thyroid Domenico De Aloysio, Giuseppe Pelusi, Francesca Lodato,
Disease Davide Festi, Antonio Colecchia, Aldo Roda, Enrico Roda,
Brian D. Juran*, Gwen M. Boe, Joshua P. Slusser, Mariza Giuseppe Mazzella
Deandrade, Rebecca S. Bahn, Gloria M. Petersen,
Konstantinos N. Lazaridis M1012 Serum Phytosterols and Cholesterol Precursors and
Biliary Phytosterol Content in Cholesterol Gallstone
M1002 Rotating Antibiotics Combined with High-Dose Ursodiol Patients Reveals the Presence of a Defect in the Entero-
in Patients with Post-Transplant Recurrence of Primary Hepatic Circulation of Sterol Molecules
Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) Juan F. Miquel*, Flavio Nervi, Gonzalez Robinson, Rosa M.
Arathi Rajendra*, Peter Bonis, Young-Mee Lee Perez-Ayuzo, Manuel Alvarez, Molina Hector, Marco Arrese,
M1003 Characterization and Clinical Course of Hepatobiliary Klaus von Bergmann
Carcinoma in Patients with Primary Sclerosing M1013 DNA Evidence of Precence for Helicobacter Species in
Cholangitis Pediatric Patients with Ulcerative Colitis and Primary
Jens J.W. Tischendorf, Peter N. Meier*, Christian Sclerosing Cholangitis Or Autoimmune Hepatitis
Strassburg, Juergen Klempnauer, Hartmut Hecker, Michael Thomas H. Casswall*, Antal Nemeth, Torkel Wadstrom,
P. Manns, Martin Krueger Hans-Olof Nilsson
M1004 Overlap of Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Biliary M1014 Prevalence of Intrapulmonary Vascular Shunting in
Cirrhosis: Long-Term Outcomes Asymptomatic Children with Portal Hypertension
Marina Silveira*, Jayant Talwalkar, Keith Lindor John R. Whitworth*, D D. Ivy, J.N. Gralla, Michael R.
M1005 Role of Perihilar Lymph Nodes in Patients with Primary Narkewicz, Judith A. O'Connor, Cara L. Mack, Adria A.
Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) with and Without Condino, Frederick M. Karrer, Ronald J. Sokol
Cholangiocellular Carcinoma (CCC) M1015 Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in
Gabi Kirchner*, Michael Gebel, Siegfried Wagner, Joerg Overweight/Obese Children, Adolescents and Young
Bleck, Juergen Klempnauer, Michael P. Manns, J.N. J. Adults
Tischendorf Shimon Reif*, Rami Sagi, Ran Oren
M1006 Prevalence of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis in An M1016 Genotype and Phenotype Correlation in Korean Patients
Ethnically Diverse Population of Inflammatory Bowel with Glycogen Storage Disease Type IA
Disease Jae Sung Ko*, Hye Ran Yang, Jeong Kee Seo
Lynne Do*, Thomas Prindiville, Walter Trudeau,
M Christopher L. Bowlus M1017 Autoimmune Hepatitis in Children: A Long-Term
O Follow-Up Study
M1007 Can Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) Be Used to Treat Kadakkal R. Radhakrishnan*, Sarah Worley, Susana
N Autoimmune Hepatitis? Arrigain, Hupertz Vera, Marsha Kay, Lisa Yerian, Robert
D Noma Dakhil*, Alex Befeler Wyllie, Ariel E. Feldstein
A M1008 An Analysis of Drug-Induced Liver Injury, Which
Y Showed the Histological Findings Very Similar to AASLD Poster Session
Autoimmune Hepatitis 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
MAY Akiko Hisamochi*, Masayoshi Kage, Teruko Arinaga, LA Convention Center
22 Tatsuya Ide, Ryukichi Kumashiro, Michio Sata
M1009 High Prevalence and Lack of Clinical Relevance of Auto- METABOLIC/GENETIC DISEASES
Antibodies in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients M1018 Calorie Restriction Inhibits Mitochondria-Induced
Jorge Garcia-Leiva*, Arturo Meixueiro-Daza, Aldo Montano- Superoxide Overproduction in Liver and Vasculature in
Loza, Magdalena Sanchez-Osorio, Mariana Weimersheimer- Type2 Diabetic Oletf Rats
Sandoval, Aurora Loaeza-del Castillo, Graciela Castro-Narro, Yukiko Minamiyama*, Shigekazu Takemura, Shintaro Kodai,
Juan F. Gallegos-Orozco, Florencia Vargas-Vorackova, Yasuyuki Bito, Shigefumi Suehiro, Shigeru Okada
Francisco Sanchez-Avila, Misael Uribe
M1019 The Clinical Relevance of Compound Heterozygosity for
M1010 Serum Concentrations of Substance P Are Increased in the Haemochromatosis Mutations (C282Y/H63D)
Cholestasis: Potential Clinical Implications Alissa Walsh*, Jeannette L. Dixon, Grant A. Ramm, David
Mayur Trivedi*, Nora V. Bergasa, Linxiang Wei G. Hewett, Douglas Lincoln, Greg L. Anderson, Nathan
Subramaniam, Julian Dodermaide, Mark Bassett, Lawrie W.
Powell
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M1020 The Diversity of Liver Diseases Among Outpatient M1031 Is Rifaximin Cost-Effective in the Management of
Referrals for An Elevated Serum Ferritin Hepatic Encephalopathy?
Karen Wong*, Paul Adams Brennan M. Spiegel*, Edward Huang, Eric Esrailian
M1021 Validation of Diagnostic and Predictive Indexes in M1032 The Occurrence of Malignancy in Patients with Liver
Patients with Fulminant and Chronic Decompensated Cirrhosis-More Than HCC
Wilson’s Disease Steingerdur A. Gunnarsdottir*, Evangelos Kalaitzakis, Einar
Pavel Trunecka, Jan Petrasek*, Milan Jirsa, Jan Sperl, Pavel Bjornsson
Drastich, Libor Kozak, Julius Spicak
M1033 Extrapyramidal Dysfunction and Basal Ganglia
M1022 Glucose Homeostasis in Cd39-/- Null Mice: Role of Abnormalities in Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy - A
Extracellular Nucleotides in Mediation of Insulin Landmark Study
Resistance Richa Dewan, Pankaj Mehta*, Vibhu V. Mittal, Rahul
Chandrashekhar Thukral*, Ko Kotani, Eva Csizmadia, Anand, Nitin Gupta, Divey Manocha, Ravi Nehru, Veena
Barbara Kahn, Simon Robson, Keiichi Enjyoji Chowdhary
M1023 Relationship Between Hepatic Iron Concentration, Hfe M1034 Impact of Doppler Sonograhic Renal Resistance Index
Genotype and Presence of Cirrhosis Among Us Patients On Survival in Cirrhotic Patients with Ascites:
with Phenotypic Hemochromatosis Comparison with MELD and Child-Turcotte-Pugh Score
Raymond Cheng*, Elizabeth D. Morrison, David J. Yasuji Komorizono*, Katsumi Sako, Toshihiko Shibatou,
Brandhagen, Pradyumna D. Phatak, James C. Barton, Shirou Tanoue, Hirohito Tsubouchi
Edward L. Krawitt, Stuart C. Gordon, Bruce Y. Tung, Kris V.
Kowdley M1035 Malnutrition and Diabetes Mellitus Are Associated with
Cognitive Dysfunction in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis
M1024 Differences in Hepatic Histopathology Among Patients Evangelos Kalaitzakis*, Pia Henfridsson, Einar Bjornsson
with Phenotypic Hemochromatosis and Different Hfe
Genotypes M1036 Alcohol Consumption By Cirrhotic Subjects: Patterns of
Raymond Cheng*, Elizabeth D. Morrison, David J. Use and Effect On Liver Chemistries, Variceal Bleeding,
Brandhagen, Pradyumna D. Phatak, James C. Barton, Ascites, Encephalopathy and Survival
Edward L. Krawitt, Stuart C. Gordon, Bruce Y. Tung, Kris V. Michael R. Lucey*, Jason Connor, Michael Henderson,
Kowdley Rikkers Layton
M1037 Thrombotic Risk Factors in Patients with Liver
AASLD Poster Session Cirrhosis: Correlation with Disease Staging and Portal
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Vein Thrombosis Development
LA Convention Center Maria Assunta Zocco*, Marialuisa Novi, Maria Elena Ainora,
Giorgia Di Gioacchino, Laura Riccardi, Roberto De
Cristofaro, Alessandra Forgione, Giuseppe Merra, Michele
PORTAL HYPERTENSION - CLINICAL
Santoro, Lorenzo Zileri dal Verme, Raffaele Landolfi,
M1025 Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration Giovanni Addolorato, Maurizio Pompili, Antonio Grieco,
(B-RTO) for Primary Prophylaxis and Prevention of Giovanni Gasbarrini, Gian Ludovico Rapaccini, Antonio
Rebleeding of Gastric Fundal Varices Gasbarrini
Hirofumi Kawanaka*, Nao Kinjou, Daisuke Yoshida, Go
M1038 Cxcr4, Vegfr and VLA-4 Levels in Peripheral Blood
Anegawa, Shohei Yamaguchi, Kozou Konishi, Kazuo
Lymphocytes of Patients with Acute On Chronic Liver
Tanoue, Yoshihiko Maehara
Failure Treated with G-CSF
M1026 Assessment of Cirrhosis and Its Severity By Fibroscan Cristiana Di Campli*, Maria Assunta Zocco, Saulnier
and Biochemical Markers in Alcoholic Patients Natalie, Giorgia Di Gioacchino, Sergio Rutella, Marialuisa
David Laharie, Juliette Foucher, Pierre Henri Bernard, Novi, Maria Elena Ainora, Giovanni Addolorato, Ludovico
Laurent Castera, Xavier Adhoute, Julien Bertet, Patrice Abenavoli, Luca Miele, Alessandra Forgione, Antonio
Couzigou, Victor de Ledinghen* Grieco, Giuseppe Leone, Giovanni Gasbarrini, Gian M
Ludovico Rapaccini, Paolo Pola, Antonio Gasbarrini O
M1027 Endothelial Dysfunction and Impaired Flow-Mediated
M1039 I.V. Infused Calcium Has Marked Diuretic and N
Vasodilatation Exist in Decompensated Cirrhosis
Without NASH Natriuretic Effects in Pre-Ascitic Human Cirrhosis: D
Jasmohan S. Bajaj*, Kia Saeian, Amjad Q. Syed, Amina Physiopathological and Clinical Implications A
Syed, Davud Gutterman Giovanni Sansoe'*, Talia Smith, Florence Wong
Y
M1028 Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Antibiotic Prophylaxis M1040 Impact of Cholestatic Liver Disease On Outcomes from MAY
Increases Likelihood of Gram-Positive and Quinolone- Acute Variceal Hemorrhage
William Sanchez*, Jayant A. Talwalkar, Mark V. Larson, 22
Resistant Infections But Not in-Hospital Mortality
Emmanuelle Williams*, Caryn Baldauf, Anna Lok Theresa A. Nolte, Stephanie M. Johnson, Keith D. Lindor,
Patrick S. Kamath
M1029 Combination Treatment with Octreotide, Midodrine and
Albumin Improves Survival and Renal Function in M1041 Risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Patients with
Patients with Hepatorenal Syndrome: A Large Cohort Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis Treated with Transjugular
Study Intrahepatic Portosystemic Stent Shunts (TIPSS)
Adnan Said*, Catherine Skagen, Michael Einstein, Michael Johann Ockenga*, Tatjana Schuetz, Juergen Bauditz,
Lucey Mathias Plauth, Herbert Lochs, Hartmut H. Schmidt
M1030 Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of M1042 Intestinal Metaplasia in Portal Hypertensive
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS): Analysis from a Gastropathy: Is It a Part of Natural Course ?
Prospective Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study of Duygu Ibrisim*, Ugur Cevikbas, Filiz Akyuz, Sule
Patients Evaluated for Liver Transplantation Poturoglu, Emel Ahishali, Mine Gulluoglu, Kadir Demir,
Michael B. Fallon*, Miguel R. Arguedas, Michael Krowka, Fatih Besisik, Gungor Boztas, Sadakat Ozdil, Yilmaz
Vijay Shah, Robert S. Brown, Roshan Shrestha, Steven Cakaloglu, Zeynel Mungan, Atilla Okten, Sabahattin
Zacks, Kari Roberts, Sonja Olsen, Dorothy Faulk, Jenna Kaymakoglu
Reinen, Steven Kawut
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M1043 The Incidence, Etiology and the Natural History of Liver M1056 An Aflatoxin-Associated Mutational Hotspot At Codom
Cirrhosis in Iceland and Sweden 249 in the P53 Tumor Suppressor Gene in
Steingerdur A. Gunnarsdottir*, Nick Craglia, Sigurdur Hepatocellular Carcinomas from Brazil
Olafsson, Bjarni Thodleifsson, Einar Bjornsson Jeronimo A. Nogueira*, Marcelo E. Nita, Marcelo M.
Tavares, Suzane K. Ono-Nita, Cristovam Scapulatempo,
M1044 Comparison of Two Assessment Methods for Grading Evandro S. Mello, Alda Wakamatsu, Telesforo Bacchella,
Hepatic Encephalopathy Flair J. Carrilho, Venancio A. Alves
Scott Mooney*, Fatma Barakat, Meghan Carlson, Deanna
Oliver, Robin Hilsabeck, William Perry, Elliot Alpert, Tarek M1057 Role of Vitamin E in the Treatment of Muscle Cramps in
Hassanein Cirrhotic Patients
Patrick B. Tan*, Emad Alhamar, Paul Marotta
M1045 Influence of the Metabolic Consequences of Liver
Cirrhosis On Energy Intake and Resting Energy M1058 Estimating the Burden of Liver Disease in the United
Expenditure States Using Administrative Claims Data
Evangelos Kalaitzakis*, Ingvar Bosaeus, Einar Bjornsson Adrian M. Di Bisceglie*, Jeffrey A. Gavard, Paula M.
Stirnemann, Huiling Xiao, Thomas E. Burroughs, Mark A.
M1046 Natural History of Acute Variceal Hemorrhage in Schnitzler, Steven K. Takemoto
Community-Based Patients with Cirrhosis
William Sanchez*, Jayant A. Talwalkar, Mark V. Larson, M1059 Ascitic Fluid Absolute Neutrophil Count and
Theresa A. Nolte, W R. Kim, Patrick S. Kamath Neutrophil /Lymphocyte Ratio in Patients with Infected
Versus Non-Infected Ascitic Fluid
M1047 A Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility Analysis of Brick E. Alva*, Maria C. Segovia, Leslie Ryan, Dilip Moonka
Endoscopic Variceal Ligation(EVL) Vs. Beta-Adrenergic
Blockade(BB)for Primary Prophylaxis of Esophgeal M1060 Development of Isolated Gastric Fundal Varices (IGV- 1)
Variceal Bleeding After Successful Endoscopic Obliteration of Esophageal
Thomas F. Imperiale*, Naga P. Chalasani, Robert W. Klein Varices
Sadik Memon*, Vevak Dherwani, Kabir Dherwani, Shoaib
M1048 Rapid Diagnosis of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Ansari, Ma Mirza, Wasim Jafri, Ubaidullah Soomro
Using Bedside Leucocyte Esterase Reagent Strips with
Spectrophotometric Analysis M1061 Fmri Correlates of Pathologically Changed Alpha
Daniel R. Gaya*, David B. Lyon, Joanna Clarke, Saranaz Rhythm in Patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy
Jamdar, Ewan H. Forrest, John Morris, Donald Inverarity, Petra Ritter, Matthias Moosmann, Esmatollah Kasim, Elke-
Adrian J. Stanley Tatjana Schuetz, Herbert Lochs, Arno Villinger, Johann
Ockenga*
M1049 Hepatorenal Syndrome and Refractory Ascites Are
Associated with Unopposed Nitric Oxide Over- M1062 Body Cell Mass, a Useful New Marker Assessing
Production Nutritional Status and Severity of Disease in Patients
Zeid Kayali*, Pedro Baron, Okechukwu Ojogho, Edson with Liver Cirrhosis
Franco, Linda Chen, Jason Smith, Douglas Smith, Gregory Takumi Kawaguchi*, Eitaro Taniguchi, Minoru Itou,
Watkins, Meleah Mathahs, Kyle Brown, Warren Schmidt Tetsuharu Oriishi, Michio Sata
M1050 Association of Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy with M1063 Screening for Esophageal Varices in Us Veterans with
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Chronic Hepatitis C and Advanced Fibrosis : A Pilot
Keith L. Obstein*, Mical S. Campbell, K Rajender Reddy, Study
Yu-Xiao Yang Anastasios A. Mihas, Jay A. Talreja*, Douglas M. Heuman
M1051 Primary Prevention of Esophageal Variceal Bleeding M1064 Effect of Spironolactone On Rennin-Angiotensin-
Among Cirrhotic Patients with Hepatitis C and Grade 2 Aldosterone System in Patients with Alcoholic and Viral
to 3 Esophageal Varices: A Cost-Utility Analysis Liver Cirrhosis
Wendong Chen*, Shannon Cope, Jillian Watkins, Jenny Masahiro Kanayama*, Hidenari Nagai, Kouichi Momiyama,
M Heathcote, Murray Krahn Shigeru Nakano, Katsuhiko Matsumaru, Keichi Maruyama,
O Takashi Kawafune, Koji Ishii, Yasukiyo Sumino, Kazumasa
M1052 Does Abnormal Performance On Inhibitory Control Test Miki
N Predispose to Development of Overt Hepatic
D Encephalopathy? M1065 Comparison of the Dynamic State of Circulation Among
Jasmohan S. Bajaj*, Kia Saeian, Jose Franco, Rajiv R. Varma, Patients with Alcoholic and Viral Liver Cirrhosis
A Matthew D. Verber, Stephen Rao Kouichi Momiyama*, Hidenari Nagai, Katsuya Higami,
Y Masahiro Kanayama, Shigeru Nakano, Katsuhiko
M1053 Long-Term Follow Up of Endoscopic Histoacryl Matsumaru, Manabu Watanabe, Takashi Kawafune, Koji
MAY
Injection for the Management of Gastric Variceal Ishii, Keichi Maruyama, Yasukiyo Sumino, Kazumasa Miki
22 Bleeding
Neil Rajoriya*, Jennifer Gray, Gordon Reid, Daniel Gaya, M1066 Rescue Therapy By Portal Infusion of Autologous Stem
Ewan Forrest, John Morris, John MacKenzie, Ross Carter, Cells in a Case of Drug-Induced Hepatitis
Colin McKay, Robert Stuart, Adrian Stanley Cristiana Di Campli*, Gian Ludovico Rapaccini, Maria
Assunta Zocco, Giorgia Di Gioacchino, Marialuisa Novi,
M1054 Nutritional Assessment in Liver Disease: Estimation of Sergio Rutella, Vincenzo Mirante, Maria Elena Ainora, Lucia
Skeletal Muscle Mass By Computed Tomography Fini, Giuseppe Leone, Paolo Pola, Giovan Battista
Leah M. Lieber*, Ellen S. Engelson, Thomas D. Schiano, Gasbarrini, Antonio Gasbarrini
Qing He, Robert Shapiro, Donald P. Kotler
M1067 Capsule Endoscopy (Pill Cam ESO): Its Utility in
M1055 Use of G-CSF During Acute On Chronic Liver Failure: Diagnosing Esophageal Varices in Patients with Chronic
Clinical and Biochemical Safety Profile Liver Disease
Marialuisa Novi*, Cristiana Di Campli, Giorgia Di Adnan Muhammad*, Sandeep Bhargava, C.S. Pitchumoni
Gioacchino, Maria Assunta Zocco, Sergio Rutella, Maria
Elena Ainora, Giovanni Addolorato, Ludovico Abenavoli,
Luca Miele, Alessandra Forgione, Antonio Grieco, Giuseppe
Leone, Giovan Battista Gasbarrini, Gian Ludovico Rapaccini,
Paolo Pola, Antonio Gasbarrini
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AASLD Poster Session M1078 Stool Caprotectin Detection Accurately Excludes
Organic Disease in Patients Presenting to
Gastrointestinal Clinic
LA Convention Center Ariella Gar-Gil Shitrit*, Dan Braverman, Julien Paz
PORTAL HYPERTENSION - EXPERIMENTAL M1079 Quality Assurance Committee: An Old Concept with
New Significance
M1068 Homocysteine Causes Hepatic Endothelial Dysfunction S. D. Feldshon*, Glenda Tims
and Regulates Vascular Tone in Normal and Cirrhotic
Rat Livers
Elisabetta Antonelli, Stefano Orlandi, Andrea Mencarelli,
M1080 Outcome of Cases with Acute Pancreatitis in a Single
Center and a Comparison of Ranson’s and Sofa Scoring
Eleonora Distrutti, Antonio Morelli, Vijay Shah, Stefano System in Predicting the Outcome
Fiorucci* Ari Wiesen*, Kostas Sideridis, Pashun Jalal, Baez Mishiev,
Simmy Bank
M1069 The Mechanisms of Sodium and Free-Water Retention in
Experimental Preascitic Liver Cirrhosis: A

Physiopathological Study
Giovanni Sansoe'*, Manuela Aragno, Floriano Rosina,
M1081 Fecal Occult Blood Testing in Thrombolytic Therapy
Alex J. Gershenhorn*, Mojdeh Momeni, Rana Khan,
Sowmya Kanikkannan, Kell Julliard, Linus Yoe, Vinod
Antonina Smedile, Mario Rizzetto Kurupath, Sushil Duddempudi, Sury Anand, Kiran Bhat
M1070 Alteration of Noradrenalin-Dopamine System in M1082 Clinical Efficacy of Gabapentin in Persistent Hiccups.
Experimental Liver Cirrhosis Francisco Huerta-Iga
Timea Csak*, Daniel Szekacs, Aniko Folhoffer, Andrea
Horvath, Janos Osztovits, Ibolya Bodnar, Attila Zalatnay, M1083 Clinical Utility of Esophagogastroduodenoscopy in the
Marton Fekete, Gyorgy Nagy, Ferenc Szalay Management of Recurrent or Intractable Vomiting in
Pregnancy
M1071 Albumin Binding Characteristics Are Severely But Abraham Debby, Abraham Golan, Marek Glezerman, Haim
Reversibly Compromised in Commercial Albumin By Shirin*
Stabilizers
Jan Stange*, Sebastian Klammt, Kathleen Arndt, Matthias M1084 The Utility of Immunohistochemistry in the Diagnosis
Suraj of Viral Enteritis in Small Bowel Transplant Recipients
Ivan A. Klement*, Galen R. Cortina
AGA Poster Session M1085 Prescribing of Acid Suppressive Therapy: Interactions
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Between Hospital and Primary Care
LA Convention Center Aleksander Krag*, Jesper Hallas, Lars Teglbjerg, Axel
Malchow-Moller, Peter Bytzer
Sponsored by: Clinical Practice M1086 The Availability of Faecal Occult Blood Tests Should Be
Restricted in Hospital Practice
CLINICAL PRACTICE: HEALTH SERVICES & CLINICAL Bernard Denis*, Stephane Jux, Pascale Chiappa, Gilles
OBSERVATIONS Breysacher, Jacques Bottlaender, Anne Marie Weiss, Andre
Peter
• Review risk factors for GI disorders; M1087 Audit of Biochemical Monitoring of Nasogastrically Fed
• Review health care utilization in clinical practice; and Hospital Inpatients
• Discuss quality measures in clinical practice. Ranjan Sanyal*, Sanjeev Kumar, Shankar Dhandapani, C
Emm, K Mairs, D Barrett, W Lycett, C Charles, K Evans,
M1073 Effect of Chromoendoscopy with Alcian Blue On the
S.D. Hearing
Detection of Incomplete Intestinal Metaplasia in the
Stomach M1088 Usefulness of Transabdominal Ultrasonography in
Serguei V. Mouzyka*, Mykhailo Zakharash, Alexandra Diagnosing Gastric Submucosal Tumor
M
Fedoseeva Madoka Nakao*, Noriaki Manabe, Ken Haruma, Jiro Hata, O
M1074 Terminal Ileal Photography Or Biopsy: Does the
Shinji Tanaka, Kazuaki Chayama N
Microscope Agree with the Endoscope? M1089 Unique Case of Muscularis Mucosae Leiomyomata D
Nick Powell*, David Yeoh, Bu Hayee, David Rowbotham, Polyposis A
Vishal Saxena, Alistair McNair Christine M. Hobbs*, Rehana Begum Y
M1075 Decision Analysis: An Aid to the Diagnosis of Whipple’s M1090 150 Endoscopic Mucosal Resections Carried Out MAY
Disease Without Morbidity Having High Adrenalin Submucous 22
Martin Olmos, Edgardo G. Smecuol, Eduardo Maurino, Infiltration in 4 Different Techniques in the Digestive
Julio C. Bai* Tract
Mario Rey
M1076 Predictive Value of Alarm Symptoms for Gastric Cancer
in Korea M1091 Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing the
Yu Kyung Cho*, Myung-Gyu Choi, Jae Myung Park, Jung Impact of Feedback on Small Bowel Biopsy Performance
Hwan Oh, Chang Nyol Paik, Joon Wook Lee, In Seok Lee, Diahann L. Seaman*, Gavin Harewood, Bret Petersen,
Sang Woo Kim, In-Sik Chung Beverly Ott
M1077 Performance Improvement (PI) Is a Valid Mechanism to M1092 Use of Acid-Suppressive Therapy On the General
Introduce Sedation-Risk Free (Unsedated) Colonoscopy Medical Ward
Into Routine Practice Ifat Kamin*, Tandon Manish, Julio C. Ayala
Felix W. Leung*, Steven Aharonian, Paul H. Guth, S K.
Chu, B T. Nguyen, P Simpson M1093 How Accurate Is a Clinical “Hunch” After the First
Office Consultation in Gastroenterology Out-Patients?
Shital Amin, Niall van Someren, Kalpesh Besherdas, Steven
Mann*
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M1094 Need for ERCP Delays Surgery in Patinets with Acute AGA Poster Session
Cholecystitis
Christopher N. Dainiak*, David Peretz, William Hale
M1095 Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitors and
Respiratory Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta- Sponsored by: Clinical Practice
Analysis of Clinical Trials
Nabil Sultan*, Jose Nazareno, Jamie Gregor UPPER GI DISEASES
M1096 Misinterpretation of the Acid-Inhibitory Effect of PPIs in Participants will be able to:
Western Populations Due to Cyp2c19 Genotype? • Identify risks for GI bleeding;
N G. Hunfeld, B H. Graatsma, E J. Kuipers, W P. Geus* • Review risks of NSAIDs and COX-2s on GI tract; and
• Review GI bleeding prophylaxis.
M1097 Endoscopic Surveillance After Gastrectomy: What Do
We Accomplish? M1105 Major GI Events Among Elderly Chronic Users of

Mona Skoog*, Stephen J. Sontag, Thomas G. Schnell, Jack Coxibs and Non-Selective NSAIDs, with/Without
Leya Aspirin
Jingshu Wang*, C. Daniel Mullins, John Naradzay, Kimberly
M1098 A Study On the Clinicopathologic and Endoscopy B. Howard
Ultrasonographic Characteristics of Gastrointestinal
Mesenchymal Tumor in 265 Cases M1106 Adverse Lower Gastrointestinal Effects of Non-Selective

Ji Feng*, Jianwen Ning, Lijun Wang, Guoqiang Xu, and COX-2 Selective NSAIDs: A Systematic Review
Youming Li Loren Laine*, Rebecca A. Smith, Kejia Min, Connie Chen,
Robert W. Dubois
M1099 Effect of Serum Gastrin Concentration On Insulin
Resistance M1107 Longterm Prevention of Esophageal Variceal Bleeding

Yoshihisa Urita*, Susumu Ishihara, Kenichiro Arai, Jun with rabeprazole : Results of a 5 Year Study in Japan
Kondo, Tastuo Akimoto, Hiroto Kato, Noriko Hara, Kuwayama Hajime*, Nishiki Ryoichi
Hideyuki Koshino, Yoshiko Honda, Yoko Nagai, Kazushige
Nagai, Nagato Shimada, Motonobu Sugimoto, Kazumasa M1108 Ethnicity and Gender Are Not Predictors of in-Hospital
Miki Mortality for Patient with Initial Esophageal Variceal
Hemorrhage
M1100 The Efficacy of High Dose Ondansetron for Reducing Linda Diteodoro*, Juan Carlos Munoz, Louis Lambiase,
Motion Sickness in Highly Susceptible Subjects Kenneth Vega
Eric R. Muth*, Amanda Elkins
M1109 Serum Markers of Prognosis Following Emergency
M1101 Autologous Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Department Presentation for GI Bleed
in Refractory Coeliac Disease with Aberrant T-Cells: A Sara M. Echelmeyer*, Latha G. Stead
Pilot Study
Abdulbaqi Al-Toma*, Otto Visser, Cindy van Roessel, B M1110 Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Findings in Patients
Blomberg, Gerrit Ossenkoppele, Peter Huijgens, Chris with Anemia, But Without Evidence of Iron Deficiency
Mulder Nick Powell*, Alistair McNair
M1102 Nature and Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Symptoms in M1111 Association Between Referral Indications for Open
Fabry Disease - A Retrospective Analysis from the Fabry Access Upper GI Endoscopy and Endoscopic Findings
Outcome Survey Lieke A.S. V. Kerkhoven*, Sally J. van Rijswijck, Leo G.M.
Bjoern Hoffmann, Martin Schwarz, Atul Mehta, Satish van Rossum, Robert J.F. Laheij, Ellen M. Witteman, Adriaan
Keshav* C.I.T.L. Tan, Jan B.M.J. Jansen
M1103 Quality and Outcomes Assessment of Endoscopic M1112 Comparative Study On the Efficacy of Famotidine and
M Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: A Prospective Rebamipide for Gastric Mucosal Lesions in Patients
Audit of 500 Procedures Receiving Long-Term Administration of NSAIDs
O Bernard Denis*, Andre Peter, Gilles Breysacher, Pascale Junichi Yamao*, Hideyuki Kojima, Akira Mitro, Motoyuki
N Chiappa, Anne Marie Weiss, Jacques Bottlaender Yoshida, Masayuki Yoshikawa, Eiryo Kikuchi, Masami
D Matsumoto, Masaki Nakayama, Tatsuichi Ann, Hiroshi
M1104 Evaluation and Management of Patients Referred for Fukui
A Suspected Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction Type III
Y (SODIII) M1113 Is a short Infusion of 80 Mg OMEPRAZOLE Once Daily
Niraj D. Jani*, Jennifer Dorfmeister, Arnold Wald, Adam the Optimal Dose for Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in ICU
MAY
Slivka Patients?
22 W P. Geus*, W J. Hofste, J A. de Haas, N G. Hunfeld, E J.
Kuipers
M1114 Disaster Medicine: Is Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis Needed

for Crush Syndrome Patients After Earthquakes?
Experience of a Referral Hospital,Turkey
Hakan Akin*, Zekaver Odabasi, Huseyin Atalay, Huseyin
Kocak, Gulcin Kantarci, Nadi Bakirci, Cetin Ozener, Osman
Ozdogan, Nurdan Tozun
M1115 Use of Blatchford and Clinical Rockall Score in
Screening Low Risk Patients with Acute Upper Gastro-
Intestinal Haemorrhage - Which Score Is More Useful?
Asad R. Shah*, Nadia A. Malik, David Sheridan, Athar
Saeed
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M1116 How Did Rofecoxib Withdrawal Impact on NSAID and M1127 Increased CPG Methylation Status of Low-Grade
PPI Prescribing? Dysplasia in Patients with Extensive Ulcerative Colitis
Kathleen Bennett, Mary Teeling, John Feely, Colm Niraj Jani*, Yuan Yao, Adrian Gologan, Miguel Regueiro,
O'Morain, Humphrey O'Connor* Antonia R. Sepulveda
M1117 Prevalence and Predictive Factors of Upper M1128 Inflammatory Cells and Factors Modulate Intestinal and
Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Patients Treated with Mammary Carcinogenesis in APCMin/+ Mice
NSAIDs: COMPLAINS study Varada P. Rao, Theofilos Poutahidis, Zhongming Ge,
Gerard Thiefin*, Rene-Marc Flipo, Thierry Schaeverbeke, Prashant R. Nambiar, Bruce H. Horwitz, James G. Fox,
Philippe Barthelemy, Christine Soufflet Susan E. Erdman*
M1118 Identification and Distribution of Distinct Patterns of M1129 Retrospective Analysis of Surveillance Colonoscopy for
Symptoms in NSAID Induced Dyspepsia: Results from a Patients with Longstanding Ulcerative Colitis
Survey in 3500 Patients Kenichi Shindo*, Masahiro Iizuka, Hiroaki Itou, Shiho
Dominique Lamarque*, Philippe Goupille, Christine Sagara, Yasuo Horie, Sumio Watanabe
Soufflet, Pierre Clerson, Pierre-Louis Prost, Philippe
Barthelemy M1130 Ordering the Activating Mutations of BRAF and KRAS
Genes During Oncogenesis in Inflammatory Bowel
M1119 Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Patients Treated Diseases
with NSAIDs : Evaluation of Physician-Patient Celine Bossard, Marc G. Denis, Jean-Paul Galmiche, Magali
Agreement and Impact On Compliance (COMPLAINS Svrcek, Jean-Francois Flejou, Pierre Levillain, Anne-Sophie
study) Thirouard, Claire Magois, Genevieve Aillet, Christian L.
Gerard Thiefin*, Rene-Marc Flipo, Schaeverbeke Thierry, Laboisse, Jean-Francois Mosnier*
Philippe Barthelemy, Christine Soufflet
M1131 Are Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis More
M1120 Concomitant Bisphosphonate Use Tends to Peptic Ulcer Common Among Patients with Digestive System
Formation in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Taking Cancers in the U.S.? A Population-Based Case-Control
Long-Term Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Study
Kazumasa Miyake*, Masafumi Kusunoki, Tomotaka Shindo, Aasma Shaukat*, David Howard, Jonathan M. Liff
Tatsuhiko Hamamoto, Nobue Ueki, Kenji Suzuki, Yoko
Shinji, Tetsuro Hiratsuka, Hitoshi Nishigaki, Seiji Futagami, M1132 Cytokeratin 7/20 and Mucin Core Protein Expression in
Ken Wada, Katya Gudis, Taku Tsukui, Atsuo Nakajima, Ulcerative Colitis-Associated Colorectal Neoplasms - A
Choitsu Sakamoto Distinct Histogenetic Pathway Showing Gastric
Phenotype
M1122 Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in General Population: Natsuko Tatsumi*, Ryoji Kushima, Michael Vieth, Ken-Ichi
Prelimininary Results of a French Prospective Study Mukaisho, Hidetoshi Okabe, Rie Kakinoki, Franz Borchard,
Including More Than 1000 Patients Manfred Stolte, Takeshi Okanoue, Takanori Hattori
Herve Hagege*, Jean Paul Latrive, Bernard Nalet, Isabelle
Rosa, Bruno Bour, Roger Faroux, Philippe Gower, Jean M1133 Hepatocyte Growth Factor May Not Accelerate
Pierre Arpurt, Jacques Denis, Jean Henrion, Alex Pariente, Neoplastic Development in Two Experimental Models
Lizzie Marek, Groupe Hemorragies Digestives Hautes Angh Masatsugu Numata*, Mayumi Kodama, Hirofumi Uto,
Chihiro Nakanishi, Shuji Kanmura, Hiroo Abe, Tadashi
M1123 Modifying Physician Behavior On the Correct Use of IV Miike, Kazunori Kusumoto, Satoru Hasuike, Kenji Nagata,
Proton Pump Inhibitors in the ICU Katsuhiro Hayashi, Akio Ido, Hirohito Tsubouchi
Dennis Sinar*, Mary Seymour, James Worden
M1124 The Value of Baylor and Rockall Scores in Inpatients AGA Poster Session
with Non Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Jose A. Gonzalez-Gonzalez*, Juan O. Gaytan-Torres, D.R. A. LA Convention Center
Garcia-Cantu, Hector J. Maldonado-Garza, Arnoldo
Guerrero-Chapa Sponsored by: Imaging & Advanced Technology M
O
AGA Poster Session ADVANCED ENDOSCOPIC IMAGING N
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A M1134 High-Resolution Endoscopy and the Additional Value of D
LA Convention Center Chromoendoscopy in the Evaluation of Duodenal A
Polyposis in FAP-Patients Y
Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology Evelien Dekker*, Jan Dees, Lisbeth Mathus-Vliegen, Jan
Werner Poley, Johan Offerhaus, Joep Bartelsman, Ernst MAY
ASSOCIATED COLORECTAL CANCERS Kuipers, Paul Fockens 22
M1125 Deletion and G:C to A:T Transitions Are the Specific M1135 Novel Fiberoptic Confocal Fluorescence Microendoscope
Mutation Patterns in the Inflamed Colon of the IL-10

Knockout Mouse
Yuichirou Sato*, Seiichi Takahashi, Yoshitaka Kinouchi, Eiki
Shai Friedland*, Roy Soetikno, Jonathan Liu, Peyman
Sahbaie, Mandeep Singh, James Crawford, Christopher H.
Contag, Thomas D. Wang
Nomura, Kenichi Negoro, Sho Takagi, Hiroyuki Aihara,
Tooru Shimosegawa M1136 Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Exchange of PKD3 in Human
Pancreatic Cancer (PANC-1) Cells: Tracking
M1126 Risk Factors for Ulcerative Colitis-Associated Colorectal Photoactivable GFP-PKD3 By 2-Photon Activation and 1-
Cancers in a Hungarian Cohort of Ulcerative Colitis Photon Confocal Microscopy
Patients. Results of a Population-Based Study Steven H. Young*, Osvaldo Rey, Jennifer Lippincott-
Laszlo Lakatos*, Zsuzsanna Erdelyi, Gyula David, Tunde Schwartz, Enrique Rozengurt
Pandur, Mihaly Balogh, Simon Fischer, Peter Vargha, Peter
L. Lakatos
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M1137 Detection and Classification of Adenomas Using High M1148 Antibody Aided Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy Allows
Resolution Endoscopy, Video Autofluorescence Imaging Molecular Imaging of Colorectal Lesions in Humans
and Narrow Band Imaging Incorporated in One Ralf Kiesslich*, Martin Goetz, Brigitte Bartsch, Katharina
Colonoscope Lammersdorf, Arthur Hoffman, Constantin Schneider,
Evelien Dekker*, Mohammed A. Kara, Christine C. Cohen, Manfred Vieth, Manfred Stolte, Peter R. Galle, Markus F.
James Hardwick, Johan Offerhaus, Bergman J. Jacques, Paul Neurath
Fockens
M1149 Quantum Detection of Inflammatory Markers in Vivo in
M1138 Detection of Residual Barrett’s Mucosa After DSS Model of Colitis
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) Using High Definition Amolkumar Karwa*, Sreekant Murthy, Elisabeth
Narrow Band Imaging (HD-NBI) Papazoglou, Kambiz Pourrezaei, Som Tyagi
Herbert Wolfsen*, Lois L. Hemminger, Michael B. Wallace
M1139 In Vivo Molecular and Subsurface Imaging By Confocal AGA Poster Session
Real Time Mini-Microscopy 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Martin Goetz*, Christian Fottner, Esther Schirrmacher, LA Convention Center
Sebastian Gregor, Peter Delaney, Constantin Schneider,
Dennis Strand, Manfred Relle, Andreas Schwarting, Mathias Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel
M. Weber, Oliver Kempski, Martin Anlauf, Guenther Diseases
Kloeppel, Michael Vieth, Peter R. Galle, Peter Bartenstein,
Markus F. Neurath, Ralf Kiesslich PROBIOTICS IN INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION
M1140 Fractal Analysis with Classification Tree for M1150 Probiotics May Reduce Inflammation By Enhancing
Classification of Dysplasia in Barrett’s Esophagus Using PPARγ Activation in Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Multiple Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography Chang Soo Eun*, Dong Soo Han, Seung Hyun Lee, Yoon
Images Kyoung Park, Byoung Kwan Son, Hyun Joo Jang, Sea Hyub
Xin Qi*, Douglas Y. Rowland, Michael V. Sivak, Andrew M. Kae, Jin Lee, Yong Seok Kim, Ronald M. Evans
Rollins
M1151 Systemic Exposure to E.Coli DNA and Microbial
M1141 Confocal Microscopy: A Novel Method to Assess Antigens During the Neonatal Period Triggers a Loss of
Aberrant Crypt Foci in Apcmin+/- and Apcmin+/- Tolerance to Gut Microflora in Later Life
(Pparα-/-) Mice Phil Bach*, Francis Cheung, Dave Thiel, Brendan
Shonde Anthony*, Krish Ragunath, George K. Diederichs, Julia Ewaschuk, Claire Arrieta, Karen Madsen
Anagnostopoulos, D R. Bell, A J. Bennett, Christopher J.
Hawkey M1152 1.4-Dihydroxy-2-Naphthoic Acid (DHNA) Shows Anti-
Inflammatory Effect On NSAID-Induced Colitis in IL-10-
M1142 Clinical Utility of Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) Knockout Mice Through Suppression of Inflammatory
Endoscopy in Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Cell Infiltration and Increased Number of Genus
Disease (GERD) Bifidobacterium
Prateek Sharma*, Amit Rastogi, Ajay Bansal, Srinivas R. Yoshikiyo Okada*, Ryota Hokari, Shingo Kato, Norikazu
Puli, Sharad Mathur Mataki, Keisuke Okudaira, Koichi Takebayashi, Hisayuki
M1143 Novel Ultrahigh Resolution Endoscopic Optical Matsunaga, Yoshikazu Tsuzuki, Shunsuke Komoto, Chikako
Coherence Tomography Imaging of the Stomach Watanabe, Atsushi Kawaguchi, Shigeaki Nagao, Kazuro
Saleem Desai, Hiroshi Mashimo*, Aaron D. Aguirre, Yu Itoh, Soichiro Miura
Chen, Qin Huang, Shu-Wei Huang, Joseph Schmitt, James M1153 Effects of the Probiotic E. Coli Strain M-17 On Chronic
G. Fujimoto Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis in Mice
M1144 Novel Technique in Understanding the Sequence of Leo R. Fitzpatrick*, Jeffrey Small, Eileen Bostwick, Robert
Biochemical Changes in Carcinogenesis of Esophagus Hoerr, Walter A. Koltun
M Geeta Shetty*, Catherine Kendall, Neil Shephard, Nicholas M1154 DSS Induced Colitis Is Prevented By Lactobacillus
O Stone, Hugh Barr Reuteri Through Reduction in P-Selectin Expression in
N M1145 In Vivo Diagnosis of Microscopic Colitis By Confocal Rats
D Laser Endomicroscopy Joel Petersson*, Olof Schreiber, Stefan Roos, Michael Perry,
Ralf Kiesslich*, Arthur Hoffman, Martin Goetz, Katharina D. Neil Granger, Lena Holm
A
Lammersdorf, Stefan Biesterfeld, Michael Vieth, Peter R. M1155 Bifidobacterium Infantis Modulates Human Intestinal
Y Galle, Markus F. Neurath Epithelial Cell Function by Attenuating the Secretion of
MAY CCL20
M1146 Automated Virtual Microcopy of Specimens from Gastric
22 Biopsies Can Accurately Diagnose Gastritis and Ann M. O'Hara*, Jude Ryan, Aine Fanning, Liam
Adenocarcinoma O'Mahony, Fergus Shanahan
Levente Ficsor*, Viktor Varga, Lajos Berczi, Pal Miheller, M1156 Distinct Regulation of Cell Activation and Apoptosis in
Attila Tagscherer, Mark Li-Cheng Wu, Bela Molnar, Zsolt γ/δ T Cells By the Probiotic Bacterium E. Coli Nissle
Tulassay 1917 (EcN)
M1147 Cell Membrane Fluidity Assays of Fluorescence Claudia Guzy*, Daniela Paclik, Uta Berndt, Daniel C.
Anisotropy and Excimer Formation in Indomethacin- Baumgart, Bertram Wiedenmann, Axel Dignass, Andreas
Treated Gastric Epithelial Cell-Line RGM-1 Sturm
Tsuyoshi Kaneko*, Hirofumi Matsui, Osamu Shimokawa, M1157 Survival of E. Coli Strain Nissle 1917 Given in
Takashi Mamiya, Jyunpei Udo, Nagano Yumiko, Mutsumi Combination with Oral mesalamine to Healthy
Muramatsu, Ken-Ichi Hirano, Atsunori Tsuji, Yasushi Volunteers
Matsuzaki, Ichinosuke Hyoudou Thai Hoa Nguyen-Xuan*, Gabriele Blum-Oehler, Barbara
Plaschke, Joerg Hacker, Lars Joeres, Stefan Saar, Juergen
Schulze, Wolfgang Kruis
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M1158 Development of Strain-Specific Molecular Method for M1169 Colonic Mucosal Lesions Associated with Long-Term
the Identification of Bifidobacteria Infantis 35624
Duane Charbonneau*, Russ Poehner, Rebecca Donovan-
Brand, Jun Xu, Diana Fawcett
and Short-Term Administration of Nonsteroidal Anti-
Inflammatory Drugs
Tomoyoshi Shibuya*, Toshifumi Ohkusa, Takeshi Terai,
Satoshi Abe, Osamu Kobayashi, Kazuko Beppu, Naoto
Sakamoto, Akihiko Kurosawa, Taro Osada, Mariko Hojo,
AGA Poster Session Akihito Nagahara, Tatsuo Ogihara, Nobuhiro Sato
LA Convention Center M1170 Delayed Gastric Emptying Accelerate Bacterial
Overgrowth in Both the Stomach and the Intestine
Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders Yoshihisa Urita*, Susumu Ishihara, Kenichiro Arai, Jun
Kondo, Tatsuo Akimoto, Hiroto Kato, Noriko Hara,
CLINICAL INTESTINAL DISORDERS Hideyuki Koshino, Yoshiko Honda, Yoko Nagai, Kazushige
Nakanishi, Nagato Shimada, Motonobu Sugimoto,
Participants will be able to: Kazumasa Miki
• Assimilate recent advances in evaluation and management of
intestinal disorders. M1171 Long-Term Efficacy of Lubiprostone for the Treatment of
Chronic Constipation
M1159 In Vitro Experimental Data Supporting the Zinc Use in John F. Johanson*, Raymond Panas, P. Christopher Holland,
the Treatment of Acute Gastroenteritis in Children Ryuji Ueno

Roberto Berni Canani*, Francesco Porcaro, Serena Ruotolo,
Vittoria Buccigrossi, Annalisa Passariello, Maria Concetta M1172 Is Visceral Obesity Really a Risk Factor for Colorectal
Siani, Roberta Maiorino, Bracale Ileana, Francesco Maria Neoplasm?
Ruggeri, Silvia Lima, Giulio de Marco, Alfredo Guarino Tae-Hoon Oh*, Jeong-Sik Byeon, Seung-Jae Myung, Suk-
Kyun Yang, Ja Young Kim, Kwi-Sook Choi, Hyung Joon
M1160 Treatment of Travelers’ Diarrhea: Rifaximin, Rifaximin Lee, Jun-Won Chung, Kee Don Choi, Gin H. Lee, Hwoon-
Plus Loperamide Or Loperamide Alone Yong Jung, Jin-Ho Kim, Jae H. Byun
Herbert L. Dupont*, Zhi-Dong Jiang, Jaime Belkind-Gerson,
Pablo C. Okhuysen, Charles D. Ericsson, Shi Ke, David B. M1173 Helicobacter Pylori Infection Is Associated with An
Huang, Margaret W. Dupont, Javier A. Adachi, F. Javier de Increased Risk of Colonic Adenomatous Polyp
la Cabada, Francisco M. Sandoval Takashi Ando*, Shigeto Mizuno, Yoshinori Morita, Toshio
Inui, Akihiro Asakawa, Naohiko Ueno, Takeshi Ishikawa,
M1161 The Probiotic E. Coli Nissle 1917 Stops Acute Diarrhoea Yasuyuki Nagao, Nobuyuki Seto, Akiko Komatsu, Tuguhiro
in Infants and Toddlers Matsumoto, Haruki Kato, Toshikazu Yoshikawa, Akio Inui
Jobst R. Henker*, Boris Blokhin, Jury Bolbot, Vitaly
Maydannik, Lars Joeres, Corinna Wolff, Juergen Schulze M1174 A Dose-Finding Study of Rifaximin in the Treatment of
Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth in Patients with
M1162 Efficacy of Partially Hydrolyzed Guar Gum (Benefiber) Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Added WHO-Recommended Oral Rehydration Solution Ernesto Cristiano Lauritano*, Andrea Lupascu, Emidio
in the Treatment of Cholera in Adult Scarpellini, Maurizio Gabrielli, Alessia Cazzato, Mario
Nur H. Alam*, Hasan Ashraf, Shafique A. Sarker, Shahanaz Pescatori, Angelo Santoliquido, Roberto Flore, Paolo Tondi,
Parvin, Maryam Olesen, Niklaus Gyr, Remy Meier Giovan Battista Gasbarrini, Antonio Gasbarrini
M1163 Open-Label, Dose Escalation Phase I Study in Healthy M1175 Improved Outcomes and Potential Avoidance of
Volunteers to Evaluate the Safety and Pharmacokinetics Transplantation with Multidisciplinary Intestinal
of Clostridium Difficile Toxin a Human Monoclonal Rehabilitation for Intestinal Failure - Intent to Treat
Antibody (CDA1) Analysis
Claribel Taylor Kishore Iyer*, Timothy Sentongo, Valeria Cohran, Lisa
Keys, Kim Kazmerski, Margaret Richard
M1164 Successful Therapy of Unspecific Prolonged Diarrhoea
in Infants and Toddlers with the Probiotic E. Coli Nissle M1176 Racial Differences in the Distribution of Initial and M
1917 Recurrent Colonic Adenomatous Polyps Among Veterans O
Jobst R. Henker*, Boris Blokhin, Jury Bolbot, Vitaly Nadeem Ullah*, Sunita Duttala, Martin Tobi, Adhip
Majumdar
N
Maydannik, Lars Joeres, Corinna Wolff, Juergen Schulze
D
M1165 Increasing Incidence of Clostridium Difficile Associated M1177 Same Day Bi-Directional Endoscopy in Patients with A
Diarrhea in African American and Hispanic Patients - Is Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
the Use of Proton Pump Inhibitor a Culprit? Ivan Bottoli*, Michael Shetzline, Nora Mattek, Jennifer Y
Abbasi J. Akhtar*, Magda A. Shaheen, Cindy Vo Holub, David Lieberman, Glenn Eisen MAY
M1178 Systematic Evaluation of the Causes of Chronic Watery 22
M1166 Nitazoxanide in the Treatment of Clostridium Difficile
Associated Disease Diarrhea with Functional Characteristics
Daniel M. Musher*, Nancy Logan, Richard Hamill, Herbert Fernando Fernandez-Banares, Maria Esteve*, Montse Alsina,
L. Dupont, Arnold Lentnek, Arvind K. Gupta, Jean-Francois Carme Farre, Clarisa Gonzalez, Montse Buxeda, Montse
Rossignol Forne, Merce Rosinach, Jorge C. Espinos, Antonio Salas,
Josep Maria Viver
M1167 Symptoms, Course, and Complications of Abdominal
Attacks in Hereditary Angioedema Due to C1-Inhibitor M1179 Primary Bile Acid Malabsorption - A New Insight Into
Deficiency Prevalence
Konrad Bork, Petra Staubach, Eckardt J. Alexander*, Jochen Gautam Mehta*, Mathena Vinayaga-Pavan, Neil Galletly,
Hardt Benedict Ancock, Geoff V. Smith, Devinder Bansi, Andrew
V. Thillainayagam
M1168 Altered Bowel Morphology, Function and Bacterial
Colonization in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure M1180 Serum 7alpha -Hydroxycholestenone in Patients with
Juergen Bauditz*, Anja Sandek, Alexander Swidsinski, Idiopathic Bile Salt Malabsorption - A Detailed
Sabine Buehner, Jutta Weber-Eibel, Mathias Rauchhaus, Comparison with Conventional SeHCAT Testing
Stephan von Haehling, Tim Karhausen, Wolfram Doehner, Simon Campbell, Nischay Chandra*, Gladman Lisa, Mee
Stefan D. Anker, Herbert Lochs Anthony
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M1181 The 13C-Xylose Breath Test Is Inferior to the H2-Glucose M1194 The Prevalence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Among the
Breath Test for the Diagnosis of Intestinal Bacterial General Population in Japan
Overgrowth in Children with Cystic Fibrosis Sen Shimaya*, Masashi Matsuzaka, Makoto Yaegaki, Takao
Arne R. Schneider*, Stefanie Klueber, Hans-Georg Posselt, Oyama, Ippei Takahashi, Takashi Umeda, Shigeyuki Nakaji,
Benjamin Funk, Lydia Murzynski, Wolfgang F. Caspary, Daisuke Sasaki, Eiko Oka, Tadashi Shimoyama
Juergen Stein
M1195 Efficacy and Safety of Lubiprostone for the Treatment of
M1182 13c-Sucrose Breath Test to Differentiate Congenital Chronic Constipation in Male vs. Female Subjects
Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency from Pandisaccharidase Ryuji Ueno, Taryn R. Joswick*, Aimee Wahle, Yan Zhu, P.
Deficiency Christopher Holland
Claudia Robayo*, Antone R. Opekun, Roberto Quezada-
Calvillo, Susan S. Baker, Buford L. Nichols M1196 Effect of Tamoxifen On Clinical Course of Sclerosing
Mesenteritis
M1183 Variability in Gastrointestinal Permeability in Healthy Salma Akram*, Darrell S. Pardi, Thomas C. Smyrk
Subjects
Paul Lundin*, Jonas E. Pettersson, Karin Nelander, Lars M1197 Peppermint Oil (Mintoil®) in the Treatment of Irritable
Lofgren Bowel Syndrome: A Prospective Double Blind Placebo
Controlled Randomized Trial
M1184 Von Willebrand Disease - An Underestimated Cause of Giorgio Cappello, Mariangela Spezzaferro, Daniela Coraggio,
Gastrointestinal Bleeding from Angiodysplasia? Laurino Grossi, Leonardo Marzio*
Bruno Neu*, Sebastian Noe, Monther Bajbouj, Georg
Moessmer, Alexander Meining, Christian Prinz, Holger M1198 Development of a Hybrid Algorithm Based On Learning
Seidl, Wolfgang Schepp, Michael Anzinger, Wolfgang Classifiers That Improves Diagnosis of Inflammatory
Schmitt, Roland M. Schmid Bowel Disease and Differentiation Between Crohn’s and
Ulcerative Colitis in a Six-Marker System
M1185 Long-Acting Octreotide As Rescue Therapy in Augusto Lois*, Frank Wadleigh, Bruce Neri
Preventing Rebleeding from Gastrointestinal
Angiodysplasias M1199 Multiple Adenomatous Polyposis (MAP) Patients in
Giuseppe Scaglione*, Lorena Pietrini, Pasquale Sarracco, France: Prospective Characterization of This Population
Domenico Di Pietro, Mariarosaria Franco, Francesca Russo, Graber Ivan*, Moussata Driffa, Gelas Dore Benedicte,
Fernanda Mirco, Italo Sorrentini Barthelemy Claude, Pelletier Michel, Phelip Jean-Marc,
Lapalus Marie George, Pillon Didier, Nallet Bernrd, Leroux
M1186 Long-Term NSAID Use and Small Bowel Pathology: A Dominique, Prieur Fabienne, Saurin Jean-Christophe
Cross-Sectional Quantification By Capsule Enteroscopy
Laurence P. Maiden*, A Seigal, Ingi Bjarnason, B Birgisson, M1200 Pancreas Evaluation Using the Endoscopic Ultrasound in
Bjarni Thjodleifsson, Ingvar Bjarnason Crohn’s Disease
Everson F. Malluta*, Fauze Maluf-Filho, Carmem O.
M1187 Safety and Efficacy of 0.5mg Qd, 1mg Qd and 1mg Bid Agostinho, Ieda Nishitokukado, Andre A. Leite, Damiao O.
Alosetron Hydrochloride in Women with Chronic, Aderson, Sipahi Aytan
Severe Diarrhea-Predominant IBS (D-IBS)
Richard Krause*, Vanessa Ameen, Susan Gordon, Marquita M1201 Good Long-Term Results Are Possible with Anterior
West, Amy Heath, Teresa Perschy, Eric Carter Anal Sphincter Repair
Sushil K. Maslekar*, Angela B. Gardiner, Graeme S. Duthie
M1188 Risk Factors for Colonic Diverticular Bleeding
Atsuo Yamada*, Hirotsugu Watabe, Makoto Okamoto, M1202 Association of Helicobacter Pylori Infection and
Yutaka Yamaji, Keiji Ogura, Shintaro Kondo, Miki Ohta, Persistent Diarrhea in Malnourished Young Bangladeshi
Takafumi Sugimoto, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata Children
Pradip K. Bardhan*, Shafiqul A. Sarker, Zahid Hasan,
M1189 The Spectrum of Luminal Gastrointestinal Involvement Niklaus Gyr, Christoph Beglinger
in Amyloidosis
M Dustin G. James*, Hanlin L. Wang, Gary R. Zuckerman, M1203 Gastrointestinal Inflammation Modulates Differentially
Chandra Prakash the Expression of Cellular Prion Protein PRPC
O Peter C. Konturek*, Karolina Bazela, Vitalyy Kukharskyy,
N M1190 Testing for Lactose and Fructose Intolerance Should Be Detlef Schuppan
D Standard Protocol for Patients with Chronic Abdominal
Complaints M1204 Double-Balloon Enteroscopy Had Superior Diagnostic
A Charles W. Randall*, Carlo M. Taboada, Gary Gossen, and Therapeutic Impact Than Push Enteroscopy for the
Y David Stump, Franz Zurita, Victor Ostrower, Russell Diagnosis and the Treatment of Lesions Identified By
Havranek, Susan Ryan, Janet Ford Videocapsule Endoscopy
MAY
Thibaut Maniere*, Bruno Landi, Marion Simon, Joel Edery,
22 M1191 Symptom Overlap and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS-C) Bernard Boboc, Raymond Jian, Christophe Cellier
Comorbidity in Women with Chronic Constipation (CC)
Michael Crowell*, V. Ann Schettler, Lucinda Harris, Ivan
Bottoli, Jeffrey Kralstein AGA Poster Session
M1192 Complete Spontaneous Bowel Movement (CSBM) LA Convention Center
Correlates Better Than Spontaneous Bowel Movement
(SBM) to Global Endpoints in Chronic Constipation Sponsored by: Liver & Biliary
(CC) Trials
Ivan Bottoli*, Williams D. Chey, Cornelia Ddunger-Baldauf, COMPLICATIONS OF LIVER DISEASE
Jeffrey Kralstein
M1205 Routine Ascitic Fluid Analysis in Ambulatory
M1193 Gastrointestinal Transit Measurement May Simplify the Outpatients with Ascites Is Not Necessary
Detection of Motility Disturbances in Clinical Practice Karin Cesario*, David Barnes, William Carey, Robert
Riadh Sadik*, Per Ove Stotzer, Magnus Simren, Hasse O'Shea, Nizar Zein
Abrahamsson
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M1206 Predictive Factors of Survival After TIPS Insertion for M1218 The Japanese Diagnostic Criteria for Autoimmune
Refractory Ascites Chronic Pancreatitis: Is It Completely Satisfactory?
Sylvie Evrard*, Frederik Nevens, Abbas Mroue, Michael Eun Kwang Choi*, Myung-Hwan Kim, Jong Cheol Kim,
Adler, Jacques Deviere, Olivier Le Moine Jimin Han, Dong Wan Seo, Sang Soo Lee, Sung Koo Lee
M1207 Cost Comparison of Transjugular Intrahepatic M1219 Pancreatic and Biliary Abnormalities in Patients with
Portosystemic Shunt Versus Paracentesis in the Autoimmune Pancreatitis (AIP) At MRI and Endoscopic
Treatment of Refractory Ascites Ultrasound (EUS)
Jason Taylor*, Layla Hajjafar, Anthony Post Dermot O'Toole*, Marie-Pierre Vullierme, Vinciens Rebours,
Laurent Palazzo, Alain Aubert, Philippe Ponsot, Karine
M1208 The Hemodynamic Role of Albumin in the Therapy of Nahon-Uzan, Anne Couvelard, Philippe Levy, Valerie
Type II Hepatorenal Syndrome Vilgrain, Philippe Ruszniewski, Pascal Hammel
Carmen Fierbinteanu-Braticevici*, Laura Tribus, Lucian
Negreanu, Andreea Bengus, Radu Usvat, Dan Andronescu M1220 Sclerosing Cholecystitis Associated with Autoimmune
Pancreatitis
M1209 Prevalence and Predictors of Venous Thrombosis in Terumi Kamisawa*, Naoto Egawa, Hitoshi Nakajima, Kouji
Hospitalized Patients with Cirrhosis Tsuruta, Atsutake Okamoto
Kuntal M. Thaker*, Raman Battish, Pradnya Mitroo, Kuldip
S. Banwait, Madhusudhan R. Sanaka, Victor Navarro, M1221 High Prevalence of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in
Steven K. Herrine Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Takayoshi Nishino*, Etsuko Hashimoto, Fumitake Toki,
M1210 Diabetes Mellitus Worsens the Clinical Outcome of Hiroyasu Oyama, Itaru Oi, Makio Kobayashi, Keiko
Acute Variceal Bleed in Cirrhotic Patients Shiratori
Hasnain A. Shah*, Shahid Majid, Mohammad Salih, Fasail
W. Ismail, Khalid Mumtaz, Saeed S. Hamid, Wasim Jafri M1222 Autoimmune Pancreato-Cholangitis - Which Parameters
Help Diagnose the Disease? Results of a Multicenter
M1211 Proinflammatory Cytokines Are Not Associated with Study Group
Malnutrition in Liver Cirrhosis But with Altered Electric Annette Fritscher-Ravens*, Menno Brink, Sjoerd D. van der
Tissue Properties Werf, Maarten J. Thomeer, Maarten C. Meijssen, Henk R.
Kristina Norman*, Nina Babel, Herbert Lochs, Petra Reinke, van Buuren
Matthias Pirlich
M1223 Outcome of Autoimmune Pancreatitis Without
M1212 Cardiovascular Disease in Liver Cirrhosis. Correlations Corticosteroid Treatment
of Nutritional Status and Insulin Resistance with Serum Kenji Hirano*, Saburo Matsubara, Osamu Togawa,
Cholesterol Levels and Arterial Blood Pressure Toshihiko Arizumi, Takeshi Sasaki, Natsuyo Yamamoto,
Evangelos Kalaitzakis*, Katrin Rabie, Einar Bjornsson Yousuke Nakai, Takeshi Tsujino, Naoki Sasahira, Hiroyuki
Isayama, Minoru Tada, Nobuo Toda, Takao Kawabe,
M1213 Tube Feeding Does Not Affect Subclinical Hepatic

Kazumi Tagawa, Tetsuo Katamoto, Ryo Nakata, Tateo
Encephalopathy in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis
Kawase, Masao Omata
Tatjana Schuetz, Kristina Norman, Ute Friedrich-Pagels,
Johann Ockenga, Tam N. Luu, Herbert Lochs, Matthias M1224 Utility of Total Immunoglobulin and IgG4 Levels in the
Pirlich* Diagnosis and Management of Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Suresh T. Chari, Thomas C. Smyrk, Amaar H. Ghazale*,
M1214 Nonabsorbed (< 0.4%) Antibiotic Rifaximin Improves
Michael Levy, Mark Topazian, Naoki Takahashi, Jonathon
Hepatic Encephalopathy Symptoms in Patients with
Clain, Randall Pearson, Bret Petersen, Santhi Swaroop Vege,
Cirrhosis Due to Hepatitis C
Michael Farnell
Melissa Palmer
M1225 IgG4 Immunostaining in Autoimmune Pancreatitis and
M1215 Disrupted Diurnal Rhythm of Autonomic Balance in
in Extra-Pancreatic Disease
Patients with Non-Alcholic Liver Cirrhosis
Maesha G. Deheragoda*, Nicholas I. Church, Manuel
Chung-Wang Ko*, Chi-Sen Chang, Gran-Hum Chen, Hong- M
Rodriguez-Justo, Edward Seward, Marco R. Novelli, Steve
Zen Yeh
Pereira, Adrian R. Hatfield, George J. Webster O
M1226 Novel HLA Allele Associated with Autoimmune N
AGA Poster Session
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Pancreatitis in the Korean Population D
Do Hyun Park*, Myung-Hwan Kim, Heung-Bum Oh, Sang A
LA Convention Center Soo Lee, Dong Wan Seo, Sung Koo Lee, Sun-Joo Kim
Y
Sponsored by: Pancreatic Disorders M1227 Corticosteroids Are Efficacious in Patients with MAY
Lymphoplasmacystic Sclerosing Pancreatitis (LSP) But
AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS Relapses Are Frequent 22
Pascal Hammel*, Vinciens Rebours, Dermot O'Toole, Marie-
Participants will be able to: Pierre Vullierme, Karine Nahon-Uzan, Frederique Maire,
• Describe the clinical presentation, imaging findings and outcomes in Philippe Ponsot, Alain Aubert, Annie Sibert, Laurent
autoimmune pancreatitis. Palazzo, Philippe Levy, Philippe Ruszniewski
M1216 Autoimmune Pancreatitis: Response to Therapy in a UK M1228 Serum IgG4 Levels in Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases
Series Kenji Hirano*, Saburo Matsubara, Toshihiko Arizumi,
Nicholas I. Church*, Stephen P. Pereira, Adrian R. Hatfield, Takashi Sasaki, Natsuyo Yamamoto, Yousuke Nakai, Takeshi
George J. Webster Tsujino, Naoki Sasahira, Hiroyuki Isayama, Minoru Tada,
Takao Kawabe, Nobuo Toda, Kazumi Tagawa, Tetsuo
M1217 Clinicopathological Features of Autoimmune Pancreatitis Katamoto, Ryo Nakata, Osamu Togawa, Tateo Kawase,
in Relation to Elevation of Serum IgG4 Masao Omata
Tsuruta, Atsutake Okamoto
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M1229 Clinical Aspect of Extra-Pancreatic Complications with M1241 Long Term Endoscopic Management of Sigmoid
Autoimmune Pancreatitis Volvulus
Kazushige Uchida*, Tsukasa Ikeura, Syoichiro Takamido, Ayaz Matin*, Sunil Lal, Elango P. Vinjirayer, Sung Jang,
Masaaki Shimatani, Mitsunobu Matsushita, Makoto Ricardo Morgenstern
Takaoka, Kazuichi Okazaki
M1242 Inpatient Capsule Endoscopy Leads to Frequent
Incomplete Small Bowel Examinations
ASGE Poster Session Scott Oosterveen*, Robert Rahimi, John Losurdo, Michael
D. Brown, Ali Keshavarzian, Ece Mutlu
Authors are required to be present during the Poster Session from
12:00-2:00 pm. M1243 Endoscopic Therapy for Bleeding Peptic Ulcer: Practice
Variation in a Multi-Center Consortium
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Brintha K. Enestvedt*, Glenn Eisen, Nora Mattek, Ian M.
LA Convention Center Gralnek, David A. Lieberman
OUTCOMES IN ENDOSCOPY II M1244 Features of Gastric Low-Grade Dysplasia At First Biopsy

Showing Advanced Histology After Endoscopic
M1230 Outcomes of Acute Variceal Hemorrhage in Patients Resection
with Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension Hyun-Soo Kim*, Jae Woo Kim, Dong Hun Park, Moon
William Sanchez*, Jayant A. Talwalkar, Mark V. Larson, Young Kim, Kyu Hong Kim, Hye Jung Kim, Soon Koo Baik,
Theresa A. Nolte, Stephanie M. Johnson, Louis M. Wong Sang Ok Kwon, Mee Yon Cho
Kee Song, Patrick S. Kamath
M1245 Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia: Does APC Cautery
M1231 The Cost of Colonoscopy in An Outpatient Clinic: An Really Decrease Bleeding?
Activity-Based Costing Study Victor Wong*, Hongbin Zhang, Robert Enns
Jennifer Sambrook*, Winnie Chui, Hong Wang, Adrian
Levy, Robert Enns, Stephanie Tam, Monica Choi M1246 The Long Term Therapeutic Effect of Argon Plasma
Coagulation of Gastric Adenoma On Opd-Based
M1232 High Prevalence of Gender Preferences for Endoscopists Jeong Y. Choi*, Seong H. Jeong, Joon H. Choi, Jae Y.
in An Inner City, Tertiary Care Population Cheong, Ki M. Lee, Byung M. Yoo, Ki B. Hahm, Jin H.
Alison Schneider*, Nandhakumar Kanagarajan, Donald Kim, Sung W. Cho
McMahon, Elango Vinjirayer, James Reynolds, Asyia Ahmad
M1247 Capsule Endoscopy: Benefit in Evaluation of ‘Missed’
M1233 Is the Present Power of Capsule Endoscopy Strong Endoscopic Lesions in Obscure GI Bleeding
Enough?: Its Ability to Detect Normally Positioned Henry Chung*, Jabar Ali, Harry Dhaliwhal, Stacey Shapira,
Duodenal Papilla Victor Wong, Joanna Law, Robert Enns
Yong Sik Kim*, Yoon Tae Jeen, Hwi Kong, Young Jig Cho,
Bora Keum, Hong Sik Lee, Hoon Jai Chun, Soon Ho Um, M1248 Surgical Bypass Versus Endoscopic Stenting for
Sang Woo Lee, Jai Hyun Choi, Chang Duck Kim, Ho Sang Malignant Duodenal Obstruction Due to Advanced
Ryu, Jin Hai Hyun Pancreatic Cancer : A Decision Analysis
Ali A. Siddiqui*, Sergio Huerta
M1234 Predictors of RE-Intervention in Palliative Enteral
Stenting of Malignant Gastroduodenal Or Colonic M1249 Incidental Findings of Luminal Thickening Or Mass
Obstruction Effect On Computed Tomography - An Appropriate
Eric Y. Lee*, Ahmad Alrubaie, Adam A. Bailey, Paul M. Indication for Endoscopy?
Lynch, Vu Kwan, Sze M. Loh, Stephen J. Williams, Michael Trevor J. Pearson*, Grant F. Hutchins, Sandeep Mukherjee
J. Bourke
M1250 Direct Access Colonoscopy for General Practitioners in
M1235 Rebleeding After Endoscopic Hemostasis for Bleeding the Netherlands Is Feasible and Has a High Diagnostic
Gastroduodenal Ulcer. Patient Characteristics and Yield
M Outcomes. a Nationwide Prospective Study Bas van Balkom*, Peter J. van der Schaar
O Sven Adamsen*, Bente Norgaard, Jorgen Bendix, Finn
M1251 A Closer Look At Same-Day Bidirectional Endoscopy.
Kallehave, Peer Wille-Jorgensen, Anne Nakano, Flemming
N Moesgaard, Tove Nilsson, Jan Mainz
Jennifer Urquhart, M.D., Douglas O. Faigel, M.D., Nora
Mattek M.P.H., Jennifer Holub M.a., M.P.H., David a.
D Lieberman, M.D., Glenn Eisen, M.D., M.P.H. Oregon
M1236 Appropriateness Asge Criteria for ERCP. a Multicenter
A Study Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
Y Gianluca Bersani*, Angelo Rossi, Luigi Solmi, Giulio Cariati, Jennifer L. Urquhart*, Douglas O. Faigel, Nora Mattek,
Maria Marino, Giorgio Ricci, Giovanni De Fabritiis, Vittorio Jennifer Holub, David A. Lieberman, Glenn Eisen
MAY
Alvisi
22 M1252 ERCP in Extreme Old Age
M1237 Yield of Upper and Lower Endoscopic Biopsy in the Neil Galletly*, Andrew N. Milestone, Gautam Mehta,
Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Graft-Versus-Host Disease Thomas C. Shepherd, Devinder S. Bansi, Andrew V.
Ron Yeh, Nighat Ullah, Lauren B. Gerson* Thillainayagam
M1238 Repeated Capsule Endoscopy: Is There a Benefit? M1253 Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)-Guided FNA in Lung
Harry Dhaliwal*, Stacey Shapira, Henry Chung, Jabar Ali, Cancer Staging- a Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic
Joanna Law, Robert Enns, Mark Wood, Mark Appleyard, Performance
Victor Wong Carlos G. Micames*, Darren A. Pavey, Paul S. Jowell,
Douglas C. McCrory, Frank G. Gress
M1239 The Costs of Esophagogastroduodenoscopy in An
Outpatient Clinic:An Activity-Based Costing Study M1254 Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Colonoscopy
Jennifer Sambrook*, Winnie Chui, Hong Wang, Adrian Franco Radaelli*, Gianmichele Meucci, Gabriella Bartesaghi,
Levy, Robert Enns, Lawrence Lo, Edwin Cheng Silvia Porta, Giorgio Minoli
M1240 Outcomes of Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding Without

Blood Transfusion:a Specialized Unit Experience
Irfan Nawaz*, Rabi Kundu, Amit Thaker, George Ahtaridis
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M1255 Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) for Elderly M1269 Self Expandable Plastic Stents (SEPS). the University of
Patients Maryland Experience
Shunji Shimaoka*, Naohisa Yahagi, Hiroto Nishimata, Eric Frizzell*, Bruce Greenwald
Mitsuyo Hashimoto, Shu Hoteya, Toshiro Iiduka, Hideo
Mizuno, Natsuko Nagashima, Yui Kudo, Takafumi Ootsuka M1270 ERCP Utilization Declining in the United States
M. Mazen Jamal, Eugene J. Yoon*
M1256 Rules for Predicting Safe Early Hospital Discharge for
Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Phase I M1271 Effect of Lactobacillus Acidophilus On Helicobacter Pylori
(Derivation phase) Study Treatment
Grace L. Wong*, Priscilla L. Siu, Vincent W. Wong, Larry Hye Jung Yeom*, Ki-Nam Shim, Kum Hei Ryu, Hyun Joo
H. Lai, Dorothy K. Chow, Timothy H. Rainer, Francis K. Son, Hee Jung Oh, Ji Hyun Song, Seong-Eun Kim, Tae Hun
Chan, Joseoph J. Sung, James Y. Jau Kim, Hye-Kyung Jung, Sung-Ae Jung, Sun Young Yi, Kwon
Yoo, Il-Hwan Moon, Kyu Won Chung
M1257 Foreign Body Ingestions: Characteristics and Outcomes
in a Lower Socioeconomic Population M1272 Physicians and Their Gender Preference for
Amandeep Sahota*, Rene Shandil, Ali-Reza Barmaki, Paul Endoscopists
Salama, Nicole Simpson, Loren Laine Erina N. Foster*, Joseph W. Leung
M1258 Role of Intravenous OMEPRAZOLE in Patients with M1273 Bowel Preparation Results in a Multi-Center Consortium
High-Risk Peptic Ulcer Bleeding After Successful Prathiba N. Doddabasappa*, Uday Shankar, Nora Mattek,
Endoscopic Epinephrine Injection: A Prospective Glenn Eisen, David Lieberman, P.r Gowdar
Randomized Comparative Trial
Hwai J. Lin*, Yang C. Cheng, Chin L. Perng, Wen C. Lo M1274 Fibrin Glue in the Endoscopic Treatment of Fistulae and
Anastomotic Insufficiencies of the Gastrointestinal Tract
M1259 Capsule Endoscopy for Obscure Gastrointestinal Frank Klebl*, Florian Schweller, Cornelia Gelbmann,
Bleeding: A Report of 100 Consecutive Cases to Juergen Schoelmerich, Frank Kullmann
Investigate Long Term Clinical Outcomes
M1275 Cost-Effectiveness Decision Analyses Comparing
Alissa Walsh*, Mark N. Appleyard
Nd:YAG Laser, Brachytherapy and Self-Expandable Stent
M1260 Comparison of Outcomes of Two Protocols for for Management of Unresectable Esophageal Cancer
Conscious Sedation During Endoscopy Eduardo B. Da Silveira*, Jacques van Dam
Ayodele T. Osowo*, Vinodh Jeevanantham, Tarun Kothari
M1276 Can the Small-Bowel Transit Time Influence the
M1261 Management of Bleeding Gastric Varices with Histoacryl Diagnostic Yields of Capsule Endoscopy?
Glue Injection - Long-Term Outcomes Young Jig Cho*, Chang Duck Kim, Bora Keum, Youn Ho
Jaber Al Ali*, Justin Cheung, Michael Byrne, Scott Kim, Hwi Kong, Ja Seol Koo, Yong Sik Kim, Yoon Tae Jeen,
Whittaker, Urs Stienbreacher, Robert Enns Hong Sik Lee, Hoon Jai Chun, Soon Ho Um, Sang Woo
Lee, Jai Hyun Choi, Ho Sang Ryu, Jin Hai Hyun
M1262 The Cost of Flexible Sigmoidoscopy in An Outpatient
Clinic: An Activity-Based Costing Study
Jennifer Sambrook*, Winnie Chui, Hong Wong, Adrian ASGE Poster Session
Levy, Robert Enns, Lynn Chang, Lawrence Lo 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
M1263 Frequency of Upper Endoscopy and Endoscopic
Findings in Bariatric Surgery (BS) Patients By Type of STOMACH AND SMALL INTESTINE POSTER SESSION
Surgery and Surgical Technique
Michael J. Nosler*, Richard K. Gilroy, Corrigan L. McBride M1277 Double Balloon Enteroscopy for the Detection of Small
Bowel Mass Lesions Presenting As Obscure
M1264 Endoscopic Doppler Ultrasound Probe Vs. Endoscopic Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Do We Have a New Gold
Stigmata Directed Management of Acute Peptic Ulcer Standard?
Hemorrhage: A Multi-Method Cost-Analysis Andrew Ross*, Shahab Mehdizadeh, Jeffrey Tokar, Jonathan M
Victor K. Chen*, Richard C. Wong Leighton, Ahmad Kamal, Ann Chen, Drew Schembre, Gary
Chen, Kenneth Binmoeller, Lauren Gerson, Richard O
M1265 Predictors of Complications Following Endoscopic Kozarek, Irving Waxman, Edwn Harrison, Charles Dye, N
Ampullectomy Oleh Haluszka, Simon Lo, Carol Semrad
Prabhleen Chahal*, Todd H. Baron, Christopher J. Gostout,
D
Bret T. Petersen, Michael J. Levy, Mark D. Topazian M1278 Expanded Indication of Endoscopic Submucosal A
Dissection (ESD) for Early Gastric Cancer(GC) -Clinical Y
M1266 Clinical Outcomes of Patients Resulted in Bleeding Outcomes of a Prospective Study-
Associated with Therapeutic Colonoscopies MAY
Tomoki Michida*, Takeshi Nakamura, Takashi Ueda,
Horimatsu Takahiro*, Kuang I Fu, Yasushi Sano, Atsushi Takashi Ohta, Noriko Hayashi, Yuko Izumi, Yasushi 22
Ohtsu, Sigeaki Yoshida Nishimura, Akiko Todaka, Nobuhiro Shirahata, Kenya
Iyoda, Keiji Yamamoto, Michio Kato, Masahiro Ikeda
M1267 Endoscopic Challenges for the Gastric Cancer in the
Remnant Stomach Using Endoscopic Submucosal M1279 Assessment of Intestinal Vascular Malformations in
Dissection Patients with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Teleangiectasia
Yosuke Muraki*, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Naohisa Yahagi, and Anaemia
Naomi Kakushima, Shinya Kodashima, Keiji Ogura, Ayako Sebastiaan V. Tuyl*, Tom G.W. Letteboer, Claudia Rogge-
Tateishi, Nobutake Yamamichi, Satoshi Ono, Takao Kawabe, Wolf, Ernst J. Kuipers, Repke J. Snijder, Cees J.J.
Yasuhito Shimizu, Masashi Oka, Masao Ichinose, Masao Westermann, Mark F.J. Stolk
Omata
M1280 Effect of Erythromycin On Transit Time in Video
M1268 Predicting Outcomes Related to Percutaneous Capsule Endoscopy: A Randomized Prospective Placebo
Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Controlled Trial
Fatima A. Figueiredo*, Marcia C. Da costa, Alexandre D. Hin Wah Lee*, David Condon, Yoshi Mineyama, Desire
Pelosi, Rogerio N. Martins, Ellen Francioni, Lilian Machado, Wallace
Glaucia T. Freitas
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M1281 Randomized Prospective Comparison of Direct M1291 the Endoscopic Characterization of Patients with Upper
Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy (DPEJ) Feeding Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Tube Placement Versus Percutaneous Endoscopic Brintha K. Enestvedt*, Glenn Eisen, Nora Mattek, Ian M.
Gastrostomy Feeding Tube Placement with Jejunal Gralnek, David A. Lieberman
Extension (PEG-J), for Enteral Feeding
Mark Delegge*, Greg Buck, John Fang, James Disario, Glen M1292 A Prospective Study On Long-Term Outcome of Balloon-
Lehman, Gregory Ginsberg, Steve McClave Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration for
Prophylactic Patients with Gastric Varices
M1282 When and How Should We Test Helicobacter Pylori Nobuhiko Nagamine*, Toshihiko Higashizawa, Tomosuke
Infection in Patients with Active Peptic Ulcer Bleeding? Hirasawa, Kentaro Sugano
Chang-Keun Park*, Myung-Kwon Lee, Se-Whan Kim,
Seung-Yub Lee, Hyun-Soo Kim, Sang-Mun Lee, Sung-Woo M1293 Application of Metal Hemoclip to the Closure of
Jeon, Chang-Min Jo, Won-Yong Tak, Young-Oh Kweon, Endoscopic Mucosal Resection-Induced Gastric Ulcer for
Sung-Kook Kim, Yong-Hwan Choi Prevention of Delayed Bleeding
Kee Don Choi*, Hwoon-Yong Jung, Gin Hyug Lee, Ji-Yun
M1283 Usefulness of Magnifying Pharmaco-Endoscopy for Jo, Jeong-Sik Byeon, Suk-Kyun Yang, Weon-Seon Hong, Jin-
Diagnosis of Differentiated Early Gastric Cancer Ho Kim
Tetsuya Nakamura*, Hirokazu Fukui, Katsuro Shirakawa,
Hidetsugu Yamagishi, Katsumasa Suzuki, Takeshi Oinuma, M1294 Double-Balloon Endoscopy for Small Intestinal
Hironori Masuyama, Hideyuki Hiraishi, Takahiro Fujimori, Diseases - Experience of 200 Consecutive Examinations
Akira Terano Keigo Mitsui*, Shu Tanaka, Akihito Ehara, Tsuyoshi
Kobayashi, Yoshihisa Sekita, Tsuguhiko Seo, Masaoki
M1284 Evaluation of Different Bowel Preparations for the Study Yonezawa, Kazuhiro Nagata, Yoshiaki Shibata, Atsushi
with Capsule Endoscopy: A Prospective, Randomized, Tatsuguchi, Shunji Fujimori, Teruyuki Kishida, Katya Gudis,
Controlled Study Choitsu Sakamoto
Vicente Pons*, Begona Gonzalez, Cecilia Gonzalez, Enrique
Perez-Cuadrado, Servando Fernandez-Diez, Ignacio M1295 Single-Operator Double Balloon Enteroscopy in the
Fernandez-Urien, Alfredo Mata, Joaquin Espinos, Maria Jose Management of Small Bowel Diseases
Perez-Grueso, Lidia Arguello, Julio Valle, Fernando Ngai-Moh Law
Carballo, Miguel Munoz-Navas, Josep Llach, Juan Andres
Ramirez-Armengol, Joaquim Balanzo, Teresa Sala, Pedro M1296 Chronic Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Users
and Incidence of Endoscopically Documented Peptic
Menchen
Ulcer
M1285 Comparative Helicobacter Pylori Erradication Treatment: Giorgio Talamini*, Pietro Minuz, Benedetta Pajusco,
Triple-Drug (amoxicilin, clarithromycin and rabeprazole) Alessandro Lechi, Italo Vantini
Vs. Levofloxacin Plus rabeprazole
Eduardo Prado*, Consuelo Loy-Gerala M1297 The Effect of Rebamipide for the Prevention of Low-
Dose Aspirin-Induced Gastric Damage - A Randomized,
M1286 Endoscopic Hemostasis for Non-Variceal Upper Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Cross-Over Study -
Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Is Clinical Practice Evidence Shouko Ono*, Mototsugu Kato, Takeshi Toshida, Tamotsu
Based ? Hata, Yuji Ono, Manabu Nakagawa, Souichi Nakagawa,
Sven Adamsen*, Jorgen Bendix, Finn Kallehave, Flemming Yuichi Shimizu, Masahiro Asaka
Moesgaard, Tove Nilsson, Peer Wille-Jorgensen
M1298 Comparison of Twice and Four Times a Day Amoxicillin
M1287 Usefulness of the Double-Balloon Enteroscope for with Proton-Pump Inhibitor, Clarithromycin for
Endoscopic Evaluation of the Bypassed Stomach After Helicobacter Pylori Infection: A Randomized Study
Vertical Banded Gastroplasty with Roux-en-Y Gastric Koo Ja Seol*, Lee Sang Woo, J.N. Sung Woo, Han Woo Sik,
Bypass for Morbid Obesity Lee Jong Sup, Kim Yong Sik, Jeen Yoon Tae, Lee Hong Sik,
Rogerio Kuga*, Adriana V. Safatle-Ribeiro, Paulo Sakai, Chun Hoon Jai, Um Soon Ho, Choi Jai Hyun, Kim Chang
Robson K. Ishida, Joel Faintuch, Carlos K. Furuya Jr, Bruno Duck, Ryu Ho Sang, Hyun Jin Hai
M Zilberstein, Joaquim Gama-Rodrigues, Shinichi Ishioka
O M1299 New Introducer PEG with Gastropexy - An Experience
M1288 Fluoroscopy in Double-Balloon Enteroscopy in 52 Patients
N Arved W. Schneider*, Hartmut Vogell, Michael Rost, Yogesh Shastri*, Astrid Wachtershauser, Jurgen Stein,
D Gabriele Grebe-Schultheis Nicolas Hoepffner
A M1300 Novel Zoom Endoscopy Technique Based On Gastric
M1289 A Prospective Trial Comparing Wireless Capsule
Y Endoscopy and Double-Balloon Enteroscopy in Patients Microvascular Architecture Is Useful to Defferentiate
MAY with Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding Between Flat Early Gastric Cancers and Gastritis: A
Natsuhiko Kameda*, Kazuhide Higuchi, Masatsugu Shiba, Prospective Blind Study
22 Kenshi Yao*, Akinori Iwashita, Suketo Sou, Takashi
Masahiko Tabuchi, Satoshi Sugimori, Tomomi Yukawa,
Kaori Kadouchi, Hirotoshi Okazaki, Hirohisa Machida, Nagahama, Hiroshi Tanabe, Toshiyuki Matsui, Tsuneyoshi
Makoto Inagawa, Tomoko Wada, Tetsuya Tanigawa, Yao
Hirokazu Yamagami, Kenji Watanabe, Toshio Watanabe,
M1301 Comparison of Wireless Video Small Bowel Capsule
Kazunari Tominaga, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Nobuhide Oshitani,
Endoscopy (CE) and Upper Endoscopy (EGD) in
Tetsuo Arakawa
Evaluation of Iron-Deficiency Anemia (IDA) in Patients
M1290 The Prediction of Mortality in Bleeding Peptic Ulcers with Negative Colonoscopy
Treated with Therapeutic Endoscopy - Lesson Learnt Gerard Isenberg*, Jason Taylor, Helgi Sigmundsson,
from 3000 Patients Amitabh Chak, Richard Wong, Michael Sivak
Philip W. Chiu*, Enders K. Ng, Francis K. Chan, Wai
M1302 Assessment of Risk Factors for Non-Variceal Upper GI
Keung Leung, Wifred L. Mui, Justin C. Wu, Frances K.
Cheung, Wt Siu, Yt Lee, My Yung, James Y. Lau, Joseph J. Bleeding (UGIB)
Sung Seth B. Miller*, Diley Hernandez, Christopher Wendel,
Drew Kurtzman, Shahrug Sarela, Miguel Arenas, William
Jones, Ronnie Fass
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M1303 Poor Correlation Betweeen Endoscopic and Histologic M1315 Comparison of the Hemostatic Effect of Argon Plasma
Findings in the Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia Coagulation and Heat Probe Coagulation for Peptic
Syndrome Ulcer Bleeding: A Prospective Randomized Trial
Madhusudhan R. Sanaka*, Kuldip S. Banwait, David Assis, Song Sung Wook*, Baik Gwang Ho, Kim Jin Bong, Kim
Leonardo Salese, Kuntal M. Thaker, Marina Serper, Thomas Dong Joon, Kim Tae Hoon
Kowalski, David Loren
M1316 Which Type of Stent Is Useful for Malignant
M1304 Diagnostic Yield of Double-Balloon Enteroscopy in Gastrointestinal Obstruction? : in Viewpoint of
Patients with Various Ulcerative Diseases of the Small Mechanism of Obstruction
Intestine: Present Status and Problems Concerning Deog K. Kim*, Jai H. Jeung, Choong H. Cha, Jae Y.
Endoscopic Diagnosis Cheong, Kee M. Lee, Byung M. Yoo, Kwang J. Lee, Ki B.
Noriaki Manabe*, Shinji Tanaka, Akira Fukumoto, Yoshiaki Hahm, Jin H. Kim, Sung W. Cho
Matsumoto, Toshiki Yamaguchi, Madoka Nakao, Yutaka
Mitsuoka, Jiro Hata, Ken Haruma, Kazuaki Chayama M1317 Predictors of Rebleeding Following Endoscopic Therapy
for Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
M1305 Wireless Capsule Endoscopy in Suspected Crohn’s Anne T. Wolf*, Sharmeel K. Wasan, Lisa L. Strate, David L.
Disease: Correlation of Findings with IBD Serology Carr-Locke, John R. Saltzman
Jonathan A. Erber*, William F. Erber, Sharon K. Sagiv,
Susan Sagiv M1318 Risk Factors and Clinical Significance of
Gastrointestinal Bleeding After Cardiac Catheterization
M1306 Accuracy of Localization of Small Bowel Disorder Srikrishna Vemana*, Vikram Boolchand, Amitabh Chak,
Detected By Capsule Endoscopy Jeffry Katz
Masanao Nakamura*, Yasumasa Niwa, Naoki Ohmiya,
Ryouji Miyahara, Akira Ohashi, Tetsuo Matsuura, Shusuke M1319 Evaluation of Endoscopic Hemostasis for Non-Variceal
Kitabatake, Daigo Arakawa, Yoichi Iguchi, Wataru Honda, Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Using Hemoclips As
Osamu Maeda, Takafumi Ando, Akihiro Itoh, Yoshiki First Or Second Line Therapy Compared to Injection Or
Hirooka, Hidemi Goto Thermal Therapies. Lara Lf. Yepuri J, Arslanlar S, Tang
Sj, Santangelo W, Sreenarasimhaiah J, Rockey DC. the
M1307 Diagnosis and Treatment of Small Intestinal Tumors / University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center At
Polyps At Double-Balloon Enteroscopy (DBE) and Dallas
Capsule Endoscopy (CE) Luis F. Lara*, Jay Yepuri, Sami Arslanlar, Shou Tang
Wataru Honda*, Naoki Ohmiya, Daigo Arakawa, Masanao
Nakamura, Hironobu Kanazawa, Ayumu Taguchi, Taisaku M1320 First Study Involving Simultaneous Ingestion of Two
Hasegawa, Yasushi Matsuyama, Akihiro Itoh, Yoshiki Video Capsules (VCs): A Comparison of Olympus Vc
Hirooka, Osamu Maeda, Takafumi Ando, Yasumasa Niwa, and Given Imaging Vc in the Detection of Obscure GI
Hidemi Goto Bleeding(OGIB)
David Cave*, David E. Fleischer, Russell Heigh, Jonathan
M1308 Early Experience with CT Enterography (CTE) in Leighton, Virender Sharma, Patricia Hibberd, Danette Musil,
Patients Before Video Capsule Endoscopy (VCE) Jennifer Langelier, Doug Faigel
Daniel S. Mishkin*, Brian C. Lucey
M1321 One Step Button Placement of Direct Percutaneous
M1309 Association of Regional Transit Abnormalities Identified Endoscopic Jejunostomy Using Transgastrostomic
On Capsule Endoscopy with Underlying Pathology Endoscopy
Steve Kucera*, Rami Abbass, Gerard Isenberg, Richard Shinji Nishiwaki*, Youhei Shirakami, Hiroshi Araki, Yukari
Wong, Amitabh Chak, Michael V. Sivak Niwa, Masaya Kubota, Kiyoyuki Takenaka, Masahide
Iwashita, Nobuhito Onogi, Hiroo Hatakeyama, Takao
M1310 A Prospective Randomized Multicenter Study of Hayashi, Teruo Maeda, Koushirou Saitoh
Preparation for Capsule Endoscopy
Jun Hwan Wi*, Jeong Seop Moon, Yong Sik Kim, Ki Nam M1322 Capsule Endoscopy in the Evaluation of Obscure GI
Shim, Kyung Jo Kim, Young Ho Kim, Tae Il Kim, Jae Hyuk Bleeding, Crohn's Disease and Other Small Bowel
Do, Ji Kon Ryu, Soo Hyun Park, Cheol Hee Park, In Seok Pathology: Diagnostic Yield, and Comparison with M
Lee, Jin Oh Kim, Hoon Jai Chun, Myung Gyu Choi Endoscopic & CT-Radiographic Studies in a Tertiary O
Care Referral Center
M1311 Success Rate of Direct Percutaneous Endoscopic Parul Dureja*, Robert R. Agarwal, Adnan Said, Sigurdur
N
Jejunostomy (DPEJ) in Obese Patients Einarsson, Patrick Pfau, Perry J. Pickhardt, Andrew J. D
Scott H. MacKenzie*, Derrick Haslem, Kristen Hilden, Taylor, Mark Reichelderfer, Deepak V. Gopal A
Kristen Thomas, James A. Disario, John Fang
M1323 Impact of Capsule Endoscopy On Clinical Outcomes Y
M1312 The Effect of Helicobacter Pylori Eradication in Benign Elaine K. Toy*, Micha Rojany, Surinder Mann, Thomas MAY
Gastric Polyps Prindiville
Seung Hyun Jung, Euyi Hyeog Im*, Yong Moon Kim, Sun 22
Moon Kim, Tae Hee Lee, Kyu Chan Huh, Young Woo Choi, M1324 Ampulla of Vater Is Infrequently Visualized By Capsule
Young Woo Kang Endoscopy
Ranjith Wijeratne*, David Condon
M1313 Autofluorescence Endoscopy (AF) and Narrow Band
Imaging (NBI) in Gastric Ulcers - Is Prediction of M1325 Wireless Capsule Endoscopy in Patients with Leaky Gut
Malignancy Possible ? Syndrome
Andreas Probst*, Maximilian Bittinger, Thomas Eberl, Andrew K. Roorda*, Kanwar Rupinder S. Gill, Terrie
Gertrud Jechart, Reinhard Scheubel, Helmut Messmann Mendelson, Daniel L. Peterson, Margaret Allen, Kenneth F.
Binmoeller
M1314 Predictive Factors for Lymph Node Metastasis and
Endoscopic Treatment Strategy for Undifferentiated M1326 Gastric Cytokines , Gastric Microbial Overgrowth and
Early Gastric Cancer Weight Loss After Anti-Obesity Gastroplasty
Byong Duk Ye*, Sang Gyun Kim, Joo Sung Kim, Han- Joel Faintuch*, Robson K. Ishida, Rogerio Kuga, Adriana S.
Kwang Yang, Woo Ho Kim, Hyun Chae Jung, Kuhn Uk Ribeiro, Paulo Sakai, Shinichi Ishioka, Hermes V. Barbeiro,
Lee, In Sung Song Denise F. Barbeiro, Francisco G. Soriano, Rejane Mattar,
Miyoko Mijakabi, Bruno Zilberstein, Ivan Cecconello
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M1327 Comparison of Double Balloon Enteroscopy and Small M1338 A Prospective Comparison of Capsule Endoscopy and
Bowel Series in the Evaluation of Small Bowel Lesion Double Balloon Enteroscopy in Small Bowel Disease
Jeong-Sik Byeon*, Kee Don Choi, Suk-Kyun Yang, Ja Young Jun Hwan Wi*, Jin Oh Kim, Soo Hoon Eun, Yeon Soo Kim,
Kim, Kwi-Sook Choi, Tae Hoon Oh, Hyung Joon Lee, Jun- In Seop Jung, Bong Min Ko, Joo Young Cho, Joon Seong
Won Chung, Gin Hyug Lee, Seung-Jae Myung, Hwoon- Lee, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim, Boo Sung Kim
Yong Jung, Jin-Ho Kim, Hyun Kwon Ha
M1339 Small Bowel Masses Found and Missed On Capsule
M1328 Endoscopic Full Thickness Resection (EFTR): Endoscopy for Obscure Bleeding
Circumferential Method Using a New Bi-Directional Matthew Baichi*, Razi M. Arifuddin, Parvez S. Mantry
Cutter
Keiichi Ikeda*, C. Alexander Mosse, Per-Ola Park, Maria M1340 Olympus Capsule Endoscope for Small and Large Bowel
Bergstrom, Tim Mills, Annette Fritscher-Ravens, Hisao Exploration
Tajiri, Paul Swain Jean-Francois Rey*, Konstantin Kuznetsov, Edgar Vazquez-
Ballesteros
M1329 High Resolution Magnification Endoscopy Can Identify
the Normal Gastric Mucosa, Helicobacter Pylori- M1341 Therapeutic Endoscopy for Duodenal Adenomatosis in
Associated Gastritis and Gastric Atrophy Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
George K. Anagnostopoulos*, Kenshi Yao, Christopher J. Andrew Latchford*, Michelle Gallagher, Douglas Newton,
Hawkey, Krish Ragunath Swain David, Robin Phillips, Brian Saunders
M1330 Clinical Observations and Experimental Studies of New M1342 Crohn’s Disease Evolving the Small Bowel Alone: in
Therapy for Chronic Enterocutaneous Fistulae: T-Tubes Witch Symptoms We Need to Investigate to Make An
and Bridging Stents Earlier Diagnostic?
Nicole Bouvy*, Reuben Visschers, Peters Soeters, Paul Paula B. Poletti*, Thiago F. Secchi, Ying Tung, Artur A.
Swain Parada
M1331 Capsule Endoscopy (CE) in the Daily Clinical Practice M1343 Clinical Impact of a Newly-Developed Capsule
for Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding (OGIB): the Sky Endoscope: Usefulness of a Real Time Image Viewer
Not SO Blue? Proposal to Use Strict Criteria to Perform Against Gastrointestinal Transit Abnormality
CE Haruhiko Ogata*, Koichiro Kumai, Hiroyuki Imaeda, Koichi
Philippe Maerten*, Vera Kessler, Kristine Leopold, Tobias Aiura, Tadakazu Hisamatsu, Susumu Okamoto, Yasushi
Ehmann, Pierre Michetti, Gian Dorta Iwao, Yoshinori Sugino, Masaki Kitajima, Toshifumi Hibi
M1332 Role of Capsule Endoscopy in Inflammatory Disorders M1344 Double-Balloon Endoscopy for the Treatment of Small
of the Small Intestine in Japanese Patients Presenting Intestinal Diseases
with Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding Shu Tanaka*, Keigo Mitsui, Atsushi Tatsuguchi, Akihito
Nobuyuki Matsuhashi*, Yasuyuki Kondo, Hiroki Endo, Ehara, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Tsuguhiko Seo, Masaoki
Tomohiko Ohya, Tomohiko Hasue, Katsuhiro Hanawa, Yonezawa, Kazuhiro Nagata, Yoshiaki Shibata, Shunji
Tomohiro Ito, Kantaro Hisatomi, Masako Asayama, Minoru Fujimori, Teruyuki Kishida, Katya Gudis, Choitsu Sakamoto
Shibata, Yukihiro Sakurai
M1345 Pathology of Gastric Polyps Associated with a Long-
M1333 Double- Balloon Enteroscopy (push and pull Term Proton Pump Inhibitor Treatment
enteroscopy) of the Small Bowel: Comparison with Jiang Qin, Yoosun Han*, Jacinto Del Mazo, Qiang Cai
Video Capsule Endoscopy and Magnetic Resonance
M1346 Predictors for Positive Outcomes in Capsule Endoscopy
Imaging
for the Indication of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Ulrich Damian*, Dieter Schilling, D.R. Hartmann, Uwe
Weickert, Axel Eickhoff, Ralf Jakobs, Valerie Kudis, Juergen Jaber Al Ali*, Victor Wong, Joanna Law, Henry Chung,
Harry Dhaliwhal, Stacey Shapira, Eric Lam, Robert Enns
F. Riemann
M1347 Gastric Retention Is Common with in-Patient Wireless
M1334 Triple Therapy Only for 7 Days Vs. Triple Therapy for 7
M Capsule Endoscopy
Days Plus OMEPRAZOLE for 21 Days in Treatment of
Prasun K. Jalal*, Bethany Devito, Ronald Greenberg, Tai-
O Active Peptic Ulcer with Helicobacter Pylori Infection
Ping Lee, David Bernstein
Hee Jung Oh*, Ki-Nam Shim, Kum-Hei Ryu, Ji-Hyun Song,
N Hyun-Joo Song, Hye-Jung Yeom, Seong-Eun Kim, Tae-Hun M1348 Capsule Endoscopy Diagnosed Small Bowel Ulceration:
D Kim, Hye-Kyung Jung, Sung-Ae Jung, Sun-Young Yi, Kwon Is This Really Crohn’s Disease?
A Yoo, Il-Hwan Moon, Kyu Won Chung Joanna Law*, Scott Whittaker, Lawrence Halparin, Robert
Y M1335 Over Four Hundred Experiences of Double-Balloon Enns
MAY Endoscopy for Small Intestinal Disorders M1349 Utility of Capsule Enteroscopy in Symptomatic Patients
22 Hiroto Kita*, Hironori Yamamoto, Tomonori Yano, with Celiac Disease
Tomohiko Miyata, Michiko Iwamoto, Keijiro Sunada, David S. Atlas*, Carol T. van Dyke, Brian D. Lahr, Joseph
Toshiaki Omata, Yukio Tone, Taro Abe, Hakuei Shinhata, A. Murray
Shinji Fujieda, Hiroyuki Sato, Yoshikazu Hayashi, Kenichi
Ido, Kentaro Sugano M1350 Usefulness and Limitation of Double Balloon
Enteroscopy in Inflammatory Small Bowel Disease
M1336 Usefulness of Double-Balloon Enteroscopy for Toshiyuki Matsui*, Takehiko Seki, Kenshi Yao, Suketo Sou,
Gastrointestinal Bleeding of Obscure Origin Fumihito Hirai, Sumio Tsuda
Akira Fukumoto*, Noriaki Manabe, Shinji Tanaka, Yoshiaki
Matsumoto, Masaru Shimamoto, Toshiki Yamaguchi, M1351 Usefulness of Double-Balloon Enteroscopy (DBE) for
Madoka Nakao, Yutaka Mitsuoka, Yoshitaka Ueno, Masanori Diagnosis and Treatment of Small Intestinal Diseases
Ito, Kazuaki Chayama Naoki Ohmiya*, Daigo Arakawa, Wataru Honda, Masanao
Nakamura, Ayumu Taguchi, Nobuyuki Mabuchi, Hironobu
M1337 Usefulness of Double-Balloon Enteroscopy(DBE) for Kanazawa, Yasushi Matsuyama, Akihiro Itoh, Yoshiki
Diagnosis and Treatment of Obscure Gastrointestinal Hirooka, Osamu Maeda, Takafumi Ando, Yasumasa Niwa,
Bleeding -in Comparison with Capsule Endoscopy(CE) Hidemi Goto
Daigo Arakawa*, Naoki Ohmiya, Masanao Nakamura,
Wataru Honda, Osamu Maeda, Takafumi Ando, Akihiro
Itoh, Yoshiki Hirooka, Yasumasa Niwa, Hidemi Goto
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M1352 Clinical Impact of Double Balloon Enteroscopy in the M1365 Characteristics of Metachronous Multiple Early Gastric
Diagnosis and Treatment of Malignant Small Bowel Cancers After Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
Tumors Seung Hoon Baek*, Joo Young Cho, Hae Jung Song, Soo
Oscar V. Hernandez*, Juan M. Blancas, Victor M. Paz, Hoon Eun, Young Dae Kim, In Seop Jung, Chang Byum
Segundo M. Villota, Maria L. Hernandez Ryu, Young Deok Cho, Jin Oh Kim, Joon Seong Lee, So
Young Jin, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim, Boo Sung Kim
M1353 Double Balloon Enteroscopy in the Diagnosis of Small
Bowel Diseases. the Mexican Experience M1366 Palliation of Patients with Malignant Gastric Outlet
Oscar V. Hernandez, Juan M. Blancas Valencia*, Victor M. Obstruction with Newly Designed D-Type Stent
Paz Flores, Maria L. Hernandez Reyes Iruru Maetani*, Masahiro Seike, Masaki Ikeda, Tomoko
Tada, Takeo Ukita
M1354 Clinical Significance of Double-Balloon Enteroscopy for
Small Intestinal Bleeding M1367 APC in the Treatment of the Different Types of Gastric
Takayoshi Suzuki*, Masashi Matsushima, Takayuki Shirai, Angiodysplasia a Series of Consecutive Patients
Tetsuya Mine Diagnosed By Acute GI Bleeding
Josep M. Bordas*, Samuel Herrera, Josep Llach, Angels
M1355 Regular Or Half-Dose, Not High-Dose Histamine-H2 Gines, Maria Pellise, Gloria Fernandez-E, Alfredo Mata,
Receptor Antagonists Can Prevent NSAID-Associated Fernando Mondelo
Peptic Ulcers in Japanese Patients with Rheumatoid
Arthritis M1368 Mortality of Severe Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Kazumasa Miyake*, Masafumi Kusunoki, Tomotaka Shindo, Under Intensified Immediate Interventional Treatment
Tatsuhiko Hamamoto, Nobue Ueki, Kenji Suzuki, Yoko Harald Mauler*, N Zwerina, H Brunner
Shinji, Tetsuro Hiratsuka, Hitoshi Nishigaki, Seiji Futagami,
Ken Wada, Katya Gudis, Taku Tsukui, Atsuo Nakajima, M1369 The Prevalence of Idiopathic Peptic Ulcer and Changing
Choitsu Sakamoto Trend of Peptic Ulcer Disease and Helicobacter Pylori
Infection Between 10 Years in Korea
M1356 The Diagnostic Value of Push-Enteroscopy, Capsule Hyun Joo Jang*, Jong Pyo Kim, Cheol Hee Park, Kyung Ho
Endoscopy, Ileoscopy and Enteroclysis (Sellink) for Kim, Kwang Ho Baik, Il Hyun Baik, Sea Hyub Kae, Hak
Small Bowel Evaluation in Patients with Familial Yang Kim
Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP): A Comparative
Prospective Trial M1370 Pathophisiological Features in Locational Type of Peptic
Nicola Plum*, Andrea May, Christian Ell Ulcer Formation in Japanese Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Patients Receiving Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory
M1357 Initial Description of Technical Aspects of Double Drugs (NSAIDs) Treatment
Balloon Enteroscopy in a Us Population Masafumi Kusunoki*, Kazumasa Miyake, Tomotaka Shindo,
Jeffrey L. Tokar*, Minhhuyen Nguyen, Sharon Downey, Tatsuhiko Hamamoto, Nobue Ueki, Kenji Suzuki, Yoko
David S. Weinberg, Oleh Haluszka Shinji, Tetsuro Hiratsuka, Hitoshi Nishigaki, Seiji Futagami,
Ken Wada, Katya Gudis, Taku Tukui, Atsuo Nakajima,
M1358 Comparison of Double Balloon Enteroscopy and Capsule Choitsu Sakamoto
Endoscopy in Patients with Suspected Small Bowel
Diseases M1371 Endoscopic Diagnosis of Gastric Inflammation in
Hyun Joo Jang*, Min Ho Choi, Cheol Hee Park, Chang Soo Combination with Rapid Urease Test Is Useful for
Eun, Sea Hyub Kae, Jin Lee, Choong Kee Park Considering the Pathophysiology of Chronic Atrophic
Gastritis
M1359 Findings and Perceived Impact of Double Balloon Masashi Oka*, Yoshikazu Moriyama, Yasuhito Shimizu,
Enteroscopy in a Us Population Kimihiko Yanaoka, Kenji Arii, Hideyuki Tamai, Mikitaka
Jeffrey L. Tokar*, Minhhuyen Nguyen, Sharon Downey, Iguchi, Izumi Inoue, Chizu Mukoubayashi, Hiroto Magari,
David S. Weinberg, Oleh Haluszka Hisanobu Deguchi, Naoki Shingaki, Kazuki Ueda, Takayuki
Kanno, Tastuya Shiraki, Masao Ichinose, Mitsuhiro
M1360 Clinical Value of the Saurin Classification for Potential Fujishiro, Naomi Kakushima, Shinya Kodashima, Masao
Small Bowell Bleeding Lesions in a Brazilian Capsule
Omata M
Endoscopy Study O
Gregorio Feldman*, Jose Teixeira, Gutemberg Silva, Freire M1372 Endoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment of Late
Alvaro, Newton Teixeira Complications of Gastric Bandage
N
Martin Bortlik*, Mojmir Kasalicky, Martin Fried, David D
M1361 Study On Japanese Patients with Obscure
Gastrointestinal Bleeding Based On the Combined Use
Michalsky, Jitka Housova, Milan Lukas A
of Capsule Endoscopy and Double-Ballon Endoscopy M1373 Endoscopic Placement of the Video Capsule with the Y
Mari Hirata*, Kyoto Imase, Yuji Yamada, Yoko Ikei, Genichi Advance ™ Delivery Device MAY
Koyama, Shin-Ichi Takahashi Martin Keuchel*, Guido Csomos, Salem Al-Harthi, J.N. P. 22
Bruhn, Friedrich Hagenmueller
M1362 There and Back Again: New Approaches to Old
Problems Using Double Balloon Enteroscopy M1374 The Utility of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy in the
Andrew Ross*, Vivek Prachand, John Alverdy, Melissa Evaluation of Suspected Crohns Disease in the Pediatric
Batenic, Irving Waxman, Carol Semrad, Charles Dye Population
Colm J. Oloughlin*, Nathan Slinde, Subra Kugathasen
M1363 Factors Associated with Local Recurrence and
Incomplete Resection in Endoscopic Submucosal M1375 Clinical Application of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy in
Dissection for the Treatment of Early Gastric Cancers Pediatric and Adolescent Patients
Ryuta Takenaka*, Yoshiro Kawahara, Hiroyuki Okada, Zhizheng Ge*, Haiying Chen, Yunjie Gao, Yunbiao Hu,
Daisuke Tanioka, Takao Tsuzuki, Satoru Yagi, Atsushi Shudong Xiao
Imagawa, Shigeatsu Fujiki, Yasushi Shiratori
M1376 Yield of Capsule Endoscopy Includes Significant Gastric
M1364 The Efficacy of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Findings, and Is Unaffected By Antiplatelet Or
Early Gastric Neoplasms Using Insulated-Tip Diathermic Anticoagulation Agents
Knife Roger Kao*, Apurv Varia, Michael Turner, Sandra Bernklau,
Jong Yeul Lee*, Byong Duk Ye, Sang Gyun Kim, Joo Sung Russell Brown
Kim, Hyun Chae Jung, In Sung Song
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M1377 Utilization of PEG in Diverse Clinical Practice Settings SSAT Poster Session
in the United States
Adam E. Silverblatt*, Leann Michaels, Nora Mattek, Glenn Authors are required to be present during the Poster Session from
Eisen, David Lieberman 12:00-2:00 pm.
M1378 Double-Balloon Enteroscopy: First One Year Experience Those posters identified as DDW Posters of Distinction have received
and Modified Technique (double-over tube method) review scores that place them within the top 0% of all posters. We
Akihiro Araki*, Kiichiro Tsuchiya, Shigeru Oshima, Eriko encourage you to make them a priority as you visit the poster session.
Okada, Takanori Kanai, Mamoru Watanabe
M1379 Differentiation of Small Bowel Strictures By Double-
Balloon Endoscopy
Hwang Choi*, Kyu-Yong Choi, Bo-In Lee, Kyoung-Mee
Kim, Hyong-Ju Kang, Jae-Myung Park, Tae-Ho Kim, Soo-
SSAT POSTER SESSION: CLINICAL / BILIARY
Heon Park, Hiun-Suk Chae, Myung-Gyu Choi, Sok-Won M1388 Surgery for Acute Cholecystitis in Denmark
Han, In-Sik Chung Alan P. Ainsworth*, Sven Adamsen, Jacob Rosenberg,
Flemming Burcharth
M1380 Long Term Prognosis of the Cases After EMR of Early
Gastric Cancer M1389 Robotic Assisted Vs. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Atsushi Mitsunaga*, Ryujirou Imai, Ichirou Ishikawa, Izumi Outcome and Cost Analysis in a Case-Matched Control
Shirato, Shohei Shimizu, Hiroyuki Konishi, Shinichi Study
Nakamura, Itaru Ohi, Keiko Shiratori Stefan Breitenstein*, Antonio Nocito, Carmen Oggier,
Markus Weber, Perre-Alain Clavien
M1381 Genetic Markers to Identify High Risk Patients for
Multiple Early Gastric Cancers After Treatment with M1390 Surgical Treatment of Hepatolithiasis On Particular
Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Reference to Long-Term Results
Mayumi Fukuda*, Kazuhide Higuchi, Hiroshi Yokozaki, Miin-Fu Chen
Tetsuya Tanigawa, Masatsugu Shiba, Toshio Watanabe,
Kazunari Tominaga, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Shinei Oshitani, M1391 Visuospatial Tests Predict the Performance of Simulated
Tetsuo Arakawa ERCP Among Endoscopists Irrespective of Previous
ERCP Experience
M1382 Improved Curative Resection Rates of Early Gastric Lars Enochsson*, Fredrik Swahn, Bo Westman, Urban
Cancers By Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) Using Arnelo, Ann Kjellin, Li Fellander-Tsai
Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Method (ESD)
Masaru Odashima*, Michiro Otaka, Mario Jin, Isao Wada, M1392 Does Endoscopic Ultrasound Have Anything to Offer in
Youhei Horikawa, Tamotsu Matsuhashi, Reina Ohba, the Diagnosis of Suspected Common Duct Stones?
Natsumi Hatakeyama, Jinko Oyake, Sumio Watanabe Gareth J. Morris-Stiff, Ben Frost*, Wyn Lewis, Phillip
Webster, Malcolm C. Puntis, Ashley Roberts
M1383 Healing Rate and Related Factors of Endoscopic
Submucosal Dissection(ESD)-Induced Ulcer After M1393 Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Biliary Strictures
Pantoprazol Therapy for 4 Week Masquerading As Cholangiocarcinoma
Tae-Hoon Oh*, Hwoon-Yong Jung, Kee Don Choi, Gin H. Thomas C. Gamblin*, Alyssa Krasinskas, Adam Slivka,
Lee, Ja Young Kim, Kwi-Sook Choi, Hyung Joon Lee, Jun- Susan Caro, Mitch E. Tublin, Anthony J. Demetris, Wallis .
Won Chung, Jeong-Sik Byeon, Seung-Jae Myung, Suk-Kyun Marsh, A J. Moser
Yang, Jin-Ho Kim
M1394 Emerging Role of ERCP in Blunt Extrahepatic Hepatic
M1384 Endoscopic Treatment of GI-Bleeding: Clipping, Duct Injuries
Injecting Or Smearing? Results from a Preclinical, Nikhil P. Jaik*, Stanislaw P. Stawicki, Brian A. Hoey
Animal Study to Assess the Potential for Endoscopic
Use of An Hemostatic Gelatin Matrix M1395 Sphincter of Oddi : A Structural & Functional Study
M Gianluca Spera*, Pietro Familiari, Cristiano Spada, Stefania Kewal K. Maudar
O Marangi, Giuseppe Pirozzi, Marcello Ingrosso, Guido
M1396 Cancer of the Gallbladder: National Patterns of Surgical
Costamagna

N Intervention
D M1386 Endoscopic Placement of the Given™ Pillcam Small James T. McPhee*, Maksim Zayaruzny, Giles F. Whalen,
Bowel Video Capsule Using the Advance™ Capsule Demetrius E. Litwin, Mary E. Sullivan, Frederick A.
A Anderson, Jennifer F. Tseng
Endoscope Delivery Device: A Retrospective Case Series
Y Jeremy P. Holden*, Parul Dureja, Patrick Pfau, Darren C.
MAY Schwartz, Mark Reichelderfer, Deepak V. Gopal M1397 Prevalence and Outcome of Cholangiocarcinoma in
Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Referred to
22 M1387 Initial Experience with Capsule Endoscopy in a Single a Regional Liver Transplant Unit
Specialty Community Based Adult Gastroenterology Gareth J. Morris-Stiff*, Chandra Bhatti, Bridget Gunson,
Practice David Mayer, John Buckels, Darius Mirza, Simon Bramhall
Corina Serer*, Arthur R. Serer, Adam H. Beckerman, Lester
F. Goldblum M1398 Outcomes and Utilization of Laparoscopic Partial and
Complete Cholecystectomy in Academic Centers
Esteban Varela*, Ninh Nguyen, Scott Helton
M1399 Hepaticojejunostomy - Definition of Risk Factors for
Postoperative Bile Leaks
Jurgen Weitz*, Dalibor Antolovic, Moritz Koch, Peter
Kienle, Jan Schmidt, Helmut Friess, Markus Buechler
M1400 Congenital Pancreaticobiliary Anomalies in an Urban
Medical Center
Choichi Sugawa, Lester Young*, Hiromi Ono, Toshiki
Matsubara, Gen Tohda, Charles E. Lucas
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SSAT Poster Session M1416 Long-Term Quality of Life Is Not Different After
Laparoscopic Or Open Sigmoid Colectomy - A Matched-
Pairs Analysis
LA Convention Center Michael S. Kasparek*, Elke Schiele, Joerg Glatzle, Guido
Seitz, Alfred Koenigsrainer, Martin E. Kreis
SSAT POSTER SESSION: CLINICAL / COLON-RECTAL
M1417 Synchronous Cancer in Obstructive Colo-Rectal Cancer
M1401 Topical GTN for Anal Fissure: A Single Centre Jaehwang Kim*, Byung-Ik Jang, Min-Chul Shim
Experience from Pakistan
Jawad Ahmad*, Alexander P. Boddy, Yawar Saeed, Javaid M1418 Gore Tex Perineal Sacral Suspension Reduces Symptoms
Gardezi of Obstructed Defecation
Christopher J. Lahr*, Elizabeth T. Clerico, Brooke H.
M1402 Cytokine Network in Chronic Perianal Crohn’s Disease Gurland, Thomas Schnelldorfer, John C. Pezzullo, Vicki M.
and Indeterminate Colitis After Proctocolectomy Limehouse
Cesare Ruffolo, Marco Scarpa, Diego Faggian, Annamaria de
Pellegrini, Giovanna Romanato, Fabio Pilon, Teresa Filosa, M1419 Clinicopathological Factors Predictive of Systemic
Daniela Prando, Lino Polese, Michele Scopelliti, Elena Ossi, Recurrence After Curative Resection of Stage II Colon
Davide F. D'Amico, Imerio Angriman* Cancer
Yee Man Lee*, Wai Lun Law, Hok Kok Choi, Chi Leung
M1404 Gender Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening: True Seto, Siu Hung Lo, Wai Chu Ho
Or False?
Rachael A. Callcut*, Stephanie Kaufman, Robert Stone- M1420 Fecal Urgency After Circular Stapled Mucosectomy in
Newsom, David Mahvi, Patrick Remington Hemorrhoidal Disease - Manometric and Clinical
Features
M1405 Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anus in HIV: Rafal Pankala, Jaroslaw Leszczyszyn*, Igor Lebski
Is There a Role for the Surgeon?
Gregory Chipman*, Harry L. Reynolds, Colin Mooney, M1421 Recurrent Distal Rectal Cancer Following Neoadjuvant
Joseph Skitzki, James Merlino, Conor Delaney, Timothy Chemoradiation Therapy - Risk Factors and Outcomes
Kinsella, Scott Remick Marcelo B. Linhares*, Angelita Habr-Gama, Rodrigo O.
Perez, Afonso H. Sousa, Fabio G. Campos, Igor G.
M1406 Prospective Randomized Trial: Preemptive Antibiotic Proscurshim, Desiderio R. Kiss, Joaquim Gama-Rodrigues
Treatment Versus ‘Standard’ Treatment in Patients with
Elevated Serum Procalcitonin Levels After Elective M1422 Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Oncological and
Colorectal Surgery Function Preserving Surgery in Patients with Advanced
Ansgar M. Chromik*, Frank Endter, Waldemar Uhl, Arnulf Lower Rectal Cancer - Preliminary Report of Prospective
Thiede, Hans B. Reith, Ulrich Mittelkoetter Randomized Trial
Tadahiko Masaki*, Makoto Takayama, Hiroyoshi Matsuoka,
M1407 Hyperbilirubinemia in Appendicits: A New Predictor of Nobutsugu Abe, Hisayo Ueki, Masanori Sugiyama, Ayako
Perforation
Joaquin Estrada*, Rodney J. Mason, Mikael Petrosyan,
Jordan Barnhart, Matthew Tao, Shirin Towfigh M1423
Tonari, Junko Kusuda, Shinsaku Mizumoto, Yutaka Atomi
Mechanical Bowel Preparation Influences the Outcomes

of Elective Colorectal Resection with Primary
M1408 Laparoscopic versus Open Surgery in Patients with Anastomosis By a Single Surgeon: Intermediate Analysis
Ileocolonic Crohn’s Disease. a Prospective Comparative of a Prospective Single-Blinded Randomized Trial
Study Maria Jesus Pena-Soria, Julio M. Mayol*, Rocio Anula, Ana
Alessandro Fichera*, Stephanie L. Peng, Alan S. Rosman, Arbeo-Escolar, Jesus A. Fernandez-Represa
Michele A. Rubin, Roger D. Hurst
M1425 Laparoscopic Resection for Rectal Cancer. A Prospective
M1409 Single Institution Comparison of Open, Hand-Assist Evaluation in 107 Consecutive Patients
Laparoscopic, and Laparoscopic Colon and Rectal Marco Montorsi*, Paolo P. Bianchi, Riccardo Rosati, Chiara
Surgical Technique Ceriani, Stefano Bona, Matteo Rottoli, Ugo Elmore M
Ariel Forstner-Barthell*, Andrea Ferrara, Joseph Gallagher,
Samuel Dejesus, Paul Williamson, Sergio Larach, Paul M1426 Restorative Proctocolectomy with Ileal Pouch Anal O
Charron, Eduardo Krajewski Anastomosis (IPAA): Is There a Volume-Outcomes N
Effect? D
M1410 Early Postoperative Results of Novel Procedure of Side- John Morton*, Andrew Shelton, Mark Welton
to-Side Isoperistaltic Ileocolonic Anastomosis for A
Crohn’s Disease -Randomized Controlled Trial- M1427 Emergency Laparoscopic Versus Open Right Y
Yuji Funayama*, Kouhei Fukushima, Chikashi Shibata, Hemicolectomy for Obstructing Right-Sided Colonic
Ken-Ichi Takahashi, Hitoshi Ogawa, Sho Haneda, Kazuhiro MAY
Carcinoma: A Comparative Study
Watanabe, Katsumasa Kudo, Atsushi Kohyama, Ken-Ichi Simon S. Ng*, Janet Lee, Raymond Yiu, Jimmy Li, Ka Lau 22
Hayashi, Iwao Sasaki Leung, Enders Ng
M1411 Predictive Factors in Clostridium Difficile Colitis for M1428 Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery in Patients with Major
Failure of Medical and Need for Surgical Treatment Pulmonary Co-Morbidities
Claudia Gonzalez-Ruiz*, Shlomo Israelit, Paul Selvindoss, Ikenna C. Okereke*, Daniel P. Geisler, Thomas E. Garofalo,
Robert W. Beart, Petar Vukasin, Glenn Ault, Andreas M. Feza H. Remzi, Luca Stocchi, Jon D. Vogel, Elena Manilich,
Kaiser Victor W. Fazio
M1413 Optimal Follow-Up of Stage I Colorectal Cancer Patients M1429 Lymph Node Retrieval After Surgery for N0 Distal
Tetsuro Higuchi*, Masayuki Enomoto, Kenichi Sugihara Rectal Cancer. Is There a Critical Number of Lymph
Nodes to Be Recovered After Neoadjuvant
M1414 Outcomes in Bloodless Care Patients Having Colonic Chemoradiation Therapy?
Resection Rodrigo O. Perez*, Angelita Habr-Gama, Igor Proscurshim,
James Izanec*, Deborah A. Nagle Afonso H. Sousa, Fabio G. Campos, Jose M. Jorge,
Desiderio R. Kiss, Joaquim Gama-Rodrigues
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M1430 Laparoscopic Colorectal Resections: A Single Center M1442 Skip Metastasis in Oesophageal Carcinoma: Incidence
Experience and Prognostic Value
Silvana Perretta*, Roberto Campagnacci, Mario Guerrieri, Stephanie J. Gros*, Dean Bogoevski, Florian Onken, Bjoern
Angelo de Sanctis, Maddalena Baldarelli, Giovanni Lezoche, C. Link, Michale Bubenheim, Lars Wolfram, Uta Reichelt,
Emanuele Lezoche Oliver Mann, Philipp Busch, Emre F. Yekebas, Jakob R.
Izbicki
M1431 Local Immunosuppression After Neoadjuvant
Chemoradiation Therapy May Result in Loss of the M1443 Overexpression in KI67 Proliferative Activity Could Be
Protective Role of Peritumoral Inflammatory Response Associated with P53 Molecular Changes in GERD -
Igor Proscurshim*, Rodrigo O. Perez, Rafael M. Santos, Metaplasia - Adenocarcinoma Sequence
Kleiton R. Yamacake, Viviane Rawet, Fabio G. Campos, Marcelo Binato, Renato Fagundes, Maria I. Edelweiss, Luise
Desiderio R. Kiss, Angelita Habr-Gama Meurer, Richard R. Gurski*
M1432 Fecal Incontinence: Are Patients with Sphincter Defects M1444 Esophagectomy After Cardiac Surgery
Different? Karen Harrison-Phipps*, Stephen D. Cassivi, Mark S. Allen,
Jennifer Y. Wang*, Silvana Perretta, Taryn Patterson, Stacey Frank C. Nichols, Peter C. Pairolero, Claude Deschamps
Hart, Madhulika G. Varma
M1445 Does Reflux Height Matter? A Study of 1680 Patients
M1433 The Effect of Surgically Induced Weight Loss On Pelvic
Floor Disorders in Morbidly Obese Women
Nir Wasserberg*, Patrizio Petrone, Mark Haney, Salman
Guilherme M. Campos, Fernando Herbella*, Ian
Nipomnick, Marco Patti, Eric Vittinghoff
Khan, Peter F. Crookes, Maria Harrison, Howard S. M1446 Primary Versus Secondary Esophageal Motility
Kaufman Disorders: Diagnosis and Implications for Treatment
Fernando A. Herbella*, Ian Nipomnick, Pietro Tedesco,
M1434 The Impact of Obesity On Technical Feasibility and Marco G. Patti
Postoperative Outcomes of Laparoscopic Colectomy
Marc Zerey*, Kent W. Kercher, Amy E. Lincourt, Dimitrios M1447 Combined Transabdominal Gastroplasty and
Stefanidis, Timothy S. Kuwada, Keith S. Gersin, B Todd Fundoplication for short Esophagus: Impact On Reflux-
Heniford Related and Overall Quality of Life
Scott G. Houghton*, Claude Deschamps, Stephen D.
Cassivi, Mark S. Allen, Francis C. Nichols, Sunni A. Barnes,
SSAT Poster Session Peter C. Pairolero
LA Convention Center M1448 A Four-Point Multidisciplinary Hospital-Wide Strategy
of Preemptive Aspiration Precautions to Prevent
SSAT POSTER SESSION: CLINICAL / ESOPHAGEAL Pneumonia and Mortality After Esophagectomy
Tracey Weigel, Anna R. Ibele*, Joanna Hwang, Joanne
M1435 The Impact of Lymph Node Yield and Ratio of Positive Robbins
Lymph Nodes On Overall Survival in Patients with
Oesophageal Carcinoma M1449 Clinical Significance of SUMO-1 in Esophageal
Dean Bogoevski*, Stephanie J. Gros, Florian Onken, Bjoern Squamous Cell Carcinoma
C. Link, Michael Bubenheim, Lars Wolfram, Jussuf Kaifi, Yoshio Ishibashi*, Yutaka Suzuki, Hideyuki Kashiwagi,
Oliver Mann, Philipp Busch, Emre F. Yekebas, Jakob R. Nobuyoshi Hanyu, Koji Nakada, Nobuo Omura, Naruo
Izbicki Kawasaki, Koji Takada, Mitsuyoshi Urashima, Katsuhiko
Yanaga
M1436 To Divide Or Not to Divide the short Gastric Vessels? A
Question with An Answer After 10 Years of Follow Up M1450 Incidence and Determinants of Surgery for
Engstrom Cecilia*, Jalal Mardani, Hans Lonroth, Lars Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Ontario, Canada
Lundell Steven R. Lopushinsky*, David R. Urbach
M M1437 Spastic Motility Disorders and Absence of Objective M1451 Patterns of Reflux After Successful Nissen
GERD Features Are More Prevalent in Female Patients Fundoplication
O Renee C. Minjarez*, Eugene Y. Chang, Charles Y. Kim, John
Presenting for Physiological Testing Before Antireflux
N Surgery G. Hunter, Blair A. Jobe
D Walter W. Chan*, L. Michael Brunt, Brent D. Matthews, Ray
E. Clouse M1453 Preliminary Experience By a Thoracic Service with
A Endoscopic Trans-Oral Stapling of Cervical (Zenker’s)
Y M1438 Laparoscopic Epiphrenic Diverticulectomy, Heller Diverticulum
MAY Myotomy, and Anterior Fundoplication Safely Relieve Christopher R. Morse*, Hiran C. Fernando, Peter F. Ferson,
the Symptoms of Advanced Achalasia Rodney J. Landreneau, Miguel F. Alvelo-Rivera, James D.
22 Sarah Cowgill*, Desiree Villadolid, Mallika Tarkas, Luketich
Alexander S. Rosemurgy
M1454 Outcome of Survival Following Surgery for Oesophago-
M1439 Repair of Esophageal Perforation: A Diversified Gastric Cancer Does Not Depend On Pre-Operative
Approach Chemotherapy Alone
Chance D. Felisky*, Elizabeth M. Kline, Donald E. Low Dhiren Nehra*, Sarah Wemyss
M1440 Generation of a Mathematical Model to Predict the M1456 Evaluation of the Gastric Tube Viability After
Probability of Achalasia from Non-Manometric Findings Esophagectomy by Its Diameter Using Thermal Imaging
Lorenzo E. Ferri*, Gail Darling, Linda Miller, Gerald M. Katsunori Nishikawa*, Yuujirou Tanaka, Tetsuya Yamagata,
Fried Hideki Matsudaira, Hideyuki Suzuki, Ryouji Mizuno,
Nobuyoshi Hanyuu, Shuuichi Iwabuchi
M1441 Results of Conventional Heller Myotomy in Patients
with Achalasia: A Prospective 20-Year Analysis M1457 Clinical Failure of Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication:
Ines Gockel*, Theodor Junginger, Volker F. Eckardt Relationship to Anatomic and Functional Findings
Marco Aurelio, Cedric G. Bremner, Daniel S. Oh*, Christy
M. Dunst, Jeffrey A. Hagen, Steven R. Demeester, John C.
Lipham, Tom R. Demeester
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M1458 Predictors of Anatomic Recurrence After Paraesophageal M1472 Neoadjuvant Therapy in Esophageal Cancer Patients Is
Hernia Repair: The Importance of the Learning Curve Associated with Significant Down Staging (40%) and
Allan Okrainec*, Lorenzo S. Ferri, Liane S. Feldman, Enhanced Survival Compared to Surgical Resection
Gerald F. Fried Alone
Harold J. Wanebo
M1459 48-Hour pH Monitoring Increases Risk of False Positive
Studies When the Capsule Is Passed M1473 Long Term Quality of Life After Heller Myotomy:
Victor Bochkarev, Chad D. Ringley, Michelle Vitamvas, Patient’s Perspective
Dmitry Oleynikov* Yassar K. Youssef*, Alfonso Torquati, Kenneth W. Sharp,
Nikhilesh Sekhar, William O. Richards
M1460 Thoraco-Laparoscopic Esophagectomy for Carcinoma
Esophagus Middle Third (Thoracoscopic mobilization in M1474 Laparoscopic Repair of Large Type II-II Hiatal Hernia:
prone position) The Use of Mesh Allows a Lower Recurrence Rate
Chinnuswamy Palaninvelu*, Palanisamy Senthilnathan, Giovanni Zaninotto*, Mario Costantini, Giuseppe Portale,
Ramakrishnan Parthasarathi, Rangswamy Senthilkumar Emanuela Guirroli, Sabrina Rampado, Loredana Nicoletti,
Ermanno Ancona
M1461 Should Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy Be Used As
Primary Therapy for Achalasia Regardless of Age? M1475 Long-Term Outcome of Operated and Unoperated
Christian G. Peyre*, Colleen B. Gaughan, Jeffrey A. Hagen, Esophageal Epiphrenic Diverticula
Brendan J. Boland, Christian Rizzetto, Steven R. Demeester, Giovanni Zaninotto*, Mario Costantini, Giuseppe Portale,
Cedric G. Bremner, John C. Lipham, Tom R. Demeester Emanuela Guirroli, Sabrina Rampado, Loredana Nicoletti,
Ermanno Ancona
M1462 Impedance/pH Monitoring: the Importance of Nonacid
Pharyngeal Reflux in Reflux Laryngitis
Elina Quiroga*, Nicole Maronian, Jim Sillery, Brant SSAT Poster Session
Oelschlager 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
M1463 Age Does Not Affect the Long-Term Outcome of Heller-
Dor Operation SSAT POSTER SESSION: CLINICAL / HEPATIC
Christian Rizzetto*, Mario Costantini, Giuseppe Portale,
Emanuela Guirroli, Martina Ceolin, Loredana Nicoletti, M1476 The Impact of Age On Hepatic Resection for Colorectal
Renato Salvador, Sabrina Rampado, Giovanni Zaninotto Metastasis
Chandrakanth Are*, Mithat Gonen, Michael D'Angelica,
M1464 Esophagectomy for Adenocarcinoma in the Elderly Ronald P. Dematteo, Yuman Fong, Leslie H. Blumgart,
Christian Rizzetto*, Cedric Bremner, Jeffrey A. Hagen, Steve William R. Jarnagin
R. Demeester, John C. Lipham, Colleen Gaughan, Christian
Peyre, Brendan Boland, Daniel Oh, Tom R. Demeester M1481 MELD as a Predictor of Morbidity and Mortality in
Child's a Patients and Its Association with Histology
M1466 Normal Lower Esophageal Sphincter Function Does Not Alicia Holt*, Rebecca Nelson, Eric Feliberti, Layla Rouse,
Impact Outcome After Laparoscopic Nissen Lawrence Wagman
Fundoplication
Alexander S. Rosemurgy*, Sam Al-Saadi, Desiree Villadolid, M1482 Modern Surgical and Perioperative Techniques Together
Sarah Cowgill with a High Case Load Decrease Mortality and Major
Morbidity After Liver Resection
M1467 Clinicopathological and Molecular Characterization of Frank Makowiec*, Eva Fischer, Ulrich Adam, Ulrich T.
Gastroesophageal Junction (GEJ) Adenocarcinoma Hopt
Before Age of 40 Years
Alberto Ruffato*, Laura H. Tang, Manjit S. Bains, Robert J. M1483 The Role of Hepatectomy for the Patients with Liver
Downey, Raja Flores, Bernard J. Park, Nabil Rizk, Valerie W. Metastases of Gastric Cancer
Rusch, Murray Brennan, Daniel Coit, Yuman Fong, David Zenichi Morise*, Atsushi Sugioka, Sojun Hoshimoto,
Jaques, David Klimstra Takazumi Kato, Akihiko Horiguchi, Shuichi Miyakawa M
M1468 Increased Formation of Oxidative DNA Damage, 8- M1484 Recurrent Hepatic Colorectal Metastases: Does the O
Hydroxydeoxyguanosine, in Barrett’s Esophagus, and in Extent of Surgical Resection Effect Outcome? N
Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus and Esophagogastric Ann P. O'Rourke*, Andrew Kastenmeier, John E. D
Junction Niederhuber, David M. Mahvi, Layton F. Rikkers, Sharon M.
Jari V. Rasanen, Eero I. Sihvo, Markku O. Ahotupa, Martti Weber A
A. Farkkila, Jarmo A. Salo* Y
M1485 Radiofrequency Ablation for HCC in Cirrhotic Patients: MAY
M1469 Role of Diagnostic Video-Laparoscopy Prior to
Neoadjuvant Treatment in Esophageal Adenocarcinomas
Compared to Gastric Cancers
Prognostic Factors for Survival
Andrea Ruzzenente*, Marco Sandri, Calogero Iacono, Silvia
Pachera, Corrado Pedrazzani, Sebastiano Tasselli, Alfredo
22
Paul M. Schneider*, Ralf Metzger, Stephan E. Baldus, Stefan Guglielmi

P. Moenig, Daniel Vallboehmer, Jan Brabender, Hans P.
Dienes, Arnulf H. Hoelscher M1486 Telomerase Activity in Tumor and Remnant Liver As
Predictor for Recurrence and Survival in Hepatocellular
M1470 Long-Term (6 year) Outcome of Laparoscopic Nissen Carcinoma After Resection
and Toupet Fundoplication Yan-Shen Shan*, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, Pin-Wen Lin
John M. Shaw*, P C. Bornman, M D. Callanan, D C. Metz
M1471 Clavicle Lifting Strategy in Radical Three Field
Lymphadenectomy Improved Survival of Patients with
Esophageal Cancer
Yutaka Suzuki*, Hiroaki Aoki, Naruo Kawasaki, Nobuo
Omura, Yoshio Ishibashi, Kouzi Nakata, Hideyuki
Kashiwagi, Nobuyoshi Hanyu, Katuhiko Yanaga
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SSAT Poster Session M1499 Ischemic Preconditioning Improves Postoperative Liver
Function, Following Resection of the Superior
Mesenteric-Portal Vein for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
LA Convention Center Craig P. Fischer
SSAT POSTER SESSION: CLINICAL / PANCREAS M1500 Resected Serous Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas- 158
Patients: Results and Outcomes
M1487 Cachexia Worsens the Prognosis in Patients with Charles Galanis*, John L. Cameron, Kurtis A. Campbell,
Resectable Pancreatic Cancer Keith D. Lillemoe, Amir Zamani, David Caparrelli, David
Jeannine Bachmann*, Boris E. Frohlich, Corneliu Dimitriu, Chang, Ralph H. Rhuban, Charles J. Yeo
Markus W. Buchler, Helmut Friess, Marc E. Martignoni
M1502 Routine Drainage of the Pancreatic Stump Into a Roux-
M1488 Fast-Track Concept in Pancreatic Surgery Is Safe and en-Y Loop of Jejunum Decreases the Incidence of
Decreases Hospital Stay Postoperative Pancreatic Fistulas: A Single Centre Study
Pascal O. Berberat*, Heike Ingold, Antanas Gulbinas, Joerg of 42 Consecutive Patients Treated Between January
Kleeff, Michael W. Mueller, Carsten Gutt, Markus W. 2002 and September 2005
Buechler, Helmut Friess Markus Wagner, Beat Gloor*, Markus Ambuehl, Mathias
M1489 The Current Role of Surgical Resection and Worni, Jon-Andri Lutz, Markus Trochsler, Eliane Angst,
Cytoreduction in the Treatment of Pancreatic Daniel Candinas
Neuroendocrine (NE) Tumors M1503 Has the Dagradi-Serio-Iacono Operation Or Central
Mark Bloomston*, Osama Al-Saif, Peter Muscarella, W. Pancreatectomy Been Correctly Applied in Surgical
Scott Melvin, Edward W. Martin, Manisha Shah, Wendy L. Practice?
Frankel, E. Christopher Ellison Calogero Iacono*, Luca Bortolasi, Enrico Facci, Marco
M1490 Increased Serum Levels of IgE and Soluble CD23 in Frisini, Andrea Ruzzenente, Alfredo Guglielmi
Patients with Pancreatic Cancer M1504 Distal Pancreatectomy: A Ten-Year Single-Institution
Martin H. Bluth*, Joelle Pierre, Michael Hagler, Cathy M. Experience
Mueller, Tamar A. Smith-Norowitz, Michael E. Zenilman Jennifer L. Irani*, Stanley W. Ashley, Monica M. Bertagnolli,
M1491 PKC 412 - A Pan-Antiangiogenic Compound from Bench David C. Brooks, Robert T. Osteen, Richard S. Swanson,
to Bedside Whang E. Edward, Michael J. Zinner, Thomas E. Clancy
Peter Buechler*, Jamael El-Fitori, Yun Su, Klaus Felix, M1505 The Impact of a Microscopic Positive Margin in the Era
Markus W. Buechler, Helmut Friess of Chemoradiation in Patients Undergoing
M1492 Comparison of Clinical Aspects Between Biliary and Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Adenocarcinoma
Alcoholic Acute Pancreatitis: Lipase and Fluid Jocelyn M. Logan-Collins*, Andrew M. Lowy, Raji Nair,
Replacement Can Make a Difference in the Initial Jefferson Lyons, Laura E. James, Curtis J. Wray, Jeffrey B.
Approach of Alcoholic Patients Matthews, Syed A. Ahmad
Tercio De Campos*, Laise Kuryura, Paulo Furbetta, Jose M1506 Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas and F-18
Cesar Assef, Samir Rasslan Fluorodeoxyglucose Whole Body Positron Emission
M1493 Complications Management Due to Catastrophic Tomography: A Review of 68 Cases
Endoluminal Bleeding After Major Pancreatic Surgery John C. Mansour*, Neeta Pandit-Taskar, Steven M. Larson,
Guellue Cataldegirmen*, Emre F. Yekebas, Lars Wolfram, Yuman Fong, Peter Allen
Dean Bogoevski, Yogesh Vashist, Bjoern C. Link, Oliver M1507 Risk Factors for Pancreatic Fistula. Does It Have a
Mann, Lena Liebl, Gerhard Adam, Gerrit Krupski, Jakob R. Clinical Application for Early Identification of Patients
Izbicki with High Risk to Develop Pancreatic Fistula After
M1494 Do p16, p53, Or MUC4 Mutations Affect Outcomes Pancreaticoduodenectomy?
After Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Andre S. Matheus*, Andre L. Montagnini, Jose Jukemura,
M Ricardo Jurendini, Sonia Penteado, Emilo E. Abdo, Jose
Adenocarcinoma?
O John D. Christein*, Ruth R. Leeth, Rashmi K. Murthy, Eduardo M. Cunha
N Martin Heslin, Nirag C. Jhala, Juan P. Arnoletti, Selwyn M. M1508 Predicting Unresectability in Pancreatic Cancer Patients:
D Vickers the Additive Effects of CT Scanning and Endoscopic
A M1495 Is Total Pancreatectomy (TP) Safe and Reasonable? Ultrasound
Olivier Corcos*, Alain Sauvanet, Anne Couvelard, Olivier Susannah Yovino, Peter Darwin, Barry Daly, Michael
Y Garofalo, Robert Moesinger*
Farges, Vinciane Rebours, Pascal Hammel, Philippe Levy,
MAY Jacques Belghiti, Philippe Ruszniewski M1509 Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy Is a Safe and
22 Effective Treatment for Incidental Pancreatic Lesions
M1496 When Is Resectable Pancreas Cancer Really Resectable?
Matthew J. D'Alessio*, Ivan Parra, Douglas M. Potter, Kevin Daniela Molena*, John A. Primomo, Ammit Khanna, Luke
M. McGrath, Herbert J. Zeh, David L. Bartlett, Kenneth K. O. Schoeniger
Lee, Arthur J. Moser M1510 Haemorrhage Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A
M1497 A Prospective Evaluation of An Algorithm Incorporating Predictable and Preventable Complication?
Routine Pre-Operative Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Gareth J. Morris-Stiff*, Susrutha Wickremseekera, David

Fine Needle Aspiration in Suspected Pancreatic Cancer Mayer, John Buckels, Darius Mirza, Simon Bramhall
Patients M1511 Endoscopic Ultrasound Reliably Identifies Chronic
Mohamad Eloubeidi*, Shyam Varadarajulu, Shilpa Desai, Pancreatitis When Other Imaging Modalities Have Been
Rhett Shirley, Martin Heslin, Mohit Mehra, Juan P. Arnoletti, Non-Diagnostic
Isam Eltoum, C. Mel Wilcox, Selwyn Vickers Gareth J. Morris-Stiff*, Phillip Webster, Ben Frost, Wyn
M1498 The Influence of Positive Peritoneal Cytology On Lewis, Malcolm C. Puntis, Ashley Roberts
Survival in Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma M1512 Long Term Follow-Up of Patients Who Survive An
Cristina R. Ferrone*, Peter J. Allen, David P. Jaques, Daniel Episode of Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis (ANP)
G. Coit, Barbara Haas, Yuman Fong, Murray F. Brennan William H. Nealon*, Taylor S. Riall
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M1513 Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy - A Single SSAT Poster Session
Centre Experience of 35 Cases
Chinnuswamy Palaninvelu*, Palanisamy Senthilnathan, S
Rajapandian, P S Rajan LA Convention Center
M1514 Endoscopic and Surgical Management of Pancreatitis in SSAT POSTER SESSION: CLINICAL / SMALL BOWEL
Pancreas Divisum
Anand C. Patel*, Maurice E. Arregui M1528 Short Residual Intestine of Postsurgical CD Patients Is a
Risk for Earlier Relapse of Infliximab Administration
M1515 Enucleation of Endocrine Pancreatic Tumors: 25-Year Toshifumi Ashida*, Kohtaro Okamoto, Toru Kono, Yoshiaki
Experience Ebisawa, Yohei Konno, Chisato Ishikawa, Ryu Sato, Jiro
Sergio Pedrazzoli*, Claudio Pasquali, Cosimo Sperti, Watari, Shinichi Kasai, Yutaka Kohgo
Sabrina Scappin, Paola Baratella, Guido Liessi
M1529 Determinants of the Epidemiology, Development,
M1516 Conservative Treatment of Postoperative Pancreatic Management & Outcome in 9,991 Patients with Acute
Fistulas Appendicitis Through a Time Period of 27 Years
Sergio Pedrazzoli*, Claudio Pasquali, Cosimo Sperti, Hagen Boenigk*, Frank Meyer, Hans Lippert, Ingo
Sabrina Scappin, Guido Liessi Gastinger
M1517 Establishing Standards of Quality for Elderly Patients M1530 Management of Open Abdominal Wounds with Vacuum
Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy Assisted Closure Therapy. (VAC@ Kinetic Concepts
Wande Pratt*, Tsafrir Vanounou, Shishir Maithel, Charles INC, UK)
M. Vollmer, Mark P. Callery Shwetal S. Dighe*, Kyaw Toe, Dhiren Nehra
M1518 Drain Amylase Levels Following M1531 Internal Hernias: Clinical Findings, Management, and
Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Cancer; Correlation with Outcomes in 49 Nonbariatric Cases
Outcomes and Proposal for a Uniform Grading System Saber Ghiassi*, Scott Nguyen, Avraham Schlager, Celia
H Ramesh*, Sadiq S. Sikora Divino, John Byrn
M1519 Reduction in Pancreatic Leak Following Distal M1532 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST) of the Small
Pancreatectomy - A Novel Technique Utilizing An Bowel: High-Risk Pathologic Features Predict the Need
Autologous Falciform Patch for Adjuvant Therapy
Jose Ruben Rodriguez*, Andres Oswaldo Razo, Jennifer A. Imran Hassan*, Yi-Qian N. You, Roman Shyyan, Eric J.
Wargo, Sarah P. Thayer, Andrew L. Warshaw, Carlos Dozois, Scott H. Okuno, Thomas C. Smyrk, John H.
Fernandez del-Castillo Donohue
M1520 Long-Term Outcome After Distal Pancreatectomy for M1533 Influence of Postoperative Complications On Long-Term
Chronic Pancreatitis Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Abdominal
Thomas Schnelldorfer*, Joshua M. Hubbard, David N. Surgery for Crohn’s Disease
Lewin, David B. Adams Michael S. Kasparek*, Joerg Glatzle, Andreas Schneider,
Mario H. Mueller, Alfred Koenigsrainer, Martin E. Kreis
M1521 Durability of Portal Venous Reconstruction Following
Resection During Pancreaticoduodenectomy M1534 Effectiveness of Diagnostic Paracentesis for Suspected
Rory Smoot*, John Christein, Michael Farnell Strangulation Obstruction
Shin Kobayashi*, Kenji Matsuura, Kazuhide Matsushima
M1522 Aggressive Pancreatic Resection for Benign and
Malignant Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. Is It M1535 Clostridium Difficile Enteritis: An Early Post-Operative
Justifiable? Complication in IBD Patients Following Colectomy
Swee H. Teh*, John G. Hunter, Brett C. Sheppard Sarah J. Lundeen*, Mary F. Otterson, Gordon L. Telford,
David G. Binion, William J. Peppard
M1523 Tissuelink™ Decreases Pancreatic Complications After
Distal Pancreatectomy in a Porcine Model M1536 Long-Term Outcomes of the Modified Rives-Stoppa M
Mark J. Truty*, Florencia G. Que, Sunni A. Barnes, Repair in 254 Complex Incisional Hernias O
Lawrence J. Burgart Tuan H. Pham*, Corey W. Iqbal, Antony Joseph, J.N. L. N
Mai, Geoffrey B. Thompson, Michael G. Sarr
M1524 Predictive Factor for Malignant Branch Duct Intraductal D
Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms (IPMNs)of the Pancreas: M1537 Trends and Predictors for Vagotomy When Performing A
Can Clinical Symptoms and Morphological Features Oversew of Acute Bleeding Duodenal Ulcer in the
United States Y
Predict the Malignancy?
Kenichiro Uemura*, Yoshiaki Murakami, Yasuo Brian Reuben*, Greg Stoddard, Robert Glasgow, Leigh MAY
Hayashidani, Takeshi Sudo, Yasushi Hashimoto, Tamito Neumayer 22
Sasaki, Taijiro Sueda
M1538 Effect of Alvimopan On Gastrointestinal (GI) Recovery
M1526 Endoscopic Ultrasound Is Remains Important in the Following Small Bowel Resection (SBR) in Patients with
Staging of Pancreatic Carcinoma and Without Crohn’s Disease (CD): Results of a Pooled
Gareth J. Morris-Stiff, Phillip Webster*, Ben Frost, Wyn Analysis of 3 Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trials
Lewis, Malcolm C. Puntis, Ashley Roberts Bruce Wolff*, Eugene Viscusi, Conor Delaney, Wei Du, John
G. Fort, Lee Techner
M1527 The Use of Somatostatin and Its Analogues in the
Prevention of Complications Following Pancreatic M1539 Crohn’s Disease: A Patient’s Perspective
Surgery - A Systematic Review Massarat Zutshi*, Tracy Hull, Jeffery Hammel
Moritz N. Wente*, Eva Morris, Markus K. Diener, Hanns-
Peter Knaebel, Christoph M. Seiler, Derek Alderson, Helmut
Friess, Markus W. Buchler
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SSAT Poster Session M1553 Irinotecan Combined with S-1 for Advanced Gastric
Cancer - Results of Phase II Study and Gene
Expressions
LA Convention Center Mikito Inokuchi*, Kazuyuki Kojima, Hiroyuki Yamada,
Mikiko Hayashi, Kenichi Sugihara
SSAT POSTER SESSION: CLINICAL / STOMACH
M1555 Gastric Adenocarcinoma: Clinico-Pathological
M1540 Is the Very Long Limb Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Characteristics in Young Patients
Effective for Patients with Bmi > 60 Kg/M2? An Analysis Carlos E. Jacob*, Claudio J. Bresciani, Bruno Zilberstein,
of Long-Term Follow-Up in a Cohort of 118 Patients Rodrigo Perez, Rafael Santos, Igor Proscurshim, Joaquim
Taghreed Almahmeed*, Tracy Torrella, Ali Kandil, Rodrigo Gama-Rodrigues
Gonzalez, Malene Ingram, Scott F. Gallagher, Michel M.
Murr M1556 Clinicopathologic and Immunohistochemistry
Characterization of Multiple Primary Gastric
M1541 Is An Elevated Body Mass Index Associated with Worse Adenocarcinoma
Outcomes in Trauma Patients Uana M. Jorge, Ulysses Ribeiro Jr*, Adriana V. Safatle-
Bolanle Asiyanbola*, John Bonadies, Donald Kim Ribeiro, Donato Mucerino, Osmar K. Yagi, Natalia M.
M1542 Objective and Quantitative Demonstration of Felicio, Cristovam Scapulatempo, Edwin R. Parra, Carlos E.
Improvement in Voice Quality After Anti - Reflux Corbett, Venancio A. Alves, Bruno Zilberstein, Joaquim J.
Surgery Gama-Rodrigues
Shahin Ayazi*, Rana Madani, Judith Pearson, James Malone- M1557 Endoscopic Management of Anastomotic Stricture
Lee, Majid Hashemi Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity
M1543 2001 Gastric PCE: Overview of the Treatment of Gastric George B. Kazantsev*, Ajay K. Upadhyay, Rakhee N. Shah,
Lymphoma in the United States Steven A. Stanten, Arthur Stanten, Roupert Horupian
Ijeoma A. Azodo*, Kaye M. Reid, Lina Patel, John H. M1558 Predicting Stricture in Post- Gastric Bypass Patients
Donohue, Members of the Gastric PCE Project The Jennefer A. Kieran*, Amy J. Koler, Melissa M. Davis, Robin
M1544 30-Day Morbidity After Curative Resections for Gastric P. Blackstone
Cancer in Elderly Patients M1559 Surgical Resection for Gastric Cancer in the United
Ralph Bahde*, Esra Kultas, Matthias Bruewer, Norbert States: A Dying Art?
Senninger, Joerg Haier Anne T. Le*, Melvin K. Lau, David H. Berger, Hashem B.
M1545 Laparoscopic and Endogastric Resection for Gastric El-Serag
Stromal Tumors - A Group's Initial Experience M1560 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours (GIST) of the
Claudio Bresciani*, Rodrigo O. Perez, Carlos E. Jacob, Stomach - Surgical Therapy & Early Postoperative
Roger Coser, Igor Proscurshim, Bruno Zilberstein, Ivam Outcome
Cecconello, Joaquim Gama-Rodrigues Frank Meyer*, Lutz Meyer, Hans Lippert, Ingo Gastinger
M1546 Effect of Splenectomy On the Survival of Patients M1561 Function-Preserving Gastrectomy Procedures
Undergoing Curative Total Gastrectomy for Proximal (Preservation of Hepatic and Celiac Branches of Vagal
Gastric Cancer Nerve, and Pylorus) Improve Long-Term Quality of Life
Yeon Soo Chang*, Se Keon Oh, Kil Yeon Lee, Suk-Hwan in Gastrectomized Patients for Early Gastric Cancer
Lee, Choong Yoon Koji Nakada*, Hiroshi Nimura, Yutaka Suzuki, Nobuo
M1547 Prevalence of Metabolic Bone Disorders After Radical Omura, Yoshio Ishibashi, Naruo Kawasaki, Norio
Gastrectomy for Carcinoma of Stomach Mitsumori, Sumio Takayama, Nobuyoshi Hanyu, Hideyuki
Frances K. Cheung*, Sheung-Wai Law, Nelson Tang, Wt Kashiwagi, Katsuhiko Yanaga
Siu, Philip Chiu, Lm Mui, Sf Hon, Candice Lam, Bonnie M1563 Clinical Management of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
M Tsung, Enders Ng (GIST) of the Stomach: Feasibility of Laparoscopic
O M1548 Secondary Esophageal Peristalsis in Gastric Banding Surgery for Small GIST
Patients Yoshihide Otani*, Masaki Kitajima
N
Ruxandra Ciovica*, Michael Gadenstatter, Gerhard P. M1564 The Impact of Clinicopathological Factors On Survival
D Schwab, Wolfgang Lechner of Patients with Gastric Cancer
A Jateen Patel*, Sayon Dutta, Margo Shoup, Jack Pickleman,
M1549 Bariatric Surgery at the Extremes of Age
Y Javairiah Fatima*, Scott G. Houghton, J.N. L. Mai, Corey Gerard Aranha
MAY W. Iqbal, Geoffrey B. Thompson, Florencia G. Que, Michael M1565 Multiple Failed Fundoplications Are Likely Not
22 L. Kendrick, Michael G. Sarr Amenable to Laparoscopic Repair
M1550 Tsunami Medical Relief in Rural Aceh: Role of the B L. Paton*, Yuri W. Novitsky, Kent W. Kercher, B Todd
General Surgery Resident Heniford
Eric J. Hanly*, Hannah Bell, Tena Bell, Andrew Bell, Lee M1566 Laparoscopic Surgical Treatment of Type II Diabetes
Jacobs Mellitus for Patients with BMI Between 22 - 35
M1551 Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Is An Effective Aureo L. de Paula*, Antonio L. Macedo, Alfredo Halpern,
Primary Procedure for Morbid Obesity Nelson Hassi, Vladimir Schraibman
Thomas Hirai*, Hazem A. Elariny, Howard D. Reines, M1567 “Redo” Fundoplications Are Effective Treatment for
Michael Sheridan, Oscar Chan Dysphagia and Recurrent Gastroesophageal Reflux
M1552 Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes for Incisional Alexander S. Rosemurgy*, Kerry Thomas, Dean
Hernias After Open Gastric Bypass Surgery Arnaoutakis, Desiree Villadolid, Sarah Cowgill
Michael G. House*, Michael A. Schweitzer, Thomas H.
Magnuson
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M1568 What to Expect in the Excluded Stomach Mucosa After
Vertical Banded Gastroplasty-Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
for Morbid Obesity
Adriana V. Safatle-Ribeiro*, Rogerio Kuga, Robson K. Ishida,
Ulysses Ribeiro, Faintuch Joel, Kyoshi Iriya, Carlos E.
Corbett, Thaise Y. Tomokani, Bruno Zilberstein, Joaquim J.
Gama-Rodrigues, Shinichi Ishioka, Paulo Sakai
M1569 Gastric Electrical Stimulation for Gastroparesis:

Experience with Higher Settings
Thomas Schnelldorfer*, Thomas L. Abell, Vicki M.
Limehouse, Christopher J. Lahr
M1570 Microsatellite DNA Alterations of Gastro-Intestinal

Stromal Tumors Are Predictive for Outcome
Paulus G. Schurr*, Stefan Wolter, Jussuf Kaifi, Uta Reichelt,
Helge Kleinhans, Robin Wachowiak, Emre Yekebas, Tim
Strate, Viacheslav Kalinin, Hansjoerg Schaefer, Izbicki Jakob
M1571 Laparoscopic Wedge Resection of Gastric Stromal

Tumors
Wing Tai Siu*, Kwok Kay Yau, Chung Ngai Tang, Philip
Wai Yan Chiu, Lik Man Mui, Frances Ka Yin Cheung,
Michael Ka Wah Li, Enders Kwok Wai Ng
M1572 Laparoscopic Repair for Perforated Peptic Ulcer
Wing Tai Siu*, Kwok Kay Yau, Chung Ngai Tang, Ping Yiu
Ha, Philip Wai Yan Chiu, Enders Kwok Wai Ng, Michael Ka
Wah Li
M1573 Gastric Adenocarcinoma: Reduction of Perioperative

Mortality By Avoidance of Nontherapeutic Laparotomy
Brian R. Smith*, Bruce E. Stabile
M1574 Does the Position of the Alimentary Limb in Roux-en-Y
Gastric Bypass Surgery Make a Difference?
I. Michael Leitman, Jerome D. Taylor*, James (butch)
Rosser, Brian R. Davis, Elliot Goodman
M1575 Gastric Bypass Does Not Influence Olfactory Function
Jon S. Thompson*, Brynn Richardson, Eric Vander Woude,
Ranjan Sudan, Donald Leopold
M1576 Current Strategy for Treatment of Perforated Gastric

Ulcer (PGU) and Duodenal Ulcer (PDU). Can Computed
Tomography (CT) Really Diagnose Perforating Site?
Tatsuya Ueno*, Hiroo Naito, Michinaga Takahashi, Akihiro
Kanno, Shinji Goto, Munenori Nagao
M1577 Results of a Randomized, Prospective Trial Comparing
Residual Stomach, Duodenum and Uncut Jejunal M
Interposition (Gastrojejunoduodenostomy) to Standard
Billroth-II Reconstruction After Subtotal Gastrectomy O
for Distal Gastric Cancer N
Qin Zhang*, Mark S. Talamonti, Zaiyuan Ye, Hongqi Shi, D
Jianfa Yu
A
Y
MAY
22
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BASIC
AASLD Poster Session M1588 The Endocannabinoid, Anandamide Inhibits

LA Convention Center Cholangiocarcinoma Cell Growth: Involvement of the
Notch Signaling Pathway
Sharon Demorrow*, Ramona Reichenbach, Julie Venter,
Heather Francis, Shannon Glaser, Ryun Summers,
BILIARY PHYSIOLOGY, TRANSPORT, CHOLANGIOCYTE Gianfranco Alpini
BIOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL CHOLESTASIS - BASIC
M1589 Inhibition of NfκB By Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester
M1578 The Fanesoid-X-Receptor Ligand Int-747 Regulates Decreases the Growth of Mz-Cha-1 Cells with
Organic Transporters Alpha and Beta (Ostα and Ostβ)

in Liver Cells and Rodent Model of Cholestasis
Giovanni Rizzo, Moses Disante, Barbara Renga, Mark
Concurrent Cell Cycle Arrest and Increased Apoptosis
Heather Francis*, Sharon Demorrow, Shannon Glaser, Julie
Venter, Ramona Reichenbach, Ryun Summers, Bradley
Pruzanski, Roberto Pellicciari, Stefano Fiorucci* Vaculin, Gianfranco Alpini
M1579 Hepatobiliary Transporter Activity Regulating M1590 Increased Cell Proliferation and Spindle Multipolarity in
Mebrofenin Excretion Is Sensitive to Inflammatory a Pck Rat Cholangiocyte Cell Line
Cytokines Seung-Ok Lee*, Tatyana V. Masyuk, Anatoliy I. Masyuk,
Brigid Joseph*, Kuldeep Bhargava, George Tronco, Angela J. Stroope, Patrick L. Splinter, Bing Q. Huang,
Christopher Palestro, Sanjeev Gupta Pamela S. Tietz, Nicholas F. Larusso
M1580 Phosphatidylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase Pathway M1591 Involvement of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Induced
of Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis Is Important for the

Amount of Biliary Phosphatidylcholine Secretion
Henkjan J. Verkade*, Rick Havinga, David J. Shields, Henk
Apoptosis in Cholestatic Liver Injury
Masaharu Tada*, Etsuro Hatano, Satoru Seo, Nobuyuki
Tamaki, Keiko Iwaisako, Takashi Nitta, Iwao Ikai, Yasuyuki
Wolters, Vincent Bloks, Folkert Kuipers, Dennis E. Vance, Shimahara
Luis B. Agellon
M1592 Induction of Heme Oxygenase-1 Suppresses the
M1581 Effect of HIV Protease Inhibitors On Expression of Key Gallstone Formation in Guinea Pig Animal Model
Genes Involved in Lipid Metabolism in Rat Primary

Hepatocytes
Huiping Zhou*, Hong Ding, Sirikalaya Jarujaron, William M1593
Chiung-Yu Chen*, Shu-Chu Shiesh
Gene Expression Profiling in Whole Liver of Bile Duct

M. Pandak, Phillip B. Hylemon Ligated Rats - Vegf-a Expression Is Upregulated in
Hepatocytes Adjacent to the Portal Tract -
M1582 A Novel Metabolic Pathway for the Synthesis of the Atsushi Tanaka*, Kohichi Tsuneyama, Masaki Mikami,
Newly Discovered Nuclear 5-Cholesten-3beta, 25-Diol 3-

Sulphate
Xiaobo Li, William W. Pandak, Phillip Hylemon, Shunlin
Takatsugu Yamamoto, Satoko Uegaki, Mitsuhiko Aiso,
Yoriyuki Takamori, Taro Ishii, Yasushi Kuyama, Hajime
Takikawa
Ren*
M1583 Inhibition of Intestinal Cholesterol Absorption By AGA Poster Session

Ezetimibe Prevents Cholesterol Gallstone Formation in
C57bl/6 Susceptible Mice
Juan F. Miquel*, Silvia E. Zuniga, Hector Molina, Azocar
Lorena, Marco A. Arrese, Attilio Rigotti, Zanlungo Silvana, Sponsored by: Growth, Development & Aging
Flavio Nervi
CELL PROLIFERATION, ADAPTATION AND REPAIR
M M1584 Hepatocytoprotection By Tauroursodeoxycholate
O (TUDC) Against Peroxisome Proliferators-Activated
Receptor Gamma (Pparγ) Ligand-Induced Liver Damage
N • Understand relationship between intestinal growth and development
Through ERK Signaling Pathway: Clinical Implication of
and disease;
D Pleiotropic Action of Troglitazone (TGZ)
• Update on the role of genetics in the pathogenesis of intestinal
A Michihiro Nonaka*, Susumu Tazuma, Hideyuki Hyogo,
dysfunction; and
Daisuke Komichi, Toshiya Kobuke, Motoki Inoue, Keiko
Y • Learn model systems for studying gastrointestinal development and
Iwamoto, Yoshitaka Nabeshima, Tomokazu Ishitobi,
disease.
MAY Takeyoshi Ajima, Daiki Miki, Hiroya Yamamoto, Kazuaki
22 Chayama M1594 Commensal Microflora Attenuate Adaptive Growth in
M1585 Indomethacin Inhibits the Formation of Intrahepatic
Cholesterol Stones in Prairie Dogs the Colon, But Not the Small Intestine, Following Ileo-
Cecal Resection
Rachael J. Rigby*, Christopher M. Dekaney, Susan J.
Yumi Izumisato*, Masanori Sugiyama, Nobutsugu Abe,
Henning, P. Kay Lund, Michael A. Helmrath
Tadahiko Masaki, Toshiyuki Mori, Yutaka Atomi
M1595 Effect of Ghrelin Administration On the Healing of

M1586 Serum Bile Acid Profile of Patients with Ulcerative
Chronic Duodenal Ulcers in Rats. Role of Growth
Colitis Might Provide Guidelines for Treatment
Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1
Hidenari Nagai*, Masahiro Kanayama, Kouichi Momiyama,
Artur Dembinski*, Zygmunt Warzecha, Ryszard Sendur,
Hidenori Kurakata, Katsuhiko Matsumaru, Koji Ishii,
Piotr Ceranowicz, Jakub Cieszkowski, Marcin Dembinski,
Yasukiyo Sumino, Kazumasa Miki
Wieslaw W. Pawlik, Peter C. Konturek, Atsukazu Kuwahara,
M1587 Co-Culture of Hepatic Stellate Cells and Cholangiocytes Ikuo Kato
Increases Cell Proliferation Via Autocrine/Paracrine

Signaling
Alessia Omenetti*, Yi Qi, Jason K. Sicklick, Steve S. Choi,
Yin-Xiong Li, Anna Mae Diehl
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M1596 Induced Trpc1 Expression Sensitizes Intestinal AGA Poster Session
Epithelial Cells to Apoptosis By Inhibiting NF-κB
Signaling Pathway Through a Process Involving Ca2+
Influx
Bernard S. Marasa*, Jaladanki N. Rao, Tongtong Zou, Lan
Liu, Kaspar M. Keledjian, Ai-Hong Zhang, Jose Greenspon, Sponsored by: Growth, Development & Aging
Lan Xiao, Jie Chen, Jian-Ying Wang
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF GROWTH AND
M1597 Deletion of the Mtgr1 Transcriptional Co-Repressor DEVELOPMENT
Sensitizes the Colonic Epithelium to DSS-Induced
Colitis Participants will be able to:
Jose A. Martinez*, Joseph Amman, Isabel Moreno-Miralles, • Learn about gene regulation in intestinal growth and development;
Kay Washington, Scott Hiebert • Understand the role of specific transcription factors in gut
development; and
M1598 Smad3 Regulates Both Colonic Epithelial Cell • Review the role of luminal contents on gene expression in the
Proliferation and Cell Positioning in the Crypt intestinal mucosa.
Epithelium
Kiyoshi Furukawa*, Toru Sato, Tatsuro Katsuno, Kazuki M1609 Reciprocal Targeting of Hath1 and β-Catenin By Wnt-
Hatakeyama, Atsushi Isono, Atsuko Tokumasa, Yasuo
Suzuki, Kotaro Yokote, Yasushi Saito Gsk3 in Colonocyte Differentiation and Proliferation
Kiichiro Tsuchiya*, Tstsuya Nakamura, Ryuichi Okamoto,
Takanori Kanai, Mamoru Watanabe
M1599 Implication of Ilk in the Control of Extracellular Matrix/
Cytoskeletal Organization in Human Intestinal M1610 Polyamine Depletion Stabilizes P53 and Nucleophosmin
Epithelial Cells
David Gagne*, Pierre H. Vachon, Jean-Francois Beaulieu (NPM) By Regulating Cytoplasmic Translocation of
RNA-Binding Protein Hur in Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Tongtong Zou*, Lan Liu, Jaladanki N. Rao, Bernard S.
M1600 Kinase Suppressor of RAS Promotes Raf-1 Kinase Marasa, Kaspar M. Keledjian, Lan Xiao, Myriam Gorospe,
Activation in TNFR-Induced Cell Survival Jian-Ying Wang
Karen L. Edelblum*, D. Brent Polk
M1611 BMP Signaling Regulates Proper Terminal
M1601 The Motogenic Effects of Cyclic Strain On Intestinal
Epithelial Monolayer Wound Closure Are Matrix-
Dependent
Differentiation of Intestinal Goblet Cells in Mice
Yannick D. Benoit*, Benoit A. Auclair, Yuji Mishina,
Deborah L. Gumucio, Nathalie Perreault
Jianhu Zhang, Cheri R. Owen, Jerrold R. Turner, Marc D.
Basson* M1612 PDX-1 Regulates Gene Expression and Spatial Pattern
Formation in the Small Intestine
M1602 Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Tyrosine Chin Chen*, Rixun Fang, Ying Hao, Anson W. Lowe,
Kinase Activity Attenuates TNF-Stimulated Intestinal Charalambos Maravelias, Philip L. Chou, Eric Sibley
Cell Apoptosis
Toshimitsu Yamaoka*, Rebecca S. Dise, Wei Tong, D. Brent M1613 Generation of a Functional in Vitro Model for
Polk Differentiation of Pluripotent Cells Into Multiple
Intestinal Epithelial Cell Lineages
M1603 Regulation of Intestinal Epithelial Cell Proliferation By Carine R. Lussier*, Benoit A. Auclair, Nathalie Perreault,
the Nuclear Receptor Corepressor (N-CoR) Francois Boudreau
Genevieve Doyon*, Claude Asselin, Francois Boudreau
M1614 Crypt-Restricted Expression of the Integrin α6a Subunit
M1604 Characterization of Molecular Targets of the Thyroid in the Human Intestinal Epithelium: Implications in
Hormone Signalling Pathway in Intestine Epithelium Proliferation But Not Differentiation
Progenitor Cells Anders B. Dydensborg*, Joelle Auclair, Elizabeht Herring,
Elsa Kress, Jacques Samarut, Michela Plateroti* Inga C. Teller, Daniel Menard, Jean-Francois Beaulieu
M
M1605 Influence of Cell-Cell Contacts On Survival of Primary M1615 Diverse Cellular Responses to Glucocorticoid in the
Human Colonic Epithelial Cells and Regulation of Bcl-2 Developing Small Intestine O
Family Proteins Murat B. Yaylaoglu, Barbara M. Agbemafle, Thomas J. N
Claudia Hofmann*, Monika Artinger, Johannes Grossmann, Oesterreicher, Christina Thaller, Susan J. Henning* D
Werner Falk, Juergen Schoelmerich, Gerhard Rogler, Florian
Obermeier M1616 Effect of Lactobacillus Plantarum 299v Administration A
On the Gut Function in Suckling Rats Y
M1606 Adherens Junction-Dependent PI3K/Akt Activation Frida Fak*, Siv Ahrne, Ann Linderoth, Goran Molin, Bengt
Decreases Sensitivity to DNA Damage-Induced
MAY
Jeppsson, Bjorn Westrom
Apoptosis in Differentiated Colonic Epithelial Cells 22
Tae Il Kim*, Boah Chae, Kyoung Min Yang, Byung Chang M1617 Molecular Mechanisms of Lactobacillus Rhamnosus GG
Kim, Sung Jae Shin, Won Ho Kim (LGG) Regulation of Mouse Intestinal Functional
Maturation
M1607 Translocation of BMF During Anoikis in Primary Fang Yan*, Hanwei Cao, Robert Whitehead, D. Brent Polk
Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Martin Hausmann*, Claudia Hofmann, Stephan Kiessling, M1618 Role for L-Type Ca2+ Channels in Developmental
Werner Falk, Juergen Schoelmerich, Hans Herfarth, Gerhard Regulation of the ENS Phenotype
Rogler Julien Chevalier, Philippe Naveilhan, Jean-Paul Galmiche,
Michel Neunlist*
M1608 Cyclic-AMP Mediated Activation of NF-κB in Intestinal
Epithelial Cells: Implications for Cellular Survival M1619 Structure-Function Relationships in HLX Homeobox
Jeffrey A. Rudolph*, Julia Pratt, Kris A. Steinbrecher, Transcription Factor Regulation of Intestinal
Mitchell B. Cohen Mesenchymal Promoters
Michael Bates*, Angela Mendell
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AGA Poster Session M1628 Targeted Knock Down of NMDA Receptors in Dorsal
Root Ganglia Neurons
James A. McRoberts*, Helena S. Ennes, Juan Carlos
LA Convention Center Marvizon, Bryce Vissel, Michael Fanselow, Emeran A. Mayer
Sponsored by: Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their M1629 Elucidating the Role of the Glucagon-Like Peptide 2
Receptors Receptor in the Enteric Nervous System
Sean C. McDonagh*, Jenny Lee, Patricia L. Brubaker
HORMONES & RECEPTORS IN STRESS RESPONSES
M1630 Haplotype Insufficiency for Socs2 Enhances Intestinal
M1620 Melanin Concentrating Hormone (MCH) Stimulates Growth and Promotes Polyp Formation in GH-
Proinflammatory Responses in Human Colonic Transgenic Mice
Epithelial Cells Carmen Z. Michaylira, Nicole Ramocki*, James G.
Alan C. Moss*, Kara Gross, Iordanes Karagiannides, Daniel Simmons, Kirk K. McNaughton, John T. Woosley,
Torres, Charlabos Pothoulakis, Efi Kokkotou Christopher J. Greenhalgh, Rachael Rigby, P. Kay Lund
M1621 Adoptive Transfer of Th2 Polarized Cd4+ T Cells Up- M1631 Use of Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide-6 for the
Regulates 5-HT Production in Gut Prevention of Hepatic and Multi Organ Failure
Waliul Khan*, Rami T. El-Sharkawy, Huaqing Wang, D Cibrian, H Ajamieh, J Berlanga, O Leon, J Alba, Mjt Kim,
Monica Verma-Gandhu, Daniel Cohen-Lyons, Richard K. T Marchbank, J Boyle, E Ntatsaki, F Freyre, D Garcia del
Grencis, Yasuaki Motomura Barco, P Lopez-Saura, G Guillen, S Ghosh, R Goodlad,
Raymond Playford*
M1622 Characterization of Pkcε Translocation in Submucosal
Neurons: Interaction with Cortical Actin and Altered M1632 Upregulation of Proangiogenic Growth Factors By Leptin
Distribution During Inflammation During Gastric Ulcer Healing
Daniel P. Poole*, Trung V. Nguyen, Shane Reeve, Ian Smith, Tetsuya Tanigawa*, Toshio Watanabe, E.J. Sasaki, Masatsugu
Christopher J. Fowler, Craig B. Neylon, John B. Furness Shiba, Kazunari Tominaga, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Nobuhide
Oshitani, Kazuhide Higuchi, Testsuo Arakawa
M1623 Protease Activated Receptor 2 (PAR2) Sensitization of
TRPV1 Currents Is Mediated By Protein Kinase Cε and
Protein Kinase A AGA Poster Session
Francisco Bautista, Silvia Amadesi, Rustrum Karanjia, Carlos 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Barajas-Lopez, Nigel Bunnett, Stephen Vanner* LA Convention Center
M1624 Dual Role of Vanilloid Sensitive Neurons in the Sponsored by: Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their
Concanavalin a Induced Model of Hepatic Tissue Injury
Receptors
Jaroslaw Biernat*, Ryszard Sendur, Rafal Obuchowicz,
Michal Pawlik, Artur Dembinski, Wieslaw W. Pawlik
SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
M1625 Effects of TNBS-Induced Ileitis On Secretory Function
in the Non-Inflamed Guinea Pig Colon Participants will be able to:
Jennifer R. O'Hara*, Alan E. Lomax, Gary M. Mawe, Keith • Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in
A. Sharkey GI physiology;
GI disorders; and
AGA Poster Session • Understand the role of receptors and signaling molecules in GI
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A physiology and pathology.
M1633 Characterisation of the Nk2 Antagonist Slv332 in Vitro
and in Vivo
Holger Sann*, Daniel Jasserand, Reinhard Brueckner,
M Receptors Michael Firnges, Natasja Mj de Jong, Eric Ronken, Ulf
O Preuschoff, Jochen Antel
HORMONES & RECEPTORS IN THE ENTERIC NERVOUS
N SYSTEM M1634 Differential Modulation of Colonic Mucus Secretion By
D Peripheral CRF1 and CRF2 Receptors in Conscious Rats
A Participants will be able to: Mulugeta Million*, Pascale Plaisancie, Paul R. Saunders,
• Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in Yvette Tache
Y GI physiology;
MAY • Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in M1635 Comparison of Selective Neurokinin Receptor
22 GI disorders; and Antagonists (NK1, NK2, NK3) and Mixed Profile
• Understand the role of receptors and signaling molecules in GI Antagonists (NK1/2, NK1/2/3) in a Model of Visceral
physiology and pathology. Hypersensitivity in Rats
Dania Reiche, Daniel Jasserand, Holger Sann*, Ulf
M1626 Targeted Disruption of the 5-Ht4 Receptor (5-HT4R) Preuschoff, Jochen Antel
Gene in Mice Did Not Affect Gastric Emptying (GE) and
Restraint Stress-Exaggerated Defecation But M1636 Measurement of Ca2+ Signaling Dynamics in Exocrine
Paradoxically Increased Basal Defecation Rate Cells with Total Internal Reflection Microscopy
Robert Mader, Weber Eckhard, Bruno Tigani, Hans-Ulrich David I. Yule*, Jong Hak Won
Gremlich, Stefan Marcaletti, Hans-Juergen Pfannkuche,
Moriko Ito* M1637 Stimulatory Effects On the Exocrine Pancreas, Via Two
CCK-Receptor Subtypes
M1627 Importance of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) in Sofia A. Rengman*, Bjorn R. Westrom, Stefan G.
the Development of Colonic Sensitivity Using Pierzynowski
CRF1Receptor Deficient Mice
Anthony C. Johnson*, Nancy Trimble, Alan C. Foster,
Beverley Greenwood-van Meerveld
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M1638 Interruption of the PDGF and EGF Signal Pathways By M1651 Mesalazine (5-ASA), But Not Hydrocortisone, Inhibits E.
Curcumin Contributes to the Induction of Gene Coli-Induced IL-8 Release from Colonic Epithelial Cells
Expression of PPARG in Activated Hepatic Stellate Cells At Therapeutic Concentrations
in Vitro Sreedhar Subramanian*, Barry J. Campbell, Helen M.
Yajun Zhou*, Anping Chen Martin, Anthony C. Hart, Lugang Yu, Jonathan M. Rhodes
M1639 ACF Formation and Colon Cancer Growth Is Reduced M1652 Over-Expression of a 72-Kda Heat Shock Protein
in Growth Hormone Deficient Rats By Alteration in Protects Rat Gastric Mucosal Cells from H2O2-Induced
Proliferative Pathways and Receptor Signaling Necrosis and Apoptosis
Robert Carroll*, Robert Goodlad, Jai Marchandani, Tamotsu Matsuhashi*, Michiro Otaka, Sumio Watanabe
Heliodoro Medina, Young Choi, Sean Lee, Kevin Leung,
Gregory Nemtsov, Tatiana Kouznetsova, Alexandra Ivanovic, M1653 Flagellin Is the Essential Factor of E. Coli Nissle
Steven M. Swanson, R Brooks Robey, Terry G. Unterman Mediated Human β-Defensin-2 Expression in Caco-2
Cells
M1641 Role of Cholesterol (Ch) and Caveolin 3 Proteins Miriam Schlee*, Sabine Nuding, Artur Altenhoefer, Tobias
(CAV3) in the Regulation of CCK-1 Receptor Recycling A. Oelschlaeger, Jan Wehkamp, Eduard F. Stange, Klaus
in Human Gallbladder (GB) Muscle Fellermann
Ping Cong*, Piero Biancani, Jose Behar
M1654 Helicobacter Pylori Induction of Matrix
Metalloproteinase-7
AGA Poster Session Seth R. Ogden*, Aime T. Franco, Uma S. Krishna, Mary K.
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Washington, Dawn A. Israel, Barbara Fingleton, Lynn M.
LA Convention Center Matrisian, Howard C. Crawford, Richard M. Peek
Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel M1655 Carcinogenetic Potential of the WSR CagA Region of
Diseases Helicobacter Pylori
Carlo-Federico Zambon*, Daniela Basso, Alessia Stranges,
EPITHELIAL CELL-MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS Alessandra Falda, Michela Fasolo, Laura Del Giudice,
Graziella Guariso, Claudio Belluco, Francesco Di Mario,
M1642 Functional Epithelial Cells Proteomics Identified Novel Filippo Navaglia, Eliana Greco, Paola Fogar, Massimo
Disease Targets for the Colitogenic Mechanisms of Rugge, Giuseppe Basso, Mario Plebani
Enterococcus Faecalis in IL-10 Gene Deficient Mice
Anna Shkoda, Pedro A. Ruiz, Sandy C. Kim, Hanelore M1656 Gut Mucosal Immunity Against Core Types of LPS of
Daniel, Balfour R. Sartor, D.R. Haller* Escherichia Coli- a Novel Strategy for Oral Vaccine
Syed S. Hoque*, Ian R. Poxton
M1643 Flagellin-Dependent and Independent Responses to
Attaching and Effacing Bacterial Pathogens in Intestinal
AGA Poster Session
Epithelial Cells
Mohammed A. Khan*, Caixia Ma, Bruce A. Vallance 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
M1644 IBD Mucosal E. Coli Isolates Mediate IL-8 Release from
Colon Epithelial Cells By Shed Flagellin Acting Via Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel
Mapkinase Pathways Diseases
Sreedhar Subramanian*, Jonathan M. Rhodes, Anthony C.
Hart, Benjamin A. Tam, Lugang Yu, Helen M. Martin, Barry IBD: ANIMAL MODELS PRE-CLINICAL TREATMENT AND
J. Campbell NOVEL THERAPIES
M1645 Further Characterisation of Mucosa-Associated M1657 Therapeutic Effect of the Immunomodulator Glatiramer
Escherichia Coli Isolates from Crohn's Disease and Acetate On Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced
Colon Cancer Patients Experimental Colitis
Helen Martin*, Barry Campbell, Sree Subramanian, Rina Aharoni*, Basak Kayhan, Ruth Arnon M
Anthony Hart, Jonathan Rhodes O
M1658 Protection Against Experimental Colitis By Filamentous
M1646 Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase, a Gut Defense Factor? Hemagglutinine: A of Bordetella Pertussis Is Not
N
Xiaobo Zhang*, Madhu S. Malo, Richard A. Hodin Exclusively Mediated By IL-10 D
M1647 Surface Expression of TLR9 Is Upregulated in Response
Inge L. Huibregtse*, Henri Braat, Peter McGuirk, Kingston A
Mills, Sander J. van Deventer Y
to Pathogenic Bacterial DNA
Julia B. Ewaschuk*, Jody L. Backer, Karen Madsen M1659 Sirna Therapy of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) MAY
Patricia Cristofaro, Amana Nasir*, Tamako Konkin, Virginia 22
M1648 Helicobacter Pylori Strain Specific Induction of Cyclin Hovanesian, Paul R. Monfils, Murray B. Resnick, Bharat
D1 But Not Beta-Catenin Regulates Gastric Epithelial Ramratnam, Steven F. Moss
Cell Proliferation
Dharmalingam Subramaniam*, Vineet Ahuja, Douglas E. M1660 Saccharomyces Boulardii Attenuates Mucosal
Berg, Courtney W. Houchen, Brian K. Dieckgraefe, Shrikant Inflammation and Maintains Colonic Barrier Function in
Anant Citrobacter Rodentium-Induced Colitis in Mice
Xiujuan Wu*, Lee Boyer, Bruce A. Vallance, John Walker,
M1649 Hydrocortisone Modulates An Age-Dependent Cholera Karen L. Madsen, Alison M. Buchan, Kevan Jacobson
Toxin-Response By Regulating the Developmental
Endocytosis in Immature Human Enterocytes M1661 22-Ene-25-Oxa-Vitamin D: A New Vitamin D Analogue
Lei Lu*, W Allan Walker with Profound Immunosuppressive Capacities in TNBS-
Colitis
M1650 Transepithelial Transport of Cholera Toxin (CT) By Carolin Daniel*, Heinfried H. Radeke, Ulrich Zuegel,
Ganglioside GM1 Sorts Strictly Away from the Golgi Juergen M. Stein
Apparatus: A Test of the Indirect Transcytosis
Hypothesis
Joy Wan*, Eli Kern, Anne Wolf, David Saslowsky, Randy
Holmes, Wayne Lencer
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M1662 Administration of Exogenous Interleukin-18 Prevents M1674 The Timing of Administration of Ro26-2198, a Vitamin
the Dextran Sodium Sulfate-Induced Colitis in Mice D3 Analog, Causes Opposing Effects On Dextran
Mana Mitamura*, Hiroyuki Higashiyama, Lihua Shan, Sulphate Sodium (DSS)-Induced Colitis
Toshihiko Kaise, Hideo Kikkawa, Mine Kinoshita Alessandro Fichera*, Nathaniel Little, Sujatha
Jagadeeswaran, Urszula Dougherty, Reba Mustafi, Sonia
M1663 Preventive Effect of Nimesulide On Colorectal Cerda, Yanliang Sun, Yan C. Li, Lucas Campbell, Loren
Carcinogenesis in Experimental Murine Ulcerative Joseph, John Hart, Amy Noffsinger, Marc B. Bissonnette
Colitis
Takuya Inoue*, Mitsuyuki Murano, Yosuke Abe, Eijiro M1675 The Immunomodulatory Activity of 1,25-
Morita, Naoko Murano, Shingo Yasumoto, Ken Toshina, Dihydroxyvitamin D3 and Dexamethasone in TNBS-
Takashi Nishikawa, Kentaro Maemura, Ichiro Hirata, Ken- Colitis Is Mediated Via the Transcription Factors T-Bet,
Ichi Katsu GATA3 and Foxp3
Carolin Daniel*, Heinfried H. Radeke, Juergen M. Stein
M1664 Pegylated Arginine Deiminase (ADI-PEG) Protects
Against DSS-Induced Mice Colitis By Decreasing M1676 Dipeptidyl Peptidases and Their Expression in a Murine
Macrophage-Derived Nitric Oxide Model of Experimental Colitis
Jian Zhong*, Marion Steiner, Sheldon Steiner, Helieh S. Oz, Roger Yazbeck, Melanie L. Sulda*, Gordon S. Howarth,
Munira Nasser, Willem J. de Villiers Catherine A. Abbott
M1665 Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blocker, Candesartan M1678 Fibratide, a Synthetic FGF Mimetic,Alleviates
Attenuated Colonic Inflammation in Dextran-Sulfate Experimental Ulcerative Colitis
Induced Colitis Via Inhibition of MADAM-1 Expression Xinhua Lin*, Paul O. Zamora, Kazu Takahashi
Tsuneya Wada*, Makoto Sasaki, Tadayuki Oshima, Naotaka
Ogasawara, Satoshi Tanida, Hiromi Kataoka, Takashi Joh M1679 Integrin α2β1 Regulates Neutrophil Recruitment and
Inflammatory Activity in Experimental Colitis in Mice
M1666 Inhibition of Dipeptidyl Peptidase Activity in Dpiv Sofie Lundberg*, Johan Lindholm, Lennart Lindbom, Per
Knock-Out Mice and Wild Type Mice Decreases Disease M. Hellstrom, Joachim Werr
Activity in Experimental Colitis
Roger Yazbeck*, Catherine A. Abbott, Gordon S. Howarth, M1680 Therapeutic Effect of Tv-5010 On Dextran Sulfate
Hans-Ulrich Demuth Sodium - Induced Experimental Colitis
Rina Aharoni*, Basak Kayhan, Ruth Arnon
M1667 Photopheresis Induces the Generation of Regulatory T
Cells M1681 Improving the Objectivity and Sensitivity of Rodent IBD
Frank Strobl*, Kim Campbell, Janine Huber, Amy Krutsick, Models Using Histometric Analyses and mRNA Profiling
Ulrich Thienel, David Peritt to Complement Traditional Readouts
Catherine Booth*, Gregory Tudor, Gerard Brady
M1668 Differential Effects of Selective Or Complete PI3K
Inhibition in a Murine Inflammatory Bowel Disease M1682 Targeting Epigenetics: Modifying Histone Acetylation As
Model Novel Therapeutic Approach in Inflammation-Dependent
Lindsey N. Jackson*, Piotr G. Rychahou, Scott R. Silva, B. Carcinogenesis
Mark Evers Rainer Glauben*, Arvind Batra, Inka Fedke, Hans A. Lehr,
Paolo Mascagni, Martin Zeitz, Britta Siegmund
M1669 The Effect of Novel NF-kB Inhibitor,
Dehydroxymethyllepoxyquinomichin in DSS Colitis M1683 Induction of Ho-1 Attenuates Trinitrobenzen Sulfonic
Model Mice Acid-Induced Colitis As Ho-1 Blocks Intracellular
Tadakazu Hisamatsu, Kumiko Arai*, Nobuhiko Kamada, Calcium Mobilization and Inhibits TNF-α-Induced NF-
Hiroshi Chinen, Susumu Okamoto, Kazuo Umezawa, κB Activity
Toshifumi Hibi Sang Wook Kim*, In Hee Kim, Seung Hun Kim, Seung Ok
Lee, Soo Teik Lee, Dae Ghon Kim, Woo Sung Moon, Geom
M1670 Selective Inhibition of IKK Prevents TH1 Triggered Seog Seo, Suck Chei Choi, Yong Sung Kim, Chang Soo
M Colitis in Vivo Choi, Jae Min Oh
O Wataru Shibata*, Shin Maeda, Keiji Ogura, Tomoya Ohmae,
Ayako Yanai, Yoshihiro Hirata, Haruhiko Yoshida, Takao M1684 Up-Regulation of Anandamide Levels As An Endogenous
N Kawabe, Masao Omata Mechanism and a Pharmacological Strategy to Limit
D Colon Inflammation
M1671 Selective Inhibition of Leukotriene A4 Hydrolase Giuseppe D'Argenio*, Marta Valenti, Giuseppe Scaglione,
A Attenuates Tissue Injury, Cytokine Production and Vittorio Cosenza, Giovanna Mazzone, Ilenia Grandone,
Y Inflammation in Rat Colitis Lorena Pietrini, Valeria Dargenio, Italo Sorrentini, Vincenzo
MAY Paul J. Dunford*, Csaba Vargas, Anne Fourie, Brendan J. Di Marzo
Whittle
22 M1685 Enhanced Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Hydrogen
M1672 Disease Modifying Effects of Everolimus, Distinct from Sulfide Releasing Derivative of mesalamine in Rodent
Immunosuppression, in CD45RB high T Cell-Induced Models of Colitis Involves Direct Inhibition of NF-κB
Murine Colitis Stefano Fiorucci*, Eleonora Distrutti, Andrea Mencarelli,
Henrietta D. Moore*, Amy Martland, Martina Pfann, Barbara Renga, Giuseppe Cirino, John L. Wallace
Marzieh Edjlalipour, Eva Kern, Isabell Buttron
M1686 Treatment of Murine IBD Via Non-Viral Delivery of NF-
M1673 Hypnotherapy Decreases Rectal Mucosal Release of KappaB Decoy
Substance P, Histamine and IL-13 in Patients with Christopher de Vry*, Srinivasa Prasad, Laszlo Komuves,
Active Ulcerative Colitis Carlos Lorenzana, Christi Parham, Tina Le, Sarvesh Adda,
Joel Mawdsley*, David Jenkins, David Rampton Jennifer Hoffman, Nicole Kahoud, Radhika Garlapati, Radha
Shyamsundar, Wanda Williamson, Leslie M. McEvoy, Rolf
O. Ehrhardt
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M1687 The Nutrient and Octn Ligand L-Carnitine Induces M1700 Therapeutic Efficacy of a Recombinant Soluble
Remission in Experimental Models of Crohn's Disease Interleukin-1 Type II Receptor (sIL-1RII) in
Genevieve Fortin*, Catherine Collette, Ekaterina Yurchenko, Experimental Crohn's Disease: A Preclinical Study
Alexandra-Chloe Villani, Ihsan Elimrani, Gary Wild, Alain Genevieve Fortin*, Catherine Collette, Thierry Gustot,
Bitton, Ciriaco Piccirillo, Ernest Seidman, Denis Alexandra-Chloe Villani, Andre van Gossum, Jacques
Franchimont Deviere, Edouard Louis, Alain Bitton, Gary Wild, Denis
Franchimont
M1688 TGF-Beta Induced CD4+Foxp3+ Cells Prevent TH1
Colitis: Role of TGF-Beta and Exogenous IL-2 M1701 Acylcarnitine Reduces the Severity of Murine DSS
Massimo C. Fantini*, Christoph Becker, Markus F. Neurath Colitis
Pascal Muller*, Ijaz Qureshi, Ihsan El Imrani, Catherine
M1689 Suppression of DSS-Induced Ulcerative Colitus in Mice Collette, Ginette Fortin, Justine Dassa, Lynda Abed, Luc
By Orally-Available Inhibitors of Sphingosine Kinase Oligny, Emile Levy, Serge Dionne, Denis Franchimont,
Lynn W. Maines*, Leo Fitzpatrick, Charles D. Smith Ernest G. Seidman
M1690 Photodynamic Therapy As a Novel Therapeutic M1702 Novel Orally Active α4 Integrin Antagonist, T-728,
Approach for the Treatment of Crohn’s Disease Attenuates Dextran Sodium Sulfate-Induced Chronic
Laurent Favre, Dominique Velin, Francois Borle, Daniel Colitis in Mice
Bachmann, Stefan Schreiber, Hanifa Bouzourene, Hubert Ken-Ichi Hayashi*, Hiroyuki Meguro, Sunao Hara, Rie
van den Bergh, Georges Wagnieres, Christian Felley, Gian Sasaki, Yoko Koga, Meiko Takeshita, Naoyoshi Yamamoto,
Dorta, Pierre Michetti, Maria-Anna E. Ortner* Hiroe Hirokawa, Mie Kainoh
M1691 Ethyl Pyruvate Ameliorates T-Helper-1 (TH1)-Mediated M1703 Attenuation of Mouse DSS Colitis By Naked Hepatocyte
Murine Colitis Growth Factor Gene Transfer Into the Liver
Shaival H. Dave*, Fengling Li, Richard A. Demarco, Donna Yusuke Kawauchi*, Kenji Suzuki, Masaaki Takamura,
B. Stolz, Antonia R. Sepulveda, Mitchell P. Fink, Michael T. Satoshi Yamagiwa, Hiroyuki Yoneyama, Gi Dong Han,
Lotze, Scott E. Plevy Hiroshi Kawachi, Fujio Shimizu, Hitoshi Asakura, Jun-Ichi
Miyazaki, Hiroki Maruyama, Yutaka Aoyagi
M1692 A High Sucrose Diet Exacerbates Immune-Mediated
Colitis in IL-10 Deficient Mice
Kang Moon Lee*, Byung Ik Jang, R Balfour Sartor AGA Poster Session
M1693 R-Spondin1, a Novel Intestinotrophic Mitogen, Reduces
Acute and Chronic Colitis in Mice
Jingsong Zhao*, Eric Beck, Servando Palencia, Josephine de
Vera, Kyung-Ah Kim, Yi Liu, Pauline Shinkawa, Peter
Emtage, Walter Funk Diseases
M1694 A PPARα Ligand Delays Whereas a PPARδ Ligand IMMUNOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
Accelerates the Onset of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in
Interleukin 10 Deficient Mice M1704 STAT5B Promotes Mucosal Tolerance in Crohn’s Disease
Jimmy W. Lee*, Poonam J. Bajwa, Christian Lytle, Daniel S. and Murine Colitis
Straus Xiaonan Han*, Bankole Osuntokun, Nancy Benight,
Kimberly Loesch, Stuart J. Frank, Lee A Denson
M1695 Pathophysiological Role of the Cholinergic Anti-
Inflammatory and Immune Pathway in Mouse M1705 Dependence of Intestinal Granuloma Formation On a
Oxazolone-Induced Ulcerative Colitis Model Unique F4/80+ Dendritic Cell Subset
Takeshi Yamamoto*, Toshihisa Kodama, Naho Utsunomiya, Ken Sugimoto*, Atsuhiro Ogawa, Yasuyo Shimomura,
Hirofumi Kuramoto, Makoto Kadowaki Takashi Nagaishi, Emiko Mizoguchi, Richard S. Blumberg,
Atsushi Mizoguchi, Atul K. Bhan
M1696 Sp304, An Analog of Uroguanylin, Ameliorates M
Inflammation in a Model of Experimental Colitis M1707 Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling and Matrix
Refaat Hegazi*, Fengling Li, Gabriel Calilao, Antonia Metalloproteinase Pattern in Intestinal Strictures in O
Sepulveda, Kunwar Shailubhai, Scott Plevy Crohn’s Disease N
Antonio Di Sabatino*, Mark Buckley, Karen M. Pickard,
M1697 Lansoprazole, a Proton Pump Inhibitor, Suppresses Raffaele Morera, Paolo Cazzola, Gino R. Corazza, Tom T. D
Induction of TNF-α in Experimental Colitis in Rats-New MacDonald, Sylvia L. Pender A
Molecular Implication for Therapy for Intestinal
M1708 Cd4+ T Cells Are Regulators in An Hapten Specific
Y
Mucosal Inflammation Beyond Acid Suppression
Tetsuya Tanigawa*, Toshio Watanabe, E.J. Sasaki, Masatsugu CD8+ T Cell Mediated Relapsing Colitis in Normal MAY
Shiba, Kazunari Tominaga, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Nobuhide Mice 22
Oshitani, Masahiko Nakamura, Kazuhide Higuchi, Tetsuo Stephane Nancey*, Sebastien Holvoet, Ivan Graber, Bernard
Arakawa Flourie, Dominique Kaiserlian
M1698 Anti-Inflammation and Repair Induced By Bone Marrow- M1709 Btnl2, a Butyrophilin/B7-Like Molecule, Is a Negative
Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Dextran Sulfate Costimulatory Molecule Modulated in Intestinal
Sodium-Induced Colitis in Rats Inflammation
Fumio Tanaka*, Kazunari Tominaga, Masahiro Ochi, Heather A. Arnett*, Sabine S. Escobar, Eva Gonzalez-
Tetsuya Tanigawa, E.J. Sasaki, Masatsugu Shiba, Toshio Suarez, Alison L. Budelsky, Lori A. Steffen, Norman Boiani,
Watanabe, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Nobuhide Oshitani, Kazuhide Ming Zhang, Gerald Siu, Avery W. Brewer, Jo L. Viney
Higuchi, Tetsuo Arakawa M1710 Unfolded Structure of Paneth Cell α-Defensin Disrupts
M1699 Induction of Regulatory T Cell Capacities By the the Microbicidal Function in Patients with Crohn’s
Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Analogue Fty720 in TNBS- Disease
Colitis Atsuo Maemoto*, Hiroki Tanabe, Toshifumi Ashida, Yutaka
Carolin Daniel*, Nico Sartory, Heinfried H. Radeke, Gerd Kohgo, Tokiyoshi Ayabe
G. Geisslinger, Juergen M. Stein
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M1711 Negative Regulation of Toll-Like Receptor By C-Type M1723 Adoptive Transfer of Mature Dendritic Cell Worsens
Lectin in Murine TNBS Colitis Dextran Sulphate Sodium (DSS)-Induced Colitis
Hideki Iijima*, Masahiko Tsujii, Satoshi Egawa, Shinichiro John Y. Kao*, Brad Berndt, Min Zhang, Juanita L. Merchant
Shinzaki, Shuji Ishii, Takanobu Irie, Tsutomu Nishida,
Masakazu Yasumaru, Yoshimi Kakiuchi, Hiroaki Murata, M1724 Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer Protein Regulates
Tatsuya Kanto, Shingo Tsuji, Norio Hayashi Endogenous and Exogenous Antigen Presentation By
Group 1 CD1 Molecules
M1712 Phenotypic and Functional Characterization of CCR9+ T Arthur Kaser*, David L. Hava, Masaru Yoshida, Timothy T.
Lymphocytes in Small Intestinal Crohn’s Disease (CD) Kuo, Takashi Nagaishi, Stephanie K. Dougan, Bryan Vander
Qi T. Yu, Masayuki Saruta, Stephan R. Targan, Konstantinos Lugt, Wael Haddad, Michael B. Brenner, Richard S.
A. Papadakis* Blumberg
M1713 The Frequency of Mucosal CD4+CD25High Regulatory T M1725 The Constitution and Distribution of Intestinal Bacterial
Cells Increases with Colonic and Systemic Disease Flora in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease:
Activity in Ulcerative Colitis; Presence of Functional Genus Or Species Specific Analysis Based On 16s rRNA
Colonic Treg Cells Gene Sequences of Intestinal Bacterial Flora in Human
Nathalie Holmen, Anna Lundgren, Samuel Lundin, Ann- Feces and Colonic Mucosa
Marie Bergin, Anna Rudin, Henrik Sjovall, Lena Ohman* Atsushi Nakazawa*, Toshihiko Takada, Takahiro Matsuki,
Shoichi Kado, Takashi Asahara, Koji Nomoto, Ryuichiro
M1714 The Ectonucleotidase CD39 Is a Selective Surface Tanaka, Atsushi Sakuraba, Tomoharu Yajima, Nagamu
Marker of Regulatory T Cells and An Inoue, Haruhiko Ogata, Yasushi Iwao, Hiromasa Takaishi,
Immunosuppressive Catalyst Toshifumi Hibi
Karen M. Dwyer, Silvia Deaglio, David Friedman, Beat M.
Kunzli, Keiichi Enjoji, Terry B. Strom, Simon C. Robson* M1726 Increase Expression of Corticotropin Releasing Factor
(CRF) Receptor Type 1(CRF1) On Macrophages in
M1715 Analysis of NOD2-Mediated Proteome Response to Colonic Mucosa of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
Muramyl-Dipeptide in HEK293 Cells: Implications for Pu-Qing Yuan*, Million Mulugeta, Peter A. Anton, Julie
Crohn Disease Elliott, Ekaterini Chatzaki, Dimitri Grigoriadis, Yvette Tache
Philip C. Rosenstiel*, Dieter Weichart, Johan Gobom,
Gustavsson Niklas, Susanne Billmann, D.R. Seegert, Stefan M1727 Bone Marrow Latently Retaining Colitogenic Cd4+ T
Schreiber Cells May Be a Pathogenic Reservoir for Lifelong
Chronic Colitis
M1716 A Novel Enterohepatic Helicobacter Species Induces Yasuhiro Nemoto*, Takanori Kanai, Shin Makita, Rei Fujii,
Ulcerative Colitis-Like Intestinal Inflammation with Ryuichi Okamoto, Teruji Totsuka, Mamoru Watanabe
Intraepithelial Neoplasia in Interleukin-10 Knockout
Mice M1728 Acute Gastroenteritis Is Followed by an Increased Risk
Ulrich R. Bohr*, Doerthe Kuester, Steffen Backert, Thomas of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Wex, Manfred Rohde, Wolfgang Koenig, Albert Roessner, Julian Panes*, Ana Ruigomez, Luis Alberto Garcia
Peter Malfertheiner Rodriguez
M1717 Defective TGF-β and IL-10 Mediated Regulation of M1729 Mixed IBD Families: A Distinct Entity Within IBD
Interleukin 12-Stimulated Cytokine Responses in HLA- Marie Pierik, Marie Joossens*, Liesbet Henckaerts, Sofie
B27 Transgenic Rats Joossens, Karolien Claes, Paul Rutgeerts, Severine Vermeire
Bi-Feng Qian*, Susan L. Tonkonogy, Balfour R. Sartor
M1730 Proteomic Analysis Distinctively Separates Crohn’s
M1718 Weakening of the Intestinal Epithelial Barrier with Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
NSAIDs Can Lead to IBD Following Mono-Association Uta Berndt*, Lars Philipsen, Sebastian Bartsch, Bertram
with Non-IBD Causing Bacteria Wiedenmann, Axel Dignass, Andreas Sturm
Beate C. Sydora*, Sarah M. Martin, Andrea L. Dmytrash,
Thomas A. Churchill, Jason Doyle, Richard N. Fedorak M1731 CD2 Deficiency Ameliorates Immunpathology and
M Improves Immune Defence in Murine T. Gondii
O M1719 Fractalkine and Its Receptor CXC3RI Are Upregulated in Infection
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Nina Pawlowski*, Daniela Struck, Katja Grollich, Anja A.
N Taku Kobayashi*, Susumu Okamoto, Yuko Iwakami, Kuehl, Martin Zeitz, Oliver Liesenfeld, Joerg C. Hoffmann
D Atsushi Nakazawa, Tadakazu Hisamatsu, Toshio Imai,
Toshifumi Hibi M1732 Constitutively Activated Notch Signaling Suppresses
A Goblet Cell Phenotype in Human Intestinal Epithelial
Y M1720 IgG Plasma Cells in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cells
MAY Express Large Quantities of Stromelysin (MMP-3) Ryuichi Okamoto*, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shigeru Oshima,
John N. Gordon*, Karen M. Pickard, Patrick M. Goggin, Kiichiro Tsuchiya, Takanori Kanai, Mamoru Watanabe
22 Thomas T. MacDonald
M1733 Central Regulatory Role of the Transcription Factor
M1721 Activated Lymphocytes, Which Are Arrested from NFATC2 in Cyclosporine a Treatment in Ulcerative
Proliferation By 6-Mercaptopurine, Still Maintain Their Colitis
Viability and Their Pro-Inflammatory Effector Functions: Benno Weigmann*, Raja Atreya, Jonas Mudter, Hans A.
A Novel Mechanism for the Delayed Effect of Anti- Lehr, Peter R. Galle, L H. Glimcher, Markus F. Neurath
Purines in IBD
Shomron . Ben-Horin*, Itamar Goldstein, Orit Picard, M1734 Altered Barrier Function Is Associated with Increased
Zohar Yerushalmi, Ella Fudim, Yifat Goldschmid, Alon Serum Levels of Lipopolysaccharide and TNF-Alpha in
Lang, Simon Bar Meir, Yehuda Chowers Crohn’s Disease
Vincenza Di Leo*, Francesca Lamboglia, Daniela Pizzuti,
M1722 Atypical Colonic Paneth Cell Metaplasia in Crohn’s Renata D'Inca, Sergio Varotto, Maria G. Vettorato, Giacomo
Disease with NOD2 Mutations C. Sturniolo
Jan Wehkamp*, Hiu Chu, Bo Shen, Michael Weichenthal,
Elke Schaeffeler, Matthias Schwab, Klaus Fellermann,
Eduard F. Stange, Charles L. Bevins
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M1735 Clinical Response to Visilizumab in Intravenous Steroid M1746 Inflammatory Bowel Disease After Liver
Refractory Ulcerative Colitis (IVSR-UC) Is Associated Transplantation: Risk Factors for Recurrence and De
with Changes in CD8+ T Cells Novo Disease
Jacky Woo*, Tanny Tsao, Lili Zhang, James Sheridan, Robert C. Verdonk*, Gerard Dijkstra, Elizabeth B. Haagsma,
Debbie Law, James Lowder, Vladimir Vexler Valerie K. Shostrom, Aad P. van den Berg, Jan H.
Kleibeuker, Alan N. Langnas, Debra L. Sudan
M1736 Endothelial Expression of PSGL-1 in Murine Colitis and
Sepsis M1748 Non-T Cell-Derived Galectin-3 Is Immunoregulatory and
Thorsten Vowinkel*, Katherine C. Wood, Christoph Is Reduced in the Inflamed Intestinal Epithelium in IBD
Anthoni, Norbert Senninger, Paul Kubes, D. Neil Granger, Stefan Mueller*, Beatrice Flogerzi, Thomas Schaffer, Andrew
Christian F. Krieglstein Fleetwood, Alain Schoepfer, Frank Seibold
M1737 Reversible Defect of Mitochondrial Thiolase Activity in M1749 Is Infection By Mycobacterium Avium Subspecies
Ulcerative Colitis Paratuberculosis a Risk Factor for Crohn’s Disease?
Srikanth Santhanam, Aparna Venkatraman, Balakrishnan S. Antonio Lozano-Leon, Manuel Barreiro-Acosta, Enrique
Ramakrishna* Dominguez-Munoz*
M1738 Unstable Fecal Microbiota in Ulcerative Colitis During M1750 Detection of Helicobacter Species in Archival Human
Remission UC Tissue By Fluorescent in-Situ Hybridisation (FISH)
Cristina Martinez*, Maria Antolin, Javier Santos, Antonio John Thomson*, Ian Cooper, Georgina Hold, Nikki Fyfe,
Torrejon, Francesc Casellas, Natalia Borruel, Francisco Malcolm Smith, Ashley Mowat, Zeli Shen, James G. Fox,
Guarner, Juan-Ramon Malagelada Emad El-Omar
M1739 Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) -173 G/C M1751 Corticosteroid Usage in Patients with Crohn's Disease Is
Polymorphism Influences Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Associated with Decreased Peripheral T Regulatory
Involvement in Crohn's Disease Cells
Julia Dambacher*, Zeljka Sisic, Tanja Staudinger, Simone Jeanne Tung*, Phyllis A. Svingen, William A. Faubion
Pfennig, Fabian Schnitzler, Katrin Hofbauer, Jan-Michel
Otte, Julia Seiderer, Cornelia Tillack, Burkhard Goeke, Peter M1752 Sera from Active Ulcerative Colitis (UC) Contain IgG
Lohse, Thomas Ochsenkuehn, Stephan Brand Antibodies Against Human Tropomyosin Isoform 5
(hTM5) That Kills Normal Colonic Epithelial Cells
M1740 Low Human β-Defensin 2 Gene Copy Number in Through Antibody and Complement Lysis
Crohn’s Colitis Ellen C. Ebert*, Xin Geng, Jim Lin, Kiron M. Das
Hartmut Schmalzl*, Elke Schaeffeler, Matthias Schwab,
Klaus Fellermann, Daniel Stange, Bo Shen, Jan Wehkamp, M1753 Antibodies to Self and Bacterial Antigens in Patients
Walter Reinisch, Eduard F. Stange with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: A Co-Twin
Case-Control Study
M1741 Cytoprotective Role of Multidrug Resistance Associated Martina E. Spehlmann*, Arno Kromminga
Protein 1 (MRP1) in Intestinal Inflammation:
Involvement of the Cysteinyl Leukotriene Pathway M1754 Invasive E. Coli Strains Are Increased in Crohn’s Disease
Axel van Steenpaal*, Hans Blokzijl, Sara Vander Borght, Joel A. Alpern*, Maiko Sasaki, Shanti V. Sitaraman, Robin
Lisette I.H. Bok, Louis Libbrecht, Mariska Geuken, Tania E. Rutherford, Henry C. Olejeme, Qiang Cai, Jan-Michael
A.D. Roskams, Gerard Dijkstra, Han Moshage, Peter L.M. A. Klapproth
Jansen, Klaas Nico Faber
M1755 Native, Circulating Plasmacytoid and Myeloid Dendritic
M1742 Mdp Induces Apoptosis in Immunocompetent Cells: A Cells from Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Possible Link Between NOD2/CARD15 Mutations and Secrete Increased Amounts of Inflammatory Cytokines
Crohn’s Disease and Drive a Pro-Inflammatory T-Cell Proliferation and
Vanessa E. Beynon*, Juergen Glas, Alexander Faussner, Polarization
Rudolf Gruber, Kerstin Maier, Laurian Tonenchi, Ilona Daniel C. Baumgart*, Ingo Przesdzing, Christiane Bielecki,
Endres, Matthias Folwaczny, Christian Folwaczny, Helga- Diana Metzke, Saskia Thomas, Andreas Sturm, Bertram M
Paula Toeroek Wiedenmann, Axel U. Dignass O
M1743 Increased Levels of β7 Integrin On T Cells Activated By M1756 Bacterial-Aluminum Interactions. The Role of Aluminum N
Colonic Dendritic Cells (DC) from Ulcerative Colitis in Bacterial-Induced Colitis in IL-10 Deficient Mice D
Patients: Altered DC Control of T Cell Homing in Aaron Lerner*, Swathi Eluri, Daniel Perl, Sharon Moalem,
David Sachar, Susan Tonkonogy, Ryan B. Sartor A
Inflammatory Bowel Disease?
Rachael J. Rigby, Ailsa L. Hart, Neil McCarthy, Sabita Islam, Y
M1757 Gene Expression Profile in Crohn’s Disease Related
Hafid Omar al-Hassi, Stella C. Knight, Michael A. Kamm, MAY
NOD2 Variants
Michael Burke, John Lambert, Andrew J. Stagg* 22
Zuzana Zelinkova*, Astrid J. van Beelen, Floor de Kort,
M1744 Characterization of Reactive Oxygen Species Production Emiel Ver Loren van Themaat, Anje A. Te velde, Esther C.
(ROS) and Activity of Antioxidant Enzymes in de Jong, Sander J. van Deventer, Daniel W. Hommes
Peripheral White Mononuclear Cells (PWMC) from
Patients with Crohn’s Disease (CD) At Onset M1758 Enhancement of Substance P mRNA Expression in Non-
Inflamed Small Bowel of Crohn’s Disease Patients
Belen Beltran*, Pilar Nos, Francisco Dasi, Marisa Iborra,
Christoph Michalski*, Frank Autschbach, Federico Selvaggi,
Guillermo Bastida, Marcial Martinez, Mariam Aguas, Vicente
Ortiz, Julio Ponce Michael Muller, Pierluigi Di Sebastiano, Markus W. Buchler,
Thomas Giese, Helmut Friess
M1745 Increased Serum Levels of Anti-Tissue Transglutaminase
Antibodies in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis M1759 Acute Psychological Stress Increases Rectal Mucosal and
Helga P. Torok*, Laurian Tonenchi, Juergen Glas, Rudolf LPS-Stimulated Whole Blood Release of TNF-Alpha in
Gruber, Molla T. Yirsaw, Daniel Schneider, Vanessa Beynon, Patients with Inactive Ulcerative Colitis
Joel Mawdsley*, David Rampton
Sebastian Cotofana, Christian Folwaczny
M1760 Exotoxin a from Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Promotes
Leukocyte Adhesion to Gut Mucosal Smooth Muscle
Cells
Alana Majors*, Melissa Jedlicka, Scott A. Strong
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M1773 Infliximab Induces a Genotype-Dependent Mucosa
M1761 Receptor Activator of NFK-B Ligand (RANKL), Rank and Protective Matrix Metalloproteinase Phenotype in
Osteoprotegerin in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Implication in Chronic Inflammation and Bone Loss Martin J. Meijer, Marij A. Mieremet-Ooms, Wim van Duijn,
Catherine D. Reenaers*, Nathalie Franchimont, Cecile Oury, Annie M. van der Zon, Roeland Hanemaaijer, Jan H.
Cecile Lambert, Jacques Belaiche, Michel Malaise, Philippe Verheijen, Ruud A. van Hogezand, Cornelis B. Lamers, Hein
Delvenne, Edouard Louis W. Verspaget*
M1762 Immunophenotype and Apoptosis of Colonic M1774 The Peripheral Immune Cell Population Reflects the
Mononuclear Cells in Active Steroid-Responsive Local Disease Activity and Colonic Extension At the
Ulcerative Colitis Onset of Ulcerative Colitis
Rebeca Santaolalla*, Maria Esteve, Josep Manye, Elisabet Lena Ohman*, Stefan Isaksson, Evangelos Kalaitzakis, P-O
Pedrosa, Antonio Salas, Fernando Fernandez-Banares, Merce Stotzer, Magnus Simren, Hans Strid
Rosinach, Montserrat Forne, Jorge Espinos, Eugeni
Domenech, Miriam Manosa, Miquel Angel Gassull, Josep
Maria Viver AGA Poster Session
M1763 Increased Expression of Lipocalin-Type-Prostaglandin D LA Convention Center
Synthase (L-PGDS) in Colonic Mucosa of Ulcerative
Colitis Patients: Its Regulatory Role Against TH1 Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel
Response Diseases
Ryota Hokari*, Keisuke Okudaira, Yoshikiyo Okada, Chie
Kurihara, Hisayuki Matsunaga, Koichi Takebayashi, MICROBIAL-INDUCED MUCOSAL INFLAMMATION AND
Yoshikazu Tsuzuki, Masaaki Higashiyama, Norikazu Mataki,
Shunsuke Komoto, Chikako Watanabe, Atsushi Kawaguchi,
IMMUNITY
Shigeaki Nagao, Kazuro Ito, Soichiro Miura M1775 Clostridium Difficile Toxin a Increases Focal Adhesion
M1764 Decreased Hyaluronidase 2 (Hyal2) Expression By
Colon Smooth Muscle Cells (SMC) May Contribute to Kinase (FAK) and Paxillin Dephosphorylation Through
Inactivation of Src Kinase
Ho Kim*, Charalabos Pothoulakis, John T. Lamont
Pro-Inflammatory Hyaluronan (HA) Accumulation in
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) M1776 Identification of a Role for Shiga Toxin (STX1) in

Hyunjin K. Rho*, Carol A. de la Mott, Csaba Fulop, Scott Enterohemorrhagic Colitis Includes Increased TNFα and
A. Strong Downregulation of Galectin-3
Marina Laiko*, C. Zu, Okana Gustal, Edward Boedeker,
M1765 Peripheral Natural Killer T-Cell Numbers and Serum IL-
Robert Cole, Mark Donowitz, Olga Kovbasnjuk
13 Concentrations Are Raised in Active Ulcerative
Colitis and Correlate with Disease Activity M1777 Transgenic Epithelial Cell Toll-Like Receptor (TLR)

Joel Mawdsley*, Marion Macey, David Rampton Signaling Reduces Inflammation in DSS Colitis
Rachel S. Levi, Laurens Kruidenier*, Lisa Meijer, Xiao Ping
M1766 Dietary Microparticles Impair Macrophage Phagocytosis
Lu, Meera Sebastian, Sven Pettersson, Ian R. Sanderson
and Act As Adjuvants in the Presence of a Microbial
Stimulus - Potential Relevance for Pathogenesis of M1778 Helicobacter Pylori Caga Dependent Activation of the
Crohn’s Disease Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3
Matt Butler*, J Boyle, R Playford, R Chaudhary, Jj Powell, (STAT3) Signaling Pathway
Subrata Ghosh Dana Bronte-Tinkew*, Nicola Jones
M1767 NOD2 (CARD15) Mutations Are Associated with M1779 Dramatic Increase of Mucosal But Not Peripheral
Mycobacterium Avium Subspecies Paratuberculosis Regulatory T Cells in Untreated HIV Infection,
(MAP) DNA in Intestinal Tissue But Not with Viable Normalization By Suppressive Haart
MAP in the Blood of Crohn’s Disease (CD) Patients Hans-Jorg Epple*, Christoph Loddenkemper, Desiree
M John F. Valentine*, Xiao-Hong Song, Jerome Elam, Saleh Kunkel, Hanno Troeger, Jochen Maul, Verena Moss, Reiner
O Naser Ullrich, Jorg-Dieter Schulzke, Harald Stein, Rainer
N Duchmann, Martin Zeitz, Thomas Schneider
M1768 Increased Expression of Tlrs’ Is Associated with An
D Upregulation of Signalling Molecules IRAK-1 and NFκB M1780 Differential Pattern of CD62l Expression On CD1D-
A in Colonic Biopsies of Patients with Inflammatory Unrestricted and CD1D-Restricted T Cells Following
Bowel Disease (IBD) Listeria Infection Is Regulated By IFN-Gamma
Y Anushka De Costa, Neil Rayment*, Maria Mylonaki, Barry Hyun Kim*, Victor Arrunategui-Correa
MAY N. Hudspith, Liljana Petrovska, Jonathan Brostoff, Carlo
22 Nunes, Gareth Parkes, Jeremy Sanderson, David Rampton M1781 Helicobacter Pylori Infection Induces a T Regulatory
Response Mediated By TGF-B and IL-10 in Children, in
M1769 Dose Dependent Interaction of NOD2 with TLR2 in Contrast to the TH1 Response Characterized By IFN-γ
Human Monocytes Observed in Adults
Michelle Borm*, Adriaan A. van Bodegraven, Chris J. Lesley Smythies*, Paul Harris, Ronald H. Clements, Lisa M.
Mulder, Georg Kraal, Gerd Bouma Mosteller-Barnum, Guillermo Perez-Perez, Phillip D. Smith
M1770 Critical Role of CXCL12-CXCR4 Interaction in the M1782 Bacterial Antigens Alone Can Break Epithelial Barrier
Pathophysiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Integrity While Live Bacteria Are Required to Initiate
Sakae Mikami*, Hiroshi Nakase, Takashi Nagasawa, Intestinal Inflammation
Tsutomu Chiba Beate C. Sydora*, Sarah M. Martin, Maryla Lupicki, John
W. Walker, Levinus A. Dieleman, Thomas A. Churchill,
M1771 Alternative Mechanisms of Action of Tacrolimus in IBD:
Jason Doyle, Richard N. Fedorak
Inhibition of Intestinal Epithelial Cell- and NKT Cell-
Activation
Jolanda M. van Dieren*, Janneke van der Woude, M E.
Lambers, Ernst J. Kuipers, Edward E. Nieuwenhuis
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M1783 Intestinal Microflora Modulates Mucosal Expression of M1794 Assessment of Immunological Ignorance Or Tolerance to
Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor (M-CSF) and Antigens-Derived from the Enteric Flora Prior to and
Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor After Infection with Helicobacter Bilis
(GM-CSF) Jennifer H. Wilson-Welder*, Albert E. Jergens, Charles
Koichi Takebayashi*, Ryota Hokari, Yoshikiyo Okada, Johnson, Jon Sullivan, Michael Drey, Andrea Dorn, Jesse M.
Keisuke Okudaira, Chie Kurihara, Hisayuki Matsunaga, Hostetter, Michael J. Wannemuehler
Norikazu Mataki, Syunsuke Komoto, Chikako Watanabe,
Atsushi Kawaguchi, Shigeaki Nagao, Kazuro Itoh, Yoshikazu M1795 Assessment of Microbial Diversity in Neoplastic Colonic
Tsuzuki, Soichiro Miura Tissue
Mairi E. Hope, Georgina L. Hold, Susan Berry, Mowat
M1784 Identification of Antigens Encoded By Enterococcus Ashley, Emad M. El-Omar*
Faecalis That Display Serum Reactivity and Stimulate T
Cell Responses in E. Faecalis - Monoassociated IL-10-/- M1796 Consumption of the Probiotic Bifidobacterium Infantis
Knockout Mice 35624 Influences Subsequent Immune Responses to in
Sandra C. Kim*, James P. Moran, Michael J. Lodes, Robert Vitro Challenge of Isolated Murine Peyer’s Patch Cells
Hershberg, Susan L. Tonkonogy, R. Balfour Sartor with Bacterial Stimuli
Barbara Sheil*, John MacSharry, Louise O'Callaghan, Avril
M1785 Enteropathogenic E. Coli Promotes the Transactivation O'Riordan, Alison Waters, John Morgan, John K. Collins,
of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Liam O'Mahony, Fergus Shanahan
Jennifer L. Roxas, Athanasia Koutsouris, V.K. Viswanathan*
M1797 Increased Diversity of the Mucosa-Associated Fungal
M1786 Important Role of Cytolethal Distending Toxin in Microflora in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Campylobacter Jejuni-Induced Host Proinflammatory Stephan J. Ott*, Tanja Kuehbacher, Kenneth N. Timmis,
Cytokine Responses and Loss of Transepithelial Ulrich R. Foelsch, Stefan Schreiber
Electrical Resistance in Colonic Epithelial Cells
Ming L. Chen*, Zhongming Ge, James G. Fox, David B.
Schauer AGA Poster Session
M1787 Upregulation of the TH1 Immune Response By Inducing LA Convention Center
Colitis Through TNBS Or Citrobacter Infection Results
in Stereotypic Changes in Colonic Smooth Muscle and Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders
Epithelial Function
Thomas L. Sutton*, Aiping Zhao, Justin E. Elfrey, Kathleen INTESTINAL TRANSPORT
B. Madden, Carolyn A. Sullivan, Allen Smith, Terez Shea-
Donohue Participants will be able to:
• Assimilate recent advances in the understanding of epithelial
M1788 Downregulation of TNF-α Gene Expression in Human transport.
Intestinal Mucosa By Non-Adherent Probiotic Bacteria
Marta Llopis*, Maria Antolin, Francisco Guarner, Siv Ahrne, M1798 Role of the Reduced Folate Carrier (RFC) in Intestinal
M1789
Goran Molin, Juan R. Malagelada
Cytomegalovirus Reverses the Normal Inflammation-
Folate Uptake
Krishnaswamy Balamurugan*, Hamid M. Said
Suppressing Effect of Intestinal Stroma On Blood M1799 Mechanism of Increased Intestinal Na+/Glucose Co-
Monocytes
Akhil Maheshwari*, Lesley E. Smythies, Ronnie Clements,
Yolanda Hartman, Meg Mosteller-Barnum, William J. Britt,
Transporter (SGLT1) Expression in Human Type 2
Diabetes
J.N. Dyer*, Anthony Ellis, Soraya P. Shirazi-Beechey
Phillip D. Smith
M1800 Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels in Human
M1790 Colonization with Helicobacter Bilis Increases
Susceptibility to DSS-Induced Colitis in Gnotobiotic
Mice
Colonic Crypts: A Target for the Treatment of Secretory
Diarrhea?
John E. Linley, Arun Loganathan*, Malcolm Hunter, M
Abigail L. Henderson*, Andrea Dorn, Zhiping Liu, Jennifer Geoffrey I. Sandle O
H. Wilson-Welder, Mark R. Ackermann, Albert E. Jergens,
Michael J. Wannemuehler M1801 Prevention of Taurodeoxycholate (TDC) Cytotoxic Effect N
On Human Colon Mucosa By Sphingomyelin. D
M1791 Antibiotic Therapy Temporaryly Suppresses Mucosal Electrophysiological Studies in Ussing Chambers A
Bacterial Biofilms in IBD and Enhances Them Upon Piero Portincasa*, Anna Diana, Laura Castellano, Antonio
Cessation of Therapy Moschetta, Helen H. Wang, David Q. Wang, Francesco Y
Alexander Swidsinski*, Yvonne Doerffel, Vera Loening- Marino, Donato F. Altomare, Giuseppe Palasciano, MAY
Baucke, Laura P. Hale, Franz Theissig, Hartwig Andree, Lucantonio Debellis 22
Herbert Lochs
M1802 Acute Ileal Inflammtion Alters CFTR-Mediated Anion
M1792 Alteration of TM7 Bacterial Phylogenies in Inflammatory Secretion
Bowel Disease Sadasivan Vidyasagar*, Hui Zhang, Nadia Ameen, Franca
Tanja Kuehbacher*, Ateequr Rehman, Ulrich R. Foelsch, Golin-Bisello, James Melvin, Srisaila Basavappa
Stephan J. Ott, Stefan Schreiber
M1803 Epidermal Growth Factor Chronically Enhances Colonic
M1793 Changes in Mucosal Gene Expression Profiles Following Epithelial Secretory Capacity By Upregulating NKCC1
Colonization of Gnotobiotic Mice with Helicobacter Bilis Expression
Zhiping Liu*, Andrea Dorn, Daniel S. Nettleton, Jennifer H. Fiona O'Mahony, Kim E. Barrett, Stephen J. Keely*
Wilson-Welder, Abigail L. Henderson, Albert E. Jergens,
Michael J. Wannemuehler M1805 The Intestinal Anion Exchanger DRA (Down Regulated
in Adenoma) Is Inhibited By Intracellular Calcium By
Not By PMA
Georg Lamprecht*, Julia Schaefer, Michael Gregor
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M1806 SCFA-Dependent Colonic Transport Alters cAMP- M1819 Impact of Ezetimibe and NPC1L1 On SRBI-Mediated
Stimulated Ileal HCO3 Secretion in in Vivo Ileal and HDL Selective Uptake and VLDL Secretion By Liver
Colonic-Dual Loop Model Cells
Sadasivan Vidyasagar*, Srisaila Basavappa Philip Howles*, Eric Labonte, Lisa Camarota, Dean Gilham,
Yiannis Ioannou, Joanna Davies, David Y. Hui
M1807 Decreased Expression of Breast Cancer Resistance
Protein (BCRP) in the Duodenum of Patients with M1820 The Molecular Structure That Allows FXR to Override
Obstructive Cholestasis the Stimulation of CYP7A1 By LXR
Petr Hruz*, Christian Zimmermann, Heike Gutmann, Luigi Quan Shang, Luxing Pan, Monica Saumoy, John Y L.
Terracciano, Lukas Degen, Ulrich Beuers, Christoph Chiang, G Stephen Tint, Gerald Salen, Guorong Xu*
Beglinger, Juergen Drewe
M1821 Compensatory Hepatic Up-Regulation of Bile Acid
M1808 Short-Term Regulation of Intestinal Epithelial Type 2 Synthesis in Liver Fatty Acid Binding Protein (FABP1)
Na+/K+ Exchanger By Serotonin Knockout Mice Provides Novel Insights Into the
Fernando Magro*, Patricio Soares-da-Silva Physiological Role of FABP1
Mulugeta Seneshaw, Dietmar Klass, Newberry Elizabeth,
M1809 Leptin Inhibits Na+/H+ Exchanger NHE3 Elke Preiss, Udo Seedorf, Guido Adler, Nicholas O.
Dongsheng Wang*, Jennifer Johnson, Chris Yun Davidson, Michael Fuchs*
M1810 Effects of Lubiprostone On Morphine-Induced M1822 Enteral Starvation Induces Enterohepatic Cycling of
Constipation and Analgesia Bilirubin: A Putative Mechanism for Total Parenteral
Ryuji Ueno*, Hiroyoshi Osama, Kory J. Engelke Nutrition (TPN)-Associated Liver Disease and Pigment
Gallstone Formation
M1811 Expression of Taste Receptors, T1r Family Members,
Scott A. Elisofon*, Martin C. Carey
and the G-Protein, α -Gustducin, Along the Crypt-Villus
Axis of the Small Intestine M1823 No Evidence for Enterohepatic Cycling (EHC) of
Kieron S. Salmon*, Soraya P. Shirazi-Beechey Bilirubin in the Slc10a2 (ASBT/IBAT)-/- Mouse
Folke U. Freudenberg*, Bian B. Yu, Monika R. Leonard,
M1812 New Insights On Genotype of Congenital Chloride
Paul A. Dawson, Martin C. Carey
Diarrhea
Gianluca Terrin, Giuseppe Cardillo, Annalisa Passariello, M1824 An Ancillary Subunit Mutation Alters Activation of
Giuseppe Castaldo, Francesco Porcaro, Maria Concetta KCNQ1
Siani, Cuono Puzone, Riccardo Troncone, Francesco Andrea E. Goldstein*, Michael Duffey, Derek Beahm,
Salvatore, Roberto Berni Canani* Cynthia Dlugos, Michael Morales, Randall Rasmusson
M1813 Down-Regulated in Adenoma (DRA, Slc26a3) Is the
Predominant Cl-/HCO3- Exchanger in the Lower Villous

Epithelium of Murine Duodenum
Janet E. Simpson, Nancy M. Walker, Clifford W.
AGA Poster Session
Schweinfest, Lane L. Clarke*
M1814 Ileal Bile Acid Transporter Expression in Patients with
Chronic Diarrhea: Evidence for Differences in
Transcriptional Regulation
FUNCTION AND PHARMACOLOGY OF NEURONAL AND
Julian R. Walters*, Sara Balesaria, Konstantia-Maria Chavele, NON-NEURONAL SIGNALING MECHANISMS IN THE
Umma Khair GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
M1815 Ontogenic Regulation of the Rat Heteromeric Organic Participants will be able to:
Solute Transporter Ostα-Ostβ • Understand recent advances in intercellular signaling mechanisms in
Melissa Halpern*, Nazzareno Ballatori, Jessica Clark, Sarah neurons, smooth muscle and other cells types in the gastrointestinal
M Doelle, Tara Saunders, Bohuslav Dvorak tract;
• Discuss the actions of drugs on enteric nerves and gastrointestinal
O M1816 The Relationship Between Bile Salt Malabsorption and smooth muscle; and
N Cholesterol 7-Alpha Hydroxylase Gene (CYP7A1) • Discuss changes in disease-related intracellular signaling mechanisms
Promoter Polymorphism in Patients with Inflammatory in enteric neurons and gastrointestinal smooth muscle.
D Bowel Disease
A Martin Lenicek*, Milan Lukas, Lucie Budisova, Milan Jirsa, M1825 Induction of MLC20 Gene Expression By Spontaneous
Y Jan Kovar, Libor Vitek Release of Acetylcholine At Neuroeffector Junction in
Rat Colonic Circular Smooth Muscle Cells
MAY M1817 Sumo Modification of the Na+/K+/2CI- Cotransporter 1 Xuan-Zheng Shi*, Sushil K. Sarna
22 in Colonic Secretory Epithelial Cells in Response to
Epidermal Growth Factor M1826 R-Type Calcium Channel Expression and Function At
Alfred E. Chappell*, Kim E. Barrett Nerve Terminals of Guinea Pig Ileum Myenteric
Neurons
Xiaochun Bian*, James Galligan
AGA Poster Session
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A M1827 5-HT4 Receptor Agonists Increase Transmitter Release
LA Convention Center Probability from Myenteric Nerve Terminals
Jim Ren*, James Galligan
M1828 Effects of Serotonin Transporter Inhibition On
LIPID AND ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORT, METABOLISM Gastrointestinal Motility and Colonic Sensitivity in the
Mouse
AND SECRETION Matthew D. Coates*, Anthony C. Johnson, Beverley
M1818 Altered Regulation of Lipogenic Genes in Mouse 3T3-L1 Greenwood-van Meerveld, Gary M. Mawe
Fibroblasts and Adipocytes Co-Cultured with Human
HEPG2 Hepatoma Cells
Edwin Ouyang*, David Cohen
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M1829 Role of Oxidative Stress and Prostaglandins On Colonic
Muscle Cell Damage Induced By Exposure of Human M1843 Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) and
Mucosa to a Pathogenic Lipopolysaccharide Serotonin Are Co-Stored in a Population of Mucosal
Michele Pier Luca Guarino*, Carola Severi, Simone Carotti, Enteroendocrine Cells of Intestine and Colon of Rat and
Webiao Cao, Ivan Tattoli, Anna Maria Altomare, Rossana Guinea Pig
Alloni, Renato Caviglia, Sara Emerenziani, Michele Cicala John R. Grider*, Melissa Gulick, Liya Qiao
M1830 Heterogeneities in ICC Activity Within the Canine and M1844 Enhanced Jejunal Secretory Function in Patients with
Murine Large Intestine in Situ Are Revealed By Ca2+ Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Fluorescent Imaging Magnus Simren*, Jenny Gustavsson, Evan A. Thomas, Joel
Peter Bayguinov*, Hyun-Tai Lee, Kyu Joo Park, Grant W. C. Bornstein, Henrik Sjovall
Hennig, Nick J. Spencer, Sean M. Ward, Kenton M.
Sanders, Terence K. Smith M1845 Targets of 5-HT Innervation in Guinea Pig Myenteric
Plexus
M1831 Control of Intestinal Epithelial Cell Proliferation By Kath B. Neal, Joel C. Bornstein*
Enteric Glial Cells: Impact in Colorectal Cancer
Laurianne van Landeghem*, Tor Savidge, Philippe Aubert, M1846 Expression of the Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid
Emmanuel Coron, Bernard Lardeux, Francois Paris, Jean- 4 (TRPV4) Channel in the Enteric Nervous System of
Paul Galmiche, Michel Neunlist the Rat
Na Gao*, Hong-Zhen Hu, Xiucai Fang, Sumei Liu, Gui-Jun
M1832 Ca2+ Imaging of Pacemaker Activity in Interstitial Cells Fei, Xiyu Wang, Guo-Du Wang, Yun Xia, Jackie D. Wood
of Cajal in Human Jejunum in Situ
Hyun-Tai Lee*, Grant W. Hennig, Neal Fleming, Sean M. M1847 Temporal and Regional Differences in the
Ward, Kathleen D. Keef, Nick J. Spencer, Kenton M. Gastrointestinal Motor Response to Infection with
Sanders, Terence K. Smith Schistosoma Mansoni
Faiza B. Abdu*, Osama Tayeb, David Grundy
M1833 Enteric Glia - Quantitative Comparison Between Human
M1848 Choline Transporter: An Additional Marker of
and Guinea Pig (GP) Enteric Nervous System (ENS)
Sebastian Hoff*, Christian Pehl, Florian Zeller, Claus von Cholinergic Nerves in the Enteric Nervous System
Weyhern, Michael Wegner, Michael Schemann, Anne Ruhl Andrea M. Harrington*, Margaret Lee, Sim-Yee Ong, Eric
Yong, Pam Farmer, John M. Hutson, Bridget R. Southwell
M1834 Regional Differences in Nitrergic Innervation to Mouse
M1849 Localization of 5-HT3 Receptors to Subsets of Myenteric
Lower Esophageal Sphincter (LES) Circular Smooth
Muscle (CSM) Neurons in the Mouse Small Intestine
Yong Zhang*, Hiroshi Mashimo, William G. Paterson Dima Alkawwas*, James Galligan
M1850 Distribution of R-Type Calcium Channels in the Enteric
M1835 Interaction Between Enteric Glia and Neurons in a
Nervous System of the Guinea Pig
Primary Cell Culture Model Derived from Embryonic
Mice Vinogran Naidoo*, Xiaochun Bian, James Galligan
Priya Gomes*, Werend Boesmans, Jozef Janssens, Jan Tack, M1851 Synaptic Transmission Between the Submucous Plexus
Pieter Vanden Berghe and Myenteric Plexus of the Guinea Pig Ileum
M1836 Local Inhibitory Reflexes Evoked By Mucosally Applied Rebecca L. Monro*, Paul P. Bertrand, Joel C. Bornstein
Nutrients and Sensory Mediators in Isolated Guinea-Pig

Jejunum
Rachel Gwynne, Joel Bornstein*
M1852 Sodium Hydrosulfide Changes Amplitude and Kinetics
of Inward Sodium Current in Human Jejunal Circular
Smooth Muscle Cells
Robert Kraichely*, Peter Strege, Michael Kendrick, Michael
M1837 Functional Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Are

Sarr, Joseph Szurszewski, Gianrico Farrugia
Expressed On Enteric Glia and Their Expression Is
Reduced During Colitis
Yasmin Nasser*, Catherine M. Keenan, Adrienne C. Ma, AGA Poster Session M
Donna-Marie McCafferty, Keith A. Sharkey 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A O
M1838 Neuropeptide Y Promotes the Survival and Proliferation LA Convention Center N
of nNOS-Containing Enteric Neurons
Mallappa Anitha*, Simon Mwangi, Shanthi V. Sitaraman,
Shanthi Srinivasan
Sponsored by: Pancreatic Disorders D
A
EXPERIMENTAL ACUTE PANCREATITIS II Y
M1839 Characteristics of the Serotonergic (1A) Receptor
Expressed By Mast Cells in Guinea-Pig Intestine Participants will be able to: MAY
Xi-Yu Wang*, Guo-Du Wang, Yun Xia, Sumei Liu, Na Gao, • Understand acinar cell signaling pathways in the initiation and 22
Gui-Jun Fei, Hong-Zhen Hu, Jackie D. Wood pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis.
M1840 Nitric Oxide Enhances Inhibitory Synaptic Input to M1853 Exon 10 in the CFTR Gene Is Critical for the Anti-
Non-Cholinergic Secretomotor Neurons of Guinea Pig
Ileum, But Also Enhances Their Excitability
Joel Bornstein*, Peipei J. Foong, Kathryn A. Marks,
Apoptotic Pancreatic Phenotype in Mice: Lessons
Learned from Separate CF Mouse Models
Matthew J. Dimagno*, Sae-Hong Lee, Yibai Hao, Chung
Zhihong Wang Owyang
M1841 Stretch-Induced Relaxation of the Lower Esophageal M1854 Experimental Pancreatitis in Cathepsin B-
Sphincter Overexpressing Mice
Ravinder K. Mittal*, Ibrahim Dogan, Jianmin Liu, Valmik Matthias Beier*, Barbara Brandt-Nedelev, Manuel
Bhargava Ruthenbuerger, Iveta Jaroscakova, Norbert Schachke,
Thomas Reinheckel, Julia Mayerle, Walter Halangk, Markus
M1842 Neurogenic Mucosal Bicarbonate Secretion Mediated By Lerch
the Purinergic P2y1 Receptor in Guinea-Pig Duodenum
Gui-Jun Fei*, Xiucai Fang, Xi-Yu Wang, Guo-Du Wang,
Sumei Liu, Na Gao, Hong-Zhen Hu, Yun Xia, Jackie D.
Wood
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M1855 Pathogenic Role of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase M1866 Fenofibrate, a PPARI α Agonist, Inhibits the Growth of
On Caerulein-Induced Acute Pancreatitis in Rats a Murine Colon Adenocarcinoma in Vivo
Yusuke Sugiyama*, Shinichi Kato, Shoji Mitsufuji, Takeshi Avraham Belizon*, Patrick K. Horst, Irena Kirman, Emre
Okanoue, Koji Takeuchi Balik, H M. Shantha Kumara, Suvinit Jain, Richard L.
Whelan
M1856 Treatment with Anandamide, a Cannabinoid 1 Receptor
Agonist, Increases the Severity of Edematous Acute M1868 Atropine Increases Survival in An LPS Model of Sepsis;
Pancreatitis a Kinetic Study
Artur Dembinski*, Zygmunt Warzecha, Jakub Cieszkowski, Joseph Fuentes*, Mark Talamini, Eric Hanly, Antonio
Wieslaw W. Pawlik, Ryszard Sendur, Romana Tomaszewska, Demaio
Beata Kusnierz-Cabala, Jerzy W. Naskalski, Peter C.
Konturek M1869 Identification of Chromosomal Domains of Differential
Gene Expression in Colorectal Cancer By Comparative
M1857 Extracellular Acidification Sensitizes the Rat Pancreatic Chromosomal Gene Expression Analysis (CCGEA)
Acinar Cell to Cerulein-Induced Protease Activation Joern Groene*, Stefan Roepke, Maya Heinze, Heinz J Buhr,
Thomas Jung*, Thomas Kolodecik, Christine Shugrue, Fred Eike Staub
Gorelick
M1870 Slit/Robo Signalling in Colorectal Cancer - Differential
M1858 Dual Effect of Ca2+ On Cytochrome C Release from Expression of Angiogenic Markers
Pancreatic Mitochondria: Role of Reactive Oxygen Joern Groene*, Oliver Doebler, Christoph Loddenkemper,
Species Heinz J. Buhr, Sarah Bhargava
Irina V. Odinokova*, Olga A. Mareninova, Kai Feng Sung,
Yuri V. Evtodienko, Anna S. Gukovskaya M1871 5-FU and PT-11 Significantly Reduce Intraperitoneal
Tumor Growth in Experimental Investigations of
M1859 Expressions of TLR2 and TLR4 in the Intestinal Mucosa Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
from Rats with Severe Acute Pancreatitis Arndt Hribaschek*, Frank Meyer, Matthias Pross, Karsten
Hidehiro Sawa*, Takashi Ueda, Yoshifumi Takeyama, Takeo Ridwelski, Regine Schneider-Stock, Hans Lippert
Yasuda, Naoki Matsumura, Takahiro Nakajima, Yoshikazu
Kuroda M1872 The Prevalence of Colorectal Neoplasia in End Stage
Renal Disease: A Case Control Study
M1860 Ethanol Stimulates Akt Phosphorylation in the Pancreas Sharon Lee*, Nir Wasserberg, Patrizio Petrone, Jason Rosca,
Through PTEN Oxidation: A Predisposing Factor in Rick Selby, Adrian Ortega, Howard Kaufman
Alcoholic Pancreatitis?
Olga A. Mareninova*, Aurelia Lugea, Irina V. Odinokova, M1873 Evaluation of the Physical Properties of a New Fully
Hidekazu Tsukamoto, Ilya Gukovsky, Stephen J. Pandol, Degradable Suture Material with a Shape Memory Effect
Anna S. Gukovskaya for Visceral Surgery
Christoph Reissfelder*, Joerg-Peter Ritz, Steffen Kelch,
M1861 Pancreatitis Associated Protein (PAP) Modulates Andreas Lendlein, Heinz Buhr
Cytokine Expression in Rat Macrophages
Domenico Viterbo*, Yin Yao Lin, Cathy M. Mueller, Michael M1874 Superoxide Enhancement of L-Type Ca2+ Channels in
E. Zenilman, Martin Bluth Colonic Smooth Muscle Is Dependent On Gβγ23 and
PI3-Kinase
M1862 Intragastric Ethanol Depresses Sphincter of Oddi Mandeep S. Saund*, Mahmood Zare, Madhu Prasad
Function in the Anaesthetized Australian Brush-Tailed
Possum
Yukio Sonoda*, Masahiko Kawamoto, Charmaine M. SSAT Poster Session
Woods, Ann C. Schloithe, James Toouli, Gino Saccone 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
SSAT Poster Session SSAT POSTER SESSION: BASIC / ESOPHAGEAL
M 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
LA Convention Center M1875 Aberrant DNA-Hypermethylation of Adenomatous
O Polyposis Coli (APC) and Death-Associated Protein
N SSAT POSTER SESSION: BASIC / BILIARY Kinase (DAPK) in Esophageal Cancer: Association with
D Response to Neaodjuvant Treatment and Prognosis
M1863 Capnoperitoneum Mediated Anti-Inflammatory Effect Is Jan Brabender*, Daniel Vallbohmer, Daniela Desombre, Ralf
A Peritoneal Macrophage Dependent Metzger, Stephan E. Baldus, Arnulf H. Holscher, Paul M.
Y Alexander Aurora*, Eric Hanly, Joseph Fuentes, Samuel Schneider
MAY Shih, Antonio Demaio, Mark Talamini
M1876 The Pathogenesis of Barrett’s Esophagus: Secondary Bile
22 M1864 Effect of Bile in the Pathogenesis of Acute Simple Acids Upregulate Intestinal Differentiation Factor CDX2
Mechanical Intestinal Obstruction Expression
Tzu-Ming Chang*, Lih-Min Tsai, Ruey-Hwa Lu Yingchuan Hu*, Valerie A. Williams, Oliver Gellersen,
Carolyn Jones, Thomas J. Watson, Jeffrey H. Peters
SSAT Poster Session M1877 Loss of Manganese SuperOxide Dismutase Expression
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Leads to Barrett’s Esophagus
LA Convention Center Robert C. Martin*, Yan Li, Ruby Su, John Wo
SSAT POSTER SESSION: BASIC / COLON-RECTAL M1878 On the Road to a Vaccine for Barrett’s Esophagus
Tomoharu Miyashita*, Todd D. Armstrong, Jiaai Wang,
M1865 Statins (HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors) Reduce Kiyoshi Yoshimura, Furhawn Shah, C.M.Shahbaz Sarwar,
Intraabdominal Adhesions By Increasing Peritoneal Pramod Bonde, Parsa Mohebi, Guy Marti, Elizabeth
Fibrinolytic Activity Via Mechanisms That May Involve Montgomery, Mark Duncan, Elizabeth M. Jaffee, John W.
the Rho Signaling Pathway Harmon
Cary Aarons*, Philip Cohen, Adam Gower, Karen L. Reed,
Arthur F. Stucchi, James M. Becker
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M1879 Cisplatinum Induced Apoptosis Is Associated with M1889 COX-1 and COX-2 Inhibitors Ameriolates Hepatic
Down-Regulation of DeltaNp63alpha in Cell Lines from Oxidative Stress During Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in
Rat Model of Reflux Induced Esophageal Cancer Rat
Tomoharu Miyashita*, Jiaai Wang, Engrid Wu, Yiping Eduardo Montalvo-Jave*, Arturo Ortega-Salgado, Montalvo-
Huang, Alexey Fomenkov, C.M.Shahbaz Sarwar, Guy Marti, Arenas Cesar, Enrique Pina, Carrasco Daniel, David Jay,
Elizabeth Montgomery, Mark Duncan, Edward Ratovitski, Andres Castel, Roberto Gleason
John W. Harmon
M1880 Expression of p63 As a Marker for Squamous SSAT Poster Session

Esophageal Carcinogenesis Induced By Duodeno- 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Esophageal Reflux in Sequential Rat Model LA Convention Center
Tomoharu Miyashita*, Jiaai Wang, C.M.Shahbaz Sarwar,
Katsunobu Oyama, Takashi Fujimura, Yiping Huang, Alexey SSAT POSTER SESSION: BASIC / PANCREAS
Fomenkov, Guy Marti, Elizabeth Montgomery, Mark
Duncan, Koichi Miwa, Edward Ratovitski, John W. Harmon M1890 Influence of Clinically Relevant Chemotherapeutics On
the Expression of Multidrug-Resistance Family Members
M1881 Cox-2 Gene Expression in Long Segment Barrett’s in Human Pancreatic Carcinoma Cell Lines
Esophagus Is Inflammatory in Origin Sven Eisold*, D.R. Nauheimer, Jan Schmidt, Thomas Giese,
Daniel S. Oh*, Steven R. Demeester, Jeffrey A. Hagen, Ernst Klar, Michael Linnebacher
Hidekazu Kuramochi, Koji Tanaka, Kathleen D. Danenberg,
Peter V. Danenberg, Christian G. Peyre, Cedric G. Bremner, M1891 Apigenin Inhibits Pancreatic Cancer Cell Proliferation
John Lipham, Tom R. Demeester via Down-Regulation of the GLUT-1 Glucose Transporter
Laleh Golkar*, Mohammad R. Salabat, Xian-Xhong Ding,
M1882 Short Tandem Repeat Polymorphism in EXON 4 of Michael B. Ujiki, Sambasiva M. Rao, Thomas E. Adrian,
Esophageal Cancer Related Gene - 2 As a Prognostic

Marker for Esophageal Carcinoma
Tamina Rawnaq*, Jussuf T. Kaifi, Paulus G. Schurr, Michael
Mark S. Talamonti, Richard H. Bell, Jill Pelling, David J.
Bentrem
Bubenheim, Oliver Mann, Emre F. Yekebas, Petra Merkert, M1892 Thioredoxin-Interacting Protein Expression Is Reduced
Viacheslav Kalinin, Bjoern-Christian Link, Tim Strate, in Metastatic Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors
Guido Sauter, Klaus Pantel, Jakob R. Izbicki David Y. Greenblatt*, Abram Vaccaro, Muthusamy
Kunnimalaiyaan, Anath Shalev, Herbert Chen
M1883 Towards the Molecular Characterization of Disease:
Comparison of Molecular and Histological Analysis of M1893 Diagnostic Relevance of Human Telomerase Reverse
Esophageal Epithelia Transcriptase (hTERT) Expression Detected By
Daniel Vallbohmer*, Paul Marjoram, Hidekazu Kuramochi, Immunohistochemistry in Pancreatic Tumors
Daisuke Shimizu, Hsuan Jung, Steve R. Demeester, Daniel Yasushi Hashimoto*, Eiso Hiyama, Yoshiaki Murakami,
Oh, Parakrama T. Chandrasoma, Kathleen D. Danenberg, Kenichiro Uemura, Yasuo Hayashidani, Takeshi Sudo, Yoichi
Tom R. Demeester, Peter V. Danenberg, Jeffrey H. Peters Sugiyama, Taijiro Sueda
M1894 Nf-κB Targeting in Pancreatic Cancer Promotes the

SSAT Poster Session Antiproliferative Effects of Gemcitabine
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Bryan Holcomb*, Michele Yip-Schneider, Matthew Ralstin,
LA Convention Center Jennifer Dixon, Julie Mahomed, Christopher Sweeney,
Harikrishna Nakshatri, Peter Crooks, Christian M. Schmidt
SSAT POSTER SESSION: BASIC / HEPATIC
M1895 A Nude Mouse Resection Model of Ductal Pancreatic
M1884 Impact of Left Portal Branch Ligation On Hepatic Cancer to Evaluate Novel Adjuvant Treatment Strategies
Microcirculation and Regeneration Hubert G. Hotz*, Birgit Hotz, Sarah Bhargava, Heinz J.
Michael C. Gock*, Christian Eipel, Brigitte Vollmar, Ernst Buhr
Klar
M1896 Adhesion Molecules Under Volume Therapy in a Pig M
M1885 Targeting MEK with PD325901 Inhibits hepatocellular Model of Acute Severe Pancreatitis O
carcinoma Growth in TGF-α Transgenic Mice Helge Kleinhans*, Oliver Mann, Jussuf T. Kaifi, Felix
Matthew Hennig*, Patrick Klein, Navin Bansal, Reinknecht, Bente Hansen, Marc Freitag, Emre Yekebas, N
Nedumangalam Hekmatyar, Sabrina Wentz, Amanda Norris, Jakob R. Izbicki, Tim G. Strate D
Stephen Noble, Courtney Doyle, Huangbing Wu, Yufang
M1897 Expression of Netrin-1 But Not of Its Receptors Has A
Wang, Jean Campbell, Nelson Fausto, Glenn Merlino,
Judith Sebolt-Leopold, C M. Schmidt Significant Influence On Time to Tumor Recurrence in Y
Patients with Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas MAY
M1886 Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor Supports Liver Bjoern-Christian Link*, Uta Reichelt, Matthias Schreiber,
Robin Wachowiak, Dean Bogoevski, Jussuf T. Kaifi, Susanne
22
Regeneration in a Surgical Small for Size Liver Remnant
Mouse Model Petri, Emre F. Yekebas, Jakob R. Izbicki
Daniel Inderbitzin*, Guido Beldi, Daniel Sidler, Rosy
Weimann, Peter Studer, Beat Gloor, Daniel Candinas M1899 N-Acetyl Cysteine Attenuates Pancreatic Injury and
Increases Expression Level of Gst-± Gene After
M1887 Effects of Pentoxifylline in Liver Regeneration After Pancreatic Ischemia-Reperfusion Induction Model in
Partial Hepatectomy in Rats Rats
Rodrigo B. Martino, Ana Maria M. Coelho, Sandra N. Roberto F. Meirelles*, Marcia S. Kubrusly, Sandra V. Sa,
Sampietre, Nilza A. Molan, Alcione S. Alexandre, Regina Nilza A. Molan, Maria L. Correa-Gianella, Daniel Gianella,
Leitao, Telesforo Bacchella, Marcel C C. Machado* Telesforo Bacchella, Marcel C. Machado
M1888 Effects of a High-Fat Diet with PUFAS-W-3 in the M1900 Methylene Blue Improves Hemodynamic Shock But
Hepatic and Pulmonary Disturbances Secondary to Increases Lipoperoxidation in Severe Acute Pancreatitis
Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury of Rat’s Liver Model
Ana Maria M. Coelho, Wellington Andraus, Sandra N. Roberto F. Meirelles*, Fernanda V. Borges, Paulo R. Evora,
Sampietre, Nilza A. Molan, Alcione S. Alexandre, Regina Reginaldo Ceneviva
Leitao, Telesforo Bacchella, Marcel C C. Machado*
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M1901 Protein Kinase C-Zeta Is Critical in Acute Pancreatitis- M1914 Heparanase-1 Expression in Carcinoid Tumors
Induced Kupffer Cell Apoptosis Naris Nilubol*, Todd Beyer, Carmen C. Solorzano, Paolo
Yanhua Peng, Celia Sigua, Scott F. Gallagher, Michel M. Gattuso, Xiulong Xu, Richard Prinz
Murr*
M1915 The Effect of L-Arginine and Aprotinin on Intestinal
M1902 Up-Regulation of MICA/B Expression in Panc-1 Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Pancreatic Cancer Cells By Radiation, Gemcitabine, and Constantine P. Spanos*, Christos Papakonstandinou,
5-Fluorouracil (5-Fu) Panagiota Papakonstandinou, Panagiotis Spanos
Geetha Rao*, Carmen Solorzano, Xiulong Xu, Richard Prinz
M1916 Enhancement of Neointestinal Cyst Formation Using
M1903 Overexpression of Geminin in Pancreatic Cancer Tissue Abdominal Wall Musculature in a Rat Model
and Its Down-Regulation By Apigenin Panagiotis Tryphonopoulos*, Werviston Defaria, Maria B.
Mohammad R. Salabat*, Xian Z. Ding, Laleh Golkar, Torres, Phillip Ruiz, Andreas Tzakis
Michael B. Ujiki, Sambasiva M. Rao, Richard H. Bell,
Thomas E. Adrian, Jill C. Pelling, Mark S. Talamonti, David
J. Bentrem SSAT Poster Session
M1904 In Vitro Evidence for Acinar Cell Cytokine Production LA Convention Center
Via Stress Kinase Activation
Isaac Samuel*, Asgar Zaheer, Rory A. Fisher SSAT POSTER SESSION: BASIC / STOMACH
M1905 Acute Pancreatitis Afeccts Kuppfer Cells Function By M1918 Functional Polymorphism in NFKB1 Promoter Is
Mechanism Dependent On Paf Related to the Risk of Gastric Cancer
Lourenilson J. Souza*, Marina T. Shio, Nilza A. Molan, Ana Su-Shun Lo*, Chew-Wun Wu
M. Coelho, Jose Eduardo M. Cunha, Jancar Sonia, Marcel
Cerqueira C. Machado M1919 Mechanisms of Body Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass
Surgery in Rats
M1906 Detection of Microsatellite Alteration in Serum DNA As Bjorn Stenstrom*, Marianne Furnes, Chun-Mei Zhao, Karin
a Tool for Differentiation Between Benign and Malignant

Diseases of the Pancreas
Robin Wachowiak*, Jussuf T. Kaifi, Bjoern C. Link, Dean
Tommeras, Carl-Jorgen Arum, Unni Syvenssen, Suzanne
Dickson, Duan Chen
Bogoevski, Guellue Cataldegirmen, Uta Reichelt, Lars

Wolfram, Jakob R. Izbicki, Emre F. Yekebas
M1907 Changes in the Systemic Innate Immune Response in
Two Experimental Models of Severe Acute Pancreatitis
Vincent S. Yip*, James J. Powell, Christopher O. Bellamy,
Ian F. Ansell, James A. Ross, Stephen J. Wigmore, O J.
Garden
SSAT Poster Session

SSAT POSTER SESSION: BASIC / SMALL BOWEL

M1908 Functional and Molecular Evidence for the Expression
of Autocrine Serotonin Receptors on an
Enterochromaffin Cell Line
M Jarrod D. Day*, Roberto C. Iglesias, Jessie G. Howell, Dorne
O R. Yager, John M. Kellum
N M1909 Hexose Transporter Expression in the Mouse Jejunum:
D Role of Diurnal Rhythms
Javairiah Fatima*, Scott G. Houghton, Judith A. Duenes,
A Michael G. Sarr
Y
MAY M1910 Molecular Analysis of Colonic Transformation in the
Ileum After Total Colectomy in Rats
22 Kouhei Fukushima*, Sho Haneda, Yuji Funayama, Chikashi
Shibata, Ken-Ichi Takahashi, Hitoshi Ogawa, Iwao Sasaki
M1911 The 5-HT3 Receptor Agonist 2-Methyl-5-HT Mediates

Nonneural Stimulation of Chloride Secretion in Human
Small Bowel
Roberto C. Iglesias*, Jarrod D. Day, Jessica G. Howell, John
M. Kellum
M1912 Molecular Mechanisms Contributing to Glutamine-

Mediated Intestinal Cell Survival
Shawn D. Larson*, J.N. Li, Dai H. Chung, B. Mark Evers
M1913 Regulation of Gut Gene Expression By Thyroid
Hormone Receptor Variants
Gitonga Munene*, Madhu S. Malo, Moushumi Mozumder,
Wenying Zhang, Premraj Pushpakaran, Richard A. Hodin
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COMBINED
AASLD Poster Session M1929 Waist Circumference As a Determinant of Visceral Fat

in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
Abhasnee Sobhonslidsuk*, Sutipong Jongjirasiri, Naruemon
LA Convention Center Wisedopas, Rojana Sirisriro, Pongamorn Bunnag, Gobchai
Puavilai
BILIARY PHYSIOLOGY, TRANSPORT, CHOLANGIOCYTE
BIOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL CHOLESTASIS - COMBINED M1930 The Innovative Continuous Breathid® Test System
Predicts the Extent of Hepatic Injury in Patients with
M1920 Modulation of Placental Bilirubin and Bile Acids Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Transporters During Cholestasis of Pregnancy

Francesco Azzaroli*, Albert Mennone, Valentina Feletti,
Patrizia Simoni, Maria Magliuolo, Emanuela Baglivo, Nicola
Marius Braun*, Orit Pappo, Eli Zuckerman, Jaqueline
Sulkes, Yona Kitai, Oranit Cohen, Hemda Schmilovitz
Weiss, Yaron Rotman, Doron Zamir, Steven Melnik, Ran
Rizzo, Francesca Lodato, Davide Festi, Antonio Colecchia, Tur-Kaspa, Ziv Ben Ari
Aldo Roda, Enrico Roda, James L. Boyer, Giuseppe Mazzella
M1931 Insulin Tolerance Test Is Comparable to Homeostasis
Model of Assessment for Insulin Resistance in Patients
AASLD Poster Session with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Ajay Duseja*, R Sialy, Kiran K. T, Ashim Das, R K. Dhiman,
LA Convention Center Anil Bhansali, Yogesh Chawla
NASH AND ASH: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL M1932 African Americans with Biopsy-Proven Nonalcoholic
Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Have Lower Serum ALT
M1921 Persistently High Mortality Rate of Alcoholic Liver Levels
Disease Despite the Hepatitis C Epidemic Tara N. Troy*, Bridget O'Brien, Dezheng Huo, Lucas
Vijay H. Shah, Joanne T. Benson, W. Ray Kim* Campbell, John Hart, Gautham Reddy, Nancy Reau, Helen
Te, Donald Jensen, Smruti Mohanty
M1922 Liver Carcinogenesis in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
(NASH)_ Relation to Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis M1933 Serum Ferritin Levels and Iron Status in Nonalcoholic
Satoru Yatsuji*, Etsuko Hashimoto, Maki Tobari, Mihoko Steatohepatitis: Effects of Pioglitazone Therapy
Takakura, Makiko Taniai, Katsutoshi Tokushige, Keiko Rohit Loomba*, David Kleiner, Glen Lutchman, Jake Liang,
Shiratori, Noriyuki Shibata, Makio Kobayashi Jay H. Hoofnagle
M1923 Clinical and Pathologic Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis M1934 Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Morbidly Obese Subjects:
in Cirrhosis: A Comparison Between NASH-Related Does Severity Correlate with Nonalcoholic
Cirrhosis and Cirrhosis Due to Other Etiologies Steatohepatitis?
Abdurrahman Kadayifci*, Vivian Tan, Philip C. Ursell, Diane Settles*, Susan Harding, Janani Arun, Ronald
Nathan M. Bass, Raphael B. Merriman Clements, Gary Abrams
M1924 Short-Term Effect of Diets of Varied Carbohydrate M1935 A Clinical Scoring System for Predicting Nonalcoholic
Content On Hypertransaminasemia in a Residential Steatohepatitis in Morbidly Obese Patients
Weight Loss Program Guilherme M. Campos, Umesh K. Tiwari*, Eric Vittinghoff,
Ayako Suzuki*, Martin Binks, Steve S. Choi, Ron Sha, Robi Linda Ferrel, Fernando Herbella, Stanley J. Rogers, Andrew
Gaswami, Eric Westman, Howard Eisenson, Anna Mae M. Posselt, Mark Pabst, Nathan M. Bass, Raphael B.
Diehl Merriman
M1925 P31 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of the Liver with M1936 Screening for Advanced Fibrosis Using Non-Invasive
Histologic Correlation in Patients with Nonalcoholic Biomarkers (FIBROTEST-FIBROSURE) in Diabetic M
Steatohepatitis Patients O
Curtis K. Argo, Charissa Y. Chang, Dattesh D. Shanbhag, Sophie Jacqueminet*, Rachel Morra, Mona Munteanu, Laure
Patrick G. Northup, Stephen H. Caldwell, Jack Knight- Devers, Djamila Messous, Maggy Bernard, Sandrine Jeanne,
N
Scott, Abdullah M. Al-Osaimi* Claude Sachon, Agnes Heurtier, Dominique Rousselot, D
M1926 Diagnostic Value of Two New Biomarkers
Francoise Imbert-Bismut, Anne Mercadier, Vlad Ratziu, A
Andre Grimaldi, Thierry Poynard
(STEATOTEST AND NASHTEST) for the Prediction of Y
Steatosis and Nonalcoholic Steato-Hepatitis (NASH) M1937 Exenatide Reduced Weight and Decreased Elevated MAY
Thierry Poynard*, Sylvie Naveau, Vlad Ratziu, Frederic Hepatic Alanine Transaminase (ALT) in Patients with
Charlotte, Francoise Imbert-Bismut, Djamila Messous, Mona 22
Type 2 Diabetes: 82-Week Interim Analysis
Munteanu, Yen Ngo, Dominique Thabut, Anne Mercadier, Matthew E. Wintle*, Loretta Nielsen, Xuesong Guan, John
Victor de Ledinghen H. Holcombe, David G. Maggs
M1927 Aminotransferase Levels and Ultrasonography Evidence M1938 The Role of Liver Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Non-
of Fatty Liver in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Steatohepatitis in
Disease (NAFLD) Change Over Time Reflecting Changes Hispanic Veterans with the Metabolic Syndrome
in Body Weight: A 3-Year Follow-Up Study Luis A. Armstrong*, Doris H. Toro, Federico Rodriguez-
Ayako Suzuki*, Ayako Muto, Toshihide Okada, Keith D. Perez, Kathia Rosado, Betty Chinea, David Rosario
Lindor, Paul Angulo
M1939 Assessing Quality of Life in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
M1928 Racial Differences in the Prevalence of Elevated ALT with the Liver Disease Quality of Life Instrument
Levels in Obese Patients (LDLQOL 1.0)
Radhika Aggarwal*, Mrudula Kumar, Reed Berger, Neil Sandeep Mukherjee*, Tamara Bernard, Anthony Barak,
Gupta, Thomas J. Layden, Scott Cotler Daniel F. Schafer, Michael F. Sorrell, Dean J. Tuma
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M1940 African Americans with Biopsy-Proven Nonalcoholic M1953 Protective Effect of S-Nitroso-N-Acetylcysteine (SNAC)
Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Have Less Advanced in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) in OB/OB Mice:
Histopathology Downregulation of Genes Belonging to Mitochondrial
Tara N. Troy*, Bridget O'Brien, Dezheng Huo, Lucas Fatty Acids Oxidation Pathways
Campbell, John Hart, Gautham Reddy, Nancy Reau, Helen Cpms Oliveira*, Jt Stefano, Vmr Lima, Fi Simplicio, Es
Te, Donald Jensen, Smruti Mohanty Mello, Sv Sa, Mlc Correa-Giannella, Frm Laurindo, Vaf
Alves, Mg Oliveira, D Giannella-Neto, Fj Carrilho
M1941 The Role of Bacterial Overgrowth in Patients with Non-
Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) M1954 High Fat Diet Induces Hepatic IL-6 and Hepcidin mRNA
Gerhard Treiber*, Jochen Weigt, Sven Kolfenbach, Andreas Expression in a Mouse Model of Nonalcoholic
Leodolter, Peter Malfertheiner Steatohepatitis
Ottar M. Bergmann*, Maleah Mathahs, Kimberley
M1942 Risk Factors Associated with Liver Disease Among Broadhurst, Kyle Brown
Participants in the Imss Health Worker Cohort Study in
Cuernavaca, Mexico M1955 Increased Susceptibility to Dietary Steatohepatitis in
Yvonne Flores*, Juan Carlos Diaz, Guillermo Cabrera, Diabetic Kk Mice
Enrique Carmona, Jyoti Mudgal, Roshan Bastani, Jorge Kyoko Okumura*, Kenichi Ikejima, Kazuyoshi Kon,
Salmeron Tomonori Aoyama, Kumiko Arai, Yoshiyuki Takei,
Nobuhiro Sato
M1943 Magnetic Resonance Diffusion and Spectroscopy
Findings in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis M1956 Crucial Role of Extra Hepatic Derived Nitric Oxide in
Aliya Qayyum*, Antonio Westphalen, Susan Noworolski, the Development of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
Daniel Vigneron, Bonnie Joe, Nathan M. Bass, Raphael B. Koji Fujita*, Masato Yoneda, Hiroki Endo, Yuichi Nozaki,
Merriman Hiroyuki Kirikoshi, Satoru Saito, Atsushi Nakajima
M1944 N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) Associated with Metformin M1957 Deficiency in the Expression of Toll-Like Receptor 4, Its
(MTF) Improves Steatosis and Fibrosis in Patients with Co-Receptor, Md-2, Or the TLR Adapter, Myd88,
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Pilot Study Provides Protection Against Diet-Induced Steatohepatitis
Cpms Oliveira*, Ls Silva, Dfc Mazo, F Rabelo, Er Bertges, and Fibrosis
Ck Furuya Jr, Es Mello, Vaf Alves, Fj Carrilho Arumugam Velayudham*, Istvan Hritz, Gyongyi Szabo
M1945 Pilot Study Assessing Two Biochemical Serum Marker M1958 Gene Expression in Hepatocyte-Specific Pten-Deficient
Algorithms for the Prediction of Liver Fibrosis in Mice As An Animal Model of Nonalcoholic
Patients with Non Alcoholic/Alcoholic Fatty Liver Steatohepatitis
Disease [NAFLD/Afld] Wataru Sato*, Yasuo Horie, Ei Kataoka, Shigetoshi
Thai Quach*, Gerry MacQuillan, Enrico Rossi, Gary Jeffrey Ohshima, Takahiro Dohmen, Takashi Goto, Kouichi Miura,
Kenichirou Mikami, Kazuo Yoneyama, Michiko Sato,
M1946 Metabolic Syndrome Is a Major Risk Factor for Daisuke Watanabe, Tomomi Shibuya, Daisuke Segawa,
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Among Patients with Ayako Endoh, Satoko Takeuchi, Ryutarou Yoshino, Akira
Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Suzuki, Sumio Watanabe
Vinay Sundaram*, Patrick G. Northup, Mohan Nadkarni,
Rodney K. Riddle, Stephen H. Caldwell, Carl L. Berg, M1959 Protective Effect of Yo Jyo Hen Shi Ko (YHK) in
Abdullah M. Al-Osaimi Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) in OB/OB Mice:
Increased Ppar-α Gene Expression
M1947 A Decision Analysis of the Value of Liver Biopsy in Jt Stefano*, Cpms Oliveira, Vmr Lima, Sv Sa, Rmb
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Branches, Mlc Correa-Giannella, D Giannella-Neto, Fj
Jill Jinks*, Bruce Hillner, Arun Sanyal Carrilho
M1948 Long-Term Follow-Up of Troglitazone Therapy in M1960 Pparα Protects Against High Fat Diet Induced Hepatic
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Patients Inflammation
M Curtis K. Argo, Patrick G. Northup, Julia C. Iezzoni, Rinke Stienstra*, Stephane Mandard, David Patsouris, Cathy
O Abdullah M. Al-Osaimi, Stephen H. Caldwell* Maass, Sander Kersten, Michael Muller
N M1949 Decreased Cd1d Expression On Fatty Hepatocytes M1961 Global Gene Expression Analysis of Nonalcoholic
D Contributes to Nkt Cell Depletion in Obesity-Related Steatohepatitis (NASH) Compared with Nonalcohol
Fatty Livers Steatosis
A Liu Yang*, Jiawen Huang, Yi Qi, Anna Mae Diehl Masato Yoneda*, Koji Fujita, Hiroki Endo, Yuichi Nozaki,
Y Hiroyuki Kirikoshi, Satoru Saito, Hiroyuki Aburatani,
M1950 Lipoprotein Lipase Activator NO-1886 Ameliorates the
MAY Atsushi Nakajima
Severity of Dietary Steatohepatitis in Mice
22 Jun Yu*, Eagle Sh Chu, Henry Ly Chan, Wai K Leung, M1962 Comprehensive Gene Profiling of the Liver in a Mouse
Joseph Jy Sung Model of High Carbohydrate Diet-Induced Hepatic
Steatosis
M1951 Hepatocyte Apoptosis in NAFLD Patients with Elevated
Ion Deaciuc*, Zhenyuan Song, Xuejun Peng, Craig McClain
Versus Normal GGT
Billur Canbakan*, Hakan Senturk, Vakur Olgac, Huriye M1963 Effects of Pentoxifylline On TNF-α Production By
Balci, Semra Dolek Guler, Necdet Sut, Ibrahim Hatemi Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Patients with
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
M1952 Cell Protective Function of Epimorphin Against
Deniz G. Duman*, Filiz Ozdemir, Esra Birben, Ozlem
Oxidative Stress Caused By Hydrogen Peroxide Keskin, Emel Demiralp, Cigdem Celikel, Omer Kalayci,
Takahiro Dohmen*, Shigetoshi Ohshima, Yasuo Horie, Ei Cem Kalayci
Kataoka, Wataru Sato, Takashi Goto, Kouichi Miura, Kazuo
Yoneyama, Michiko Sato, Tomomi Shibuya, Daisuke M1964 Serum Adiponectin and Resistin in Non-Alcoholic Fatty
Watanabe, Daisuke Segawa, Ayako Endoh, Satoko Takeuchi, Liver Diseases (NAFLD) and Arteriosclerosis
Ryutaro Yoshino, Masahiro Iizuka, Yohei Hirai, Akira Ancha Baranova, Niv Ad, Shobha Gowder, Hazem Elariny,
Suzuki, Sumio Watanabe Suleiman Younossi, Mohammed Jarrar, Rochelle Collantes,
Lucas Collazo, Vikas Chandhoke, Zobair Younossi*
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M1965 Utility of 13c-Methacetin Breath Test in the Evaluation M1976 Is Abdominal Obesity Associated with Symptoms of
of the Extent of Hepatic Injury in An Animal Model Gastroesophageal Reflux in General Population?
Haim Shirin*, Hussein Aeed, Vladimir Sorin, Mark Enrique Rey*, Cristina Moreno Elola Olaso, Fernando
Shahmurov, Yona Avni Rodriguez Artalejo, Manuel Diaz-Rubio
M1966 Pravastatin, a HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor, Attenuates M1977 Acid Output Control with Esomeprazole in Patients
Hepatic Oxidative Stress to Retard Liver Fibrogenesis of with Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome and Idiopathic Gastric
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Diseases in An in Vivo Study: Acid Hypersecretion: Final 12-Month Results
An Evidence for Therapeutic Potential of Statin On David C. Metz*, Joseph R. Pisegna, Philippe Ruszniewski,
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Christopher E. Forsmark, John Monyak, Mark B. Sostek
Motoki Inoue*, Susumu Tazuma, Hideyuki Hyogo, Daisuke
Komichi, Toshiya Kobuke, Michihiro Nonaka, Keiko M1978 Nitric Oxide Arising from the Lumen At Gastro-
Iwamoto, Yoshitaka Nabeshima, Tomokazu Ishitobi, Esopahgeal Junction Could Have Cytotoxic Effect to the
Takeyoshi Ajima, Daiki Miki, Hiroya Yamamoto, Kazuaki Adjacent Gastric Tissue in Human
Chayama Kiyotaka Asanuma*, Katsunori Iijima, Nobuyuki Ara,
Syuichi Ohara, Tetsuhiko Yoshimura, Tooru Shimosegawa
AGA Poster Session M1979 Angiotensin II Type 1A Receptor Blockade Attenuates

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Gastric Inflammation and Fibrosis in Experimental
LA Convention Center Ulcer Healing
Takahiro Suzuki*, Masaaki Kuroda, Norimasa Yoshida,
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders Tomohisa Takagi, Osamu Handa, Satoshi Kokura, Hiroshi
Ichikawa, Yuji Naito, Takeshi Okanoue, Toshikazu
ACID-PEPTIC AND OTHER GASTRODUODENAL Yoshikawa
DISORDERS M1980 Endogenous Prostaglandins (PG) and Melatonin in Ulcer
M1967 Is Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) Therapy a Risk Factor Healing
for C. Difficile Infection? Stanislaw Konturek*, Tomasz Brzozowski, Peter C.
Rohinee Beri*, Michael P. Jones, Colin W. Howden Konturek
M1968 Acidic Media Increases the Expression of Dickkopf M1981 Intravenous Administrations of Proton Pump Inhibitor
Homolog 1 (DKK-1) and 4 (DKK-4) in Esophageal (Omeprazole) Before and After Meals Produce Similar
Epithelial Het-1A Cells Effects On Inhibitions of Gastric Acid Secretions
Irshad Ali*, Parvaneh Rafiee, Vicki Nelson, Aaron Pradermchai Kongkam*, Varocha Mahachai, Sutep
Rogaczewski, David G. Binion, Reza Shaker Gonlachanvit
M1969 Ghrelin Attenuates the Experimental Induced M1982 Effect of Naprosyn On Gastric Acid Secretion and
Esophagitis Gastric pH
Peter C. Konturek*, Tomasz Brzozowski, Grzegorz Burnat, Sheila Rodriguez-Stanley*, Nancy Redinger, Philip B. Miner
Robert Pajdo, Eckhart G. Hahn, Konturek J. Stanislaw M1983 Gastrointestinal Complications in Post Renal Transplant
M1970 Prevalence, Incidence and Disappearance Rate of Patients - a Single Center Experience
Symptoms of Gastroesophageal Reflux During Nandini Nagaraj*, Chukwuma I. Egwim, Douglas G. Adler
Pregnancy: A Prospective Longitudinal Study M1984 Is There Any Relationship Between Pernicious Anemia
Enrique Rey*, Puy Sanchez, Miguel Angel Herraiz, Angel and Iron Deficiency ?
Alvarez Sanchez, Fernando Rodriguez-Artalejo, Manuel Stephanie Lagarde, Nicolas Jovenin, Marie-Daniele Diebold,
Escudero, Manuel Diaz-Rubio Roland Jaussaud, Virginie Cahn, Eric Bertin, Damien Jolly,
M1971 Long-Term Gastric pH Monitoring with Bravo Wireless Gerard Thiefin, Guillaume Cadiot*
System: Effect of Omeprazole On Acidic Environment in M1985 The Burden of Non-Heartburn Predominant Dyspepsia
Patients with Endoscopically Resected Gastric Cancer M
On Patients Lives. Results from the STARS II Study
Jin Yonezawa*, Mitsuru Kaise, Takuji Yamasaki, Yukinaga Katarina Halling*, Ingela Wiklund, Nigel Flook, Nimish O
Yoshida, Mori Naoki, Kato Masayuki, Kenichi Gouda, Hisao Vakil, Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Karsten Lauritsen, N
Tajiri Tore Persson, Johan Brun, Lars-Erik Svedberg, Nicholas J. D
M1972 A Novel Technique for Prolonged Studies of Gastric Talley
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Acid Secretion in Free Roaming Conscious Rats
Tobias Rudholm, Colin A. Campbell, Peter G. McLean, Per
M1986 Acceptability and Tolerance of Lansoprazole Orally Y
Desintegrating Tablet in Patients Requiring a PPI
M. Hellstrom, Erik Naslund* MAY
Treatment
Ruszniewski Philippe*, Terpereau Arara 22
M1973 Nighttime Acid Suppression with Proton Pomp Inhibitor
(PPIs): Are All Nights the Same? M1987 Three Centuries of Stomach Symptoms in Scotland
Jenny Liu, Yuhong Yuan, Richard H. Hunt* J H. Baron, Fiona Watson, Amnon Sonnenberg*
M1974 Validation of the Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease M1988 Chronic Urticaria Is Associated with Mast Cell
Impact Scale - A Patient Management Tool for Primary Infiltration in the Gastroduodenal Mucosa
Care Francesca Minnei, Charlotte Wetzels, Gert de Hertogh*,
Roger Jones*, Karin Coyne, Ingela Wiklund Peter van Eyken, Nadine Ectors, Rossano Ambu, Gavino
M1975 The Correlation Between Upper Gastrointestinal Faa, Anne-Marie Kochuyt, Karel Geboes
Symptoms and Plasma Ghrelin in Patients with Peptic M1989 Effect of Increasing Esomeprazole and Lansoprazole
Ulcer Dose On Day- and Nighttime Acid Control in Healthy
Sun Young Yang*, Oh Young Lee, Sung Hee Han, Dae Won Subjects
Jun, Byoung Joo Roh, Chang Ok Yoon, Hang Lak Lee, Clive Wilder-Smith*, Tore Lind, Christina Lundin, Mia
Byung Chul Yoon, Ho Soon Choi, Jun Soo Hahm, Min Ho Svensson, Catharina Nilsson-Pieschl, Kerstin Rohss
Lee, Dong Hoo Lee, Choon Suhk Kee
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M1990 20mg Six Hourly Bolus Dosing of rabeprazole As M2002 Patients with Non-Erosive Reflux Disease (NERD)
Effective As Infusion: A Wireless Intragastric pH Demonstrate Upregulation of TRPV1 Receptors in the
Assessment Distal Esophagus As Compared to the Other GERD
Rupa Banerjee*, Rajesh Gupta, Sandeep Lakhtakia, Arun Groups
Maseeh, Manu Tandan, Venkat G. Rao, Nageshwar D. Ram Dickman*, Pankaj J. Pasricha, John Winston, Mohan
Reddy Shenoy, Diley Hernandez, Ronnie Fass
M1991 High Blood Pressure and Symptoms of Gastroesophageal M2003 Influence of Intra-Esophageal Capsaicin Instillation On
Reflux: Impact On Health-Related Quality of Life Heartburn Induction and Desensitisation in Man
Enrique Rey*, Cristina Moreno Elola Olaso, Fernando Sebastien Kindt*, Rita Vos, Daniel Sifrim, Jozef Janssens,
Rodriguez Artalejo, Manuel Diaz-Rubio Jan Tack
M1992 The Effect of Candida Albicans On Healing of Duodenal M2004 High Resolution Manometry (HRM) of the EGJ in
Ulcer Induced By Cysteamine in Rats Normal Subjects and Symptomatic Patients; a Selective
Longxue Jin*, Masashi Yoshida, Tetsuya Nakamura, Hideki Analysis of the Crural Diaphragm (CD) Component
Ishikawa, Yoshiro Saikawa, Kaori Kameyama, Koichiro John E. Pandolfino*, Qing Zhang, Sudip K. Ghosh, John
Kumai, Tetsuro Kubota, Yoshihide Otani, Go Wakabayashi, Rice, John P. Norvell, Peter J. Kahrilas
Minoru Tanabe, Shigeyuki Kawachi, Katsuko Sano, Masaki
Kitajima M2005 Effect of Body Position Changes On Postprandial
Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastric Emptying in the
M1993 Severe Burn Injury Alters Gastric Slow Wave and Premature Neonate
Gastric Emptying in Rats Michiel P. van Wijk*, Nathalie Rommel, Ros Lontis, Louise
Hanaa S. Sallam*, Hermes M. Oliveira, Jiande Chen Goodchild, Ross Haslam, Marc A. Benninga, John Dent,
Geoff P. Davidson, Taher Omari
M1994 Pepsinogen I Correlates with Severe Esophagitis and
Barrett’s Esophagus M2006 Effects of Ecabet Sodium On Chronic Acid Reflux
Klaus Moenkemueller*, Ulrich Peitz, Thomas Wex, Daniel Esophagitis in Rats
Jaspersen, Joachim Labenz, Wolfgang Meyer-Sabellek, Sn Daisuke Asaoka*, Akihito Nagahara, Yuko Izumi, Akimitsu
Willich, Marc Nocon, Manfred Stolte, Tore Lind, Peter Ohkawa, Akihiko Kurosawa, Masato Kawabe, Mariko Hojo,
Malfertheiner Toshoku Minoo, Ryuichi Ohkusa, Toshifumi Ohkusa, Hiroto
Miwa, Nobuhiro Sato
M1995 Polymorphisms of Exon 4 of P53 Gene in Gastric
Intestinal Metaplasia in Hungary M2007 Pattern of Acid Reflux During Transient Lower
Dominika Szoke*, Bela Molnar, Zsolt Tulassay Esophageal Sphincter Relaxations (TLESRs) Differ
Among Patients with Mild and Severe Reflux
M1996 Natural History of Dyspepsia in Primary Care: Esophagitis and Healthy Subjects
Incidence, Risk Factors, Comorbidity and Mortality Katsuhiko Iwakiri*, Yoshinori Hayashi, Makoto Kotoyori,
Mari-Ann Wallander*, Saga Johansson, Ana Ruigomez, Luis Noriyuki Kawami, Yuriko Tanaka, Akihiko Kawakami,
A. Garcia Rodriguez Choitsu Sakamoto, Richard H. Holloway
M1997 Declining Incidence of Duodenal Ulcers Compared to M2008 What Is the Transsphincteric Pressure Gradient Before a
Gastric Ulcers in a 10 Years Endoscopic Database TLESR Takes Place?
Marcel Groenen*, Ernst J. Kuipers, Rob J.Th. Ouwendijk R Frankhuisen*, Ma van Herwaarden, Rch Scheffer, Hg
Gooszen, Gs Hebbard, M Samsom
AGA Poster Session M2009 One to One Relationship Between Esophageal
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Contractions, Bolus Transit and Perception of Dysphagia
LA Convention Center in Healthy Subjects and Patients with GERD
George Karamanolis*, Tony Lerut, Jiry Silny, Jan Tack,
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders Daniel Sifrim
M
O GERD PATHOGENESIS M2010 The Definition of GERD: A Global, Evidence-Based
Consensus
N Participants will be able to: Nimish Vakil*, Sander Vanzanten, Dent John, Peter
D • Evaluate recent research on the pathophysiology of GERD. Kahrilas, Roger Jones
A M1998 The Gastric Sling Fiber/Clasp Fiber Pressure Profile Is M2011 Effect of Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy On
Y
MAY Significantly Decreased in Patients with GERD
Thomas McKenna*, Annapurna Korimilli, Anil K. Vegesna,
Parkman Henry, Brasseur James, Larry S. Miller
Inflammatory Changes in the Gastric Cardia (Carditis)
Shailender Singh*, Sharad Mathur, Amit Rastogi, Srinivas R.
Puli, Ajay Bansal, Prateek Sharma
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M1999 Changes in Compliance Following Laparoscopic Nissen M2012 Mast Cells Promote Neutrophil Infiltration in a Mouse
Fundoplication Measured By a New Technique (FLIP)

Hanneke Beaumont*, Barry P. McMahon, Willem
Bemelman, Hans Gregersen, Guy Boeckxstaens
Model of Reflux Esophagitis
Jeffrey Morganstern*, Ming-Yu Wang, Barry K. Wershil
M2013 Gene Expression of IL-8 and IL-1β: Quantitative

M2000 The Effect of Food Composition (Energy Density and Biomarkers of Esophageal Squamous Injury
Fat Content) in Patients with Gastro-Oesophageal Koji Tanaka, Daniel S. Oh*, Steven R. Demeester, Jeffrey A.
Reflux Disease Hagen, Dong Yun Yang, Hidekazu Kuramochi, Kathleen D.
Mark Fox*, Carole Barr, Suzanne Nolan, Miranda Lomer, Danenberg, Peter V. Danenberg, Cedric G. Bremner, John
Angela Anggiansah, Terry Wong Lipham, Tom R. Demeester
M2001 Does Gastric Leptin in the Refluxate Contribute to M2014 Excessive Post-Prandial Transient Lower Esophageal
Healing of the Esophageal Mucosa? Sphincter Relaxation (TLESR) Causes GERD in Obesity.
Fritz Francois*, Adam J. Goodman, Jatin Roper, Michelle A Study of Esophageal Motility in Patients with
Mourad, Asalia Z. Olivares de Perez, Guillermo I. Perez- Moderate and Severe Obesity
Perez, Zhiheng Pei, Martin J. Blaser Justin Wu*, Lik Man Mui, Carrian Cheung, Philip Chiu,
Joseph Sung
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M2015 The Acid Pocket Rivisited with Wireless pH Monitoring M2029 Obesity Is Associated with Increased Esophageal Acid
Roberto Penagini*, Ausilia Grigolon, Paolo Cantu', Ivana Exposure
Bravi Hashem El-Serag*, John Pandolfino, Stephanie Fitzgerald,
Jennifer R. Kramer, Thomas Tran, Gulchin Ergun
M2016 Transient Lower Esophageal Sphincter Relaxation
(TLESR) Is Associated with Arousal, But Reflux M2030 Characteristics of Gastroesophageal Reflux in
Esophagitis (RE) Has Multiple Causes in Patients with Symptomatic Patients with and Without Excessive Distal
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) Esophageal Acid Exposure
Shiko Kuribayashi*, Motoyasu Kusano, Yasuyuki Albert J. Bredenoord*, Bas L. Weusten, Robin Timmer,
Shimoyama, Osamu Kawamura, Masaki Maeda, Tatsuya Andre J. Smout
Higuchi, Atsuto Nagoshi, Hiroaki Zai, Kunio Dobashi,
Masatomo Mori M2031 Air Swallowing, Belching and Reflux in Patients with
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
M2017 Do We Finally Understand the Underlying Mechanism Albert J. Bredenoord*, Bas L. Weusten, Robin Timmer,
of Increased Reflux During TLESRs in GERD Patients? Andre Smout
R Frankhuisen*, Ma van Herwaarden, Rch Scheffer, Hg
Gooszen, Gs Hebbard, M Samsom M2032 SERT Genotype in GERD Compared to Healthy
Volunteers
M2018 The Junctional Adehesion Molecules Occludin and D.R. de Vries*, Jose Ter Linde, Margot A. van Herwaarden,
Zonulin (ZO-1) Are Expressed in Squamous and Cardia Melvin Samsom
Mucosa of Patients with Non-Erosive and Erosive
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease M2033 Prevalence of Nocturnal Heartburn and Night-Time
Klaus Moenkemueller*, Ulrich Peitz, Thomas Wex, Mike Reflux in Patients with Non-Erosive Gastroesophageal
Beyer, Sven Kolfenbach, Peter Malfertheiner Reflux Disease and Erosive Esophagitis
Jose M. Remes-Troche*, Maribal Gonzalez-Gutierrez, Mariel
M2019 Relationship Between Acidity of Gastroesophageal Mejia, Ana T. Abreu y Abreu, Jose A. Chavez-Barrera,
Reflux, Acidity of Gastric Content and Gastric Miguel A. Valdovinos
Emptying. Effect of Erythromycin
Daniel Sifrim*, Kathleen Blondeau, Sara Emerenziani, Jan M2034 Determinants of Proximal Extent of Gastroesophageal
Tack, Jeremy Gale, Jozef Janssens, Jiry Silny Reflux: Esophagitis, Acidity and Viscosity of the
Refluxate
M2021 Transient Lower Oesophageal Sphincter Relaxation and Sara Emerenziani*, Michele Cicala, Xin Zhang, Mentore
Mechanisms of Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux in Twins Ribolsi, Renato Caviglia, Michele Pier Luca Guarino, Daniel
Discordant for Gord Symptoms Sifrim
Imtiyaz Mohammed*, Angela Anggiansah, Roy Anggiansah,
Lynn F. Cherkas, Tim D. Spector, Nigel J. Trudgill M2035 Significant Enhancement of Salivary Protective
Components in Males with Chronic Heartburn
M2022 GERD, BMI, and Body Fat Distribution: A Large Cross- Symptomatology: A New Insight Into the Balance
Sectional Study Between Aggressive Factors and Protective Mechanisms
Douglas A. Corley*, Ai Kubo, Wei Zhao Tomasz Jaworski, Marek Majewski, Irene Sarosiek, Stanley
Edlavitch, Grzegorz Wallner, Richard W. McCallum, Jerzy
M2023 Don't Eat Before You Sleep, Or Your Nightmares May Sarosiek*
Come True
Michael Piesman*, Inku Hwang, Corinne Maydonovitch, M2036 Experience from the Progerd Study Suggests That GERD
Roy K. Wong Is Not a Categorical Disease
Joachim Labenz*, Michael Kulig, Marc Nocon, Stefan
M2024 Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) Is a Risk Factor for Willich, Daniel Jasperson, Andreas Leodolter, Tore Lind,
GERD in Morbidly Obese Patients Wolfgang Meyer-Sabellek, Michael Vieth, Manfred Stolte,
Mohamed Merrouche, Julien Pouzoulet, Dominique Peter Malfertheiner
Maillard, Jean Marc Sabate, Pauline Jouet, Simon Msika,
Severine Ledoux, Christine Clerici, Benoit Coffin* M2037 The Relevance of Helicobacter Pylori Eradication to M
Reflux Esophagitis O
M2025 Esophagitis Is Associated with Enlarged Unbuffered Satoru Yagi*, Hiroyuki Okada, Ryuta Takenaka, Yoshiro
Postprandial Acid Pocket Kawahara, Masatsugu Miyoshi, Humiya Yoshinaga, Tatsuya N
Alan T. Clarke*, Angela A. Wirz, Jonathan J. Manning, S Toyokawa, Jiro Miyaike, Atsushi Imagawa, Eiichiro Yumoto, D
Ballantyne, D Alcorn, Kenneth E. McColl Akiko Hujiwara, Yasushi Shiratori A
M2026 Rilevance of Cell Proliferation in the Esophageal Mucosa M2038 Is Eradication of H. Pylori Infection Ever Followed By Y
Defence GERD? A Meta-Analysis MAY
Carlo Calabrese*, Davide Trere, Anna Fabbri, Manuela Vici, Mohammad Yaghoobi*, Yuhong Yuan, Richard H. Hunt
Giovanna Cenacchi, Desiree Zahlane, Massimo Derenzini, 22
Giulio Di Febo M2039 Relevance of Liquid-Gas and of Weakly Acidic Reflux in
Non Erosive Reflux Disease
M2027 A Polymorphism in PTPN11 and Not Interleukin-8 Is Sara Emerenziani*, Xin Zhang, Mentore Ribolsi, Renato
Associated with GERD Among Helicobacter Pylori Caviglia, Michele Pier Luca Guarino, Daniel Sifrim, Michele
Infected Japanese Cicala
Takafumi Ando*, Yasuyuki Goto, Osamu Maeda, Kazuhiro
Ishiguro, Osamu Watanabe, Naoki Ohmiya, Yasumasa Niwa, M2040 Is the Postprandial Acid Pocket At the Gastro-
Nobuyuki Hamajima, Emad M. El-Omar, Hidemi Goto Esophageal Junction Associated with a Bile Pocket?
Raf Bisschops*, Daniel Sifrim, Rita Vos, Jozef Janssens, Jan
M2028 Salivary Gland Scintigraphy in Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Tack
Disease
Yoshihisa Urita*, Susumu Ishihara, Kenichiro Arai, Jun M2041 Impedance Monitoring (Imp) Shows That Body Position
Kondo, Tatsuo Akimoto, Hiroto Kato, Noriko Hara, and Fasting Influence Reflux Composition
Hideyuki Koshino, Yoshiko Honda, Yoko Nagai, Kazushige Steven Shay
Nakanishi, Nagato Shimada, Motonobu Sugimoto, Masaaki
Takano, Sanshin Hayashi, Kazumasa Miki
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M2042 Facilitating Mechanisms for Gastroesophageal Reflux M2054 Effect of Sparkling Water On HCO3- Secretion in Rat
(GER): Evidences for Uneven Mixing of Gastric Juice Stomach and Duodenum
and Food Content Yoko Sasaki*, Eitaro Aihara, Yoko Nomura, Fumitake Ise,
Bermudez Jimena, Raul G. Yazigi*, Pruzzo Rossana, Morales Koji Takeuchi
Barbara, Monica Pena
M2055 Lafutidine, a Mucosal Protective H2 Receptor
M2043 Shortening of the Abdominal Component of the Lower Antagonist, Prevents Acid-Pepsin Induced Interstitial
Oesophageal Sphincter Following a Meal Acidification in Rat Esophagus
Jonathan J. Manning*, Angela Wirz, Kenneth E. McColl Yasutada Akiba*, Jonathan D. Kaunitz
M2044 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, But Not Helicobacter M2056 Effects of Inhibition of Epithelial Ion Transport and
Pylori Infection Leads to Major Changes of Lectin Carbonic Anhydrase On the Regulation of Intracellular
Staining Patterns in Chronically Inflamed Cardiac pH in Response to CO2 Perfusion in Mouse Duodenal
Mucosa Villous Cells
Helmut Neumann, Thomas Wex*, Michael Vieth, Ulrich Tetsu Takeuchi*, Yasutada Akiba, Misa Mizumori, Claudiu
Peitz, Albert Roessner, Peter Malfertheiner T. Supuran, Paul H. Guth, Eli Engel, Jonathan D. Kaunitz
M2045 Role of Aracidonic Acid Metabolism in Rat Acid Reflux M2057 Accumulation of the Anti-Apoptosis Protein, Survivin, in
Esophagitis Gastric Epithelial Cells Following Exposure to Low-
Tsuyoshi Hayakawa*, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Masaki Dose Ethanol Is Mediated Via Increased Expression and
Hamaguchi, Takashi Sugawa, Masatsugu Okuyama, E.J. Activation of Cyclin B1-P34Cdc2: Implications for
Sasaki, Toshio Watanabe, Kazunari Tominaga, Nobuhide Adaptive Cytoprotection Against Gastric Injury
Oshitani, Kazuhide Higuchi, Tetsuo Arakawa Michael K. Jones*, Oscar R. Padilla, Nicole A. Webb
M2046 A Study of Bile Exposure Immediately Above the M2058 Ghrelin-Induced Gastric Secretory Activity and
Gastro-Oesophageal Junction in GERD Patients Gastroprotection Against Acute Gastric Lesions Involves
Raf Bisschops*, Daniel Sifrim, Toon de Greef, Rita Vos, Increased Expression of Histidine Decarboxylase (HDC)
Jozef Janssens, Jan Tack and Histamine Release
Tomasz Brzozowski*, Peter C. Konturek, Zbigniew
M2047 Duodenogastro-Esophageal Reflux in Children with Sliwowski, Danuta Drozdowicz, Michal Pawlik, Greg
Refractory Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease Burnat, Stanislaw J. Konturek, Wieslaw W. Pawlik, Eckhart
Ilse Hoffman*, Toon de Greef, Nancy Haesendonck, Jan G. Hahn
Tack
M2059 Profound Differences in the Rate of Secretion of
Esophageal Protective Components Between Males and
AGA Poster Session Females with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Could Be
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A a Factor Contributing to Mucosal Injury and
LA Convention Center Complications
Marek Majewski, Tomasz Jaworski, Irene Sarosiek, Kathy
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders Roeser, Sandra Sostarich, Stanley Edlavitch, Grzegorz
Wallner, Richard W. McCallum, Jerzy Sarosiek*
MUCOSAL DEFENSE MECHANISMS
M2060 Tegaserod Stimulates Bicarbonate Secretion By
M2048 Ecto-Enzymes Carbonic Anhydrase and Alkaline Esophageal Submucosal Glands and Protects Against
Phosphatase Coordinately Alter Rat Duodenal Acid-Pepsin Injury in a Pig Model
Bicarbonate Secretion Solange M. Abdulnour-Nakhoul*, Nelia Tobey, Ximena C.
Yasutada Akiba*, Misa Mizumori, Tetsu Takeuchi, Claudiu Vanegas, Scott A. Wheeler, Karen Brown, Roy C. Orlando
T. Supuran, Paul H. Guth, Eli Engel, Jonathan D. Kaunitz
M2061 Lafutidine, a Mucosal Protective H2 Receptor
M2049 Phosphodiesterase Isozymes Involved in Regulation of Antagonist, Sensitizes the Mucosal Response to Luminal
M HCO3- Secretion in Mouse Duodenum in Vitro Acid in Rat Duodenum
O Masamune Hayashi, Kazutomo Kita*, Eitaro Aihara, Koji Yasutada Akiba*, Jonathan D. Kaunitz
Takeuchi
N M2062 Pathogenic Importance of Pepsin in Ischemia/
D M2050 Phosphodiesterase Isozymes Involved in Regulatory Reperfusion-Induced Mucosal Injury in Rat Stomachs
Mechanism of Gastric HCO3- Secretion Tohru Kotani*, Atsushi Kobata, Kikuko Amagase, Koji
A Yoko Nomura*, Masamune Hayashi, Kazutomo Kita, Eitaro Takeuchi
Y Aihara, Koji Takeuchi
MAY M2063 Aggravation By Selective Serotonin RE-Uptake Inhibitors
M2051 Hypoxia, Endothelial Dysfunction and Enhanced (SSRIs) of Antral Lesions Induced By Indomethacin in
22 Apoptosis Are Key Mechanisms for Increased Rats: Effects of Antisecretory and Mucosal Protective
Susceptibility of Aging Gastric Mucosa to Ethanol Injury Drugs
Andrzej S. Tarnawski*, Rama Pai, Tetsuya Tanigawa, Akiko Tanaka*, Yuka Takahira, Nahoko Izumi, Koji
Tomohiko Akahoshi, Jianyuan Chai, Aihua Li, Eric Chu Takeuchi
M2052 Regulation of HCO3- Secretion in Esophageal M2064 Bile Acids Induce a Shift Towards a TH2 Cytokine
Submucosal Glands Profile in Barrett’s Esophagus
Solange M. Abdulnour-Nakhoul*, Nazih L. Nakhoul, Scott L.M.G. Moons, P.D. Siersema*, Z.M.A. Groothuismink,
A. Wheeler, Roy C. Orlando A.H.M. van Vliet, E.J. Kuipers, J.G. Kusters
M2053 Phosphatidylinositol-3 Kinase Is Involved in M2065 Further Evidence for Involvement of Prostaglandin E
Prostaglandin E2-Mediated Murine Duodenal Receptor Subtype 3 in Duodenal HCO3- Secretion in
Bicarbonate Secretion Rats
Biguang Tuo*, Ursula Seidler Eitaro Aihara*, Yoko Sasaki, Fumitaka Ise, Yoko Nomura,
Koji Takeuchi
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M2066 Role of Glucocorticoid Hormones in Protective Influence M2077 Arfgap-6 Is Essential for Acid Secretion in Gastric
of Preconditioning Mild Stress Against Stress-Induced Parietal Cells
Gastric Ulceration in Rats Xia Ding*, Zhen Guo, Zhiyou Fang, Fengsong Wang,
Ludmila Filaretova*, Akiko Tanaka, Kozue Ishikawa, Tatiana Rihong Zhou, Xinwang Cao, John G. Forte, Xuebiao Yao
Bagaeva, Koji Takeuchi
M2078 Dual Influence of Nitric Oxide On Gastric
M2067 Mechanisms Underlying Compensatory Gastroprotective Hypersecretion Caused By Stomach Distension;
Action of Glucocorticoid Hormones During Inhibition of Acid Secretion and Stimulation of Pepsin
Desensitization of Capsaicin-Sensitive Sensory Neurons Secretion
in Rats Ryo Matsuo*, Yuuki Matsuzaka, Shinichi Kato, Koji
Ludmila Filaretova*, Peter Bobryshev, Tatiana Podvigina, Takeuchi
Tatiana Bagaeva, Akiko Tanaka, Hanae Shiraishi, Koji
Takeuchi M2079 Inihibition of COX-1, But Not COX-2, Enhances Proton
Pump (PP) Expression in Rabbit Parietal Cells (PC)
M2068 Dual Influence of Portal Hypertension On Gastric Jyotirmoy Nandi*, Natalie Pavelock, J. Michael Zinkievich,
Mucosal Defense Robert A. Levine
Kazuhiro Fukushima*, Takuya Endo, Yoshikazu Kubo,
Shinichi Kato, Koji Takeuchi M2080 ΔF508 Is Necessary for CFTR-Modulated Secretagogue-
Induced Acid Secretion
M2069 Lansoprazole Protects Gastric Mucosa from H.pylori- Shafik M. Sidani*, Philipp Kirchhoff, Elisa Ferreira, Marie
Induced Oxidative Injury by Up-Regulating NRF2- Egan, John P. Geibel
Dependent Antioxidant Enzymes in Mice
Akinori Yanaka*, Ken Itoh, Hirofumi Matsui, Masafumi M2081 Partial Inhibition of Acid Secretion in Isolated Rat
Tauchi, Hideo Suzuki, Takeshi Shibahara, Akira Nakahara, Gastric Glands with Low Concentrations of Etoh
Ichinosuke Hyodo, Masayuki Yamamoto Artur Vardanyan*, John Geibel, Stanley Dudrick
M2070 Effect of Inflammatory Cytokines On the Expression of M2082 Which Has Superior Acid-Suppressive Effect,
TFF1 (pS2) in Gastric Epithelial Cells Omeprazole 10 Mg Once Daily Or Famotidine 20 Mg
Tadahito Shimada*, Takero Koike, Kyoko Tabei, Takashi Twice Daily? Effect of Single Or Repeated
Namatame, Akihiro Tajima, Masashi Yoneda, Hideyuki Administration of Omeprazole or Famotidine in
Hiraishi Helicobacter Pylori-Negative Cyp2c19 Extensive
Metabolizers
M2071 Oral But Not Parenteral Aspirin Upregulates COX-2 Tomohiko Shimatani*, Masaki Inoue, Tomoko Kuroiwa,
Expression in Rat Stomachs: A Causal Relationship Mutsuko Moriwaki, J.N. Xu, Masuo Nakamura, Hiroshi
Between COX-2 Expression and Prostaglandin Mieno, Susumu Tazuma, Kazuro Ikawa, Norifumi Morikawa
Deficiency
Kaoru Nishikawa*, Aya Yokota, Yuji Mashita, Masaki M2083 Somatostatin Receptor Type 2 Knockout Mice Display
Taniguchi, Koji Takeuchi Inhibitory Effect of Galanin On ECL Cells But Enhanced
Action of Gastrin On Parietal Cells
Chun-Mei Zhao*, Vicente Martinez, Laura Piqueras, Yvette
AGA Poster Session Tache, Duan Chen
LA Convention Center M2084 Direct Visualization and Aspiration During Endoscopic
Gastric Analysis Enhances Accuracy and Reproducibility
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders of Acid Output Measurement in Zollinger-Ellison
Syndrome
GASTRIC SECRETION: MECHANISMS AND REGULATION Hank S. Wang*, David S. Oh, Gordon V. Ohning, Joseph R.
Pisegna
M2072 Involvement of Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors
Subtype 4 in Carbachol-Induced Acid and Pepsinogen M2085 Endogenous Cannabinoids (Endocannabinoids) Regulate
Secretion in Mice
Takuya Endo*, Takeshi Aihara, Kikuko Amagase, Minoru
Matsui, Susumu Okabe, Koji Takeuchi
Gastric Acid Secretion Via Cb1, Cb2, and VR1
Receptors
Robert Flynn*, Prabhat Dwivedi, Shyamal Premaratne, Wei
M
O
Hou, Robert McCuen, Mitchell Schubert N
M2073 Inhibitory Mechanism of Tenatoprazole in Vivo D
Jai M. Shin*, Michel Homerin, Florence Domagala, Herve A
Ficheux, George Sachs AGA Poster Session
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Y
M2074 Gastric Acid Secretion in Isolated Rat Gastric Glands Is LA Convention Center MAY
Inhibited By Insulin
Roman Schniepp*, Philipp A. Lang, Philipp Kirchhoff, Basil Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology
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Hirshowitz, John Geibel
ESOPHAGEAL CANCERS AND BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS:
M2075 Identification of Rab27b in Gastric Parietal Cells BIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
Serhan Karvar*, Lixin Zhu, James M. Crothers, John G.
Forte M2086 Expression of Prostaglandin E2 Receptor Subtypes in
M2076 Postprandial Gastric Acid Neutralization-Reacidification
Measured with An Ingested pH Telemetry Capsule:
Barett’s Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Pilar Jimenez*, Elena Piazuelo, Mark Strunk, Sonia
Santander, Pilar Irun, Miguel Angel Simon, Asuncion
Correlation with Emptying of Digestible and Garcia, Ricardo Sainz, Angel Lanas
Indigestible Solids
William L. Hasler*, Henry P. Parkman, Alan Hutson,
William D. Chey, Kenneth L. Koch, Richard W. McCallum,
John M. Wo, Braden Kuo, Michael Sitrin, Kevin Stevens,
Beverly Landrigan, Jack R. Semler, Radoslav Coleski
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M2087 Endoscopic Mucosal Resection As a Diagnostic M2099 Loss of Klf4 Alters the Proliferation-Differentiation
Modality: Interrater Diagnostic Correlation for

Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Specimens Is Better Than
Biopsy Specimens
Equilibrium in Mouse Esophageal Epithelia
Bree G. Goldstein*, Yizeng Yang, Jonathan P. Katz
Mari Mino-Kenudson*, Mindy J. Hull, Ian Brown, Alona M2100 Her-2/Neu Amplification and Over Expression in
Muzikansky, Amitabh Srivastava, Joseph Misdraji, Do-Youn Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Park, Jonathan Glickman, Lawrence R. Zukerberg, Robert Bernard S. Stacey, James D. Shutt*, Ghasem Yadegarfar,
D. Odze, Gregory Y. Lauwers Praful Patel, Adrian C. Bateman
M2088 Reg I Expression in Untreated Endoscopic Biopsy M2101 Prospective Comparison of Transthoracic (TTe) Versus
Specimens Predicts Long-Term Survival Among T4 Transhiatal (THe) Oesophagectomy Following
Thoracic Squamous Cell Esophageal Cancer Patients Neoadjuvant for Oesophageal Cancer
Treated with Chemoradiotherapy Followed By Matthew Morgan*, Wyn Lewis, S Burrows, D Goricha, Neil
Esophagectomy Hopper, Michael Stephens, Ashley Roberts, Alison Brewster,
Satoru Motoyama*, Toshihiro Sugiyama, Yasuharu Ueno, Tom Crosby, Timothy Havard, Geoffrey Clark
Hiroshi Okamoto, Shin Takasawa, Hiroshi Nanjo, Kiyotomi
Maruyama, Manabu Okuyama, Kenji Sasaki, Jun-Ichi M2102 Over-Expression of mRNA and Protein of CDC25B and
Ogawa LAMC2 in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinomas from
a High-Risk Population in China
M2089 Value of Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) and Clinical/ Philip Taylor*, Jin-Zhong Shou, Nan Hu, Mark Roth, Laura
Endoscopic Findings As Predictors of Disease Extent Lee Johnson, Carol Giffen, Quan-Hong Wang, Chaoyu
and Regional Lymph Node Status in Esophageal Cancer Wang, Yuan Wang, Hua Su, Li-Hui Kong, Michael Emmert-
(EC) Buck, Alisa Goldstein, Stephen Hewitt
Gregory Zuccaro*, Thomas W. Rice, John J. Vargo, John R.
Goldblum, Lisa A. Rybicki, Rocio A. Lopez, Dumot A. John, M2103 Comparison of DNA Ploidy Determination By Flow
David J. Adelstein, Patricia A. Trolli, Eugene H. Blackstone Cytometry (FC) and Image Cytometry (IC) in
Esophageal Adenocarcinoma (EAC)
M2090 Gastric Atrophy May Be Associated with the Qin Huang*, Chenggong Yu, Raj K. Goyal
Development of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the
Esophagus in Japan M2104 Photodynamic Therapy Is of Benefit in Treatment of
Katsunori Iijima*, Tomoyuki Koike, Hitoshi Sekine, Akira Early Oesophageal Carcinoma
Imatani, Shuichi Ohara, Tooru Shimosegawa Carol F. Craig*, Mhari MacPherson, Heather Hodgson,
Joanna Gray, Mark Zammit, Grant Fullarton
M2091 Evidence from Barrett’s Carcinogenesis That CYP26A1 Is
Implicated in Cancer M2105 Prognostic Significance of Body Mass Indices (BMI) in
Chih-Long Chang*, Pierre Lao-Sirieix, Rebecca C. Fitzgerald Patients Undergoing Esophagectomy for Carcinoma
Matthew Morgan*, Neil Hopper, Wyn Lewis, Xavier Escofet,
M2092 Expression of Stem Cell Markers CD34 and THY1 in Alison Brewster, Tom Crosby, Timothy Havard, Geoffrey
Adenocarcinoma of Esophagogastric Junction and Their Clark
Prognostic Implications
Kuniaki Aridome*, Henning C. Fiegel, Bjoern-Christian M2106 Prospective Cohort Comparison of Neoadjuvant
Link, Dean Bogoevski, Jussuf T. Kaifi, Robin Wachowiak, Chemoradiotherapy Versus Chemotherapy for Patients
Dietrich Kluth, Emre F. Yekebas, Takashi Aikou, Jakob R. Diagnosed with Oesophageal Cancer
Izbicki Matthew Morgan*, Sarah Burrows, Deenita Goricha, Neil
Hopper, Xavier Escofet, Ashley Roberts, Alison Brewster,
M2093 Environmental Risk Factors for Cancer Development Tim Havard, Geoff Clark, Tom Crosby, Wyn Lewis
Are Not Different Between Patients with Esophageal and
Gastric Cardia Adenocarcinoma M2107 Gadd45 and P27 mRNA Expression in Esophageal
Leonieke Wolters, Pieter-Jan F. de Jonge*, Ernst J. Kuipers, Cancer: Association with Histopathologic Response to
Peter D. Siersema Neoadjuvant Therapy and Prognosis
M Daniel Vallbohmer*, Hiroshi Higashi, Shuichi Hokita, Ralf
O M2094 The Biological Role of Low Affinity Neurotrophin Metzger, Ute Warnecke-Eberz, Stephan E. Baldus, Jan
Receptor (p75NTR) in Esophageal Squamous Cell Brabender, Martin Kocher, Rolf-Peter Mueller, Takashi
N Carcinoma Aikou, Arnulf H. Hoelscher, Paul M. Schneider
D Tomoyuki Okumura*, Shigeru Tsunoda, Yukiko Mori,
M2108 What Is the Relationship Between H.pylori Infection and
A Tetsuo Ito, Keiji Kikuchi, Timothy C. Wang, Shigeru
Esophageal Malignancy?
Yasumoto, Yutaka Shimada
Y Changcheng Wang*, Yuhong Yuan, Richard H. Hunt
MAY M2095 Socio-Economic Status Plays NO Role in Decision
Making On Diagnosis and Treatment of Esophageal M2109 No Methylation Or Reduction in the Expression of
22 TIMP3 in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus
Cancer in the Netherlands
Evelyn P.M. van Vliet*, Marinus J.C. Eijkemans, Ernst J. from a Region of High Incidence in China
Kuipers, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Ate van der Gaast, Peter D. Eric Smith*, Maria Caruso, Zi-Qing Tian, Jun-Feng Liu,
Siersema John J. Kelly, Andrew R. Ruszkiewicz, Paul A. Drew
M2096 The Changing Epidemiology of Esophageal Cancer in M2110 Late Toxicity After Definitive Chemoradiotherapy for
the Middle East - Twenty Year Experience from Kuwait Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Iqbal Siddique*, Saeed Akhtar, Anjum Memon, Fuad Hasan Yosuke Kumekawa*, Kazuhiro Kaneko, Hiroaki Ito,
Toshinori Kurahashi, Taikan Yamamoto, Meiko Kuwahara,
M2097 Clinical and Endoscopic Factors Predict Higher Yotaro Kubota, Takashi Muramoto, Michio Imawari
Pathologic Grades of Barrett’s Esophagus
Sharmila Anandasabapathy*, Marta Davila, Caimaio Wei, M2111 The Effect of CDGP On Phosphorylation of Histone
Jeffrey Morris, Robert Bresalier H2ax Induced By Irradiation in Esophageal Squamous
Cancer Cells
M2098 Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Reduce the Takahisa Furuta*, Naohito Shirai, Mitsushige Sugimoto,
Incidence of Esophageal Cancer: A Study of Half a Akiko Nakamura, Satoshi Osawa, Mutsuhiro Ikuma,
Million US Veterans Masayoshi Kajimura, Akira Hishida
Vikas Khurana*, Kondal Kyanam, Gloria Caldito
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AGA Poster Session M2123 Relative Benefit of Laparoscopy in Addition to CT in
Staging Junctional Gastric Cancer
Jonathan Barry*, Neil Hopper, Michael Stephens, Guy
LA Convention Center Blackshaw, Paul Edwards, Matthew Morgan, Gerald
Thomas, Wyn Lewis
M2124 May Expression of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and
GASTRIC CANCERS: BIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS AND Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Combined with
TREATMENT Epstein-Barr Virus Infection Influence On the Prognosis
of Gastric Carcinoma?
M2112 Therapeutic Gene Transfer of a Glycosyltransferase, Jeong-Seon Ji*, Hiun-Suk Chae, Jin-Hyoung Kang, Kyoung-
Which Is Exclusively Expressed in Normal

Gastrointestinal Mucosa, Efficiently Prevents Gastric
Cancer Metastasis
Mee Kim, Gyeong-Sin Park, Hyung-Keun Kim, Young-Seok
Cho, Sung- Soo Kim, Kyu-Yong Choi, In-Sik Chung
Yuki I. Kawamura*, Yasuo Adachi, Rei Kawashima, Noriko M2125 Possible Involovement of Ghrelin in Gastric
Mizutani, Noriko Toyama-Sorimachi, Norihiro Nishimoto, Cancerogenesis
Taeko Dohi Peter C. Konturek*, Kazimierz Rembiasz, Anna Zub,
Grzegorz Burnat, Joanna Kania, Eckhart G. Hahn, Stanislaw
M2113 An Orthotopic Nude Mouse Model to Evaluate Novel J. Konturek
Treatment Strategies for Gastric Cancer in Corpus and

Cardia
Birgit Hotz, Hubert G. Hotz*, Sarah Bhargava, Heinz J.
M2126 Mixed Intestinal and Diffuse Type Histology Is a Risk
Factor for Lymph Node Metastasis of Early Gastric
Buhr Cancer
Naoko Tsuji*, Singo Ishiguro, Masatoshi Kudo
M2114 Use of Angiogenesis Inhibitor Bevacizumab in
Minimizing Peritoneal Dissemination of Stomach M2127 Regulation of HIF-1 Induced Multidrug Resistance By
Cancer - A Randomized Control Trial in An Animal MGR1-Ag in Gastric Cancer Cells
Model Li Sun, Lili Liu, Yongquan Shi, Xiaoxuan Ning, Changcun
Enders K. Ng*, Angela M. Hui, Lydia K. Lung, Wai Keung Guo, Yanglin Pan, Tao Lin, Jie Liang, Shuang Han, Yu
Leung, Joseph J. Sung Chen, Kaichun Wu, Daiming Fan*
M2115 Helicobacter Pylori and Upper Gastrointestinal Tract M2128 Expression of Thrombospondin-1 and VEGF in Gastric
Cancers: The Results of a Long-Term Prospective Study

Farin Kamangar*, You-Lin Qiao, Hormuzd Katki, Christian
C. Abnet, Zhi-Wei Dong, Philip R. Taylor, Sanford M.
Carcinoma
Wan-Sik Lee*, Chang-Hwan Park, Young-Eun Joo, Hyun-
Soo Kim, Sung-Kyu Choi, Jong-Sun Rew, Sei-Jong Kim,
Dawsey Chang-Soo Park
M2116 Comprehensive Analysis of Allelic Imbalance By Using M2129 Expression of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflmmatory Drug-
High-Density Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Array in Activated Gene in Gastric Adenoma and Carcinoma
Gastric Cancer Cell Lines Jeong Youp Park*, Seungmin Bang, Myoung Hwan Kim,
Motohisa Tada*, Fumihiko Kanai, Yasuo Tanaka, Lian-Jie Kyung Hwa Park, Seung Woo Park, Jae Bock Chung, Sang
Lin, Keisuke Tateishi, Osamu Yokosuka, Masashi Sanada, Suk Koh, Si Young Song
Yasuhito Nannya, Seishi Ogawa, Masao Omata
M2130 C/EBP-Beta Is Over-Expressed in Gastric Carcinoma and
M2117 Predictive Markers for Responsiveness to Chemo- Is Associated with the Expression of Cyclooxygenase-2
Radiation Therapy in Patients with Esophageal Goncalo Regalo, Paulo Canedo, Gianpaolo Suriano, Carlos
Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Immunohistochemical Resende, Maria J. Oliveira, Ceu Figueiredo, Fatima
Analysis of Pretherapeutic Biopsy Specimens Carneiro, Raquel Seruca, Jose C. Machado*
Yukihiro Nakanishi*, Yae Kanai, Setsuo Hirohashi
M2131 Usefulness of DAS-1 Monoclonal Antibody to Detect the
M2118 Inhibition of VEGFR Reduces Polyp Burden in a Mouse Intestinal Metaplasia Associated with Gastric Cancer M
Model of Intestinal Cancer Montse Forne*, Clarisa Gonzalez, Jaume Casalots, Ferran O
Denis Alferez*, Robert A. Goodlad, James Watkins, Fernandez-Banares, Maria Esteve, Merce Rosinach, Jorge
Anderson Ryan, Steve Wedge, Richard Poulsom, Ian Pyrah, Espinos, Josep Maria Viver, Antonio Salas N
Nikki Mandir, Robert Wilkinson D
M2132 Clinical Significance of CT-Defined Minimal Ascites: An
M2119 The Disintegrin Metalloproteinase ADAM17 Is Increased Analysis Focusing On Survival Outcome of Gastric A
in Gastric Cancer Cancer Y
K Danjo*, A Corvalan, Pa Robinson, Je Crabtree Hyuk Lee*, Dong Kyung Chang, Poong-Lyul Rhee, Jae J. MAY
Kim, Jong Chul Rhee
M2120 In Vitro Functional Assessment of CDH1 Germline 22
Missense Mutations and Implications for Clinical M2133 Does Early Upper GI Cancer Cause Symptoms?
Management of Asymptomatic Mutation Carriers Martin J. Maida*, Rosie Crimmins, Jill Swift, Green John
Gianpaolo Suriano*, Fatima Carneiro, Carla Oliveira,
Fernando Regateiro, David G. Huntsman, Sergio Castedo, M2134 Early Gastric Carcinoma: Results of Endoscopic Mucosal
Jose Carlos Machado, Raquel Seruca Resection
Michael Sackmann*, Klaus-Dieter Schmidt, Hans Brehm,
M2121 An Important Role of Rhoc in the Metastasis Progress of Hans-Martin Baumueller
Gastric Cancer
Guoyun Zhang, Na Liu, Feng Bi, Yanglin Pan, Yulei Du, M2135 Influence of Gender On Precancerous Changes Leading
Daiming Fan* to Intestinal Type Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer
Mohammad H. Derakhshan*, Reza Malekzadeh, Valerie
M2122 Net1 - A Novel Activator of RHOA and Gastric Cancer Fyfe, Abbass Yazdanbod, Masoud Sotoudeh, Nasser
Cell Invasion Rakhshani, Abbass Kazemi, Kenneth E. McColl
David W. Murray*, Jan Leyden, Gerry McEntee, Conor
O'Keane, Padraic MacMathuna, Peter Doran M2136 Clinical and Pathologic Characteristics of Gastric
Cancer in Elderly Koreans
Dong Ho Lee, Youn Joo Kim*, Nayoung Kim, In Sung
Song, Hyun Chae Jung, Young Soo Park, Suk Hyang Jung
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M2145 Contribution of MYH Mutations to Colorectal Cancer in
a British Asian Population
AGA Poster Session Sunil Dolwani*, Geraint Williams, West Kevin, Joseph
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Newman, David Stock, Paul Griffiths, Jacqueline Best,
LA Convention Center Jeremy Cheadle, Julian Sampson
Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology M2146 Possible Association of Polymorphisms in the COX-2
Gene with Risk of Adenoma Development in An
GI LYMPHOMAS AND STROMAL TUMORS African-American Case-Control Study
Hassan Ashktorab*, Lucile Adams-Campbell, Mamoon
M2137 Protein Kinase C Theta (Pkcθ) Differentiates Elbedawi, Mohammad Daremipouran, John Kwagyan,
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs) from Other Ahmad Akhgar, Akhter Shahina, Shirly Tsang, David J.
Spindle Cell Tumors Expressing Kit Munroe, Iu Ali, Duane Smoot
Linan Wang*, Anette Duensing, Adrian Gologan, Shih-Fan
Kuan M2147 The Risk of Interleukin-1beta Gene in Esophageal,
Gastric and Colorectal Carcinomas
M2138 The Natural History of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Hiroaki Ito*, Kazuhiro Kaneko, Toshinori Kurahashi, Taikan
and Leiomyomas: A Prospective Evaluation Via Serial Yamamoto, Yosuke Kumekawa, Meiko Kuwahara, Yutaro
Endoscopic Ultrasound Surveillance Kubota, Takashi Muramoto, Michio Imawari
Vu Kwan*, Ian D. Norton, David B. Jones
M2148 APC Polymorphism in Subjects At Average and
M2139 Significant Correlation Between Helicobacter Pylori Increased Risk for CRC
Genotypes and Time to Clinical Remission After Oleg Dolkart*, Eliezer Liberman, Moshe Leshno, Miri
Eradication Therapy in Low-Grade Gastric MALT Revivo, Nadir Arber
Lymphoma - First Results from a Prospective
Multicenter Trial M2149 The Role of Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Alcohol-
Renate Schmelz*, Dana Grossmann, Christian Thiede, Associated Colorectal Carcinogenesis
Monic Dawel, E Kuhlisch, Stephan Miehlke, Daniela Aust, Michael Marks, Monika Benesova, Felix Stickel, Markus W.
Gerhard Ehninger, Manfred Stolte, Andrea Morgner-Miehlke Buechler, Helmut K. Seitz*
M2140 Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors in a M2150 MDR1 Polymorphism Is Associated with Reduced Risk
Defined Canadian Health Region: A Population Based of Gastric Carcinoma in Japanese Population
Study Tomomitsu Tahara*, Tomiyasu Arisawa, Tomoyuki Shibata,
Brian Yan*, Gil G. Kaplan, Stefan Urbanski, Carla L. Nash, Mituo Nagasaka, Yoshio Kamiya, Hiroshi Fujiita, Ichiro
Paul L. Beck Hirata, Hiroshi Nakano
M2141 Long-Term Outcome of Low-Grade Gastric MALT M2151 The Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme Gene Insertion/
Lymphoma After Helicobacter Pylori Eradication: A Deletion Polymorphism Is Linked to Early Gastric
Prospective Single Center Study Cancer
You Sik Choi*, Jae Hee Cheon, Jong-Yeol Lee, Byung Duk Matthias Ebert*, Jutta Dierkes, Christian Folwaczny,
Ye, Sang Gyun Kim, Joo Sung Kim, Hyun Chae Jung, In Manfred Stolte, Christoph Roecken, Peter Malfertheiner
Sung Song
M2152 Effect of Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms On
Colorectal Cancer Progression
AGA Poster Session Damien Matusiak*, Robert Carroll, Richard Benya
AGA Poster Session
Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
M MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETIC
O POLYMORPHISMS IN GI CANCERS Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology
N M2142 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Associated PANCREATIC CANCERS: BIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS AND

D with Sporadic Colorectal Cancer: A Case-Control Study THERAPY (II)
A David Weinberg*, Kathryn Irenze, Daniel Chasman, Kristin
Ardlie M2153 Cost As a Barrier to Acceptance of a Pancreatic Cancer
Y Surveillance Program in Familial High-Risk Individuals
MAY M2143 Gastric Cancer Susceptibility Is Not Linked to Pro- Or Jennifer Simon*, Sara Olson, Emmy Ludwig, Robert C.
22 Anti-Inflammatory Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms in Kurtz
Caucasians: A Nation-Wide Multicenter Study
Maria Asuncion Garcia-Gonzalez*, Mark Strunk, Rafael M2154 Ubiquitin Specific Protease 14 Induced Pancreatic
Benito, Angel Lanas, Enrique Quintero, David Nicolas, Cancer Cell Growth Inhibition and Apoptosis
Santos Santolaria, Federico Sopena, Miguel Angel Simon, Toshiyuki Ishiwata*, Kazumitsu Cho, Shunji Ishiwata,
Cristina Pascual, Adolfo Parra-Blanco, Jesus Espinel, Rafael Taeko Suzuki, Kiyoshi Teduka, Yoko Kawamoto, Takenori
Campo, Marisa Manzano, Fernando Geijo, Maria Pellise, Fujii, Kiyoko Kawahara, Nando Nakazawa, E.J. Uchida,
Ferran Gonzalez-Huix, Miguel Nieto, Jorge Espinos, Lluisa Takashi Tajiri, Zenya Naito
Tito, Luis Bujanda, Manuel on Behalf of the Spanish AEG
M2155 Impact of CIS-Hydroxyproline On JAK/STAT3 Pathway
Zaballa
in Pancreatic Carcinoma Cells
M2144 Influence of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Gisela Sparmann*, Christoph Mueller, Robert Jaster, Stefan
Promoter Region of Interleukin-8 Gene On Progression Liebe, Joerg Emmrich
and Metastasis of Gastric Cancer
M2156 Down Regulation of LET-7 Micro RNA in Human
Ayumu Taguchi*, Naoki Ohmiya, Nobuyuki Mabuchi,
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Takafumi Andoh, Osamu Maeda, Akihiro Itoh, Yoshiki
Michele Bouisson, Barbara Bournet, Nicole Vaysse, Lucien
Hirooka, Yasumasa Niwa, Hidemi Goto
Pradayrol, Jean Escourou, Louis Buscail, Pierre Cordelier*
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M2157 The Bioflavonoid Myricetin Induces Pancreatic Cancer AGA Poster Session
Cell Death by a Mechanism Which Is Independent of
HSP70
Phoebe Phillips*, Vikas Dudeja, Rifat Sharif, Rajinder LA Convention Center
Dawra, Ashok Saluja
M2158 Prognostic Factors for Survival in Pancreatic Cancer: A
Population-Based Study GENETIC DISEASES AND GENE THERAPY
Mohamad Eloubeidi*, Renee Desmond, Charles M. Wilcox,
Reda Wilson, Pavan Manchikalapti, Mona Fouad, Isam M2168 Promotor Polymorphisms of the UGT-
Eltoum, Selwyn Vickers Glucuronosyltransferase UGT1A4 Impact Activity and
Inducibility of Human Hepatic Glucoronidation
M2159 Predictive Markers of Treatment Response to 5-FU and Thomas J. Erichsen*, Ursula Ehmer, Tim O. Lankisch,
Gemcitabine in Pancreatic Cancer. Results from the Tordis M. Mueller, Tracey Gillman, Nicole Freiberg, Michael
RTOG 9704 Prospective Randomized Adjuvant P. Manns, Christian P. Strassburg
Treatment Trial
James J. Farrell*, Raymond Lai, Kathryn Winter, Marius van M2169 Gilbert’s Disease and Drug Therapy: Lessons from
Rijnsoever, William Regine, Philip Schaefer, A Bowen Jaundice Under Atazanavir Treatment
Benson, John MacDonald, Chris Willett, Hany Elsaleh, John Tim O. Lankisch*, Ulrike Moebius, Georg Behrens, Michael
Mackey Wehmeier, Reinhold E. Schmidt, Michael P. Manns,
Christian P. Strassburg
M2160 TGF[Beta] Activates Calcium-Dependent PKC[Alpha] to
Suppress PTEN Expression in Pancreatic Cancer Cells M2170 Pathophysiology of Hepatobiliary Disease in Cystic
Jimmy Y.C. Chow*, Jennifer Cabral, Hui Dong, Sherry C. Fibrosis (CF) Employing a ΔF508 Mouse Model
Huang, John M. Carethers Folke U. Freudenberg*, Jonathan N. Glickman, Bian B. Yu,
Monika R. Leonard, Martin C. Carey
M2161 Blocking Programmed Death 1 Ligands and PD 1
Pathway Induces Antitumor Effect of CC Chemokine M2171 Identification of Multiple Interacting Quantitative Trait
CCL2 in Pancreatic Cancer
Keisuke Okudaira*, Ryota Hokari, Yoshikazu Tsuzuki, Loci (QTL) for Hepatic Fibrosis in Mice
Sonja Hillebrandt*, Tilman Sauerbruch, Frank Lammert
Yoshikiyo Okada, Chie Kurihara, Norikazu Mataki, Hisayuki
M2172 Increased Susceptibility to Estrogen-Induced Cholestasis
Matsunaga, Koichi Takebayashi, Syunsuke Komoto, Chikako
in Mice Overexpressing the Hepatic ABCB11 Gene
Watanabe, Atsushi Kawaguchi, Shigeaki Nagao, Kazuro
Helen H. Wang, Minoru Sakomoto, Anne Schmitz, Frank
Itoh, Ko Okumura, Miyuki Azuma, Hideo Yagita, Soichiro
Lammert, David Q. Wang*
Miura
M2162 Inhibition of the Proto-Oncogene Slug Modulates AGA Poster Session
Proliferation in Pancreatic Cancer (PC) Through
Activation of β-Catenin Signaling
Jennifer L. Koetsier*, Harrison Brand, Dhananjay Kunte, LA Convention Center
Randy Brand, Ramesh Wali, Hemant Roy
M2163 Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Reduce the
Incidence of Pancreatic Cancer: A Study of Half a LIVER AND BILIARY CARCINOMA: ETIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS
Million US Veterans AND NATURAL HISTORY
Vikas Khurana*, Ankur Sheth, Gloria Caldito, Jamie S.
Barkin M2173 Bcl-2,Bax and Bad mRNA Expression in Chronic Active
Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, and Hepatocellular Carcinoma
M2164 Proteosome Inhibitor Bortezomib Induces Lysosomal Marina Bortolami, Andromachi Kotsafti*, Chiara Carlotto,
Disruption and a Caspase-2-Dependent Apoptosis in Romilda Cardin, Fabio Farinati
Human Pancreatic Carcinoma Cells M
M2174 Evaluation of Topo Iia and Topo I Gene Co-Expression
Ho Yee Bonnie Yeung, Der Chen Huang, Frank A.
in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Combined
O
Sinicrope*
Immunohistochemistry and Chromogenic in Situ N
M2165 Evaluation of the Combined Use of Cyclooxygenase-2- Hybridization Study Using Tissue Microarrays D
Inhibitors and Tumor Antigen-Loaded Dendritic Cells Evangelos Tsiambas, Theodore Rokkas*, George Vilaras,
Andreas Karameris
A
for the Immunotherapy of Pancreatic Carcinoma in a
Murine Vaccination Model Y
Christian A. Bauer*, Franz Bauernfeind, Max Schnurr, Rosi M2175 Hepatic Malignancies in Patients with Nonalcoholic MAY
Kiefl, Walther Heldwein, Stefan Endres, Andreas Eigler, Steatohepatitis
Ken Sato*, Hiroaki Hashizume, Akira Kojima, Naondo 22
Marc Dauer
Sohara, Satoru Kakizaki, Hitoshi Takagi, Masatomo Mori
M2166 Sphingolipid Metabolite Levels Determine Pancreatic
Cancer Cell Responsiveness to the Chemotherapeutic M2176 Can Biliary Cytology Predict Prognosis of Biliary Tract
Gemcitabine Drug Carcinoma? Its Relation to Mucin and Adhesion
Julie Guillermet-Guibert, Lise Davenne*, Dimitri Pchejetski, Molecules
Nathalie Saint-Laurent, Olivier Cuvillier, Christiane Susini, Takeshi Tomokane*, Naoki Muguruma, Tetsuo Kimura,
Corinne Bousquet Hiromi Yano, Yoshitaka Imoto, Tatsuzo Itagaki, Miyako
Niki, Masako Kaji, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Seisuke Okamura,
M2167 Role of RAC1-Dependent NADPH Oxidase in the Susumu Ito
Growth of Pancreatic Cancer
Jingru Liu, Larry W. Oberley, Joseph J. Cullen* M2177 Caveolin-1 Expression in Patients with Biliary Tract
Cancers
Hong-Ja Kim*, Se Young Yoon, Bung Ha Kim, Seok Bae
Kim, Jung Eun Shin, Il Han Song
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M2178 Clinical Characteristics of the Patients Initially M2188 A Sham-Controlled Study of Intra-PYLORIC Injection of
Unsuspected But Finally Proven to Have Gallbladder
Cancer
Jae Seon Kim, Byung Gyu Kim*, Ji Hyun Kim, Jin Yong
Botulinum Toxin in Gastroparesis
Joris Arts*, Philippe Caenepeel, Lieselot Holvoet, Daniel
Sifrim, Dominiek Dewulf, Verbeke Kristien, Jozef Janssens,
Kim, Jong-Jae Park, Young-Tae Bak Jan Tack
M2179 What Happens to Patients with Obstructive Jaundice? M2189 Noninvasive Recordings of Electrical Response Activity
Einar Bjornsson*, Jonas Gustafsson, Jakob Borkman, Anders
Kilander Using a Squid Biomagnetometer
Andrei Irimia*, William O. Richards, Leonard A. Bradshaw
M2180 The Role of Ascitic Fibronectin and Cholesterol M2190 Continuous PYLORIC Manometry Determines the

Concentrations in the Differential Diagnosis of Effectiveness of Botulinum Toxin Injection in Patients
Malignant Ascites with Gastroparesis
S Karatapanis*, L Skorda, Philip Lisgos, A Spiropoulos, N Linda Anh B. Nguyen*, Shelly Parker, Stephen Bunker,
Papantoniou, K Komnianides, S Afantenou, Th. William J. Snape
Anagnostou, K Prodromidou, C Psellas, A Delaportas, A
Zervos, A Koliadi, M Gini, S Manolitsis, V Artikis M2191 Characteristics of Gastric Emptying and Neuropathy in
Patients with Different Durations of Type-1 Diabetes
M2181 MicroRNA-21 Regulation of Survival Signaling: A Novel Tamas Varkonyi*, Eva Borcsok, Robert Takacs, Richard
Mechanism of Chemoresistance in Cholangiocarcinoma

Fanyin Meng*, Roger Henson, Hania Wehbe, Jinmai Jiang,
Janna M. Mize-Berge, Thomas Schmittgen, Tushar Patel
Roka, Csaba Lengyel, Mate Lazar, Miklos Papos, Laszlo
Pavics, Peter Kempler, Janos Lonovics
M2192 Patients with Gastroparesis Have a Decreased
Expression of the 5-Ht4(C) Splice Variant in the
AGA Poster Session Duodenum
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Niels van Lelyveld*, Jose Ter Linde, Marguerite Schipper,
LA Convention Center Melvin Samsom
Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction M2193 Impaired Fundo-Antral Reflex in Diabetic Gastroparesis
Ashok Attaluri*, Issam Nasr, Konrad Schulze, Satish Rao,
DISORDERS OF GASTRIC MOTILITY AND SENSATION Anjana Kumar
Participants will be able to: M2194 Gastric Compliance By Barostat Does Not Correlate
• Learn about new developments in the area of gastric motility, and its with Gastric Emptying Or Accommodation
disorders; Linda Anh B. Nguyen*, Shelly Parker, Stephen Bunker,
• Learn about new developments in the area of visceral William J. Snape
hypersensitivity as it relates to gastric function; and
M2195 Effect of a Proton Pump Inhibitor On Postprandial
• Learn more about gastroparesis and dysregulation of gastric
Gastric Volume, Emptying and Symptoms
emptying.
April B. Grudell*, Duane D. Burton, Debra A. Stephens,
M2182 Lack of Effect of Elevated Plasma Cholecystokinin Michael Camilleri
Concentration On Proximal Gastric Motor Activity in

Critically Ill Patients
Laura Bryant*, Carly Burgstad, Nam Q. Nguyen, Robert J.
M2196 Effect of Gastric Electrical Stimulation On Cerebral
Blood Flow in Patients with Gastroparesis
Thomas V. Nowak*, Gary Hutchins, Joel Hammond, Yang
Fraser, Marianne Chapman, Richard H. Holloway, Michael
Wang, Lyn Ring, Kativa Leal
Horowitz
M2197 Influence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection On
M2183 Gastric Emptying (GE), Major Contributor to

Gastrointestinal Motility of Dyspeptic Patients—Real-
Postprandial Hyperglycemia in Patients with Type 1
Time Ultrasonographic Study
Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM)
M Juergen Woerle*, Maximilian Albrecht, Rainer Linke,
Hiroaki Kusunoki*, Ken Haruma, Jiro Hata, Tomoari
Kamada, Motonori Sato, Toshiaki Tanaka, Hideki Koga,
O Mathias Nicolaus, Martin Storr, Joerg Limmer, Burkhard
Masaharu Takeda, Kenichi Tarumi, Keisuke Honda
N Goeke, Joerg Schirra
D M2198 Artificially Sweetened, Compared to Regular Mixers,
M2184 Somatostatin Accelerates Gastric Emptying, But Does

Accelerate Gastric Emptying and the Rate of Alcohol
A Not Improve Symptoms in Functional Dyspepsia
Absorption
Jeoffrey J. Haans*, Ingrid M. de Zwart, Albert de Roos, Ad
Y A. Masclee
Keng-Liang Wu, Reawika Chaikomin*, Selena Doran, Karen
MAY L. Jones, Michael Horowitz, Chris Rayner
22 M2185 Gastroscopy Guided Implantation of Temporary Gastric

M2199 Which Time Interval Is Required Between Performance
Electrodes: A New Minimal Invasive Technique
of Two 13c-Breath Tests?
Hasse R. Abrahamsson*, Anders Elfvin, Stina Andersson,
Jutta Keller*, Karola Schmidt, Christiane Fibbe, Peter Layer
Anders Edebo, Magnus Simren, Hans Lonroth
M2200 Poor Correlation Between Electrogastrography and
M2186 Disruption to Integration of Proximal and Distal Gastric

Antroduodenal Manometry in Patients with Motility
Motor Activity in Critically Ill Patients
Disorders
Nam Q. Nguyen*, Robert J. Fraser, Marianne Chapman,
Shahab Abid, Greger Lindberg*
Laura Bryant, Carly Burgstad, Richard H. Holloway
M2201 Postprandial Gastric Acid Neutralization and
M2187 Gastric Antro-Fundic Sensitivity and Helicobacter Pylori

Reacidification in Diabetic Vs. Idiopathic Gastroparesis:
Infection in Idiopathic Dyspepsia
Relation to Degree of Gastric Stasis
Maria Pia Caldarella, Flora Sacco, Angelo Milano, Chrysanti
William L. Hasler*, Radoslav Coleski, William D. Chey,
Balatsinou, Francesco Laterza, Elena Serio, Franco
Kenneth L. Koch, Richard W. McCallum, John M. Wo,
Cuccurullo, Matteo Neri*
Braden Kuo, Michael Sitrin, Kevin Stevens, Beverly
Landrigan, Jack R. Semler, Henry P. Parkman
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M2202 Exaggerated Cephalic Gastric Relaxation and Gastric M2215 A Novel Method for the Assessment of Gastric Motility
Accommodation in Nausea-Predominant Patients with in Patients Using Wireless Capsule Endoscopy
Functional Dyspepsia Kishore Gaddipati*, Henry Parkman, Benjamin Krevsky
Tomotaka Shoji*, Fukudo Shin, Yuka Endo, Kazuto
Karahashi, Yashuhiro Sagami, Joe Morishita, Yuko Kimura, M2216 Acute Cold Stress Impairs Postprandial Gastric
Atsushi Utsumi, Michio Hongo Accommodation in Healthy Humans
Maria Maluenda, Jordi Serra*, Fernando Azpiroz, Juan R.
M2203 Correlation of Plasma Ghrelin Levels and Delayed Malagelada
Gastric Emptying Time in FD Patients with Loss of
Emptiness Feeling M2217 Influence of Naloxone On Gastric Sensitivity and On
Tetsuro Hiratsuka*, Seiji Futagami, Tomotaka Shindo, Gastric Response to a Meal in Health
Tatsuhiko Hamamoto, Nobue Ueki, Kenji Suzuki, Yoko Brecht Geeraerts*, Lukas van Oudenhove, Rita Vos, George
Shinji, Masafumi Kusunoki, Ken Wada, Kazumasa Miyake, Karamanolis, Jan Tack
Katya Gudis, Taku Tsukui, Katsuhiko Iwakiri, Choitsu
M2218 Multi-Channel Electrogastrography (MEGG) in Patients
Sakamoto
with Functional Dyspepsia
M2204 Symptoms in Functional Dyspepsia (FD) and Irritable Weihong Sha*, Nonko D Pehlivanov, P Jay Pasricha, Jiande
Bowel Syndrome Patients with Dyspepsia (IBS+D) Are Chen
Correlated with Impaired Gastric Relaxation Identified
M2219 Measurement of Changes in Intragastric Pressure During
By Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Air Insufflation in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia -
Ivo R. van der Voort*, Marco Schmidtmann, Peter Kobelt,
Hassan Abou-Rebyeh, Bertram Wiedenmann, Hubert Evaluation of Gastric Function Using a Pharmacological
Monnikes Load
Tsuyoshi Suzuki*, Masanori Hirano
M2205 Smartpill, a Novel Ambulatory Diagnostic Test for
M2220 Evaluation of Gastrointestinal Motility in Vivo Using
Measuring Gastric Emptying in Health and Disease
Fluoroscopy
Braden Kuo*, Richard W. McCallum, Kenneth Koch,
William D. Chey, John M. Wo, Michael Sitrin, William Kent C. Williams*, Robia G. Pautler, Norman Weisbrodt,
Hasler, Jeffrey Lackner, Leonard Katz, Beverly Landrigan, Margaret E. Conner
Kathy Selover, Alan Hutson, David Barthel, Jack Semler, M2221 Meal Related Dyspeptic Symptoms in Healthy Subjects:
Henry P. Parkman Association with Gastric Motor Function and Clustering
of Symptoms
M2206 Factors Associated with Gastric Dysrhythmias in
Patients with Type 1 Diabetes and Without Dyspeptic Guru Iyngkaran, Birgit Adam, Tobias Liebregts, F Dylan
Bartholomeusz, Max Bellon, Jacob Bolwell, Suresh
Symptoms
Sivanesan, Nicholas J. Talley, Gerald Holtmann*
Francesco De Giorgi, Clelia Verde, Lisa Faiella, Elisabetta
Atteo, Riccardo Pascucci, Giovanni Sarnelli, Giovanni M2222 Comparison of Gastric Emptying Time and Plasma
Annuzzi, Angela Rivellese, Rosario Cuomo* Ghrelin Levels in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia
and Non-Erosive Reflux Disease
M2207 Gastric Emptying Response to Temporary Gastric
Electrical Stimulation Is Independent of Symptom Tomotaka Shindo*, Seiji Futagami, Tetsuro Hiratsuka,
Tatsuhiko Hamamoto, Nobue Ueki, Yoko Shinji, Masafumi
Improvement But Dependent On Baseline Emptying
Kusunoki, Ken Wada, Kazumasa Miyake, Katya Gudis, Taku
Thomas L. Abell*, Anil Minocha, Nighat Abidi
Tsukui, Katsuhiko Iwakiri, Choitsu Sakamoto
M2208 Effects of Erythromycin and Tegaserod On Upper Gut
Motility - A Comparative Study AGA Poster Session
Issam Nasr*, Askok Attaluri, Konrad Schulze, Robert
Summers, Satish Rao
M2209 Characteristics of Symptoms and Functional Gastric
Tests in Patients Referred for Electrogastrography (EGG) Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction M
Deborah M. Bethards*, Lihua Xu, Kwangmi Ahn, Kenneth O
L. Koch, Ann Ouyang BRAIN GUT AXIS
N
M2210 Pathophysiological Studies of Gastrointestinal Participants will be able to: D
Manifestations of Addison’s Disease • Learn about the effect of novel neuromodulators on brain gut A
Hubert Piessevaux*, Dominique Maiter, Yves Horsmans interactions;
• Learn about brain circuits involved in the modulation of gut Y
M2211 Electrogastrography Is of Limited Value in the Diagnosis function; and MAY
of Motility Disorders • Learn about stress effects on brain gut interactions.
Shahab Abid, Greger Lindberg* 22
M2223 Anatomical Evidence of Region Specific Effects of

M2212 The Role of Gastric Sensorimotor Dysfunction in Acupuncture On Rat Gastric Motor Function
Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Energy Intake in Liver Masahiro Iwa*, Megumi Matsushima, Theodore N. Pappas,
Cirrhosis Mineko Fujimiya, Toku Takahashi
Evangelos Kalaitzakis*, Magnus Simren, Hasse
Abrahamsson, Einar Bjornsson M2224 TRP Channels in Murine Spinal and Vagal Visceral
M2213 Management of Patients with Constipation Within a

Physician Group Setting
Afferents
Pieter J. Peeters*, Jeroen Aerssens, Ronald de Hoogt, Kirk
Hillsley, Andrzej Stanisz, David Grundy, Ronald H. Stead,
Allison Egger, Vickie Andros, Ken Wong, Annamaria Bernard Coulie
Cerulli*, Vipin Popat
M2225 Anxiety-Induced Colonic Hypersensitivity: The Role of
M2214 A Multi-Component Model Can Predict Gastric Glucocorticoid (GR) and Mineralocorticoid Receptors
Emptying in Diabetic Gastroparesis (MR) in the Amygdala
Naeem Aslam*, Hani Rashed, William D. Johnson, Thomas Brent Myers*, Armstrong Isiaho, Beverley Greenwood-van
L. Abell Meerveld
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M2226 The Vagus Nerves Contributed to LPS-Induced Increase M2239 The Gut Response to Stress Can Be Pharmacologically
of Colonic Paracellular Permeability By Central Release Modulated - Amitriptyline Modifies Visceral
of IL-1β Hypersensitivity in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Raphael Moriez*, Helene Eutamene, Vassilia Theodorou, Charles Murray*, Wendy J. Winchester, Eric Tripoli,
Jean Fioramonti, Lionel Bueno Maxton C. Pitcher, Michael A. Kamm, Anton V. Emmanuel
M2227 Post-Infective Changes in Behavior: A Model of M2240 Abnormal Vagal Regulatory Function of Brainstem
Functional Dyspepsia in the Mouse Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone (TRH) Is Involved in
Premysl Bercik*, J.N. Foster, Patricia Blennerhassett, Elena the Delayed Gastric Emptying (GE) in Type 2 Diabetic
F. Verdu, Stephen M. Collins (T2D) Goto-Kakizaki (GK) Rats
Yan Ao, Natalie Toy, Moon K. Song, Viang W. Go, Mulugeta
M2228 Sensitization of the Entire Esophagus to Distension By Million, Hong Yang*
Distal Esophageal Acid Exposure
Adeyemi Lawal, Mark Kern*, Arthi Sanjeevi, Tanya M2241 Corticotrophin Releasing Hormone (CRH) Acts On Mast
Rittmann, Reza Shaker Cells to Induced Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction
Ping-Chang Yang*, Aaron A. Teitelbaum, Jennifer Jury, Mary
M2229 Sex Differences in Brain Responses to Aversive Pelvic H. Perdue
Visceral Stimulation in Healthy Subjects - An FMRI
Study M2242 Increased Colonic Sensitivity in Irritable Bowel
Steven M. Berman*, Bruce D. Naliboff, Brandall Suyenobu, Syndrome Is the Result of Increased Perceptual
Jennifer S. Labus, Joshua Bueller, Kim Ruby, Michael Response Bias Rather Than Increased Perceptual
Minnema, Jean Stains, Emeran A. Mayer Sensitivity
Spencer D. Dorn*, Olafur S. Palsson, Syed Im. Thiwan,
M2230 Central Glucagon Like Peptide-1 Delays Solid Gastric Motoyori Kanazawa, W. Crawford Clark, Miranda Al. van
Emptying Via a Central CRF and Peripheral Spinal- Tilburg, Douglas A. Drossman, Yolanda Scarlett, Rona L.
Celiac Pathway in Conscious Rats Levy, Yehuda Ringel, Michael D. Crowell, Kevin W. Olden,
Yukiomi Nakade*, Kiyoshi Tsukamoto, Constant Masere, William E. Whitehead
Theodore N. Pappas, Toku Takahashi
M2243 Chronic Mild Stress Model in a Rat: A Real Model of
M2231 Acupuncture Improves Restraint Stress-Induced Delay of the Visceral Hypersensitivity That Reflects a Sustained
Gastric Emptying Via Central Glutaminergic Pathways Stressful Situation of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in a
in Conscious Rats Patient
Masahiro Iwa*, Yukiomi Nakade, Theodore N. Pappas, Yong Sung Kim*, Suck Chei Choi, Moon Young Lee, Young
Toku Takahashi Woo Sohn, Yong Leol Oh, Tae Hyeon Kim, Geom Seog Seo,
Eun Young Cho, Seoul Lee, Sang Wook Kim, Myung Gyu
M2232 A Comparison of the Cortical Responses to Selectively
Choi, Yong-Ho Nah
Attended Visceral and Somatic Pain
Paul Dunckley*, Qasim Aziz, Richard G. Wise, Jonathan M2244 Gastric Electrical Stimulation Modulates Hypothalamic
Brooks, Irene Tracey, Lin Chang CRF Producing Neurons During Post Operative Ileus in
Rat
M2233 Effects of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) On Gourcerol Guillaume*, Gallas Syrine, Mounien Lourdes,
Identified Pancreas-Projecting Vagal Motoneurons
Leblanc Isabelle, Bizet Patrice, Leroi Anne Marie, Ducrotte
R. Alberto Travagli*, Kirsteen N. Browning, Shuxia Wan
Philippe, Vaudry Hubert, Jegou Sylvie
M2234 Altered Expression of Trp, Ca2+ and K+ Channels in
M2245 Gastritis Causes Acid Hypersensitivity and Gender-
Vagal Visceral Afferents in a Post-Infectious Model of
Related Changes in Circulating Corticosterone and
Anxiety-Related Behavior of Mice
Jeroen Aerssens*, Pieter J. Peeters, Ronald de Hoogt, Kirk
Peter Holzer*, Evelin Painsipp, Thomas Wultsch, Anaid
Hillsley, Andrzej Stanisz, David Grundy, Ronald H. Stead,
Shahbazian
Bernard Coulie
M M2246 Trinitrobenzene Sulfonic Acid (TNBS) Colitis Activates
M2235 Cross-Talk Between Colon and Bladder Involves the Up-
O Regulation of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP)
ERK in Rat Lumbosacral Spinal Cord
Liya Qiao*, Melisa Gulick, John R. Grider
N and Receptor Tyrosine Kinase TKRB in Bladder and
D Colon/Bladder Convergent Afferent Neurons in DRG M2247 Abnormalities of Sleep Architecture and Colonic
Following TNBS Colitis Motility Are Limited to Early Sleep in Diarrhea-
A Liya Qiao*, John R. Grider Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS-D) Patients
Y Heng Y. Wong*, Emeran A. Mayer, Bruce D. Naliboff, Britta
M2236 Alterations in Behaviour, Hpa Axis Function and
MAY Dickhaus, Vanessa Z. Ameen, Joyce Reinholdt, Preetam J.
Cytokine Profiles Following Neonatal Maternal
22 Schramm, Jennifer S. Labus, Teresa I. Olivas, Lin Chang
Separation: Evidence for Dysregulation of the Brain-Gut
Axis M2248 A Role of Stress and Stress-Related Neuropeptide of the
Paul Scully*, S M. O Mahony, S Murphy, L O Mahony, E Brain in the Progression of Non-Alcoholic
M. Quigley, T G. Dinan Steatohepatitis (NASH)
Masashi Yoneda*, Yukiomi Nakade, Kimihide Nakamura,
M2237 Feasibility and Reproducibility of Functional Magnetic
Masaya Tamano, Tadahito Shimada, Akira Terano, Hideyuki
Resonance Imaging in Medetomidine Sedated Rodents
Hiraishi
Venelin J. Kounev*, James Hyde, Mark Kern, Jyoti
Sengupta, Christopher Pawela, Douglas Prah, Eric Paulson, M2249 Vagal Dependent Gastric Prostaglandin (PG) Release
Reza Shaker Induced By Intracisternal (IC) TRH Analog, Rx 77368,
Dampens the Gastric Motility Response Through EP-1
M2238 Ghrelin Stimulates Solid Gastric Emptying Via a Vagal
Receptor in Anesthetized Rats
Afferent Pathway in Conscious Rats
K.K. Kanamoto*, Keishi Kawakubo, David W. Adelson,
Yukiomi Nakade*, Cindy Chen, Kiyoshi Tsukamoto,
Yvette Tache
Theodore N. Pappas, Toku Takahashi
M2250 Neonatal Gastric Suctioning Results in Visceral and
Somatic Hyperalgesia in Adult Rats
C.S. R. Smith*, Jyoti N. Sengupta, Adrian Miranda
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M2251 The Esophagus Is Topographically Organized in the M2263 Moderate Alcohol Consumption Protects Against
Brainstem According to Peripheral Location As Well As Colorectal Adenomas
Receptor Type Gregory Austin*, Joseph Galanko, Christopher Martin,
Ivan M. Lang*, Bidyut K. Medda, Reza Shaker Robert Sandler
M2252 Sex-Specific Alterations in Central Autonomic Function M2264 Antineoplastic Effects On Colorectal Cancer Cells of
Among Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome Plantago Ovata Husk After Fermentation with Human
Kirsten Tillisch*, Joshua Bueller, Steve Berman, Brandall Gut Flora
Suyenobu, Emeran A. Mayer, Bruce Naliboff Anna Giros, Xavier Llor*, Elisenda Pons, Lurdes Fluvia,
Rosa M Xicola, Anna Anguera, Miquel A Gassull
M2253 Chronic Restraint Stress Causes NO More Stimulation
of Colonic Motor Function in Conscious Rats M2265 Leptin and Leptin Receptor Expression in Colo-Rectal
Constant S. Masere*, Cindy Chen, Yukiomi Nakade, Cancer: Role of Microsatellite Instability
Kiyoshi Tsukamoto, Christopher Mantyh, Kirk Ludwig, Nijez Aloulou, Marie-Therese Chaumette, Amel Sekour,
Theodore N. Pappas, Toku Takahashi Karen Leroy, Mohammad Abolhassani, Iradj Sobhani*
M2254 Clinical Characteristics of IBS Patients with M2266 Nutritional Status Is Predictive of Clinical Complete
Dysfunctional Endogenous Pain Modulation Response to Chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced
Clive H. Wilder-Smith*, Joan Yap-Robert Esophageal Cancer
Stephane Lecleire*, Frederic Di Fiore, Eric Lerebours, Pierre
M2255 Gastric Symptom Threshold Requirements for Gastric Michel
Wall Electrical Stimulation in Different Body Mass
Index (BMI) Classes
Kathryn A. Stecco*, Jacob A. Bashyam, Mohammed A. AGA Poster Session
Habeeb, Chitoor M. Habibullah, Mir A. Imran 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
M2256 Central Neuronal Mechanism of Intestinal Electrical
Stimulation: Effects On Duodenum Distention- Sponsored by: Nutrition & Obesity
Responsive (DD-R) Neurons in the VMH of Rats
J.N. Zhang*, J D Z Chen OBESITY: REGULATION OF FOOD INTAKE AND SATIETY
M2257 Effect of FMRI Signal Analysis Methods On AND GUT FUNCTION
Quantification of Brain Activity Associated with M2267 Impact of Bariatric Surgery On the Gastro-Esophageal

Esophageal Acid Exposure in GERD Patients and Reflux Disease and Esophageal Motility in Morbid
Healthy Controls Obesity Patients
Mark Kern*, Arthi Sanjeevi, Adeyemi Lawal, Venelin Vicente Ortiz*, Ponce Marta, Marisa Iborra, Belen Beltran,
Kounev, Reza Shaker Bastida Guillermo, Jose Luis Ponce, Garrigues Vicente, Julio
M2258 Peripheral Injection of CCK-8s Induces FOS Expression Ponce
in the Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus in Rats M2268 Effects of Retrograde Gastric Electrical Stimulation with
Hubert Moennikes*, Stephan Paulitsch, Marco Pulse Trains On Gastric Emptying of Solids and Plasma
Schmidtmann, Ivo R. van der Voort, Andrea Riedl, Burghard Hormones in Dogs
F. Klapp, Bertram Wiedenmann, Peter T. Kobelt Gengqing Song*, Yan Sun, Xiaohua Hou, Bin Yang, Wei
M2259 Modulatory Effects and Afferent Pathway of Gastric Qian, Jiande Chen
Electric Stimulation (GES) On Spinal Neurons Receiving M2269 Relationship Between Obesity, Nocturnal Heartburn and

Inputs from Stomach in Rats Night-Time Reflux
J.N. Zhang*, Robert D Foreman, J.D.Z Chen, Chao Qin Maribal Gonzalez-Gutierrez*, Jose M. Remes-Troche, Mariel
Mejia-Rivas, Ana T. Abreu y Abreu, Jose A. Chavez-Barrera,
AGA Poster Session Miguel A. Valdovinos
M
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A M2270 RELMβ Is an Intestinal Epithelial-Derived Hormone
LA Convention Center O
Responsible for Host Metabolic Adaptation to Chronic
Parasitic Nematode Infections N
Sponsored by: Nutrition & Obesity Marie A. Hildebrandt*, Qi Yong, Seana M. Thrasher, Laila D
M. McVay, Wolfgang Stehr, Brad W. Warner, Judith A. A
NUTRITION AND CANCER Appleton, Rexford S. Ahima, Gary D. Wu
Y
M2260 Chemopreventive ω-3 Fatty Acids Inhibit Colon Cancer M2271 Gastric Electrical Activity Before and After Bionterics MAY
Cell Proliferation By Pkc-δ-Dependent Mechanisms
Sonia R. Cerda*, Reba Mustafi, Merry J. G. Bolt, Anusara
Chumsangsri, Holly Little, Marc Bissonnette
Intragastric Balloon (BIB) Placement
Gustavo A. Torres-Barrera*, Francisco Bosques-Padilla,
22
Hector Maldonado-Garza
M2261 Glutamine, Butyric Acid, and Antioxidants in M2272 Gastric Motor and Sensory Functions in Normal Weight,
Combination Inhibit Proliferation and Induce
Differentiation in Colorectal Tumor Cell Lines
Independent of Apoptosis
Overweight and Obese People
Maria I. Vazquez-Roque*, Debra Stephens, Duane Burton,
Kari Baxter, Michael Ryks, Matthew Clark, Michael D.
Torsten Steinbrunn*, Theodor Kudlich, Juergen Schauber, Jensen, Alan R. Zinsmeister, Michael Camilleri
Ralph Melcher, Hardi Luehrs, Andrea Gostner, Wolfgang
Scheppach, Thomas Menzel M2273 Organ-Specific Function of Pparα As Revealed By Gene
M2262 Omega-3-Fatty Acids Inhibit the Proliferation of Meike Bunger*, Heleen van den Bosch, Mechteld Grootte
Colorectal Cancer Cells - Evidence for Pparγ Bromhaar, Philip de Groot, Sander Kersten, Guido
Independent Mechanisms Hooiveld, Michael Muller
Sandra Ulrich*, Yasemin Turan, Loitsch Stefan, Juergen
Stein
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M2274 Comparison of Glycine and Leucine Kinetics in Obese M2287 Gastric pH and Nutritional Course After Gastroplasty
Subjects for Morbid Obesity
Yoshihisa Urita*, Susumu Ishihara, Kenichiro Arai, Jun Joel Faintuch, Rogerio Kuga, Rejane Mattar, Paulo Sakai,
Kondo, Tatsuo Akimoto, Hiroto Kato, Noriko Hara, Robson K. Ishida*, Ivan Cecconello, Ulisses Ribeiro,
Hideyuki Koshino, Yoshiko Honda, Yoko Nagai, Kazushige Adriana S. Ribeiro, Shinichi Ishioka, Bruno Zilberstein,
Nakanishi, Nagato Shimada, Motonobu Sugimoto, Miyoko Mijakabi, Denise F. Barbeiro, Francisco F. Soriano,
Kazumasa Miki Hermes V. Barbeiro
M2275 Effects of Gastric Distension On Myoelectrical Activity M2288 Joint Kinematics Vary with Performance Skills During
of the Stomach in Obese People Laparoscopic Exercise [Fundamentals of Laparoscopic
Shukun Yao*, Lili Chang, Ruixing Zhang Surgery (FLS) Task 1]
Gyusung Lee*, Matthew J. Weiner, Stephen M. Kavic, Ivan
M2276 Effects of Gastric Electric Stimulation On the M. George, Adrian E. Park
Expression of NPY, CCK and Growth Hormone
Secretagogue Receptor mRNA in Rodent Brain M2289 Knowledge and Opinions Regarding Medicare
Luo Xu*, Xiangrong Sun, Feng Zhong, J D Z Chen Reimbursement for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Atul K. Madan*, David S. Tichansky, Ginny Barton,
M2277 Association of Variations in Candidate Genes Affecting Raymond J. Taddeucci
Serotonergic and Adrenergic Mechanisms with Body
Mass in Humans
Maria I. Vazquez Roque*, Paula Carlson, Debra Stephens,
Alan R. Zinsmeister, Michael Camilleri
M2278 Obesity Is An Independent Risk Factor for Chronic
Gastrointestinal Symptoms in a Sample of Australian
Adults
Nicholas J. Talley*, Stuart C. Howell
M2279 Ingested Lipid Modulates Hypothalamic and Brainstem

Neuronal Activity in Man
Dan Lassman*, Shane McKie, Simon Lal, Lloyd Gregory,
Graham Dockray, Steve Williams, David Thompson
M2281 Gastric Emptying of Solids and Semi-Solids in Class III
Obesity: An Assessment Using the Non-Invasive (13)C-
Octanoic Acid and (13)C-Acetic Acid Breath Test
Aloisio Cardoso Jr.*, Luiz Gonzaga Vaz Coelho, Paulo
Roberto Savassi-Rocha, Aline Miranda Almeida, Emanuela
Eudes Dias, Gerival Vieira Jr., Mariana Moreira Castro, Yara
Vieira Lemos
M2282 CNS Expression of Ghrelin and Cholecystokinin (CCK)
with Gastric Electrical Stimulation in Rats
Suhuan Liu*, Ming Tang, Shangmin Tao, Jiande Chen
M2283 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Derived from Korean Pine
Nuts Affect Appetite Suppressing Hormones and
Appetite Sensations in Overweight Women
Wilrike J. Pasman, Jos Heimerikx, Carina M. Rubingh,
Robin van den Berg, Marianne O Shea, Louisa Gambelli,
M Henk F. Hendriks, Alexandra W. Einerhand*
O M2284 Comorbidities in Rural Obese Children
N Mark Brunner*, William Cochran, Michael Komar, Stacy
D Prall
A M2285 Association of Ghrelin Receptor Gene Polymorphism
Y (171T/C), Not of CCK-a Receptor (-81A/G, -128G/T) Or
Beta3 Adrenalin Receptor (Try64Arg) Gene
MAY
Polymorphism, with Bulimia Nervosa in a Japanese
22 Population
Kyoko Miyasaka*, Hiroko Hosoya, Ayako Sekime, Minoru
Ohta, Setsuko Kanai, Saeko Akimoto-Takano, Sachio
Matsushita, Kenji Suzuki, Susumu Higuchi, Akihiro
Funakoshi
SSAT Poster Session

SSAT POSTER SESSION: COMBINED / OTHER
M2286 A Novel System for Performing Endoluminal Antireflux
Surgery and Other Endosurgical Procedures
Aureo L. Depaula*, Richard A. Kozarek, Desmond H.
Birkett, Nathaniel J. Soper, Bruce V. Macfadyen, John D.
Mellinger, Lee L. Swanstrom
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T1010 Treating Nighttime GERD Reduces Overall Costs More S
AGA Poster Session
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Substantially Than Treating Daytime GERD - A D
Population Based Economic Model A
LA Convention Center Stephen M. Lange*, Quan Doan, Adam B. Elfant, Lynda S.
Welage, Stephen Brunton, Richard B. Lynn, Robert W. Y
Sponsored by: Clinical Practice; Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Dubois MAY
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T1011 Incidence of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma After
GERD & BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS Endoscopic Ablative Therapy for Barrett’s Esophagus: A
Systematic Review and Meta Analysis
Participants will be able to: Srinivas R. Puli*, Brenda Westhoff, Nicholas J. Shaheen, J
• Review impact of GERD on quality of life; Wei, Sanjeev Slehria, Ajay Bansal, Amit Rastogi, Prateek
• Review diagnosis and markers for Barrett's esophagus; and Sharma
• Review outcomes of GERD therapy.
T1012 Complete Symptom Resolution in Patients with Erosive
T1000 Comparison of GERD and Sleep-Related Medication Use Esophagitis and Non-Erosive Reflux Disease: A Meta-
Among Individuals with Daytime and Nighttime GERD Analysis and Systematic Review
Robert W. Dubois, Ronnie Fass, Daniel Aguilar, Richard Srinivas R. Puli*, Ajay Bansal, Amit Rastogi, Jiten Patel,
Lynn, Amitabh Singh, Michael A. Tedeschi* Sandra Hall, Prateek Sharma
T1001 Risk Factors for Adulthood GERD in Persons with T1013 A Ten-Year Natural History of Gastro-Esophageal Reflux
Childhood GERD Disease
Hashem El-Serag Alexander C. Ford*, Alastair G. Bailey, David Forman,
Anthony T. Axon, Paul Moayyedi
T1002 Temporal Trends in New and Recurrent Esophageal
Strictures T1014 Prevalence of Heartburn in Russia: Preliminary Results
Hashem El-Serag of a National Population-Based Study
Vasily A. Isakov*, Sergey V. Morozov, Ekaterina S. Stavraki
T1003 The Prevalence of Heartburn in Elderly in Russia: Sub-
Analysis from the Database of National Population- T1015 Epidemiology of Esophageal Carcinoma in a Statewide
Based Study Cancer Registry
Ekaterina S. Stavraki, Sergey V. Morozov, Vasily A. Isakov* Linda C. Cummings*, Gregory S. Cooper
T1004 The Efficacy of Several Over-the-Counter GERD T1016 Impact of BRAVO pH Telemetry On Ambulatory
Therapies: A Meta-Analysis Esophageal pH Monitoring
Thomas Tran*, Angus M. Lowry, Hashem B. El-Serag John M. Wo*, Jennifer Koopman, Robert Cacchione, Steven
Harrell
T1005 Objective Measurement of Hourly and Annual
Productivity While At Work in Employees with T1017 Objective Definition of Symptom Relief in Clinical
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Compared Studies: Determination of International GERD Symptom
with Employees Without GERD Thresholds Based On Request™
Peter Wahlqvist*, Richard A. Brook, Sara Campbell, Mari- Vincenzo Stanghellini*, David Armstrong, Hubert
Ann Wallander, Ingela Wiklund, Nathan L. Kleinman, Monnikes, Karna Dev Bardhan, Holger Schmitt, Iris Velten,
James E. Smeeding Peter Berghofer, Ronnie Fass
T1006 Long-Term GERD Symptom and Quality-of-Life T1018 Relationship Between Gastroesophageal Reflux
Improvement in Subjects with Healed Erosive Symptoms and Esophagitis in the General Population:
Esophagitis Treated for Up to 7 Years with Titrated- Results from the Loiano-Monghidoro Study
Dose Lansoprazole Rocco Maurizio Zagari*, Paolo Pozzato, Silvia Damian,
Thomas O G Kovacs*, Stuart Atkinson, James Spalding, Maria Luisa Bianchi, Liza Ceroni, Lorenzo Fuccio, Maria
Barbara Hunt Eugenia Minardi, Mari-Ann Wallander, Saga Johansson,
Bahman Farahmand, Enrico Roda, Franco Bazzoli
T1007 Health State Utilities and Health-Related Quality of Life
(HRQOL) in Patients with Dysphagia T1019 Assessment of Satisfaction Following the Treatment of
Nick Stern*, Edel Doorley, Sanchoy Sarkar, Keith Bodger Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux By Proton Pump Inhibitors
in Primary Care : The « Reflex » Physician-Patient
T1008 CDX-2 and P-27/CDK-2 Identify a New Pattern of Agreement Study
Expression in Barrett Esophagus Etienne Dorval*, Jean-Francois Rey, Philippe Barthelemy,
Massimo Milione*, Emilio Digiulio, Gabriele Capurso, Agnes Caekaert, Christine Soufflet
Francesco Panzuto, Antonella Carnuccio, Giuseppe
Montrone, Andrea Sbrozzi, Antonella Stoppacciaro, T1020 Epidemiologic Risk Factors for Reflux Esophagitis in
Emanuela Pilozzi, Andrea Vecchione, Cristina Colarossi, Healthy Population
Ludovica Feigush, Luigi Ruco, Gianfranco Delle Fave Su Youn Nam*, Chan Gyoo Kim, Il Ju Choi, Woo Jin Lee,
Kyung Woo Park, Ho June Song, Joo Hyuk Lee
T1009 The Effect of Definitive Chemoradiotherapy (ChemoRT)
Against Esophagectomy On Pulmonary Function in T1021 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) and
Patients with Squamous Esophageal Cancer - Results Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Related Non-
from a Prospective Randomized Trial By Chinese Cardiac Chest Pain (NCCP) in the Population:
University Research Group for Esophageal Cancer Prevalence, Risk Factors and Health Care Seeking
(CURE) Guy D. Eslick, Nicholas J. Talley*
Philip W. Chiu*, Frances K. Cheung, Wilfred L. Mui, Man
Yee Yung, Candice C. Lam, Angus C. Chan, Wing Tai Siu,
Enders K. Ng
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T T1022 Increased Symptom Severity But Not Symptom T1032 The Relationship Between Previous Fluoroquinolone Use
U Frequency Are Associated with a Worse Quality of Life and Levofloxicin Resistance for Helicobacter Pylori
E (QOL) in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD): A Infections, 1998-2002
Population-Based Study John J. Carothers, Michael G. Bruce*, Thomas W. Hennessy,
S Guy D. Eslick, Nicholas J. Talley* J Michael Bensler, Julie M. Morris, Alisa L. Reasonover,
D Debby A. Hurlburt, Alan J. Parkinson, John M. Coleman,
T1023 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Associated Brian J. McMahon
A Osteopenia
Y Stjepan Mise, Ante Tonkic, Ante Punda, Marina Titlic, Valdi T1033 Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Young
MAY Pesutic Pisac, Ivana Jukic, Sven Seiwerth, Predrag Sikiric* Children: Non-Invasive Stool Antigen Testing
Michal Kori*, Eva Goldstein, Esther Granot
23 T1024 Can It Be Predicted Prior to Treatment the Necessity for
Additional Prokinetics with PPI Using Frequency Scale T1034 Effect of Sibling Number and Birth Order On Prevalence
for the Symptoms of GERD (FSSG), a GERD-Specific of Helicobacter Pylori: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Questionnaire? Alexander C. Ford*, Alastair G. Bailey, David Forman,
Miyamoto Masaki*, Haruma Ken, Mizooka Masafumi, Anthony T. Axon, Paul Moayyedi
Kuwabara Masao
T1035 Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Within Duodenal
T1025 Is Eosinophilic Esophagitis Underdiagnosed in Patients Ulcers in a District General Hospital
Presenting with Dysphagia Or Food Impaction? Shamaila K. Butt*, Steve Mann, Niall van Someren, Kalpesh
Rekha Attigere, Alison Schneider*, Eric Miller, Richard Lee, Besherdas
Asyia Ahmad
AGA Poster Session
AGA Poster Session 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A LA Convention Center
HIGH COLONIC ABSTRACTS
HELICOBACTER PYLORI
Participants will be able to: • Review potential of medications to impact on radiation colitis;
• Identify new diagnostic strategies for H. pylori; • Review imaging studies efficiency at diagnosing colonic disorders;
• Review outcomes of H. pylori therapy; and and
• Review gastric and extra-gastric complications of H. pylori. • Discuss prevalence of anorectal disorders in general practice.
T1026 Usefulness of Rapid HP Star, a New T1036 Calcium Channel Blockers May Radiosensitize Patients
Immunochromatographic, Monoclonal Antigen-Based
Faecal Test, for Diagnosing Helicobacter Pylori Infection
in Dyspeptic Patients
to Radiation Proctitis While Statins, NSAIDs May
Radioprotect: A Case-Control Study
Bradley C. Irwin*, Rasna Gupta, Kyung Kim, Sue Han,
Mariela Quesada, Xavier Calvet*, Victoria Calvet, Theresa Edgar Ben-Josef, Bradley Axelrod, Martin Tobi
Choat, Barbara Fallowfield, Isabel Sanfeliu, Ferran Segura
T1037 Does Colon Ischemia Have a Worse Prognosis When
T1027 Evaluation of Four Different Faecal Tests for Isolated to the Right Side?
Determination of CURE After Helicobacter Pylori John Sotiriadis*, Igal Khorshidi, Brandt J. Lawrence
Treatment
Mariela Quesada, Xavier Calvet*, Angelina Dosal, Victoria T1038 The Spiraling Use of CT for Abdominal Pain: Is
Calvet, Isabel Sanfeliu, Laura Ribera, Theresa Choat, Colonoscopy Necessary If Colonic Thickening Is
Barbara Fallowfield, Antonia Montserrat, Valenti Puig, Reported?
Ferran Segura Jordan H. Wolff*, Jeffrey D. Potter, Waymon Lattimore,
Murray B. Resnick, Brian L. Murphy, Steven F. Moss
T1028 Serological Analysis of Helicobacter Hepaticus Infection
in Japanese Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Using T1039 The Cecum Is Inflamed in Health: the Danger of
New Monoclonal Antibodies Considering a Diagnosis of Microscopic Colitis with
Tadashi Shimoyama*, Ryoki Takahashi, Juichi Sakamoto, Right Colon Biopsies
Takeo Ohmura, Shinsaku Fukuda, Akihiro Munakata Shirley C. Paski*, Robert Wightman, Marie Robert, Norman
Pettigrew, Charles N. Bernstein
T1029 Helicobacter Pylori Infection Confers An Increase in Ten-
Year Mortality from All Causes: Data from a Community T1040 Treatment of Anal Ulcers in HIV-Infected Patients
Screening and Treatment Program Claudia Gonzalez-Ruiz*, Bill Briggs, Israelit Shlomo, Paul
Alexander C. Ford*, Alastair G. Bailey, David Forman, Selvidoss, Glenn Ault, Robert W. Beart, Andreas M. Kaiser,
Anthony T. Axon, Paul Moayyedi Petar Vukasin
T1030 Size of the Peptic Ulcer in H. Pylori Positive Patients: T1041 Profile of Patients Consulting for Ano-Rectal Symptoms
Association to the Clinical and Histological and Having a Prescription of a Local Treatment in
Characteristics Primary Care Setting
Perttu E. Arkkila*, Arto Kokkola, Kari Seppala, Pentti Marc Andre Bigard*, Laurent Siproudhis, Francois Pigot,
Sipponen Ghislain Staumont
T1031 Evaluation of Endoscopy Outcomes a Decade After T1042 Fecal Incontinence: Still Common and Underreported
Nationwide Introduction of Protontonpump Inhibitors Susan McCormick
and Guidelines for Helicobacter Pylori Eradication
Lieke A.S. van Kerkhoven*, Sally J. van Rijswijck, Leo G.M. T1043 Joint Hypermobility and Rectal Prolapse in Children
van Rossum, Adriaan C.I.T.L. Tan, Robert J.F. Laheij, Jan Sonia Michail*, Adam Mezoff
B.M.J. Jansen
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T1044 Using Computed Tomography to Validate An T
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Ultrasonography-Based Classification of Mild to T1053 Stress Ulcer Syndrome: A Reappraisal
Moderate Acute Colonic Diverticulitis Sonal Kumar*, Gary R. Zuckerman, Scott T. Micek,
Chandra Prakash
E
Akira Mizuki*, Masayuki Tatemichi, Hiroshi Nagata, Satoshi
Kaneda, Nobuhiro Tsukada, Toshifumi Hibi S
T1054 Epidemiology of Acute GI Bleeding (AUGIB) Between D
1983-85 and 2002-04: A Population-Based Study
AGA Poster Session Silvano Loperfido, Elena Piovesana*, Ludovica Bellina, Katia A
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Rossi, Marzia Groppo, Nadia Dal Bo, Helena Heras, Y
LA Convention Center Alessandro Caroli, Fabio Monica, Luisa Maifreni, Adelina MAY
Salvador, Luca Fabris, Lajos Okolicsanyi
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Sponsored by: Clinical Practice T1055 A Comparison of Intravenous (IV) Versus Oral Proton
Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) for Patients with High-Risk
LIVER DISEASES Acute Nonvariceal Upper GI Bleeding (ANVUGIB)
Laura E. Targownik*, Leila Keyvani, Sanjay K. Murthy,
Participants will be able to: Shanua Leeson
• Understand the epidemiology of Hepatitis C;
• Review treatments for HCV; and T1056 Prospective Randomized Study Comparing the Effect of
• Discuss therapy of hepatocellular carcinima. Oral Versus IV Pantoprazole On 30-Day Rebleeding
Rates in Patients with Acute Non-Variceal GI Bleed: A
T1045 Impact of Alcohol Dependence On the Health Values of Pilot Study
Patients Infected with HCV Kulwinder Dua, Jasmohan S. Bajaj*, Kristin Hanson,
Muslim Atiq, Susan N. Sherman, Kenneth E. Sherman* Kenneth Presberg
T1046 Outcome of Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in T1057 Eradication of Helicobacter Pylori for the Prevention of
the Veteran Population Ulcer Bleeding Recurrence
Carol Mallette*, Kittichai Promrat, Maura Flynn Javier P. Gisbert*, R Garcia-Gravalos, D Olivares, X Calvet,
T1047 Initial HCV Response in Patients with End Stage Renal F Feu, Jm Pique, A Cosme, F Bory, N Canete, S Santolaria,
Disease Treated with Combination Pegylated Interferon M Montoro, A Benages, P Almela, F Borda, R Aznarez, M
α-2a and Ribavarin Castro, A Perez-Aisa, N Fernandez
Wyel Hakim*, Shehzad Sheikh, Irteza Inayat, Margaret Bia, T1058 Coffee Ground Vomit - Can We Spot It?
Cary Caldwell, Dhanpat Jain, Douglas Smith, Fadi Lakkis, Christian P. Selinger*, Nicola M. Jones, Cornelle R. Parker
Amy Friedman, Marc Lorber, Richard Formica, Wajahat
Mehal T1059 Cardiac Scoring Systems Predict Morbidity and
Mortality in Patients with Acute Gastrointestinal
T1048 The Positive Impact of a Multi-Faceted Educational Bleeding and Acute Coronary Artery Disease
Intervention On Physician Knowledge and the Actual Praveen Rapolu*, Tejal Shah, J.N. Preis, Jian Jun Li, Scott
Practice of Primary Care Physicians Regarding Hepatitis Tenner
C
Am Rebecca Daniel*, Anna M. Jankowski, Naresh T. T1060 Success of Argon Plasma Coagulation for Management
Gunaratnam, Thomas M. Shehab of Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia
Kuldip S. Banwait*, Madhusudhan R. Sanaka, Kuntal M.
T1049 Percutaneous Radio-Frequency Ablation Versus Surgical Thaker, Karl Kwok, Stephanie Moleski, David Assis,
Resection in the Treatment of Small Hepatocellular Thomas Kowalski, David Loren
Carcinoma
Shinichiro Nakamura*, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Hironori T1061 Accuracy of H. Pylori Diagnostic Tests in Patients with
Tanaka, Yasuhiro Miyake, Ryo Terada, Hideki Ohnishi, Bon Bleeding Peptic Ulcer: A Systematic Review and Meta-
Shoji, Shouta Iwadou, Kenji Miyoshi, Hirokazu Miyatake, Analysis
Kazuhiro Nouso, Kohsaku Sakaguchi, Yasushi Shiratori Javier P. Gisbert*, Victor Abraira
T1050 The Treatment of Malignant Ascites in Patient with T1062 The Mallory Weiss Tear
Advanced Cancer: Peritoneovenous Shunt Versus John Thomson*, David Armour, Andrew Fraser, John
Paracentesis Masson, Norman A. Mowat
Masahiro Seike*, Iruru Maetani, Takuro Endo, Hiroaki
Shigoka, Tomoko Tada, Takeo Ukita, Yoshihiro Sakai T1063 Trends in the Incidence and Outcomes of Acute Non-
Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding (ANVUGIB) in
Canada, 1994-2003
AGA Poster Session Laura E. Targownik*, Alice Nabalamba
LA Convention Center T1064 Are Patients with Acute Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding
(ANVUGIB) Presenting Outside of Regular Hours
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders Receiving Quality Care
Laura E. Targownik*, Leila Keyvani, Sanjay K. Murthy,
NON-VARICEAL UGI BLEEDING Shanua Leeson
T1065 The Effect of Various Doses of Pantoprazole On the

• Evaluate recent research on UGI bleeding. Intragastric Acidity for Preventing Ulcer Rebleeding
After Endoscopic Therapy in Korean Patients
T1051 What Is the Annualized Risk of Gastrointestinal Myung-Gyu Choi*, Jung-Hwan Oh, Jae-Myung Park,
Bleeding from Aspirin Use? The Results of Pooled RCT Chang-Nyol Paik, Joon-Wook Lee, Yu-Kyung Cho, In-Seok
Trials Lee, Sang-Woo Kim, Hae Won Han, Kyu Yong Choi, In-Sik
Keith Tsoi*, Yuhong Yuan, Richard H. Hunt Chung, Mi-Sook Dong
T1052 Watermelon Stomach & Portal Hypertensive

Gastropathy in Patients with UGI Bleeding: Does
Histopathology Help in Diagnosis?
Dennis M. Jensen*, Wilfred M. Weinstein
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U Term Follow-Up Hang Lak Lee*, Oh Young Lee, Yong Chul Jeon, Dong Soo
E Abdullah M. Al-Osaimi*, Christopher W. Lawrence, Li H. Han, Byung Chul Yoon, Ho Soon Choi, Seung Sam Paik,
Tri, Lawrence W. Comerford, Patrick G. Northup, Stephen Jin Bae Kim
S H. Caldwell, Stephen J. Bickston
D T1079 Ability of Surgery to CURE Patients with Entero-
T1067 High-Dose Oral Proton Pump Inhibitor Is As Effective Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors
A
Y
MAY
As Intravenous Administration in the Aspect of
Increasing Intragastric pH and Reducing Rebleeding
After Endoscopic Treatment of Bleeding Peptic Ulcers
Francesco Panzuto*, Michela Di Fonzo, Cristina Nisita,
Gabriele Capurso, Vito D. Corleto, Massimo Milione, Elsa
Iannicelli, Massimo Falconi, Vincenzo David, Giovanbattista
Jae-Young Jang, Seok Ho Dong*, Ji Heon Jung, Myung Jong Grassi, Gennaro Nuzzo, Paolo Pederzoli, Vincenzo Ziparo,
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Chae, Nam Hoon Kim, Sang Kil Lee, Kwang Ro Joo, Hyo Gianfranco Delle Fave
Jong Kim, Byung-Ho Kim, Young-Woon Chang, Joung Il
Lee, Rin Chang T1080 Evaluation of An Inflammation-Based Prognostic Score
(GPS) in Patients with Inoperable Gastro-Esophageal
Cancer, Receiving Active Treatment
AGA Poster Session Andrew Crumley*, Donald C. McMillan, Margaret
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A McKernan, Alexander C. McDonald, Robert C. Stuart
T1081 Selection Criteria for Immediate Hepatectomy Without
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Multiple
and Bilateral Liver Metastases
Masami Minagawa*, Masatoshi Makuuchi
PROGNOSIS AND METASTASIS
T1082 The Expression of Sparc in Tumor Stroma May
T1069 Prognosis Prediction of Stage II Colon Cancer By Gene
Facilitate Gastric Cancer Metastasis and Invasion
Christoph Rocken, Stacy Carl-McGrath, Uwe Lendeckel,
Alain Barrier*, Antoinette Lemoine, Didier Brault, Sidney
Peter Malfertheiner, Matthias Ebert*
Houry, Francois Lacaine, Sandrine Dudoit, Antoine Flahault
T1083 Arterial and Systemic Combination Chemotherapy of 5-
T1070 Prognostic Effects of Orotate Phosphoribosyl Transferase
Fluorouracil with Radiation in the Treatment of
and Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase in Colorectal
Advanced Gallbladder Cancer
Cancer After Surgery
Takashi Sasaki*, Hiroyuki Isayama, Toshihiko Arizumi,
Yukihiko Tokunaga*, Hirokazu Sasaki, Tohru Saito
Osamu Togawa, Saburou Matsubara, Yousuke Nakai,
T1071 Pathological Classification and Clinical Behavior of 63 Natsuyo Yamamoto, Naoki Sasahira, Kenji Hirano, Takeshi
Cases of Goblet Cell Carcinoids of the Appendix Tsujino, Nobuo Toda, Minoru Tada, Takao Kawabe, Masao
Laura H. Tang*, Jinru Shia, Douglas D. Wong, Philip Paty, Omata
Martin Weiser, Jose Guillem, Larissa Temple, Antonio Picon,
T1084 The Clinical Significance of Mucin Phenotype of Gastric
Leslie Sobin, Klimstra D
Adenocarcinoma
T1072 Ultrasound Or CT Scan for the Detection of Ok-Jae Lee*, Hyun-Jin Kim, Woo-Song Ha, Hidenobu
Supraclavicular Lymph Nodes in Patients with Watanabe
Esophageal or Gastric Cardia Carcinoma
T1085 Prognostic Impact of DNA Ploidy Is Stronger Than and

Evelyn P.M. van Vliet*, Aad van der Lugt, Ernst J. Kuipers,
Independent of Microsatellite Instability in Human
Hugo W. Tilanus, Ate van der Gaast, John J. Hermans, Peter
Colon Carcinoma Patients
D. Siersema
Frank A. Sinicrope*, Rafaela L. Rego, Kevin C. Halling,
T1073 Expression of Angiotensin II Receptor-Type 1 Is a Nathan Foster, Daniel J. Sargent, Amy French, Megan
Predictor of Nodal Spread in Gastric Cancer Garrity, Richard M. Goldberg, John A. Laurie, Laurence J.
Christoph Rocken, Stacy Carl-McGrath, Juliane Hoffmann, Burgart, Stephen N. Thibodeau, Thomas E. Witzig
Peter Malfertheiner, Matthias Ebert*
T1074 Clinical Significance of Prostaglandin E Synthase AGA Poster Session
Expression in Colorectal Cancer 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Tsuguhiko Seo*, Atsushi Tatsuguchi, Ken Wada, Masaoki LA Convention Center
Yonezawa, Keigo Mitsui, Kazuhiro Nagata, Shu Tanaka,
Shunji Fujimori, Katya Gudis, Seiichi Shinji, Tkashi Tajiri, Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology
Teruyuki Kishida, Choitsu Sakamoto
SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS (II)
T1075 Percutaneous Radio-Frequency Ablation Inproves the
Prognosis of the Patients with Unresectable Hepatic T1086 Frequency of Gastrointestinal Lesions in Iron Deficient
Metastasis from Colorectal Cancer Patients Without Anemia: A Prospective Endoscopic
Yukihiro Koike*, Shuichiro Shiina, Haruka Kajiwara, Eriko Study
Goto, Kazuhiko Ohira, Osamu Goto, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Bani Chander*, Edmund J. Bini
Masao Omata, Tateo Kawase
T1087 Home Fecal Occult Blood Testing in Average Risk
T1076 Aspirin Use and Survival After Diagnosis of Colorectal Veterans Detects Only Advanced Colorectal Neoplasms
Cancer Christopher M. Mathews*, David C. Whitehead,
Andrew T. Chan*, Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, Edward L. Christopher R. Marino
Giovannucci, Jennifer A. Chan, Eva S. Schernhammer,
Charles S. Fuchs T1088 RNA-Based Stool Assay Is Superior to a Single
Immunochemical Fecal Occult Blood Test for Detecting
T1077 Evaluation of Prognostic Factors in Chemotherapy for Early Colorectal Cancer and Adenoma
Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Shigeru Kanaoka*, Tetsunari Takai, Ken-Ichi Yoshida,
Ken Hirao*, Hirofumi Kawamoto, Hironari Kato, Naoko Mutsuhiro Ikuma, Masayoshi Kajimura, Naoyuki Miura,
Kurihara, Yuko Okamoto, Hirotoshi Fukatsu, Jun Kato, Haruhiko Sugimura, Akira Hishida
Hiroyuki Okada, Yasushi Shiratori
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T1089 Urgent Investigation of Alarm Symptoms of Suspected T1101 Cancer Investigation At Peking University Using Fourier T
Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Within Two Weeks Has a Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectroscopy. FT-IR U
Low Yield for Diagnosis of Malignancy Separation of Gastric Cancer from Normal Stomach E
David Dewar*, Manil Chouhan, David Reffitt, John Using Chemometrics
O'Donohue Q-B Li, X Li, Y-Z Xu, Roger D. Soloway*, X-F Ling, J-S S
Wang, G-J Zhang, X-S Zhou, J-S Shi, B-B Wang, Q-H Pan, D
T1090 Colorectal Cancer Screening By Primary Care J-G Wu
Physicians: A Prospective Chart Audit
A
Bernard Denis*, Guillaume Schon, Marcel Ruetsch, Jean T1102 Patient Experience and Preference of Conventional Y
Christian Grall, Michel Leveque, Jean Martin Meyer, Serge Colonoscopy Versus Stronger High Field Magnetic MR- MAY
Moser, Jean Claude Tschiember, Philippe Perrin Colonography (3-TESLA): A Feasability Study
Juergen M. Gschossmann*, Bettina Saar, Corinna A.
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T1091 Reappraisal of Fecal DNA Testing (fDNA) in Light of Messikommer, Wojtek Bielecki, Christoforos Stoupis, Peter
Evolving Test Performance Characteristics and Netzer
Increasing Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Treatment Costs
Murtaza Parekh*, A. Mark Fendrick, Uri Ladabaum T1103 Oesophageal Cancer: How Reassuring Is a Negative
Endoscopy in the Last 3 Years?
T1092 Cancer Investigation At Peking University Using Fourier Benjamin Colleypriest*, Peter Marden, Sarah Bailey, Aram
Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectroscopy. Immediate Fard, John Linehan
Spectroscopic Separation of Colitis from Cancer in
Colon Biopsies T1104 Characteristic of Colorectal Neoplasm in Symptomatic
Q-B Li, X Li, Roger D. Soloway*, Y-Z Xu, X-J Sun, G-J Asian Population: Prospective Survey of 4,681
Zhang, Y-F Zhang, J-G Wu Consecutive Patients Undergoing Colonoscopy
Abdul Aziz Rani, Murdani Abdullah*, Aru W. Sudoyo, Sung
T1093 Development of a Risk Assessment Tool for Patients J. Yoseph, The Asia-Pacific Working Group on Colorectal
Undergoing Colonoscopy to Identify Individuals At Risk Cance For
for Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Syndromes
Fay Kastrinos*, David H. Stockwell, Radhika Venugopal, T1105 Acid Suppression and Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Elena M. Stoffel, Muthoka L. Mutinga, Earl F. Cook, Sapna Prior to Diagnosis in Patients with Adenocarcinoma of
Syngal the Esophagus
Eva van Soest*, Peter D. Siersema, Jeanne P. Dieleman,
T1094 Oesophageal Cancer Survival According to Route of Miriam C. Sturkenboom, Ernst J. Kuipers
Diagnosis: Impact of the United Kingdom ‘Two Week
Rule’ and Barrett’s Surveillance in a Tertiary Cancer T1106 Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence of Advanced
Centre Colorectal Neoplasia in Asia
Nick Stern*, Neil Kapoor, Richard Sturgess, Keith Bodger Ida Hilmi*, Kl Goh, Jjy Sung, Wk Leung, J Lau, Kg Yeoh, L
Ho, Mh Chen, Cj Li, G Makharia, R Tandon, M Abdullah,
T1095 Prospective Evaluation of Fecal Tumor Pyruvat Kinase R Fujita, Jy Kim, Hj Kim, Sk Yang, Wh Kim, Ti Kim, Js
Typ M2 (M2-PK) As a Screening Biomarker for Byeon, Tan J, E Ong, J Sollano, Cw Wang, Dc Wu, P
Colorectal Neoplasia Kongkam
Marc Naumann, Yogesh Shastri, Gerhard Oremek, Ernst
Hanisch, Wolfgang Roesch, Joachim Moessner, Juergen T1107 Detection of Aberrant Fecal DNA Methylation May Be a
Stein* Useful Screening Strategy for Asymptomatic
Gastrointestinal Neoplasia
T1096 Impact of a Public Educational Intervention On Nagahide Matsubara*, Takeshi Nagasaka, Hiromi Sasamoto,
Colorectal Cancer Screening Behaviour Takuyuki Uchida, Ajay Goel, Richard C. Boland, Noriaki
Antonio Z Gimeno*, Adolfo Parra-Blanco, David Nicolas, Tanaka
Marta Garcia-Velazquez, Alejandro Jimenez, Enrique
Quintero
AGA Poster Session
T1097 Efficacy of a New Immunochemical Faecal Occult Blood 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Test for Colorectal Cancer Screening in a High-Risk LA Convention Center
Population
Antonio Z Gimeno*, David Nicolas, Marta Garcia-
Velazquez, Alejandro Jimenez, Manuel Hernandez-Guerra,
Enrique Quintero
WIRELESS/CAPSULE AND SMALL BOWEL IMAGING
T1098 An Automated Developed, Quantitative,
T1108 Performance of Capsule Endoscopy in Obscure
Immunochemical Fecal Occult Blood Test Has a Higher
Intestinal Bleeding - A Multi-Center Outcome Study
Positive Predictive Value for Significant Colonic
Joerg G. Albert*, Mathias Dollinger, Leonore Hahn, Detlef
Neoplasia Than a Sensitive Guaiac Test
Heinig, Konrad Schoppmeyer, Heiner Porst, Rainhard
Zohar Levi*, Rachel Hazazi, Paul Rozen, Alex Wilkin, Amal
Lorenz, Mathias Plauth, Karel Caca, Wolfgang E. Fleig
Waked, Suzana Fishman, Yaron Niv
T1109 Biochromoendoscopy: Molecular Imaging with Capsule
T1099 Endoscopic Capacity and Manpower Planning in the
Endoscopy for Detection of Polypoid Lesions in the GI
Netherlands in the Era of Colorectal Cancer Screening
Tract
Jochim S. Terhaar Sive Droste*, Mike E. Craanen, Jeroen J.
Howard Zhang*, Douglas Morgan, Gerald Cecil, P. Kay
Kolkman, Chris J. Mulder
Lund
T1100 Primary Care Physicians Knowledge and Practices
T1110 An Integrated Approach to Iron Deficiency Anemia: Role
Regarding Colorectal Cancer Screening
of Videocapsule Endoscopy and CT-Enteroclysis
Mohamad Eloubeidi*, Michele Shipp, Renee Desmond,
Angelo Milano, Chrysanthi Balatsinou, Francesco Laterza,
Tykeysha Boone, Norman Weissman, Marion Nadel, Mona
Maria Pia Caldarella, Antonella Filippone, Nicola Genovesi,
Fouad
Flora Sacco, Franco Cuccurullo, Matteo Neri*
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U Analysis of a Large, Non-Selected Cohort of Patients
Regarding Success and Complications of Double Balloon
Endoscopy
S Christian Maaser*, Hansjoerg Ullerich, Karin Menzel, D.R.
D Domagk, Andreas Luegering, Wolfram Domschke, Torsten Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel
A Kucharzik Diseases
Y T1112 Clinical Outcome of Patients Submitted to Capsule CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS IN HUMANS
MAY Endoscopy for Suspect Crohn’s Disease
Carlo M. Girelli*, Paola Porta, Francesco Rocca Participants will be able to:
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• Become familiar with evolving data on anti-TNF therapy of IBD;
T1113 Wireless Capsule for Esophageal Endoscopy: • Become familiar with evolving data on mesalamine therapy for
Comparison with Upper GI Conventional Endoscopy ulcerative colitis; and
Sylvie Sacher-Huvelin*, Emmanuel Coron, Emmanuel Ben • Become familiar with evolving data on anti-selective adhesion
Soussan, Franck Cholet, Michel Antonietti, Michel molecule therapy for Crohn's disease.
Robaszkiewicz, Herve Lamouliatte, Marc Le Rhun, Jean Paul
Galmiche T1124 Concomitant Immunosuppressive and Adalimumab
T1114 Comparative Study of Capsule Endoscopy, Mesenteric
Angiography and Double Balloon Enteroscopy in Obscur
Therapy in Patients with Crohn’s Disease: 1-Year Results
of the Classic II Study
R Panaccione*, Stephen B. Hanauer, Richard Fedorak, Paul
Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Preliminary Results Rutgeerts, William J. Sandborn, Paul Pollack
Begona Gonzalez-Suarez*, Sara Galter, Jorge Carlos Espinos,
Alfredo Mata, Carlos Castano, Jordi Ortiz, Candid T1125 Adalimumab Maintains Improvement in Inflammatory
Villanueva, Jordi Villalba, Adolfo Gallego, Edgar Ayala,
Joaquim Balanzo Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ) Scores Over 1 Year
Following the Initial Attainment of Remission in
Patients with Moderately to Severely Active Crohn’s
T1115 Minimally Invasive Measurement of Intestinal Edema Disease: Results of the Classic II Study
Using An Impedance Analyzer Circuit Paul J. Rutgeerts*, Lisa E. Melilli, Ju Li, Paul F. Pollack
Ravi S. Radhakrishnan*, Kunal Shah, Hasen Xue, Frederick
A. Moore, Norman W. Weisbrodt, Brijesh S. Gill, Charles S. T1126 Safety and Tolerability of Subcutaneous (SC)
T1116
Cox
High-Resolution Sonography of the Bowel for Timely
Certolizumab Pegol in Active Crohn’s Disease (CD):
Results from Two Phase III Studies (PRECiSE program)
Stefan Schreiber*, Brian Feagan, Stephen B. Hanauer, Paul
Diagnosis of Intestinal Acute Graft Versus Host Disease Rutgeerts, Juliet A. McColm, William J. Sandborn
After Allogenic Haematopoietic Stem Cell
Transplantation T1127 Endoscopically Measured Mucosal Healing of Delayed-
Emma Calabrese*, Massimiliano Postorino, Giovanna Del Release Oral mesalamine 4.8 G/Day Versus 2.4 G/Day
Vecchio Blanco, Luca Franceschini, Raffaella Cerretti, Gary R. Lichtenstein*, David Rubin, Gino Regalli, Rachelle
Gottardo De Angelis, Carmelina Petruzziello, Micaela Eusebio
Cretella, Livia Biancone, William Arcese, Francesco Pallone
T1128 Efficacy of Weekend 5-ASA (mesalazine) Enema As a
T1117 Assessment of a New Simple Capsule Endoscopy Maintenance Therapy in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis:
Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CECDAI) A Randomized Controlled Study
Eyal Gal*, Alex Geller, Gerald Frase, Zohar Levi, Yaron Niv Hiroshi Yokoyama*, Sho Takagi, Shinichi Kuriyama,
Shuichiro Takahashi, Hiroki Takahashi, Masahiro Iwabuchi,
T1118 A Novel Diagnostic Approach in Patients with Seiichi Takahashi, Yoshitaka Kinouchi, Ichiro Tsuji, Tooru
Indeterminate Colitis: Wireless Capsule Enteroscopy Shimosegawa
Raffaele Bennato*, Francesco Manguso, Agesilao D'Arienzo,
Giovanni Lombardi, Gianfranco De Dominicis, Francesco P. T1129 Comparison Between Intravenous Iron Gluconate Alone
D'Armiento, Oscar Nappi, Antonio Balzano and Intravenous Iron Gluconate Plus Levofolinic Acid
for the Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anaemia in
T1119 Role of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy (WCE) in Geriatric Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Gastroenterology Alfredo Papa*, Silvio Danese, Simona Guglielmo, Italia
Adnan Muhammad*, Yougandhar Akula, C.S. Pitchumoni Roberto, Marcello Covino, Antonino Grillo, Riccardo Urgesi,
Stefano Semeraro, Michele Bonizzi, Franco Tagliaferri, Luisa
T1120 Evaluating Mechanisms of Intestinal Intussusception
Guidi, Italo de Vitis, Giuseppe Fedeli, Giovanni Gasbarrini,
Kristin E. Killoran, Robia Pautler, Norman Weisbrodt,
Antonio Gasbarrini
Margaret E. Conner*
T1130 A Safety and Efficacy Study of a Novel Formulation of
T1121 Video Capsule Endoscopy Findings in Cirrhosis with
Prednisolone Metasulfobenzoate (PREDOCOL) in the
Portal Hypertension: A Prospective Study
Induction of Remission and Maintenance in Ulcerative
Daniel Urbain*, Danny de Looze, Pieter Hindryckx, Paul
Colitis
Ceulemans, Hendrik Reynaert, Fazia Mana, Isabelle Colle
Jonathan M. Rhodes*, Richard Robinson, Ian Beales, Stirling
T1122 Usefulness of the Capsule Endoscopy in the Study of Pugh, Richard Dickinson, Michael Dronfield, Steven
the Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Preliminary Results Wilkinson
Sara Galter*, Begona Gonzalez, David Monfort, Elena
T1131 Double-Blind, Double Dummy, Randomized, Multicentre,
Ricart, Dolors Gonzalez, Edgar Ayala, Carlos A. Guarner,
Comparative Study On the Efficacy and Safety of
Ingrid Ordas, Joaquim Balanzo
Azathioprine (AZA) Versus mesalazine (5-ASA) for
T1123 Screening for Esophageal Varices with the PillCam ESO Prevention of Postoperative Endoscopic Recurrence in
in Patients with Cirrhosis and Massive Ascitis Crohn’s Disease
Tonantzin Matheus*, Girish Anand, Neha Wadhwa, Philip Hans Herfarth*, Florian Obermeier, Christin Tjaden, Milan
O. Katz, Kenneth Rothstein, Santiago Munoz Lukas, Zuzana Serclova, Axel U. Dignass, Diether Ludwig,
Ralph Mueller, And The Azt-1 Study Group Juergen
Schoelmerich
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T1132 Clinical Trial On the Efficacy and Tolerability of a Novel T1143 Maintenance Therapy with Tacrolimus in Patients with T
Low-Volume mesalamine Foam (2x1g 5-ASA/30ml) Vs Crohn’s Disease Refractory to Azathiopurine: 2 Years U
mesalamine Foam (2x1g 5-ASA/60ml) in Active Trial E
Ulcerative Proctitis Or Proctosigmoiditis Hiroshi Nakase*, Hiroyuki Tamaki, Minoru Matsuura,
Rami Eliakim*, Zsolt Tulassay, Limas Kupcinskas, Kestutis Satoko Inoue, Mitsunori Uza, Satoru Ueno, Hiroshi S
Adamonis, Juris Pokrotnieks, Simon Bar-Meir, Ralph Kitamura, Katsuhiro Kasahara, Tsutomu Chiba D
Mueller, Roland Greinwald, On Behalf of the International A
Foam Study Group Gross, Volker T1144 Treatment of Chronic Refractory Pouchitis - A
Controlled Study Y
T1133 Pharmacokinetics of Adalimumab in a Long-Term Bo Shen*, Feza Remzi, Bret Lashner, Ana Bennett, Aaron MAY
Investigation of the Induction and Maintenance of Brzezinski, Rocio Lopez, Jean-Paul Achkar, Ioannis
Remission in Patients with Crohn’s Disease (CLASSIC I Oikonomou, Kerry Sherman, Marlene Bambrick, Victor
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and CLASSIC II) Fazio
Tushar S. Garimella, Joanna Z. Peng*, Katrin Beck, Peter A.
Noertersheuser, Kathleen G. Lomax, Susan K. Paulson, Paul T1145 Efficacy of “Half Elemental Diet” As a Maintenance
F. Pollack Therapy for Crohn’s Disease: Crohn’s Disease Half
Elemental Diet Study in Sendai (CHESS): A Randomized
T1134 Intravenous Clodronate for Prevention of Steroid- Controlled Trial
Induced Bone Loss in Patients Affected By Inflammatory Sho Takagi*, Kyoko Utsunomiya, Shinichi Kuriyama,
Bowel Disease: A Prospective Randomized Double-Blind Hiroshi Yokoyama, Shuichiro Takahashi, Masahiro
Placebo-Controlled Trial (Clastos study) Iwabuchi, Hiroki Takahashi, Seiichi Takahashi, Yoshitaka
Vered Abitbol*, Gabriel Baron, Philippe Seksik, Antoine Kinouchi, Nobuo Hiwatashi, Yuji Funayama, Iwao Sasaki,
Charachon, Yoram Bouhnik, Cecile Poupardin, Matthieu Ichiro Tsuji, Tooru Shimosegawa
Allez, Dominique Lamarque, Christian Roux, Stanislas
Chaussade T1146 Long-Term Safety Analysis of Budesonide in Crohn’s
Disease: A Pooled Analysis of Five 1-Year Studies
T1135 Prospective Evaluation of Effects of NSAID Use On the Gary Lichtenstein*, Louise Hapten-White, William J.
Disease Course of the Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis Sandborn
(IPAA)
Bo Shen*, Feza Remzi, Bret Lashner, Ana Bennett, Aaron T1147 Once- and Twice-Daily Spd476, a Novel, High-Strength
Brzezinski, Jean-Paul Achkar, Rocio Lopez, Ioannis Formulation of 5-ASA, Induces Remission of Both Mild
Oikonomou, Kerry Sherman, Marlene Bambrick, Victor and Moderate Ulcerative Colitis: A Prespecified Analysis
Fazio of Combined Data from Two Pivotal, Randomized,
Placebo-Controlled, Phase III Studies
T1136 Different Definitions of Remission for Ulcerative Colitis Gary R. Lichtenstein*, Michael A. Kamm, William J.
Result in Large Variations of Clinical Outcome Scores Sandborn, Miguel Gassull, Stefan Schreiber, Lechoslaw
Seymour Katz*, Sunanda Kane, Peter Higgins, Rachelle Jackowski, Prabhakar Boddu, Natalya Gubergrits
Eusebio, Bruce Yacyshyn
T1148 SPD476, a Novel Formulation of 5-ASA Given Once Or
T1137 Maintenance Therapy with Natalizumab Does Not Twice Daily, Is Effective for the Induction of Remission
Require Use of Concomitant Immunosuppressants for of Left-Sided and Extensive Ulcerative Colitis: An
Sustained Efficacy in Patients with Active Crohn’s Analysis of Combined Data from Two Pivotal,
Disease: Results from the ENACT-2 Study Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Studies
William Sandborn*, Jean-Frederic Colombel, Robert Enns, Michael A. Kamm*, Gary R. Lichtenstein, William J.
Brian Feagan, Stephen Hanauer, Ian Lawrance, Remo Sandborn, Miguel Gassull, Stefan Schreiber, Lechoslaw
Panaccione, Paul Rutgeerts, Stefan Schreiber, Stephan Jackowski, Prabhakar Boddu, Natalya Gubergrits
Targan, Sander van Deventer
T1149 Maintenance Treatment with Natalizumab Improves the
T1138 A Meta-Analysis of the Placebo Effect for the Induction Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in Crohn’s
of Clinical Remission/Response in Mild to Moderate Disease Patients
Active Ulcerative Colitis Brian Feagan*, Jean-Frederic Colombel, Robert Enns,
Volker Gross*, Martina Elze, Ralph Mueller, Roland Stephen Hanauer, Ian Lawrance, Remo Panaccione, Paul
Greinwald Rutgeerts, Stefan Schreiber, Stephan Targan, Sander van
Deventer, William Sandborn
T1139 SPD476, a Novel, High-Strength 5-ASA Formulation
Induces Remission of Active, Mild-to-Moderate T1149a Comparison of Eudragit-L-Coated with Ethylcellulose-
Ulcerative Colitis in Subjects That Are Switched from Coated Mesalazine Tablets in Patient with Active
Low-Dose Oral 5-ASA Therapy Or Are 5-ASA Naïve: An Ulcerative Colitis
Analysis of Pooled Data from Two Phase III Studies Peter Gibson
William J. Sandborn*, Michael A. Kamm, Gary R.
Lichtenstein, Miguel Gassull, Stefan Schreiber, Lechoslaw
Jackowski, Prabhakar Boddu, Natalya Gubergrits AGA Poster Session
T1140 How Effective Is Anti-TNF-α Therapy? A RE-Analysis of LA Convention Center
the Precise 2 Maintenance Trial of Monthly
Subcutaneous Certolizumab Pegol in Active Crohn’s Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders
Disease Using Remission to Redefine All Efficacy
Measures CONSEQUENCES OF INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION
Stefan Schreiber*, Ian C. Lawrance, Juliet A. McColm,
Ralph Bloomfield, William J. Sandborn T1150 Lysophosphatidic Acid (LPA) Stimulates Protein Kinase
T1141 Moderate to Severe Crohn’s Disease Induces High
Productivity Losses: Work Productivity and Activity
D2-Mediated Nf-κB Dependent Interleukin-8 Secretion
in Nontransformed, Human Colonic Epithelial Cells- a
Potential Signaling Pathway in Intestinal Repair
Impairment (WPAI) Baseline Data from the PRECiSE Wai Yin Leung, Mary Moyer, Robert M. Strieter, Enrique
program Rozengurt, Terence Chiu*
Brian Feagan*, Stefan Schreiber, Bernard Selke, Margaret C.
Reilly, William J. Sandborn
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T T1151 Ginkgo Biloba Is a Potent Anti-Inflammatory Agent in T1164 Alterations of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9, Hepatocyte
U Intestinal Epithelium: Therapeutic Potential for Growth Factor Receptor and Insulin-Like Growth Factor
E Suppression of NF-kB Activation and I-kb Degradation Receptor-1 Expressions in Ulcerative Colitis
Ali Banan*, Lijuan Zhang, Philip Engen, Maliha Shaikh, Laszlo Herszenyi*, Ferenc Sipos, Orsolya Galamb, Balazs
S Jeremy Z. Fields, Christopher B. Forsyth, Ashkan Farhadi, Gyorffy, Istvan Hritz, Istvan Pregun, Bela Molnar, Zsolt
D Ali Keshavarzian Tulassay
A T1152 Tacrolimus (FK506), An Immunosuppressive Agent, T1165 Aggravation of Indomethacin-Induced Intestinal
Y Prevents Indomethacin- Induced Small Intestinal Ulceration in Rats with Adjuvant-Induced Chronic
MAY Ulceration in Rats: Inhibition of iNOS Expression Arthritis: Involvement of Increased Expression of Toll-
Through Suppressing Nf-Kappa B Activation Like Receptor (TLR)-4
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Shinichi Kato*, Kazuhiro Fukushima, Yoko Aoi, Koji Shinichi Kato*, Kazuhiro Fukushima, Kikuko Amagase, Koji
Takeuchi Takeuchi
T1153 Alterations of Expression and Function of the Na+/H+ T1166 The Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Cv-11974, AT1
Exchanger NHE3 During Early Inflammation in IL-10 Receptor Antagonist,On Indomethacin-Induced Rat
Knockout Murine Intestine Enteritis
Tesfaye Tessema, Ayhan Cinar, Brigitte Riederer, Andre Toshimitsu Okuda*, Norimasa Yoshida, Koichi Terao,
Bleich, Westendorf Astrid, Jan Buer, Michael P. Manns, Osamu Handa, Tomohisa Takagi, Satoshi Kokura, Hiroshi
Ursula Seidler* Ichikawa, Yuji Naito, Takeshi Okanoue, Toshikazu
Yoshikawa
T1154 Effect of Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) On Intestinal Epithelial
Tight Junction Permeability T1167 Evidence That a Novel Non-Chemical, Non-Electrical
Rana Al-Sadi*, Thomas Y. Ma Intercellular Signaling System Causes Oxidative-Induced
Changes in Cell Protein Content and Activation of Nf-
T1155 The Opioid Antagonist Naltrexone Alleviates κB in Distant Epithelial Cells
Chemically-Induced Colitis Ashkan Farhadi*, Christopher Forsyth, Ali Banan, Maliha
Gail L. Matters*, John F. Harms, Leo R. Fitzpatrick, Anuj Shaikh, Phillip Engen, Jeremy Z. Fields, Ali Keshavarzian
M. Parikh, Nicholas J. Nilo, Jill P. Smith
T1168 Role of Thromboxane in Flow-Mediated Vasoconstriction

T1156 Stimulus Specific Role for Fer Tyrosine Kinase in in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Neutrophil Recruitment: Role of P38 MAPK and PI3 Ossama A. Hatoum*, David G. Binion, Hiroto Miura,
Kinase Rebecca M. Selle, Shane A. Phillips, Doron Kipelman, David
Maitham A. Khajah*, Graciela Andonegui, Donna-Marie D. Gutterman
McCafferty
T1169 Tegaserod Has No Potential for Vasoconstriction or
T1157 Proof of Gaps in Human Small and Large Intestinal Impairment of Vasodilatation in Isolated Human and
Epithelium By in Vivo Histology with Confocal Laser Non-Human Primate Mesenteric Arteries
Endoscopy Eckhard Weber*, Christian T. Hamel, Mario Bernhard,
Alastair J. Watson*, Ralf Kiesslich, Elizabeth M. Angus, Hans-Juergen Pfannkuche
Peter R. Galle, Constantin Schneider, Katharina
Lammersdorf, Marshall H. Montrose, Markus F. Neurath T1170 Kayexalate (Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate) in Sorbitol
Is a Common and Frequently Unrecognized Cause of
T1158 Prohibitin (PHB) Expression Is Decreased During Intestinal Ischemia
Intestinal Inflammation and May Protect Against Susan C. Abraham*, Alyssa M. Krasinskas
Inflammation-Induced Oxidative Damage
Arianne L. Theiss*, Richard D. Idell, Lixin Wang, Dean P. T1171 Enterocolic Lymphocytic Phlebitis: Its Prevalence and
Jones, Didier Merlin, Shanthi V. Sitaraman Role in Ischemic Bowel
Alyssa M. Krasinskas*, Susan C. Abraham
T1159 Prerequisite of Bile Acids for Expression of COX-2 and
iNOS As Well As Lesion Formation in Rat Small T1172 The Chemokine Cxcl12 Regulates Intestinal Epithelial
Intestine Following Administration of Indomethacin
Yuka Takahira*, Nahoko Izumi, Akiko Tanaka, Koji
Takeuchi
Restitution By Increasing Actin Rearrangement and
Activity of the Rho Signaling Pathway
Rebecca Moyer*, Michael K. Wendt, Priscilla A. Johanesen,
Michael B. Dwinell
T1160 Roles of Endogenous Prostaglandins/Cyclooxygenases
and EP4 Receptor Subtype in Healing of Indomethacin- T1173 Increased Expression of Both Angiogenic VEGF, and
Induced Small Intestinal Lesions in Rats
Ryo Hatazawa*, Ryoko Ohno, Mayu Tanigami, Akiko
Tanaka, Koji Takeuchi
Anti-Angiogenc Endostatin and Angiostatin in Ulcerative
Colitis in Rats, Mice and Humans: An Explanation for
Impaired and Delayed Healing
Xiaoming Deng*, Zsuzsa Sandor, Tetyana Khomenko,
T1161 Bioactive Glass Stimulates Epithelial Wound Healing Longchuan Chen, Ximing Xiong, Andrzej Tarnawski,
Hussila Keshaw*, Alastair Forbes, Richard Day Sandor Szabo
T1162 Evidence of Monoclonality in Dysplasia in Ulcerative T1174 PKC-β1 Activation Is Required for Epidermal Growth
Colitis Factor (EGF) Induced Cellular Migration and
Simon Leedham*, Lara Maia, Sean Preston, Macdonald Cytoskeletal Remodeling in Enterocyte Monolayers: A
Stuart, Oliver Sieber, Ian Tomlinson, Nicholas Wright Unique Wound Healing Mechanism in GI Epithelium
Ali Banan*, Lijuan Zhang, Maliha Shaikh, Christopher B.
T1163 15-Deoxy-Δ 12,14-Prostaglandin J2 Ameliorates Dextran
Forsyth, Ashkan Farhadi, Jeremy Z. Fields, Ali Keshavarzian
Sodium Sulfate-Induced Colitis in Mice Via Induction of
Heme Oxygenase-1 T1175 Development of a Collagen-Ceramic Composite for
Tomohisa Takagi*, Yuji Naito, Takahiro Suzuki, Hirokazu Fistula Repair
Kajikawa, Kouichi Terao, Hisato Tsuboi, Takeshi Ishii, Hussila Keshaw*, Paul Sibbons, Alastair Forbes, Richard
Kazuhiro Kamada, Toshimitsu Okuda, Osamu Handa, Day
Satoshi Kokura, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Norimasa Yoshida,
Toshikazu Yoshikawa
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T1176 PI3K-Dependent GSK3β Phosphorylation Is Implicated T1187 Safety and Tolerability of the Probiotic Organism T
in the Intestinal Epithelial Cell Wound-Healing Bifidobacterium Infantis 35624: Clinical Experience and U
Response Molecular Basis E
Thomas Karrasch*, Brigitte Allard, Christian Jobin Eamonn M. Quigley*, Peter J. Whorwell, Fergus Shanahan,
Douwe Vansinderen, Jun Xu, Linda Altringer, Liam S
T1177 Butyric Acid, A Physiologic Bacterial Fermentation O'Mahony, Francisco Guarner, Progid Investigators D
Product, Represses Epithelial Inflammatory Signaling
Via Changes in Cul-1 Neddylation T1188 6 Months-Treatment of Symptomatic Uncomplicated
A
Lauren S. Collier-Hyams*, Shanthi Sitaraman, Andrew Diverticular Disease (SUDD) of the Colon with Y
Neish Lactobacillus Paracasei F19 MAY
Rosario Cuomo*, Giovanni Maconi, Francesco De Giorgi,
T1178 Remote Epithelial Dysfunction After Localized Intestinal 23
Edith Lahner, Giovanni Sarnelli, Bruno Annibale
Radiation Injury: Possible Role of IL-1β?
Sandra Torres*, Marc Benderitter, Jean-Pierre Caruelle, T1189 The Probiotic Formulation Lacidofil®/ Entercine®
Agnes Francois Prevents Stress-Induced Increase in Colonic
Permeability and Sensitivity to Distension in Rats
T1179 Cytostatic Drug-Induced Mucositis in Mucin 2 Deficient Helene Eutamene, Chantal Chabo, Stephanie Guggisberg,
Mice Lionel Bueno, Jean Fioramonti, Henri Durand, Bernard
Barbara de Koning, Maria van der Sluis*, Dicky Fabre, Vassilia Theodorou*
Lindenbergh-Kortleve, Anna Velcich, Rob Pieters, Hans
Buller, Alexandra Einerhand, Ingrid Renes T1190 Acute Metabolic Stress Activates Intermediate
Conductance Potassium (IK) Channels in the Basolateral
T1180 Rabbit Enteropathogenic E.Coli Strains Expressing Shiga Membrane of Human Colonic Crypt Cells
Toxins 1 (Stx1) Or 2 (Stx2) Induce Renal Lesions of Arun Loganathan*, John E. Linley, Jeremy P. Lodge,
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) in Dutch Belted Malcolm Hunter, Geoffrey I. Sandle
Rabbits
Edgar Boedeker*, Chengru Zhu, Hernan Rios, Katherine T1191 The Lambda (λ) Isoform of PKC Is a Unique Modulator
Davis of Inducible NO Synthase (iNOS) Signaling and Is
Critical to Monolayer Disruption By Oxidative Stress: A
T1181 Tumor Suppressor Foxo3a Is Involved in Regulation of Novel Pro-Inflammatory Mechanism in Intestinal
Inflammation Induced By Enteric Pathogen Citrobacter Epithelium
Rodentium Ali Banan*, Lijuan Zhang, Maliha Shaikh, Jeremy Z. Fields,
Suzana Savkovic*, Marinka Bulic, Amy Yang, Jameela Huq, Ashkan Farhadi, Christopher B. Forsyth, Ali Keshavarzian
Stanford L. Peng
T1192 Role of Thrombin-Protease Activated Receptor 1 (PAR1)
AGA Poster Session
Pathway in Intestinal Ischemia-Reperfusion in Rats
Hisato Tsuboi*, Yuji Naito, Takahiro Suzuki, Kouichi Terao,
Hirokazu Kajikawa, Toshimitsu Okuda, Takeshi Hattori,
LA Convention Center Nami Nakabe, Tomohisa Takagi, Osamu Handa, Satoshi
Kokura, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Norimasa Yoshida, Toshikazu
Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders Yoshikawa
PROTECTORS AND STRESSORS OF THE GUT T1193 Novel Action of Ptca Compared with Cysteine/GSH
T1182 Lactobacillus Casei Strain Shirota Prevent NSAID-

Induced Small Intestinal Injury By Suppressing Toll
Prodrugs Against Colitis in Murine Model
Helieh S. Oz*, Theresa Chen, Willem J. de Villiers, Jian
Zhong, Herbert Nagasawa
Like Receptor 4 Signaling Pathway
Hikaru Nishio*, Toshio Watanabe, Tetsuya Tanigawa, E.J. T1194 Metabonomic Investigation to Study Gut and Systemic
Sasaki, Masatsugu Shiba, Kazunari Tominaga, Yasuhiro Responses to Stress
Fujiwara, Nobuhide Oshitani, Kazuhide Higuchi, Kato Doris M. Jacobs*, Lionel Tornier, Ziad Ramadan, Sunil
Shinichi, Tetsuo Arakawa, Koji Takeuchi Kochhar, Carmen Alonso, Javier Santos, Mar Guilarte, Maria
Vicario, Maria Antolin, Esteban Saperas, Juanramon
T1183 Metabolic Activity of Probiotics - Oxalate Degradation Malagelada
Caroline Murphy*, Sharon Murphy, Sinead Jacob, Maurice
O'Donoghue, Thomas Boileau, Gregory Sunvold, Gregory T1195 Calcium-Dependent Activation of Signaling Kinases
Reinhart, Barry Kiely, Fergus Shanahan, Liam O'Mahony Mediates the Inhibitory Effect of Hydrogen Peroxide On
Colonic Epithelial Ion Transport
T1184 Lactobacillus Farciminis Treatment Suppresses Stress- Kim E. Barrett, Linh Pham, Declan F. McCole*
Induced Visceral Hypersensitivity Through Inhibition of
Colonic Epithelial Cells Myosin Light Chain Kinase T1196 Redox Mechanisms in the Pathogenesis of Cysteamine-
(MLCK) Induced Duodenal Ulcers: Role of Iron in Organ-Specific
Afifa Ait-Belgnaoui*, Wei Han, Florence Lamine, Helene Tissue Injury
Eutamene, Jean Fioramonti, Lionel Bueno, Vasillia Tetyana Khomenko*, Joanna A. Bernstein, Xiaoming Deng,
Theodorou Klara Osapay, George Osapay, Gordon D. McLaren, Hamid
M. Said, Sandor Szabo
T1185 Lactulose Breath Testing Detects Small Intestinal
Bacterial Overgrowth in Rats T1197 Alternative Method to Identify Susceptibility Genes for
Justin H. Barad, Eileen O. Sullivan, Isella Nieto, Anna Hui, Crohn’s Disease Through Transcriptome Analysis
Henry C. Lin* Debby Laukens*, Harald Peeters, Filip de Keyser, Eric Veys,
Claude Cuvelier, D.R. Elewaut, Erik Remaut, Martine de
T1186 Proteomic Analysis of Potential Mechanisms Involved in Vos, Pieter Rottiers
the Lactobacillus Paracasei-Mediated Restoration of
Enteric Muscle Dysfunction Induced By Trichinella T1198 The Role of Amino Acid-Rich Preservation Solution in
Spiralis Infection Alleviating Intestinal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in a
Gabriela E. Bergonzelli*, Elena F. Verdu, Luisa V. Lopes, Large Animal Model
Andreas Fuerholz, Laure Marvin-Guy, Irene Corthesy- Thomas Churchill, Payam Salehi*, David Bigam
Theulaz, Stephen M. Collins
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T T1199 Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide Bpc 157 Studied for T1208 CT-Guided Brachytherapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
U Inflammatory Bowel Disease (PLD116, PL14736, Pliva) in Liver Cirrhosis - A Novel Therapeutic Approach
E Inhibits Thromb Formation Following Abdominal Aorta Alexandra Bergk*, Gero Wieners, Viola Weich, Bertram
Anastomosis in Rat Wiedenmann, Thomas Berg, J.N. Ricke
S Masa Jasprica, Predrag Sikiric*, Sven Seiwerth, Lovorka
D Batelja, Alenka Boban Blagaic, Miroslav Gjurasin, Leonardo T1209 Treatment Outcomes of Transcatheter Arterial
Patrlj Chemoinfusion (TACI) in Patients with Unresectable
A Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
Y T1200 Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 (BPC157) in Bo Yoon Choi*, Aijaz Ahmed, Mahmood Razavi, Daniel Sze,
MAY Trials for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (PL-10, PLD-116, Joan Frisoli, Nicole Simpson, Ruel T. Garcia, Emmet B.
Pliva, Croatia). Heals Ileoileal-Anastomosis and Keeffe, Mindie H. Nguyen
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Counteracts Corticosteroid-Negative Effect in Rat
Tihomir Vuksic, Predrag Sikiric*, Sven Seiwerth, Bozo T1210 Thermo-Chemoembolization for Malignant Hepatic
Radic, Robert Klicek, Luka Brcic Tumors Is Clinically Useful
Mitsunori Yasuda*, Motoharu Kondo, Satoshi Kokura, Yuji
T1201 Hepatic and Mesenteric Steal Shown with Dynamic Naitoh, Norimasa Yoshida, Toshikazu Yoshikawa
Angiography Relates to Ischemia in Non-Corresponding,
Unaffected, Bowel Regions in Patients with Isolated CA T1211 Incidence of Acute Hepatic Failure and Related Risk
or SMA Stenosis Factors After Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization
Renzo Veenstra*, Robert H. Geelkerken, Dick G. Gerrits, Ad of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
B. Huisman, Jeroen J. Kolkman Kyungsik Park*, Byoungkuk Jang, Woojin Chung,
Kwangbum Cho, Jaeseok Hwang, Sunghoon Ahn,
Younghwan Kim, Jinsu Choi, Junyoung Hwang
AGA Poster Session
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A T1212 Hepatic Hemodynamic Change After Percutaneous
LA Convention Center Radiofrequency Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma -
Long Term Follow-Up Observation
Shinpei Sato*, Hiroshi Miyakawa, Atsuko Takai, Eriko
Kitazawa, Kentaro Kikuchi, Takayuki Kawakami
LIVER AND BILIARY CARCINOMA: MANAGEMENT T1213 Long-Term Outcome in Patients with Advanced
Klatskin-Tumors Undergoing Operative and/or
T1202 Survival Time of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients
Endoscopic Therapy
Stratified According to the Time-to-Recurrence
Andreas Weber, Sonja Landrock, Manfred Stangl, Roland
Kohsaku Sakaguchi*, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Shin-Ichi
Schmid, Christian Prinz*
Nakamura, Yasushi Shiratori
T1214 Clinical Benefit of Radiation Therapy for Unresectable
T1203 Prognostic Performance of the New Treatment
Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
Algorithm for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) in
Osamu Togawa*, Hiroyuki Isayama, Yousuke Nakai, Takashi
Japan: Compared with Prognostic Staging Systems
Sasaki, Hiroshi Kogure, Natsuyo Yamamoto, Naoki Sasahira,
Yoshiyuki Kobayashi*, Shinichiro Nakamura, Yasuhiro
Takeshi Tsujino, Minoru Tada, Yukiko Ito, Saburo
Miyake, Kenji Miyoshi, Hirokazu Miyatake, Kazuhiro
Matsubara, Kenji Hirano, Toshihiko Arizumi, Nobuo Toda,
Nouso, Yoshiaki Iwasaki, Kohsaku Sakaguchi, Yasushi
Haruhiko Yoshida, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata
Shiratori
T1215 Palliative Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiodrainage
T1204 Repeated Recurrence Profiles of Hepatocellular
for Cholangiocarcinoma: Complications and Outcome
Carcinoma Within Milan Criteria
Dorothee H. Dorlars*, Peter Fleischmann, Jenny Gebhardt,
Kenji Miyoshi*, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Iwasaki,
Juergen Pausch
Shinichirou Nakamura, Hironori Tanaka, Hideki Onishi,
Shouta Iwado, Kohsaku Sakaguchi, Yasushi Shiratori T1216 Efficacy of Radiofrequency Ablation in Patients with
Colorectal Hepatic Metastases
T1205 Effect of Previous Interferon Treatment On the
Kazuhiko Hosoda*, Tomotaka Yasumura, Akiharu Yagawa,
Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with
Ryota Sueki, Satoshi Kaji, Takanori Maruyama, Toshifusa
Hepatitis C
Ozawa, Ryuichi Iida
Hirokazu Miyatake*, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Iwasaki,
Shinichirou Nakamura, Hironori Tanaka, Yasuhiro Miyake,
Ryo Terada, Kenji Miyoshi, Hideki Ohnishi, Shouta Iwadou, AGA Poster Session
Bon Shouji, Takeshi Kuwaki, Kohsaku Sakaguchi, Yasushi 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Shiratori LA Convention Center
T1206 Effects of Supplementation with a Branched-Chain
Amino Acid-Enriched Preparation On Event-Free Sponsored by: Liver & Biliary
Survival and Quality of Life in Cirrhotic Patients with
Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Multicenter, Randomized LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
Controlled Trial
Haruhiko Kobashi*, Youichi Morimoto, Toshio Ito, T1217 Colonic Complications After Liver Transplant, An Under
Toshinari Shimoe, Yasuhiro Makino, Yasuyuki Araki, Hiroshi Appreciated Significant Problem?
Ikeda, Kouichi Takaguchi, Masaharu Ando, Masanobu Antonio Sanchez*, Hugo Bonatti, Rolland C. Dickson,
Miyake, Yoshiaki Iwasaki, Kohsaku Sakaguchi, Yasushi Justin H. Nguyen, Walter C. Hellinger, Ronald A. Hinder,
Shiratori Heidi K. Chua, Jaime Aranda-Michel
T1207 Efficacy of Long Acting Release Octreotide in Patients T1218 Incidence, Endoscopic Findings and Treatment of Biliary
with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Tract Complications After Orthotopic Liver
Randomized Multicenter Phase III Study Transplantation - A Single Centre Experience
Gontran Verset*, Chris Verslype, Hendrik Reynaert, Ivan Nicolas Hoepffner, Yogesh Shastri*, Bora Akoglu, Christina
Borbath, Philippe Langlet, Ann van den Brouck, Marc Zapletal, Wolf O. Bechstein, Wolfgang Caspary, Dominik
Peeters, Ghislain Houbiers, Peeter Michielsen, Marianna Faust
Arvanitakis, Jean-Luc van Laethem
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T1219 Endoscopic Treatment for Biliary Complications in T1228 Hypervigilance in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) T
Donors After Living-Donor Liver Transplantation Compared with Other Chronic Gastrointestinal U
Seiji Shio*, Shujiro Yazumi, Kazunori Hasegawa, Masaya Disorders E
Kida, Junichi Yamauchi, Shinsuke Tada, Hiroto Egawa, Iris Posserud*, Jan Svedlund, Jenny Wallin, Magnus Simren
Shinji Uemoto, Tsutomu Chiba S
T1229 Effect of Autogenic Training in Patients with Irritable D
T1220 Evaluation of Transabdominal Ultrasonography for Bowel Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Biliary Complications After Liver Transplantation in Masae Shinozaki*, Motoyori Kanazawa, Michiko Kano, Yuka
A
Recipients with Choledochocholedochostomy Without T- Endo, Michio Hongo, Shin Fukudo Y
Tube MAY
Chad J. Long*, Scott Biggins, Ruth B. Goldstein, Eugene T1230 Minimally Important Difference (MID) for Health
Yen, Karen Bagatelos, Sandy Feng, James W. Ostroff Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) Measures in 23
Functional Bowel Disorders (FBD)
T1221 Predictive Factors for Graft and Patient Survival Douglas A. Drossman*, Carolyn B. Morris, Yuming Hu,
Following Liver Transplantation for Hepatitis C Brenda B. Toner, Nick Diamant, William E. Whitehead,
Speranta Iacob*, Susanne Beckebaum, Razvan Iacob, Vito Christine B. Dalton, J.N. Leserman, Shrikant I. Bangdiwala,
Cicinnati, Christian Klein, Liana Gheorghe, Cristian Donald L. Patrick
Gheorghe, Irinel Popescu, Andrea Frilling, Massimo Malago,
Guido Gerken, Christoph Broelsch T1231 Somatization Trait and Somatization Disorder Have
Different Impacts On IBS
T1222 Long-Term Outcome of Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Miranda Al. van Tilburg*, Olafur S. Palsson, William E.
in Cryptogenic Cirrhosis Whitehead
Herve Boucard*, Rajat Parikh, Arun Samanta, Baburao
Koneru, Dorian Wilson, Adrian Fisher, Meelie Debroy, T1232 Parental Concerns in Childhood Functional Abdominal
Andrew de la Torre, Kenneth Klein Pain: A Comparison Study
Nader N. Youssef*, Miranda van Tilburg, Annette
T1223 Frequency of Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Langseder, William E. Whitehead
and the Utility of Surveillance Ultrasound Examination
in Patients with END Stage Liver Disease (ESLD) from T1233 Increase in Global Symptom Reporting Does Not
Hepatitis C Cirrhosis On the Liver Transplantation Explain Increased Prevalence of Functional Bowel
Waiting List Disorders in First Degree Relatives of IBD Patients
Anna Wieckowska*, Nizar N. Zein Lisbeth A. Selby*, Freddy Caldera, Houssam Mardini,
Willem de Villiers
T1224 Hepatitis B, Tumor Treatment and Immunosuppression
Influence Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After T1234 Influence of Experimentally Induced Anxiety On Rectal
Liver Transplantation Sensorimotor Function in Men
Sandra Ciesek*, Thomas Becker, Tim Greten, Juergen Brecht Geeraerts*, Lukas van Oudenhove, Rita Vos, Jozef
Klempnauer, Michael P. Manns, Christian P. Strassburg Janssens, Jan Tack
T1235 How Does Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for IBS Work?

AGA Poster Session A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis of Results
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A from a Randomized Controlled Trial
LA Convention Center Jeffrey M. Lackner*, James Jaccard, Susan S. Krasner,
Leonard A. Katz, Edward B. Blanchard
Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction T1236 Psychological Trait Dimensions in Functional Dyspepsia:
Descriptive Data and Relationship with Gastric
FUNCTIONAL GI DISORDERS: PSYCHOSOCIAL AND Pathophysiology
PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC ASPECTS Lukas van Oudenhove*, Joris Vandenberghe, Brecht
Geeraerts, Rita Vos, Phillippe Persoons, Sebastien Kindt,
Participants will be able to: Koen Demyttenaere, Jan Tack
• Learn more about the role of psychosocial factors in symptoms in
functional GI disorders; and T1237 Increased Pre-Pulse Startle Inhibition in Irritable Bowel
• Learn more about the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic Syndrome (IBS): Evidence for Hypervigilance
interventions in IBS. Lisa A. Kilpatrick*, Edward Ornitz, Hana Ibrahimovic, Mike
Treanor, Michelle Craske, Maria Nazarian, Emeran A.
T1225 Effects of Tegaserod On Restraint Stress-Induced Mayer, Bruce D. Naliboff
Visceral Hypersensitivity and C-FOS Expression On
Spinal Cord in Rats T1238 Is a Structured Patient Educational Class An Efficient
Yan Sun*, Gengqing Song, Fengling Liu, Wei Qian, Xiaohua Tool in the Management of Patients with Irritable Bowel
Hou Syndrome (IBS)?
Gisela Ringstrom*, Stine Storsrud, Sara Lundkvist, Berndt
T1226 Medical Consultation for Children’s Chronic Westman, Hasse Abrahamsson, Magnus Simren
Stomachaches Is Related to a Belief That the Symptoms

Have a Physical Cause But Is Not Related to Anxiety
About Serious Missed Diagnosis
T1239 Gastroenterologist Ratings of Patient Anxiety:
Perception Or Attribution?
Miranda Al. van Tilburg*, Olafur S. Palsson, Denesh K. Tiffany Havlicek*, Michael P. Jones, Michael Williams,
Chitkara, William E. Whitehead Robert Rahimi, Laurie Keefer
T1227 Abdominal Pain and Co-Morbid Complaints from T1240 What Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Childhood to Adulthood in a Population Based Birth Expect from Their Health Care Providers. National
Cohort Survey On IBS Educational Needs and Expectations
Denesh K. Chitkara*, Nicholas J. Talley, Amy L. Weaver, Albena Halpert*, Christine Dalton, Olafur Palsson, Yuming
Miranda van Tilburg, Slauvica K. Katusic, G. Richard Locke, Hu, Carolyn Morris, Shrikant Bangdiwala, Nancy Norton,
Mary Jo Rucker, William E. Whitehead Douglas Drossman
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T T1241 Family Physician Attitude Towards Irritable Bowel T1251 Physical Activity Improves Quality of Life But Is Not
U Syndrome Associated with Decreased Prevalence of Bloating
E Alexandra Ilnyckyj*, Lesley Graffe, Lawrence Elliott, Gina Ashok Tuteja*, Nicholas J. Talley, Sandra K. Joos, Tolman
Sunderland G. Keith, David H. Hickam
S
D T1242 Interleukin-1β Stimulates Expression of NADPH T1252 Effect of a Water Load Test On Gastric Myoelectrical
Oxidases NOX1 and NOX4 in Colonic Smooth Muscle: Activity and Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms in
A Mediation By Nf-κB and Differential Modulation By C- Patients with Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy
Y Jun Kinase and ERK1/2 Kenneth L. Koch, T. Murphy Goodwin, Roberto J. Romero,
MAY Wenhui Hu*, Fang Li, Karnam S. Murthy Max E. Levine*, Heather Tison
23 T1243 Affect and Perceived Stress in Functional Dyspepsia: T1253 Cumulative Incidence of Chronic Constipation: A
Descriptive Data and Relationship with Gastric Population-Based Study 1988-2003
Pathophysiological Mechanisms Rok Son Choung*, Giles R. Locke, Cathy D. Schleck, Alan
Lukas van Oudenhove*, Joris Vandenberghe, Brecht R. Zinsmeister, Nicholas J. Talley
Geeraerts, Rita Vos, Phillippe Persoons, Sebastien Kindt,
Koen Demyttenaere, Jan Tack T1254 First Community-Based Study of Functional
Gastrointestinal Disorders (FGID) in Mexico Using the
T1244 What Determines the Compromised Quality of Life in Rome II Modular Questionnaire
Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)? Aurelio Lopez-Colombo*, Dalia Bravo-Gonzales, Araceli
Magnus Simren*, Gisela Ringstrom, Pia Agerforz, Per Corona-Lopez, Maria Elena Perez-Lopez, Manuel Cervantes-
Jerndal, Martin Karpefors, Louis Akkermans, Robert Ocampo, Teresita Romero-Ogawa, Douglas Morgan, Max
Spaziani, Karen Miranda, Stephen Collins, Markad Kamath, Schmulson
Alfred Bayati
T1255 The Bi Omnibus Study: An International Survey of
Community Prevalence of Constipation and Laxative
AGA Poster Session Use in Adults
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Arnold Wald*, Michael Kamm, Stefan Mueller-Lissner,
LA Convention Center Carmelo Scarpignato, Wolfgang Marx, Chris Schuijt
T1256 What Causes Functional Dyspepsia with Overlapping

Symptoms?
Zhiqiang Song, Meiyun Ke*, Zhifeng Wang, Xiaohong Xu
FUNCTIONAL GI DISORDERS: SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS,
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND VALIDATION T1257 Elevated Breath Methane in Constipation
Syed I. Thiwan*, Olafur S. Palsson, Marsha J. Turner,
Participants will be able to: William E. Whitehead
• Learn about novel mechanisms underlying symptoms in functional
GI disorders; T1258 Possible Role of Intraluminal Gas Production On
• Learn about epidemiology of IBS and functional dyspepsia; and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
• Understand factors that affect healthy related quality of life in Yoshihisa Urita*, Susumu Ishihara, Kenichiro Arai, Jun
functional GI disorders. Kondo, Tastuo Akimoto, Hiroto Kato, Noriko Hara,
T1245 Is There An Association Between Gnβ3 C825t Genotype Nakanishi, Nagato Shimada, Motonobu Sugimoto,
and Lower Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders? Kazumasa Miki
Viola Andresen*, Michael Camilleri, H. Jae Kim, Debra A.
Stephens, Paula J. Carlson, Nicholas J. Talley, Yuri A. Saito T1259 Familial Aggregation of IBS Is Specific to IBS
Loftus, Raul Urrutia, Alan R. Zinsmeister Yuri Saito*, Jamshid S. Kalantar, G. R. Locke, Alan R.
Zinsmeister, Nicholas J. Talley
T1246 Subjective Bloating Is Not Correlated with Intestinal
Gas Production But Is Weakly Correlated with

Abdominal Distention
T1260 Anxiety and IBS: Influence On Severity of Symptoms,
Consultation and Quality of Life
Marta Moreno Ortega, Monica Garcia Alonso, Enrique Rey*,
William E. Whitehead Manuel Diaz-Rubio
T1247 Initial Approach and Pharmacotherapy for Functional T1261 Additive Effect of Pathophysiological Abnormalities On
Dyspepsia - A Large Clinical Trial in Japan

Michio Hongo
Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Patients with Irritable
Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Magnus Simren*, Hans Strid, Iris Posserud, Amanda Ersryd,
T1248 Lactose Malabsorption, Small Bowel Bacterial Pia Agerforz, Anette Lindh, Henrik Sjovall, Hasse
Overgrowth and Celiac Disease in IBS Patients Abrahamsson
William E. Whitehead T1262 Idiopathic Bile Acid Malabsorption Is Prevalent in
Patients with the Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
T1249 Optimizing Gastric Emptying Scintigraphy for the Antal Bajor*, Hans Strid, Jenny Wallin, Kjell-Arne Ung,
Detection of Gastroparesis Hasse Abrahamsson, Magnus Simren
Henry P. Parkman*, Alan Hutson, Alan H. Maurer, Linda C.
Knight, Braden Kuo, William L. Hasler, William D. Chey, T1263 Performance Characteristics of a [13C]-Spirulina
Richard W. McCallum, John M. Wo, Kenneth L. Koch, Platensis Gastric Emptying Breath Test
Michael Sitrin, Jeffrey M. Lackner, Jack Semler Lawrence A. Szarka*, Michael Camilleri, Duane D. Burton,
Robert F. Martin
T1250 Non-Diarrhea Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients Exhibit
Different Anorectal Symptoms and Physiology to T1264 Impaired Drinking Capacity in Patients with Functional
Functional Constipation Patients Dyspepsia: Relationship with Intragastric Distribution
Vid P. Suttor*, Gillian Prott, Ross Hansen, John Kellow, Bram D. van den Elzen*, Roel J. Bennink, Breg Braak,
Allison Malcolm Guido N. Tytgat, Guy E. Boeckxstaens
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T1265 Distinguishing IBS Defined By the Manning Criteria T1278 Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: Overlapping T
from IBS Defined By the Rome II: Does Manning in the Symptom Or a Single Complex Syndrome? A Stratified U
Absence of Rome Really Identify a Different Disorder? Randomized Epidemiologic Study Using Cluster E
Rok Son Choung*, Nicholas J. Talley, Giles R. Locke, Yuri Sampling in Northern China
A. Saito, Cathy D. Schleck, Alan R. Zinsmeister Xiucai Fang*, Meiyun Ke, Guo-Zong Pan, Shaomei Han, S
Jiaming Qian, Zhaolu Ding, Sucai Lu D
T1266 Exploring Epidemiology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome to
the Middle Teen-Ager T1279 Pain and Health-Related Quality of Life in Irritable
A
Yuka Endo*, Shin Fukudo, Yuko Kimura, Tomotaka Shoji, Bowel Syndrome (IBS): Clinicians' Perspectives Differ Y
Kazuto Karahashi, Yasuhiro Sagami, Joe Morishita, Michio from Those of Patients MAY
Hongo Olivier Chassany*, Martin Duracinsky, Marc Mathieu
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T1267 Functional Disorders (FD): One Or Many? A T1280 Methane Gas Is Associated with Constipation
Longitudinal, Observational Study of Patients (PTS) Predominant Symptoms in IBS: Results from a Double-
with FD in Binghamton, NY Blind Controlled Study
Marcelo A. Barreiro*, Gary D. James Mark Pimentel*, Sandy Park, Yuthana Kong, Kimberly Low,
Soumya Chatterjee
T1268 Is High-Frequency Gastric Electrical Stimulation
Effective in Patients with Chronic Functional Nausea T1281 Overlapping Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders in
and Vomiting and a Normal Gastric Emptying? Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Prevalence and Related
Richard W. McCallum*, Zhiyue Lin, Irene Sarosiek, Jameson Factors
Forster Iris Posserud*, Gunnar Midhagen, Hasse Abrahamsson,
Magnus Simren
T1269 Autonomic Nervous System Function During Sleep in
Women with Irritable Bowel Syndrome T1282 Women with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) in Pre- and
Monica E. Jarrett*, Robert L. Burr, Kevin C. Cain, Anne P. Post-Menopausal Age Groups Report Similar
Poppe, Margaret M. Heitkemper Gastrointestinal (GI) Symptoms
Lin Chang*, Claudia Alvarado, Emeran A. Mayer, Martijn
T1270 Irritable Bowel Syndrome in South Korea: Prevalence, G. van Oijen, Cathy Liu, Brennan Mr Spiegel
Symptom Patterns and Risk Factors
Chang Hwan Choi*, Sang Yon Hwang, Geun Jun Ko, T1283 Evaluation of a Fast, Low-Caloric Versus a Slow, High-
Chang Woo Gham, Ki Joon Han, Hyeon Geun Cho Caloric Drink Test in Functional Dyspepsia
Trygve Hausken*, Vernesa Dizdar, Ina Hjelland, Johan
T1271 Determinants of Co-Existing Irritable Bowel Syndrome Lunding, Odd Helge Gilja, Arnold Berstad
and Heartburn During Long-Term Follow-Up of
Functional Dyspepsia T1284 Prevalence and Burden of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and
Sebastien Kindt*, Philippe Caenepeel, Joris Arts, Jozef Chronic Constipation in a Primary Care Sample of
Janssens, Jan Tack Healthcare Seekers
Michael Warren, Daniel Belletti, Christopher Zacker,
T1272 Irritable Bowel Syndrome Aggregates Strongly in Annamaria Cerulli*
Families: A Family-Based Case-Control Study
Yuri Saito*, Nicholas J. Talley, Janice M. Zimmerman, T1285 Prevalence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome After Exclusion
William S. Harmsen, Mariza De Andrade, Michael of Organic GI Disorders: Is Symptom Based-Diagnosis
Camilleri, G. Richard Locke, Gloria M. Petersen of IBS Precise Enough?
Kyungsik Park*, Byoungkuk Jang, Woojin Chung,
T1273 Interleukin 10 Genotypes in IBS-Rome II Subjects in Kwangbum Cho, Jaeseok Hwang, Sunghoon Ahn, Yuna
Mexico Kang, Junyoung Hwang
Gabriela Gutierrez-Reyes*, Rosalinda Martinez-Garcia,
Norma Morales-Rochlin, Marina Gonzalez, Clarita Corona T1286 Clinical, Topographic and Pathophysiological
de Lau, Max Schmulson Characteristics of Funcional Abdominal Bloating
Fermin Mearin*, Antonia Perello, Monica Perona, Agustin
T1274 Short-Allele Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphism Balboa, Diana Hernandez, Antoni Castells, Mario Pages
Is Associated with Elevated Serotonin and Is Less
Common in IBS with Constipation Compared to T1287 An Open Label Pilot Trial of High Dose Rifaximin in the
Healthy Controls Treatment of Patients with Constipation Predominant
William E. Whitehead*, Olafur S. Palsson, Syed Im. Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Thiwan, Temitope O. Keku, Motoyori Kanazawa, Shin James George*, Michele Hunt, Asher Kornbluth, Peter
Fukudo, Miranda Al. van Tilburg, Janie Peacock, Jeff Legnani
Barnes, Marsha J. Turner
T1288 Increased Risk of Ischemic Colitis Associated with
T1275 What Is the Correlation Between the Bloating Sensation Constipation and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
and the Amount-Distribution of Intestinal Gas in Mark Cziraky*, Kristijan H. Kahler, Ralph Quimbo, Jeffrey
Patients with Functional Abdominal Bloating? Kralstein
Fermin Mearin*, Antonia Perello, Monica Perona, Agustin
Balboa, Mario Pages, Diana Hernandez, Antoni Castells T1289 Constipation-Predominant and Mixed/Alternating IBS
Symptoms: Six-Month Results from the Irritable Bowel
T1276 Development and Validation of a Concise Point-of-Care Syndrome Longitudinal Outcomes Study - ILOS
Severity Index in IBS: The “B.E.S.T.” Questionnaire G. Richard Locke, Kristijan H. Kahler*, Nadia Leskinova,
Brennan M. Spiegel*, Bruce Naliboff, Emeran Mayer, Roger Robert Balshaw
Bolus, Lin Chang
T1277 Gastrointestinal Functional Disorders Are Common in

Women Regardless of the Menstural Phase: A Rome II-
Based Survey
Sun-Young Lee*, Sang Kyun Yu, In-Kyung Sung, Hyung-
Seok Park, Choon-Jo Jin, Won Hyeok Choe, So Young
Kwon, Chang Hong Lee, Kyoo Wan Choi
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T T1302 Timed Secretin-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance
AGA Poster Session
U Cholangiopancreatography As a New Non-Invasive
E Pancreatic Function Test - Results of a Pilot Study
LA Convention Center Darwin L. Conwell*, Mansour A. Parsi, Gregory Zuccaro,
S Joseph Veniero
D Sponsored by: Pancreatic Disorders
A ASGE Poster Session
CHRONIC PANCREATITIS: MANAGING AND DIAGNOSING
Y THE COMPLICATIONS
MAY Authors are required to be present during the Poster Session from
Participants will be able to: 12:00-2:00 pm.
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• Describe therapeutic options for the management of pain and
pancreatic insufficieny complicating chronic pancreatitis. 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
T1290 Efficacy of Oral Pancreatic Enzymes in Form of Enteric-
Coated Mini-Microspheres for the Treatment of

Maldigestion Secondary to Duodenopancreatectomy
(DP)
CLINICAL ENDOSCOPIC PRACTICE POSTER SESSION II
T1303 Do Variable Stiffness Colonoscopes Really Offer An
Enrique Dominguez-Munoz*, Maria Vilarino, Julio Iglesias- Advantage?
Garcia Bu'hussain Hayee*, David S. Rowbotham, Vishal Saxena,
Alistair McNair
T1291 How to Optimize Oral Pancreatic Enzyme Substitution
Therapy in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis to Assure T1304 Feasibility Assessment of Computer Assisted
a Normal Nutritional Status? Personalized Sedation: A Sedation Delivery System to
Enrique Dominguez-Munoz*, Maria Vilarino, Marta Iglesias- Administer Propofol for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Rey, Julio Iglesias-Garcia Daniel J. Pambianco*, Johnson McRorie, James Martin,
Rachel Poltilove, Christopher J. Whitten
T1292 Development of a Breath Test with Stable Isotopes for
the Evaluation of Carbohydrate Digestion T1305 Propofol/Midazolam Vs Propofol/Ketamine in Patients

Beatriz Cigarran*, Maria Vilarino, Marta Iglesias-Rey, Undergoing Gastrointestinal Endoscopies
Enrique Dominguez-Munoz David Gozal, Yoffe Valery, Cohen Murielle, Dov
Wengrower*
T1293 Are Monolithic Enteric-Coated Enzyme Preparations
Effective in Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency? A T1306 Quality of Psychomotor Recovery After Propofol
Multicentre, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Cross- Sedation for Routine Endoscopy: A Randomized,
Over Trial Controlled Study
Jutta Keller*, Peter Layer Andrea Riphaus*, Torsten Gstettenbauer, Markus B. Frenz,
Till Wehrmann
T1294 Effect of Proton Pump Inhibition and/or Cigarette Use
On the Results of An Endoscopic Secretin Stimulation T1308 Intravenous Conscious Sedation Use Before and After
Test Gastric Bypass Surgery: A Failure of Weight Based
Neil Phelan*, Wahid Wassef Algorithms
Linda S. Lee*, Christopher C. Thompson
T1295 Exocrine Pancreatic Function Testing in Pancreatic
Sufficient Cystic Fibrosis Patients: A Correlation Study T1309 A Comparative Study Using Propofol Alone Versus
Michael Wilschanski*, Amir Weintraub, Huda Mussaffi, Propofol Combined Midazolam for Colonoscopy:
Hannah Blau, Eli Picard, Lea Bentur, Eitan Kerem Randomized Double-Blind Study
Cheol Hee Park*, Jong Hyeok Kim, Jae One Jung, Joon Ho
T1296 Pancreatic Function Testing Is Best Determined By the Moon, Woon Geon Shin, Jong Pyo Kim, Kyoung Oh Kim,
One Hour Endoscopic Tube Assisted Technique Rather Taeho Hahn, Kyo-Sang Yoo, Sang Hoon Park, Choong Kee
Than the Rapid 15 Minute Direct Endoscopic Aspiration Park
Test
Picha Moolsintong*, Frank R. Burton T1310 Utility of Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation (NIMV)
in High Risk Patients During Endoscopic Retrograde
T1297 Long-Term Outcome of Oral Anti-Oxidant Therapy in Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP): Pilot Study
Patients with Painful Chronic Pancreatitis Alfonso C. Llorente, Santiago J. Rodriguez*, Miguel A.
Anil Bagul*, Ajith K. Siriwardena Folgado, Carlos de la Serna, Carlos Ochoa
T1298 Reoperation in Chronic Pancreatitis T1311 Sedation Practice Influences the Effectiveness of
H Ramesh, Sadiq S. Sikora* Colonoscopy: Results from a Large, Multicenter,
Prospective Study
T1299 Differential Effect of Opioids in Patients with Chronic Franco Radaelli*, Gianmichele Meucci, Gabriella Bartesaghi,
Pancreatitis. An Experimental Pain Study

Thomas R. Sorensen*, Camilla Staahl, Lars Arendt-Nielsen,
Asbjorn M. Drewes T1312
Erica Tramontana, Giorgio Minoli
a Double-Blind, Randomised Trial of Midazolam with

Fentanyl Or Pethidine (meperidine) As Sedation for
T1300 Is Pancreatic Insufficiency Significant in African Colonoscopy
American Patients with End Stage Renal Disease On Bu'hussain Hayee*, David S. Rowbotham, Vishal Saxena,
Hemodialysis? Alistair McNair
Kapil Gupta*, Chekai Tsao, Reuven Yakubov, Safak Reka,
Moro Salifu, Scott Tenner, Swaminath Iyer T1313 Is Sedation Practice Really Linked with Adverse
Endoscopic Outcome? An Audit of 7,234 Procedures in
T1301 Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)-Guided Fine Needle a Uk Large Teaching Hospital
Biopsy (FNB) for the Histological Evaluation of Chronic Katherine Bowering*, Jenny McPhillips, Usi Vithanarchchi,
Pancreatitis Puneet Mahindra, Annmarie Byrne, Keith Jones, Richard
Julio Iglesias-Garcia*, Ihab Abdulkader, Jose Larino-Noia, Sturgess, Keith Bodger, Sanchoy Sarkar
Jeronimo Forteza, Enrique Dominguez-Munoz
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T1314 A Comparison of Ultrathin and Conventional T1327 A Phase 1, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo- T
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy in Unsedated Adults with Controlled, Parallel-Design, Drug Interaction Study of U
Or Without Local Pharyngeal Anaesthesia: A Fospropofol Disodium (FD) and Premedications in E
Randomized Controlled Trial Healthy, Adult Subjects
Wilfred L. Mui*, Wing Tai Siu, Man Yee Yung, Bonnie James Vornov*, David Braitman, Ekaterina Gibiansky, James S
Tsung, Philip W. Chiu, Anthony C. Li, Frances K. Cheung, Jones D
Enders K. Ng A
T1328 Propofol Versus Propofol-meperidine-Midazolam for
T1315 Hypnosis Vs Midazolam Sedation for Colonoscopy: A Upper Endoscopy: A Cross-Over Study Comparing Y
Preliminary Report Parameters of Sedation and Recovery MAY
Gianluca Bersani*, Francesca Baiardi, Angelo Rossi, Giorgio Lawrence B. Cohen*, Alaleh Akhavan, Ariel Benson, Carol
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Ricci, Giovanni De Fabritiis, Riccardo Arone di Bertolino, Bodian, Kenneth M. Miller, James Aisenberg
Vittorio Alvisi
T1329 Propofol in Comparison with Midazolam for Quality
T1316 A Double Blind Placebo Controlled Study of Tegaserod Assessment of Upper GI-Endoscopy - An Investigator
to Increase Gastric and Small Bowel Transit Times with Blinded Randomized Study
Wireless Capsule Endoscocpy (WCE): Preliminary Data Alexander Meining*, Verena Semmler, Abdel-Meguid
Ian M. Storch*, Ira Schmelkin, Shirley Vance, Jamie Barkin Kassem, Rainer Sander, Ulrich Frankenberger, Michael
Burzin, Eckardt Frimberger, Roland Schmid
T1317 Efficacy and Safety of Nurse-Administered Propofol
Sedation During Emergency Upper Endoscopy for T1330 Remifentanil Versus Midazolam and Pethidine Sedation
Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Prospective, Controlled Study During Colonoscopy: A Prospective, Randomized Study
Gen Tohda*, Seiju Higashi, Hitoshi Sakumoto, Ken-Ichi Maria Manolaraki, Emmanouil Vardas, Angeliki
Sumiyoshi, Teruyuki Kane Theodoropoulou, Pantelis Oustamanolakis, Aliki Gritzali,
Almout Anastasiadou, Gregorios A. Paspatis*
T1318 Propofol Alone Titrated to Deep Sedation Versus
Propofol in Combination with Narcotics and/Or T1332 Continuous Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal
Benzodiazepines and Targeted to Moderate Sedation for Endoscopy Under Sedation: A Randomized Double-Blind
Colonoscopy Comparative Study Using Propofol Alone Versus
Megan E. Vannatta*, Douglas K. Rex Propofol Combined Midazolam
Cheol Hee Park*, Jong Hyeok Kim, Jae One Jung, Joon Ho
T1319 Use of the Cori Database to Determine Peri-Endoscopic Moon, Woon Geon Shin, Jong Pyo Kim, Kyoung Oh Kim,
Management of Anticoagulated Patients Taeho Hahn, Kyo-Sang Yoo, Sang Hoon Park, Choong Kee
Lauren B. Gerson*, Brian Gage, Nighat Ullah, Leann Park
Michaels
T1333 Efficacy, Safety and Tolerance of EGD with Combined
T1320 Risk Factors for Incomplete Or Unsatisfactory Capsule Midazolam Plus Fentanyl Versus Midazolam Alone
Endoscopy Jose Barriga*, Garrick Brown, Lee Royall, Claudio Tombazzi
Mandana Shamsa*, Robert Wong, John Fang, Ashok Tuteja,
Scott Kuwada, Kathryn Peterson T1334 Preference of Female Colonoscopist Is Related with
Social Status in Women
T1321 A Comparison of Capnography and Pulse Oximetry for Sun-Young Lee*, Sang Kyun Yu, In-Kyung Sung, Hyung-
the Detection of Respiratory Depression in Patients Seok Park, Choon-Jo Jin, Won Hyeok Choe, So Young
Undergoing Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Kwon, Chang Hong Lee, Kyoo Wan Choi
Christian H. Dang*, Esmat Sadeddin, Krishna C. Gurram,
Sarvenaz Danesh, Alexandra Laya, Stuart Chen, Tahira T1335 Effect of Bowel Preparation Quality On Screening
Saifuddin, Donald Campbell, Laura Alba, Wendell Interval After a Normal Screening Colonoscopy
Clarkston, Owen Smith Mark Zeglis*, Matthew Chang, Hyungjin Myra Kim, Latoya
Kuhn, Grace Elta, Philip Schoenfeld
T1322 Utility of Bispectral Index (BIS) Monitoring During
Nurse-Administered Propofol Sedation (NAPS) for T1336 A Comparison of Oral Midazolam with Oral and
Outpatient Upper Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS): A Intravenous Diazepam for Conscious Sedation in Total
Prospective, Randomized, Single-Blinded Comparative Colonoscopy: A Prospective, Double-Blind, Randomized
Study Trial
John Dewitt*, Kathleen McGreevy, Donna Manzi, Doug Rex Jose A. Medeiros*, Anabela S. Pereira, Marta I. Pereira,
Pedro N. Lopes, Antonio L. Vaz, Elisa D. Motta, Luis
T1323 Quality of Patient Referral Information for Open Access Almeida
Endoscopic Procedures
Adam Slivka, Rupam Sharan, Barry Kisloff*, Pamela Peele T1337 Pain Assessment During Colonoscopy: Who Guides
Sedation?
T1324 Paradoxical Effect of Oral Lorazepam in a Premedication Bu'hussain Hayee*, David S. Rowbotham, Vishal Saxena,
for ERCP Alistair McNair
Gunther Weitz*, Dorothee C. von Jagow, Peter Wellhoener,
Homann Nils, Diether Ludwig T1338 Use of Lidocaine Injection During Endoscopic Resection
for Early Gastric Cancer
T1325 The Impact of Patient-Selected Music On the Shinsuke Kiriyama*, Takuji Gotoda, Fumiya Nishimoto,
Tolerability of Colonoscopy: A Prospective, Randomized, Yumi Mashimo, Ichiro Oda, Hisatomo Ikehara, Takahisa
Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Matsuda, Yutaka Saito, Daizo Saito
Kevin S. Skole*, Benjamin Krevsky
T1326 One Hour Fast for Liquids Prior to Endoscopy Is Safe,
Effective and Results in Minimum Patient Discomfort
Arjuna P. de Silva*, Lakmali A. Amarasiri, Dulani C.
Kottahachchi, Ranga D. Sabhapathige, Anuradha S.
Dassanayake, Janaka H. de Silva
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T T1349 Evaluation of the Indication for Endoscopic Mucosal
ASGE Poster Session
U Resection in the Lesions of Submucosal Invading
E Colorectal Cancer. -Sigmoid Colon Is Also the Risk
LA Convention Center Factor of Lymph Node Metastasis-
S Satoru Tamura*, Tomoko Onishi, Takayoshi Yamada,
D COLON AND RECTUM POSTER SESSION Hiroshi Mizuta, Yoshinori Kuratani, Yuichi Yokoyama,
A T1339 Marked Ethnic Differences in the Frequency, Type, and Saburo Onishi
Y Distribution of Gastrointestinal Lesions in Patients with T1350 Positive Predictive Value of Fecal Occult Blood Testing
Iron Deficiency Anemia in Asymptomatic Average-Risk Patients with Varying
MAY Bani Chander*, Edmund J. Bini Degrees of Chronic Kidney Disease
23
T1340 A Prospective, Randomized, Comparison of Adrenaline Aditi Kinkhabwala*, David S. Goldfarb, Edmund J. Bini
Injection in Combination with Detachable Snare Versus T1351 Patient and Adenoma Characteristics As Predictors of
Adrenaline Injection Alone, in the Prevention of Post- Colorectal Adenoma Recurrence: A Preliminary Result
Polypectomy Bleeding in Large Colonic Polyps of the Kasid Multi-Center Study
Gregorios A. Paspatis*, Kostantina Paraskeva, Angeliki Hyun-Soo Kim*, Myeong Gwan Jee, Tae Il Kim, Won Ho
Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta Mathou, Emmanouil Vardas, Kim, Bong Min Koh, Moon Sung Lee, Jin Oh Kim, Il Kwon
Pantelis Oustamanolakis, Gregorios Chlouverakis, Ioannis Jung, Suk Ho Lee, Chang Soo Eun, Cheol Hee Park, Ilhyun
Karagiannis Baek, Dong Il Park, Dong Kyung Chang, Suk-Kyun Yang,
T1341 Intra-Stricture Injection of Steroid for Crohn's Jeong-Sik Byeon, Bo In Lee, Seun Ja Park, Ki Myung Lee,
Anastomotic Strictures Post Endoscopic Balloon Ki-Nam Shim, Kyu Yong Choi
Dilatation: Results of a Randomsied, Double-Blind, T1352 Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mailed Brochure to
Placebo Controlled Trial Increase Adherence to Open Access Screening
James E. East*, Neil Patterson, Jim C. Brooker, Matt D. Colonoscopy
Rutter, Catherine Thapar, David Swain, Paul Bassett, Brian John M. Coombes*, Thomas D. Denberg, Trisha V.
P. Saunders Melhado, Dennis J. Ahnen
T1342 A Prospective Randomized Study Between Narrow Band T1354 Resources Required for Resection of Large Sessile Colon
Imaging and Conventional Wide-Angle Colonoscopy in Polyps
the Detection of Colorectal Adenomas Andrew J. Overhiser*, Douglas K. Rex
Andreas Adler*, Ioannis S. Papanikolaou, Heiko Pohl,
Hassan Abou-Rebyeh, Wilfried Veltzke-Schlieker, Martin T1355 Assessment of Magnifying Colonoscopy with
Koch, Bertram Wiedenmann, Thomas Roesch Chromoscopy in the Differential Diagnosis of Neoplastic
and Non-Neoplastic Lesions of the Large Bowel
T1343 Colorectal Cancer Less Than 10mm. Should We Look At Jose Celso C. Coelho*, Daniela Savi, Jose Rafael G. Coelho,
Small Lesions During Screening Colonoscopy? Sergio Eduardo A. Araujo, Angelita Habr-Gama, Joaquim
Fabian Emura*, Yutaka Saito, Takahisa Matsuda, Toshio Gama-Rodrigues
Uraoka, Takeshi Nakajima, Hikehara Hisatomo, Yumi
Mashimo, Takahiro Fujii, Daizo Saito T1356 Should All Diminutive Colorectal Polyps Be Removed?
Afkhamossadat Merikhi*, Asyia Ahmad, Mark Ovsiowitz,
T1344 Histopathology of Small Polyps Removed in the Marian Haber, Ricardo Morgenstern, Richard Gambescia,
Videoendoscopic Era Nikhil Agarwal, James C. Reynolds
Shawn C. Chen*, Anas Mouchli, Vidyasree Chadalawada,
Robert Riddell, John Goldblum, Michael O'Brien, Oscar W. T1357 Prevalence of Colonic Neoplasia in Patients with a
Cummings, Thomas M. Ulbright, Douglas K. Rex Clinical Diagnosis of Diverticulitis
Kalyani Maganti*, Kent Anderson, Joseph Leung
T1345 Effectiveness of Endoscopic Hemoclipping for
Diverticular Bleeding T1358 Evaluation of Neoplasm Detection By Colonoscopy
Chirag Patel*, Louis-Michel Wong Kee Song, Navtej Buttar, Induced By Mass Screening with FOBT in France
Christopher Gostout, Sarah Papenfuss Sylvain Manfredi*, Christine Piette, Gerard Durand,
Genevieve Plihon, Gaud Mallard, Jean-Francois Bretagne
T1346 Usefulness of the Severity Grading By Sigmoidscopy in
the Prediction of Clinical Outcome in Patients with T1359 Colonic Mucosal Resection of Significant (>1cm) Sessile
Pseudomembranous Colits and Non-Polypoid Colorectal Neoplasms: Long Term
Jun-Won Chung*, Jung Sik Byun, Seung-Jae Myung, Suk- Experience of a United States Endoscopy Unit
Kyun Yang, Ja Young Kim, Kwi Sook Choi, Hyung Joon Tonya Kaltenbach*, Anamika Maheshwari, Daniel Ouyang,
Lee, Kee Don Choi, Gin Hyug Lee, Hwoon-Yong Jung, Jin- Shai Friedland, Roy Soetikno
Ho Kim
T1360 Association of Colonic Diverticula with Inflammatory
T1347 Comparative Value of Sigmoidoscopy and Stool Bowel Disease (IBD): A Cross-Sectional Colonoscopic
Cytotoxin-a Assay for Diagnosis of Pseudomembranous Study
Colitis Kalyani Maganti*, Suk Seo, Erina Foster, Walter Trudeau
You Sun Kim*, Jin Kwang Lee, Seong Eun Kim, Soo Hyung
Ryu, Jung Whan Lee, Jeong Seop Moon T1361 Wide-Angle (WA) (170° Angle of View) Versus Standard
(ST) (140°Angle of View) Colonoscopy
T1348 An Effective Educational Strategy for Improving Hala Fatima*, Douglas K. Rex, Emad Rahmani, Omar
Knowledge, Risk Perception and Risk Communication Nehme, John Dewitt, Debra Helper, Paul Flamme
Among Adenoma Patients
Paul C. Schroy, Julie T. Glick*, Patricia A. Robinson, T1362 Comparison Between Magnifying and High Resolution
Timothy C. Heeren Colonoscopy for Diagnosis of Colorectal Lesions: A
Prospective Randomized Brazilian Study
Lix Oliveira, Maristela Hipolito, Fernanda P. Thuler, Angelo
P. Ferrari*
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T1363 Perceptions and Referral Practices of Primary Care T1377 Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of Non-Protruding T
Providers Given a Choice Including Both Screening Lesions in the Cecum U
Virtual Colonoscopy and Optical Colonoscopy Srinivasan Subramanian*, Manish G. Amin, Moises Guelrud E
Darren C. Schwartz*, Adnan Said, Deepak V. Gopal, Mark
Reichelderfer, David H. Kim, Perry J. Pickhardt, Andrew J. T1378 What Are the Candidate Pathogens Other Than S
Taylor, Patrick R. Pfau Clostridium Difficile in Patients with Antibiotic- D
Associated Diarrhea ?
T1364 Is HNPCC Surveillance Too Intensive and Costly? High Hyun Joo Song*, Ki-Nam Shim, Sung-Ae Jung, Hee Jung
A
Risk Familial Colorectal Cancer in Ireland Choi, Mi Ae Lee, Ji Hyun Song, Hee Jung Oh, Kum Hei Y
Gareth Horgan*, Dayang Iskander, Jan Leyden, Garrett Ryu, Hye Jung Yeom, Seong-Eun Kim, Tae Hun Kim, Hye MAY
Lawlor, Loretta O' Brien, Padraic Mac Mathuna Kyoung Jung, Sun Young Yi, Kwon Yoo, Il-Hwan Moon,
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Kyu Won Chung
T1365 Are Surveillance Practices Following Colorectal Cancer
Resection Adequate? a Population-Based Analysis T1379 Analysis of Factors Associated with Bleeding After
Harry L. Reynolds*, Jonathan Payes, Conor Delaney, Endoscopic Treatment of Colon Tumor
Gregory S. Cooper Kazuko Beppu*, Takeshi Terai, Satoshi Abe, Naoto
Sakamoto, Tomoyoshi Shibuya, Taro Osada, Oasmu
T1366 A Disparity in the Differences in Stage and Anatomic Kobayashi, Akihito Nagahara, Toshifumi Ohkusa, Tatsuo
Subsites of Colorectal Cancer Between Black and Ogihara, Hiroto Miwa, Nobuhiro Sato
Whites
James C. Hobley*, Thomas J. McGarrity, Eugene J. T1380 Direct Microscopic Examination of Mucosal Biopsy
Lengerich Tissues Is Useful for Diagnosing Amebic Colitis
Shigeaki Mizuno*, Kimitoshi Kato, Maho Iwamoto, Toshiki
T1367 A Moderate Delay in Diagnosis (Dx) of Colorectal Uehara, Shunpachi Miyamoto, Hideki Sato, Satoshi
Cancer (CRC) Does Not Adversely Affect Outcome Hasunuma, Ryuichi Kurihara, Noriko Nakajima, Yukimoto
Jennifer Chennat*, Stephen J. Sontag, Thomas G. Schnell, Ishii, Ariyoshi Iwasaki, Yasuyuki Arakawa
Jack Leya
T1381 Virus Detection in Adult Diarrhea; Recognition of High
T1368 Topical Formalin Vs Argon Plasma Coagulation for Prevalence in Ischemic Colitis
Radiation Proctitis - Experience of a Tertiary Referral Hitoshi Nakajima*, Terumi Kamisawa
Hospital in South India
Asha S. Musunuri*, Prabhakar B, Panduranga K. Rao, T1382 Microscopic Colitis Is Not SO Rare Disease in the
Rajeev Shrivastav Japanese Population
Kinichi Hotta*, Tsuneo Oyama
T1369 Outcomes and Long-Term Follow-Up of the Endoscopic
Treatment of Strictures in Pediatric and Adult Patients T1383 Factors Predicting Uncomfortable Colonoscopy: Pre-
with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Procedure Selection Criteria for Sedation
Erina N. Foster*, Antonio Quiros, Thomas P. Prindiville Sheila L. Eswaran, Douglas A. Howell*, Michael K. Sanders,
Burr J. Loew, Kirk P. Bernadino, Asif Ansari, Christopher
T1370 Cyclic Hematochezia: A Sign of Intestinal Lawrence, Janice M. Campana
Endometriosis? Evaluation By MRI and
Rectosigmoidoscopy T1384 Size Does Not Determine Aggressiveness of Colorectal
Velja Mijatovic*, Peter G. Hompes, Jan Hein van Cancer: An Inside to Lesions of Less Than 10mm
Waesberghe, Miguel A. Cuesta, Gerrit A. Meijer, Chris J. Takahisa Matsuda*, Yutaka Saito, Toshio Uraoka, Fabian
Mulder Emura, Takeshi Nakajima, Hisatomo Ikehara, Yumi
Mashimo, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Yoko Tateishi, Naoko Okabe,
T1371 Emergency Treatment of Malignant Left Colonic Yasushi Sano, Takahiro Fujii, Daizo Saito
Occlusion By Self Metallic Expanding Stent. a
Multicentric Prospective Study T1385 Correlation Between Detection of Adenomas and Non-
Philippe Bichard*, Emmanuel Germain, Remy Dumas, Marc Adenomas: An Argument for Real Time Differentiation
Giovannini, Jean Louis Payen, Denis Sautereau, Bernard of Non-Adenomatous Colonic Polyps
Filoche, Thierry Ponchon, Dimitri Coumaros, Emmanuel Shawn C. Chen*, Douglas K. Rex
Ben Soussan, Frederic Mal, Herve Lamouliatte
T1386 Could Gastric Cancer Be a New Indication for
T1372 Position Changes Improve Visibility During Surveillance Colonoscopy? : the Kasid Prospective
Colonoscope Withdrawal: A Randomised, Blinded, Multicenter Case Controlled Study
Crossover Trial Tae Woo Yoo*, Dong I. Park, Hyun S. Kim, Suk K. Yang,
James E. East*, Noriko Suzuki, Naila Arebi, David Swain, Jeong S. Byeon, Bong M. Koh, Jin O. Kim, Ki N. Shim,
Nicola Palmer, Paul Bassett, Brian P. Saunders Yoon T. Jeen, Bo I. Lee, Kyu Y. Choi, Hang L. Lee, Dong S.
Han, Ilhyun Baek, Cheol H. Park, Seun J. Park
T1373 Screening Colonoscopy in Germany Is Cost-Saving
Andreas Sieg*, Hermann Brenner T1387 Clinicopathological Characteristics of Small Advanced
Colorectal Carcinoma
T1374 Usefulness of Autofluorescence Endoscopy (AF) and Yutaro Kubota*, Toshinori Kurahashi, Kazuhiro Kaneko,
Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) in the Differentiation of Hiroaki Ito, Taikan Yamamoto, Yosuke Kumekawa, Meiko
Colonic Polyps Kuwahara, Takashi Muramoto, Michio Imawari
Andreas Probst*, Max Bittinger, Gertrud Jechart, Reinhard
Scheubel, Helmut Messmann T1388 Palliative Colonic Stents for Obstructive Colorectal
Cancer Is Safe, Effective and Has Much Less Morbidity:
T1375 Endoscopic Practice and Surveillance Outcomes for A District General Hospital Experience in the Uk
Villous Polyps Kevin Yoong*, Yvonne Melrose, Premchand Purushothaman
Emily Glazer*, Vidushi Golla, Kavitha Gopal, Robin B.
Forman, David Robbins, Henry Bodenheimer T1389 Accuracy of An Initial Colonoscopy in Asymptomatic
Patients with Positive Results in An Immunochemical
T1376 Tailored Endoscopic Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Fecal Occult Blood Test
Average Risk Population Keiko Ishikawa*, Tomoyuki Tamura, Hidemichi Takahashi,
Cristina Carretero*, Maite Betes, Miguel Munoz-Navas, Hideo Hiratsuka, Shinichi Ota
Ignacio Fernandez-Urien, Jose Carlos Subtil
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T T1390 Temperature Controlled Radiofrequency Energy T1403 The Significance of Diminutive Colon Polyps in Average
U (Secca®) to the Anal Canal for the Treatment of Fecal Risk Patients: Does Size Really Matter?
E Incontinence : Pilot Seems Promising Hyon S. Kang*, Hyungjun Cho, Khalouck Abdrabbo
Richelle F. Felt-Bersma*, Chris J. Mulder
S T1404 Analysis of Colonoscopic Cecal Intubation Rates and
D T1391 Microcrystalline Cellulose-Free NaP Tablets (INKP-102) Cecal Documentation in Community-Based
Achieve Comparable Overall and Superior Ascending Colonoscopy: A Prospective, Observational Study
A Colon Cleansing Rates Versus Visicol<®> Tablets: A Robert L. Barclay*, Daniel E. O'Brien
Y Pooled Analysis of Phase II and III Trials
MAY Douglas Rex T1405 Does Colonoscopy Cause Any Adverse Effect On
Ulcerative Colitis Patients? a Case-Control Study
23 T1392 The Usefulness of Colonoscopy in Ischemic Colitis Morio Takahashi*, Shigeki Oka, Kazuyoshi Suzuki, Yasumi
Kum Hei Ryu*, Ki-Nam Shim, Seong-Eun Kim, Hee Jung Katayama, Hironobu Takada, Hajime Kuwayama
Oh, Hyun Joo Song, Ji Hyun Song, Hye Jung Yeom, Tae
Hun Kim, Hye Kyoung Jung, Sung-Ae Jung, Sun Young Yi, T1406 Risk of Advanced Proximal Adenoma and Cancer
Kwon Yoo, Il-Hwan Moon, Kyu Won Chung According to the Rectosigmoid Findings in Korean
Population
T1393 Association of Obesity, Serum Glucose and Lipids with Yong Woo Chung*, Dong Soo Han, Yoon Kyung Park,
the Risk of Advanced Colorectal Adenoma and Cancer: Byoung Kwan Son, Chang Hee Paik, Yong Cheol Jeon, Joo
A Case-Control Study in Korea Hyun Sohn
Yong Woo Chung*, Dong Soo Han, Yoon Kyung Park,
Byoung Kwan Son, Chang Hee Paik, Yong Cheol Jeon, Joo T1407 Colorectal Stenting of Obstructive Colorectal Cancer:
Hyun Sohn Multicenter Study in Korea
Kee Myung Lee*, Taeil Kim, Bongmin Ko, Hyeonsoo Kim,
T1394 The Frequency of Synchronous Adenomas Detected At Moonsung Lee, Jinhong Kim, Jong Jae Park
Colonoscopic Removal of Early Colorectal Cancers
Seiji Kimura*, Masanori Tanaka T1408 Acetic Acid Spray: An Alternative to Conventional
Chromoendoscopy in Assessment of Depth of
T1395 Usefulness of Hood Attached to the Tip of Colonoscope Submucosal Invasion in Colorectal Carcinoma
for Detection of Colorectal Polyps Yutaka Kawamura*, Kazutomo Togashi, Masaki Okada,
Shintaro Kondo*, Yutaka Yamaji, Atsuo Yamada, Takafumi Jun'ichi Sasaki, Fumio Konishi
Sugimoto, Miki Ohta, Hirotsugu Watabe, Keiji Ogura,
Makoto Okamoto, Haruhiko Yoshida, Takao Kawabe, Masao T1409 Tumor Budding and Pathological Differentiation Are
Omata Predictive Markers for Lymph Node Metastasis in T1
Colorectal Cancer
T1396 Predicting Factors for Long Term Effect of Hitoshi Yamauchi*, Kazutomo Togashi, Hiroshi Kawamura,
Leukocytapheresis (LCAP) in Ulcerative Colitis Patients Junichi Sasaki, Masaki Okada, Fumio Konishi
Koji Takemoto*, Jun Kato, Yasushi Shiratori
T1410 Colonoscopic Miss Rates for Colorectal Cancer
T1397 Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) Versus White-Light (WL) Agusti Panades*, Agustin Seoane, Sandra Torra, Xavier
for Colon Polyp Detection Using High Definition (HD) Bessa, Miquel Nieto, Monica Rivera, Montserrat Andreu,
Colonoscopes Felipe Bory
Claire D. Helbig*, Douglas K. Rex
T1411 Risk Analyses for Sigmoidoscopy As a Screening Tool
T1398 Colonic Stenting Or Surgery in Left Sided Colonic Based On the Incidence of Proximal Colorectal
Obstruction for Incurable Colorectal Cancer: Carcinomas in a General Hospital
Preliminary Results of a Prospective Randomised Study Sanna Mulder*, Rob J. Ouwendijk, Monique E. van
in the Netherlands Leerdam, Ernst J. Kuipers
Jeanin van Hooft*, Willem Bemelman, Sebastiaan Polle,
Paul Fockens T1412 Risk of Colorectal Polyps in Patients with Gastric
Adenomas
T1399 Pit Pattern Diagnosis in Ulcerative Colitis Associated Min Hyung Kim*, Hee Jung Son, Dong Kyung Chang, Jun
Neoplastic Lesions Haeng Lee, Poong-Lyul Rhee, Jae J. Kim, Jong Chul Rhee
Nobuyuki Hida*, Kenji Watanabe, Kazutoshi Hori, Hiroki
Ikeuchi, Yoshio Ohda, Takayuki Matsumoto T1413 Narrow Band Imaging: Is the Observation of Vascular
Pattern in Neoplastic Colonic Lesions By Using
T1400 Removing Colon Polyps On the Way Down Or On the Magnifying Colonoscopy Useful Method Or Not?
Way Up ? Shoichi Saito*, Masahiro Ikegami, Hiroshi Arakawa, Hisao
Stephan M. Wildi*, Stephan R. Vavricka, Michael Fried Tajiri, Osamu Tsuruta
T1401 Factors Affecting the Sensitivity Or Specificity of T1414 Survival Stratification Pattern of Colorectal Carcinoma
Immunochemical Fecal Occult Blood Test in Screening with CEA Mmp-2 and P27kip1 Expression
for Colorectal Neoplasia Jin Gu
Hyun-Soo Kim*, Kyu Hong Kim, Jin Heon Hong, Ki Won
Cho, Jae Woo Kim, Hye Jung Kim, Soon Koo Baik, Sang T1415 Microcystalline Cellulose-Free Sodium Phosphate(NaP)
Ok Kwon Tablets(INKP-102)Require Less Irrigation During
Colonoscopy Than Visicol® Tablets
T1402 A Prospective Study of the Prevalence and Distribution David Kastenberg
of Colorectal Neoplasia in Asymptomatic Asian
Population T1416 Patients’ Perception of Adequacy of Bowel Preparation
Tae Il Kim*, Won Ho Kim, Jeong-Sik Byeon, Suk-Kyun for Colonoscopy and It’s Correlation with Findings At
Yang, Wai-Keung Leung, Joseph Jy Sung, James Lau, Jin Colonoscopy
Yong Kim, Hyo Jong Kim, Khay-Guan Yeoh, Khek-Yu Ho, Oyesiji A. Arojojoye*, Gulam M. Khan, Uchenna Ezike,
Reuben Km Wong, Murdan Abdullah, Ida Hilmi, Khean-Lee Michael Bernstein, Francis U. Steinheber, Mohammed
Goh, Rikiya Fujita, Pradermchai Kongkam, Chujun Li, Euan Abdullah
Ong, Jose Sollano, Jose Tan, Rakesh Tandon, Cheng-Yi
Wang, Deng-Chyang Wu, Govind Makharia T1417 Urgent Colonoscopy in the Management of Acute
Colorectal Obstruction Or Severe Lower GI Bleeding
Akira Horiuchi*, Yoshiko Nakayama
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ASGE Poster Session
Obstruction By Means of Self-Expanding Metalic Stent
U
and Transanal Ileus Tube E
Yamada Tomonori*, Sasaki Makoto, Shimura Takaya, LA Convention Center
Oshima Tadayuki, Tanida Satoshi, Kataoka Hiromi, Joh S
Takashi ENDOSCOPIC TECHNOLOGY POSTER SESSION D
T1419 Gastroscopy Negative Melaena: Is Further Investigation T1431 a Computerized Model to Evaluate the Sensitivity and A
Justified? a Retrospective Review Specificity of the Omniview Y
Jayapal Ramesh*, Sarah Halsall, Alistair J. Makin, John M. Jorje Pfefer, Roman Grinshpon, Thomas Roesch, Nadir
Arber*
MAY
Hebden
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T1420 Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Small Rectal T1432 Novel Procedure of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
Carcinoid Tumors (ESD) Using a New Device (MUCOSECTOME) for Early
Naoki Ishii*, Toshiyuki Itoh, Motoe Takayanagi, Akemi Esophageal Cancer
Hashimoto, Noriyuki Horiki, Yoshiyuki Fujita, Masataka Yoshiro Kawahara*, Ryuta Takenaka, Atsushi Imagawa,
Maruyama, Masahide Kita, Maho Kadooka, Yasuhiko Hiroyuki Okada, Yasushi Shiratori
Mizuno, Koji Yabu, Nobuto Hirata, Ryoichi Wada T1433 Performance of the Aer-O-Scope, a Pneumatic, Self
T1421 The Evaluation of the Endoscopic Submucosal Resection Propelling, Self Navigating Colonoscope in Animal
of Rectal Carcinoid Tumors with Ligation Device Experiments
Takashi Muramoto*, Hiroaki Ito, Kazuhiro Kaneko, Jorje Pfefer, Roman Grinshpon, Douglas Rex, Bernard Levin,
Toshinori Kurahashi, Taikan Yamamoto, Yosuke Kumekawa, Zamir Halpern, Nadir Arber*
Meiko Kuwahara, Yutaro Kubota, Michio Imawari T1434 Cryoablation of Dysplasia in Barrett's Esophagus (BE)
T1422 Validation of An Algorithm for Classifying Interval and Early Stage Esophageal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer Occurrence: Prostate, Lung, Mark H. Johnston*, Brooks D. Cash, Cathy A. Dykes,
Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial Halisha S. Mays, Lavonne R. Johnston
Ajay Pabby*, Joel L. Weissfeld, Paul F. Pinsky, Richard B. T1435 Widespread Mucosal Resection in Barrett's Esophagus
Hayes, Robert E. Schoen Using Multi-Band Mucosectomy: Feasibility Study of 79
T1423 A Study of Normal Intestine Using Confocal Procedures
Endomicroscopy Femke P. Peters*, Wouter L. Curvers, Mohammed A. Kara,
Isao Odagi*, Tomohiro Kato, Hisao Tajiri Wilda D. Rosmolen, Fiebo J. Ten Kate, Kausilia K.
Krishnadath, Paul Fockens, Jacques J. Bergman
T1424 Safe and Painless Insertion in Colonoscopy
Toshinori Kurahashi*, Kazuhiro Kaneko, Hiroaki Ito, Taikan T1436 Focal Ablation of Barrett’s Esophagus Using a Novel
Yamamoto, Yosuke Kumekawa, Meiko Kuwahara, Yutaro Endoscopic Device
Kubota, Takashi Muramoto, Michio Imawari Kenneth J. Chang
T1425 Risk Factors of Lymph Node Metastasis of Colorectal T1437 Endoscopic Restrictive Gastroplasty Using Full-
Cancer; Analysis of 2502 Consecutive Cases Detected Thickness Plication
with Colonoscopy Ram Chuttani*, Douglas Pleskow, Laura Ornellas
Satoshi Takano*, Jun Kato, Yasushi Shiratori T1438 Is Blood the Ideal Submucosal Cushioning Agent? a
T1426 Diagnosis from Nucleus Pattern Image On Colorectal Comparative Study in a Porcine Model
Tumors with Magnified Chromo-Endoscopy Samuel A. Giday*, Priscilla Magno, Jonathan Buscaglia,
Masafumi Tabuchi*, Joji Kitayama, Yoh Kato Marcia I. Canto, Wroblewski Lori, Chung-Wang Ko, John
O. Clarke, Anthony N. Kalloo, Sanjay B. Jagannath, Sergey
T1427 Endo-Laparoscopic Versus Immediate Surgery for V. Kantsevoy
Obstructing Left-Sided Colorectal Cancers: A
Randomized Trial (ELVIS trial) T1439 Comparison of Image Quality of Two Different Capsule
Simon S. Ng*, Janet Lee, Philip Chiu, Raymond Yiu, Ka Endoscopy Systems
Lau Leung, Wai K. Leung, James Lau, Joseph Sung Uwe Seitz*, Tiing Leong Ang, Sabine Bohnacker, Stefan
Seewald, Frank Thonke, Stefan Groth, Andrea de Weerth,
T1428 High Detection Rate of Flat and Depressed Colonic Nib Soehendra
Neoplasm in Elderly People
Keiko Ishikawa*, Tomoyuki Tamura, Hidemichi Takahashi, T1440 Clinical Usefulness of Endoscopic Submucosal Resection
Hideo Hiratsuka, Shinichi Ota with Double Ligations for Rectal Carcinoid Tumor in
Comparison with Strip Biopsy
T1429 A Prospective Study of Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Joon Ho Moon*, Cheol Hee Park, Jae One Jung, Woon
Bleeding Geon Shin, Jong Pyo Kim, Kyoung Oh Kim, Taeho Hahn,
Dimitrios K. Christodoulou*, Lina Paschou, Dimitra Pavlou, Kyo-Sang Yoo, Sang Hoon Park, Jong Hyeok Kim, Choong
Athanasios Papathanasopoulos, Konstantinos Katsanos, Kee Park
Margarita Kitsanou, Leonidas Christou, Epameinondas V.
Tsianos T1441 Assisted Colonoscopy Using a Clip-On Propulsion
Device
T1430 Saccharomyces Boulardii Ameliorates Robert Ganz*, Chris Gostout, Tim Sheridan, Troy Ziegler,
Trinitrobenzenesulphonic Acid-Induced Experimental Randy Meyer
Colitis in Rats: Attenuation of Pro-Inflammatory Gene
Expression T1442 A Randomized Controlled Study Comparing Cap-
Sang Kil Lee*, Hyo Jong Kim, Sung Gil Chi, Yoon Wha Assisted Colonoscopy Versus Conventional
Kim Colonoscopy: A Preliminary Result
Yuk T. Lee, Aric J. Hui, Vincent W. Wong, Jessica Y. Ching,
James Y. Lau, W K. Leung, Henry L. Chan, Justin C. Wu*,
Francis K. Chan, Joseph J. Sung
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T T1443 Covering the Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy T1456 A Novel Method for Determining the Inner Diameter of
U (PEG) Tube Prevents Peristomal Infection the Esophageal Body Using a Non-Compliant Balloon
E Yutaka Suzuki*, Katuhiko Yanaga, Naruo Kawasaki, Hiroaki Catheter and Pressure/Volume Monitoring and Inflation
Aoki, Yoshio Ishibashi, Hideyuki Kashiwagi, Kouzi Nakada, System
S Nobuo Omura, Nobuyoshi Hanyu Michael B. Kimmey*, Robert A. Ganz, Ronald E. Pruitt,
D Alvaro Reymunde, Virender K. Sharma, David E. Fleischer
T1444 A Prospective Study to Evaluate the Shapelock Tm
A Guide to Enable Complete Colonoscopy in Previously T1457 Variable Stiffness Therapeutic Duodenoscope (VSTD): Is
Y Failed Cases It Useful?
MAY Gregory Haber*, Lindsey K. Whalen Michael K. Sanders*, Douglas A. Howell, Burr J. Loew, Kirk
P. Bernadino
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Indicator® Test from of Given M2a Plus® Capsule T1458 A Pilot Trial Study to Assess Safety and Efficacy of
Endoscopy Software in the Clinical Setting Carbon Dioxide Insufflation During Colorectal
Angel Ponferrada Diaz*, Luis Menchen Viso, Cecilia Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
Gonzalez Asanza, Enrique Cos Arregui, Pedro Menchen Yutaka Saito*, Toshio Uraoka, Takahisa Matsuda, Fabian
Fernandez-Pacheco Emura, Hisatomo Ikehara, Yumi Mashimo, Tsuyoshi
Kikuchi, Takahiro Kozu, Daizo Saito
T1446 New Capsule Endoscopy Viewing Mode May Improve
Reading Efficiency Without Effect On Pathology T1459 Usefulness and Safety of a Bipolar Current Needle Knife
Detection Rate in Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) Procedures
Felice H. Schnoll-Sussman*, Ari Bergwerk, Rami Eliakim, for Large Colorectal Tumors
Peter Legnani, Blair S. Lewis, Moshe Rubin, Ira J. Toshio Uraoka*, Yutaka Saito, Takahisa Matsuda, Takuji
Schmelkin Gotoda, Hisatomo Ikehara, Yumi Mashimo, Yasushi Sano,
Toshihiko Doi, Daizo Saito
T1447 Detectability of Colorectal Neoplasms By Newly
Developed Auto-Fluorescence Imaging Video T1460 Closure of Luminal Defects Using Endoscopic Clips and
Colonoscopy Detachable Snares
Akihiro Namihisa, Yoshiaki Kawakubo*, Tatsuo Ogihara, Kyung W. Noh*, Timothy A. Woodward
Akimitsu Ohkawa, Noritomo Nakaniwa, Naoto Sakamoto,
Satoshi Abe, Akihito Nagahara, Takeshi Terai, Toshifumi T1461 Clinical Outcome of Endoscopic Treatment for Early
Ohkusa, Nobuhiro Sato Gastric Cancer
Jong-Soo Lee*, Jun Haeng Lee, Poong-Lyul Rhee, Jae J.
T1448 Reduced Loop Formation Using a Computer-Assisted Kim, Jong Chul Rhee, Tae-Sung Sohn, Jae Hung Noh, Sung
Colonoscope (The NeoGuide System) Compared with Kim, Cheol Keun Park
Standard Colonoscopy
Ahmad Kamal*, Jacques van Dam T1462 A New Device to Simplify Flexible Endoscopic
Treatment of Zenker’s Diverticulum
T1449 A Randomized Controlled Study of Two New Diahann L. Seaman*, Christopher Gostout, Elizabeth Rajan,
Hemoclips - Inscope Multi-Clip Applier & Long Mary Knipschield
Olympus Quickclip2 - for Endoscopic Treatment of
Chronic Gastric Ulcers T1463 Effect of Oral Proton Pump Inhibitor On Delayed
Dennis M. Jensen*, Gustavo A. Machicado, Ken Hirabayashi Bleeding After Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
Dae Young Jeong, Soo-Heon Park*, Tae Ho Kim, Hyun Jong
T1450 Development and Testing of An Attachable Gastric Cuff Oh, Jin Il Kim, Se-Hyun Cho, Joon Yeol Han, Jae Kwang
and Small Intestinal Exclusion Sleeve As a New Flexible Kim, Kyu-Yong Choi, In-Sik Chung
Endoscopic Method for Treatment of Obesity
Mitchell Dann, Josh Butters, Mary Lynn Wilmore, Dick T1464 Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Using New Devices
Thomas, Tom Baldwin, Clay Robinson, Ray Olsen, Paul (FLUSHKNIFE) for Gastric Tumors
Swain* Takashi Toyonaga*, Eisei Nishino, Takashi Hirooka
T1451 Feasibility of Endoscopic Transgastric Distal T1465 Transcolonic Access to the Peritoneal Cavity Using a
Pancreatectomy (ETDP) in the Pig Novel Incision and Closure Device
Kai Matthes*, Tony E. Yusuf, Mari Mino-Kenudson, William Derek G. Fong*, Reina D. Pai, Marvin Ryou, Christopher C.
R. Brugge Thompson
T1452 Long Term Follow-Up After Endoscopic Mucosal T1466 Novel Endoscopic Full Thickness Biopsy of the Stomach
Resection in Superficial Tumors of the Esophagus to Detect Myenteric Ganglia: A Pilot Study in a Porcine
Hubert Piessevaux*, Tarik Aouattah, Christine Sempoux, Model
Pierre Deprez Elizabeth Rajan*, Christopher J. Gostout, Matthew S.
Lurken, Giles R. Locke, Nicholas J. Talley, Lawrence J.
T1453 Autofluorescence Imaging (AFI) and Narrow Band Szarka, Michael J. Levy, Kazuki Sumiyama, Timothy A.
Imaging (NBI) with Magnification in Colonoscopy: An Bakken, Gary J. Stoltz, Mary A. Knipschield, Gianrico
Early Experience Farrugia
James E. East*, Norkio Suzuki, Nicola Palmer, Catherine
Thapar, David Swain, Brian P. Saunders T1467 Endoscopic Full Thickness Biopsy of the Stomach: What
Works?
T1454 Quantitative Diagnosis for Colorectal Neoplasia Using Elizabeth Rajan*, Christopher J. Gostout, Matthew S.
Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) Magnification Lurken, Giles R. Locke, Nicholas J. Talley, Lawrence A.
Shinji Tanaka*, Shiro Oka, Mayuko Hirata, Iwao Kaneko, Szarka, Michael J. Levy, Kazuki Sumiyama, Timothy A.
Hiroyuki Kanao, Ritsuo Mouri, Shigeto Yoshida, Masaharu Bakken, Gary J. Stoltz, Mary A. Knipschield, Gianrico
Yoshihara, Kazuaki Chayama Farrugia
T1455 A Detailed Evaluation of Intrapapillary Capillary Loops T1468 Enhanced Magnification Directed Biopsies Do Not
(IPCLs) in GERD Patients Using Narrow Band Imaging Increase the Detection of Intestinal Metaplasia in
(NBI) Patients with GERD
Amit Rastogi*, Srinivas R. Puli, Ajay Bansal, Sharad Mathur, Dawn Ferguson*, Kenneth R. Devault, David S. Loeb,
Prateek Sharma Herbert C. Wolfsen, Krishna Murli, Michael B. Wallace
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T1469 Clinical Usefulness of a New Infrared Fluorescence T1484 Vascular Pattern Intensity: A New Classification System T
Videoendoscope System for the Diagnosis of Early to Differentiate Neoplastic and Non-Neoplastic Lesions U
Gastric Cancer in the Colon Using Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) with E
Tetsuo Kimura*, Naoki Muguruma, Yoshitaka Imoto, Magnification
Hiromi Yano, Tatsuzo Itagaki, Takeshi Tomokane, Miyako James E. East*, Norkio Suzuki, David Swain, Nicola Palmer, S
Niki, Masako Kaji, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Seisuke Okamura, Brian P. Saunders D
Susumu Ito A
T1485 Diagnostic, Clinical and Therapeutic Impact of Double-
T1470 Detection of Subsquamous Barrett Epithelium Using Balloon Enteroscopy Y
Ultrahigh Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography Klaus Moenkemueller*, Sven Kolfenbach, Lucia C. Fry, MAY
Melissa P. Upton*, Michael J. Cobb, Joo-Ha Hwang, Xingde Gerhard Treiber, Jochen Weigt, Annekathrin Schulze, Stefan
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Li, Michael B. Kimmey Kahl, Matthias P. Ebert, Peter Malfertheiner
T1471 Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in the Diagnosis of T1486 Simultaneous Endoscopy and Manometry with Air
Celiac Disease Insufflation of the Stomach. a New Technique to
Rupert W. Leong*, Andre K. Chong, Bernard W. Chin, Yew Evaluate Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
H. Chieng, Elise Murr, Peter Delaney, Neil Merrett Using Gastroesophageal Junction Yield Pressures
Anil K. Vegesna*, Ramashesai Besetty, Chuang Kenj-Yu,
T1472 Esophyx™ Endoluminal Fundoplication for the Annapurna D. Korimilli, Henry Parkman, Larry S. Miller
Treatment of Severe Chronic GERD: Multiple Tissue
Fasteners Secure Valvuloplasty As Demonstrated in An T1487 Narrow Band Imaging for Detection and Surveillance of
Animal Model Barrett’s Esophagus
Stefan J. Kraemer*, Richard A. Kozarek, Brett J. Carter, Piera Giuseppina Lecca, Alberto Larghi, Maria Elena
Donald E. Low Riccioni, Vincenzo Perri, Alessandra Bizzotto, Guido
Costamagna*
T1473 D50 Is Superior to Normal Saline As Medium for
Endoscopic Mucosal Resection T1488 Evaluation of An Endocytoscopy System in the
Shyam Varadarajulu*, Robert Slaughter Surveillance of Patients with Barrett Esophagus
Heiko Pohl*, Martin Koch, Ahmed Khalifa, Ioannis S.
T1474 Endoluminal Closure of Large Perforations of Colon Papanikolaou, Bertram Wiedenmann, Thomas Roesch
with Clips in a Porcine Model
Gottumukkala S. Raju*, Ijaz Ahmed, Douglas Brining, Shu- T1489 Management of Persistent Gastroesophageal Anastamotic
Yuan Xiao Strictures with Polyflex® Stents: An Alternative to
Serial Dilation
T1475 Weight Gain Following Bariatric Surgery As a Result of James S. Barthel*, Joffre Rivera, Scott T. Kelley, Klapman B.
Large Gastric Stoma: Endotherapy Using Sodium Jason
Morrhuate (SM) to Induce Stomal Stenosis May Prevent
Need for Surgical Revision T1490 Per-Oral and Gastrostomy Assisted Full Thickness
Marc F. Catalano*, Thomas Y. Chua, Oscar A. Batista, Gastric Resection Using Surgassist® Via a Modified
Goran T. Rudic Oro-Esophageal Overtube in a Porcine Model
John A. Evans*, Francis E. Rosato, Gregory G. Ginsberg
T1476 In Vivo Appendicitis Model Using the Pig Uterine Horn
for Development of Transgastric Appendectomy T1491 Weight Gain Following Bariatric Surgery As a Result of
Kazuki Sumiyama*, Christopher J. Gostout, Elizabeth Large Gastric Stoma: Stomal Revision Using Endoscopic
Rajan, Timothy A. Bakken, Jodie L. Deters, Mary A. Suturing Technology
Knipschield, Robert H. Hawes, Anthony N. Kalloo, Pankaj Marc F. Catalano*, Thomas Y. Chua, Oscar A. Batista, Nalini
J. Pasricha, Sydney Chung, Sergey V. Kantsevey, Peter B. M. Guda, Goran T. Rudic
Cotton
T1492 Evaluation of the Endscopic Submucosl Dissection
T1478 Closure of Colonic Perforation with a Novel Endoscopic (ESD) Method for Gastric Tumors
Suturing Device Hiroshi Mizuta*, Yoshinori Kuratani, Tomoko Onishi,
Andres Gelrud*, Sean Conlon Takayoshi Yamada, Yuichi Yokoyama, Satoru Tamura,
Hiroshi Ueta, Saburo Onishi
T1479 Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) for Early Gastric
Neoplasia (EGN): Western Experience T1493 Hemodynamic Efficacy of the New Resolution® Clip-
Katja Deinert*, Brigitte Schumacher, Horst Neuhaus Device Compared to Injection Therapy in Spurting
Arterial Bleedings: A Prospective Experimental Trial
T1480 Clinical Usefulness of Endoscopic Oblique Aspiration Using the Compacteasie®-Simulator
Mucosectomy for Superficial Esophageal Cancer Juergen Maiss*, Christina Baumbach, Andreas Naegel,
Satoshi Tanabe*, Wasaburo Koizumi, Katsuhiko Higuchi, Yurdaguel Oeztuerk, Markus Wehler, Thomas Bernatik,
Tohru Sasaki, Hiroyuki Mitomi, Katsunori Saigenji Eckhart G. Hahn, Dieter Schwab
T1481 Endoscopic Fistula Repair Using Full-Thickness T1494 Self Expending Metallic Stents (SEMS) with Antireflux
Plication in the Porcine Stomach Model Valve for Distal Esophageal Carcinoma: Results of a
Ram Chuttani*, Douglas Pleskow, Laura Ornellas Randomized Trial
Marc Le Rhun, Emmanuel Ben Soussan, Emmanuel Coron*,
T1482 A Device for the Deployment of Internal Esophageal Anne Le Sidaner, Thierry Barrioz, Dimitri Coumaros, Jean-
Chitosan Bandage
Michel Nguyen, Bertrand Vedrenne, Philippe Bichard,
Michael Owens*, Amanda Senrud, Jeff Teach, Kenton
Christian Boustiere, Frederic Prat, D'Endoscopie Digestive
Gregory Societe Francaise
T1483 Creation of An Effective Porcine Model for the T1495 It-ESD Is Useful Technique for the Elderly Patients with
Investigation of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound for
Gastric Cancer
the Treatment of Acute Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage
Masahito Nomoto*, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Mami Iwashige,
Jeffrey Marks*, Victor Chen, Michael Rosen, Michael
Ryujiro Negishi, Mika Kobayashi, Minako Kobayashi,
McGee, Amitabh Chak, Raymond Onders, Ashley Faulx, Tadateru Maehata, Masaru Okamoto, Santa Hattori,
Steve Schomisch, Jeffrey Ponsky Naoyuki Kato, Satoshi Baba, Yasushi Adachi, Yasuo Kato,
Hirofumi Niwa, Fumio Itoh
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T T1496 Endoscopic Transmural Resection of Gastric Wall Using T1509 Double-Balloon Enteroscopy (DBE) Assisted
U Full-Thickness Plication Chromoendoscopy of the Small Bowel in Patients with
E Ram Chuttani*, Douglas Pleskow, Laura Ornellas Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) Syndrome
Moenkemueller Klaus*, Lucia C. Fry, Matthias Ebert, Sven
S T1497 The Usefulness of An Insulated Tip-Knife for Kolfenbach, Steffen Rickes, Michael Belluti, Marino
D Endoscopic Treatment of Postoperative Esophageal Venerito, Peter Malfertheiner
Stenosis
A Chang Beom Ryu*, Jae Hwa Jung, Sang Gyune Kim, In Sup T1510 A Novel External Lead Sensor Array Placement
Y Jung, Bong Min Ko, Su Jin Hong, Young Seok Kim, Jong Approach for Capsule Endoscopy
MAY Ho Moon, Joo Young Cho, Joon Seong Lee, Moon Sung Gary Chen*, Oren Goltzer, Jason Shen, Christopher Chang,
Lee, Chan Sup Shim, Boo Sung Kim Shahab Mehdizadeh, James Sul, Rome Jutabha
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T1498 Preliminary Results from Prospective Randomized Single T1511 Endoscopic Balloon Dilation of Stomal Stenosis
Blinded Trial Comparing the Performance Following Gastric Bypass Surgery
Characteristics of a short-Wire (FUSION) and Standard Marc F. Catalano*, Thomas Y. Chua, Oscar A. Batista,
Long-Wire (DASH) ERCP Device Systems Goran T. Rudic
Ali Fazel, Lukasz Kowalczyk, Koorosh Moezardalan, Chris
Forsmark, Peter Draganov* T1512 Outcome of Endoscopic Management of Complete
Cervical Esophageal Obstruction
T1499 Mucosectomy-Cap Assisted Ampullectomy (MCAA) Is Jennifer Kaufman*, Mark Schattner, Richard Wong, Nancy
An Effective Technique in Removing Residual Tissue Lee, Jay Boyle, Hans Gerdes, Moshe Shike, Dennis Kraus
After Snare Ampullectomy
Shahab Mehdizadeh*, Mamatha Sadda, Simon K. Lo T1513 Palliation of Patients with Malignant Gastric Outlet
Obstruction with the Wallflex Enteral Stent: A
T1500 Esophyx™ Endoluminal Fundoplication for the Retrospective Multicentre Study
Treatment of Severe Chronic GERD: Novel Approach for Jeanin van Hooft*, Massimiliano Mutignani, Alessandro
Valvuloplasty Demonstrated in An Animal Model Repici, Helmut Messmann, Horst Neuhaus, Paul Fockens
Stefan J. Kraemer*, Richard A. Kozarek, Brett J. Carter,
Donald E. Low T1514 Endotherapy for Fistulae of the Upper GI Tract After
Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery
T1501 Determining Scope Position During Colonoscopy Pierre Eisendrath*, Michel Cremer, Olivier Le Moine,
Without the Use of Ionizing Radiation Or Magnetic Jacques Himpens, Guy-Bernard Cadiere, Jacques Deviere
Field: the Enhanced Mapping Ability of the Neoguide
Endoscopy System T1515 A New Endoscopic Attachment for the Submucosal
Axel Eickhoff*, Juergen F. Riemann, Jacques van Dam Dissection
Shin'ichi Miyamoto*, Takayuki Nitta, Takashi Aoi, Akiyoshi
T1502 OCT Patterns in Ulcerative Colitis Nishio, Tsutomu Chiba
Luigi Familiari, Mariagrazia Scaffidi*, Giuseppe Strangio,
Gaetano Barresi, Valeria Barresi, Pierluigi Consolo, Marisa T1516 A Novel Device, the Mucosal Winder, Is Easier to Use
Bonica, Carmelo Luigiano, Pietro Familiari and Safer for the Patients During Endoscopic
Submucosal Dissection
T1503 OCT Performance in the Diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis Nobuyuki Sakurazawa*, Naoyuki Yamashita, Katsumi
Luigi Familiari, Pierluigi Consolo, Mariagrazia Scaffidi*, Maezawa, Masami Endo, Hirohito Sasaki, Masayuki Inui,
Giuseppe Strangio, Gaetano Barresi, Carmelo Luigiano, Hiroyuki Kato, Yasutoshi Saito, Hiroshi Iwanami, Takashi
Walter Fries, Valeria Barresi, Marisa Bonica, Pietro Familiari Tajiri
T1504 Microscopic Changes in Non Erosive Reflux Disease T1517 Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) with a New
(NERD) Can Be Diagnosed During Ongoing Endoscopy Solution: 0.4% Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose (HPMC)
By Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (CLE) Vitor Arantes*, Walton Albuquerque, David Lima, Sueli
Ralf Kiesslich*, Katharina Lammersdorf, Martin Goetz, Vilela, Geraldo Lima Jr., Dezimar Duarte, Edgard Benfica,
Arthur Hoffman, Michael Vieth, Manfred Stolte, Peter R. Fauze Maluf Filho, Everson Artifon, Paulo Sakai
Galle, Markus F. Neurath
T1518 Prospective Evaluation of Two Modes of the New Vio
T1505 Narrow Band Imaging-Close Focus Colonoscopy 300d -Argon-Plasma-Coagulation (APC) -System for
Detection of Colon Aberrant Crypt Foci Palliation of Obstructing Gastrointestinal Tumors:
Joel B. Levine*, Michael Grupka, Melissa Parente Forced -APC Versus Pulsed -APC
Axel Eickhoff*, Dieter Schilling, Uwe Weickert, Ralf Jakobs,
T1506 Usefulness of Narrow Band Imaging for the Diagnosis of D.R. Hartmann, J.N. C. Eickhoff, Juergen F. Riemann
Early Gastric Cancer: A Comparison Study with
Conventional Endoscopy T1519 Capsule Endoscopy Has a Long Term Impact Over
Hirohisa Machida*, Kazuhide Higuchi, Masahiko Tabuchi, Recurrent Bleeding in Patients with Obscure
Satoshi Sugimori, Natsuhiko Kameda, Tomoko Wada, Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Hirotoshi Okazaki, Masatsugu Shiba, Toshio Watanabe, Cesar A. Marrufo-Garcia*, Diego Garcia-Compean, Jesus A.
Kazunari Tominaga, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Tetsuo Arakawa Armenta, Hector Maldonado-Garza
T1507 The BRAVO pH Capsule Reviewed, An Analysis of the T1520 Computer-Assisted Pit Pattern Analysis of Colonic
Safety and Performance in 342 Cases Lesions
Shibu Oommen*, John W. Birk, Grace Walker, Douglas Michael Haefner*, Michael Liedlgruber, Andreas Puespoek,
Brand, Jared Gold Schickmair Thomas, Rainer Schoefl, Friedrich Wrba, Alfred
Gangl, Andreas Uhl
T1508 Radiofrequency Ablation and Photodynamic Therapies:
What Are the in-Vivo EUS and Histologic Correlates? T1521 Prospective Evaluation of a New High Power Argon
Cuong C. Nguyen*, Ananya Das, Virender K. Sharma, Plasma Coagulation System (VIO APC) in
Michele M. Moirano Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Experience with 216
Patients
Hendrik Manner*, Andrea May, Thomas Rabenstein, Lars
Nachbar, Oliver Pech, Markus D. Enderle, Christian Ell
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T1522 The Appropriate Concentrations of Hyaluronic Acid, T1534 Transgastric Endoscopic Gastrojejunostomy Using T
Glycerin and Glucose for Submucosal Fluid Cushion Endoclips and Detachable Snares - A Feasibility U
During Therapeutic Endoscopy Experiment in a Porcine Model E
Mitsuhiro Fujishiro*, Naomi Kakushima, Shinya Philip W. Chiu*, Chris K. Yau, Wilfred L. Mui, Frances K.
Kodashima, Koji Kashimura, Toyokazu Matsuura, Yosuke Cheung, Candice C. Lam, Wing Tai Siu, Enders K. Ng S
Muraki, Ayako Tateishi, Nobutake Yamamichi, Satoshi Ono, D
Katsuya Kobayashi, Takuhei Hashimoto, Masao Omata T1535 How Can We Overcome the Difficult Cases in Early
Gastric Cancer Treatment with ESD Method? :
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T1523 A Balloon Catheter EMR Method for Early Gastric Challenging New Technique with Double Scope ESD Y
Cancer Yoshinori Morita*, Ikuya Miki, Toshifumi Mitani, Masanori MAY
Yukinobu Takimoto*, Nobuhiro Aoki, Mikio Fujita, Akio Toyoda, Toshio Tanaka, Naomi Torio, Daisuke Shirasaka,
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Orino Masaru Yoshida, Takao Tamura, Hiromu Kutsumi, Nobuo
Aoyama, Takeshi Azuma
T1524 A New Transmural Staple Placed At Flexible Endoscopy:
A Preliminary Report T1536 Use of a Self-Expanding, Removable, Plastic Stent
Norman Godin (Polyflex®) for Esophageal Fistulae, Perforations and
Benign and Malignant Strictures: Early Experience At a
T1525 A Novel Endoscopic Technique to Close Large Post EMR Single Institution
Defects Using a Double Ring and Clips Drew Schembre*, Richard Kozarek
Takahiro Fujii
T1526 A New Balloon Catheter EMR Method for Mucosal

Detachment in Colorectal Tumor Resection
Mikio Fujita*, Yukinobu Takimoto, Nobuhiro Aoki, Akio
Orino
T1527 A Multi-Site, Single ARM, Prospective Safety and
Effectiveness Study of the Wallflex™ Enteral Duodenal
Stent for the Palliation of Malignant Gastroduodenal
Obstruction
David L. Carr-Locke*, John Poneros, John Saltzman,
Christopher Thompson, Richard Kozarek, Kamram Ayub,
Drew B. Schembre, Michael Gluck, John Brandabur,
Douglas Pleskow, Ram Chuttani, Viktor Eysselein, William
Silverman, John Vargo, Gregory Zuccaro, Irving Waxman,
Marc Catalano, Todd Baron, Christopher Gostout, Willis
Parsons
T1528 A Novel Chromoendoscopic Method By Using Acetic
Acid- Indigo Carmine Mixture (AIM) for Diagnosis of
Early Gastric Cancers
Yoshiro Kawahara*, Ryuta Takenaka, Jun Kato, Atsushi
Imagawa, Hiroyuki Okada, Yasushi Shiratori
T1529 Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) System Is Promising Device
to Detect Superficial Pharyngeal Cancer At An Early
Stage in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell
Carcinoma (SCC)
Satoru Nonaka*, Yutaka Saito, Takuji Gotoda, Takahiro
Kozu, Takahisa Matsuda, Ichiro Oda, Haruhisa Suzuki,
Daizo Saito
T1530 M2a Patency Capsule in Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease

Pietro Occhipinti*, Silvia Saettone, Laura Broglia, Paolo
Gorini, Ferruccio Rossi
T1531 Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging for Detection of

Gastrointestinal Cancer
Neil Galletly*, James M. McGinty, Patrizia Cohen, Ian
Munro, Dan S. Elson, Jose Requejo-Isidro, Christopher
Dunsby, Mark A. Neil, Andrew V. Thillainayagam, Paul M.
French, Gordon W. Stamp
T1532 Comparison of the Olympus EMR Device and the
Wilson Cook Duette Device in Barrett’s Esophagus
Ganapathy A. Prasad*, Kenneth K. Wang, Louis M.
Wongkeesong, Navtej S. Buttar, Lori S. Lutzke,
Boerkenhagen S. Lynn, Sarah M. Papenfuss
T1533 Endoscopic Position Verification of Enteral Feeding
Tubes By Transnasal RE-Endoscopy. a Controlled Study
of Patients Hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit
Nico Wiegand, Stephan M. Wildi*, Fabiola Delco, Michael
Fried, Peter Bauerfeind
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Y 12:00-2:00 pm.
T1548 Conjugated Bile Acids Promote Activation of the Erk1/2
MAY Those posters identified as DDW Posters of Distinction have received and Akt Pathways Via a pertussis toxin-Sensitive GI-
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encourage you to make them a priority as you visit the poster session. Youwen Fang*, Seema Gupta, Elaine Studer, Clint Mitchell,
Huiping Zhou, Paul Dent, Phillip B. Hylemon
T1549 Spreds, Inhibitors of the RAS/ERK Signal Transduction,
Are Dysregulated in Human hepatocellular carcinoma
and Linked to the Malignant Phenotype of Tumors
CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Takafumi Yoshida*, Takao Hisamoto, Hironori Koga, Kazuo
T1537 The Baicd and Baih Genes from Clostridium Scindens Nakamura, Akihiko Yoshimura, Michio Sata
Encode 3-Dehydro-4-Steroid Oxidoreductases Specific
T1550 Hepg2 Cells Resist Tgβ-Induced Apoptosis Through
for 7α and 7β-Hydroxy Bile Acids
Impaired Smad Complex Nuclear Translocation
Phillip B. Hylemon, Dae-Joong Kang, Darrell Mallonee,
Takashi Nitta*, Suzanne Lyman, Dagmara Mohuczy, Kevin
James E. Wells, Jason Ridlon*, Doyle R. Moore, Stephen
E. Behrns
Barnes
T1551 Hypoxic Conformance of Metabolism in Primary Rat
T1538 Nim811 Inhibits HCV Replication Through Interaction
Hepatocytes: A Model of Hepatic Hibernation
with Cyclophilins
Ram Subramanian*, Navdeep Chandel, Scott Budinger, Paul
Jianshi Tao*, Cheryl Jogger, Xiaoyu Shen, Kai Lin, Choi Lai
Schumacker
Tiong Yip, Kara Brown, Brigitte Wiedmann, Hans Voshol,
Dieter Muller, Jan Van Oostrum, Kwangho Lee, Juerg T1552 Inhibition of Hgf-Induced Biological Events of HCC By
Hunziker, Neil S. Ryder, Michael P. Cooreman, Beat Lipoprotein(a)
Weidmann Hiroki Ueda*, Hiroto Tanaka, Yohei Kida, Hiroko
Hamagami, Masakazu Ichinose
T1539 Ammonia Transport in Murine Immortalized
Hepatocytes and the Human Hepatoma Cell Line, Hepg2 T1553 Hepatitis C Virus Core Protein Functionally Upregulates
Ian Steele*, Mary Handlogten, I. David Weiner the Transcriptional Factor Ets-1 and Matrix
Metalloproteinase-7
T1540 Genome-Walking By PCR and Characterization of a Bile
Kenji Ohkido*, Hiroshi Aoki, Mitsuhiko Moriyama,
Acid 7α-Dehydroxylating Operon in Clostridium
Yasuyuki Arakawa
Hylemonae Tn271 Involved in Secondary Bile Acid
Production in the Human Colon T1554 Addition of 5-FU Enhances the IFN Alpha Induced
Jason Ridlon*, Phillip Hylemon Signaling Pathway and Caspase-8 Activities, Resulting in
Marked Apoptosis in Hepatoma Cell Lines
T1541 Effects of Polysaccharide of Desertliving Cistanche On
Kazuko Koike*, Akinobu Takaki, Masashi Tatsukawa,
the Mitochondria of Hepatocytes in Aging Rats
Hidenori Shiraha, Yoshiaki Iwasaki, Haruhiko Kobashi,
Xiao-Dong Wei*, Yu-Ming* Kang, Hui Xu, Shu-Qiu Wang,
Kohsaku Sakaguchi, Yasushi Shiratori
Jing-Tao Wang, Qin Ou, Tao Zhang, Peng-Xia Zhang
T1555 Absence of Pik3ca Hotspot Mutations in hepatocellular
T1542 Effects of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Inhibitor On
carcinoma in Japanese Patients - the Effect of Pik3ca
Proliferation of Rat Hepatic Stellate Cells in Vitro
Pseudogene On Mutational Analysis
Shu-Qing Wang*, Yu-Ming* Kang, Wen-Bo Qin, Xiao-Dong
Yasuo Tanaka*, Fumihiko Kanai, Motohisa Tada, Yoshinari
Wei, Shu-Qiu Wang, Ting-Yu Chen, Chun-Feng Lu, Shu-
Asaoka, Bayasi Guleng, Amarsanaa Jazag, Miki Ohta,
Xang Wang
Tsuneo Ikenoue, Keisuke Tateishi, Shuntaro Obi, Takao
T1543 Effects of Ganoderma Polysaccharide On the Kawabe, Osamu Yokosuka, Masao Omata
Cytochrome C and Mitochondrial Calcium of Liver and
T1556 Suppression of Tumor Growth and Invasion in Alpha-

Testis in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats
Fetoprotein-Producing hepatocellular carcinoma By
Wen-Bo Qin*, Yu-Ming* Kang, Shu-Qing Wang, Shu-Qiu
E1b55k-Deleted Adenovirus and NK-4
Wang, Bai-Xin Wang, Wei-Qun Wang, Xiao-Dong Wei,
Tatsuzo Itagaki*, Ichiro Shimizu, Mei Wei, Mi Shen, Huiwei
Xiao-Ru Ma, Ting Zhang, Bo Zhang
Huang, Katsutaka Sannomiya, Susumu Ito
T1544 Are Esophageal Manometry and pH-Metry Necessary
T1557 Conditional Deletion of C-Myc Does Not Impair Liver

Before Fundoplication?
Regeneration
Filiz Akyuz*, Serpil Arici, Fatih Ermis, Zeynel Mungan
Feng Li*, Yan Xiang, James Potter, Ramani Dinavahi, Chi V.
T1545 Different Effects of Alcoholic Beverages On Oxidative Dang, Linda A. Lee
Stress Induced By Xanthine-Xanthine Oxidase On Mkn-
T1558 Cell Density-Dependent Regulation of Mat Genes and
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Growth By Hepatocyte Growth Factor
Concetta Tuccillo*, Agnese Di Leva, Vincenzo Fogliano,
Heping Yang, Nathaniel Magilnick, Shelly C. Lu*
Alessandro Federico, Marco Trappoliere, Francesca Coppola,
Camillo Del Vecchio Blanco, Carmela Loguercio T1559 Expression of a COX-2 Transgene in Murine Liver
Causes Hepatitis, Upregulation of Inflammatory
T1546 K(ATP) Channel Opener Accelerates Hepatic DNA

Cytokines and Induces Cell Apoptosis and Proliferation
Synthesis Following Partial Hepatectomy in Rats
Jun Yu*, Eagle Sh Chu, Minnie Yy Go, Alex Y Hui, Henry
Shigekazu Takemura*, Yukiko Minamiyama, Keiichi
Ly Chan, Wai K Leung, Joseph Jy Sung
Yamasaki, Seikan Hai, Satoshi Yamamoto, Shintaro Kodai,
Shoji Kubo, Shigefumi Suehiro
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T1560 Leptin Induces Mat2a and Mat2b Expression and T1572 Strain-Dependent and Independent Roles of the Alpab T
Growth in Human Hepatocytes in Helicobacter Pylori Infection: In Vitro and in Vivo U
Komal Ramani*, Heping Yang, Nathaniel Magilnick, Shelly Evidences E
C. Lu Hong Lu*, Ellen J. Beswick, Victor E. Reyes, David
Graham, Yoshio Yamaoka S
T1562 In Situ Perfusion of the Liver Enhances the Efficiency of D
Plasmid DNA Gene Transfer to Hepatocytes T1573 Adherence, Internalization and Persistence of
Yasukatsu Takushi Helicobacter Pylori in Human Hepatocytes
A
Kyoko Ito*, Yoshio Yamaoka, Hala El-zimaity, Hiroyoshi Y
T1563 Activation of the Oncofetal Gene H19 By C-Myc Ota, David Graham MAY
Requires An in Vivo Context
Feng Li*, Yan Xiang, James Potter, Ramani Dinavahi, T1574 Production of Reactive Oxygen Species in Peripheral 23
Chunfa Jie, Atsushi Kaneda, Karen Zeller, Chi V. Dang, Blood Is Increased in Individuals with Helicobacter
Linda A. Lee Pylori Infection and Decreased After Its Eradication
Masayuki Mashimo*, Manabu Nishikawa, Kazuhide
T1564 A Histological Study of Bile Duct Epithelial Stem Cells - Higuchi, E.J. Sasaki, Masatsugu Shiba, Kazunari Tominaga,
in An Animal Model of Artificial Bile Duct Toshio Watanabe, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Tetsuo Arakawa,
Transplantation - Masayasu Inoue
Mitsuo Miyazawa*, Takahiro Torii, Yasuko Toshimitsu, Naoe
Akimoto, Isamu Koyama T1575 Caga Positive Strains of H. Pylori in Patients with Stable
and Unstable Angina Pectoris
T1565 Overlapping Expression Profile for Hepatic Epithelial Francesco Franceschi*, Antonio Gasbarrini, Giampaolo
Progenitors and Hepatic Stellate Cells Niccoli, Alfonso Baldi, Marcello Candelli, Florinda Feroce,
Jason K. Sicklick*, Steve S. Choi, Shannon J. McCall, Maria Assunta Zocco, Micaela Conte, Davide Roccarina,
Elizabeth Hernandez-Perez, Marcia Bustamante, Marcos Giovanni Gasbarrini, Filippo Crea, Nicolo Gentiloni Silveri
Rojkind, Anna Mae Diehl
T1576 Genotyping of the Cytotoxin Associated Gene
T1566 Interferon Gamma Augments the Oval Cell Response Pathogenicity Island from Helicobacter Pylori Isolates in
and Induces Liver Fibrosis in the Cde Model of Chronic Alaska
Liver Injury Karen Miernyk*, Michael Bruce, Brian McMahon, Thomas
Rebecca Lim*, Belinda Knight, George C. Yeoh, John K. Hennessey, Frank Sacco, Gerry Sahagun, Paul Davis, Patrick
Olynyk Martinez, Michael Swenson, David Powers, Bane French,
Helen Peters, Debra Hurlburt, Alan Parkinson
T1567 Different Epimorphin Expression Between Balb/C and
C57bl6 Mice in Recovery Phase of Liver Injuries T1577 Dramatic Effect of Changes in Standards of Living On
Ryutaro Yoshino*, Kouichi Miura, Daisuke Segawa, Takashi the Acquisition of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in
Goto, Shigetoshi Ohshima, Ken-Ichiro Mikami, Kazuo Childhood: A 10 Years Follow-Up Study in Russia
Yoneyama, Tomomi Shibuya, Daisuke Watanabe, Ei Hoda M. Malaty*, Michael Tkachenko, Zhannat Z.
Kataoka, Satoko Takeuchi, Ayako Endoh, Wataru Sato, Nurgalieva, Elena L. Blashenkova, Sergey V. Isachenko,
Takahiro Doumen, Sumio Watanabe David Y. Graham, Lev V. Erman
T1578 Fur and Perr Mediate Iron-Responsive Regulation of

AGA Poster Session Peroxide Stress Defense Genes in Helicobacter Hepaticus
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Clara Belzer, Ernst J. Kuipers*, Bart A. van Schendel, Theo
LA Convention Center Hoogenboezem, Peter W. Hermans, Arnoud H. van Vliet,
Johannes G. Kusters
T1579 Helicobacter Pylori Antigens Operating At Early
H. PYLORI PATHOGENESIS: BACTERIAL FACTORS Infection
Hee-Shang Youn*, Eun-A Kim, Jin-Su Jun, Ji-Hoe Park,
T1568 Synergy of Helicobacter Pylori Vacuolating Cytotoxin and Min-Ji Koo, Jae-Hee Kim, Ji-Hyun Seo, Gyung-Hyuk Ko,
IL-4 in Eotaxin Expression in Human Gastric Epithelial

Cells Through Stat6 Pathway
Jung Mogg Kim*, Joo Sung Kim, Hyun Chae Jung, In Sung
Hyung-Lyun Kang, Seung-Chul Baik, Woo-Kon Lee, Myung-
Je Cho, Kwang-Ho Rhee
Song T1580 Characterisation of the Proteome of Helicobacter Pylori

Outer Membrane Vesicles
T1569 The Nikr Protein Mediates Nickel-Responsive Regulation Erica M. Mullaney*, Catherine H. Botting, Henry J. Windle,
of the Helicobacter Pylori Iron-Uptake Genes FECCA3 Ana M. Terres, Dermot P. Kelleher
and FRPB3
Florian D. Ernst, Arnoud H. van Vliet, Wannie M. T1581 Two-Dimensional Blue Native / SDS Gel Electrophoresis
Horrevoets, Jeroen Stoof, Johannes G. Kusters, Ernst J. of Multiprotein Complexes from Helicobacter Pylori
Kuipers* Slovenie Pyndiah, Jean Paul Lasserre, Stephane Claverol,
Armelle Menard, Valerie Prouzet-Mauleon, Francis
T1570 Iron-Responsive Repression of Urease Expression in Megraud*, Frank Zerbib, Marc Bonneu
Helicobacter Hepaticus Is Mediated By the
Transcriptional Regulator Fur T1582 Analysis of the SHP-2 Binding Site of Helicobacter Pylori
Clara Belzer, Ernst J. Kuipers*, Bart A. van Schendel, Caga Protein in Korean
Johannes G. Kusters, Arnoud H. van Vliet Jun-Won Chung*, Gin Hyug Lee, Hyung Joon Lee, Ja
Young Kim, Kwi Sook Choi, Kee Don Choi, Hwoon-Yong
T1571 Cautions Regarding Relationships Between Expression Jung, Weon-Seon Hong, Jin-Ho Kim, Jin-Yong Jeong
of Helicobacter Pylori Baba and Disease Outcome
Saori Fujimoto*, Olabisi Ojo, Anna Arnqvist, Jeng Yih Wu, T1583 The Cause for the Birth-Cohort Phenomenon of Peptic
Stefan Odenbreit, Rainer Haas, Rita Reddy, David Y. Ulcer Disease
Graham, Yoshio Yamaoka Amnon Sonnenberg
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T T1584 Cag-a Positive H. Pylori Strains Are Highly Prevalent in T1595 Altered Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling in the
U Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease: A Primary Care Helicobacter Pylori Infected Stomach
E Multicenter Study Sylvia Pel-Bleuming*, Ludmila L. Kodach, Maria J. Garcia
Rudy De Bastiani, Maurizio Gabrielli*, Enzo Ubaldi, Leon, Dick Richel, Maikel Peppelenbosch, Pieter H.
S Edoardo Benedetto, Guido Sanna, Carmelo Cottone, Maria Reitsma, James C. Hardwick, Gijs R. van den Brink
D Assunta Zocco, Nathalie Saulnier, Marcello Candelli,
Giovanni Gasbarrini, Antonio Gasbarrini T1596 Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor (SLPI), a Target
A Gene of Helicobacter Pylori Infection, Regulates NF-kB
Y Signaling in Gastric Tumor Cells
MAY AGA Poster Session Thomas Wex*, Gerhard Treiber, Sabine Krueger, Michael
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Naumann, Peter Malfertheiner
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T1597 Acidic Conditions Synergistically Enhance the Induction
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders of Helicobacter Pylori Induced Gastric Mucosal
Interleukin-8
H. PYLORI PATHOGENESIS: GASTRIC EPITHELIAL Il-Ju Choi*, Saori Fujimoto, Kazuyoshi Yamauchi, David Y.
RESPONSES Graham, Yoshio Yamaoka
T1585 H. Pylori Protease Activates Gastric Epithelial Cells to T1598 Different Risk Factors for Atrophic Gastritis and
Produce IL-8 Through Protease-Activated Receptor 2 Intestinal Metaplasia in Korea

Norimasa Yoshida*, Hirokazu Kajikawa, Kazuhiro Katada, Nayoung Kim*, Young Soo Park, Jin-Hyeok Hwang, Sook-
Fumihiro Hirayama, Osamu Handa, Tomohisa Takagi, Hyang Jung, Dong Ho Lee, Jung Mogg Kim, In Wook Kim,
Satoshi Kokura, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Yuji Naito, Toshikazu Yoo-Deok Won, Joo Sung Kim, Hyun Chae Jung, In Sung
Yoshikawa, Takeshi Okanoue Song
T1586 EGFR Inhibition Improves Helicobacter Pylori Induced T1599 Regulation of Pathogenic Responses in Gastric Epithelial
Pathology and Epithelial Cellular Kinetics in Vivo Cells By Helicobacter Pylori Sphingomyelinase
Aht Jeremy, K Danjo, Mf Dixon, K Bransfield, Pa Robinson, Robert E. Williams*, Ramakrishnan Sitaraman, Uma S.
Je Crabtree* Krishna, Dawn A. Israel, Daniel P. O'Brien, Seth R. Ogden,
Aime T. Franco, Judith Romero-Gallo, Fang Yan, D. Brent
T1587 Restoration of RUNX3 Expression in H.pylori-Colonized Polk, Richard M. Peek
Spasmolytic Polypeptide-Expressing Metaplasia (SPEM)
After H.pylori Eradication T1600 Catalytically Active Adam17 Is Required for TNF-
Hidekazu Suzuki*, Yuriko Minegishi, Kosei Ito, Toshihiro Stimulated Transactivation of Erbb3
Nishizawa, Tatsuhiro Masaoka, Eisuke Iwasaki, Yoshiaki Ito, Stuart Hobbs*, Robert Whitehead, Peter J. Dempsey, David-
Nicholas A. Wright, Toshifumi Hibi Brent Polk
T1588 Persistence of Hypermethylation of Cell Cycle and DNA T1601 Interleukin-1b Gene Polymorphisms and Gastric
Repair Genes in Gastric Mucosa After H. Pylori Mucosal Interleukin-1β in Benign Gastroduodenal
Eradication Diseases with Helicobacter Pylori Infection
Yuan Yao*, Gabriel Calilao, Dong Il Park, Jae J. Kim, David Young W. Chang*, Hyoung C. Oh, Jae Y. Jang, Ji H. Jung,
Y. Graham, Antonia R. Sepulveda Myung J. Chae, Sang K. Lee, Kwang R. Joo, Seok H. Dong,
Hyo J. Kim, Byung H. Kim, Joung I. Lee, Rin Chang
T1589 Effect of Helicobacter Pylori On Leptin and Ghrelin
Levels in Plasma and Stomach T1602 Inhibitory Effect On Helicobacter Pylori and Anti-
Jatin Roper*, Fritz Francois, Michelle Mourad, Zhiheng Pei, Oxidative Effect By Broccoli Sprout Extract Containing
Asalia Z. Olivares, Vivek M. Shinde, Chi-Hong Tseng, Sulforaphane
Guillermo I. Perez-Perez, Martin J. Blaser Jae-Young Jang*, Young-Woon Chang, Ji Heon Jung, Myung
Jong Chae, Sang Kil Lee, Kwang Ro Joo, Seok Ho Dong,
T1590 Helicobacter Pylori Caga Induces Mitochondria- Hyo Jong Kim, Byung-Ho Kim, Joung Il Lee, Rin Chang
Dependent Production of Reactive Oxygen Species in
Gastric Epithelial Cell T1603 Low Serum Pepsinogen I/II Ratio Induces An Increase in
Osamu Handa*, Yuji Naito, Takeshi Ishii, Hisato Tsuboi, Body Mass Index After Eradication of H. Pylori
Satoko Adachi, Tomohisa Takagi, Satoshi Kokura, Norimasa Hiroyuki Suto*, Shinsuke Matsunaga, Ryuho Masaki,
Yoshida, Hirofumi Matsui, Takeshi Azuma, Hai Ying Fu, Tomoko Inagaki, Satoko Satomi, Tomoyuki Okuda, Atsushi
Sunao Kawano, Toshikazu Yoshikawa Muramatsu, Soshoku Lee, Yoshiyuki Ito, Yukinao Yamazaki,
Masaru Kuriyama, Takeshi Azuma
T1591 Close Surveillance Is Necessary to Detect Gastric
Neoplastic Lesions After Helicobacter Pylori Eradication T1604 Helicobacter Pylori Itself and Interferon-γ Suppresses the
in Japanese Expression of a Hmg Box Protein SOX2 Through Stat6-
Makoto Yonechi*, Kazuhiko Ishida, Naotaka Fujita Mediated Interleukin-4 Signaling in Gastric Epithelial
Cells
T1592 E-Cadherin Gene Promoter Hypermethylation in Sho Asonuma*, Akira Imatani, Naoki Asano, Tomoyuki
H.pylori-Induced Enlarged Fold Gastritis Oikawa, Shuichi Ohara, Tooru Shimosegawa
Tamana Miyazaki*, Yoko Murayama, Kenji Watabe,
Shuusaku Tsutsui, Tatsuya Kiyohara, Shinji Tamura, T1605 PCR for Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement Detects
Yasuhisa Shinomura, Norio Hayashi Residual MALT Lymphoma in Histologically Negative
Gastric Biopsies
T1593 Effect of Caga Tyrosine Phosphorylation in Mmps William Ahrens*, Jeffrey Sklar, Dhanpat Jain, Vytas Patriub,
Production By H. Pylori Infected Gastric Epithelial Cells Sue Lagarde, Marie Robert
Eunju Ryu*, Yong Chan Lee, Inohk Lee, Young-Hee Nam,
Seung-Taek Lee T1606 Anti- Helicobacter Pylori Therapy Improves Iron Status
and Gastric Acid Output in Young Bangladeshi Women
T1594 Fas Blockage in Gastric Epithelial Cells Treated with H. with Helicobacter Pylori Associated Hypochlorhydria and
Pylori: Role of Reactive Oxygen Species and NFkB Iron Deficiency Anemia
Duane T. Smoot, Mohammad Daremipouran*, Mamoon Shafiqul A. Sarker*, Shamima Sultana, Shamima Sattar,
Elbedawi, Hassan Ashktorab Shafiqul Islam, George J. Fuchs, Christoph Beglinger,
Niklaus Gyr
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T1607 Lipopolysaccharides from Helicobacter Pylori Nctc11637 T1618 Helicobacter Pylori Infection Induces Accumulation of T
Up-Regulate IL-8 and Vegf Via Toll-Like Receptor 2 in Vδ1 T Cells Via CCR2 Upregulation U
An Epithelial Cell System Seiji Futagami*, Tetsuro Hiratsuka, Tomotaka Shindo, E
Sinead Smith*, Anthony P. Moran, Dermot P. Kelleher Tatsuhiko Hamamoto, Nobue Ueki, Kenji Suzuki, Masafumi
Kusunoki, Ken Wada, Kazumasa Miyake, Katya Gudis, S
T1608 Effect of a Carcinogen On H. Pylori Infection: Hidemi Takahashi, Taku Tsukui, Choitsu Sakamoto D
Expression of Cytokines and TGFβ Receptor 2 in
Rhesus Monkeys
A
Hui Liu*, Cristina Semino-Mora, Steven Mog, Andre AGA Poster Session Y
Dubois 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A MAY
T1609 The Prevalence of a-251t Polymorphism of IL-8 and G-
308a of TNF in H.pylori Positive and Negative Cases in Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology
Different Gastric Diseases
Dominika Szoke*, Bela Molnar, Yvette Mandy, Zsolt Tulassay PROLIFERATION AND APOPTOSIS
T1610 The Role of Genetic Polymorphisms of Interleukin-1β, T1619 Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling Regulates Fundic

Interleukin-Receptor Antagonist and Interleukin-6 in Gland Homeostasis and Suppresses Tumorigenesis At
Helicobacter Pylori-Associated Diseases Gastric Epithelial Transition Zones in Mice
Gyu Jeong*, Jae G. Kim, Sill M. Park Sylvia Pel-Bleuming*, Xi He, Liudmilla Kodach, James
Hardwick, Fiebo J. Ten Kate, Sander J. van Deventer,
T1611 Use of Different Anti-Oxidant Strategies in Resisting
Maikel Peppelenbosch, Johan G. Offerhaus, Linheng Li, Gijs
Monochloramine-Induced Accumulation of Intracellular
R. van den Brink
Ca2+ in Gastric Glands of the Rabbit
Haley Naik*, J. Matthew Dubach, David I. Soybel T1620 Gastric Mucosal Fas Proliferative Signaling Requires
T1612 Trichinella Spiralis Infection Alters Quality of Mucins in
Previously H. Pylori (HP) Infected Gerbils Raf-1 Recruitment to the Disc, Erk1/2 Activation and
NF-kB Activity
Brian Moquin, Sharif Zubair*, Hanchen Li, J.N. Carlson,
Mohamed Sagar*, Waliul Khan, Richard Hunt
Jeanmarie Houghton
AGA Poster Session T1621 High Expression of Metallopanstimulin-1 Reflects Tumor

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Progress and Stable Suppression of Its Expression
Inhibits Tumorigenicity of Gastric Cancer in Vitro and
LA Convention Center in Vivo
Yunwei Wang*, Ying Qu, Jianfang Li, Xuehua Chen, Bingya
Liu, Qinlong Gu, Zhenggang Zhu
H. PYLORI PATHOGENESIS: IMMUNE RESPONSES T1622 5'-Untranslated RNA of the Human VEGF Transcript
Facilitates Abnormal Cell Growth of Human Colon
T1613 Helicobacter Pylori Lipopolysaccharide Enhances the

Cancer Cells
Production of iNOS-Derived NO in Cooperation with
Kiyoshi Masuda*, Shigetada Teshima-Kondo, Kensei
the Induction of Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) 2 Through
Nishida, Hideyuki Sasaki, Kumiko Tominaga, Yuki Kuwano,
TLR4 in Gastric Epithelial Cells
Tomoko Kawai, Kyoko Morita, Atsuo Sekiyama, Keiya
Uno Kaname*, Kato Katsuaki, Ohara Shuichi, Shimosegawa
Nakamura, Kazuhito Rokutan
Tooru
T1623 Influence of P21 and P53 On HDAC-Mediated Apoptosis
T1614 Proinflammatory Effects of Endothelial Nitric Oxide

in HCT116 Colon Cancer Cells in Vitro and in Vivo
Synthase in Helicobacter Pylori-Induced Gastritis
Matthias Ocker*, Steffen Zopf, Daniel Neureiter, Marion
Toshio Watanabe*, Kazuhide Higuchi, Tetsuya Tanigawa,
Ganslmayer, Eckhart G. Hahn, Christoph Herold
E.J. Sasaki, Masatsugu Shiba, Kazunari Tominaga, Yasuhiro
Fujiwara, Nobuhide Oshitani, Tetsuo Arakawa T1624 TGF-β Modulates Ubiquitination of Tumor Suppressor,
ELF, and SMAD3, by Praja, An E3 Ligase, That Control
T1615 A Functional Role of Interleukin-21 (IL-21) in

Hepatocellular Cancer
Promoting Matrix Metalloproteinases Synthesis By
Tapas Saha*, Katuri Varalakshmi, Hye Beak, Sang S. Kim, Yi
Gastric Epithelial Cells During Helicobacter Pylori
Tang, Jogunoori Wilma, Volpe A. Eugene, Bibhuti Mishra,
Infection
Lopa Mishra
Roberta Caruso*, Claudio Tosti, Daniele Fina, Ilaria Peluso,
Valentina Gioia, Carmine Stolfi, Massimo C. Fantini, T1625 Inhibition of Colon Tumor Progression and
Thomas T. MacDonald, Francesco Pallone, Giovanni Angiogenesis By P16ink4a
Monteleone Amelie Boquoi*, Tina Chen, Steven L. Gibson, Norman E.
Sharpless, Colleen Brensinger, Greg H. Enders
T1616 Ikk/Nf-κB Dependent Macrophage Activation Is Required
for Helicobacter Pylori-Induced Chronic Gastritis T1626 Anoikis Induction By Galectin-1 in HCC Cells Requires
Ayako Yanai*, Shin Maeda, Youko Hikiba, Tomoya Ohmae, Endocytosis of α5β1 Fibronectin Receptor
Wataru Shibata, Keiji Ogura, Masao Omata Hugo Sanchez Ruderisch*, Martina Welzel, Katharina
Detjen, Hans-Joachim Gabius, Bertram Wiedenmann, Stefan
T1617 The Neutrophil Activating Protein (HP-NAP) of
Rosewicz
Helicobacter Pylori Plays a Role in Adherence to Gastric
Epithelial Cells and to Mucin T1627 Fas AG Signaling in Colon Cancer: A Role in
Monique M. Gerrits, Ferry Namavar, Marion Sparrius, Proliferation and Metastasis
Arnoud H. van Vliet, Christina M. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Sharif Zubair*, Hanchen Li, Brian Moquin, J.N. Carlson,
Johannes G. Kusters, Ernst J. Kuipers* Jeanmarie Houghton
T1628 Differentiation Regulator Musashi-1 Enhances Malignant

Potentials in AGS Human Gastric Cancer Cells
Hiroaki Murata*, Shingo Tsuji, Masahiko Tsujii, Masayo
Matsuoka, Hiroshi Eguchi, Sunao Kawano, Norio Hayashi
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T T1629 Role of MAT and SAME in Colon Cancer Pathogenesis AGA Poster Session
U Hui Chen, Mark Lin, Meng Xia, Xiaopeng Ou, Heinz Josef-
Lenz, Shelly C. Lu*
S T1630 Unique Accumulation of Ser45-Phosphorylated β-Catenin
D Across Different Murine Models of Proliferation Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology
Shahid Umar*, Pomila Singh, Joseph H. Sellin
A TUMOR AND CELL BIOLOGY
Y T1631 Reversal of Resistance to CPT-11 in Colorectal Cancer
Following Inhibition of PI3K T1645 FOXM1 Transcription Factor Is Essential for

MAY Proliferation and Growth of Mouse Colorectal Cancer
Farnaz Taghizadeh*, Isabella T. Tai
23 Induced By AOM/DSS Protocol
T1632 XAF1 Mediates Inhibition of Extracellular Signal- Yuichi Yoshida*, Robert H. Costa
Regulated Kinase 1/2 Induced Apoptosis in Human
Colon Cancer Cells T1646 Histone Acetyltransferase P300 Regulates KLF4-
Lifen Yu*, Jide Wang, Bing Zou, Yunlin Wu, Benjamin Cy
Wong Mediated Transactivation
Paul M. Evans*, Chunming Liu
T1633 Comparative Promoter Analysis Suggests the Role of the T1647 Characterization of a Human Neoplastic
NF Kappa B Transcription Factor in the Transition Enterochromaffin (EC) Cell Line, KRJ-1 and the Anti-
Between Adenoma and Carcinoma Proliferative Effects of Lanreotide and Rapamycin
Balazs Gyorffy*, Orsolya Galamb, Bela Molnar, Zsolt Geeta N. Eick*, Roswitha Pfragner, Mark Kidd, Manish C.
Tulassay Champaneria, John R. Murren, Irvin M. Modlin
T1634 TRF2 Promotes Multidrug Resistance in Gastric Cancer T1648 Regulation of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition By
Cells By Inhibiting DNA Damage Response the Actin-Binding Protein Villin
Zhiguo Liu*, Hanbing Ning, Tingting Li, Lina Zhao, Leon Chatman*, Alok Tomar, Sudeep George, Narendra
Daiming Fan Kumar, Seema Khurana
T1635 Involvement of P73 Protein in Gastrointestinal T1649 AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Is a Positive Regulator of
Tumorigenesis Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1
Katarina Tomkova, Wael El-Rifai, Alexander Zaika* John Walker*, Humberto Jijon, Karen Madsen
T1636 Capsaicin Induces Apoptosis in Gastric Cancer Cells - A T1650 Constitutive Matrix Metalloproteinase-Mediated Release
Possible New “Hot” Cancer Treatment? of An Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Receptor Ligand,
Justine Chow, Manith Norng, Jianyuan Chai* HB-EGF, Regulates Basal Human Colon Cancer Cell
Proliferation
T1637 Effects of Dietary Fatty Acid Composition On Rat Colon Kunrong Cheng*, Jean-Pierre Raufman
Carcionogenesis
Takehiro Fujise*, Takashi Kakimoto, Ryosuke Shiraishi, T1651 AKT-Dependent Mechanical Signaling Displays Isoform
Kanako Yamaguchi, Sadahiro Amemori, Yasuhisa Sakata, Specificity in Effector Outcome
Seiji Tsunada, Ryuichi Iwakiri, Kazuma Fujimoto David H. Craig*, Vijayalakshmi Thamilselvan, Hiroe
Shiratsuchi, Marc D. Basson
T1638 Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) and C-SRC Protect
Mammalian Cells from Hyperosmotic Stress-Stimulated T1652 FOXP3 Regulatory T Cells Regulate Cytolytic T Cell
Apoptosis: Evidence That FAK Signaling Lies Upstream Function in Colorectal Cancer Via the T-Box
of the Actin Cytoskeleton in IEC-18 Intestinal Epithelial Transcription Factor Eomesodermin
Cells Responses to This Apoptotic Stimulus Imke Atreya*, Christoph Becker, Massimo Fantini,
J. Adrian Lunn*, Enrique Rozengurt Christoph C. Schimanski, Martin R. Berger, Heike Dornhoff,
Maximilian Waldner, Dennis Strand, Peter R. Galle, Markus
T1639 Early Apoptosis and Cell Death By ATX-S10na(II)- F. Neurath
Mediated Photodynamic Therapy Are BAX- and P53-
Dependent in Human Colon Cancer Cells T1653 Proteasome Inhibition and 5-FU Sensitises
Makoto Mitsunaga*, Akihito Tsubota, Kohichi Nariai, Hepatocellular and Colon Carcinoma Cells But Not
Makoto Sumi, Tetsuya Yoshikawa, Akira Torii, Hisao Tajiri, Primary Human Hepatocytes for Trail-Induced Apoptosis
Kiyotaka Fujise By CFLIP Dependent and Independent Mechanisms At
the Disc
T1640 Silencing of the Regenerating IV (Reg IV) Gene By Sirna Tom Ganten*, Ronald Koschny, Tobias L. Haas, Jaromir
Inhibits the Growth and Proliferation of Human Colon Sykora, Min Li-Weber, Kerstin Herzer, Wolfgang Stremmel,
Adenocarcinomas Henning Walczak
Qizhi Luo*, Kumar S. Bishnupuri, Courtney Houchen,
Shrikant Anant, Brian K. Dieckgraefe T1654 Overexpression of Wild-Type PKD2 Leads to Increased
Proliferation and Invasion of BON Endocrine Cells
T1641 Constitutive Activation of MEK1 Signaling Suppresses Lindsey N. Jackson*, J.N. Li, L. Andy Chen, Courtney M.
Chemotherapeutic Agents Induced Apoptotic Cell Death Townsend, B. Mark Evers
in Rat Intestinal Epithelial Cells Via COX-2 Activation
Youhei Horikawa*, Michiro Otaka, Koga Komatsu, Sumio T1655 Gastrin-Induced CCN2/CTGF Over-Expression in
Watanabe Mastomys Gastric Carcinoid May Be the Basis of ECL
Transformation and Gastrin Autonomy
T1643 LPA Protection of CACO-2 Cells from Etoposide- Mark Kidd*, Irvin M. Modlin, Geeta N. Eick, Igor Latich,
Induced Apoptosis Is Erk1/2 MAP Kinase Dependent Michelle N. Zikusoka, Robert L. Camp, Shrikant M. Mane
Raluca Rusovici*, Chris Yun
T1656 Functional Significance of Enhanced ETV4 and MYEOV
T1644 Apoptosis Cell Cycle Regulating Proteins in Expression in Colorectal Neoplasia Using Sirna-
Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Role of Mediated Gene Knockdown
P27 Garrett Lowlor*, Alan Moss, Donal Tighe, David W. Murray,
Patricia Grabowski*, Joerg Schrader, Dieter Hoersch, Rudolf Conor O'Keane, Peter Doran, Padraic MacMathuna
Arnold, Christian N. Arnold, Harald Stein, Martin Zeitz,
Peter T. Daniel, Isrid Sturm
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T1657 Ying Yang 1 and NF-KappaB (p65) Are Markedly T
AGA Poster Session
Increased in Metastatic Colon Cancer: Roles of Iaps and
U
Fas in Cytotoxic Resistance to Apoptosis and Immune E
Privilege of Malignant Colon Cancer Cells, Respectively LA Convention Center
Sergio Huerta, Emily J. Goulet*, Sara Huerta-Yepez, Mario S
I. Vega, Berenice Sanchez-Arellano, Benjamin Bonavida, Sponsored by: Growth, Development & Aging D
Edward H. Livingston A
STEM CELLS, ORGANOGENESIS, GENE STRUCTURE AND
T1658 Side Populations of Human Gastrointestinal Cell Lines REGULATION Y
Julia Burkert*, William R. Otto, Derek Davies, Nicholas A. MAY
Wright Participants will be able to:
• Learn about the regulation, growth and development of the intestinal 23
T1659 Comprehensive Analysis of Prostaglandin E2 Production nervous system;
in Pancreatic Cancer Cells • Review current concepts about gene expresion in the colon and in
Hirozumi Sawai*, Makoto Satake, Sascha Hasan, Howard A. tissue culture models of intestinal cells; and
Reber, Oscar J. Hines, Guido Eibl • Understand the role of colonic stem cells in the renewal of colonic
mucosa and neurons.
T1660 Intestine-Specific Transcription Factors and Interferon-γ
Cause Gastric Cancer-Specific Expression of NADPH T1667 Novel Therapeutic Targets for Gastrointestinal Cancer
Oxidase 1 (NOX1)
Kazuhito Rokutan, Kumiko Tominaga*, Yuki Kuwano,
Kiyoshi Masuda, Kensei Nishida, Hideyuki Sasaki, Atsuo
Eugene A. Volpe*, Tapas Saha, Will J. Ferguson, Yi Tang,
Varalakshmi Katuri, Wilma Jogunoori, Tiffany M. Blake,
Bubhuti Mishra, Lopa Mishra, Stephen Rt Evans
Sekiyama, Shigatada Teshima-Kondo, Keiya Nakamura
T1668 Induction of Enteric Neurons from Embryonic Stem
T1661 Establishment and Characterization of
Hydroxycamptothecin-Resistant SW1116/HCPT of
Human Colon Cancer Cell Line and Reversal of HCPT
Cells in Vitro and in Vivo
Valentina Sasselli*, Maria-Adelaide Micci, Pankaj Jay
Pasricha
Resistant Phenotype
Zhi Hua Ran*, Jian Zou, Shu Dong Xiao T1669 Turnover of Interstitial Cells of Cajal in the Murine
T1662 Nf-κB Activation Is Linked to Proximal Colon Tumor

Induction in UCP2 Deficient Mice
Stomach: Regeneration from Local Progenitors and
Limited Survival After Loss of Electrical Pacemaker
Activity and Kit Expression
Zoltan Derdak*, Edmond Sabo, Rose Tavares, Murray Doug Redelman, Andrea Lorincz, Viktor J. Horvath, Michael
Resnick, Jack R. Wands, Gyorgy Baffy R. Bardsley, Hui Chen, Tamas Ordog*
T1663 Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells May Not Cause Fusion T1670 A Conditionally Immortalized Colonic Epithelial Cell
with Cancer Cells in Vivo Line from a Genetically Engineered Mouse That
Shuji Ishii*, Shingo Tsuji, Toshiyuki Yoshio, Shinichirou Polarizes Spontaneously in Vitro
Shinzaki, Satoshi Egawa, Takanobu Irie, Tsutomu Nishida, Robert H. Whitehead*, Angela L. Tyner, Jeffrey L. Franklin
Masakazu Yasumaru, Hideki Iijima, Hiroaki Murata,
Yoshiyuki Kanazawa, Sunao Kawano, Norio Hayashi T1671 Gene Expression Profiles of Normal Proliferating and
Differentiating Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells: A
T1664 Transient Receptor Potential Ion Channel TRPM8 Is Comparison with the Caco-2 Cell Model
Expressed and Functionally Active in Neuroendocrine Eric Tremblay*, Joelle Auclair, Emile Levy, Daniel Menard,
Tumor Cells Nathalie Rivard, Ernest G. Seidman, Pierre H. Vachon, Jean-
Stefan Mergler*, Mathias Strowski, Simone Kaiser, Thomas Francois Beaulieu
Plath, Ursula Ploeckinger, Bertram Wiedenmann, Carsten
Groetzinger T1672 Basal Promoter Activation of Rat Nhe2 Gene in
Intestinal Epithelial Cells
T1665 Gene Expression Profiling Reveals Different Regulated Ping Hua*, Hua Xu, Jennifer K. Uno, Pawel R. Kiela, Fayez
Pathways for Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus and K. Ghishan
Cardia
Sjoerd M. Lagarde*, Emiel E. Ver Loren van Themaat, Perry T1673 Monoclonal Conversion of Human Gastric Glands Gives
D. Moerland, Lisa A. Gilhuijs-Pederson, Fiebo J. Ten Kate, Insights Into Stem Cell and Clonal Architecture
Pieter H. Reitsma, Antouine H. van Kampen, Koos H. Stuart A. McDonald*, Laura C. Greaves, Simon J. Leedham,
Zwinderman, Frank Baas, Jan J. van Lanschot Maesha Deheragoda, Robert W. Taylor, Sean L. Preston,
Chung Yin-Lee, David Stoker, Marco R. Novelli, Janusz A.
T1666 Transcription Factor YY1 Is Overexpressed in Jankowski, Douglass M. Turnbull, Nicholas A. Wright
Gastrointestinal Cancer Cells
Dharmaraj Chinnappan, Dongmei Xiao, Anita Ratnasari, T1674 TGF-Beta Signaling Is Required for Ductal Progenitor
Thomas King, Chris Andry, Horst C. Weber* Cell Differentiation and the Disruption of TGF-Beta
Signaling May Be Involved in Development of
Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Cholangiocarcinoma
Krit Kitisin*, Natarajan Ganesan, Yi Tang, Varalakshmi
Katuri, Jogunoori Wilma, Kirti Shetty, Lynt Johnson, Lopa
Mishra
T1675 Failure of Vagal Sensory Axons to Innervate Aganglionic

(Ret-deficient) Bowel: Relationship to Enteric
Expression of Netrin-1
Elyanne M. Ratcliffe*, Lena Fan, Tandi J. Mohammed,
Michael D. Gershon
T1676 Identification of Putative Transcriptional Regulatory

Pathways Mediating the Genomic Response to Iron-
Deficiency in Rat Duodenum
James F. Collins*, Zihua Hu
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T T1677 Human Colonic Crypt Self-Renewal Ex Vivo AGA Poster Session
U Alyson Parris*, Amy Reynolds, Theodore Spahos, Andrew
Trim, Andrea Munsterberg, Richard Tighe, Michael Lewis,
J.N. Cook, Alyson Prior, Chris Speakman, William
S Stebbings, James Hernon, Khalid Ellamin, Ian Beales, Mark
D Williams Sponsored by: Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their
Receptors
A T1678 Mapping Gene Expression Along the Anterior-Posterior
Y Axis of the Adult Human Colon HORMONES & RECEPTORS IN ACID SECRETION
MAY Lawrence C. Lapointe*, Robert Dunne, Daniel Worthley,
Peter Molloy, David Wattchow, Graeme Young Participants will be able to:
23 • Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in
T1679 Induced C-Myc Regulates P21 Transcription Through GI physiology;
Proximal Region of Its Promoter Following Increased • Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in
Polyamines in Normal Intestinal Epithelial Cells GI disorders; and
Lan Liu*, Xin Guo, Jaladanki N. Rao, Tongtong Zou, • Understand the role of receptors and signaling molecules in GI
Bernard S. Marasa, Jie Chen, Jose Greenspon, Robert A. physiology and pathology.
Casero Jr, Jian-Ying Wang
T1689 Direct Effects of Nitric Oxide On Histamine Release
T1680 Cooperative Interactions Among Intestinal Gata Factors from Rat Enterochromaffin-Like Cell
in Activating the Rat Liver Fatty Acid Binding Protein Naozumi Shibata*, Hidetaka Matsui, Tomoyuki Yokota,
Gene Bunzo Matsuura, Kazutaka Maeyama, Morikazu Onji
Joyce K. Divine, Lora J. Staloch, Christopher W. Rowley,
Hanna Haveri, Markku Heikinheimo, Theodore Simon* T1690 Down-Regulated Sonic Hedgehog Expression in the
SPEM-Like Lesions in the Stomach of H2 Receptor-Null
T1681 CNS-Derived Neural Stem Cells Can Form Neurons, Mice
Glia Or Smooth Muscle in Response to Putative Yuriko Minegishi*, Hidekazu Suzuki, Mamoru Arakawa,
Myogenic and/Or Neural Factors in the Enteric Nervous Yasushi Fukushima, Takashi Ishikawa, Nicholas A. Wright,
System Toshifumi Hibi
Maria-Adelaide Micci*, Rochelle R. Simmons, Kristen M.
Kahrig, Pankaj Jay Pasricha T1691 The Antimicrobial Peptide Cathelicidin Promotes
Gastric Ulcer Healing in Rats
T1682 Microarry Analysis of Rat Duodenal Mucosa: Expression William K. Wu*, Ying H. Yang, Emily K. Tai, Helen P.
of Iron Related Genes Along the Crypt-Villus Axis Wong, Emily K. Lam, Vivian Y. Shin, Chi H. Cho
Kwo-Yih Yeh*, Mary Yeh, Jonathan Glass
T1692 Concomitant Activation of the Calcium-Sensing
T1683 Gata-6 and Hnf-4alpha Transcription Factors Regulate Receptor (CaSR) and the H2 Receptor Results in
Murine Muc5ac Mucin Gene Expression During Inhibition of Acid Secretion in Isolated Rat Gastric
Stomach Development Glands
Ingrid B Renes*, Nicolas Jonckheere, Anita M Korteland- Stephanie M. Busque*, John P. Geibel
van Male, Marie-Paule Ducourouble, Isabelle van Seuningen
T1684 Colonic Stem Cells Are Unable to Selectively Segregate AGA Poster Session
Their Genome At the Time of Mitosis: Replication 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Errors May Persist LA Convention Center
Sean L. Preston*, Nikki Mandir, Toby Hunt, Robert A.
Goodlad, Mairi Brittan, Simon J. Leedham, Sabina Beg, Sponsored by: Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their
Nicholas A. Wright, Malcolm R. Alison Receptors
T1685 Differential Regulation of Intestinal Gene Expression By
HORMONES & RECEPTORS IN APPETITE, SATIETY &
Hnf1α During the Weaning Transition in Mice
Tjalling Bosse, John J. Fialkovich, Eva Beuling, Christina M. WEIGHT CONTROL
Piaseckyj, Robert K. Montgomery, Stephen D. Krasinski*
T1686 Specific Antigen Expression and Novel Gene Expression • Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in
in the Cells At the Bottom of the Colonic Crypt GI physiology;
Jeffrey L. Franklin*, Paul Gregoli, Pamela S. Robinson, • Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in
Walter Wakwe, Robert H. Whitehead GI disorders; and
T1687 Imatinib Inhibits Kit Expression On Potential Interstitial physiology and pathology.
Cells of Cajal in Human Intestinal Smooth Muscle
Culture Cells T1693 Food Intake Dependent Expression of Mucosal Orexin
Akiko Terauchi*, Hiroshi Mashimo Receptors Regulates Small Intestinal Secretion in Rats
Magnus Bengtsson*, Kari Makela, Markus Sjoblom, Sanna
T1688 Expansion of Putative Colonic Stem Cells By Uotila, Karl Akerman, Karl-Heinz Herzig, Gunnar
Administration of Enteral Antibiotics Is Associated with Flemstrom
Colonic Adaptation Following Ileocecal Resection in
Mice T1694 Hypophagia and Weight Loss Induced By Trichinella
Christopher M. Dekaney*, Susan J. Henning, Rachael J. Spiralis Enteritis Are TNFα-Independent
Rigby, P. Kay Lund, Michael A. Helmrath John Worthington, Richard K. Grencis, John McLaughlin*
T1695 Improvement of Anorexia By Rikkunshito Via Increased

Ghrelin Secretion
Hiroshi Takeda*, Kanji Kato, Takehiko Katsurada, Tatsuya
Ohkawara, Tomohisa Hattori, Masahiro Asaka
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T1696 GLP-1(7-36)Amid (GLP-1) Mediates the Ileal Brake in T1704 Down-Regulation of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating T
Human Factor Receptors By the Condition of Iron Imbalance in U
Joerg Schirra*, Samera Shakir, Mathias Nicolaus, Juergen Myelomonoblastic THP-1 Cells E
Woerle, Burkhard Goeke Sang Wook Kim*, In Hee Kim, Seong Hun Kim, Seung Ok
Lee, Soo Teik Lee, Dae Ghon Kim, Woo Sung Moon, Geom S
Seog Seo, Yong Sung Kim, Chang Soo Choi, Suck Chei D
AGA Poster Session Choi, Eun Young Choi, Chang Duk Jun
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A A
LA Convention Center Y
AGA Poster Session MAY
Sponsored by: Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
23
Receptors LA Convention Center
HORMONES & RECEPTORS IN FUNCTIONAL BOWEL Sponsored by: Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their
DISORDERS Receptors
Participants will be able to: HORMONES & RECEPTORS IN SIGNALING AND

• Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in TRANSCRIPTION
GI physiology;
• Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in Participants will be able to:
GI disorders; and • Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in
• Understand the role of receptors and signaling molecules in GI GI physiology;
physiology and pathology. • Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in
GI disorders; and
T1697 Curcumin Inhibits Neurotensin-Mediated Interleukin-8 • Understand the role of receptors and signaling molecules in GI
Production and Migration in Hct116 Colon Cancer Cells physiology and pathology.
Xiaofu Wang*, B. Mark Evers
T1705 PGE2 Stimulates Neurotensin Secretion and Gene
T1698 Different Expression of 5-Ht4 Receptor (5-HT4R) Expression in the Human Endocrine Cell Line Bon
Transcripts Correlates with the Functional Responses of J.N. Li*, Kathleen O'Connor, Xiaofu Wang, Courtney M.
Tegaserod On Chloride/Water Secretion in the Human Townsend, B. Mark Evers
Ileum and Colon in Vitro
Moriko Ito*, Eckhard Weber, Christian T. Hamel, Mario T1706 Prostaglandin E2 Induces IL-1α Via Both Transcriptional
Bernhard, Stephan Marcaletti, Ursula Mueller, Frederic and Posttranscriptional Mechanisms
Bassilana, Hans-Juergen Pfannkuche Jinyi Shao, Hongmiao Sheng*
T1699 Pharmacological Characterization of Human and Guinea T1707 Gastrin Induces Leukocyte Adhesion to Human
Pig Opiate Receptors Endothelial Cells Through CCK-B/Gastrin Receptors
M.C. O'Keefe*, Elad Kaufman, Courtney Gee, Ngoc Mai, Sales Ibiza, Angeles Alvarez, Maria D. Barrachina, Carlos
Jacqueline Smith, David Beattie, Ross G. Vickery Hernandez, Irene Diez, Juan V. Esplugues, Sara Calatayud*
T1701 Tegaserod Stimulates 5-Ht4 Receptor (5-HT4R)-Mediated T1708 Proliferative and Antiapoptotic Effects of Progastrin
Epithelial Chloride/Water Secretion Through cAMP/PKA Peptides Are Attenuated On Down-Regulation of Nf-κB
Activation But Not Through cAMP/Epac Or Ca2+- Expression in AR42J Cells
Dependent Signaling in the Rat Colon in Vitro William Rengifo-Cam*, Sanjeev Choudhary, Shahid Umar,
Eckhard Weber*, Mario Bernhard, Hans-Juergen Pomila Singh
Pfannkuche
T1709 Morphogenic Protein Epimorphin Rescues Intestinal
Epithelium from Oxidative Stress By the Activation of
AGA Poster Session EGF Receptor-ERK,-Akt Signals
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Masahiro Iizuka*, Kenji Sasaki, Yohei Hirai, Kenichi
LA Convention Center Shindo, Shiho Konno, Hiroaki Itou, Shigetoshi Ohshima,
Yasuo Horie, Sumio Watanabe
Receptors T1710 In Human Colon Cancer Cells, Bile Acid-Induced
Selective Autophosphorylation of Epidermal Growth
HORMONES & RECEPTORS IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL Factor Receptor (EGFR) Tyr992 Activates Post-Receptor
Signaling
DISEASE
Kunrong Cheng*, Jean-Pierre Raufman
Participants will be able to: T1711 Cloning and Characterization of Rabbit Rgs4 Full-
• Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in Length cDNA and Rgs4 Promoter
GI physiology; Wenhui Hu*, Fang Li, Karnam S. Murthy
GI disorders; and T1712 Glucocorticoids Inhibit T Cell Receptor Signaling via
• Understand the role of receptors and signaling molecules in GI LCK and FYN - A New Mechanism for An Old Drug
physiology and pathology. Mark Lowenberg*, Joyce Bilderbeek, Auke Verhaar, Jan van
Marle, Frank Buttgereit, Maikel Peppelenbosch, Sander van
T1702 Tonic Inhibitory Influence of the Vagus in Chronic Deventer, Daan Hommes
Experimental Colitis
Jean-Eric Ghia*, Patricia Blennerhassett, Hari K. T1713 Evidence That Neither CCK1 Nor CCK2/Gastrin
Ondiveeran, Elena F. Verdu, Stephen M. Collins Receptors in the Duodenum/Antrum Are Involved in the
Physiological Regulation of the Exocrine Pancreas in
T1703 Circulating Levels of Leptin, Adiponectin, Resistin and Pigs
Ghrelin in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Stefan Pierzynowski*, Sofia Rengman, Bjorn Westrom
Konstantinos Karmiris*, Ioannis Koutroubakis, Costas
Xidakis, Maria Polychronaki, Theodora Voudouri, Elias A.
Kouroumalis
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T T1723 Muc2-IL-10 Knockout: Double Trouble
AGA Poster Session
U Maria van der Sluis*, Janneke Bouma, Anna Velcich, Hans
E Buller, Alexandra Einerhand, Johannes van Goudoever,
LA Convention Center Isabelle van Seuningen, Ingrid Renes
S
D Sponsored by: Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their T1724 B6.129p2-IL10Tm1cgn (IL-10-/-) Mice Infected with
Receptors Helicobacter Trogontum Develop Peracute Ulcerative
A Typhlocolitis While Concurrent Infection with H.
Y PROTEASE ACTIVATED RECEPTORS Rodentium May Accelerate Preneoplasia of the Cecal-
MAY Colic Junction
Participants will be able to: Mark Whary*, Stephen J. Danon, Yan Feng, Zhongming Ge,
23 • Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in Nataliya Sundina, Arlin B. Rogers, James G. Fox
GI physiology;
• Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in T1725 VEGF-a Stimulation of Leukocyte Adhesion to Colonic
GI disorders; and Microvascular Endothelium: Implications for
• Understand the role of receptors and signaling molecules in GI Inflammatory Bowel Disease
physiology and pathology. Steven Goebel, William C. Davis, Marilyn Jennings, Teruna
J. Siahaan, Steven Alexander, Christopher G. Kevil*
T1714 Proteinase-Activated Receptor-2 (PAR-2) Increases Mucin
Exocytosis Via Multiple Signal Transduction Pathways T1726 Role of Adiponectin in DSS and TNBS Induced Colitis
in Dog Pancreatic Duct Epithelial Cells (PDEC) in Mice
Mean-Hwan Kim*, Bo-Hwa Choi, Kyong-Tai Kim, Thomas Raja Fayad*, Maria Pini, Joseph A. Sennello, Lawrence
Sernka, Toan D. Nguyen, Duk-Su Koh Chan, Giamila Fantuzzi
T1715 Attenuation of Proteinase-Activated Receptor-2 (PAR2)- T1727 Fty720 Suppresses CD4+CD44HighCD62l- Effector
Mediated Inflammation By Administration of Insulin Memory T Cell-Mediated Colitis
Eric Hyun*, Steeve Houle, Nathalie Vergnolle Takanori Kanai*, Rei Fujii, Yasuhiro Nemoto, Shin Makita,
Teruji Totsuka, Mamoru Watanabe
T1716 A Novel Mechanism for Inhibition of RHOA By G13-
Coupled PAR2 Receptors in Smooth Muscle Involves T1728 Impaired Production of Paneth Cell Defensin Precedes
PAR2-Mediated Activation of Nf-κB and Release of the the Colonic Inflammation in IL-10 Deficient Mice Model
Catalytic Subunit of PKA from Its Scaffolding Protein of IBD
IκBα Yuhei Inaba*, Atsuo Maemoto, Toshifumi Ashida, Hiroki
Wimolpak Sriwai*, Sunila Mahavadi, Karnam S. Murthy Tanabe, Jiro Watari, Tokiyoshi Ayabe, Andre J. Ouellette,
Yutaka Kohgo
AGA Poster Session T1729 Targeted Disruption of TGF-Beta/SMAD3 Signaling
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Confers Resistance to Intestinal Fibrosis
LA Convention Center Giovanni Latella*, Giuliana Zanninelli, Antonella Vetuschi,
Roberta Sferra, Angela D'Angelo, Valentina Catitti, Maria
Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel Chiaramonte, Eugenio Gaudio, Renzo Caprilli
Diseases
T1730 Α Critical Role for β7-Integrins But Not CCR9 or
IBD: ANIMAL MODELS: FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS CCL25 in the Pathogenesis of Experimental Ileitis
Maria Apostolaki, Konstantinos A. Papadakis*, Menelaos
T1717 Type-I-Interferon Mediates the Anti-Inflammatory Effects Manoloukos, Marc-Andre Wurbel, Armine Avanesyan,
of Cpg Motifs On Colitic CD4+CD62L+ T-Cells in the Masayuki Saruta, Dimitris L. Kontoyiannis, Bernard
SCID-Transfer Model of Colitis Malissen, George Kollias
Florian Obermeier*, Veit Philip, Ulrike G. Strauch, Nadja
T1733 Modulation of Rat Colonic TNF-α, iNOS and Acute
Dunger, Juergen Schoelmerich, Gerhard Rogler, Werner Falk
Colitis Through Down-Regulation of NF-kB By Glycogen
T1718 Administration of TLR9l Modifies the Pro-Inflammatory Synthase Kinase-3β Inhibition
Phenotype of Lp-Mdc to Acquire Anti-Inflammatory Brendan J. Whittle*, Csaba Varga, Aniko Berko, Aniko Posa,
Properties Andor Molnar, Marika Collin, Christoph Thiemermann
Kazumichi Abe*, Jongdae Lee, Carol J. Shen, Ji-Hun Mo,
T1734 Mutant Major Histocompatibility Complex II Lacking
Jose M. Gonzalez-Navajas, Sean Fine, Eyal Raz
Interactions with CD4 Selects for Immunoregulatory T
T1719 Expression of Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-κB Cells That Prevent Colitis
Ligand (RANKL) and Osteoprotegerin (OPG) in IL-10 -/- Makoto Naganuma*, Sanford H. Feldman, Peter B. Ernst
and Mdr1a -/- Mouse Models of Colitis
T1735 A Comparative Genomic Perspective On Murine
Silvia C. Resta-Lenert*, Susan J. Lee
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Models
T1720 Aquaporin 4 Is Highly Upregulated in Experimental Trinidad Montero, Jose Maria Vieites, Xavier Llor, Olga
Colitis Martinez, Fermin Sanchez de Medina, Antonio Suarez*
Jonathan J. Hansen*, R Balfour Sartor
T1736 Cd30 Expression By Cd4 Cells At Inflammatory Sites in
T1721 Osteopontin-Deficiency Protects Mice from DSS-Induced the Intestine
Colitis Shinichi Somada*, Hiromi Muta, Eckhard R. Podack,
Jian Zhong, Erik R. Eckhardt*, Helieh S. Oz, Dennis Kazuhiko Nakamura, Kuniomi Honda, Hajime Nawata,
Bruemmer, Willem J. de Villiers Kenzaburo Tani
T1722 PECAM-1 Is a Key Mediator of Transendothelial T1737 Both Experimental TH1 and TH2 Colitis and IBD
Leukocyte Migration in Experimental Colitis Strongly Depend On IRF-4 Expression: Critical Role of
Emile J. Rijcken*, Rudolf Mennigen, Sebastian Schaefer, IRF-4 in IL-6 Production and IL-6 Mediated Apoptosis
Mike G. Laukoetter, Christoph Anthoni, Hans-Ullrich Resistance
Spiegel, Norbert Senninger, Christian F. Krieglstein Jonas Mudter*, Lioubov Amoussina, Benno Weigmann,
Hans A. Lehr, Stefan Rose-John, Peter R. Galle, Michael
Lohoff, Markus F. Neurath
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T1738 Feeding Specific Ag to Prevent CD45RBhi T Cell- T
Induced Colitis Is Associated with Development of T1752 Sex Hormone Regulation of Colonic Macrophage U
Foxp3 Expressing T Cells Migration Inhibitory Factor Expression in Basal and
Inflammatory Conditions in the Female Rat
E
Pengfei Zhou*, Rajka Borojevic, Ken Croitoru
Eric Houdeau*, Moriez Raphael, Leveque Mathilde, Waget S
T1739 The Role of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Aurelie, Bueno Lionel, Fioramonti Jean D
Phosphatase-1 in a Mouse Model of Inflammatory Bowel
Disease T1753 Constitutive Nitric Oxide Synthase Is Involved in A
Tom K. Lin*, John A. Barnard, Yusen Liu Maintaining Colonic Mucosal Blood Flow in DSS and Y
TNBS Treated Rats MAY
T1740 Potential Role of Invariant Natural Killer T Cells On the Olof Schreiber*, Joel Petersson, Lena Holm
Prevention of Acute Intestinal Inflammation Induced By 23
Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis in Mice T1754 Pivotal Role in Colonic Protection for the Mucin MUC2
Yoshitaka Ueno*, Shinji Tanaka, Kyoko Yoshioka, Tsuyoshi in Unchallenged and Dextran Sulfate Sodium
Hatakeyama, Masaru Shimamoto, Yoshihiro Miyanaka, Challenged Mice
Masamoto Kanno, Kazuaki Chayama Maria van der Sluis*, Barbara de Koning, Adrianus De
Bruijn, Anna Velcich, Johannes van Goudoever, Hans Buller,
T1741 Influence of Carnitine On Butyrate Metabolism of Jan Dekker, Isabelle van Seuningen, Ingrid. Renes,
Colonocytes in a Rat Model of Experimental Colitis Alexandra Einerhand
Giuseppe D'Argenio*, Menotti Calvani, Orsolina Petillo,
Sabrina Margarucci, Monica Rienzo, Angela Torpedine, T1755 Characterization of Ileal Dendritic Cell Distribution in a
Giovanna Mazzone, Italo Sorrentini, Valeria Dargenio, Rat Model of Acute and Chronic Inflammation
Nicola Caporaso, Gianfranco Peluso Manuel A. Silva-Munoz*, Monica Porras, Jury Jennifer, Patri
Vergara, Mary H. Perdue
T1742 Downmodulation of STAT4 Expression Can Control
Experimental Intestinal Inflammation Through Effects T1756 Caveolin-1 Regulation of Experimental Colitis
On Chemokine Expression and T Cell Trafficking James Joshua M. Greer*, John H. Chidlow, Pascal N.
Ivan J. Fuss*, Atsushi Kitani, Warren Strober Bernatchez, William C. Sessa, Deepti Shukla, Christopher
G. Kevil
T1743 Dose Dependent Transfer of CD4+CD25+ T Cells
Attenuates Hfut1 Murine Colitis T1757 Epithelial Contribution to Barrier Function and
Gregory T. Moore, Steven J. Brown, Mark Lust*, Sally J. Carcinogenesis in the GIα2-Deficient Mouse Model of
Bell, P R. Elliott, William R. Connell, Peter J. Cowan, Paul Inflammatory Bowel Disease
V. Desmond, Anthony J. D'Apice Robert A. Edwards*, Jennifer Davis
T1744 Changes of Intestinal Leukocyte Migration After

Exposure to Long Chain Fatty Acids: Interaction AGA Poster Session
Between Platelets and Leukocytes 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Masaaki Higashiyama*, Ryota Hokari, Chikako Watanabe, LA Convention Center
Shunsuke Komoto, Yoshikiyo Okada, Chie Kurihara,
Atsushi Kawaguchi, Shigeaki Nagao, Kazuro Itoh, Soichiro MUCOSAL IMMUNOLOGY
Miura
T1745 Bone Marrow Transplantation Induces Remission in • Learn about basic mechanisms of mucosal immunity.
Crohn's Disease: Where Do the Cells Go?
Stefanie Schier*, Natalie C. Direkze, Toby Hunt, Rosemary T1758 Course of Yersinia Enterocolitica Infection Is
Jeffery, Thomas T. MacDonald, Malcolm R. Alison, Richard
Poulsom, Nicholas A. Wright, Mairi Brittan Dramatically Improved in Ccr6 Deficient Mice - New in
Vivo Model for M Cell Function?
Sabine Westphal*, Andreas Luegering, Julia von Wedel, Ifor
T1746 Genetic Inactivation of JNK1 and JNK2 Aggravates the Williams, Christof von Eiff, Wolfram Domschke, Alexander
DSS Induced Colitis in Mice Schmidt, Gerhard Heusipp, Hermann Herbst, Torsten
Ansgar M. Chromik*, Annette M. Muller, Julia Korner, Kucharzik
Orlin Belyaev, Tim Holland-Letz, Frank Schmitz, Thomas
Herdegen, Waldemar Uhl, Ulrich Mittelkoetter T1759 Regulated Expression of Leukocyte Specific Transcript
T1747 IL-12p35-Producing B Cells Regulate TH2-Mediated

Chronic Colitis
(LST)-1 in Human Intestinal Microvascular Endothelial
Cells (HIMEC) - Evidence for Multiple Splice Variants
Jan Heidemann*, Moritz Kebschull, Allon Canaan, Sherman
Ken Sugimoto*, Atsuhiro Ogawa, Yasuyo Shimomura, M. Weissman, Kerstin Klimmek, Andreas Lugering, Matthias
Atsushi Mizoguchi, Atul K. Bhan Bruwer, Wolfram Domschke, Torsten F. Kucharzik, Christian
Maaser
T1748 Induction of Colitis in CDP/Cux Mutant Mice Is
Associated with An Increase of Disease Severity T1760 Cytoplasmic Domain of Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-
Mathieu Darsigny*, Francois Boudreau 1 Is Required for T Lymphocyte Adhesion and
Migration: Implication for the Involvement of Actinin
T1749 The Role of the P110δ PI3-Kinase Isoform in Binding Motif
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Suck Chei Choi, Hyun Mee Oh, Ki Jung Yun, Geom Seog
Klaartje Kok*, Wayne P. Pearce, Maikel P. Peppelenbosch, Seo, Young Woo Sohn, Tae Hyeon Kim, Yong Ho Nah,
Bart Vanhaesebroeck, Daan W. Hommes Chang Duk Jun*
T1750 Role of Nitric Oxide (NO) and NO Synthases in Healing T1761 Novel Regulated Expression of Phosphatidylserine-
of Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Rat Colitis Specific Phospholipase A1 (PS-PLA1) in Human
Yoko Aoi*, Shyun Terashima, Hikaru Nishio, Shinichi Kato, Intestinal Microvascular Endothelial Cells (HIMEC)-
Koji Takeuchi Evidence for Secreted Enzyme Activity
Jan Heidemann*, Christoph Ruther, Moritz Kebschull,
T1751 The PPARB Deficient Mice Are Highly Sensitive to the Matthias Lehr, Matthias Bruwer, Wolfram Domschke,
Oral Administration of Dextran Sulfate Sodium Torsten F. Kucharzik, Christian Maaser
Dominique Velin*, Frederic Varnat, Daniel Bachmann,
Christian Felley, Walter Wahli, Pierre Michetti, Beatrice
Desvergne
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T T1762 Human Intestinal Intraepithelial Lymphocytes (IELs) T1776 The Transcription Factor Sox9 Contributes to the Defect
U Carry Out Fas Ligand (FL)-Mediated Spontaneous in Ceacam1, 5, 6 Expression in CD
E Cytotoxicity (sc) of Epithelial Cell (EC) Tumors Giulia Roda*, Stephanie Dahan, Ling Shao, Mee Sook Park,
Through Nkg2d Franziska Roth-Walter, Okebugwn Kamalu, Xianyang Yio,
S Ellen C. Ebert Lloyd Mayer
D
T1763 A Murine Model of Appendicitis and Its Impact On the T1777 Function of Intestinal Dendritic Cells Are Influenced By
A Lymphocyte Constituents the Symphathetic Nervous System in the Gut That
Y Watson W. Ng*, Andrew Llyod, Micheal C. Grimm Modulates Acute and Chronic Colitis
MAY Ulrike G. Strauch*, Florian Obermeier, Gisela Paul, Nicole
T1764 PI3K Activates a Critical Step During Intestinal Grunwald, Sonja Guerster, Juergen Schoelmerich, Rainer
23 Inflammation-Induced Activation of Intestinal Stem Cell Straub
Ramanarao . Dirisina*, Navdha Mittal, Jennet Manjali,
Yueming Tang, Goo Lee, Radhika Mutyala, Gery Grimm, T1778 Iron Chelator-Induced IL-8 Production in Human
Linheng Li, Xi C He, Gary Wu, Mei-Lun Wang, Samuel Ho, Epithelial Cells Is Independent from Nf-κB But Involves
Xiao De Tan, Yaqin Zhu, Hans Clevers, Harry Begthel, AP-1 and CREB Activation
Terrence A. Barrett Eun Young Choi, Geom Seog Seo, Chang Soo Choi, Eun
Young Cho, Young Woo Sohn, Ki Jung Yun, Tae Hyeon
T1765 Mucosal Delivery of Ovalbumin By the Genetically Kim, Suck Chei Choi, Yong Ho Nah, Chang Duk Jun*
Modified L.Lactis Suppresses Systemic and Local
Inflammatory T-Cell Responses in Do11.10 Mice
Inge L. Huibregtse*, Henri Braat, Veerle Snoeck, Koen van AGA Poster Session
Laer, Anje A. Te velde, Pieter Rottiers, Sander J. van 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Deventer LA Convention Center
T1766 Role of Trem-1 in PMN Transmigration Sponsored by: Pancreatic Disorders
Titus A. Reaves*, Lindsey M. Parent
T1767 Pathophysiological Role of the Cholinergic Anti-

EXPERIMENTAL CHRONIC PANCREATITIS
Inflammatory and Immune Pathway in a Murine Model Participants will be able to:
of Food Allergy • Understand basic pathways in the pathogenesis of chronic
Naho Utsunomiya*, Takeshi Yamamoto, Toshihisa Kodama, pancreatitis.
Hirofumi Kuramoto, Makoto Kadowaki
T1779 Membrane-Bound NAD(P)H Oxidase Repressess

T1768 Intestinal Anaphylactic Response to Allergen Challenge Cytotoxic Effects of Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-α in
Is Impaired in Immunized Germ Free Mice Pancreatic Stellate Cells (PSCs) Via NF-kB Independent
Robin M. Hopwood-Courville*, Jody L. Gookin, Susan Mechanism
Tonkonogy, Bruce Hammerberg Eva C. Vaquero*, Mariana Rickmann, Xavier Molero, Juan
T1769 Anti-TNF Agents Are Capable to Induce Apoptosis in Ramon Malagelada
Macrophages But Not in Dendritic Cells - Potential Role T1780 Natural Vitamin E Tocotrienols, But Not a-Tocopherol,
of Mtnf Induce Apoptosis and Autophagy in Pancreatic Stellate
Pia Lebiedz*, Sabine Westphal, Stefan Koch, Wolfram Cells (PSCs)
Domschke, Andreas Lugering, Torsten Kucharzik Mariana Rickmann*, Eva C. Vaquero, Xavier Molero, Juan
T1770 The Expression of Ccr6 Identifies Lymphoid Tissue Ramon Malagelada
Inducer Cells Within Cryptopatches T1781 Overexpression of Thioredoxin-1 Prevents Cerulein-

Andreas Luegering*, Sabine Westphal, Christian Maaser, Jan Induced Pancreatic Fibrosis in Mice
Heidemann, Torsten Kucharzik Shinya Ohashi*, Akiyoshi Nishio, Hajime Nakamura, Junji
T1771 Regulation of Intestinal Inflammation By Lamina Propria Yodoi, Tsutomu Chiba
Cd4+ Cd25+/Bright T Cells T1782 Suppression of IFN-γ and Increase in IL-6 Is Associated
Shin Makita*, Takanori Kanai, Yasuhiro Nemoto, Yumi Ito, with Ethanol-Induced Chronic Pancreatitis Responses in
Michio Onizawa, Teruji Totsuka, Mamoru Watanabe the CsA Model of Alcoholic Chronic Pancreatitis
T1772 5asa Blocks Stem Cell Activation in Intestinal Epithelial Ilya Gukovsky*, Mohammad Shahsahebi, Peggy P. Hong,
Cells After T-Cell Activation:a Possible Explanation for Aurelia Lugea, Samuel W. French, Stephen J. Pandol
the Chemo Preventive Effects of 5asa Therapy On T1783 Sequence Variants of the CFTR Gene and Susceptibility
Ulcerative Colitis Patients to Idiopathic Chronic Pancreatitis
Jennet J. Manjali*, Goo Lee, Gery R. Grimm, Navdha Bernhard Steiner, Jonas Rosendahl, Heiko Witt, Nils Teich,
Mittal, Terrence A. Barrett Volker Keim, Marie-Pierre Audrezet, Claude Ferec, Sabina
T1773 Maternal Microchimerism in Crohns Disease Gallati, Macarena Gomez-Lira, Giorgio Cavallini, Kaspar
David Suskind*, Melvin B. Heyman, Denice Kong, Baxter- Truninger*
Lowe Lee-Ann, Muench O. Meunch
T1774 Role of Appendix in Oral Tolerance Induction in Normal
and Mice with Dextran Sulfate Sodium Induced Colitis
Li Youming*, Yu Chaohui, Yue Min, Liu Yulan
T1775 Absence of Cd1 Exaggerates Murine DSS-Induced
Colitis: A Protective Role for NK T Cells
Jacob Rullo*, Christina Hirota, Alison E. Fox-Robichaud,
Derek McKay
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T1784 Low-Dose Alcohol Redirects Postprandial Cholinergic-
Stimulated Apical Exocytosis in Pancreatic Acinar Cells

to the Basal Membrane, the Susceptibility Mechanism of
Alcoholic Pancreatitis
Kai Yang, Patrick Lam*, Herbert Y. Gaisano
T1785 Activation of PAK2 By CCK in Rat Pancreatic Acinar

Cells
Joo Weon Lim*, John A. Williams
T1786 CCK-Induced Protein Kinase D Activation Is Regulated
By Upstream PKC and Plays a Role in Pancreatic Acinar
Cell Secretion
L. Andy Chen*, J.N. Li, Hiroaki Watanabe, B. Mark Evers
T1787 Calcium-Regulated Phosphorylation of Crhsp-28 At

Serine 136 Mediates Its Translocation from a
Perinuclear/Golgi Region to Plasma Membrane and
Induces Acute Changes in Cho-K1 Cell Plasma
Membrane Morphology
Diana D. Thomas*, Ning Weng, Christina L. Martin, Kala
M. Kaspar, Megan D. Baumler, Guy E. Groblewski
T1788 The Large Gtpase Dynamin Localizes to and Is Involved
in Zymogen Secretion At the Pancreatic Acinar Cell
Apical Membrane
Vijay Singh*, Barbara Schroeder, Mark A. McNiven
T1789 Role of Protein Kinase C Delta (Pkcδ) in

Cholecystokinin-8-Induced Amylase Secretion and
Nuclear Factor Kappa-B (Nf-κB) Activation in Pancreatic
Acini
Jeffrey L. Wang*, Akihiko Satoh, Lars S. Fischer, Stephen J.
Pandol
T1790 Pancreatic Secretagogues But Not Growth Factors
Activate Pkd1 in Rat Pancreatic Acini By a Novel
Mechanism
Marc J. Berna*, Karl M. Hoffmann, Jose A. Tapia, Michelle
Thill, Robert T. Jensen
T1791 ATP Release from Pancreatic Duct Epithelial Cells

(PDEC): Effects of Hypo-Osmolarity and Ethanol
Toan D. Nguyen*, Evelyn Tong, Thomas Sernka
T1792 JNK Activation Is Required for CCK Induced Pancreatic

Acinar Cell Growth in Culture
Lili Guo*, Maria Dolors Sans, John A. Williams
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D Quality of Marital Relationships
A Miechelle O'Brien*, Lawrence S. Rosenthal, Edward
LA Convention Center Lebovics
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MAY HCV TREATMENT ISSUES AND EARLY DRUG T1802 Prior HCV Treatment Experience and Its Relationship to
DEVELOPMENT Sustained Virologic Response (SVR): An Analysis of the
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Win-R Study Database, a Us Academic Community
T1793 Preclinical Characteristics of Itmn 191, An Orally Active Based Trial
Inhibitor of the HCV Ns3/4a Protease Nominated for

Preclinical Development
Scott Seiwert*, Steven W. Andrews, Hong-Woon Yang, Hua
Paul Kwo*, I M Jacobson, R S Brown, B Freilich, B Afdhal,
J Santoro, S Becker, A Wakil, D Pound, Elliot Godofsky, R.
Strauss, D Bernstein, S Flamm, N Bala, V Arraya, M Davis,
Tan, Benedict Marafino, Robert Rieger, Ronald B. Franklin, H Monsour, J Vierling, F. Regenstein, V. Balan, M Dragutsky,
Jed Pheneger, Patricia A. Lee, Yutong Jiang, April L. M. Epstein, R.W. Herring, L H. Griffel, C Brass
Kennedy, Steven M. Wenglowsky, Machender R. Madduru,
George A. Doherty, Kevin R. Condroski, Christine Lemieux, T1803 Employment Status and Work Performance During
Lisa Pieti Opie, Francis Sullivan, Nickolas Neitzel, Gary P. Therapy of Chronic Hepatitis C (cHC)
Hingorani, Jennifer Otten, Barb Brandhuber, Guy Vigers, Miechelle L. O'Brien, Lawrence S. Rosenthal*, Edward
John A. Josey, Lawrence M. Blatt Lebovics
T1794 Structure-Based Design of Novel Isoindolene Inhibitors T1804 The Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in HIV Infected
of HCV Ns3/4a Protease and Binding Mode Analysis of Patients: A Meta-Analysis
Itmn 191 By X-Ray Crystallography Andrew I. Kim, Rami Bouajram, Andrew Dorn, Sammy
Kevin R. Condroski*, Hailong Zhang, Scott Seiwert, Joshua Saab*
A. Ballard, Bryan A. Bernat, Barb Brandhuber, Heidi
Colwell, Darin Smith, Guy Vigers, Steven W. Andrews, T1805 Cost-Effectiveness of First-Line Peginterferon Alfa-2a
April L. Kennedy, Yutong Jiang, Steven M. Wenglowsky, (40KD) (Pegasys®) Plus Ribavirin (Copegus®) in
John A. Josey, Lawrence M. Blatt Patients with Mild Chronic Hepatitis C (cHC) in the Us
Hashem B. El-Serag*, Kavita K. Patel, Neil Wintfeld, Jesse
T1795 Pharmacokinetic Analysis and Liver Concentrations of a Green, Sean D. Sullivan
Series of Macrocyclic Peptidomimetic Inhibitors of HCV
Ns3/4a Protease: Identification of Itmn 191, a Potent T1806 Stratification of High Viral Load: Impact On Sustained
Ns3/4a Protease Inhibitor with High Liver Exposure Virologic Response in the Win-R Trial
Across Multiple Species Ira M. Jacobson*, Robert S. Brown, Bradley Freilich, Nezam
Robert Rieger*, Patricia A. Lee, Scott Seiwert, Steven W. Afdhal, Paul Kwo, John Santoro, Scott Becker, Adil Wakil,
Andrews, Gary P. Hingorani, Thomas K. Pope, Jed David Pound, Furqaan Ahmed, Louis H. Griffel, Clifford A.
Pheneger, Nickolas Neitzel, Ronald B. Franklin, John A. Brass, Group Win-R Study
Josey, Lawrence M. Blatt
T1807 SVR Can Be Achieved with Less Than 48 Weeks of
T1796 The Novel Lambda-Interferons IL-28a and IL-29 Inhibit Peginterferon-α2a Combination Therapy in a Significant
HCV Replication in Vitro and Hepatic IL-28 mRNA Proportion of HCV-G1 Patients
Expression Is Increased in HCV and CMV Infection in Kwok Tang*, Eva Herrmann, Emma Paulon, Ioannis
Vivo Pachiadakis, Nick Tatman, Roger Williams, Stefan Zeuzem,
Stephan Brand*, Julia Dambacher, Florian Beigel, Martin Nikolai V. Naoumov
Storr, Torsten Olszak, Kathrin Zitzmann, Burkhard Goeke,
Christoph J. Auernhammer, Artur Kaul, Ralf Bartenschlager, T1808 Peginterferon Alfa-2a (40KD) (Pegasys®) Plus Ribavirin
Helmut Diepolder (RBV) (Copegus®) in Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2b
(12KD)/Ribavirin Non-Responders with Cirrhosis/
T1797 Celgosivir and Castanospermine Are Highly Synergistic Advanced Fibrosis: Interim Analysis of the Repeat Study
Against Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus When Combined Norman Gitlin*, Adrian Di Bisceglie, Patrick Marcellin,
with Interferon Alpha 2b Or with Interferon Alpha 2b Herbert Bonkovsky, Rudra Rai, Mario Rizzetto, Gerlinde
and Ribavirin Teuber, Donald Jensen
Dominique Dugourd*, Raymond W. Siu, Jeremy R. Fenn
T1809 Population Pharmacokinetics of Single- Or Multiple-
T1798 Activation of T Lymphocytes Correrates with the Dose Ribavirin (Copegus®) Administered with Or
Efficacy of IFN in Genotype 2 Patients with Chronic Without Peginterferon Alfa-2a (40KD) (Pegasys®) in
Hepatitis C Chronic Hepatitis C (cHC) Patients
Shintaro Abe*, Ryoichi Narita, Takeshi Oto, Akinari Tabaru, Janet Wade*, Eric Snoeck, Matthew Lamb, Frank Duff,
Makoto Otsuki Karen Wang, Joseph Grippo, Karin Jorga
T1799 Pharmacokinetics of Celgosivir, a Novel Antiviral Agent, T1810 Growth Factors Versus Dose Reduction for Pegylated
Following Oral Administration in Rats: Determination of Interferon Alfa-2b and Ribavirin Associated Neutropenia
the Gastrointestinal First-Pass Effect and Anemia in HIV/HCV Co-Infected Patients
Evelina Rubinchik, Douglas J. Erfle, Jacob J. Clement, Chris Jaydeep S. Kadam*, Kristina Jones, Ray Peterson, Loren
J. Pasetka* Dove, Daniel Pearce, Tarek Hassanein, Leeleka Doonquah,
Marshal Glesby, Larry Heller, David Aboulafia, Jorge
T1800 Peginterferon Alfa-2a (40KD) Plus Ribavirin (RBV) in Rodriguez, Hector Bonilla, Jeff Galpin, Judy Aberg, Barbara
Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2b (12KD)/Ribavirin Non- Johnston, Ray Liu, Ira M. Jacobson, Andrew H. Talal
Responders: Week 12 Efficacy and Safety Outcomes of
the Repeat Study
Donald Jensen*, Adrian Di Bisceglie, Norman Gitlin,
Bradley Freilich, K Rajender Reddy, Victor Feinman, Sanjeev
Arora, Patrick Marcellin
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T1811 High Response Rates with Peginterferon Alfa-2a (40KD) T1823 Efficacy and Safety of Peginterferon Alfa-2a (40KD) and T
(Pegasys®) Plus Ribavirin (Copegus®) in Treatment- Ribavirin in Gt-2/3patients with Chronic Hepatitis C in U
Naive Japanese Chronic Hepatitis C Patients: A a Real World Setting E
Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter, Phase III Trial Elmar Zehnter*, Stefan Mauss, Christine John, Renate
Takahiro Sakai*, Shiro Iino, Tadao Okuno, Masao Omata, Heyne, Bernd Moeller, Thomas Lutz, Bernd Bokemeyer, S
Kendo Kiyosawa, Hiromitsu Kumada, Gotaro Yamada, Robert Kihn, Gero Moog, Heike Vornkahl, Ulrich Alshuth, D
Norio Hayashi Dietrich Hueppe A
T1812 Antiviral Outcomes of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C T1824 High Response Rates with Peginterferon Alfa-2a (40KD) Y
and Depression Treated with Pegylated Interferon Alfa- (Pegasys®) Plus Ribavirin (Copegus®) in Japanese Non- MAY
Based Therapy: A Multicenter Experience Responders Or Relapsers to Conventional Interferon
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Astrid Knott*, Eric Dieperink, Mary Wingert, Paul Thuras, Namiki Izumi*, Shiro Iino, Tadao Okuno, Massao Omata,
Peter Hauser, John Davison, Sue Currie, Samuel B. Ho Kendo Kiyosawa, Hiromitsu Kumada, Norio Hayashi,
Gotaro Yamada, Takahiro Sakai
T1813 Predictive Factors in Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C
(cHC) Patients with Peginterferon Alfa-2a (40KD) and T1825 Predictors of SVR in Patients with Treatment-NaïVe
Ribavirin Chronic HCV Treated with PEG-IFN Alfa-2b Vs. PEG-
Elmar Zehnter*, Stefan Mauss, Christine John, Renate IFN Alfa-2a + Ribavirin: A Hierarchical Linear
Heyne, Bernd Moeller, Thomas Lutz, Bernd Bokemeyer, Regression Analysis of Retrospective Data from 6 Clinic
Robert Kihn, Gero Moog, Heike Vornkahl, Ulrich Alshuth, Sites
Dietrich Hueppe Working Group: HCV Meta-Analysis, Piero L. Almasio,
Luisa Cavalleto, Liliana Chemello, Dietrich Hueppe, Stefan
T1814 A Randomized Trial Comparing short Course Versus Mauss, F. Fred Poordad*, Nizar N. Zein, Steven Herrine,
Standard Treatment with Non-Pegylated Interferon α Christian Trepo, Diana Frame, Kyle Fahrbach, Susan D.
and Ribavirin in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Ross
Genotype 3 Virus Infection
Saeed S. Hamid*, Wasim Jafri, Zaigham Abbas, Faisal T1826 Hepatocellular carcinoma in Sustained Virologic
Ismail, Zainab Abbas, Khalid Mumtaz, Shahab Abid Responders to Previous Interferon Therapy Is
Associated with Excellent Prognosis
T1815 Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C with Peginterferon Masatoshi Akamatsu*, Haruhiko Yoshida, Shuichiro Shiina,
Alfa-2a (40KD) and Ribavirin in Patients with Or Takuma Teratani, Hideo Yoshida, Jyun Imamura, Yuji
Without Drug Use Kondo, Takamasa Ooki, Ryousuke Tateishi, Noriyo
Elmar Zehnter*, Stefan Mauss, Christine John, Renate Yamashiki, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata
Heyne, Bernd Moeller, Thomas Lutz, Bernd Bokemeyer,
Robert Kihn, Gero Moog, Heike Vornkahl, Ulrich Alshuth, T1827 Efficacy and Tolerability of Peginterferon Alfa-2a (40KD)
Dietrich Hueppe and Ribavirin in Gt-1 Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C
in Germany - A Contribution to Health Care Research
T1816 Sustained Virological Response in the Antiviral Therapy Elmar Zehnter*, Stefan Mauss, Christiane John, Renate
of Chronic Hepatitis C - Is There a Predictive Value of Heyne, Bernd Moeller, Thomas Lutz, Bernd Bokemeyer,
Interferon-Induced Depression? Robert Kihn, Gero Moog, Heike Vornkahl, Ulrich Alshuth,
Arne Schaefer*, Michael Scheurlen, Benedikt Weissbrich, Dietrich Hueppe
Kathrin Schoettker, Michael R. Kraus
T1828 G-CSF Is Safe and Improves Adherence and SVR in
T1817 Registry of Liver Diseases: Phase I HCV Patients with Genotype 1 Who Develop PEG-Ifna-
Stephen E. Steinberg, 2b Related Severe Neutropenia
John Koskinas, George Zacharakis*, John Sidiropoulos,
T1818 Treatment of Hepatitis C Related Cryoglobulinemia with
John Elefsiniotis, Savvas Savvas, Dimitrios Kountouras,
Rituxan. a.Goldenberg, M.D., L.Teperman, M.D., P.
Maria Schina, Panagiotis Kostopoulos, Athanasios
Kelley, R.N., L.Hong, Rpa-C, H.Tobias, M.D., pH.D Archimandritis
Alex Goldenberg, Lewis Teperman, Leena Hong, Priscilla
Kelley, Hillel Tobias* T1829 Treatment Comparison of Chronic Hepatitis C Patients
with Normal and Elevated Transaminses: Viral Load Is
T1819 Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2b Plus Ribavirin for the Predictive of Etr - Preliminary Results of a Prospective
Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 4 in
Trial
Adolescents: A Pilot Study
Wolfgang Vogel*, Harald Brunner, Martha Rosenbeiger, Ivo
Fuad Hasan*, Khalid Alsarraf, Wafa Qabandi W. Graziadei, Andreas Maieron, Kurt Jilek, Rudolf Stauber
T1820 Peginterferon Alfa-2a (40KD) (Pegasys®) Plus Ribavirin T1830 Interferon-α Therapy for Patients with Comorbid
(Copegus®) for HCV Genotype 1 Patients: Predicting Hepatitis C and Psychiatric Diagnoses
Sustained Virological Response (SVR) Rates and Anemia
Julie Nelligan*, Jennifer M. Loftis, Marian Fireman,
Eric Snoeck*, Janet Wade, Matthew Lamb, Frank Duff, Samantha Ruimy, Betsy Zucker, Alex Linke, David Indest,
Joseph Grippo, Karin Jorga Peter Hauser
T1821 Nitazoxanide in Treating Chronic Hepatitis C: in Vitro T1831 Factors Affecting SVR in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients
Activity and a Clinical Case Report
Treated in the Central New York Region
Jean F. Rossignol*, Brent E. Korba, Samir M. Kabil
Nilesh Mehta*, Uma K. Murthy, Vivek Kaul, Preeti Mehta,
T1822 Quality Assurance in Clinical Everyday Life: Results of Leslie Bank, Borys Buniak, Ajay Goel, Barbara Kane, Robert
a German Post-Marketing Surveillance On the Treatment Levine, Dennis Reedy, Andrej Strapko
of Chronic Hepatitis C with Peginterferon Alfa-2b Plus T1832 The Effect of Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin On
Ribavirin Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Veterans
Dietrich Hueppe*, Elmar Zehnter, Michael P. Manns, Stefan
Eric Dieperink, Jennie Leskela, Michael Dieperink, Blake
Mauss, Myrga Zankel
Evans, Janet Durfee, Kelly McCarthy, Paul Thuras, Samuel
B. Ho*
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T T1833 Evr Is a Poor Predictor of SVR Is African Americans T1843 Occurrence of Primary Adefovir Resistance Mutation in
U with Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Infection: A Community Hepatitis B Patients with Ymdd Mutation and
E Clinic Experience Lamivudine Resistance
Xinyu Zhao*, James Izanec, Ramon Rivera, Madhu Do Young Kim*, Joon Hyoek Lee, Dong Ho Lee, Moon
S Ramaswamy, Xiaoli Ma Seok Choi, Kwang Cheol Koh, Seung Woon Paik, Byung
D Chul Yoo
T1834 Early Predictors of Hemoglobin Reduction During First
A Four Weeks of Peginterferon Alpha-2a/ Ribavirin T1844 Durability of HBeAg Seroconversion Following Adefovir
Y Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis C Dipivoxil Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB)
MAY Chad Spangler*, Samuel Han, Mary Morrissey Kwasny, Ting-Tsung Chang, Mitchell L. Shiffman*, Myron Tong, Yun
Stanley Cohen, Nancy Reau, Donald Jensen Fan Liaw, Piyawat Komolmit, Jeff Sorbel, Sarah Arterburn,
23
Elsa Mondou, Steven Chuck, Patrick Marcellin
T1835 Tolerance of Patients with HIV Co-Infection to Hepatitis
C Treatment in a South Bronx Community Hospital T1845 Entecavir (ETV) Is Associated with An Improvement in
Kavitha Kumbum*, David Widjaja, Prospere Remy, Richard Liver Histology and a Reduction in HBV DNA in
B. Cindrich Patients with Lamivudine-Refractory HBeAg(+)
Regardless of Baseline Characteristics
T1836 Serum Lipoprotein Levels During Treatment of Chronic Mitchell L. Shiffman*, Zachary Goodman, Pockros J. Paul,
Hepatitis C with PEG-Interferon-Alfa-2a & Ribavirin - A Thomas D. Boyer, Morris Sherman, Yucel Batur, Anna
Differential Effect On Genotype 3 Patients Boron-Kaczmarska, James Vaughan, Robert G. Hindes
Yaron Rotman*, Zohar Levi, Hazazi Rachel, Michal Cohen,
Oranit Cohen-Ezra, Varda Manhaim, Marius Braun, Ziv T1846 Hepatitis B Screening and Prevention - Is Our
Ben-Ari, Ran Tur-Kaspa Knowledge Adequate for the Future?
Ali-Reza Barmaki*, Renee Shandil, Sarita Mohanty,
T1837 Intervention of Sex and Age for Antiviral Effect in Amandeep Sahota
Interferon and Ribavirin Combination Therapy for
Hepatitis C T1847 Telbivudine Preclinical Safety Studies Suggest Minimal
Yoshiyasu Karino*, Joui Toyoa, Noriyuki Akutsu, Masayuki Risk of Chronic Toxicity, Reproductive Toxicity Or
Nakanowatari, Tomohiro Arakawa, Yasuaki Kuwata, Jun Carcinogenicity
Akaike, Katsu Yamazaki, Takumi Ohmura, Takahiro Sato, Edward Bridges
Shiro Iino
T1848 Cost-Effectiveness of Antivirals in HBeAg-Positive
T1838 Patient Age and Impaired Renal Function As Risk Chronic Hepatitis B: Impact of Seroconversion and Viral
Factors for Hemolytic Anemia in Patients with Chronic Suppression
Hepatitis C Treated with Combination Therapy of David L. Veenstra*, Uche H. Iloeje, Eskinder Tafesse, Sean
Interferon and Ribavirin D. Sullivan, Anne Cross, Adrian M. Di Bisceglie, Robert G.
Yoshiaki Iwasaki*, Hiroshi Ikeda, Kouichi Takaguchi, Gish
Haruhiko Kobashi, Yasuyuki Araki, Toshiya Osawa, Minoru
Tomita, Noriaki Hashimoto, Kazuhisa Yabushita, Toshinari T1850 Lamivudine Monotherapy in HBeAg-Negative Chronic
Shimoe, Yasuhiro Makino, Koji Manabe, Kohsaku Hepatitis B: Prediction of Response-Breakthrough and
Sakaguchi, Yasushi Shiratori Long-Term Clinical Outcome
Spilios Manolakopoulos*, Sotirios Bethanis, Jiannis
T1839 24 Week Response to Consensus Interferon Plus Elefsiniotis, Stylianos Karatapanis, Christos Triantos, George
Ribavirin Therapy in Patients Who Are Nonresponders Sourvinos, Giota Touloumi, Michalis Economou, Jiannis
Or Relapsers to Prior PEG IFN Plus Ribavirin Therapy Vlachogiannakos, Demetrios Spandidos, Alec Avgerinos,
Reem Ghalib*, Cheryl Levine, Mariam Mouti, Jeffrey Dimitrios Tzourmakliotis
Weinstein, Armond Schwartz, Alejandro Mejia, Stephen
Cheng T1851 Continued Virologic Improvement Through 96 Weeks of
Entecavir Treatment in HBeAg(-) Chronic Hepatitis B
Patients (STUDY ETV-027)
AASLD Poster Session Fred Poordad*, Douglas T. Dieterich, Albert D. Min, Daniel
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Shouval, Ching-Lung Lai, Hugo Cheinquer, Ting-Tsung
LA Convention Center Chang, Richard Zink, Jin Zhu, Helena Brett-Smith
HEPATITIS B T1852 Nitazoxanide in Treating Chronic Hepatitis B: in Vitro

Activity and a Clinical Case Report
T1840 Baseline HBV DNA Level >6 Log Is the Most Important Jean-Francois Rossignol*, Brent E. Korba, Samir M. Kabil
Factor Associated with Viral Breakthrough (BT) During
Lamivudine (LAM) Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis B T1853 Modeling Clinical Benefits of Suppressing Viral
(CHB) Replication in HBeAg-Negative Chronic Hepatitis B
Hee Bok Chae*, Hie-Won Hann (CHB) Patients: A Number-Needed-to-Treat (NNT)
Analysis of Entecavir and Adefovir
T1841 Tenofovir(TNV) Has a Stronger Antiviral Effect Than Uche Iloeje*, Yong Yuan, Kenneth Klesczewski, Joel W. Hay
Adefovir Dipivoxil(ADV) Against Lamivudine(LAM)
Resistant Hepatitis B Virus(HBV)
Hie-Won L. Hann*, Hee Bok Chae, Stephen R. Dunn AASLD Poster Session
T1842 Predicting Liver Disease Complications (HCC AND LA Convention Center
CIRRHOSIS) in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B
Infection Using a Risk Function Model: the R.E.V.E.a.L.- HEPATITIS B PATHOGENESIS
HBV Study
Chien-Jen Chen*, Hwai-I Yang, Uche H. Iloeje, Chin-Lan T1854 Occult HBV Infection Influence the Long-Term Outcome
Jen, San-Lin You, Yun-Fan Liaw in Patients with C-Viral Chronic Hepatitis Or Liver
Cirrhosis
Arakawa Yasuo*, Mitsuhiko Moriyama, Arakawa Yasuyuki
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T1855 Mutations of Hepatitis B Virus Surface Gene On T Cell T1866 Rho Kinase and ERK2 MAP Kinase Contribute to Acid- T
Epitopes in Children with Chronic Infection and Induced Expression of NADPH Oxidase Nox5s (Short) U
hepatocellular carcinoma in Barrett’s Adenocarcinoma Cells E
Yen H. Ni*, Mei-Hwei Chang, Hong-Yuan Hsu, Huey-Ling Xiaoying Fu, Jose Behar, David Beer, Jack Wands, David
Chen Lambeth, Weibiao Cao* S
D
T1856 The Relationship Between Clinical/Pathological Features T1867 Bile Salt Augments Caudal-Related Homeobox Gene
and Development of Cirrhosis in 382 Chinese Patients CDX1 Expression in Esophageal Keratinocytes in
A
with Chronic Hepatitis B Barrett’s Epithelium Y
Jiyao Wang*, Hai Wang, Chouwen Zhu Hideaki Kazumori*, Shunji Ishihara, Mohammad A. Rumi, MAY
Yoshikazu Kinoshita
T1857 HBV Vaccination with Evidence of Protective Antibodies 23
Titer Induces Cd4+/Cd25+ T Cells T1868 Methylation, and Its Role in Intestinal Metaplasia of the
Alessandro Perrella*, Luigi Racioppi, Luigi Atripaldi, Esophagus
Simona Pisanti, Costanza Sbreglia, Pasquale Bellopede, Xinyan Zhang*, Xiaoxin L. Chen
Oreste Perrella
T1869 Epithelial Cells Over-Express the Leptin Receptor
T1858 Novel Subgenotypes of Hepatitis B Virus Among During Malignant Progression in Barrett's Oesophagus
Chronic Liver Disease Patients in the Philippines Suhail Ahmed*, A L Khan, L Pazmany, K Bogder
Tomoyuki Sakamoto, Yasuhito Tanaka, Etsuro Orito, Jonard
Co, Joseph Clavio, Fuminaka Sugauchi, Kiyoaki Ito, Atsushi T1870 Lymphoid Aggregates Precede the Development of
Ozasa, Alvin Quino, Ryuzo Ueda, Masashi Mizokami, Jose Barrett’s Esophagus
Sollano* V. Menke*, L. M. Moons, R. R. Sital, E. J. Kuipers, J. G.
Kusters, P. D. Siersema
T1859 Association Between Hepatitis B Virus Infection and
HLA-Drb1 Genotyping in Shaan’xi Han Patients in T1871 Morphological Transformation in Esophageal Submucosa
Northwestern China By Bone Marrow Cells Esophageal Implantation Under
Jie Liu, Guitao Yang, Huahong Xie, Shuang Han, Rui Du, External Esophageal Perfusion
Daiming Fan* Yan Li*, John M. Wo, Ruifeng R Su, Susan Ellis, Mukunda
B. Ray, Whitney Jones, Robert C. Martin
T1860 Hepatitis B Genotype Bj in a Cohort of Alaska Native
People with Chronic Infection T1872 Constitutive Nf-κB Activation in Barrett’s Epithelial
Josephine Simonetti*, Mary Snowball, Susan Negus, Chriss Cells: Potential Role in Carcinogenesis
Homan, James Williams, Yasuhito Tanaka, Masashi Cathrine Demars*, Malini Madhavan, Sarah Papenfuss,
Mizokami, Brian McMahon Marlys Anderson, Lori Lutzke, Ganapathy Prasad, Louis
Wong Kee Song, Kenneth Wang, Navtej Buttar
T1861 The Natural History of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)
Infection in Asian Americans: A Retrospective Single T1873 Select Genomic Aberrations Occurring in Non-
Center Study Dysplastic Barretts Esophagus (BE) Mucosa from
Jonathan M. Mellen, Namgyal L. Kyulo, Victor Xia, John Patients with Carcinoma Do Not Occur in Patients with
Hoefs, David Imagawa, Ke-Qin Hu* Negative Long-Term Follow-Up: Array-Based
Comparative Genomic Hybridization (A-CGH) Study
T1862 Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection with and Without Marek Skacel*, Daniel P. Gaile, Xiaotong Zhang, Jeffrey
anti-HBs Antibodies - Implications in the Development Conroy, Norma Nowak, Graham Casey, Thomas W. Rice,
of hepatocellular carcinoma Mary P. Bronner, Gary W. Falk
Chee-Kiat Tan*, Jason Chang, Gek-Keow Lim, Zhao Yi,
London Lucien Ooi, Pierce Chow, Alexander Chung, Wan- T1874 Gene Promoter Methylation of ID4 and ARL4D in
Cheng Chow Barrett’s Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Eric Smith*, Derek J. Nancarrow, Sandra Pavey, Nick K.
Hayward, Neville J. de Young, John J. Kelly, David C.
AGA Poster Session Whiteman, B M. Smithers, David C. Gotley, Paul A. Drew
LA Convention Center T1875 Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-1-Alpha Is a Key Mediator of
Muc4 Mucin Gene Regulation By Bile Acids
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders Guillaume Piessen, Nicolas Jonckheere, Brigitte Hemon,
Christophe Mariette, Isabelle van Seuningen*
BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS PATHOGENESIS
T1876 Cigarette Smoking and Barrett’s Esophagus: A Case-
T1863 The COX-2 -765c/-1195a Haplotype Predisposes for the Control Study
Development of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Nicholas J. Shaheen*, Melissa B. Spacek, Joseph A.

L.M.G. Moons, J. G. Kusters, A. M. Rygiel, Z.M.A. Galanko, Paris Heidt-Davis
Groothuismink, W.A. Bode, H. Geldof, K.K. Krishnadath,
T1877 P53 Mutation Does Not Predict Malignant Progression
J.G.H.M. Bergman, A.H.M. van Vliet, P.D. Siersema*, E.J.
in Biopsies of Patients with Barrett’s Metaplasia (BM)
Kuipers
Mamoun Younes*, Baomin Liu, Jiang Wang, Juan Lechago,
T1864 Expression of Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases Atilla Ertan, Gulchin Ergun, Margaret Bridges, Frank
and Target Proteases During Barrett's Carcinogenesis Meriano, Ray Verm, Karen Woods, Carl Schmulen, Craig
Suhail Ahmed*, A L Khan, L Pazmany, A Varro, K Bodger Johnson, Alberto Barroso, John McKechnie, Jim Schwartz,
Cecilia Fenoglio-Preiser
T1865 In Benign Barrett’s Epithelial Cells, Acid Increases
Reactive Oxygen Species That Activate the P38 MAPK T1878 The Effect of Oral Administration of Ursodeoxycholic
Pathway Acid and Proton Pump Inhibitors in Patients with
Linda A. Feagins*, Lance S. Terada, Stuart J. Spechler, Barrett’s Esophagus
Rhonda F. Souza Andreas Bozikas*, Willem A. Marsman, Wilda D. Rosmolen,
Jantine W. van Baal, Wim Kulik, Fiebo J. Ten Kate, Sheila
K. Krishnadath, Jacques J. Bergman
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T T1879 Dual Roles for Nitric Oxide in the Development and AGA Poster Session
U Progression of Barrett’s Adenocarcinoma
Nicholas Clemons*, Ruwani Abeyratne, Rebecca C.
Fitzgerald
S
D T1880 NADPH Oxidase Nox5s (short) Mediates Platelet- Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders
Activating Factor (PAF)-Induced H2O2 Production in
A Barrett’s Adenocarcinoma Cells H. PYLORI DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
Y Xiaoying Fu, Jose Behar, Ramy Eid, David Beer, Jack
Wands, Weibiao Cao* T1890 Antimicrobial Resistance for Primary and Secondary
MAY Helicobacter Pylori Strains Isolated from Korean Patients
23 T1881 Oxidative Stress Is Induced By Bile Acids and Low pH Jung Mogg Kim*, Joo Sung Kim, Nayoung Kim, Sang Gyun
in Barrett’s Esophagus Biopsies and Esophageal Cell Kim, Hyun Chae Jung, In Sung Song
Lines
Katerina Dvorak*, Melissa Chavarria, Lois Ramsey, Barbora T1891 Comparison Study On Effectiveness of Established
Dvorakova, Ronnie Fass, Richard Sampliner, Claire M. Triple Therapy with Its Modified Therapies for
Payne, Harris Bernstein, Carol Bernstein, Sylvan Green, Helicobacter Pylori Eradication
Harinder Garewal Taewoon Park*, Jae Eun Lee, Chang Woo Gham, Ja Sung
Choi, Chang Hwan Choi, Ki Joon Han, Hyeon Geun Cho
T1882 Chromosome 17 Hyperploidy and Her2/Neu Oncogene
Amplification Are Important Genetic Events in the T1892 Dose Atrophic Gastritis Affect the Accordance Between
Transformation of Barrett’s Esophagus Into High-Grade Stool Antigen Test and Serology to Determine
Dysplasia Helicobacter Pylori Infection in the Mass Survey?
Agnieszka M. Rygiel*, Franceska Milano, Jantine W. van Tadashi Shimoyama, Takao Oyama*, Shinsaku Fukuda,
Baal, Wilda D. Rosmolen, Paul Fockens, Febo J. Ten Kate, Shigeyuki Nakaji, Akihiro Munakata
Jacques J. Bergman, Maikel P. Peppelenbosch, Kausilia K. T1893 Significantly Different H.pylori Density and Genotypes
Krishnadath in Erosive, Antral and Corpus Routine Gastric Biopsy
T1883 Conversion of Stratified Squamous to Columnar Specimen Detected By PCR
Epithelium By Bone Marrow-Derived Cells -three- Bela Molnar*, Dominika Szoke, Agnes Ruzsovics, Zsolt
dimensional Reconstruction Using a Primary Culture of Tulassay
Epithelial Cells Isolated from Murine Esophagus and T1894 Clinical Practice Patterns for the Management of
Forestomach - Helicobacter Pylori Infection, Dyspepsia, and
Hidekazu Suzuki*, Mamoru Arakawa, Yuriko Minegishi, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Akifumi Ootani, Eisuke Iwasaki, Toshifumi Hibi Steven W. Blume*, Colin W. Howden, Gregory de Lissovoy
T1884 Y Chromosome Abnormalities in Barrett's Esophagus: T1895 Seroprevalence of Helicobacter Pylori in Two
How Common Is It? Asymptomatic Dutch Populations
Kenneth K. Wang*, Ganapathy Prasad, Navtej S. Buttar, A. J. van Vuuren*, R. A. de Man, H. F. van Driel, M.
Michel Wongkeesong, Kevin Halling, Thomas Smyrk, Jason Ouwendijk, J. G. Kusters, E. J. Kuipers, J. H. Richardus, P.
Lewis, Susan Abraham, Sheila Krishnadath, Marlys D. Siersema, M. Blankenstein
Anderson, Lori Lutzke, Catherine Demars, Sarah Papenfuss,
Lynn Borkenhagen, Dawn Ferguson T1896 Accuracy of Monoclonal Stool Antigen Test for the
Diagnosis of H. Pylori Infection: A Systematic Review
T1885 CDX2 Overexpression Is a Marker of Intestinalization in and Meta-Analysis
GERD - Metaplasia - Adenocarcinoma Sequence Javier P. Gisbert*, Felipe de la Morena, Victor Abraira
Leandro A. Streher, Luise Meurer, Marcelo Binato, Carlos
Renato A. Melo, Richard R. Gurski* T1897 H.pylori RE-Infection in Insulin Dependent Diabetes
Mellitus Patients: A Five Years Follow-Up
T1886 Early Markers of Esophageal Intestinal Differentiation Veronica Ojetti*, Dario Pitocco, Alessio Migneco, Michele
After Mucosal Ablation By Photodynamic Therapy Santoro, Ilir Leka, Giovanni Gasbarrini, Giovanni Ghirlanda,
Gerda Spijkerboer*, Leon M. Moons, Peter D. Siersema, Antonio Gasbarrini
Johannes G. Kusters, Jelle Haringsma, Ernst J. Kuipers
T1898 Lower Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in
T1887 P63 Response to Bile and Acid Exposure in Esophageal Young Women: A 9-Year Observational Study
Squamous Carcinoma Cell Lines Sun-Young Lee*, Sang Kyun Yu, In-Kyung Sung, Hyung-
Sabine Roman*, Amelie Thepot, Agnes Hautefeuille, Jean- Seok Park, Choon-Jo Jin, Won Hyeok Choe, So Young
Yves Scoazec, Francois Mion, Pierre Hainaut Kwon, Chang Hong Lee, Kyoo Wan Choi
T1888 Identification of Novel Genes Modulated By Acid and T1899 The Diagnostic Yield of Various Tests for Helicobacter
Bile Exposure in a Barrett’s Esophagus Cell Line and Pylori Infection in Patients On Acid Reducing Drugs
Associated Differential Expression in Esophagitis, Javed Yakoob*, Wasim Jafri, Zaigham Abbas, Shahab Abid,
Barrett’s Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Muhammad Islam, Saeed Hamid, Hasnain Alishah, Zubair
Clare Donnellan*, Simon Everett, Chris Wild, Laura Hardie Ahmed
T1889 Insulin Resistance in Barrett’s Esophagus Patients: T1900 Rapid Stool Antigen Test for Diagnosis of H. Pylori
Preliminary Results Infection in Asymptomatic Childre
Kayode Olowe*, Jennifer Kimble, Jason Taylor, Amitabh Victor M. Cardenas*, Delfina C. Dominguez, Flor Puentes,
Chak Corinne C. Aragaki, Karen J. Goodman, David Y. Graham,
Yoshihiro Fukuda
T1901 Long-Term Follow-Up of 13c-Urea Breath Test Result
After Helicobacter Pylori Eradication: Frequency and
Significance of Borderline δ13co2 Values
Javier P. Gisbert*, David Olivares, Isabel Jimenez, Jose-
Maria Pajares
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T1902 Helicobacter Pylori Infection As a Cause of Iron T1915 Antibacterial Effect of Mupirocin On Helicobacter Pylori T
Deficiency Anaemia in Vitro U
Nikitas Papantoniou, Stylianos Karatapanis, Philip Lisgos*, Masaaki Minami*, Takafumi Andoh, Osamu Maeda, E
Emmanuel Spanos, Ypakoi Papantoniou, Kostas Kladakis, Yasumasa Niwa, Naoki Ohmiya, Michio Ohta, Hidemi Goto
Haridimos Tsibidakis, Kostas Komnianidis, Chrysostomos S
Psellas, Stylianos Manolitsis, George Manolakas, Ioannis T1916 The Effect of Mdr1 C3435t Polymorphism On the D
Stouraitis Eradication Rates of H. Pylori By a Triple Therapy with
Lansoprazole, Clarithromycin and Amoxicillin
A
T1903 Applicability of a Helicobacter Pylori Stool Antigen Test Takahisa Furuta*, Naohito Shirai, Mitsushige Sugimoto, Y
to Determine the Results of Eradication Therapy Akiko Nakamura, Mutsuhiro Ikuma, Masayoshi Kajimura, MAY
Shinsaku Fukuda, Tadashi Shimoyama*, Daisuke Nishiya, Akira Hishida
23
Akihiro Munakata
T1917 A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Competing Strategies
T1904 Detection of Helicobacter Pylori in Esophagus and Saliva for Helicobacter Pylori Eradication in Relation to
in Humans Regional U.S. Antibiotic Resistance Patterns
Luigina Cellini, Rossella Grande, Daniela Coraggio, Laurino Robert H. Harris*, Miguel R. Arguedas
Grossi, Leonardo Marzio*
T1918 Could Frameshift Mutations in the Frxa and Rdxa
T1905 A Multiple-Step Polyclonal Versus a One-Step Genes of Helicobacter Pylori Be a Marker for
Monoclonal Enzyme Immunoassay to Detect Metronidazole Resistance?
Helicobacter Pylori Antigen in the Stools in Children Tatsuhiro Masaoka*, Hidekazu Suzuki, Yohei Nomoto,
Bruno Hauser, Ingrid Wybo, Gerard Tshibuabua, Denis Toshihiro Nishizawa, Toshifumi Hibi
Pierard, Yvan Vandenplas*
T1919 The Efficacy of Levofloxacin Based Triple Therapy for
T1906 Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Gastric Helicobacter Pylori Eradication
MALT Lymphoma: A Systematic Review Sung Pyo Hong*, Ji Hyun Lee, Chang Il Kwon, Lea Hyun
Javier P. Gisbert*, Laura Martin-Asenjo Phyun, Byoung Sok Lee, Han Ul Song, Kwang Hyun Ko,
Seong Gyu Hwang, Pil Won Park, Kyu Sung Rim
T1907 Efficacy of Helicobacter Pylori Erradication Treatment in
Gastric MALT Lymphoma: A Systematic Review T1920 Successful Eradication Treatment of Ecabet Sodium
Javier P. Gisbert*, Laura Martin-Asenjo Combined Salvage Therapy for the Patients Who Had
Previously Failed to Eradication of H. Pylori with Peptic
T1908 Levofloxacin-Based Rescue Regimens After Helicobacter Ulcer
Pylori Treatment Failure: Systematic Review and Meta- Wasaburo Koizumi*, Satoshi Tanabe, Toru Sasaki, Katuhiko
Analysis Higuchi, Katsunori Saigenji
Javier P. Gisbert*, Felipe de la Morena
T1921 Mutation Analysis in the Gyra Gene, Not the E Test,
T1909 Third-Line Rescue Therapy with Levofloxacin After Two Can Be a Powerful Predictor for Treatment Outcomes of
H. Pylori Treatment Failures Helicobacter Pylori Infection with Levofloxacin-Based
Javier P. Gisbert*, Manuel Castro-Fernandez, Fernando Therapy
Bermejo, Angeles Perez-Aisa, Julio Ducons, Miguel Ikuya Miki*, Daisuke Shirasaka, Hideyuki Miyachi, Yuko
Fernandez-Bermejo, Felipe Bory, Angel Cosme, Luis-Miguel Matsumoto, Takao Tamura, Yoshinori Morita, Masanori
Benito, Laureano Lopez-Rivas, Eloisa Lamas, Manuel Pabon, Toyoda, Toshifumi Mitani, Naomi Torio, Nobuo Aoyama
David Olivares
T1922 Levofloxacin- Versus Clarithromocyn-Based First Line
T1910 Gatifloxacin Resistance and Mutations in Gyra Aftre Therapy for Helicobacter Pylori Infection
Unsuccessful Helicobacter Pylori Eradication in Japan Antonio Rispo*, Elena Di Girolamo, Antonio Cozzolino,
Toshihiro Nishizawa*, Hidekazu Suzuki, Kumiko Hamma Lamine Ali Taleb, Luigi Pasquale
Kurabayashi, Tatsuhiro Masaoka, Hiroe Muraoka, Eisuke
Iwasaki, Intetsu Kobayashi, Tshifumi Hibi T1923 Effects of Red Ginseng Supplementary Treatment After
Eradication Regimen in Patients with Helicobacter Pylori-
T1911 Mutations of 23s rRNA Gene of H. Pylori Determined Associated Chronic Gastritis: A Prospective Randomized
By a Selmap (Self Selective Multi Amplification Double-Blind Study
Primers)-PCR Method Kee Myung Lee*, Marie Yeo, Soo Jin Park, Mi Sun Kwak,
Takahisa Furuta*, Naohito Shirai, Mitsushige Sugimoto, Jeong A Lee, Young Bae Kim, Kwang Min Kim, Sung Won
Akiko Nakamura, Mutsuhiro Ikuma, Yoshihiro Soya, Cho, Ki Baik Hahm
Masayoshi Kajimura, Akira Hishida
T1924 Emergence of Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Helicobacter
T1912 Recurrence of H. Pylori Infection After Eradication: 5- Pylori Isolated from Korea: Mutational Changes in Gyra
Year Follow-Up Study of 1,000 Patients and Other Genetic Loci
Javier P. Gisbert*, Marta Luna, Blas Gomez, Juan-Manuel Hyung Joon Lee*, Gin Hyug Lee, Jun-Won Chung, Ja
Herrerias, Joan Mones, Manuel Castro-Fernandez, Pilar Young Kim, Kwi Sook Choi, Kee Don Choi, Hwoon-Yong
Sanchez-Pobre, Angel Cosme, David Olivares, Jose-Maria Jung, Weon-Seon Hong, Jin-Ho Kim, Jin-Yong Jeong
Pajares
T1925 Novel Action of Gastric Proton Pump Inhibitor On the
T1913 Where Does the Antimicrobial Resistance of Helicobacter Suppression of Helicobacter Pylori-Induced Angiogenesis
Pylori Come from, Acquired After Birth Or Inherited Marie Yeo*, Dong Kyu Kim, Sang Uk Han, Jong Eun Lee,
from Parents? Different Mechanism Between Kee Myung Lee, Young Bae Kim, Yong Kwan Cho, Kwang
Clarithromycin and Levofloxacin Jae Lee, Jin Hong Kim, Sung Won Cho, Ki Baik Hahm
Naomi Torio*, Mutsuko Konno, Ikuya Miki, Daisuke
Shirasaka, Yoshinori Morita, Yuko Matsumoto, Hideyuki
Miyachi, Takao Tamura, Nobuo Aoyama
T1914 Increased Helicobacter Pylori Clarithromycin Resistance

Rates in Patients with Non-Ulcer Dyspepsia
Selahattin Unal, Meltem Yalinay Cirak, Sukru Dumlu,
Tarkan Karakan*, Doruk Engin, Sevgi Turet, Mehmet
Cindoruk
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T T1938 Impact of Age and Gender On Success of Pneumatic
AGA Poster Session
U Dilation and Heller Myotomy in Achalasia
E Sandra El-Hachem*, A Rocio Lopez, Marcelo Vela, Thomas
LA Convention Center Rice, Michael Vaezi
S
D Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders T1939 Esophageal Testing and Diagnoses in Patients
Discharged from the Hospital with Non-Cardiac Chest
A NON-REFLUX ESOPHAGEAL DISORDERS Pain: A Missed Opportunity?
Y G R. Locke*, Ross A. Dierkhising, Peter A. Smars, Guy S.
MAY Participants will be able to: Reeder, Alan R. Zinsmeister, Nicholas J. Talley
• Evaluate recent research on diseases of the esophagus.
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T1926 Prevalence of Eosinophilia and Eosinophilic Esophagitis Differentiating Non-Erosive Reflux Disease from Erosive
in Adults in the Community: A Random Population

Based Study (Kalixanda)
Jukka Ronkainen*, Nicholas J. Talley, Pertti Aro, Tom
Reflux Disease
Jin-Bae Kim*, Yun-Jung Chang, Sung-Won Jung, Il-Hyun
Baek, Myung-Seok Lee
Storskrubb, Elisabeth Bolling-Sternevald, Tore Lind, Michael
Vieth, Manfred Stolte, Marjorie M. Walker, Lars Agreus T1941 Characteristics of the Esophageal Pressure Trough in
Patients with Esophageal Symptoms. Studies Using High
T1927 Psychological Factors Affect the Frequency of Belching Resolution Manometry (HRM)
in Patients with Aerophagia

Albert J. Bredenoord*, Bas L. Weusten, Robin Timmer,
Andre J. Smout
Daniel Pohl*, Heiko Fruehauf, Oliver Goetze, Monika A.
Kwiatek, Werner Schwizer, Michael Fried, Radu Tutuian
T1942 Esophageal Clearance Patterns in Normal Older Adults
T1928 Intra-Duodenal Capsaicin Infusion Induces Esophageal As Documented with Videofluoroscopic Esophagram
Hypersensitivty Which Is Dose Dependent

Barbara J. Unsworth, Qasim Aziz, Peter Holzer, John
McLaughlin, Anthony Hobson*
Janice Jou*, Jason Radowsky, Stephanie Kays, Jackie Hind,
Eric Gaumnitz, Joanne Robbins
T1943 High Prevalence of Esophageal Involvement in Lichen

T1929 Expression of Eotaxin-2 and Chemokine Receptor 3 in Planus: A Study Using Magnification Chromoendoscopy
Eosinophilic Esophagitis Versus Reflux Esophagitis Rutger Quispel*, Ofke S. van Boxel, Marijke R. Canninga,
James R. Carlsten, Murray B. Resnick, Patricia A. Meitner, Marguerite E. Schipper, Vigfus Sigurdsson, Andre J. Smout,
Edmond Sabo, Adam Carter, Sripathi Kethu, Baishali Melvin Samsom, Matthijs P. Schwartz
Bhattacharya*
T1944 What Is the Prevalence of Motility Abnormalities in
T1930 The Circular Smooth Muscle of the Distal Esophagus Is Patients with Non Acid Reflux On High Dose Proton
Oriented At An Oblique Angle Leading to Axial Pump Inhibitor Therapy?
Shortening of the Circular Smooth Muscle During Toan T. Nguyen*, Matthew Gideon, Philip O. Katz
Peristaltic Contraction
Keng-Yu Chuang*, Anil Vegesna, Rina Raju, Wassim Asfari, T1945 Measurement of Esophageal Bolus Transit Is Affected By
Zeeshan Ramzan, Parkman Henry, Larry S. Miller Bolus Size and Viscosity
Dawn Ferguson*, Kenneth R. Devault, Ernest P. Bouras,
T1931 The Tumor Suppressor Gene P53 As a Predictor for Mark E. Stark, Sami R. Achem
Development of Esophageal Cancer in Patients with
Achalasia T1946 Esophageal Pressurization: Clinical and Manometric
Ivonne Leeuwenburgh*, Astrid Capello, Monique M. Aspects
Gerrits, Johannes G. Kusters, Peter D. Siersema, Ernst J. Brendan J. Boland*, Christian G. Peyre, Cedric G. Bremner,
Kuipers Colleen B. Gaughan, Jeffrey A. Hagen, Christian Rizzetto,
Steven R. Demeester, John C. Lipham, Tom R. Demeester
T1932 Influence of Bolus Consistency and Position On
Esophageal High Resolution Manometry Findings T1947 Distinct Allergic Predisposition of Children and Adults
Anita Bernhard*, Daniel Pohl, Oliver Goetze, Heiko with Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Fruehauf, Werner Schwizer, Michael Fried, Radu Tutuian Nirmala Gonsalves*, Thuy Anh, Qing Zhang, Amir
Kagalwalla, Anne Ditto, Ikuo Hirano
T1933 Relationship Between Abnormal Bolus Transport and
Dysphagia T1948 Assessment of Esophageal Emptying in Achalasia
Lilian R. Aprile*, Ricardo B. de Oliveira, Roberto O. Dantas, Patients By Intraluminal Impedance Monitoring
Jiri Silny, Daniel Sifrim Jose M. Conchillo*, Mohamed Selimah, Albert J.
Bredenoord, Melvin Samsom, Andre J. Smout
T1934 Intraluminal Impedance Detects Failure of Pharyngeal
Bolus Clearance During Swallowing: A Validation Study T1949 Validation of Platelet Count/ Spleen Diameter Ratio As a
in Adult Dysphagia Patients Noninvasive Method to Screen for Prescence of Varices
Taher Omari*, Michal Szczesniak, Nathalie Rommel, Phil G. in Cirrhotic Patients
Dinning, Sergio Fuentealba, Ian J. Cook Trinh Meyer*, Vidushi Golla, Helene N. Pena Sahdala,
David J. Clain, Henry C. Bodenheimer, Albert D. Min
T1935 Topical Viscous Budesonide for Pediatric Eosinophilic
Esophagitis T1950 Endoscopic Findings in Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EE): A
Seema Aceves*, John Bastian, Robert Newbury, Ranjan Morphologic Clasification According to Manometric and
Dohil Histopathologic Relationship
Alfredo J. Lucendo*, Marta Navarro, Sonia Martin-Chavarri,
T1936 Does Endoscopic Ultrasound Help Predict Clinical Ramon Pajares, Juan Manuel Pascual, Emilio Burgos, Pilar
Outcome of Pneumatic Dilation for Achalasia? Castillo, Javier Larrauri
Woosuk Park*, John J. Vargo, Edgar Achkar, Gary W. Falk,
Michael F. Vaezi
T1937 Accuracy of Esophageal Impedance in the Evaluation of

Esophageal Function in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Lilian R. Aprile*, Luciana A. Bento, Roberto O. Dantas,
Daniel Sifrim, Jiry Silni, Ricardo B. de Oliveira
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T1962 A Selective Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitor, Etodolac, T
AGA Poster Session
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Suppresses Stomach Carcinogenesis in Helicobacter U
Pylori-Infected Mongolian Gerbils E
LA Convention Center Hirohito Magari*, Yasuhito Shimizu, Ken-Ichi Inada, Izumi
Inoue, Mkitaka Iguchi, Hideyuki Tamai, Kimihiko Yanaoka, S
Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology Kenji Arii, Masashi Oka, Masae Tatematsu, Masao Ichinose D
NOVEL THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES FOR GI CANCERS T1963 The Role of 99m-Technetium-Depreotide in the
A
Management of Neuroendocrine Tumours Y
T1951 An Essential Amino Acid, Isoleucine, Prevents Liver Tahir H. Shah*, Ilona Kulakiene, John Buscombe, Ann-
Metastases of Colon Cancer By Antiangiogenesis MAY
Marie Quigley, Christos Toumpanakis, Martyn E. Caplin
Kazumoto Murata*, Masami Moriyama 23
T1964 Inhibition of Nuclear Factor κB Inhibits Cancer Cell
T1952 A Novel Synthetic Diphenyl, Difluoroketone (L-2395) Implantation in Vivo
Compound with Potent in Vitro and in Vivo Anti-Cancer Brett W. Doxey*, Phillip Gray, Scott K. Kuwada
Activity
Dharmalingam Subramaniam*, Sripathi M. Sureban, Robert T1965 HSP70-Inducing Drug, Geranylgeranylacetone,,
George, Rama P. Ramanujam, Hideg Kalman, Periannan Enhances Anti-Tumor Effect of Whole Body
Kuppusamy, Courtney W. Houchen, Brian K. Dieckgraefe, Hyperthermia in Mice Subcutaneous Tumor Models of
Shrikant Anant Colon Cancer
Satoko Adachi*, Satoshi Kokura, Toshimitsu Okuda,
T1953 Inhibition of the Nuclear Transcription Factor PPARγ Takeshi Hattori, Tomohisa Takagi, Osamu Handa, Yuji
Prevents Growth of Colorectal Cancer By Directly Naito, Norimasa Yoshida, Toshikazu Yoshikawa
Reducing Cellular Tubulin Concentration
Katherine Schaefer*, Hirokazu Takahashi, Victor Morales, T1966 A Phase I/II Study of a Νew Radiolabeled Somatostatin
Atsushi Nakajima, Lawrence J. Saubermann Analogue 90yttrium-Tyr3-Dota-Octreotate for the
Treatment of Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumours
T1954 Sulindac Independently Modulates ERK1/2 and PKG Christos Toumpanakis*, Tahir Shah, Nick Chong, Neil
Pathways Davies, John Buscombe, Martyn E. Caplin
Stevany Peters*, D. Rayburn Moore, K. Scott Beard, Dennis
Ahnen, Pamela Rice T1967 Astragalus Saponins Induce Inhibition of Cell
Proliferation in Association with COX-Independent
T1955 Violacein Synergistically Increases 5-Fluorouracil Overexpression of NAG-1 in Colon Cancer Cells
Cytotoxicity, Induces Apoptosis and Inhibits AKT- Joshua K. Ko*, Mandy M. Tin, Chi-Hin Cho, Kelvin K.
Mediated Signal Transduction in Human Colorectal Chan
Cancer Cells
Liudmila L. Kodach*, Carina L. Bos, Nelson Duran, Maikel
P. Peppelenbosch, Carmen V. Ferreira, James C. Hardwick AGA Poster Session
T1956 Sulindac Inhibits Colon Tumor Cell Proliferation in
Xenograft Mice
Matthew Quallick*, Matthew Sericati, Nathan Susnow,
Linda Driggers, Dennis Ahnen, Pamela Rice
Diseases
T1957 Mechanism for Enhanced Anti-Tumor Effects of 5-
Fluorouracil (5FU) By Celecoxib in An Advanced Colon GENETICS
Cancer Model: Angiogenesis, Or 5FU Metabolisms?
Takanobu Irie*, Masahiko Tsujii, Shingo Tsuji, Shuji Ishii, Participants will be able to:
Toshiyuki Yoshio, Shinichiro Shinzaki, Satoshi Egawa, • Become familiar with genetic associations of IBD;
Tsutomu Nishida, Yoshimi Kakiuchi, Masakazu Yasumaru, • Become familiar with genetic and serologic associations in patients
Hideki Iijima, Hiroaki Murata, Sunao Kawano, Norio with IBD; and
Hayashi • Become familiar with genetic associations and the disease course of
patients with IBD.
T1958 The Nucleoside Analog ARC Induces Apoptosis in GI
Tumor Cells T1968 Gene-Wide Haplotypic Analysis Demonstrates Novel
T1959
Senthil K. Radhakrishnan, Andrei L. Gartel*
The Tyrosine Kinase SRC Regulates Adhesion to the

Association Between ATP-Binding Cassete 3/Multidrug
Resistance Protein 3 (ABCC3/MRP3) Gene and
Substrate of Pancreatic Endocrine Cancer Cells Gwo-Tzer Ho*, Nicole Soranzo, Elaine Nimmo, Albert
Alessia Di Florio, Gabriele Capurso, Massimo Milione, Tenesa, David Goldstein, Jack Satsangi
Francesco Panzuto, Raffaele Geremia, Claudio Sette,
Gianfranco Delle Fave* T1969 A Biological Pathway Approach to Disease Association
T1960 Final Results of a Randomized Comparison of Infusional

5-Fluorouracil/Leucovorin Plus Oxaliplatin (FUFOX)
Studies: Toll Receptor Pathway Alleles and
Susceptibility to Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Philip L. de Jager, Denis Franchimont, Alicja Waliszewska,
Versus Capecitabine Plus Oxaliplatin (CAPOX) in Alain Bitton, Albert Cohen, Diane Langelier, Jacques
Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma (MCRC) Belaiche, Lisa Farwell, An Goris, Cecile Libioulle, Niraj Jani,
Rainer Porschen*, S Kubicka, A Grothey, U Graeven, A Themistocles Dassopoulos, Gillian Bromfield, Benedicte
Kretzschmar, R Greil, W Freier, T Seufferlein, Ht Arkenau, Dubois, Judy H. Cho, Steven R. Brant, Richard Duerr,
A Hinke, Hj Schmoll, W Schmiegel Huiying Yang, Jerome I. Rotter, Mark S. Silverberg, A.
Hillary Steinhart, Mark J. Daly, Edouard Louis, David A.
T1961 Antitumor Effect of Whole Body Hyperthermia Hafler, John Rioux*
Combined with Immunotherapy in Subcutaneous Tumor
Model of Colon Cancer T1970 The Nf-κB Regulator Card8/Tucan/Cardinal Is a Crohn’s
Takeshi Hattori*, Satoshi Kokura, Tetsuya Okayama,
Toshimitu Okuda, Satoko Adachi, Naoyuki Sakamoto,
Tomohisa Takagi, Osamu Handa, Yuji Naito, Norimasa
Disease Modifying Gene and Influeces Response to
Microbial Antigens
Marie Pierik, Liesbet Henckaerts*, Sofie Joossens, Isabelle
Yoshida, Toshikazu Yoshikawa Verstreken, Karolien Claes, Nele van Schuerbeek, Marc
Ferrante, Paul Rutgeerts, Severine Vermeire
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T T1971 Functional Polymorphisms of the Receptor for Advanced T1982 Array-Based Genetic Evaluation of Adenocarcinomas and
U
E Glycation END Products (RAGE G82S and -374T/A) in
Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease
D.R. Foell*, Frauke Friedrichs, Jochen Hampe, Torsten
Dysplastic Lesions (DALM) in Ulcerative Colitis
Jolanda M. van Dieren*, Janneke van der Woude, Kees J.
Vissers, Ruud Schouten, Hans J. Tanke, Karoly Szuhai,
S Kucharzik, Johannes Roth, Monika Stoll, Stefan Schreiber Ernst J. Kuipers, Josiane C. Wink, Herman van Dekken
D
T1972 Novel Association Between the C3435t Polymorphism of T1983 CARD8: A Novel Association with Childhood-Onset
A
Y
MAY
the MDR1 Gene and Crohn’s Disease
Simon Lal*, Joanne M. Stempak, Elkadri A. Abdul, Law
Christine, Thomas D. Walters, Anne M. Griffiths, Gordon R.
Marla Dubinsky*, Lirona Katzir, Iwona Wrobel, Antonio
Quiros, Ling Mei, Yoana Picornell, Xiaowen Su, Ghassan
Greenberg, Hillary Steinhart, Mark S. Silverberg Wahbeh, Gary Silber, Ron Bahar, Bruce Grill, Eric
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Vasiliauskas, Kent D. Taylor, Stephan R. Targan, Huiying
T1973 OCTN Variants Within Ibd5 Locus Contribute to Yang, Jerome R. Rotter
Pediatric Crohn’s Disease (CD) Susceptibility; Analysis
of a Population-Based Pediatric Onset CD Cohort T1984 Only Relapse Rate in the Ulcerative Colitis Patients
Umesh Babusukumar*, Tao Wang, Erin McGuire, Ulrich Differs Between Sporadic and Familial Cases in a
Broeckel, Subra Kugathasan Prospective Population Based Norwegian Study
May-Bente Bengtson*, Camilla Solberg, Morten Vatn
T1974 Mutations in Innate Immune Receptors Modulate the
Serologic Response to Microbial Antigens in Patients T1985 Association Between Ancestry Proportion and
with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Puerto Ricans
Liesbet Henckaerts*, Marie Pierik, Karolien Claes, Marc Ling Mei*, Yoana Picornell, Federico Gregory, Roberto
Ferrante, Nele Vanschuerbeek, Nir Dotan, Gary Norman, Mera, Deb Dutridge, Jerome I. Rotter, Esther A. Torres,
Rom T. Altstock, Iris Dotan, Benjamin Schooler, Zakera Huiying Yang
Shums, Paul Rutgeerts, Severine Vermeire
T1986 Analysis of CCL20 Variants in Inflammatory Bowel
T1975 Dose Dependent Genetic Interaction Between CARD15 Disease (IBD) Provides Further Evidence for Genetic
Variants and a Promotor Polymorphism in Toll-Like Heterogeneity in Disease Susceptibility
Receptor (TLR)-9 in Crohn’s Disease Charlie Lees*, Elaine R. Nimmo, Richard K. Russell, Johan
Helga P. Torok*, Juergen Glas, Ilona Endres, Laurian van Limbergen, Amanda Smith, Hazel E. Drummond, Leif
Tonenchi, Peter Lohse, Thomas Ochsenkuehn, Matthias Torkvist, Nagamu Inoue, Toshifumi Hibi, Nobuhide
Folwaczny, Christian Folwaczny Oshitani, Ian D. Arnott, Jack Satsangi
T1976 Case-Control Association Study of Tnfsf15 T1987 NOD2/CARD15 Mutations in Crohn’s Disease Decreases
Polymorphisms in the Japanese Patients with Crohn's Endogenous Expression of Human Alpha 1 Defensin
Disease and Ulcerative Colitis (DEFA1) After Salmonella Typhimurium Infection in
Yoichi Kakuta*, Yoshitaka Kinouchi, Kenichi Negoro, Colonic Epithelial Cells
Masaki Matsuura, Hiroko Abe, Go Imai, Atsuhiro Mochida, Jesus K. Yamamoto-Furusho*, Daniel K. Podolsky
Masaki Tosa, Eiki Nomura, Sho Takagi, Seiichi Takahasi,
Tooru Shimosegawa T1988 Defective MDP Signaling in a Subset of Crohn's Patients
Not Explained By Common NOD2 Mutations
T1977 Analysis of the Utah Population Database Demonstrates Vinay K. Katukuri*, Phyllissa Schmiedlin-Ren, Raj Jagirdar,
Elevated Risk of IBD Among Family Members of IBD- Mark Naddaf, Peter D. Higgins, Kate Kleaveland, Tahira
Affected Individuals and Is a Source for Large Pedigrees Khan, Ellen M. Zimmermann, Gabriel Nunez
in Which IBD Is Aggregating
Stephen Guthery*, Richard A. Kerber, Richard Pimentel, T1989 Analysis of Positional Candidate Gene HLA-B in
Geraldine Mineau Japanese Patients with Ulcerative Colitis
Eiki Nomura*, Yoshitaka Kinouchi, Go Imai, Yoichi Kakuta,
T1978 CARD15 Mutations Decrease the Mucosal Bacterial Hiroko Abe, Masaki Tosa, Atsuhiro Mochida, Kenichi
Flora in Crohn’s Disease Negoro, Sho Takagi, Seiichi Takahashi, Nobuo Hiwatashi,
Carsten Buening*, Thomas Fiedler, Enno Gentz, Janine Tooru Shimosegawa
Buettner, Hartmut Schmidt, Herbert Lochs, Alexander
Swidsinski T1990 Age and Gender Dependent Distribution of the DLG5
R30q Variant in CD Patients and Healthy Controls
T1979 From Vienna to Montreal: the Impact of Changes in IBD Liesbet Henckaerts*, Robert Vlietinck, Isabelle Verstreken,
Classification On CARD15 Genotype-Phenotype Karolien Claes, Nele Vanschuerbeek, Steven Boonen, Paul
Relationships in a Population-Based Cohort Rutgeerts, Severine Vermeire
Richard B. Gearry*, Rebecca L. Roberts, Christopher M.
Frampton, Michael J. Burt, Judith A. Collett, Bruce A. T1991 Clinical and Molecular Characteristics of Isolated
Chapman, Melanie D. Allington, Martin A. Kennedy, Colonic Crohn’s Disease (CD)
Murray L. Barclay Laura Hancock*, Tariq Ahmad, John B. Beckly, Bryan F.
Warren, Neil J. Mortensen, Derek P. Jewell
T1980 Prognostic Significance of NOD2/CARD15 SNPs in
Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation (SCT) from T1992 CARD15 Susceptibility and Pediatric Onset Crohn's
Unrelated Donors: Evidence for An Important Role of Disease (CD): Increased Risk in Male Gender
Macrophages Subra Kugathasan*, Umesh Babusukumar, Tao Wang, Manu
Julia Brenmoehl*, Heike Bremm, Anne M. Dickinson, Sood, Erin McGuire, Ulrich Broeckel
Hildegard Greinix, Gerard Socie, Daniel Wolff, Graham
Jackson, Gerhard Fischer, Vanderson Rocha, Beate Steiner- T1993 NOD2/CARD15 Variants Are a Risk Factor for Lung
Krammer, Joachim Hahn, Gerhard Hildebrandt, Guenther Complications After Stem Cell Transplantation (SCT)
Eissner, Joerg Marienhagen, Juergen Schoelmerich, Reinhard Julia Brenmoehl*, Gerhard Hildebrandt, Daniel Wolff, Bernd
Andreesen, Ernst Holler, Gerhard Rogler Hertenstein, Hildegard T. Greinix, Christian Schulz, Anne
M. Dickinson, Juergen Schoelmerich, Reinhard Andreesen,
T1981 Influence of Gender and DLG5 R30q On Susceptibility Gerhard Rogler, Ernst Holler
for Pediatric Onset Crohn’s Disease
Vincent F. Biank*, Umesh Babusukumar, Frauke Freidrichs,
Monika Stoll, Tao Wang, Erin McGuire, Ulrich Broechel,
Subra Kugathasan
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T1994 The Single Nucleotide Polymorphism C3435t in the T2005 Multiple Genetic Testing to Explain Intolerance to T
MDR1 Gene Predicts the Efficacy of Steroid Tapering in Azathioprine U
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Orazio Palmieri*, Anna Latiano, Fabrizio Bossa, Maria Rosa E
Konstantinos Katsanos*, Marc Ferrante, Liesbet Henckaerts, Valvano, Maurizio Vecchi, Renata D'Inca', Renzo Caprilli,
Marie Pierik, Karolien Claes, Nele van Schuerbeek, Marie Francesco Tonelli, Salvatore Cucchiara, Angelo Andriulli, S
Joossens, Sofie Joossens, Gert van Assche, Epameinondas V. Vito Annese D
Tsianos, Paul Rutgeerts, Severine Vermeire A
T2006 14 bp Deletion Polymorphism in the HLA-G Gene in
T1995 NO Association of Polymorphisms in the Pparg Gene Inflammatory Bowel Disease Y
Encoding for Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor- Juergen Glas, Helga P. Torok, Laurian Tonenchi, Molla MAY
γ (Pparγ) with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Yirsaw Teshome, Martin Wetzke, Wolfram Klein, Joerg T.
Juergen Glas, Helga P. Torok, Laurian Tonenchi, Christian Epplen, Uwe Schiemann, Thomas Mussack, Matthias
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Markus, Martin Wetzke, Stephan Brand, Peter Lohse, Folwaczny, Christian Folwaczny*
Wolfram Klein, Joerg T. Epplen, Uwe Schiemann, Thomas
Mussack, Thomas Ochsenkuehn, Matthias Folwaczny, T2007 Association of CARD15 Variants with Clinical Subtypes
Christian Folwaczny* of Crohn’s Disease: A Study of 630 Cases
Clive Onnie*, Sheila Fisher, Alastair Forbes, Jeremy
T1996 The 1059g/C Polymorphism in the Crp Gene Is Sanderson, Cathryn Lewis, Christopher Mathew
Associated with Involvement of the Terminal Ileum in
Patients with Crohn's Disease T2008 Association Between NOD2/CARD15 Gene Variants and
Dominik Thalmaier, Julia Dambacher, Astrid Konrad, Response to Antibiotics in Perianal Fistulizing Crohn’s
Veronika Schachinger, Simone Pfennig, Fabian Schnitzler, Disease
Tanja Staudinger, Katrin Hofbauer, Jan-Michel Otte, Julia Sieglinde Angelberger*, Matthias Schwab, Clemens Dejaco,
Seiderer, Cornelia Tillack, Burkhard Goeke, Thomas Thomas Waldhoer, Cornelia Lichtenberger, Marieluise
Ochsenkuehn, Peter Lohse, Stephan Brand* Harrer, Elke Schaeffeler, Harald Vogelsang, Walter Reinisch
T1997 MDR1 As a Susceptibility Gene in Inflammatory Bowel T2009 Evaluation of Slc22a4 and Slc22a5 Ibd5 Locus
Disease: Results of a Large Case-Control and Family- Functional Variants in African American IBD Patients
Based Analysis and Controls
Korinne Bradley*, Alissa Walsh, Beth Fowler, Susan Mason, Toshihiko Okazaki*, Howard A. Kader, Kim L. Isaacs,
Douglas Lincoln, Rebecca I. Cooley, Graham L. Radford- Duane T. Smoot, James D. Lewis, Jerrold Canakis, Mary L.
Smith Harris, Themistocles Dassopoulos, Judy H. Cho, Yin Y.
Shugart, Steven Brant, Niddk IBD Genetics Consortium
T1998 Is There Any Difference in Phenotypes Between Familial
and Sporadic Cases of Inflammatory Bowel Disease? T2010 Mthfr, Mtr, Mtrr and Tcn Polymorphisms and
Results from a Population Based, Follow-Up Study Homocysteine in a French Population with
Magne Henriksen*, Jorgen Jahnsen, Idar Lygren, Morten H. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Vatn, Bjorn Moum Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet*, Rosa-Maria Gueant-Rodriguez,
Jean-Pierre Bronowicki, Marc-Andre Bigard, Jean-Louis
T1999 Na Transporters NHE3 and Na/K-ATPase, NHE3- Gueant
Regulatory Factor1 (NHERF1) and the Intracellular
Chloride Channel Clc5 Are Down Regulated in IBD: T2011 Candidate Gene Analysis of Runx1 and Padi4 in
Probable Contribution to IBD Diarrhea Japanese Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Xuhang Li*, Sean Sullivan, Mark Donowitz, Themos Masaki Tosa*, Yoshitaka Kinouchi, Kenichi Negoro, Eiki
Dassopoulos, Steve Brant, Carmen Cuffari, Yueping Chen Nomura, Yoichi Kakuta, Hiroko Abe, Go Imai, Atsuhiro
Mochida, Sho Takagi, Seiichi Takahashi, Tooru
T2000 Is There a Crosstalk Between DLG5 R30q and NOD2/ Shimosegawa
CARD15 Or TLR4 Mutations in Hungarian Patients with
Crohn’s Disease? Phenotype-Genotype Correlations T2012 Polymorphisms with Possible Functional Relevance in
Peter L. Lakatos*, Karolien Claes, Tamas Molnar, Simon the Genes for Octn1 and Octn2 in Ibd5 Locus in
Fischer, Agota Kovacs, Istvan Altorjay, Claudia Willheim- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Polli, Zsolt Tulassay, Ferenc Szalay, Janos Papp, Hungarian Helga P. Torok*, Juergen Glas, Klaus Ott, Wolfram Klein,
LBD Study Group, Paul Rutgeerts, Peter Ferenci, Severine Peter Lohse, Thomas Ochsenkuehn, Matthias Folwaczny,
Vermeire, Laszlo Lakatos Christian Folwaczny
T2001 Mica and Micb Microsatellite Polymorphisms Are

Associated with Ulcerative Colitis in Chinese Patients AGA Poster Session
Bing Xia*, Min Lv, Jin Li, Mei Ye, Zhengguo Hu 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
T2002 Mdr1, Runx3 and TGFβRii Pathways Implicated in
Human IBD Sponsored by: Liver & Biliary
Laura E. Harrell*, Emily C. Baechler, Timothy W. Behrens,
Sam M. Bracamonte, Betul Yilmaz, Judy H. Cho METABOLIC LIVER DISEASE, INCLUDING NON-
ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASES
T2003 Detection of Novel CARD15 Mutations in IBD Patients
with a Severe Disease Phenotype T2013 The Functional Gene Polymorphisms for the

Fabian Schnitzler*, Stephan Brand, Tanja Staudinger, Pathogenesis of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
Simone Pfennig, Katrin Hofbauer, Julia Seiderer, Cornelia Akira Hirose*, Toshiji Saibara, Chikako Namikawa, Yasuko
Tillack, Burkhard Goeke, Thomas Ochsenkuehn, Peter Nozaki, Masafumi Ono, Akemi Yoshioka, Masaya Takahashi,
Lohse Naoaki Akisawa, Shinji Iwasaki, Saburo Onishi
T2004 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of the Mdr1 Gene in T2014 The PPAR-α Agonist Wy-14643 Prevents Development
Inflammatory Bowel Disease of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Mice
Konstantinos Katsanos*, Marc Ferrante, Karolien Claes, Heterozygous for a Mitochohdrial Trifunctional Protein
Nele van Schuerbeek, Marie Pierik, Liesbet Henckaerts, Defect
Marie Joossens, Sofie Joossens, Gert van Assche, Jamal A. Ibdah*, Peter Perlegas, Hermina Borgerink, J.
Epameinondas V. Tsianos, Paul Rutgeerts, Severine Vermeire Mark Cline
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T T2015 Effects of N-Acetylcysteine On Change of Oxidative AGA Poster Session
U Stress and Histopathology in Rats with Non-Alcoholic
Steatohepatitis
Duangporn Thong-Ngam*, Suchittra Samuhasaneeto,
S Onanong Kulaputana, Suthiluk Pathumraj, Piyawat
D Komolmitr, Naruemon Wisedopas Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction
A T2016 [1-13c]-Acetate Breath Test Reveals Impaired Acetate PHARMACOTHERAPY IN FUNCTIONAL AND MOTILITY
Y Metabolism in Patients with Fatty Liver Diseases DISORDERS
MAY Yoshihisa Urita*, Susumu Ishihara, Kenichiro Arai, Jun
Kondo, Tatsuo Akimoto, Hiroto Kato, Noriko Hara, Participants will be able to:
23 • Discuss new developments in pharmacological treatment of
Nakanishi, Nagato Shimada, Motonobu Sugimoto, gastrointestinal motility disorders;
Kazumasa Miki • Discuss mechanisms of action of drugs used to treat functional
gastrointestinal disorders; and
T2017 Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Japanese Patients • Identify new targets for experimental medications that may be useful
with Type 2 Diabetes: Clinical Features and Risk in the treatment of functional gastrointestinal disorders.
Factors
Nobuyuki Toshikuni*, Koji Nakashima, Akiyoshi Omoto, T2027 Tegaserod Enhances Gastric Accomodation By
Mikio Mitsunaga Antagonizing 5-HT2B Receptor Activity in the Gastric
Myenteric Plexus and Smooth Muscle
T2018 Correlation of Ultrasonography and Histology in Ling Wang*, Shi-Yi Zhou, Chung Owyang
Patients with Steatosis
Bashar M. Attar*, Cory Halliburton, Erick Chinga-Alayo T2028 Mitemcinal (GM-611), Motilin Receptor Agonist
Accelerates Both Upper GI Motility and Lower GI
T2019 Alteration in Fatty Acid Composition in Liver Biopsies Motility in Dogs
of Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Ken-Ichi Ozaki*, Hirokazu Sudo, Hiroyasu Muramatsu,
(NAFLD) Compared to Those with Reported Normal Tatsuo Yata, Kenshi Kamei, Reiko Sekimori, Zen Ito, Satoshi
Liver Biopsy Omura
Johane. P. Allard*, Ellie Aghdassi, Ghazal Avand, Nita R.
Prayitno, David W. Ma, Augustin Nguyen, Maitreyi Raman, T2029 Effects of a Novel 5-HT-4 Agonist, ATI-7505, On
Maha Guindi, Morris Sherman, Jenny E. Heathcote Gastrointestinal and Colonic Transit in Humans
Michael Camilleri*, Duane Burton, Maria I. Vazquez-Roque,
T2020 Changes in Liver Histology After One Year of Treatment Thomas Ford, Sanna McKinzie, Alan R. Zinsmeister
with Probucol in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
Shahin Merat*, Mohsen Aduli, Rozana Kazemi, Masoud T2030 Dexloxiglumide, a CCK1-Antagonist, Improves Gas-
Sotoudeh, Reza Malekzadeh Related Symptoms in Healthy Subjects
Beatriz Lobo*, Jordi Serra, Fernando Azpiroz, Massimo
T2021 Lovastatin Is Not Hepatotoxic to Patients with Pre- D'Amato, Juan R. Malagelada
Existing Liver Disease

Andrew L. Avins*, Michelle M. Manos, Theodore R. Levin,
Lynn M. Ackerson, Wei K. Zhao, Rosemary C. Murphy,
T2031 Influence of Guanylate Cyclase C Binding Ligand Md-
1100 On TNBS-Induced Visceral Hypersensitivity in Wt
Douglas J. Watson, Peggy May T. Hwang, Amy R. Replogle, Vs Ko Guanylate Cyclase C Deficient Mice
Jeffrey G. Levine Helene Eutamene*, Vassilia Theodorou, Valerie Tondereau,
Aurelie Waget, Jean Fioramonti, Alexander P. Bryant, Lionel
T2022 The Role of ADH3 and CYP2E1 Gene Polymorphism in Bueno
Alcohol Liver Cirrhosis and Chronic Alcohol
Pancreatitis T2032 Effect of Tegaserod On Meal-Related Symptoms Induced
Halina Lach*, Krzysztof Celinski, Jadwiga Partycka, Maria By the Nutrient Drink Test in Man
Slomka George Karamanolis*, Sebastien Kindt, Rita Vos, Josef
Janssens, Jan Tack
T2023 Central Role of Srebp Lipogenic Pathways in Alcohol-
Induced Hepatic Steatosis T2033 Newer Antiepileptic Drugs for Adults with Cyclic
Cheng Ji*, Christine Chan, Neil Kaplowitz Vomiting Syndrome (CVS): A Novel Approach to
Maintenance Therapy
T2024 N-Acetylcysteine and Ascorbic Acid Protect Against Ray E. Clouse*, Gregory S. Sayuk, Rajesh Shah, Patrick J.
Oxidative Stress Related Toxicity Caused By Ecstasy and Lustman, Chandra Prakash
Ethanol
Kristina Norman*, Conni Mueller, Manuela Jackstadt, T2034 The Characterization of An Active Metabolite of MD-
Herbert Lochs, Tilman Grune, Matthias Pirlich 1100, a Therapeutic Agent in Development for the
Treatment of IBS-C and Chronic Constipation
T2025 Oxidative Stress and Lipid Peroxidation-Induced 1, N6- Alexander P. Bryant*, Robert W. Busby, Etchell A. Cordero,
Ethenodeoxyadenosine DNA Adducts in CYP2E1 Marco M. Kessler, Christine M. Pierce, Jenny V. Tobin,
Overexpressing HEPG2 Cells Upon Ethanol Treatment Angelika Fretzen, Caroline Kurtz, Mark G. Currie
Jagadeesan Nair, Dan Zili, Felix Stickel, Bartsch Helmut,
Helmut K. Seitz* T2035 Diabetic Gastroparesis: Effect of Mitemcinal By
Subgroup Analysis in a 12-Week, Randomized, Multi-
T2026 The Anti-Fibrogenic Effects of EGCG in Activated HSC Center, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2b
in Vitro Are Mainly Derived from Its Antioxidant Study
Property By De Novo Synthesis of Cellular Glutathione Richard W. McCallum*, Barry J. Goldstein
Yumei Fu*, Yajun Zhou, Shizhong Zheng, Anping Chen
T2036 Long-Term Quality of Life in Patients with Irritable
Bowel Syndrome with Diarrhea Predominance (IBS-D)
Receiving Cilansetron 2 Mg tid: Results from a 52-Week
Extension Trial
Philip Miner*, James S. Novick
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T2037 The Phytopharmacon STW5 (Iberogast®) Has Pro- T
AGA Poster Session
Secretory Effects in the Human Small and Large
U
Intestine E
Dagmar Kruger, Florian Zeller, Olaf Kelber, D Weiser, LA Convention Center
Thomas Frieling, Michael Schemann* S
Sponsored by: Nutrition & Obesity D
T2038 Protein and Ginger for the Treatment of Chemotherapy-
Induced Delayed Nausea and Gastric Dysrhythmia NUTRIENT ABSORPTION/MALABSORPTION/SHORT GUT A
Max E. Levine*, Marcum Gillis, Sara Yanchis, Anne C. Voss, SYNDROME/INTESTINAL TRANSPLANTATION Y
Robert M. Stern, Kenneth L. Koch MAY
T2050 Growth Hormone Favorably Affects Bone Turnover and
T2039 Tegaserod Is Effective for Long-Term Use in Patients Bone Mineral Density in Patients with short Bowel 23
with Chronic Constipation Syndrome Undergoing Intestinal Rehabilitation
Lin Chang*, Marielle Cohard-Radice, Cornelia Dunger- Vin Tangpricha, Menghua Luo, Concepcion Fernandez-
Baldauf, Jeffrey Kralstein, Michael A. Shetzline Estivariz, Niloofar Bazargan, Shanthi V. Sitaraman, Li H.
Gu, Jan-Michael Klapproth, John R. Galloway, Lorraine M.
T2040 Effect of a Novel Motilin Receptor Agonist, GSK326416, Leader, Thomas R. Ziegler*
On Faecal Output in the Rabbit
William Unsworth*, Julia E. Smith, Colin A. Campbell, T2051 Colostrum Supplementation Causes Hypertrophy in An
Simon T. Bate, Kim L. Matthews, Alexander J. Stevens, Intestinal Smooth Muscle Cell Line (HISM) and in the
Shaun McNulty, Kevin Lee, Susan M. Westaway, Sharon C. Ileum of a Piglet Pre-Clinical Model of short Bowl
Stratton, Celestine T. O'Shaughnessy Syndrome
Prue M. Pereira*, Sarah L. Vaughan, Russell G. Taylor, Peter
T2041 Lactulose in the Treatment of Constipation in Pregnant J. Fuller, Magdy Sourial, Eva S. Nagy, Julie E. Bines
Chinese Women: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-
Controlled, Multicenter Study T2052 Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (rhGH) Reduces
Daniel Becker*, Daniele Compagnone, Lily Lu Hpn Dependence (HPNd) of short Bowel Syndrome
(SBS) Adult Patients: A Randomized, Cross-Over,
T2042 Interruption of Daily Activities in Cilansetron-Treated Placebo Controlled Study
Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Diarrhea Francisca Joly*, Claude Baudoin, Abdul Monem Badran,
Predominance (IBS-D): Results from a 16-Week, Placebo- Pascal Crenn, Bernard Messing
Controlled, Rerandomization Trial
Carlos F. Francisconi*, Douglas A. Drossman, Emeran A. T2053 The Effects of Glucagon-Like Peptide 2 (GLP-2) On
Mayer, Steven Caras Intestinal Mucosal Blood-Flow Evaluated in the Stoma
Nipple By Laser Doppler Flow in short Bowel Patients
T2043 Effects of Lactobacillus Plantarum 299v On Symptoms Peter Hoeyerup*, Peter T. Schmidt, Per Hellstrom, Per B.
and Rectal Sensitivity in Patients with Irritable Bowel Mortensen, Palle B. Jeppesen
Syndrome (IBS) - A Randomized, Double-Blind
Controlled Trial T2054 Increased Intestinal Absorption Rates By Segmental
Magnus Simren*, Alma Syrous, Anette Lindh, Hasse Reversal of the Small Bowel in Patients with short
Abrahamsson Bowel Syndrome
Francisca Joly*, Sophie Rousseau, Xavier Dray, Kouroche
T2044 Colonic Vascular Conductance Increased By Herbal Vahedi, Nathalie Kapel, Patrice Valleur, Yves Panis, Bernard
Medicine Dai-Kenchu-to Via Calcitonin Gene-Related Messing
Peptide
Takashi Koseki, Toru Kono*, Jun Iwamoto, Shinichi Kasai T2055 Effect of LGG On Gut Barrier Function and Breath
Hydrogen Testing in Children with short Gut Syndrome:
T2045 The Effect of Lipase Supplementation On Upper Results of a Randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical
Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Gastric Myoelectrical Trial
Activity Induced By a High Fat Meal in Healthy Timothy A. Sentongo*, Xaiotan Zheng, Valeria Cohran,
Volunteers Simona Korff, Annie Xoomsai, Christine Sullivan, Kishore
Max E. Levine*, Vikram D. Gopal, Sara Yanchis, Kenneth L. Iyer
Koch
T2056 Genetic Testing for Hypolactasia - Redefining Diagnostic
T2046 A Novel Model to Study the Effect of Infused Gastric Testing for Lactose Intolerance?
Content On Gastric Pressure and Content Distribution Daniel Pohl*, Radu Tutuian, Oliver Goetze, Martin
in Conscious Rats: Effect of Atropine, Molsidomine and Hersberger, Arnold von Eckardstein, Bernadette Stutz,
NG-Nitro-L-Arginine Methyl Ester Michael Fried
Pieter Janssen*, Maria Astin Nielsen, Per-Goran Gillberg,
Leif Hultin T2057 Functional Alterations Following Small Bowel Ischemia-
Reperfusion Injury As a Model of Infant Necrotizing
T2047 Tegaserod Is Proven Safe in IBS-C Patients and Those Enterocolitis
with Mixed/Alternating Bowel Habits Brian M. Chung*, Fatima Ahmed, Kelly Tappenden
Luis C. Sabbagh*, William D. Chey, Gary Barton, Andrea
Viegas, Gregory Ligozio, Michael A. Shetzline T2058 The Relationship Between Glucose Absorption and
Gastric Emptying in Critical Illness
T2048 Quality of Life Improves in Both Male and Female Marianne Chapman, Robert Fraser, Laura Bryant*, Carly
Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Diarrhea Burgstad, Francis Bartholomeusz, Stephanie Creed,
Predominance (IBS-D) Following 12 Weeks of Antonietta Russo, Karen Jones, Max Bellon, Barry
Cilansetron Treatment As Part of a Placebo-Controlled Chatterton, Ross Butler, Geoffrey Davidson, Michael
Rerandomization Trial Horowitz
Lucinda A. Harris*, Braden Kuo
T2059 Development of a Simple Model of Orthotopic Small
T2049 Clinical Hallmarks of Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS) Bowel Transplantation in the Mouse
in Adults and Role of Long-Term Tricyclic Therapy Fatima Javairiah*, Scott G. Houghton, Michael G. Sarr
Farid Namin*, Patel Jitan, Iman Joker, Zhiyue Lin, Reginald
Dusing, Richard W. McCallum
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T T2060 Maltotriose, Product of α-Amylase Starch Hydrolysis, T2072 Effect of Supplementing Different Macronutrients On
U Suppresses Maltase-Glucoamylase Activity and Slows Gastric Sensory and Motor Functions and Appetite in
E Terminal Starch Digestion 44.5 Fold Normal Weight, Overweight, Or Obese Humans
Roberto Quezada-Calvillo*, Claudia C. Robayo-Torres, Moo-In Park*, Michael Camilleri, Helen O'Connor, Lavonne
S Susan S. Baker, Bruce Hamaker, Erwin E. Sterchi, Buford L. Oenning, Duane Burton, Debra Stephens, Alan R.
D Nichols Zinsmeister
A T2062 Comparison of a Genetic Test for Lactase Polymorphism T2073 Gastric Distension Does Not Affect the Inhibitiory
Y with Two Standard Tests for Lactose Mal-Digestion in Effect of Pyy3-36 On Food Intake in Healthy Human
MAY Adults Subjects
Andrew N. Szilagyi*, Paula Malolepszy, Elise Hamard, Mary Lukas Degen*, Philipp Cesena, Sibylle Oesch, Christoph
23
Ponniah, Xiaoqing Xue, Nir Hilzenrat, Elizabeth Beglinger
MacNamara, George Chong
T2074 Peptide Yy (PYY) Release Is Increased in Critical Illness
T2063 High Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients During Small Intestinal Nutrient Stimulation
with Inactive Crohn’s Disease Nam Q. Nguyen*, Richard Holloway, Robert Fraser, Laura
Treasa Nic Suibhne*, Colm O'Morain, Maria O'Sullivan Bryant, Marianne Chapman, Carly Burgstad, Judith Wishart,
Michael Horowitz
T2064 13c-Glucose Hydrogen Breath Test to Evaluate Glucose
Oxidation and Carbohydrate Malabsorption T2075 Protection Against Foodborne Bacterial Infections By
Yoshihisa Urita*, Susumu Ishihara, Kenichiro Arai, Jun Dietary Calcium: Role of Duration of Calcium
Kondo, Tatsuo Akimoto, Hiroto Kato, Noriko Hara, Supplementation and Gut Microflora Composition in
Hideyuki Koshino, Yoshiko Honda, Yoko Nagai, Kazushige Rats
Nakanishi, Nagato Shimada, Motonobu Sugimoto, Ingeborg Bovee-Oudenhoven*, Mischa Lettink-Wissink,
Kazumasa Miki Roelof van der Meer
T2065 Intestinal Absorption Capacity Is Normal in Recently T2076 Carnosine and Histidine Suppress the Induction of
Diagnosed Celiac Disease, But Not in Refractory Celiac Inflammatory Cytokine in Human Intestinal Epithelial
Disease CACO-2 and HT-29 Cells
Nicolette Wierdsma*, Job H. Peters, Chris J. Mulder, Hideo Satsu*, Dong Ok Son, Makoto Shimizu
Marian A. van Bokhorst- de van der Schueren, Adje A. van
Bodegraven T2077 Relationship Between Blood Glucose Control and Feed
Intolerance in Critical Illness
T2066 The Protein Absorption Capacity Is Intact in Human Nam Q. Nguyen*, Katrina Bland, Robert J. Fraser, Richard
Neonates with An Enterostomy H. Holloway
Maaike W. Schaart, Adrianus C. De Bruijn, Dick Tibboel,
Johannes B. van Goudoever, Ingrid B. Renes*
AGA Poster Session
T2067 Determination of Residual Bowel Length Via Surgical, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Radiological Or Historical Data in Patients with short LA Convention Center
Bowel Syndrome and Intestinal Failure
Neha R. Parekh, Ezra Steiger*, Douglas L. Seidner Sponsored by: Nutrition & Obesity
NUTRIENT SIGNALING, TRANSPORT AND METABOLISM

AGA Poster Session
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A T2078 Membrane Targeting and Intracellular Trafficking of the

Human Thiamine Transporter-2 (hTHTR-2) in Epithelial
Cells
Veedamali S. Subramanian*, Jonathan S. Marchant, Hamid
M. Said
NUTRIENT AND GUT FUNCTION
T2079 Reduced Intestinal Cholesterol Absorption Lessens the
T2068 Taste Receptor G-Protein α-Gustducin Does Not Uptake of Long- and Medium-Chain Saturated Fatty
Colocalise with Enteroendocrine Cell Markers in the Acids in Mice
Mouse Intestine Eric Labonte*, Ronald J. Jandacek, Joanna P. Davies, Yiannis
Kate Sutherland*, Nicole J. Cooper, Michael Horowitz, A. Ioannou, David Y. Hui, Philip N. Howles
Robert F. Margolskee, L Ashley Blackshaw, Richard L. Young
T2080 Amino Acid Absorption in the Colon Is Evidenced By
T2069 Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Change the Means of a Colonic Instillation Study Using 13C-Leucine
Permeability Characteristics of Intestinal Monolayers By Karen Geboes*, Anja Luypaerts, Vicky de Preter, Paul
Remodeling the Tight Junctions Rutgeerts, Kristin Verbeke
Yasotha Duraisamy*, Daniel Lambert, Catherine A. O'Neill,
Philip Padfield T2081 GIF 68a>G Genetic Polymorphism of Gastric Intrinsic
Factor Is Not Associated with Low Vitamin B12 Nor
T2070 Expressions of TNF-α, TNFR-1 and TNFR-11 in the with High Homocysteine Plasma Level in African and
Intestinal Mucosa of LPS-Injected Rats Maintained On European Populations
Low-Protein and High-Fat Diets Celine Chery, Cyrille Bessod, Rosa-Maria Gueant-Rodriguez,
Nilima Raina*, Khursheed N. Jeejeebhoy Emile Kousanta Amouzou, Nicodeme Chabi, Ambaliou
Sanni, Paolo Bosco, Guido Anello, Renee Debard, Marc
T2071 Effect of Breakfasts with Different Glycemic Index and Andre Bigard, Jean-Louis Gueant*
Glycemic Load On Metabolic and Hormonal Responses
to the Breakfast and to the Following Meal T2082 The Small Intestine Used Dietary and Systemic
Luigi Benini*, Fosca de Lorio, Laura Rigo, Anna Albiero, Threonine Simultaneously for Muc2 Synthesis in Human
Furio Brighenti, Camilla Melegari, Roberto Ciati, John Neonates
Blundell, Naika Tacchella, Elisa Nesta, Donatella Ieluzzi, Maaike W. Schaart, Adrianus C. De Bruijn, Henk
Italo Vantini Schierbeek, Johannes B. van Goudoever, Ingrid B. Renes*
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T2083 Influence of the Mitochondrial Taurine Transporter T2095 Plasma Citrulline Concentration Is a Reliable Marker of T
Expression On Hepatic Mitochondria Number in CCL4- Small Bowel Absorptive Capacity in Crohn’s Disease and U
Induced Liver Disease Is Independent of Intestinal Inflammation E
Teruo Miyazaki*, Yasushi Matsuzaki, Akira Honda, Tadashi Cinzia Papadia*, Ra Sherwood, Tommy Kalantzis, Katharina
Ikegami, Yining Zhang, Bernard Bouscarel Wallis, U Volta, E Fiorini, Alastair Forbes S
D
T2084 A Novel Type Hypertriglyceridemia Observed in T2096 Reduced Muscle Function and Muscle Stores Are
Spontaneous Hepatic Steatosis Model FLS Mice Common in Quiescent Crohn's Disease
A
Masafumi Ono*, Masaya Takahashi, Toshiji Saibara, Akira Treasa Nic Suibhne*, Colm O'Morain, Maria O'Sullivan Y
Hirose, Naoaki Akisawa, Shinji Iwasaki, Saburo Onishi MAY
T2097 The Effect of Distal Jejunal Feeding On in Vivo Trypsin
T2085 Methionine Deficiency and Steatohepatitis in a Dietary Synthesis and Turnover 23
Animal Model Wen Zhou*, Justin Kiswardy, Neeraj Kaushik, Marie
Helieh S. Oz*, Willem J. de Villiers, Craig McClain Pietraszewski, Stephen J. O'Keefe
T2086 Butyrate Up-Regulates the Bacterial Lipoprotein T2098 Associations Between Growth and Dietary Intakes in
Stimulation of the NFkB Inhibitory Protein,A20, in Children After Liver Transplant
Intestinal Epithelial Cells Timothy A. Sentongo*, Simona Korff Korff, Roopa Seshadri,
Meiqian Weng*, W.allan Walker, Ian Sanderson Ann Quinn, Meena Rammohan, Estella Alonso
T2087 Gene Expression Profile of Stomach in Response to T2100 Dose Enteral Feeding Stimulate the Pancreas in Patients
Food Intake in Mice with Severe Acute Pancreatitis?
Eli Helge*, Chun-Mei Zhao, Turid Follestad, Paul van den Stephen J. O'Keefe*, Marie Pietraszewski, Neeraj Kaushik
Ijssel, Paul P. Eijk, Bauke Ylstra, Duan Chen
T2101 Survival Rate, Nutritional Independence, and Prognostic
T2088 Analysis of Small Intestinal Gene Expression in C57bl/6 Factors in 100 Patients with Chronic Intestinal Failure
Mice Revealed a Protective Effect of Calcium On Dietary Italo Vantini*, Silvia Montibeller, Luigi Benini, Giorgio
Fat Induced Cell Proliferation Talamini, Elettra Marangoni, Fosca de Lorio, Ulrich
Nicole de Wit*, Hanneke Vermeulen, Lydia Afman, Thalheimer, Franco Capra, Franco Benini
Mechteld Grootte Bromhaar, Michael Muller, Roelof van der
Meer T2102 Efficacy of Home Pamidronate Infusion in Patients with
Metabolic Bone Disease On Home Total Parenteral
T2089 The Enteroendocrine Fatty Acid Receptor GPR40 Nutrition
Retains Acyl Chain Length Response Specificity When Maitreyi Raman*, Baun Mary, Ellie Aghdassi, Johane P.
Heterologously Expressed in PC12 Cells Allard
Andrew J. Higgins*, Anthony D. Jackson, Craig P. Smith,
John McLaughlin T2103 Choline Deficiency Is Associated with Increased Risk
for Venous Catheter Thrombosis
T2090 Expression of Metabolic and Signalling Genes Is Altered Alan L. Buchman*, Marvin E. Ament, Donald J. Jendon,
in Adipose Tissue of Obese Children Chul Ahn
Antonio Suarez*, Concepcion Aguilera, Carolina Gomez-
Llorente, Ines Tofe, Mercedes Gil, Esther Farez, Jose T2104 Nasojejunal Feeding in Severe Acute Pancreatitis:
Antonio Gomez-Capilla, Ramon Canete, Angel Gil Comparison of Endoscopic and Self-Migration Tube
Placement
T2091 Is Lys109lys in the Lepr Gene Associated with Stephane Lecleire*, Michel Antonietti, Eric Lerebours
Protecting Obesity from Hyperglycemia?
Chen Shaohua, Yu Chaohui, Jiang Lingling, Li Youming*
T2092 Identification of the Acute Effects of Lactobacillus
Plantarum WCFS1 On Transcriptional Responses in
Human Intestinal Mucosa
Freddy Troost*, Michiel Kleerebezem, Willem M. de Vos,
Robert-Jan M. Brummer
AGA Poster Session

NUTRITION SUPPORT: ENTERAL/PARENTERAL NUTRITION

T2093 Prokinetic Therapy for Feed Intolerance in Critical
Illness: One Drug Or Two?
Nam Q. Nguyen*, Marianne Chapman, Robert Fraser J.
Fraser, Laura Bryant, Richard H. Holloway
T2094 A Subjective Assessment of Skills and Social Support

Required to Administer Home Parenteral Nutrition and
Presence of a Psychiatric Diagnosis Can Predict the
Development of Complications
Douglas Seidner*, Lori Jeris de Burgoa, Cynthia Hamilton,
Judy Stafford, Rocio Lopez, Ezra Steiger
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CLINICAL
AGA Poster Session W1011 Trends in Colorectal Cancer, Obesity, Diet and
Population Risk Factors in a Multi-Ethnic Asian
Population
LA Convention Center Mark L. Fernandes*, Yiong Huak Chan, Khay Guan Yeoh
Sponsored by: Clinical Practice W1012 Proximal Shift in the Distribution of Adenomatous
Colon Polyps and Associated Factors Over the Past Ten
CRC SCREENING AND OUTCOMES Years
Sooyoung Park*, Byung Chang Kim, Sung Jae Shin, Sang
Participants will be able to: Kil Lee, Tae Il Kim, Won Ho Kim
• Review outcomes of CRC screening;
W • Compare CRC screening methodologies; and W1013 The Utilization of Colonoscopy As a Screening Method
E • Review predictors of screening adherence. for Colorectal Cancer in Two U. S. Metropolitan
D Teaching Hospitals
W1000 A Patient Navigator (PN) in An Open Access Endoscopy Mohammad A. Wehbi, Jae W. Nam*, Charles G. Nesmith,
N (OAE) Program Facilitates Completion and Satisfaction Donald M. Pham, Kamil Obideen, Vincent W. Yang
E with Screening Colonoscopy (SC) Among Low-Income
Underrepresented Minorities (URMs) W1014 The Rate of Polyp Recurrence in Patients Undergoing
S Colonoscopy in a U.S. Metropolitan Teaching Hospital
Stephanie A. Santos*, Lina Jandorf, Steven Itzkowitz,
D Anabella G. Castillo, Jennifer Christie Mohammad A. Wehbi, Jae W. Nam, Charles G. Nesmith*,
A Donald M. Pham, Kamil Obideen, Vincent W. Yang
W1001 Yield of Initial Colonoscopy Screening in Patients < 50
Y Years of Age with a Family History of Colorectal Cancer W1015 Smoking As a Risk Factor for Colorectal Neoplasia
MAY Brooks D. Cash*, Cecilia H. Kim, Dolores Y. Rhodes, Mark (CRN) and Hyperplastic Polyps (HP) in Japanese
H. Johnston, Peter W. Soballe, Philip S. Schoenfeld Patients
24
Fumio Omata*, Fumiaki Ueno, Tetsuya Mine, Yang Chen
W1002 Can Artificial Neural Networks Predict Need for
Colonoscopy in Patients Attending Colorectal Clinics? W1016 A Study of Relation Between Sigmoid Colon Polyps and
Sushil K. Maslekar*, Angela Gardiner, Graeme S. Duthie Body Fatness in Healthy Adults of Eastern Country
Young S. Park*, Jeong Hoon Ji, Dong Ho Lee, Nayoung
W1003 Should We Suspect Hereditary Non Polyposis Colorectal Kim, Ju Seong Kim, Hyun Chae Jung, In Sung Song
Cancer (HNPCC) in Patients with Colorectal Adenomas
Before 40 ? W1017 Quality Measures for Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis: A
Driffa Moussata*, Alexandra Glehen, Marie-Odile Joly, Systematic Review
Beatrice Parmentier, Stephane Nancey, Clermont-Carre Deborah A. Fisher*, Christopher R. Mantyh, Michael A.
Nathalie, Jean-Yves Scoazec, Jean-Christophe Saurin Morse, Richard G. Prosnitz, Gregory P. Samsa, Meenal B.
Patwardhan
W1004 Both Body Mass Index and Familial History of Cancer
Are Risk Factors of Colorectal Neoplasms W1018 Usefulness of Detecting K-RAS Point Mutation in Stool
Takafumi Sugimoto*, Yutaka Yamaji, Atsuo Yamada, of Patients with Colorectal Cancer Compared to
Shintaro Kondo, Miki Ohta, Hirotsugu Watabe, Keiji Ogura, Measuring Hemoglobin and Lactoferrin in Stool
Makoto Okamoto, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata Takashi Nishikawa*, Shingo Yasumoto, Yosuke Abe, Takuya
Inoue, Eijiro Morita, Naoko Murano, Ken Toshina,
W1005 How Much Does Polypectomy Actually Reduce Mitsuyuki Murano, Ryoichi Matsuse, Kazuo Uchida, Ken-
Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Risk? Estimated Impact of Ichi Katsu
Initial Colonoscopy/Polypectomy and Surveillance
Murtaza Parekh*, Uri Ladabaum W1019 Mail Return of Fecal Occult Blood Testing Is Low in a
VA Population and Strongly Related to Race: A
W1006 Age, Smoking Status and the ACE-27 Co-Morbidity Retrospective Study
Score Are Accurate and Independent Predictors of Deborah A. Fisher*, Marcus R. Johnson, Nicholas J.
Survival from Colorectal Cancer in the Elderly Shaheen
Parita Patel*, Muhammad Ayub, Samuel N. Forjuoh, Tushar
Patel W1020 Factors Influencing Colorectal Cancer Screening Among
African-American and Caucasian Churchgoers
W1007 Evaluating Quality Improvement of Initial Colonoscopy Christian S. Jackson*, Colin W. Howden
and Polypectomy in Patients with Precancerous Polyps
and Cancers: A Three Year Followup Study W1021 Is Chronic Disease a Barrier to Colorectal Cancer
Harvey W. Olsen Screening?
Maria Rosario Ferreira*, Ahsan Arozullah, Marian L.
W1008 Prospective and Retrospective Study of the Effect of Fitzgibbon, Nancy Dolan, Michael Wolf, Alfred W.
Oral Sodium Phosphate Prior to Colonoscopy On Renal Rademaker, Charles Bennett
Function
Ramy D. Abaskharoun*, Stephen Vanner, Depew William W1022 Assessing Referral and Prioritisation Practices Using
Standardised Recommendations in An Open Access
W1009 Should Mixing of Sodium Phosphate with Sugared Colonoscopy Service
Drinks for Colonoscopy Preparation Be Avoided? Dev S. Segarajasingam*, Jacqueline M. Leber, Hooi C. Ee,
Sherman Chamberlain, James C. Balart*, Kostas Sideridis, Ian F. Yusoff
Subbaramiah Sridhar, William O. Thompson, Angelo
Fernandez, Jeffrey Salek W1023 Success Rates for Colorectal Cancer Screening Remain
Disappointing Despite Open Access Colonoscopy
W1010 Comparison of Propofol and Midazolam On Shibu Oommen*, Vijay Jayaraman, Catherine Messina,
Psychomotor Performance Joseph C. Anderson, Robert D. Shaw
Akira Horiuchi*, Yoshiko Nakayama
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W1024 Significance of Abnormal Findings On Abdominal CT W1035 Quality of Life in Crohn’s Patients with Perianal
Scan As Compared to Colonoscopy Fistulas: Influence of Fecal Diversion
Joseph Quagliata*, Srikrishna Nagri, Krishna Kalakuntla, Michael S. Kasparek*, Joerg Glatzle, Tanja Temeltcheva,
Anna Jagarlamudi, Laurel Bastone, Yashpal Arya, Sury Mario H. Mueller, Alfred Koenigsrainer, Martin E. Kreis
Anand
W1036 A Systematic Review of the Quality of Patient
W1025 Colonoscopy Demand and Practice in a Regional Information On Medical Treatment of Crohn’s Disease
Hospital Over 9 Years in Hong Kong: Resource and Ulcerative Colitis On the World Wide Web
Implication for Cancer Screening Morgan Langille, Chris Rodgers, Andre Bernard, Sander van
Annie On On Chan*, Wai Mo Hui, Chi Kuen Chan, Kam Zanten*
Chuen Lai, Wayne Hc Hu, Man Fung Yuen, Wai Man
Wong, George Kk Lau, Chi Kin Hui, Shiu Kum Lam, W1037 Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation for Bone Loss
Benjamin Cy Wong in Children with IBD: Does It Help?
Yoram Elitsur*, Shaista Safder, Peter Chirico
W1026 Predictors of Failed Colonoscopy in Nonagenarians: A
Single-Center Experience W1038 Genotype-Phenotype Analysis in a New Inception W
Eliahu Shemesh*, Hemda Schmilovitz-Weiss Cohort of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Copenhagen E
2003-2004. A Study from the Danish Colitis Crohn
W1027 Natural History of CRC in France: A Population-Based Database D
Study in Private Practice Ida Vind*, Cathrine Jespersgaard, Lene Riis, Paal S. N
Pienkowski Patrice, Houcke Philippe*, Lledo Gerard, Andersen, Pia Munkholm E
Papazian Arsene, Richard-Mollard Bruno, Rouillon Jean-
Michel, Vaillant Eric W1039 Environmental Factors Associated with Crohn’s Disease: S
A Population-Based Case-Control Study D
Richard B. Gearry*, Ann Richardson, Christopher M.
AGA Poster Session Frampton, Judith A. Collett, Andrew Dodgshun, Bruce A.
A
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Chapman, Michael J. Burt, Murray L. Barclay Y
W1040 Juvenile Onset of Crohn's Disease: A Risk Factor for
Reduced Lumbar Bone Mass 24
David Armstrong*, Marina Mauro
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
W1041 Collagenous Colitis- a Ten Year Follow-Up Study
OBSERVATIONS ON IBD Ahmed Madisch*, Stephan Miehlke, Franziska Lindner,
Birgit Bethke, Manfred Stolte
• Review new therapies for IBD; W1042 Risk Factors and Indications for First Surgery in
• Review quality of life outcomes in IBD; and Crohn’s Disease Patients: Analysis of 289 Japanese
• Review evolving epidemiology of IBD. Cases
Naofumi Morimoto*, Jun Kato, Motoaki Kuriyama, Toru
W1028 Cost-Effectiveness of mesalamine (5-aminosalicyclic Nawa, Manabu Kurome, Koji Takemoto, Sakiko Hiraoka,
acid, 5-ASA) Therapy for Maintenance of Remission in Yasushi Shiratori
Eugene F. Yen*, Sunanda V. Kane, Uri Ladabaum W1043 Epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the
Pediatric East Indian Population of British Columbia
W1029 Adverse Events Leading to Modification of Therapy in a Vered Pinsk*, Daniel A. Lemberg, Richard Schreiber, Collin
Large Cohort of Azathioprine-Treated Patients with Barker, David M. Israel, Kevan Jacobson
Ulf Hindorf*, Malin Lindqvist, Hans Hildebrand, Ulrika W1044 High Rate of Crohn's Disease in Canterbury New
Fagerberg, Sven Almer Zealand - Results of a Population-Based Study
Richard B. Gearry*, Ann Richardson, Christopher M.
W1030 The Efficacy and Remission Time of Intravenous Frampton, Bruce A. Chapman, Michael J. Burt, Judith A.
Cyclosporin in Patients with Severe Ulcerative Colitis Collett, Murray L. Barclay
Are Increased When Given Immediately After An Onset
Or An Exacerbation W1045 Risk Factors of Ulcerative Colitis in Chinese Population:
Naoki Yoshimura*, Yasuo Suzuki, Masakazu Takazoe An Age- and Sex-Matched Case-Control Study
Bing Xia*, Li Jiang, Jin Li, Mei Ye, Changsheng Deng
W1031 Sargramostim Improves the Health-Related Quality of
Life of Crohn’s Disease Patients: Sf-36, IBDQ, and VAS W1046 Sexual Function in Men with IBD - A Survey with
Eq-5d Findings Controls
Brian K. Dieckgraefe, Joshua R. Korzenik, Suzanne Antje Timmer*, Alexandra Bauer, Beate Bokhof, Angela
Laplante* Takses, Axel Dignass, Gerhard Rogler
W1032 Crohn’s Disease Patients Treated with Sargramostim Are W1047 Measurement of 6-Mercaptopurine Metabolites to
More Able to Attend Work/School and Leisure/Sport Optimize Azathioprine Therapy in Pediatric
Activities As Measured By Questions 4 and 12 of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is a Clinically Useful and
IBDQ Cost-Effective Management Strategy
Brian K. Dieckgraefe, Suzanne Laplante*, Georg Groetzbach Sanjoy Banerjee*, Warren P. Bishop
W1033 Quality of Life Indices Correlate with Clinical As Well W1048 Health Care Resource Utilization in IBD
As Endoscopic Activity in Patients with Ulcerative Teresa Longobardi*, Charles Bernstein
Colitis
Alexandra Zahn*, Ulf Hinz, Max Karner, Robert Ehehalt, W1049 Use of Infliximab for Ulcerative Colitis in the Pre-Act I/
Wolfgang Stremmel II Era: An Analysis of 2000-2001 Commercial Insurance
Claims
W1034 Sick Leave, Unemployment, Disability and HRQOL in Patrick D. Meek*, Marjorie Rosenberg, Nilay D. Shah, Bora
Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Gumustop
Tomm Bernklev*, Magne Henriksen, Jorgen Jahnsen,
Morten Vatn, Bjorn Moum
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W1050 The Effect of Current Alcohol Consumption in Inactive W1061 Meal Related Symptoms and Gastric Motor Function
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Birgit Adam*, Tobias Liebregts, Guru Iyngkaran, F Dylan
Garth Swanson*, Laurie Keefer, Mary Kwasny, Sedghi Bartholomeusz, Max Bellon, Jacob Bolwell, Gerald
Shahriar, Ali Keshavarzian Holtmann
W1051 North American Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) W1062 Impact of the Rome II Criteria - Assessment of Related
Experts and Community GI Providers Differ Comorbid Prevalence and Costs of Patients with
Significantly in Prescribing 5-ASA Products in Crohn’s Functional Dyspepsia
Disease (CD) Stephen George*, Nathan L. Kleinman, Richard Brook, Jim .
Eric Esrailian*, Brennan M. Spiegel, Laura E. Targownik, Smeeding
Marla C. Dubinsky, Stephan R. Targan, Ian M. Gralnek
W1063 Endoscopic Findings in Patients with Dyspeptic
W1052 Evaluation of Densitometric Bone-Muscle Relationships Symptoms Who Fail Acid Suppressive Therapy
in Crohn's Disease (CD) Nimish Vakil*, Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Nigel Flook,
David Armstrong*, Marina Mauro Karsten Lauritsen, Tore Persson, Ewa Bjorck, Johan Brun,
W Tore Lind, Nicholas J. Talley
E W1053 Magnifying Colonoscope Findings Are Predictive of
Relapse in Patients with Quiescent Ulcerative Colitis W1064 Accelerate Reversal of Helicobacter Pylori-Induced
D Takafumi Ando*, Yuji Nishio, Osamu Maeda, Kazuhiro Gastric Dysfunction By Specific Probiotics Through An
N Ishiguro, Osamu Watanabe, Naoki Ohmiya, Yasumasa Niwa, Anti-Inflammatory Effect
E Hidemi Goto Premysl Bercik*, Elena F. Verdu, Xian Xi Huang, Thomas
Tompkins, Stephen M. Collins
S W1054 Careful Patient Selection May Improve Response Rates
D to Infliximab in Inflammatory Bowel Disease W1065 Dyspeptic Symptoms Improvement in Patients with
Ian C. Lawrance*, Callum B. Pearce Non-Erosive Reflux Disease Is Correlated with the
A Degree of Intragastric Acid Inhibition
Y Giovanni Sarnelli*, Luigi Russo, Ida Esposito, Francesco De
AGA Poster Session Giorgi, Maria Flavia Savarese, Eleonora Efficie, Gabriele
MAY
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Budillon, Rosario Cuomo
24 LA Convention Center
W1066 Age and Alarm Symptoms As An Indication for
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders Endoscopy in a Resource Limited Environment
Dion A. Levin*, Gillian A. Watermeyer, Sabelo J. Hlatswayo,
DYSPEPSIA David P. Epstein, Kd(chandu) Bardhan, David C. Metz
Participants will be able to: W1067 A Quality Study of Self-Care Use in Patients with
• Learn measurement tools for dyspepsia; and Dyspepsia
• Correlate risk factors and clinical factors for dyspepsia. Kerstin M. Stake-Nilsson*, Maud Soderlund, Rolf
Hultcrantz, Peter Unge
W1055 Risk Factors for Un-Investigated Dyspepsia and Non-
Ulcer Dyspepsia (NUD) in a Random Adult Population- W1068 Distinct Dyspepsia Subgroups Exist in the General
Based Endoscopic Study (Kalixanda study) Population
Pertti Aro*, Jukka Ronkainen, Tom Storskrubb, Elisabeth . Rok S. Choung*, Nicholas J. Talley, G R. Locke, Cathy D.
Bolling-Sternevald, Nicholas J. Talley, Lars Agreus Schleck, Alan R. Zinsmeister
W1056 Evaluation of Duodenal Acid Exposure in Healthy W1069 Gastrointestinal Opportunistic Infection: Is It Associated
Subjects Using a Radiotelemetry pH Monitoring System with Dyspeptic Symptoms in Immunodepressed HIV-
Jason Bratten*, Michael P. Jones Infected Patients Under Highly Active Antiretroviral
Therapy?
W1057 The Link Between Meal Related Symptoms and Ana Luiza Werneck-Silva*, Ivete B. Prado
Cytokine Release in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia
Tobias Liebregts*, Birgit Adam, Christoph Bredack, W1070 Correlation Between Electrogastrography (EGG) and
Alexander Roth, Susanne Heinzel, Eric Smith, Paul Drew, Gastric Dysmotility, Duodenal Dysmotility in Patients
Gerald Holtmann with Functional Dyspepsia
Weihong Sha*, Nonko D Pehlivanov, P Jay Pasricha, Jiande
W1058 Postprandial Hypersensitivity to Gastric Distension in Chen
Functional Dyspepsia Correlates with the Presence of
Headache W1071 The Effect of Helicobacter Pylori Eradication On
Michele Di Stefano*, Ennio Pucci, Emanuela Miceli, Paola Gastroesophageal Reflux, Gastrointestinal Symptoms
Tana, Samanta Mazzocchi, Giorgio Sandrini, Giuseppe and Quality of Life in Patients with Functional
Nappi, Gino R. Corazza Dyspepsia
Irfan Soykan*, Mehmet Bektas, Murat Toruner, Hulya
W1059 Risk Factors Associated with Uninvestigated Dyspepsia: Cetinkaya, Ali Ozden
A Population-Based Study in Latin America
Jorge Olmos*, Valeria Pogorelsky, Federico Tobal, Mariano W1072 Incident Dyspepsia in the Treatment of Peptic Ulcer
Marcolongo, Graciela Salis, Roberto Higa, Juan Carlos Disease: A Meta-Analysis Comparing H. Pylori (HP)
Chiocca Eradication Versus Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) Therapy
Brennan M. Spiegel*, Jennifer Tan, Brian Lim, Mary Farid,
W1060 Non-Dominant Heartburn Does Not Predict the Inder Singh, Martijn G. van Oijen
Resolution of Symptoms in Patients with Dyspeptic
Symptoms (Uninvestigated and Endoscopy-Negative)
Nimish Vakil*, Nicholas Talley, Johan Brun, Nigel Flook,
Karsten Lauritsen, Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Elisabeth
Bolling-Sternevald, Tore Persson, Ewa Bjorck, Lars-Erik
Svedberg
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AGA Poster Session W1084 Nocturnal Reflux Is Not Predominant in Children and
Adolescents with Persistent Asthma and
Gastroesophageal Reflux
LA Convention Center Lucas Dalle Molle, Helena A. Goldani*, Simone F. Canani,
Vera G. Vieira, Sergio G. Barros, Themis R. Silveira
W1085 Prevalence of Gastroesophageal Reflux Symptoms in
GERD: EXTRAESOPHAGEAL PRESENTATIONS AND Adults with Cystic Fibrosis
COMPLICATIONS Arash A. Sabati*, Robert R. Kempainen, Carlos E. Milla,
Marjorie Ireland, Malcolm N. Blumenthal, Sarah J.
Participants will be able to: Schwarzenberg, Jordan M. Dunitz, Khalid M. Khan
• Evaluate recent research on extraesophageal complications of GERD.
W1086 A Realistic Mechanical Simulation of the Human
W1073 Acid and Weakly Acidic Reflux in 80 Patients with Swallow in a 3D Virtual Model
Unexplained Chronic Cough: An Update Rita Yassi*, Leo K. Cheng, Vijay Rajagopal, Martyn P. Nash,
Kathleen Blondeau*, Lieven Dupont, Jan Tack, Jozef John A. Windsor, Andrew J. Pullan W
Janssens, Daniel Sifrim E
W1087 Upper Esophageal Sphincter Dysfunction: An
W1074 Acid and Non-Acid Reflux After Lung Transplantation. Alternative Explanation for Symptoms and Signs D
Impedance-pH Monitoring in Patients with and Without Attributed to Laryyngopharyngeal Reflux N
Post-Transplant Chronic Rejection David A. Knuff*, Reza Shaker, Walter J. Hogan, Benson T. E
Kathleen Blondeau*, Lieven Dupont, Jan Tack, Jozef Massey
Janssens, Daniel Sifrim S
W1088 Prevalence and the Degree of GERD Symptoms in D
W1075 Baseline Analysis of Symptom Spectrum in GERD Japanese General Population
Clinical Trial Patients: Results from the Request™ Hatsushi Yamagishi*, Shuichi Ohara, Tomoyuki Koike, Ken
A
Database Ariizumi, Yoshifumi Inomata, Katsunori Iijima, Akira Y
Ronnie Fass*, Vincenzo Stanghellini, Hubert Monnikes, Imatani, Tooru Shimosegawa, Shigemitsu Aida, Ktsuaki MAY
Karna Dev Bardhan, Peter Berghofer, Peter Sander, David Kato, Daisuke Shibuya
24
Armstrong
W1089 Premature Central Apnea and Its Relationship with
W1076 Distinct Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Clinical Gastroesophageal Reflux
Characteristics of Non-Erosive Reflux Disease (NERD) Edgardo Suarez*, Ivonne Cedillo-Ley, Nuria Perez y Lopez,
and GERD Related Noncardiac Chest Pain (GCP) Jesus Alejandro Insunza, Cinthia Hernandez, Moises
Justin Wu*, Carrian Cheung, Vincent Wong, Joseph Sung Gerardo del Hoyo, Armando Tello, Eduardo Cardenas-
Lailson
W1077 Increased Prevalence of Functional Dyspepsia and IBS
in Proven GERD Has a Negative Effect On Health- W1090 The Effect of Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER) On Upper
Related Quality of Life Airway Obstruction in Patients with Mild Obstructive
D.R. de Vries*, Margot van Herwaarden, Andre Smout, Sleep Apnea (OSA)
Melvin Samsom William C. Orr*, Jennifer J. Robert, John R. Houck, Cheryl
Giddens
W1078 Symptom Type On PPI Bid Therapy Does Not Predict
Reflux Identified By Multichannel Intraluminal W1091 Discriminating Non-Cardiac Chest Pain from Chest Pain
Impedance-pH with Positive Coronary Angiography: The Utility of
Inder Mainie*, Radu Tutuian, Amine Hila, Amit Agrawal, Reflux Symptoms
Janice Freeman, Donald O. Castell Guy D. Eslick, Nicholas J. Talley*
W1079 Laryngo-Pharyngeal Reflux (LPR) and GERD: A W1092 Prevalence, Risk and Recurrence Risk of Esophageal
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Medical and Stricture in the United States
Surgical Therapies Kenneth J. Rothman*, Charles E. Wentworth, Mari-Ann
Luigi Gatta*, Nimish Vakil, Sara Zucchini, John Osborn, Wallander, Saga Johansson, Stefan Eklund
Giovanni Sorrenti, Dino Vaira
W1093 Prevalence of GERD and Its Effect On Quality of Life in
W1080 Numerous Episodes of Atypical GERD Symptoms Are a Large Cohort of Patient with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Unlikely to Be Associated with Acid Or Non-Acid Reflux Bryan Green, Michael Thorn, John F. Oconnor*
Inder Mainie*, Radu Tutuian, Amine Hila, Amit Agrawal,
Donald O. Castell W1094 Esophageal Strictures in Primary Care: Incidence,
Treatment Patterns and Recurrence Rate
W1081 In Children with Aspiration Syndrome the Lipid-Laden Ana Ruigomez*, Luis A. Garcia Rodriguez, Mari-Ann
Macrophage Index Is Strongly Correlated with Non-Acid Wallander, Saga Johansson, Stefan Eklund
Esophageal Reflux Type
Osvaldo Borrelli*, Fabio Midulla, Letizia Cordischi, Valeria W1095 Characteristics of Acid and Weakly Acidic Reflux
Tromba, Lelia Lo Russo, Felicia Galos, Corrado Moretti, Temporally Related to Cough
Salvatore Cucchiara Kathleen Blondeau*, Veerle Mertens, Lieven Dupont, Jan
Tack, Richard H. Holloway, Daniel Sifrim
W1082 Gastroesophageal Reflux During Obstructive Sleep
Apnea W1096 Pepsin, a Marker of Gastric Content Is Increased in
Mari Urata*, Hiroshi Fukuno, Masahiro Nomura, Tatsuro Tracheal Aspirates from Premature Infants Developing
Ogata, Katuyoshi Tamaki, Susumu Ito, Kimiko Nakayasu, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Yutaka Nakaya Sabeena Farhath*, Zubair H. Aghai, Judy Saslow, Tarek
Nakhla, Zhaoping He, Dev Mehta
W1083 Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) in Patients
with Non-Erosive Reflux Esophagitis (NERD) W1097 The Esophagus and Beyond: Nondigestive Symptoms in
Alessia Cazzato*, Emidio Scarpellini, Maurizio Gabrielli, Nonerosive Reflux Disease: Nature, Prevalence and
Luca Santarelli, Ernesto Cristiano Lauritano, Andrea Relation to Acid Reflux
Lupascu, Lucia Sparano, Giovanni Cammarota, Giovan Hershcovici Tiberiu*, Zimmerman Joseph
Battista Gasbarrini, Antonio Gasbarrini
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W1098 Relationship Between Laryngopharyngeal Reflux and W1108 Long-Term Results of Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery
Symptoms and Signs Jeroen Maljaars*, Avinash D. Roopram, Jan Ringers, Ad A.
Won Moon*, Moo In Park, Gyung Mi Kim, Jeong Hoon Masclee
Seo, Yoon Jung Kim, Ji Hun Roh, Dae Gwan Im, Kyu Jong
Kim, Seun Ja Park, Hyo Sung Mun, Kang Dae Lee W1109 Effect of Diaphragm Biofeedback Training On
Esophageal Acid Exposure and Proximal Gastric Volume
W1099 Pepsin Is Detectable in Tracheal Aspirates from in Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Premature Neonates: Relatioship with Feeding and Zhaolu Ding, Meiyun Ke*, Xiaohong Sun, Zhifeng Wang,
Steroid Therapy Dabo Xu
Sabeena Farhath*, Zubair H. Aghai, Zhaoping He, Tarek
Nakhla, Judy Saslow, Dev Mehta
AGA Poster Session
AGA Poster Session LA Convention Center
W LA Convention Center Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology
E
D Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY AND INHERITTED GI CANCER
N DISORDERS
GERD: INVASIVE THERAPIES
E W1110 MDM2 Promoter Polymorphism Associated with
S Participants will be able to: Susceptibility to Gastric Carcinoma and Its Prognosis
• Evaluate recent research on invasive therapies for GERD. Naoki Ohmiya*, Ayumu Taguchi, Nobuyuki Mabuchi,
D Akihiro Itoh, Yoshiki Hirooka, Osamu Maeda, Takafumi
A W1100 A Sham-Controlled Study of the Influence of Ando, Yasumasa Niwa, Hidemi Goto
Y
Radiofrequency Delivery (The Stretta Procedure) On
Symptoms, Acid Exposure and Distensibility of the W1111 Increased Tumor Multiplicity in BALB/C Mice Congenic

MAY Gastro-Oesophageal Junction in Gord Patients for Both the Min (ApcMin/+) and RAG2 Knockout
24 Joris Arts*, Philippe Caenepeel, Rita Devos, Lieselot (Rag2tm1Fwa) Mutations
Holvoet, Daniel Sifrim, Toni Lerut, Paul Rutgeerts, Jozef Claude Nagamine*, J.N. Sohn, Elizabeth Groff, Katie
Janssens, Jan Tack Schlieper, Prashant R. Nambiar, James G. Fox, David B.
Schauer
W1101 Predictive Factors of Long-Term Outcome After
Antireflux Surgery (ARS): A Community Practice W1112 Colorectal Adenomatous Polyposis Linked to MYH Gene
Experience Mutations: Genotype and Phenotype Characteristics in a
Ronan Thibault*, Sylvie Sacher-Huvelin, Veronique Sebille, French Series of 56 Patients
Stanislas Bruley des Varannes, Jean-Paul Galmiche Guillaume Bouguen*, Sylvain Manfredi, Martine Blayau,
Catherine Dugast, Bruno Buecher, Dominique Bonneau,
W1102 Quantification of Esophagogastric Junction Emptying Laurent Siproudhis, Veronique David, Jean-Francois
Mechanics After Fundoplication with High-Resolution Bretagne
Manometry (HRM)
Eric T. Volckmann*, John E. Pandolfino, Qing Zhang, Sudip W1113 Role of Ultrasound for Thyroid Cancer Screening in the
K. Ghosh, Nathaniel J. Soper, Peter J. Kahrilas Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Syndrome
Maite Herraiz*, Giuseppe Barbesino, Gilbert Daniels, Daniel
W1103 Effect of Endoscopic Gastroplication On Acid and C. Chung
Weakly Acidic Gastro-Esophageal Reflux: A Study Using
Impedance Monitoring W1114 The Use of Genetic Testing in Hereditary Non-Polyposis
Jose M. Conchillo*, Matthijs P. Schwartz, Mohamed Colorectal Cancer Families
Selimah, Albert J. Bredenoord, Melvin Samsom, Andre J. Dewkoemar Ramsoekh*, Anja Wagner, Monique van
Smout Leerdam, Dennis Dooijes, Carli Tops, Hanne Meijers-
Heijboer, Ernst Kuipers
W1104 The Impact of Laproscopic Fundoplication On
Esophageal Bolus Clearance Determined By Combined W1115 Polygenic Familial Colorectal Cancers Are Associated
Manometry and Multi-Channel Intraluminal Impedance with the E-Cadherin Polymorphism -160a/C
(man-MII) Frank Gruenhage*, Matthias Jungck, Christine Berg,
Nam Q. Nguyen*, Katrina Bland, Jenny Myers, Marcus Christoph Lamberti, Ursula Becker, Constanze Pagenstecher,
Tippett, Glyn G. Jamieson, Richard H. Holloway Michaela Mathiak, Tilman Sauerbruch, Frank Lammert
W1105 Long-Term 5-Year Follow-Up of The Stretta Procedure W1116 Somatic Mutation As a Possible ‘Second Hit’ in
for Treatment of Reflux Disease Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer Patients with E-
Rebecca J. Ryan, Suresh Sivanesan, William C. Tam, Mark Cadherin Germ-Line Mutations
N. Schoeman, John Dent, Richard H. Holloway* Miriam Barber*, Sarah Hyland, Nicola Grehan, Cristina
Bordin, Carlos Caldas, Rebecca Fitzgerald
W1106 Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication in Children with
Severe Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Five Year W1117 Reproductive Decision-Making in Familial Adenomatous
Follow-Up of Esophageal Function Polyposis: Attitudes Towards Prenatal Testing
Osvaldo Borrelli*, Valentina Mancini, Letizia Cordischi, Fay Kastrinos*, Elena M. Stoffel, Judith Balmana, Sapna
Felicia Galos, Marina Aloi, Manuela Cirulli, Valeria Syngal
Labalestra, Ciro Esposito, Salvatore Cucchiara
W1118 Genetic Testing Is Associated with Appropriate
W1107 Long-Term Results of Radio Frequency Energy Delivery Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Individuals At Risk
for the Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease for Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer
Sustained Improvements in Symptoms, Quality of Life (HNPCC)
and Drug Use At 4-Year Follow-Up Elena M. Stoffel*, Rowena Mercado, Shilpa Grover, Beth
Alvaro Reymunde*, Nilda Santiago Ford, Wendy Kohlmann, Kristen Shannon, Peggy Conrad,
Jonathan Terdiman, Stephen Gruber, Daniel Chung, Sapna
Syngal
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W1119 Patients with Diabetes More Than 15 Years Have W1130 Endoscopic Tri-Modal Imaging (ETMI) for the Detection
Increased Odds of Colorectal Cancer of Dysplastic Lesions in Barrett’s Esophagus
Donald Garrow*, Brenda Hoffman, Leonard Egede Wouter L. Curvers*, Louis M. Wong Kee Song, Kenneth K.
Wang, Christopher J. Gostout, Micheal B. Wallace, Herbert
W1120 Colorectal Cancer Risk Perception Is Inappropriately C. Wolfson, Krish Ragunath, Paul Fockens, Fiebo J. Ten
Low in Individuals At Risk for HNPCC with Kate, Kausilia K. Krishnadath, Jacques J. Bergman
Indeterminate Genetic Test Results
Shilpa Grover*, Elena M. Stoffel, Rowena C. Mercado, Beth W1131 Comparison Between Multislice CT and Endoscopic
M. Ford, Kohlmann K. Wendy, Kristen M. Shannon, Amie Ultrasound (EUS) in the Diagnosis and Staging of
M. Blanco, Jonathan P. Terdiman, Stephen B. Gruber, Daniel Pancreatic and Periampullary Malignancy
C. Chung, Sapna Syngal Mansfield Stephen, John Scott, Kofi W. Oppong*, David
Richardson, G Sen, Bryon C. Jaques, C O'Suilleabhain,
W1121 Are Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Patients with Clinical Derek Manas, Richard M. Charnley
Diagnosis of Hereditary Non Polyposis Colorectal
Cancer (HNPCC) Receiving Optimal Surgical Treatment? W1132 Patients with Celiac Sprue Appear to Have An Increased
Zohar Levi*, Rachel Hazazi, Paul Rozen, Yaron Niv Incidence of White Matter Brain Lesions On Cerebral W
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) E
W1122 Higher Gastric Mucin Secretion and Lower Gastric Acid Friedemann Paul, J.N. Wurfel, Bertram Wiedenmann, Axel
Output in First-Degree Relatives of Gastric Cancer D
U. Dignass, Daniel C. Baumgart*
Patients N
Alexander Vilkin*, Zohar Levi, Sara Morgenstern, Haim W1133 Sonoct® - A New and Promising Imaging Technique E
Shmueli, Eyal Gal, Bracha Hadad, Britta Hardi, Yaron Niv That Improves On Conventional Ultrasound in the
Visualisation of Pancreatic Duct S
W1123 Characteristics of Adult Children in Families Where Steffen Rickes*, Janett Boehm, Klaus Moenkemueller, Peter D
Both Parents Have Pancreatic Cancer Malfertheiner
Emmy Ludwig*, Jennifer Simon, Sara Olson, Robert C.
A
Kurtz W1134 Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Contrast- Y
Enhanced Extracorporeal Ultrasonography (US) in the MAY
Diagnosis of Gallbladder Diseases
AGA Poster Session 24
Yukinari Matsumoto*, Yoshiki Hirooka, Akihiro Itoh, Hiroki
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Kawashima, Kazuo Hara, Akira Kanamori, Hiroki Uchida,
LA Convention Center Jun Goto, Koji Nonogaki, Naoki Ohmiya, Yasumasa Niwa,
Hidemi Goto
W1135 Chromoscopic Magnifying Colonoscopy for Colorectal
IMAGING AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY Cancer Screening: Is It a Better Tool?
Hulya Cetinkaya, Ali Tuzun, Mehmet Bektas, Murat
W1124 Cryoablation of Barrett’s Esophagus (BE) Toruner*, Arzu Ensari, Irfan Soykan, Ali Ozden
Mark H. Johnston*, Brooks D. Cash, John D. Horwhat,
Lavonne R. Johnston, Cathy A. Dykes, Halisha S. Mays W1136 Assessment of Methods to Quantify Autofluorescence
Intensity in Adenomatous Polyps
W1125 Safety of Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) During Audrey L. McCallum*, John T. Jenkins, Derek Gillen,
Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS): A Prospective Study Richard G. Molloy
Mohammad Al-Haddad*, Catherine M. Hodgens, Robin D.
Toton, Seth A. Gross, Kyung W. Noh, Surakit Pungpapong, W1137 Evaluation of Autofluorescence Colonoscopy for the
Timothy A. Woodward, Michael B. Wallace, Massimo Detection and Diagnosis of Colonic Polyps
Raimondo Audrey L. McCallum*, John T. Jenkins, Derek Gillen,
Richard G. Molloy
W1126 Confocal Microscopy: A Novel Method to Assess
Aberrant Crypt Foci in APC Min+/- and APC Min+/- W1138 Randomised Prospective Study On Accuracy,
(PPARα-/-)Mice Acceptability, Feasibility and Safety of Transnasal
Anthony Shonde*, Krish Ragunath, George Gastroscopy Without Sedation in Comparison to
Anagnostopoulos, David R. Bell, Andrew J. Bennett, Transoral Gastroscopy Under Sedation
Christopher J. Hawkey Italo Stroppa*, Claudio Tosti, Cinzia Razzini, Sabrina
Mazzocchi, Enrico Grasso, Omero Alessandro Paoluzi, Livia
W1127 The Usefulness of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Biancone, Francesco Pallone
(ESD) for the Treatment of Premalignant and Malignant
Gastric Neoplasm W1139 A Retrospective Analysis of Abnormal Findings On
Sun-Taek Choi*, Tae-Nyeun Kim, Jung-Hoon Lee, Jong- Virtual Colonoscopy Compared with Optical
Ryul Eun, Jun-Hwan Kim, Byung-Ik Jang, Heon-Ju Lee Colonoscopy
Courtney Barancin*, Brent Roeder, Daniel Cornett, Terrence
W1128 Comparision of Ultrahigh and Standard Resolution Frick, Patrick Pfau, Andrew Taylor, David Kim, Perry
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) for Endoscopic Pickhardt, Mark Reichelderfer
Imaging of the Esophagus
Hiroshi Mashimo*, Saleem Desai, Yu Chen, Aaron D.
Aguirre, Pei-Lin Hsiung, Shu-Wei Huang, Joseph M.
Schmitt, James G. Fujimoto
W1129 Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography (EOCT)

with Balloon Based Catheter Probe for the Screening of
Barrett’s Esophagus (BE)
Zhilin Hu*, Michael V. Sivak, Andrew M. Rollins
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AGA Poster Session W1150 Azathioprine Intolerant Crohn’s Disease Patients: A
Clinical Subgroup with Significantly Worse Disease
Complications, Severity and Disability
LA Convention Center Ramesh Ashwathnarayan*, Lydia R. Weber, Mazen Issa, Josh
F. Knox, Sue Skaros, Ossama A. Hatoum, Jeanne Emmons,
Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel Mary F. Otterson, David G. Binion
Diseases
W1151 Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated with Deficits in
NATURAL HISTORY, COMPLICATIONS, AND OUTCOMES Trabecular and Cortical Bone in Incident Pediatric
Crohn’s Disease
Participants will be able to: Meena Thayu*, Robert N. Baldassano, Babette S. Zemel,
• Become familiar with the association of thromboembolism and IBD; Bruce W. Hollis, Mary B. Leonard
• Become familiar with complications of immunosuppressive therapy
in patients with IBD; and W1152 Factors Predicting Postoperative Recurrence with
• Become familiar with age and ethinicity specific disease courses in Placebo Therapy in Patients with Crohn’s Disease: A
W Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials Evaluating Postsurgical
patients with IBD.
E Maintenance Therapy
D W1140 Life Events and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Relapse: A Chinyu Su*, James D. Lewis, Monina F. Pascua, Colleen
N
E
Prospective Study of Patients Enrolled in Remission
Angela Vidal, Esther Gomez Gil, Miquel Sans, Portella J.
Maria, Salamero M, Pique M. Josep, Julian Panes* W1153
Brensinger, Gary R. Lichtenstein
A Large Number of Siblings Is Protective for Crohn's

Disease- An Israeli Population Based Study
S W1141 Role of Variant Interleukin-10 Receptor 1 (IL-10R1) Eyal Klement, Joseph Lysy, Eran Goldin, Tsippy Shochat,

D Signaling in Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Eran Israeli*
A Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection
Paul Grundtner*, Manuela Nemeth, Neeraja Kambham, Teri W1155 Determinants of Progression of Indefinite Or Low-Grade
Y A. Longacre, Christoph Gasche Dysplasia to Advanced Dysplasia in Ulcerative Colitis
MAY Salma Akram*, Loftus V. Edward, William J. Tremaine,
W1142 Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use and William A. Faubion, Darrell S. Pardi, Debra A. Jewell,
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease Relapse: Individual and
Disease-Specific Susceptibility Factors
Mireia Penalva*, Javier P Gisbert, Olga Merino, Marta Lucia W1156
William J. Sandborn
Potential Contribution of Endothelin-Converting
Luna, Miquel Sans, Nuria Massuet, Josep Maria Pique, Enzyme, and ETA and ETB Receptors to Inflammatory
Julian Panes Processes of Crohn’s Disease in Humans
Takehisa Suekane*, Junko Arimoto, Yoshihiro Ikura,
W1143 Radiological Sacroiliitis in Crohn's Disease: A Masahiko Ohsawa, Kenji Watanabe, Yasuhiro Fujiwara,
Multicenter Association Study

Harald Peeters*, Bert Vander cruyssen, Herman Mielants,
Kurt de Vlam, Severine Vermeire, Edouard Louis, Paul
Nobuhide Oshitani, Kazuhide Higuchi, Tetsuo Arakawa,
Makiko Ueda
Rutgeerts, Jacques Belaiche, Martine de Vos W1157 Cancer in Infliximab-Treated Or Untreated Crohn’s
Disease Patients: A 1 Year Longer Follow Up from a
W1144 Most Frequent Forms of Patient’s Non-Adherence to the Multicenter Matched-Pair Study
Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Petr Cerveny*, Martin Bortlik, Milan Lukas, Milan Nobilis,
Jiri Vlcek
Livia Biancone*, Ambrogio Orlando, Anna Kohn, Elisabetta
Colombo, Roberto Sostegni, Erika Angelucci, Fabiana
Castiglione, Davide Checchin, Claudio Papi, Andrea Cocco,
Gianmichele Meucci, Gabriele Riegler, Carmelina
W1145 Voluntary Childlessness in IBD Petruzziello, Federico Mocciaro, Alessandra Geremia, Emma
Sheetal Marri*, Chul Ahn, Alan L. Buchman Calabrese, Mario Cottone, Francesco Pallone
W1146 Prothrombotic Mutations and Inflammatory Bowel W1158 Does Infliximab Influence Surgical Morbidity Or Long-
Disease Term Outcome of Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis in
Charles N. Bernstein*, Michael Sargent, Frits R. Rosendaal Patients with Ulcerative Colitis?
Stefanie J. Schluender*, Eric A. Vasiliaukas, Marla Dubinsky,
W1147 The Manitoba IBD Cohort Study: A Comparison of Konstantinos A. Papadakis, Andrew Ippoliti, Stephan
Participants’ Perceptions Regarding Psychological Targan, Phillip Fleshner
Health, Disability, Social Supports, and Access to Health
Care with a Population-Based Control W1159 High Incidence of IBD in Multiple Affected Families:
Linda Rogala*, Norine Miller, Ian Clara, Patricia Results from a Prospective Study and Association with
Rawsthorne, Lesley A. Graff, Cory McPhail, John R. Walker, Known Environmental and Genetic Risk Factors
Charles N. Bernstein Marie G. Joossens*, Julien Branche, Delphine Allorge,
Boualem Sendid, Herbert J. van Kruiningen, Sofie Joossens,
W1148 TNF-α Neutralizing Antibody Improves Endothelial Karolien Claes, Nele van Schuerbeek, Paul Rutgeerts, Peggy
Dysfunction in Patients with Crohn’s Disease Vandewalle, Annie Standaert-Vitse, Corinne Gower, Daniel
Alessandro Armuzzi*, Francesca Schinzari, Barbara de Poulain, Franck Broly, Jean-Frederic Colombel, Mathias
Pascalis, Nadia Mores, Giovanni Gasbarrini, Domenico Chamaillard, Severine Vermeire
Melina, Carmine Cardillo
W1160 Familial Distribution of Serological and Genetic Markers
W1149 Post-Operative Complications Related to Surgical in Crohn’s Disease Patients and Their Healthy Relatives
Approach and Medical Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Marie G. Joossens*, Julien Branche, Boualem Sendid,
Disease Delphine Allorge, Sofie Joossens, Nele van Schuerbeek,
Lori A. Coburn*, Brad E. Maltz, Paul E. Wise, Alan J. Karolien Claes, Paul Rutgeerts, Peggy Vandewalle, Annie
Herline, Roberta L. Muldoon, Tatsuki Koyama, David A. Standaert-Vitse, Corinne Gower, Franck Broly, Daniel
Schwartz Poulain, Jean-Frederic Colombel, Severine Vermeire,
Mathias Chamaillard
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W1161 Are Non-Inflammatory (adenomatous or metaplastic) W1173 Crohn’s Disease, Fatigue, and Infliximab: Is There a
Polyps Rare in Ulcerative Colitis? Role for Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in the
Venkataraman Subramanian*, Ashwini Banerjee, Richard Pathogenesis of Fatigue?
Pollok Itta M. Minderhoud*, Melvin Samsom, Bas Oldenburg
W1162 Nodular Regenerative Hyperplasia with Portal W1174 Combination Therapy of Infliximab & Azathioprine
Hypertension in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Prevents Disease Progression in Crohn's Disease
Disease Treated with Azathioprine Shahida Din*, Claire J. Cochrane, Colin L. Noble, Jack
Gwenola Vernier-Massouille*, Jacques Cosnes, Marc Satsangi, Ian D. Arnott
Lemann, Philippe Marteau, David Laharie, Guillaume
Cadiot, Yoram Bouhnik, Martine de Vos, Arnaud Bourreille, W1175 Differences in Medical Treatments Between African
Walter Reinisch, Jean F. Colombel Americans and Caucasians with Inflammatory Bowel
Disease: A Retrospoective Cohort Study
W1163 The Use of Immunomodulators and Biologics in Mark Flasar*, Sandra Quezada, Priti Bijpuria, Grishma
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD): A Cross-Sectional Joshi, Sharmeel Wasan, Raymond K. Cross
French Nationwide Cohort 2004-2005 W
Laurent Beaugerie*, Fabrice Carrat, Bouvier Anne-Marie, W1176 Characterization of Clinical Phenotypes of Crohn’s E
Nicole Brousse, Franck Carbonnel, Jean-Frederic Colombel, Disease of the Ileal Pouch
Bo Shen*, Victor Fazio, Feza Remzi, Ana Bennett, Rocio D
Jean Faivre, Jean-Francois Flejou, Marc Maynadie, Jean-
Louis Dupas, Jean-Pierre Gendre, Philippe Godeberge, Jean- Lopez, Aaron Brzezinski, Jean-Paul Achkar, Ioannis N
Pierre Hugot, Marc Lemann, Stephane Nahon, Jean-Marc Oikonomou, Kerry Sherman, Marlene Bambrick, Bret E
Sabate, Gilbert Tucat Lashner
S
W1164 Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and the Risk of Flare of W1177 Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Hospitalized with D
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Ulcerative Colitis Failing Outpatient Steroid Therapy
Eric K. Ganguly*, Richard Zubarik, James A. Vecchio
A
Faten Aberra*, James D. Lewis, Gary R. Lichtenstein, Yu-
Xiao Yang Y
W1178 Preterm Birth Is Associated with, But Not An MAY
W1165 Leukopenia As a Marker for Susceptibility of Infection Independent Risk Factor for Developing Crohn’s Disease
Later in Life 24
in IBD Patients On Immunosuppressive Therapy
Scott O. Levin*, Amy E. Barto, Faten N. Aberra, Chinyu Barbara Sonntag, Birgit Stolze, Andreas Luegering, Jan
Su, Gary R. Lichtenstein Heidemann, Pia Lebiedz, Emilie Rijcken, A Heinecke,
Wolfram Domschke, Torsten Kucharzik, Christian Maaser*
W1166 Ulcerative Colitis: Annual Costs of Care from a Payer
Perspective W1179 Population Based Cost Analysis of Screening for
Songkai Yan*, Clark Paramore, Steven W. Blume, Kathy Dysplasia in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Fraeman, Mohan Bala Gilaad G. Kaplan*, Steven J. Heitman, Robert J. Hilsden,
Stefan Urbanski, Sam S. Lee, Rob P. Myers, Kelly W. Burak,
W1167 The Manitoba IBD Cohort Study: Assessing the Nature Mark Swain, Remo Panaccione
of Medication Adherence
Charles N. Bernstein*, Jason P. Ediger, Lesley A. Graff, W1180 Thrombocytosis in IBD-Associated Anemia Is Regulated
Patricia Rawsthorne, Linda Rogala, Norine Miller, Kathleen By Iron
Deering, Cory McPhail, John R. Walker Stefanie Kulnigg*, Christoph Gasche
W1168 Increasing Impact of Clostridium Difficile On W1181 Variation in Initial 6-Mercaptopurine Dosage in Pediatric
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Tertiary Referral Center Crohn's Disease
Experience Richard B. Colletti*, Robert N. Baldassano, David E. Milov,
Mazen Issa*, Sue Skaros, Dawn B. Beaulieu, Lydia R. Peter A. Margolis, Pibdnet Pediatric IBD Network for
Weber, Aravind S. Vijayapal, Mary Beth Graham, Joshua F. Research and Improvement
Knox, Jeanne Emmons, Ossama A. Hatoum, Mary F.
W1182 Crohn’s Disease Involving the Jejunum Or Proximal
Otterson, David G. Binion
Ileum
W1169 Increased Protein Catabolism Correlates with Increased Greta S. Lee*, Dian Templeton, Rebecca I. Cooley, Elizabeth
Disease Activity in Children with Crohn’s Disease Fowler, Douglas Lincoln, Timothy Florin, Graham L.
Ashish Patel*, John M. Andersen, Dana Hardin Radford-Smith
W1170 Familial Occurrence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A W1183 Are There Other Factors Explaining Why UC-Patients
Korean Study with Normal Colonoscopy Still Reports IBD-Related
Suk-Kyun Yang*, Jong Beom Park, Jeong-Sik Byeon, Eui- Symptoms?
Ryun Park, Gyoo Moon, Seung Jae Myung, Won Kap Park, Tomm Bernklev*, Magne Henriksen, Oivind Palm, Jorgen
Seo Goo Yoon, Hyun Sik Kim, Jong Gyun Lee, Jin Ho Kim, Jahnsen, Morten Vatn, Bjorn Moum
Young Il Min, Kwang Yeon Kim
W1184 Outcome of Surgical Versus Percutaneous Drainage of
W1171 Preoperative Steroid Use in Patients with Inflammatory Abdominal and Pelvic Abscesses in Crohn’s Disease
Bowel Disease and Risk of Postoperative Complications: Alexandra Gutierrez*, Hang Lee, Bruce E. Sands
Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies
Venkataraman Subramanian*, Sonia Saxena, Richard Pollok W1185 Mesalamine Reduces the Rate of Colorectal Dysplasia in
Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Primary
W1172 Remission in Ulcerative Colitis Patients Is Associated Sclerosing Cholangitis Who Are On Urosdeoxycholic
with Improved Employment and Disability Status, Work Acid
Hours, and Productivity Timothy Smith*, Prabhakar Swaroop
William J. Sandborn*, Songkai Yan, Brian G. Feagan, Walter
W1186 Comparison of Clinical Outcomes Between Intestinal
Reinisch, Paul Rutgeerts, Graham Radford-Smith, Stephen
Simple Ulcer and Intestinal Behcet’s Disease
Xu, Debra Eisenberg, Allan Olson, Jean-Frederic Colombel
Yun Jin Chung*, Chang-Min Cho, Young Dae Park, Won
Young Tak, Seong Woo Jeon
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W1187 Exercise and Bone Mineral Density in Crohn's Disease W1195 Infliximab for Hospitalized Ulcerative Colitis Patients
Reshma C. Rakshit*, Len Almond, Farook Al-Azzawi, Keith
Abrams, John F. Mayberry, Richard J. Robinson Failing Intravenous Corticosteroids
Miguel Regueiro*, Jennifer Curtis, Scott Plevy
W1188 Can Clinical ‘Red Flags’ At the Time of Presentation W1196 Corticosteroid Dose Influences Colectomy Rate in
with Ulcerative Colitis Predict Which Patients Will Hospitalized IBD pts with Clostridium Difficile
Subsequently Undergo a Change in Diagnosis to Crohn’s Mazen Issa*, Sue Skaros, Mary F. Otterson, Sarah Lundeen,
Disease? Lydia R. Weber, Dawn B. Beaulieu, Josh F. Knox, David G.
Gil Y. Melmed*, Andrew F. Ippoliti, Gary C. Chen, Igor Binion
Nastaskin, Eric A. Vasiliauskas, Konstantinos A. Papadakis,
Carol J. Landers, Robert M. Elashoff, Stephan R. Targan W1197 Efficacy and Safety of 4 Weeks of Adalimumab
Treatment in Subjects with Active Luminal Crohn’s
W1189 Phenotypic Classification of Crohn’s Disease (CD) and Disease Who Lost Response Or Showed Intolerance to
Ulcerative Colitis (UC) in Olmsted County Minnesota: Infliximab
Assessment of Temporal Changes Joaquin Hinojosa, Santiago Garcia, Guillermo Bastida,
W Emelie F. Helou*, E V. Loftus, W J. Tremaine, W S. Cristina Saro, Jose L. Cabriada, Miguel A. Gassull*
E Harmsen, A R. Zinsmeister, D A. Jewell, W J. Sandborn
W1198 Infliximab Is Effective As Rescue Therapy for Acute
D W1190 Characteristics of Crohn’s Disease Patients with History Severe Ulcerative Colitis - The Initial Edinburgh
N of Bowel Resection Who Had Lactulose Breath Test for Experience
E Evaluation of Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth Charlie Lees*, Alan G. Shand, Ian D. Penman, Ian D.
Tom Mathew*, Faten Aberra, Chinyu Su, Yu-Xiao Yang, Arnott, Jack Satsangi
S Gary R. Lichtenstein
D W1199 Open Label Experience with Adalimumab in Pediatric
W1191 Etiology of Anemia in Patients with Ileal Pouch-Anal Crohn’s Disease Patients Who Lost Response Or Were
A Anastomosis (IPAA) Intolerant to Infliximab
Y Ioannis Oikonomou*, Victor W. Fazio, Feza Remzi, Rocio Colette Deslandres*, Christophe Faure, Martha H. Dirks,
MAY Lopez, Sandra El-Hachem, Bret A. Lashner, Bo Shen France Gervais, Ernest G. Seidman
24 W1200 Crohn’s Disease Patients’ Willingness to Accept the
AGA Poster Session Risks of Serious Adverse Events in Exchange for
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Clinical Benefits
LA Convention Center Bruce Sands*, Corey Siegel, Hass Steve, David Miller, Jeff
White, Reed Johnson, Semra Ozdemir
W1201 Relationship of Phenotype and Function of Blood T
Diseases
Lymphocytes to Disease Severity in Ulcerative Colitis
Patients
UNCONTROLLED THERAPEUTIC OBSERVATIONS IN
Jacky Woo*, Samuel M. Siegel, Jia Shi, Yajun Mu, Zhilan
HUMANS Zheng, Jianmin Li, Tanny Tsao, Lyubov Efros, James
Sheridan, Jim Lowder, Uma Mahadevan, Vladimir Vexler
• Become familiar with the use of anti-tnf therapy for the treatment of W1202 Open-Label Pilot Study of Sequential Treatment with
IBD; Metronidazole and E. Coli Nissle 1917 for Severe,
• Become familiar with evolving data on the use of apheresis to treat Postoperative, Endoscopic Recurrence of Crohn`S
IBD; and Disease
• Become familiar with evolving data on the use of cyclosporine and Karin C. Schweiger*, Mina Meshkat, Gottfried Novacek,
tacrolimus to treat IBD. Clemens Dejaco, Harald Vogelsang, Walter Reinisch
W1192 Clinical Remission Prior to Initiation of W1203 Extractible Polyurethane-Covered Expandable Nitinol
Immonusuppression with Azathioprine Positively

Impacts Responsiveness in Crohn's Disease But Not in
Ulcerative Colitis - Results from a Multicenter Study in
Stent (PCENS) in the Treatment of Intestinal Strictures
in Crohn's Disease: Preliminary Report of Seven Cases
Yoram Bouhnik*, Philippe Bulois, Kouroche Vahedi, Jean F.
1176 Patients with IBD Colombel, Marc Lemann
Martin H. Holtmann*, Frank Krummenauer, Christina
Claas, Kristina Kremeyer, D.R. Lorenz, Iris Vogel, Olivia W1204 Adacolumn Selective Leukocytapheresis in Patients with
Rainer, Norbert Luegering, Guido Gerken, Wolfgang Kruis, Active Ulcerative Colitis: Clinical Efficacy, Effects On
Stephan Boehm, Juergen Stein, Ulrich Boecker, Jan Schmidt, Plasma Interleukin-8 and the Expression of Toll Like
Hans Herfarth, Carsten Buening, Rainer Duchmann, Receptors On Granulocytes
Andreas Sturm, Max Reinshagen, Andreas Stallmach, Daan Yasuo Suzuki*, Hiroshi Aoki, Kentaro Nakamura, Yasushi
Hommes, Geert D'Haens, Peter Galle, Markus Neurath Yoshimatu, Yukiko Tuda, Masaki Irie, Katuyuki Fukuda,
Nobuo Hosoe, Nobuo Takada, Koji Shirai
W1193 The Effect of Acute Treatment with Budesonide On
Body Mineral Density in Greek Patients with Newly

Diagnosed Mild-to-Moderate Crohn’s Disease
Gerassimos J. Mantzaris*, Christoforos N. Kalantzis,
W1205 Hyperhomocysteinemia Is Associated with Osteoporosis
in Patients with Crohn’s Disease
Xavier Roblin*, Jean Marc Phelip, Veronique Ducros, Bruno
Evangelos Kokkinakis, Anastassios Roussos, Stavroula Bonaz
Koilakou, Efstratios Grivas, Demetrius Tsounis, Nickolaos
Raptis, Nikolaos Kalantzis, George Triantafyllou, John W1206 Safety and Effectiveness of Endoscopic Pneumatic
Kalafatas Dilatation (EPD)+Infliximab Combined Therapy in
Stenosing Crohn Disease
W1194 Long Term Follow Up of Crohn’s Disease Patients Fausto Barberani*, Sandro Boschetto, Alessandro Gigliozzi,
Treated with Infliximab Using An Episodic Strategy

Vincent Pacault*, Fathia Ben Hriz, Jean-Marc Gornet,
Matthieu Allez, Maria Nachury, Ravzan Iacob, Jean-Frederic
Maurizio Giovannone, Mauro Tosoni
Colombel, Marc Lemann
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W1207 Effect of Infliximab in Patients with Stricturing Crohn’s W1222 Mobilization of Mucosa Lymphocytes By
Disease Leukocytapheresis
Frederic Marrache*, Jean Marc Gornet, Vincent Pacault, Joerg Emmrich*, Brock Peter, Gisela Sparmann, Stefan
Fathia Ben Hriz, Matthieu Allez, Maria Nachury, Marc Liebe, Reinhard Klingel, Wolfgang Ramlow
Lemann
W1223 An Open-Labeled Trial of Granulocyte and Monocyte
W1208 An Open Label Pilot Trial of Rifaximin in the Treatment Adsorption Apheresis for Pouchitis
of Patients with Refractory Pouchitis Atsushi Sakuraba*, Toshiro Sato, Yuko Iwakami, Yasuhiro
Asher Kornbluth*, Michele Hunt, James George, Peter Takada, Nagamu Inoue, Masahiro Takaishi, Haruhiko Ogata,
Legnani Yasushi Iwao, Toshifumi Hibi
W1209 Short-Term Response to Infliximab in Ulcerative Colitis W1224 Appropriateness of Initial Treatment for Mild-to-
and Pouchitis: Results from a Single-Center Experience Moderate Luminal Crohn’s Disease: Application of
Marc Ferrante*, Severine Vermeire, Maja Noman, Godelieve EPACT Criteria to the EC-IBD European Cohort
Godefridis, Gert van Assche, Ilse Hoffman, Xavier Bossuyt, Pascal Juillerat*, Valerie Pittet, Christian Mottet, Christian
Paul Rutgeerts Felley, Vincent Wietlisbach, Jean-Jacques Gonvers, Robert W
W. Dubois, John-Paul Vader, Bernard Burnand, Florian E
W1210 Ciclosporin in Severe Ulcerative Colitis: Predictors of Froehlich, Frank Wolters, Reinhold Stockbruegger, Pierre
Response D
Michetti
Garret Cullen*, Denise Keegan, Hugh E. Mulcahy, Diarmuid N
P. O'Donoghue W1225 An Open Label Study of Adalimumab in Crohn’s Disease E
Patients with a Loss of Response to Infliximab
W1211 The Use of Tacrolimus in Children with Ulcerative Malik Anwar*, Maria O'Sullivan, Barbara Ryan, Niall S
Colitis: A 5 Year Experience Breslin, Humphrey O'Connor, Colm O'Morain D
David A. Ziring*, William Mow, Marvin E. Ament
W1226 Successful Infliximab RE-Initiation in a Previously
A
W1212 Treatment of Steroid Refractory and Steroid Dependent Allergic Crohn’s Disease Patient Following Y
Crohn’s Disease (CD) with Leflunomide (LEF) - An Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) MAY
Open Label, Controlled Phase I Study On Efficacy and Lydia R. Weber*, Dawn B. Beaulieu, Jeanne Emmons, Josh
Tolerability F. Knox, Mary F. Otterson, Mazen Iss, Sue Skaros, David G.
24
Martin H. Holtmann*, Anna-Lena Gerts, Arndt Weinmann, Binion
Peter R. Galle, Markus F. Neurath
W1227 Safety and Efficacy of Oral, Colonic-Release, Low
W1213 Oral Glycine Improves Symptoms in Mild to Moderate Molecular Weight Heparin-Mmx™ for the Treatment of
Ulcerative Colitis: An Open-Label Pilot Study Mild to Moderate Left-Sided Ulcerative Colitis:
Shih-Kuang S. Hong*, Christian D. Stone Preliminary Report of a Pilot Study
Simone Saibeni, Luisa Spina, Clementina Signorelli, Luca
W1214 Infliximab Therapy and LFT Abnormalities in Patients Pastorelli, Roberto De Franchis, Luigi Moro, Roberta Villa,
with Crohn’s Disease
Roberta Bozzella, Giuseppe Celasco, Maurizio Vecchi*
Eric Blum*, Jeffry Katz
W1215 Endoscopic Polypectomy for Dysplastic Polyps in AGA Poster Session
Chronic Ulcerative Colitis 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Rabi Kundu*, Wojciech Blonski, Franz Fogt, Chinyu Su,
James D. Lewis, Julius J. Deren, Gary R. Lichtenstein
W1216 Tacrolimus (FK506) Is Safe and Effective in Patients Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders
with Refractory Extraintestinal Manifestations of
Inflammatory Bowel Disease CELIAC DISEASE
Daniel C. Baumgart*, Barbara T. Tanczos, Andreas Sturm,
Bertram Wiedenmann, Axel U. Dignass Participants will be able to:
• Appreciate recent advances in pathophysiology, diagnosis and
W1217 Dilation of Colonic Strictures By Intralesional Injection management of celiac disease.
of Infliximab in Patients with Crohn’s Colitis
Simon Lichtiger W1228 Lymphocytic Enteritis (LESION TYPE MARSH I):
W1218 Allopurinol Favorably Affects AZA/6mp Metabolism By

Lowering 6-Mmp Levels in Patients with Hepatoxicity
Response to Gluten-Free Diet (GFD)
Merce Rosinach, Fernando Fernandez-Banares, Maria
Esteve*, Montse Alsina, Carme Farre, Jaume Casalots,
from AZA/6mp Without Affecting Red Blood Cell Rebeca Santaolalla, Montse Forne, Jorge Espinos, Antonio
Thiopurine Methyltransferase (TMPT) Activity Salas, Josep Maria Viver
Purvi C. Panchal*, Charles J. Zielman, Cynthia
Schuhmacher, John F. Valentine W1229 Antibodies to Synthetic Gliadin-Related Peptides for
W1219 Efficacy and Safety of Leflunomide Therapy in IBD

Patients. An Uncontrolled Observational Study
Detecting Celiac Disease in a Population with High Pre-
Test Probability
Sonia Niveloni, Emilia Sugai, Maria L. Moreno, Horacio
Milan Lukas*, Robert Donoval, Martin Bortlik Vazquez, Zulema Kogan, Ana Cabanne, Edgardo Smecuol,
Roberto Mazure, Silvia Pedreira, Juan C. Gomez, Gisella S.
W1220 Increased IL-10 Production By Peripheral Blood Memory Selvaggio, Eduardo Maurino, Julio C. Bai*
T Cells Accompanies Crohn’s Disease (CD) Remission
and Clinical Response Induced By G-CSF Treatment W1230 Celiac Disease IGA Class Autoantibodies Disturb
Peter Mannon*, Francisco Leon, Ivan Fuss, Catherine
Groden, Zhiqiong Yang, Chuli Yi, Julia Friend, Ronald
Hornung, Margaret Brown, Shakuntala Gurprasad, Brian
Normal Capillary Formation in Angiogenesis
Katri Lindfors*, Essi Myrsky, Mari Syrjanen, Ilma
Korponay-Szabo, Markku Maki, Katri Kaukinen
Kelsall, Warren Strober
W1231 Splenic Hypofunction and the Spectrum of Autoimmune
W1221 Subcutaneous Methotrexate: A Safe and Effective and Malignant Complications in Celiac Disease
Therapy in IBD Antonio Di Sabatino*, Maria M. Rosado, Paolo Cazzola,
Peter Gibson*, Debbie Nathan, Iser John Raffaele Morera, Rosanna Riboni, Federico Biagi, Rita
Carsetti, Gino R. Corazza
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W1232 Evaluation of a New Simple and Fast Assay for HLA W1245 Anti-Yeast Antibodies Correlate with Serological
Typing of the Celiac Disease-Associated Alleles Markers in Celiac Disease
Saverio Teresi, Sandro Drago*, Eleonora Gucciardino, Sebastien Ratajczyk, Annie Standaert, Peggy Vandewalle,
Mariarosaria Di Pierro, Donatella Sangiorgi, Giuseppe Boualem Sendid, Sylvain Dubucquoi, Daniel Poulain, Jean F.
Stampone, Calogero Scalici, Antonio Carroccio, Giuseppe Colombel*
Iacono
W1246 The Role of Indoleamine 2,3 Dioxygenase (IDO) in
W1233 Gliadin Induces Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Celiac Disease
(EGFR) Dependent Proliferation in Cultured Biopsies Ram P. Janardhanam*, Sherman Chamberlain, Jeffrey Lee,
from Celiac Disease (CD) Patients Through a Delay of David Munn, Robert Schade
Endocytosis
Maria Vittoria Barone, Franco Paparo, Maria Maglio, W1247 Screening for Celiac Disease in Family Members: Is
Ribecco Maria Teresa, Giuliana Lania, Merlin Nanayakkara, Follow-Up Testing Necessary?
Virginia Vitale, Erasmo Miele, Riccardo Troncone, Salvatore David S. Goldberg*, Debbie Kryszak, Alessio Fasano, Peter
Auricchio* H. Green
W
E W1234 Antiendomysial and Tissuetransglutaminase W1248 Alemtuzumab Treatment of Refractory Celiac Disease
Autoantibodies Detection in Oral Culture Media of Type II
D Knut E. Lundin*, Inger Nina Farstad, Melinda Raki, Yngve
Untreated Coeliac Disease (CD)
N S. Vetrano*, M.C. Anania, C. Maffia, F. Lettieri, M. Di Tola, Benestad, Ole Hoie, Geir Tjonnfjord
E L. Sabbatella, S. Lanci, P. Lista, V. Libanori, O. de Pita, M.G.
W1249 The Raffinose/Mannitol Sugar Absorption Test Is
S Sanjusto, P. Ruatti, U. Zampaletta, A. Picarelli
Related to the Severity of Celiac Histopathological Small
D W1235 Gliadin-Induced Apoptosis of Human Intestinal Bowel Changes
Epithelial Cells Is Potentiated By Enteric E. Coli K1 Ivar M. Harkema*, Jeroen J. Kolkman, Joop J. Vanbaarlen,
A Cees J. Doelman
Michelle M. Pietzak*, Eliza Chakraborty
Y
MAY W1236 Positive and Negative Predictive Values of a W1250 High Prevalence of Intraepithelial Lymphocytosis Found
Combination of Celiac Disease Serology Tests As in Duodenal Biopsies in a Large Cohort of Patients
24 Referred for Routine Gastroduodenoscopy
Compared to Intestinal Histology Damage
Sonia Niveloni, Deborath Kryszak, Maria L. Moreno, Valeria Ivar M. Harkema*, Joop J. van Baarlen, Jeroen J. Kolkman
Familiari, Anna Sapone, Emilia Sugai, Ana Cabanne,
W1251 Psychiatric Alterations, Depression and Symptomatic
Zulema Kogan, Horacio Vazquez, Eduardo Maurino, Carlo
Catassi, Alessio Fasano, Julio C. Bai* Dimensions in Patients with Celiac Disease At
Diagnosis: The Impact On Quality of Life
W1237 Endoscopic and Histological Findings of the Small Cristina Sfoggia, Fabio Nachman, Eduardo Maurino,
Bowel in Patients with Celiac Disease: The Additional Horacio Vazquez, Edgardo Smecuol, Silvia Pedreira, Sonia
Value of Double-Balloon Endoscopy Niveloni, Emilia Sugai, Roberto Mazure, Maria L. Moreno,
Muhammed Hadithi*, Dimitri G. Heine, Abdulbaqi Al Julio C. Bai*
Toma, Adriaan van Bodegraven, Maarten A. Jacobs, Chris J.
Mulder W1252 Is a Control Biopsy in Pediatric Celiac Disease
Necessary?
W1238 A Third Celiac Disease: Genotyping Reveals a Anna Killander*, Arnell Henrik, Hildebrand Hans, Yigael
Functionally Distinct Subtype Finkel
Jason A. Tye-Din*, Tim Beissbarth, Robert P. Anderson
W1253 Usefulness of the Assesment of Celiac Disease
W1239 Flow Cytometry Patterns Specifying Celiac Disease in Serological Markers in Healthy Working People for the
Lymphocytic Enteritis (MARSH I Enteropathy): A Pilot Detection of Silent Disease Among General Population
Study Meritxell Marine*, Maria Esteve, Montserrat Alsina, Carme
Anton Vrij*, Alexander Martens Farre, Montserrat Cortijo, Antonio Salas, Margarita Tomas,
Elias Abugattas, Merce Rosinach, Fernando Fernandez-
W1240 A Practical Method for Counting Intraepithelial Banares, Rebeca Santaolalla, Clarisa Gonzalez, Josep Maria
Lymphocytes in Duodenal Biopsies: Data from a Viver
Population-Based Endoscopic Study
Marjorie M. Walker*, Robert D. Goldin, Michael Vieth, W1254 Endoscopic and Pathological Response of Ulcerative
Manfred Stolte, Jukka Ronkainen, Pertti Aro, Tom Jejunitis to Infliximab Therapy
Storskrubb, Joseph A. Murray, Nicholas J. Talley, Lars Neil Rajoriya*, Mattew Priest, Galloway Aileen, Robert
Agreus Jackson, John MacKenzie, John Morris
W1242 The Prevalence of Celiac Disease Is Increasing in W1255 Risk Factors for Osteoporosis and Effect of Gluten Free
Process of Time Diet On Bone Density in Patients with Celiac Disease
Sini Lohi, Kirsi Mustalahti, Katri Kaukinen*, Kaija Laurila, Donald Duerksen*, Carrie Wilhelm-Boyles, David Parry
Pekka Collin, Harri Rissanen, Olli Lohi, Enzo Bravi, Antti
W1257 Seroprevalence of Anti-Gliadin and Anti-Endomysium
Reunanen, Markku Maki
Antibodies in Mexican Adults
W1243 Baboons Affected By Hereditary Chronic Diarrhea As a Nahum Mendez-Sanchez*, Daniel Zamora-valdes, Francisco
Possible Non-Human Primate Model of Celiac Disease Sanchez-Giron, Maria A. Montano-Reyes, Lizet Lopez,
Alessio Fasano, Debby Kryszak*, Michelle Leland, Henry Martha H. Ramos, Misael Uribe
McGill
W1258 Economic Burden of a Gluten-Free Diet
W1244 Evidence of Neuroautonomic Dysfunction in Celiac Anne R. Lee*, Dianna Ng, Peter H. Green
Disease
W1259 High Resolution SSOP Typing of Celiac Disease-
Roberto Zulli, Franco Nicosia, Stefania Bertolazzi,
Associated HLA DQ Haplotypes
Alessandra Mora, Francesco Daminelli, Massimiliano de
Esther Oh*, Mary Barry
Vecchi, Paolo Donati, Francesco Lanzarotto, Vittorio Grassi,
Alberto Lanzini*
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W1260 Proinflammatory Cytokynes IL-1b and TNFA Gene W1270 Effect of Ribonucleotide Reductase Subunit 2 mRNA
Polymorphisms in Celiac Disease Expression in Pretreatment Biopsies Obtained from
Alejandra Chernavsky, P A. Correa, Natalia Periolo, Sonia I. Pancreatic Carcinomas
Niveloni, Eduardo Maurino, Julio C. Bai*, J M. Anaya Takao Itoi*, Atsushi Sofuni, Fumihide Itokawa, Takayoshi
Tsuchiya, Toshio Kurihara, Takashi Kawai, Tetsuya
Yamagishi, Fuminori Moriyasu
AGA Poster Session
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A W1271 The Usefulness of Endoscopic Ultrasonography in
LA Convention Center Determining Whether Early Gastric Cancer Can Be
Treated Endoscopically
Sponsored by: Liver & Biliary Ritsuo Mouri*, Shigeto Yoshida, Shinji Tanaka, Hiroyuki
Kanao, Mayuko Hirata, Iwao Kaneko, Shirou Oka, Toru
PORTAL HYPERTENSION AND VASCULAR DISEASES OF Hiyama, Yoshitaka Ueno, Masaharu Yoshihara, Kazuaki
THE LIVER Chayama
W1272 The Feasibility and Safety of EUS Guided Ultra Fine W

W1261 Impact of Age On Outcomes of Acute Variceal
Hemorrhage in Patients with Cirrhosis Needle Aspiration (EUS-UFNA) of Gallbladder Contents E
William Sanchez*, Jayant A. Talwalkar, Mark V. Larson, for the Identification of Bile Crystals: Results in a D
Theresa A. Nolte, Stephanie M. Johnson, Louis M. Wong Porcine Model
Ali Fazel*, Koorosh Moezardalan, Behzad Kalaghchi, Peter N
Kee Song, Vijay H. Shah, W R. Kim, Patrick S. Kamath
Draganov, Christopher Forsmark E
W1262 Intrahepatic Hyperphosphorylation of the Rho-Kinase- S
Substrate Moesin in Experimental and Human Cirrhosis W1273 Preoperative Evaluation of Ampullary Neoplasm with
Martin Hennenberg*, Jonel Trebicka, Ludger Leifeld, Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) and Intraductal D
Michael Schepke, Erwin Biecker, Tilman Sauerbruch, Joerg Ultrasonography (IDUS) -a Prospective and A
Heller Histopathologically Controlled Study
Kei Ito*, Naotaka Fujita, Yutaka Noda, Go Kobayashi, Jun Y
W1263 Liver Regeneration Factors After Extended Hepatic Horaguchi, Osamu Takasawa MAY
Resection with Or Without Portosystemic Shunt in a 24
Large Animal Model W1274 Risk Factors for Hyperechogenic Pancreas On
Ruth Ladurner*, Martin Schenk, Alfred Koenigsrainer Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS). a Case Controlled Study
Mohammad Al-Haddad*, Surakit Pungpapong, James S.
W1264 Is Sedation Or Analgesia Necessary for Transjugular Scolapio, Kyung W. Noh, Michael B. Wallace, Timothy A.
Liver Biopsy? A Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial Woodward, Nadia Pallota, Massimo Raimondo
Sylvie Evrard*, Micheal Adler, Axel Hittelet, Jacques
Deviere, Olivier Le Moine W1275 Diagnostic Role and Clinical Impact of Endoscopic
Ultrasound Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS FNA) in
W1265 Endoscopic Treatment of Esophagogastric Variceal Cholangiocarcinoma Patients Undergoing Pre-Liver
Bleeding in Patients with Non-Cirrhotic Extrahepatic Transplant Nodal Staging
Portal Vein Thrombosis: A Long-Term Cohort Study Ferga Gleeson*, Elizabeth Rajan, Jonathan E. Clain, Levy J.
Vmcw Spaander*, S Darwish Murad, Hr van Buuren, Be Michael, Gavin C. Harewood, Mark D. Topazian, Georgios
Hansen, Ej Kuipers, Hla Janssen I. Papachristou
W1266 Role of NOS Isoforms in the Development of Vascular W1276 Is EUS with Doppler Comparable to Transabdominal
Hypo-Response Following Portal Hypertension Ultrasound As a Screening Test for Chronic Mesenteric
Nicholas J. Skill*, Nicholas G. Theodorakis, Janice L. Ischemia (CMI)?
Theodorakis, James V. Sitzmann Kyung W. Noh*, Surakit Pungpapong, Michael B. Wallace,
Timothy A. Woodward, Mohammed Al-Haddad, Massimo
W1267 Therapeutic Efficacy of Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Raimondo
Transvenous Obliteration in Patients with Gastric
Variceal Bleeding W1277 The Heart - An Easily Accessible and Safe Target for
Kyungsik Park*, Byoungkuk Jang, Woojin Chung, Endoscopic Ultrasound and Fine Needle Intervention?
Kwangbum Cho, Jaeseok Hwang, Sunghoon Ahn, Annette Fritscher-Ravens*, C Alexander Mosse, Paul C.
Younghwan Kim, Jinsu Choi, Junyoung Hwang Swain
W1278 Sonoelastography Guided By Endoscopic Ultrasound:

ASGE Poster Session the First Step Towards Virtual Biopsy? Preliminary
Results in 49 Patients
Authors are required to be present during the Poster Session from Marc Giovannini*, Erwan Bories, Genevieve Monges,
12:00-2:00 pm. Christian Pesenti, Fabrice Caillol, Jean-Robert Delpero
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A W1279 Critical Role of the EUS-FNA for the Evaluation of the
LA Convention Center Celiac Axis in Lung Cancer
Pankaj Singh*, Yashodeep Jadhav, Phalguni Mukhopadhyay,
ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND POSTER SESSION Rahul Gupta, Brian Camazine, Ahmed Khan, Qi Zheng,
Yasir Yaqub, Richard A. Erickson
W1268 Usefulness of three-dimensional Endoscopic
Ultrasonography for Rational Endoscopoic Therapy for W1280 The Use of Contrast Enhanced Endoscopic Ultrasound
Esophageal Varices in Discrimination Between Focal Pancreatitis and
Shinichi Nakamura*, Atsushi Mitsunaga, Ichiro Ishikawa, Pancreatic Cancer
Izumi Shirato, Shohei Shimizu, Ryujiro Imai, Hiroyuki Michael Hocke*, Christoph F. Dietrich
Konishi, Itaru Oi, Keiko Shiratori
W1269 Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspirate

Microsatellite Loss Analysis in Predicting Pancreatic
Endocrine Tumor Behavior and Clinical Course
Asif Khalid*, Laurentia Nodit, Kevin McGrath, Niraj Jani,
Sally Carty, Sydney Finkelstein
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W1281 Natural History of Branch-Duct Type Intraductal W1293 Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)-Guided Fine Needle
Papillary-Mucinous Tumor (IPMT) of the Pancreas: Aspiration (FNA) of Visible Celiac Nodes Is Essential
‘Prospective’ Long-Term Follow-Up By MR for Determining Prognosis in Patients with Distal
Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and EUS Esophageal Cancer: A Survival Analysis in 71 Patients
Madoka Minoguchi*, Yusuke Mizukami, Kazumasa Eric Frechette*, Anand Sahai
Nakamura, Junpei Sasajima, Tsutomu Izawa, Yasuhiro
Nakano, Nobuyuki Yanagawa, Satoshi Tanno, Tsuneshi W1294 The Impact of Endoscopic Ultrasound and Computed
Fujii, Toshikatsu Okumura, Takeshi Obara, Yutaka Kohgo Tomography On TNM Staging of Early Barrett’s Cancer
Oliver Pech*, Andrea May, Liebwin Gossner, Erwin
W1282 Analysis of Endoscopic Ultrasound Elastography Used Guenter, Christian Ell
for Characterization of Benign and Malignant Lymph
Nodes W1295 Accuracy of Preoperative Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
Adrian Saftoiu*, Peter Vilmann, Hazem Hassan, Florin to Distinguish Between Early and Locally Advanced
Gorunescu Esophageal Cancer in Daily Clinical Practice
Peter Netzer, Benedikt Brunner, Werner Inauen, Pietro
W W1283 Digital Image Analysis of EUS Images Accurately Renzulli, Juergen M. Gschossmann*
E Differentiates Pancreatic Cancer from Normal Tissue
and May Obviate the Need for EUS-FNA W1296 Endosonographic (EUS) Evaluation of Cardial Anatomy
D in Normal, Gastroesophageal Reflux Desease (GERD),
Ananya Das*, Feng Li, Cuong C. Ngyuen
N Hiatus Hernia (HH) and Antirreflux Surgery Patients
E W1284 EUS-Guided Injection of Paclitaxel (OncoGel) Provides Cecilia Castillo, Roque Saenz*, Herrera Pablo, Valiati Loana,
Therapeutic Drug Concentrations in the Porcine Loehnert Rodolfo
S Pancreas
D Kai Matthes*, Mari Mino-Kenudson, Dushyant Sahani, W1297 Reliability of EUS in Exclusion of Pancreatic Cancer-
Nagaraj S. Holalkere, Kirk Fowers, Ramesh Rathi, William Results of the Hamburg-Eppendorf Study
A Stefan Seewald, Salem Omar*, Hiroo Imazu, Tiing Leong
R. Brugge
Y Ang, Tim Holzmann, Stefan Groth, Mitsuyoshi Urashima,
MAY W1285 Endoscopic Ultrasound for Detection of hepatocellular Almut Jacob, Uwe Seitz, Yan Zhong, Frank Thonke, Nib
carcinoma (HCC) - A Prospective Controlled Study Soehendra
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Pankaj Singh*, T U. Westblom, Richard A. Erickson,
Ahmed Khan, Sandeep Khurana, Alex Kiss, Yasir Yaqub, W1298 Differential Treatment of Biliary Obstructions with the
Phalguni Mukhopadhyay Alternative EUS-Guided Transgastric Or Transjejunal
Cholangiodrainage
W1286 Radial EUS for RE-Staging Esophageal Cancer After Uwe Will*, Anne-Kathrin Thieme, Rainer Gerlach, Kai Graf,
Neo-Adjuvant Chemotherapy Predicts Survival But Not Igor Wanzar, Frank Meyer
Resectability: A Large Resection Controlled Study
Steven Mesenas*, Charles Vu, Laura Doig, John Meenan W1299 Prevalence of Colonic Lesions During Deep Pelvic
Endometriosis Endosonographic Evaluation: A
W1287 EUS FNA Diagnostic Yield of Malignancy in Solid Retrospective Study
Pancreatic Mass: A Benchmark for Quality Performance Paulo Ayroza A. Ribeiro, Rita De Cassia C. Rossini, Simone
Measurement P. Pilli*, Mauricio S. Assef, Rogerio Colaiacovo, Lucio G.
Thomas Savides*, Gordon Hunt, Mohammed Al-Haddad, Rossini, Seiji Nakakubo
Harry Aslanian, Tamir Ben-Menachem, Victor Chen, Walter
Coyle, John Deutsch, John Dewitt, Manish Dhawan, W1300 Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) and Guided FNA for
Alexander Eckardt, Mohamad Eloubeidi, Alec Esker, Periluminal Nodes. Should This Be the Approach in
Timothy Gardner, Frank Gress, Steven Ikenberry, Ann Marie Endemic Areas to Diagnose Suspected Or Occult
Joyce, Jason Klapman, Simon Lo, Fauze Maluf-Filho, Tuberculosis ?
Nicholas Nickl, Virmeet Singh, Jason Wills, Michael Vipulroy D. Rathod*, Andrew C. Ashdown, Vatsala M.
Donohue, Cynthia Behling Doctor, Ravishankar S. Goel
W1288 Utility of Endoscopic Ultrasound Is Safe and Accurate W1301 Endoscopic Ultrasound in Pancreatic Cancer: Limited
in the Evaluation of Abnormal Intraoperative Utilization But Improved Outcomes
Cholangiograms Yasser H. Shaib*, Chris R. Naumann, Mohamad A.
Andrew C. Bolin*, James Lusby, Peter Naus, James T. Sing Eloubeidi, Jessica A. Davila, Mikele V. Cayton-Woody,
Hashem B. El-Serag
W1289 Preliminary Results in the Diagnosis of the Early Stage
Chronic Pancreatitis Using EUS-Elastography W1302 Echo-Endoscopic Analysis of Variceal Hemodynamics in
Yoshiki Hirooka*, Akihiro Itoh, Hiroki Kawashima, Kazuo Patient with Isolated Gastric Varices
Hara, Akira Kanamori, Hiroki Uchida, Jun Goto, Koji Hidemichi Imamura*, Atsushi Irisawa, Takuto Hikichi,
Nonogaki, Yukinari Matsumoto, Naoki Ohmiya, Yasumasa Goro Shibukawa, Tadayuki J. Takagi, Takeru Wakatsuki,
Niwa, Hidemi Goto Yuuta Takahashi, Ai Sato, Masaki Sato, Katsutoshi Obara
W1290 Intraductal Ultrasound in Evaluation of Biliary W1303 Is Endoscopic Ultrasonography More Useful Than
Strictures Without a Mass Lesion On CT Scan: Naked Eyes for Discrimination of Gastric Mucosal
Significance of Focal Wall Thickening and Extrinsic Cancer from Deeper Invasion?
Compression At the Stricture Site Kyungsik Park*, Byoungkuk Jang, Woojin Chung,
Naveen B. Krishna, Saradhi V. Saripalli, Rizwan Safdar, Kwangbum Cho, Jaeseok Hwang, Sunghoon Ahn,
Banke Agarwal* Seongyeol Kim, Hongsug Lee, Yeongseok Lee, Junyoung
Hwang
W1291 A Solution to the Failed PEG Procedure: EUS-FNA
Guided PEG Placement W1304 The Diagnostic Utility of Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
Ali Fazel*, Koorosh Moezardalan, Behzad Kalaghchi, and ERCP in Evaluating Patients with Idiopathic Acute
Christopher Forsmark Recurrent Pancreatitis (IARP): An Update
Rahul A. Shimpi*, Sammy Ho, Malcolm S. Branch, Paul S.
W1292 Transesophageal Ultrasound and the Assessment of Jowell, John Baillie, Frank G. Gress
Tumour Invasion in Non- Small Cell Lung Cancer
Jouke T. Annema*, Michel M. Versteegh, Maud Veselic,
Klaus F. Rabe
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W1305 Utility of Presenting Symptoms and Endoscopic W1318 Concentration-Dependent Efficacy of Endoscopic
Ultrasound Morphology Characteristics in the Diagnosis Ultrasound-Guided Ethanol Ablation of Pancreatic
of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Tumors: Correlation Tissue in the Pig
with Histopathology in 74 Patients Kai Matthes*, Mari Mino-Kenudson, Dushyant Sahani,
Shireen A. Pais*, Siriboon Attasaranya, Julia K. Leblanc, Lee Nagaraj S. Holalkere, William R. Brugge
Mc Henry, Stuart Sherman, Max Schmidt, John Dewitt
W1319 Contrast-Enhanced Endoscopic Ultrasonography (CE-
W1306 Endoscopic Ultrasonography Patterns of Autoimmune EUS) Improves Visualization of Pancreatic Vasculature
Pancreatitis Samuel A. Giday*, Marcia I. Canto, Priscilla Magno, Jon
Okabe Yoshinobu*, Tsuruta Osamu, Suga Hideya, Saitou Buscaglia, John Clarke, Chung-Wang Ko, Lori Wroblewski,
Fumihiko, Toyonaga Atsushi, Sata Michio Anthony N. Kalloo, Sergey V. Kantsevoy, Sanjay Jagannath
W1307 Hyperamilasemia After Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided W1320 Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Guided Drainage of
Fine-Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) of Pancreatic Pseudocysts: Safer and More Effective Compared to
Lesions: Incidence and Clinical Impact Standard Endoscopic Drainage
Gloria Fernandez-Esparrach*, Pilar Garcia, Omar Trujillo, Jan-Werner Poley*, Jelle Haringsma, Sarwa Darwish Murad, W
Maria Pellise, Pablo Cortes, Luciana Sampaio, Israel Grilo, Jan Dees, Casper H. J. van Eijck, Ernst J. Kuipers E
Alfredo Mata, Josep Llach, Josep M Bordas, Angels Gines D
W1321 Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)-Guided Angiography: A
W1308 Transgastric Pancreaticography and EUS-Guided Novel Approach to Diagnostic and Therapeutic N
Drainage of the Pancreatic Duct Intervention in the Vascular System E
Uwe Will*, Frank Fueldner, Anne-Kathrin Thieme, Priscilla Magno*, Samuel Giday, Jonathan Buscaglia, Clarke
Bernhard Goldmann, Rainer Gerlach, Igor Wanzar, Frank O. John, Chung-Wang Ko, Lori Wroblewski, Marcia I. S
Meyer Canto, Anthony N. Kalloo, Sergey V. Kantsevoy, Sanjay D
Jagannath A
W1309 Accuracy of Endoscopic Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of
Pancreas Divisum in a Busy Clinical Setting W1322 A Prospective Study of Endoscopic Ultrasound -Guided Y
Rhys B. Vaughan*, Inder Mainie, Brenda Hoffman, Robert Celiac Plexus Neurolysis Combined with Local MAY
Hawes, Joseph Romagnuolo Chemotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer Pain
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Yanqing Li*, Ning Zhong, Wenjie Li, Hongbo Ren, Youan
W1310 Long-Term Results of EUS Guided Zhao
Pancreaticogastrostomy
Michel Kahaleh*, Alfredo J. Hernandez, Jeffrey Tokar, Reid W1323 Endosonographically Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
B. Adams, Vanessa M. Shami, Paul Yeaton (EUS-FNA) of Solid Pancreatic Mass Lesions:
Comparison of Histological and Cytological Analyses
W1311 On Site Cytopatologist Assessment for Endosonography Kathleen Moeller*, Thomas Toermer, Mario Sarbia, Hubert
Guided Biopsy: Always, Never, On Demand? Martin, Ulrich Schenck, Hans-Joachim Schulz, Hans-Dieter
Enrique -. Vazquez-Sequeiros*, Jose R. Foruny, Diego Allescher, Alexander Meining, Harald Schmidt, Thomas
Juzgado, Daniel Boixeda-Miquel, Victor Moreira-Vicente, Roesch
Jose M. Milicua
W1324 Does Endoscopic Ultrasonography Influence the
W1312 EUS Guided Natural Orifice Transvisceral Endoscopic Management of Patients with Dilated Common Bile
Surgical (NOTES) Approach to the Retroperitoneum Duct?
Amitabh Chak*, Michael McGee, Ashley L. Faulx, Jeffrey Shinji Okaniwa*, Yoshiyuki Nakamura, Manabu Hiraguri,
Marks, Michael J. Rosen, Steve Schomisch, Jeffrey Ponsky Naoto Horigome, Gengo Kaneko, Yuko Okaniwa, Nobuo
Itoh
W1313 Efficacy and Limitation of High-Frequency Ultrasound
Probe for Preoperative Staging of Laterally Spreading W1325 Utility of EUS-FNA and Cyst Fluid Analysis in the
Tumors in the Colon and Rectum Diagnosis of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Tumors:
Kentaro Moriichi*, Jiro Watari, Mikihiro Fujiya, Youkou Correlation with Histopathology in 74 Patients
Konno, Chisato Ishikawa, Yuhei Inaba, Tsukasa Muramatsu, Shireen A. Pais*, Siriboon Attasaranya, Julia Leblanc, Stuart
Ryu Satoh, Kotaro Okamoto, Hiroki Tanabe, Atsuo Sherman, Lee McHenry, Max Schmidt, John Dewitt
Maemoto, Yusuke Saitoh, Toshifumi Ashida, Yutaka Kohgo
W1326 EUS-FNA of Solid Pseudopapillary Tumors of the
W1314 Less Than Four Needle Passes By Endoscopic Pancreas: A Single Center Experience
Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) Niraj Jani*, Asif Khalid, Debra Brody, Kenneth Lee, Kevin
Cytology Results in High Specificity for Lymph Node McGrath
Staging in Esophageal Cancer
Bruce D. Greenwald*, Nirish Shah, Mark Krasna W1327 Sensitivity and Specificity of Suggested Diagnostic
Cutoffs for Pancreatic Cyst Fluid CEA to Diagnose
W1315 The Use of a Linear Ultrasound Bronchoscope for Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas
Transesophageal Staging of Lung and Esophageal Raghuram P. Reddy*, Suresh T. Chari, Thomas C. Smyrk,
Cancers Jonathan E. Clain, Mario Pelaez, Michael J. Levy, Randall K.
Rya Kaplan*, David Robbins, Joseph Romagnuolo, Robert Pearson, Bret T. Petersen, Santhi S. Vege, Mark D. Topazian,
Hawes, Brenda Hoffman Michael B. Farnell
W1316 Accuracy of EUS with and Without Preoperative W1328 Value of EUS to Identify Thickening of the Extra-
Chemoradiation in Correlation with PET Staging of Hepatic Biliary Tree Wall in Primary Sclerosing
Gastrointestinal Cancers Cholangitis
Carl D. Frank*, William A. Ross, Thomas Prindiville, Jeffrey Steven Mesenas*, Charles Vu, Laura Doig, John Meenan
H. Lee
W1329 Common Bile Duct Diameter Variation with Age and
W1317 Value of Repeat EUS-Guided FNA for Suspected Cholecystectomy Status: A Prospective Evaluation At
Pancreatic Cancer Endoscopic Ultrasound
Mohamad Eloubeidi*, Shyam Varadarajulu, Shilpa Desai, C. Vu Kwan*, Ian D. Norton, David B. Jones
Mel Wilcox
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W1330 Clinical Value of EUS/EUS-FNA in Evaluation of W1342 The Endoscopic Ultrasound Survey of Upper
Patients with Abnormal Pancreas On CT/MRI But Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor / Leiomyoma
Without History of Obstructive Jaundice Soo Jung Lee*, Jin Oh Kim, Jun Hwan Wi, Yeon Soo Kim,
Naveen B. Krishna, Saradhi V. Saripalli, Rizwan Safdar, In Seop Jung, Bong Min Ko, Young Deok Cho, Joo Young
Banke Agarwal* Cho, Joon Seong Lee, So Young Jin, Moon Sung Lee, Chan
Sup Shim, Boo Sung Kim
W1331 Intraductal Ultrasonographic Anatomy of Biliary Varices:
to Draw Up Therapeutic Strategy of Obstructive W1343 Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm: Is It Safe to
Jaundice Due to Biliary Varices Watch and Wait?
Tadayuki J. Takagi*, Atsushi Irisawa, Takuto Hikichi, Goro Mohammad Al-Haddad*, Hugo Bonatti, Surakit
Shibukawa, Takeru Wakatsuki, Hidemichi Imamura, Yuta Pungpapong, Kyung W. Noh, Seth A. Gross, Massimo
Takahashi, Ai Sato, Katsutoshi Obara Raimondo, Timothy A. Woodward, Michael B. Wallace
W1332 EUS-FNA for Biliary Strictures Following Non- W1344 Optimal Management of Pancreatic Cysts - A Cost-
Diagnostic ERCP Cytology Effectiveness Analysis
W Darren A. Pavey*, Josh George, Fletcher D. Srygley, Shalini Ananya Das*, Shweta Nagendra, Amitabh Chak
E Balapurdi, Carlos G. Micames, M. Stanley Branch, Paul S.
Jowell, Frank G. Gress W1345 Value of Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle
D Aspiration Biopsy (EUS-FNAB) in the Diagnosis of Solid
N W1333 Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Pancreatic Masses: Prospective Analysis Using a
E Cytology of Lesions Within the Liver and the Porta Standardized Thinprep® Method
Hepatis (liver hilum). a Single Center Report of 67 Anne Couvelard, Michele Felche-Dachez, Lydia Deschamps,
S Lesions in 59 Patients Nathalie Colnot, Alain Aubert, Alain Dancour, Philippe
D Ioannis Karoumpalis, Thomas Anastasiou*, Charitini Salla, Ruszniewski, Pierre Bedossa, Dermot O'Toole*
A Athanasios Chatzinikolaou, Anastasios Konstantinidis, Irini
Doumani, Vassilios Delis, Vassilios Balatsos, Katerina W1346 The Role of Intraductal Ultrasound for Patients with
Y Karadima, Nikolaos Skandalis Strictures in Intrapancreatic Portion of Distal Common
MAY Bile Duct At ERCP
W1334 Diagnosis of Intraabdominal and Mediastinal Sarcoidosis Hyun Jeong Kim*, Young Deok Cho, Soo Hoon Eun, Young
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Using Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Dae Kim, Jae Young Jang, Young Koog Choeon, Young Seok
Aspiration Kim, Jong Ho Moon, Yeon Soo Kim, Joon Seong Lee, Moon
Hazar Michael, Sammy Ho*, Bonnie Pollack, Mala Gupta, Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim, Boo Sung Kim
Frank Gress
W1347 A Prospective Evaluation of Tandem EUS and ERCP As
W1335 The Incremental Yield of EUS Over Endobronchial Us a Single Procedure in Patients with Suspected
and CT for Detection of Extrathoracic Metastases in Choledocholithiasis
Lung Cancer Abdulrahman M. Aljebreen*, Nahla Azzam
Jason Conway*, Gerard Silvestri, Carolyn Reed, Joseph
Romagnuolo, Robert Hawes, James Ravenel, Brenda W1348 Contrast-Enhanced EUS (CE-EUS) Using a New
Hoffman Microbubble Contrast Agent (MRX-815) - A Feasibility
Study in a Porcine Model
W1336 Sedation for Endoscopic Ultrasonography: Propofol with Robert F. Wong*, Orhan Tarcin, Nischita Reddy, Ijaz
Low-Dose Midazolam Versus Midazolam Ahmed, Douglas Brining, Terry O. Matsunaga, Manoop S.
Yuji Ono*, Yuichi Shimizu, Mototsugu Kato, Takeshi Bhutani
Yoshida, Tamotsu Hata, Jojo Hirota, Shoko Ono, Yasuaki
Mori, Manabu Nakagawa, Souichi Nakagawa, Masahiro W1349 Patients with Obstructive Jaundice and Abnormal
Asaka Imaging: Role of EUS/EUS-FNA in Management
Saradhi V. Saripalli, Naveen B. Krishna, Rizwan Safdar,
W1337 EUS-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration (FNA) with Or Banke Agarwal*
Without Flow Cytometry for the Diagnosis of
Lymphoma: A Large Single Center Experience W1350 EUS-Guided Paracentesis: Experience in 60 Consecutive
Mojgan S. Savabi*, Moen Khashab, Sherman Stuart, Julia K. Patients
Leblanc, Lee McHenry, John M. Dewitt John Dewitt*, Stuart Sherman, Lee McHenry, Kathy
McGreevy, Julia Leblanc
W1338 EUS FNA with DNA Flow Cytometry (FC) for the
Evaluation of Pancreatic Cysts: A Pilot Study W1351 EUS Distinction of Benign from Malignant Hepatic Mass
Ian M. Storch*, Phillip Ruiz, Shoib Sarwar, Jamie Barkin, Lesions and Evaluation of Endoscopic Ultrasound
Afonso Ribeiro Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS FNA) and Trucut
Biopsy (TCB) Safety and Impact On Clinical Care
W1339 The Quality of Endoscopic Ultrasonographic Staging of Michael J. Levy*, Suresh T. Chari, Jonathan E. Clain, Amy
Esophageal Cancer During the Learning Period Using C. Clayton, Ferga Gleeson, Gregory J. Gores, Gavin C.
Electronic Consultation Harewood, Elizabeth Rajan, Lewis R. Roberts, Mark D.
Matthijs P. Schwartz*, Maarten J. van Campen, Paul Topazian, Kenneth K. Wang, Maurits J. Wiersema
Fockens, Bas Oldenburg, Melvin Samsom
W1352 EUS-FNA: A Prospective Study for the Evaluation of the
W1340 Publication Bias Does Not Influence the Reporting of Histological and Cytological Material
EUS Staging in Esophageal Cancer Patients J.N. Niehaus*, Eike Burmester, Michael Rode, Lutz Welker,
Evelyn P.M. van Vliet*, Marinus J.C. Eijkemans, Ernst J. Hp Horny, S Krueger, Th Huetteroth
Kuipers, Jan-Werner Poley, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Peter D.
Siersema W1353 Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
of Ascites
W1341 Benignancy and Malignancy of Gastrointestinal Stromal Nundhini Thukkani*, Douglas O. Faigel, Raquel E. Davila
Tumors of the Stomach Can Be Accurately Diagnosed By
EUS
Junichi Yoshikawa*, Jun Matsumoto, Kazuyuki Imakiire,
Takafumi Yamamoto, Shinichi Hashimoto, Hirohito
Tsubouchi
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W1354 Training of Endoscopist Can Improve the Quality of On- W1367 The Negative Predictive Value of EUS-Guided FNA in
Site Determination for Cytological Adequacy in Patients with Suspected Pancreatic Cancer
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Mohamad Eloubeidi*, Shyam Varadarajulu, Shilpa Desai, C.
Hyun Jeong Kim*, Jo Kim, Sh Eun, Is Jung, Bm Ko, Yk Mel Wilcox
Cheon, Jh Moon, Yd Cho, Jy Cho, Js Lee, Sy Jin, Ms Lee,
Cs Shim, Bs Kim W1368 Staging Esophageal Cancer Using Endoscopic
Ultrasound (EUS): Staging Accuracy Revisited
W1355 Irregular Echogenic Foci Representing Coagulation Rahul A. Shimpi*, Josh George, Sailaja Yerrabapu, Sammy
Necrosis: A Useful But Perhaps Under-Recognized EUS Ho, Paul S. Jowell, Frank Gress
Feature of Malignant Lymph Node Invasion
Charles Chaya*, Parantap Gupta, Manoop S. Bhutani W1369 Endoscopic Ultrasonography with Fine Needle
Aspiration (EUS-FNA) for Esophageal Cancer Staging
W1356 Does EUS Trucut Biopsy (TCB) Plus Fine Needle and Its Impact On Therapy: A Survey of
Aspiration (FNA) Increase Accuracy Over FNA in Gastroenterologists and Thoracic Surgeons
Thoracic Disease When NO On-Site Cytopatholgist Is Kevin Peifer*, Steven A. Edmundowicz, Dayna S. Early,
Present? Bryan Meyers, Riad Azar W
Ian M. Storch*, Richard Thurer, Caio Rocha-Lima Rocha- E
Lima, Luis Raez, Merce Jorda, Ayesha Williams, Afonso W1370 Submucosal Esophageal Cancer Diagnosed By EUS-FNA
with Negative Endoscopic Biopsies D
Ribeiro
Patrick R. Walsh*, Edward A. Levine, Girish Mishra N
W1357 Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration E
As the Definitive Diagnostic Or Staging Study in W1371 Prospective Evaluation of Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA)
Patients with Suspected Or Known Lung Cancer Versus Fine Needle Capillary Sampling (FNC) On S
Parantap Gupta*, Joseph B. Zwischenberger, Charles T. Specimen Quality and Diagnostic Accuracy in EUS- D
Chaya, Manoop S. Bhutani Guided Biopsy
Ian M. Storch*, Merce Jorda, Graciela Dalrymple, Jean
A
W1358 The Presence of Mucin As a Predictor of Malignancy in Tyson, Afonso Ribeiro Y
Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasia MAY
Vanessa M. Shami*, Vinay Sundaram, Edward Stelow, W1372 EUS Guided Injection of Cyanoacrylate and Lipiodol At
Christopher A. Moskaluk, Reid B. Adams, Grace E. White, the Feeding Veins in Gastric Varices. Results in Four 24
Paul Yeaton, Michel Kahaleh Cases
Rafael Romero-Castro*, Francisco Pellicer-Bautista, Carlos
W1359 Does Addition of Cystic Fluid Analysis By EUS-Guided Ortiz-Moyano, Francisco Marcos-Sanchez, Manuel Jimenez-
FNA to EUS Image Help the Physician to Select Saenz, Manuel Gomez-Parra, Victor Leria-Yebenes, Juan M.
Accurately Patients with Pancreatic Cystic Lesions for Herrerias-Gutierrez
Surgery?
Seung Hyun Kwon*, Sang Soo Lee, Tae Yoon Lee, Hyung
Cheol Oh, Dong-Wan Seo, Sung Koo Lee, Myung-Hwan ASGE Poster Session
Kim 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
W1360 Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Features of Annular
Pancreas ERCP BILIARY POSTER SESSION
Georgios I. Papachristou*, Mark T. Topazian, Ferga Gleeson,
Clain E. Jonathan, Gavin C. Harewood, Elizabeth Rajan, W1373 Expanded Tissue Sampling Protocol Incorporating a
Kenneth K. Wang, Maurits J. Wiersema, Michael J. Levy New Forceps Biopsy Technique At ERCP Maximizes
Diagnostic Sensitivity
W1362 Role of Endoscopic Ultrasonography in Follow-Up of Michael K. Sanders*, Douglas Howell, Kirk P. Bernadino,
Branch Duct Type Intraductal Papillary-Mucinous Andreas M. Stefan, Christopher Lawrence, Burr J. Loew,
Neoplasms of the Pancreas Sheila L. Eswaran, Anthony R. Mattia
Satoshi Tanno*, Yasuhiro Nakano, Kazumasa Nakamura,
Madoka Minoguchi, Tsutomu Izawa, Yusuke Mizukami, W1374 Intraductal Ultrasonography and An Experimentally
Toshikatsu Okumura, Yutaka Kohgo Developed Suction Catheter for Treatment of Small
Stones Remaining in the Common Bile Duct After
W1363 Endoscopic Ultrasonography for the Diagnosis of Endoscopic Lithotripsy
Chronic Pancreatitis Toshihiko Chikaishi*, Juniji Yoshino, Kazuo Inui, Kazumu
Inder Mainie*, Rhys Vaughan, Sandra Faias, Moss Mann, Okushima, Hironao Miyoshi, Yuta Nakamura
Joseph Romagnuolo, Brenda Hoffman, Robert Hawes
W1375 Prospective Evaluation of Ketamine On Sphincter of
W1364 Utility of EUS-FNA and Cyst Fluid Analysis in the Oddi Motility
Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cysts: Correlation with Shyam Varadarajulu*, Charles M. Wilcox
Histopathology in 51 Patients
Siriboon Attasaranya*, Shireen A. Pais, Julia K. Leblanc, W1376 Simultaneous Endoscopic Papillary Large Balloon
Stuart Sherman, Lee McHenry, John M. Dewitt Dilatation and Est for Easy Removal of Large and
Multiple Cbd Stones
W1365 Hyperechoic Abnormalities of Pancreatic Parenchyma Se-Joon Lee*, Seoung-Joon Hwang, Dong-Ki Lee, Kwan-Sik
On EUS in Patient with Normal Pancreatic Duct On Lee, Jae Bock Chung, Sang-In Lee
ERP: Are They True Or Fake?
Ai Sato*, Atsushi Irisawa, Takuto Hikichi, Tadayuki Takagi, W1377 Early Gallbladder Carcinoma Associated with
Goro Shibukawa, Kyoko Katakura, Takeru Wakatsuki, Pancreatobiliary Reflux
Hidemichi Imamura, Yuta Takahashi, Masaki Sato, Jin Kan Sai*, Masafumi Suyama, Yoshihiro Kubokawa,
Katsutoshi Obara Hiroyuki Tadokoro, Kei Kato, Yuuji Matsumura, Kouichi
Inami, Yasushi Takahashi, Masayasu Chikamori, Shigehumi
W1366 The Accuracy of Endoscopic Ultrasound in the Ohmuta
Assessment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours and
Leiomyomas - Correlation of EUS Diagnosis, Size and
Malignant Potential with Surgical Pathology
Vu Kwan*, Ian D. Norton, David B. Jones
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W1378 The Investigation of Radial and Axial Force in Biliary W1390 Covered Wallstent for Palliation of Malignant Biliary
Metallic Stent Obstruction: Retrospective Single Center Study of 103
Hiroyuki Isayama*, Yousuke Nakai, Yoshihide Toyokawa, Patients
Hiroshi Kogure, Osamu Togawa, Toshihiko Arizumi, Saburo Laura Ornellas, Gerasimos Stefanidis, Andres Gelrud, T.
Matsubara, Yukiko Ito, Natsuyo Yamamoto, Naoki Sasahira, Barry Kelleher, Ram Chuttani, Douglas Pleskow*
Kenji Hirano, Takeshi Tsujino, Nobuo Toda, Minoru Tada,
Haruhiko Yoshida, Chimyon Gon, Takao Kawabe, Masao W1391 Hydraulic ERCP Catheter and Accessory Exchange
Omata Using a short Hydrophilic Guidewire: Prospective Study
of 100 Patients
W1379 Value of Brush Cytology in the Surveillance of Patients Georgios I. Papachristou*, Todd H. Baron, Ferga Gleeson,
with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Michael J. Levy, Mark T. Topazian
Hassan Abou-Rebyeh*, Hussain Al-Abadi, Zeynep Al-
Khalili, Wilfried Veltzke-Schlieker, Andreas Adler, Nicco W1392 Imaging Characteristics of Autoimmune Pancreato-
Krezdorn, Thomas Berg, Sven Jonas, Peter Neuhaus, Cholangitis - Results of a Multicenter Study Group
Bertram Wiedenmannn, Thomas Roesch Henk R. van Buuren*, Menno A. Brink, Sjoerd D. van der
W Werf, Maarten A. Meijssen, Maarten G. Thomeer, Annette
E W1380 Efficacy and Outcomes of Endoscopic Therapy for Fritscher-Ravens
D Biliary Complications After Duct-to-Duct Biliary
Reconstruction in Adult Living-Donor Liver W1393 Endoscopic Therapy of Bile Leaks After Complex Liver
N Transplantation Resection
E Hironari Kato*, Hirofumi Kawamoto, Ken Hirao, Naoko Thomas Zoepf*, Evelyn Maldonado-Lopez, Marc Dammann,
Kurihara, Yuko Okamoto, Hirotoshi Fukatsu, Jun Kato, Hauke Lang, Philip Hilgard, Christoph E. Broelsch, Guido
S Gerken
Hiroyuki Okada, Yasushi Shiratori, Takahito Yagi
D
W1381 Endoscopic Treatment of Biliary Complications After W1394 Iatrogenic Ampullary Stenosis; History, Endoscopic
A Treatment and Outcome in a Series of 53 Patients
Right-Lobe Living-Donor Liver Transplantation with
Y Duct-to-Duct Biliary Reconstruction Marielle C. Veldkamp*, Erik A. Rauws, Paul Fockens,
MAY Shujiro Yazumi*, Hiroshi Hisatsune, Kazunori Hasegawa, Marco J. Bruno
24 Takanobu Yoshimoto, Masaya Kida, Shinsuke Tada, Junichi
W1395 Successful Non-Surgical Management of Duodenal
Yamauchi, Seiji Shio, Hiroto Egawa, Shinji Uemoto,
Tsutomu Chiba Perforations Related to Endoscopic Sphincterotomy: A
Single-Center Experience
W1382 Endoscopic Large Balloon Sphincteroplasty Along with Russell Brown, Richard M. Warneke*, Allan Halline, Rama
Endoscopic Sphincterotomy (ELBS-EST) in Patients with Venu
Large Extrahepatic Bile Duct Stones
W1396 Combined Endoscopic Biliary Sphincterotomy and Large
Deog K. Kim*, Hyeok C. Kwon, Joon H. Choi, Jea Y.
Cheong, Kee M. Lee, Byung M. Yoo, Kwang J. Lee, Ki B. Balloon Dilation for Large Common Bile Duct Stones
Matthew Carnes*, Peter B. Cotton, Robert H. Hawes,
Hahm, Jin H. Kim, Sung W. Cho
Christopher Lawrence, Mark Payne, Joseph Romagnuolo
W1383 Large Size Balloon Dilation of the Ampulla After Biliary
Sphincterotomy Can Facilitate Endoscopic Extraction of W1397 Endoscopic Extraction of Difficult Stones: to Break Or
to Dilate?
Complicated Bile Duct Stones
Emilio Morena-Madrigal*, Elena Perez-Arellano, Yago
William B. Evans, Peter Draganov*, Chris Forsmark
Gonzalez-Lama, Esperanza Tomas-Moros
W1384 You're Never Too Old? a Prospective Analysis of ERCP
W1398 Prevalence and Outcomes of Patients with Concomitant
Performed in Patients Aged 90 Years Or Older
Earl J. Williams*, Bsg Audit Of Ercp Steering Committee Acute Biliary Obstruction and Acute Cholecystitis
Jeremias C. Tan*, Erika M. Lee, Jorge V. Obando
W1385 Results of a Randomised Trial of Cannulation Technique
W1399 Do Endoscopic Sphincterotomy and Periampullary
in ERCP: Effects On Technical Success and Post ERCP
Diverticulum Affect the Result of Endoscopic Large
Pancreatitis
Adam A. Bailey*, Paul M. Lynch, Eric Y. Lee, Patrick R. Balloon Sphincteroplasty Along with Endoscopic
Walsh, Murray Michael, Kwan Vu, Stephen J. Williams, Sphincterotomy in Patients with Large Bile Duct Stones?
Deog K. Kim*, J.N. D. Han, Jeong Y. Choi, Jae Y. Cheong,
Bourke J. Michael
Kee M. Lee, Byung M. Yoo, Kwang J. Lee, Ki B. Hahm, Jin
W1386 Biliary Carcinoma Risk in Patients with H. Kim, Sung W. Cho
Pancreaticobiliary Maljunction and the Degree of
Extrahepatic Bile Duct Dilatation W1400 Methylene Blue Aided Cholangioscopy for the Detection
of Neoplastic Biliary Lesions
Go Kuwata*, Terumi Kamisawa, Pong Yui Chen, Yuyang Tu,
Arthur W. Hoffman*, Ralf Kiesslich, Katharina
Hitoshi Nakajima, Kouji Tsuruta, Naoto Egawa, Atsutake
Okamoto, Masakatsu Matsukawa Lammersdorf, S Biesterfeld, Peter R. Galle, Markus F.
Neurath
W1387 Objective Scoring for Clinical Biliary Sphincterotomy -
W1401 Endobiliary Biopsy with Larger Forceps in Extrahepatic
Consensus of An Expert Panel
Joseph W. Leung*, Felix W. Leung Biliary Strictures
Iruru Maetani*, Masaki Ikeda, Masahiro Seike, Tomoko
W1388 Rate of Birubin Regression Post-Biliary Stenting in Tada, Takeo Ukita
Malignant Biliary Obstruction for Initiation of
W1402 Endoscopic Management of Biliary Complications After
Chemotherapy: How Soon Should We Repeat ERCP?
Brian R. Weston*, William A. Ross, Lian-Chun Xiao, Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Xuemei Wang, Robert A. Wolff, Jeffrey H. Lee Takeshi Tsujino*, Hiroyuki Isayama, Takashi Sasaki,
Yousuke Nakai, Natsuyo Yamamoto, Naoki Sasahira, Noriyo
W1389 Endoscopic Transpapillary Trans-Cystic Gallbladder Yamashiki, Minoru Tada, Yasuhiko Sugawara, Takao
Drainage for Acute Cholecystitis Kawabe, Masatoshi Makuuchi, Masao Omata
Federico Iacopini*, Stefanos Dokas, Massimiliano
Mutignani, Pietro Familiari, Andrea Tringali, Cristiano
Spada, Michele Marchese, Maddalena Belmonte, Guido
Costamagna
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W1403 A Randomized Multicenter Trial Comparing Plastic to W1417 Complex Biliary Stones: Treatment with Removable Self
Covered Metal Stents for the Palliation of Lower Expandable Metallic Stents: A New Approach
Malignant Biliary Obstruction Michel Kahaleh*, Mark Nyce, Vinay Sundaram, Joshua D.
Peter L. Moses*, Barkun N. Alan, Stuart R. Gordon, Roger Hall, Jeffrey Tokar, Paul Yeaton
D. Mitty, M. Stanley Branch, Thomas E. Kowalski
W1418 Yield At ERCP of Patients Referred for “Positive
W1404 Cholestasis Evolution in a Series of Patients with Patent Intraoperative Cholangiogram”
Plastic Stent in the Palliation of Malignant Obstructive Aixa Caraballo*, David J. Desilets
Jaundice (MOJ)
Josep M. Bordas*, Clemencia Guevara, Ana Adet, Josep W1419 Success of Repeat ERCP Following Initial Therapeutic
Llach, Angels Gines, Maria Pellise, Eurice Leon, Alfredo Failure
Mata, Gloria Fernandez-E, Antonio Castells, Josep M Pique Nicholas I. Church*, Edward W. Seward, Stephen P. Pereira,
Adrian R. Hatfield, George J. Webster
W1405 Blockage of Biliary Stents - A Correlative Study
Joseph W. Leung*, Chih Sheng Hung, Lucy Y. Liu, Chihya W1420 Endoscopist Administered Sedation During ERCP:
Hung, Robert Wilson Dosing Requirements and Need for Reversal Agents W
Georgios I. Papachristou*, Ferga Gleeson, Gavin C. E
W1406 Bacteriology of Blocked and Unblocked Biliary Stents - Harewood, Todd H. Baron
Impact On Stent Drainage Function D
Joseph W. Leung*, Chih Sheng Hung, Lucy Y. Liu, Chihya W1421 ERCP Outcomes in Nonagenarians: Experience At a N
Hung, Robert Wilson Tertiary Referral Center
Kourosh F. Ghassemi*, Rahul Verma, Harry Rodriguez,
E
W1407 Large Balloon Sphincteroplasty Without Preceding Liana Vesga, Mary Jo McMahon, Karen C. Bagatelos, James S
Endoscopic Sphincterotomy for the Treatment of Large W. Ostroff D
Bile Duct Stone
Sung-Ho Ki, Seok Jeong*, Jung Il Lee, Jin-Woo Lee, Kye W1422 ERCP in Patients with Prior Billroth II Gastrectomy: A A
Sook Kwon, Pum-Soo Kim, Hyung Gil Kim, Yong Woon 22-Year Experience Y
Shin, Young Soo Kim, Hyun Shin Park, Don Haeng Lee, Pietro Familiari*, Federico Iacopini, Massimiliano MAY
Soon Gu Cho Mutignani, Andrea Tringali, Cristiano Spada, Vincenzo
Perri, Michele Marchese, Lucio Petruzziello, Guido 24
W1408 Clinical Outcome of Endoscopic Nasal Gallbladder Costamagna
Drainage for Acute Cholecystitis
Iruru Maetani*, Masahiro Seike, Masaki Ikeda, Tomoko W1423 Characteristics of Juxtapapillary Duodenal Diverticula
Tada, Takeo Ukita (JPDD) in Patients Undergoing ERCP At a Tertiary Care
Center
W1409 Usefulness of Double-Balloon Endoscopy for Diagnosis Kuldip S. Banwait*, Madhusudhan R. Sanaka, Maya Spodik,
and Treatment of the Post-Operative Gastrointestinal Leonardo Salese, Kuntal M. Thaker, David Loren, Thomas
Tract Kowalski
Shu Tanaka*, Keigo Mitsui, Atsushi Tatsuguchi, Akihito
Ehara, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Tsuguhiko Seo, Masaoki W1424 A Retrospective Comparison of Post ERCP Pancreatitis
Yonezawa, Kazuhiro Nagata, Yoshiaki Shibata, Shunji with Conventional ERCP Vs. Wire Guided ERCP
Fujimori, Teruyuki Kishida, Katya Gudis, Choitsu Sakamoto Leila Keyvani*, Donald Duerksen
W1410 Supine Patient Positioning for ERCP: Indications and W1425 Suprapapillary Puncture of Cbd for Selective Biliary
Outcomes Access - A Novel Technique
David Diehl Everson L. Artifon*, Paulo Sakai, Shinhichi Ishioka, Fabio
Y. Hondo, Gottumukkala S. Raju
W1411 Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in
Patients Aged 90 Years and Older: Single Center W1426 Revision of Covered Metal Stents (SEMS) in Malignant
Experience in Japan Distal Biliary Strictures: Long Term Results and
Hiroyuki Hisai*, Toshiro Kusakabe, Takehiro Kukitsu, Ikuta Survival
Tanaka, Makoto Yoshida Michel Kahaleh*, Andrew Brock, Jeffrey Tokar, Patrick
Northup, Reid B. Adams, Paul Yeaton
W1412 Endoscopic Balloon Sphincter Dilation
(Sphincteroplasty) Vs Sphincterotomy for Common Bile W1427 Metal Or Plastic ? - Which Stent to Choose for Palliative
Duct Stones: A Cochrane Collaboration Meta-Analysis RE-Stenting in Nonresectable Periampullary Cancer
Benjamin M. Weinberg*, Waleed Shindy, Simon K. Lo After Stent Dysfunction
Aleksandra Pavlovic, Juergen M. Gschossmann*, Peter
W1413 Balloon Sphincteroplasty for Extraction of Difficult Bile Netzer
Duct Stones
Amit Maydeo*, S. P. Bhandari W1428 Diagnostic Value of MRC in the Identification of Biliary
Tract Strictures After Liver Transplantation
W1414 The Roles of Intraductal Us in Acute Biliary Pancreatitis Alexander Dechene*, Christiane Kuehle, Evelyn Maldonado-
Patients Without Choledocholithiasis On ERCP Lopez, Susanne Beckebaum, Philip Hilgard, Christoph E.
Jong Ho Moon*, Young Koog Cheon, Young Deok Cho, Il Broelsch, Guido Gerken, Thomas Lauenstein, Thomas Zoepf
Hyun Cho, Bong Min Ko, Yun Soo Kim, Joon Seong Lee,
Moon Sung Lee, Hae Kyung Lee, Chan Sup Shim, Boo W1429 Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
Sung Kim in the Diagnosis of Cholangiocarcinoma—a Preliminary
Study
W1415 Sleeve Sphincter of Oddi (SO) Manometry - Accurate Yoosun Han, Michael Starsiak*, Samir Parekh, David
and Safe Schuster, Qiang Cai
J Toouli*, J Geenen, M Kawamoto, T Omari, A Schloithe,
Gtp Saccone W1430 Painless Choledocholithiasis in African American and
Hispanic Patients
W1416 Biliary Manometry and Effect of Midazolam and Abbasi J. Akhtar, Magda A. Shaheen*
Propofol Using Sphincter of Oddi of Minipig Br1
Rodrigo Rodrigues, Ermelindo D. Libera, Frank S. Nakao,
Erika P. Macedo, Fernanda P. Thuler, Angelo P. Ferrari*
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W1431 Outcome in 1,000 Patients with Bile Duct Stones W1443 Pulse Fluoroscopy in ERCP: Reducing Radiation
Treated with Endoscopic Papillary Balloon Dilation Exposure
Takeshi Tsujino*, Takashi Sasaki, Osamu Togawa, Toshihiko Amit Singhal*, Gillian Rowe, Riyaz Faizallah
Arizumi, Saburou Matsubara, Yukiko Ito, Yousuke Nakai,
Natsuyo Yamamoto, Naoki Sasahira, Kenji Hirano, Hiroyuki W1444 Is ERCP Success Rate Affected By the Presence of
Isayama, Nobuo Toda, Minoru Tada, Takao Kawabe, Masao Periampullary Diverticulum in Patients with Suspected
Omata Choledocholithiasis?
Philippos Georgopoulos*, Angelos Mastrangelis, Georgios
W1432 Incidence of Juxtapapillary Duodenal Diverticula Is Malgarinos, Eva Georgopoulou, John K. Triantafillidis
Higher in Brown Pigment Stone But Not in Black
Pigment Or Cholesterol Stone W1445 Does Endoscopic Sphincterotomy Reduce the Rate of
Jin Tae Jung*, Ho Gak Kim, Eun Young Kim, Joong Goo Subsequent Cholangitis Or Development of Common
Kwon, Chang Hyeong Lee, Young Sup Kim, Byung Seok Bile Duct Stones in Patients with Highly Suspicious
Kim, Kyu Hyun Cho Common Bile Duct Stones, Not Documented On ERCP?
Kiyoung Yang*, Jin-Hyeok Hwang, Young Soo Park, Kwang-
W W1433 Complications of ERCP - A Multicenter Prospective Hyuck Lee, Ji Kon Ryu, Yong Tae Kim, Yong Bum Yoon
E Study-
Akio Katanuma*, Tuneshi Fujii, Hiroyuki Hisai, Hiroyuki W1446 Establishing a True Assessment of Endoscopic
D Competence in ERCP During Training and Beyond: A
Maguchi
N Single Operator Learning Curve for Deep Biliary
E W1434 In Vitro Evaluation of a Biliary Stent with An Anti- Cannulation in Patients with Native Papillary Anatomy
Duodenobiliary Reflux Valve Using Ox Bile Perfused At Dharmendra Verma*, Christopher J. Gostout, Bret T.
S Physiological Bile Flow Rates Petersen, Michael J. Levy, Todd H. Baron, Douglas G. Adler
D Kulwinder S. Dua*, B Medda, I Lang
W1447 Risk Factors for Infectious Complications After Index-
A W1435 Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) of a New Nitinol ERCP and Repeated ERCP Procedures
Y Non-Forshortening Self-Expanding Metal Stent (SEMS) Thomas Rabenstein*, Martin Radespiel-Troeger, Andreas
MAY for Malignant Biliary Obstruction: An International Bachmann, H. Thomas Schneider, Eckhart G. Hahn,
Multi-Center Comparison in Two Diameters to Erlangen Endoscopists And the
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WallstentR
Douglas A. Howell*, Michael K. Sanders, Kirk P. Bernadino, W1448 Serial Incremental Stenting of Symptomatic Common
Christopher Lawrence, Paul P. Kortan, Gary May, Raj J. Bile Duct Strictures Secondary to Pancreatitis
Shah, Yang Chen, Willis G. Parsons, Robert H. Hawes, Adam A. Bailey*, Paul M. Lynch, Eric Y. Lee, Theresa L.
Peter B. Cotton, Adam Slivka, Jawad Ahmad, Glen A. Lee, Stephen J. Williams, Michael J. Bourke
Lehman, Stuart Sherman, David J. Desilets, Horst Neuhaus,
Brigitta Schumacher W1449 The First 20 Millimeters of An Endoscopic Retrograde
Cholangiopancreatografy (E.R.C.P)
W1436 Presence of White Bile (Bilirubin-Free Bile) Is Juan C. Ayala*, Maria E. Casanova, Victor Pena
Associated with Cholangitis in Malignant Biliary
Obstruction W1450 Review of Challenging Ercps in Patients with Surgically
Jin Tae Jung*, Ho Gak Kim, Young Sup Kim, Byung Seok Altered GI Anatomy
Kim, Kyu Hyun Cho, Joong Goo Kwon, Eun Young Kim, Nikhil Karanth*, Vinay Sood, Jeffrey St John, Ali Masood,
Chang Hyeong Lee Ali Nawras
W1437 Biliary Tract Candidiasis - Diagnostic and Therapeutic W1451 Clinical Result with Newly-Developed Covered Metallic
Approaches Stent, Comvi Stent
D.R. Domagk*, Wolfgang Fegeler, Beate Conrad, Josef Hiroyuki Isayama*, Yousuke Nakai, Yukiko Ito, Osamu
Menzel, Wolfram Domschke, Torsten Kucharzik Togawa, Hiroshi Kogure, Takashi Sasaki, Natsuyo
Yamamoto, Naoki Sasahira, Takeshi Tsujino, Minoru Tada,
W1438 Techniques for Cannulation of the Bile Duct During Haruhiko Yoshida, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
(ERCP) W1452 Transpapillary Intraductal Ultrasound (IDUS) in the
Hiroshi Imaizumi*, Mitsuhiro Kida, Hidehiko Kikuchi, Evaluation of Dominant Bile Duct Stenoses in Patients
Miyoko Takezawa, Yoshiki Kida, Katsunori Saigenji with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Jens J.W. Tischendorf, Peter N. Meier*, Andrea Schneider,
W1439 Endoscopic Treatment for Common Bile Duct Stricture Michael P. Manns, Martin Krueger
Due to Blunt Abdominal Trauma
Do Hyun Park*, Myung-Hwan Kim, Sang Soo Lee, Tae- W1453 Analysis of Factors Associated with Difficult Biliary
Nyun Kim, Hyun-Young Son, Jong Cheol Kim, Dong Wan Cannulation: Especially Regarding Post Operative
Seo, Sung Koo Lee, Jung Sik Choi Anatomical Factors
Hirotoshi Fukatsu*, Hirofumi Kawamoto, Hironari Kato,
W1440 Endoscopic Biliary Brush Microsatellite Loss Analysis in Ken Hirao, Naoko Kurihara, Takashi Nakanishi, Osamu
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and Associated Mizuno, Yuko Okamoto, Etsuji Ishida, Tsuneyoshi Ogawa,
Cholangiocarcinoma Yasushi Shiratori
Asif Khalid*, Laurentia Nodit, Stephen Raab, Ahmad Jawad,
Debra Brody, Kathy Bauer, Kevin McGrath, David W1454 Intravenous Nitroglycerine for the Prevention of
Whitcomb, Adam Slivka, Sydney Finkelstein Pancreatitis After Therapeutic Endoscopic Retrograde
Cholangiography (ERC) : A Randomised, Double Blind,
W1441 Prostheses Protected Sphincterotomy - A Safe Way for Placebo Controlled Multicenter Trial
Therapeutic ERCP in Billroth II-Patients Michel Beauchant, Thierry Barrioz*
Michael Bertullies*, Rolf Drossel, Frank Kinzel, Hans
Joachim Schulz W1455 Biliary Complications After Orthotopic Liver
Transplantation (OLT): ERCP Findings and Therapy
W1442 Clinical Utility of Pre-Operative Hemostatic Screening Results
Tests (PHSTs) in Patients Undergoing Outpatient ERCP Srinivas Kalala*, Mehul Patel, Edward Lebovics, Leona Kim
Evan L. Fogel*, Waleed Alazmi, Suzette Schmidt, Thomas F. Schluger, Patricia Sheiner
Imperiale, Stuart Sherman, James L. Watkins, Lee McHenry,
Glen A. Lehman
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W1456 Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography W1469 Leukocytosis As a Predictor of Choledocholithiasis in
(ERCP) in Elderly Patients: A Retrospective and Hispanic and African-American Patients Undergoing
Comparative Cohort Study ERCP
Carlos A. Macias Gomez*, Mariano Marcolongo, Jorge R. Andrew K. Sanderson*, Ioannis Giannikopoulos, Grace Tee,
Davolos Magda Shaheen
W1457 Small Sphincterotomy Combined with Papillary Dilation W1470 Changes in Sedation Trends for ERCP Before and After
with Large Balloon Permits Retrieval of Large Stones the Droperidol Black Box Warning
Without Crushing Third Report Harry J. Rodriguez*, Kourosh Ghassemi, Liana Vesga, Rahul
Atsushi Minami*, Tomohiro Nomoto, Tomoaki Moriyama Verma Verma, Karen C. Bagatelos, James W. Ostroff
W1458 Biliary Brushings: “Don’t Throw Away Your Brush!” W1471 Accute Aggravation and Pancreatitis in Chronic
Nasim Mahmoudi*, Eric Lam, Jack Amar, Jaber Ali, Jennifer Pancreatitis(CP) and Intraductal Papillary Mucinous
Telford, Robert Enns Neoplasm(IPMN) : Analysis By the Function of Oddi
Koji Nonogaki*, Yoshiki Hirooka, Akihiro Itoh, Hiroki
W1459 Comparison of Endoscopic Stenting Versus By-Pass Kawashima, Kazuo Hara, Akira Kanamori, Hiroki Uchida, W
Surgery for Palliation of Malignant Extrahepatic Biliary Jun Goto, Yukinari Matumoto, Naoki Ohmiya, Yasumasa E
Obstruction Niwa, Hidemi Goto
Aleksandra Pavlovic, Juergen M. Gschossmann*, Markus D
Wagner, Peter Netzer W1472 Efficacy of Biliary Stenting in Palliative Care N
Yukiko Ito*, Hiroyuki Isayama, Yosikazu Chinone, Osamu E
W1460 Assessment of the Value of Cytological Diagnosis On Togawa, Takeshi Tsujino, Takao Kawabe, Ryo Nakata, Masao
ERCP Brushing Samples Omata S
Angels Vilella*, Magdalena Garcia-Bonafe, Hernan Andreu, D
Carlos Dolz, Joan Riera, Alvaro Brotons, Maria Escudero,
Sam Khorrami ASGE Poster Session A
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Y
W1461 Endoscopic Management of Biliary Complications in LA Convention Center MAY
Living Donor Liver Transplantation Ldlt (4 years
experience) 24
ERCP PANCREAS POSTER SESSION
Ibrahim Mostafa*, M. Abd El All, R. Refaee, W. Safwat, A.
Omar, A. Fayez, M. Meteni, A. Abd El All, M. Fathi, F. Abd W1473 Oral Camostat for Prevention of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis:
El Fatah, A. Dorry, M. Monayeri, H. Hamed H, S. Abd El A Pilot Study
Wahab Kyo-Sang Yoo*, Woon Geon Shin, Jae One Jung, Joon Ho
Moon, Jong Pyo Kim, Kyoung Oh Kim, Cheol Hee Park,
W1462 Assessment of a Novel Solid-State Transducer Biliary Taeho Hahn, Sang Hoon Park, Jong Hyeok Kim, Jin Lee,
Manometer for the Diagnosis of Sphincter of Oddi Choong Kee Park
Dysfunction
H H Tsai*, Lesley-Ann Smith W1474 Annular Pancreas (AP) in the Adult: Experience At a
Large Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy Center
W1463 Efficacy and Safety of Self Expanding Metal Stents Evan L. Fogel*, Nicholas Zyromski, Lee McHenry, James L.
(SEMS) in Alleviating Combined Malignant Biliary and Watkins, Suzette Schmidt, Laura Lazzell-Pannell, Henry A.
Duodenal Obstruction: A Nine Year Tertiary Center Pitt, Stuart Sherman, Glen A. Lehman
Experience
Bushra M. Sulieman*, Aditya Bardia, William B. Silveman W1475 a Randomised Controlled Study of Pentoxifylline On the
Prevention of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis
W1464 The Frequency and Management of Metal Stent Dimitrios Kapetanos*, Georgios Kokozidis, Dimitrios
Occlusion in Patients with Malignant Obstructive Christodoulou, Asterios Gagalis, Athina Habaridou,
Jaundice Konstantinos Mistakidis, Eirini Katodritou, Dimitrios
Arah Boghos, Priya Jamidar, Federico Rossi, Hashem Al- Sigounas, Epaminondas Tsianos, Georgios Kitis
Hashem, Uzma Siddiqui, Harry Aslanian*
W1476 Pancreatic Therapeutic ERCP Following Whipple
W1465 The Metallic Stent for the Patients with Malignant Resection: Rendezvous Is the Rule
Biliary Stenosis Induced By Advanced Pancreatic Timothy P. Kinney*, Shawn Mallery, David Hunter, Rebecca
Cancer - Covered Stent Or Uncovered Stent in Lai, Martin L. Freeman
Chemotherapy Cases?
Hirofumi Kawamoto*, Hironari Kato, Ken Hirao, Naoko W1477 Does Obesity Increase the Incidence and Severity of
Kurihara, Etsushi Ishida, Tsuneyoshi Ogawa, Yuko Post-ERCP Pancreatitis?
Okamoto, Hirotoshi Fukatsu, Yasushi Shiratori Viju Deenadayalu*, Ula Blaut, James L. Watkins, Jeffrey L.
Barnett, Martin L. Freeman, Joseph E. Geenen, Michael E.
W1466 Endoscopic Management of Biliary Strictures After Ryan, Harrison W. Parker, James T. Frakes, Evan Fogel,
Living Donor Liver Transplantation in Adults William B. Silverman, Kulwinder S. Dua, Giuseppe Aliperti,
Jimin Han*, Sung Koo Lee, Jong Cheol Kim Kim, Eun Paul N. Yakshe, Michael Uzer, Whitney F. Jones, John S.
Kwang Choi, Dong Wan Seo, Sang Soo Lee, Myung-Hwan Goff, M'hamed Temkit, Glen A. Lehman, Stuart Sherman
Kim, Kyu-Bo Sung, Sung-Gyu Lee
W1478 Prevention of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis with Somatostatin
W1467 Clinicopathological Differentiation Between Primary Versus Gabexate Mesilate: A Randomized Placebo
Sclerosing Cholangitis and Sclerosing Cholangitis with Controlled Multicenter Study
Autoimmune Pancreatitis Stefano Benvenuti*, Laura Zancanella, Lucia Piazzi, Michele
Takayoshi Nishino*, Etsuko Hashimoto, Fumitake Toki, Comberlato, Fausto Chilovi, Bastianello Germana, Enrico
Makiko Taniai, Hiroyasu Oyama, Itaru Oi, Makio Lecis, Piero Brosolo, Andrea Ederle
Kobayashi, Keiko Shiratori
W1479 Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm Comparison
W1468 Complications Following Endoscopic Stent Placement of ERCP Pancreatic Juice Cytology with EUS Fine
for Malignant Biliary Obstruction: Preliminary Analysis Needle Aspiration
David H. Goetz, Jeffrey H. Lee, Marta L. Davila, Norio Shen Hong*, Evan L. Fogel, Lee McHenry, James L.
Fukami, William Ross* Watkins, John Dewitt, Julia Leblanc, Harvey Cramer,
Suzette E. Schmidt, Stuart Sherman, Glen A. Lehman
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W1480 Clinical Impact of the Swollen Duodenal Papilla in W1494 Patient Outcomes Following Minor Papilla Endotherapy
Autoimmune Pancreatitis (MPE) for Pancreas Divisum (PD)
Kensuke Kubota*, Tosio Fujisawa, Masahiko Inamori, Lyssa Bierig*, Yang K. Chen, Raj J. Shah
Yasunobu Abe, Hiroyuki Kirikoshi, Satoru Saito, Atushi
Nakajima, Hisashi Ohshiro W1495 Frequency and Risk Factors of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis in
Japan
W1481 Pancreatic Fluid Collections: A Prospective Randomized Takayoshi Nishino*, Fumitake Toki, Hiroyasu Oyama, Itaru
Controlled Trial Regarding Stent Removal Following Oi, Keiko Shiratori
Endoscopic Transmural Drainage
Marianna Arvanitakis*, Myriam Delhaye, Maria Antonietta W1496 Endoscopic Decompression of the Minor Papilla (EDmP)
Bali, Celso Matos, Olivier Le Moine, Jacques Deviere for Acute Relapsing Pancreatitis (ARP) Associated with
Pancreas Divisum (PD): Results from Low-Divisum But
W1482 The Effectiveness of Combination Therapy of Gabaxate High-ERCP Volume Endoscopists
Mesylate and Somatostatin for the Prevention of Post Manuel Perez-Miranda*, Antonio Naranjo, Ferran Gonzalez-
ERCP Pancreatitis Huix, Henar Nunez, Pedro Gonzalez-Carro, Jorge Espinos,
W Jeong Y. Choi*, Joon H. Choi, Jae C. Hwang, Ki M. Lee, Jesus Espinel, Juan Angel Gonzalez Martin, Guillermo
E Byung M. Yoo, Ki B. Hahm, Jin H. Kim, Sung W. Cho Cacho
D W1483 Comparison of ERCP and MRCP with and Without
N Secretin in Patients with Pancreatitis ASGE Poster Session
E Fatih Akisik*, Stuart Sherman, James L. Watkins, Alex M. 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Aisen, S G. Jennings, Hal Landy, Gary R. Stevens LA Convention Center
S
D W1484 Endoscopic Management of Pancreatic Pseudocyst After PEDIATRIC ENDOSCOPY POSTER SESSION
Acute Pancreatitis Using Trans-Gastric Surgery
A Principles W1497 A Comparison of MRCP and ERCP for Evaluation of
Y Hugo Richter, Roque Saenz*, Cecilia Castillo, Carlos Harz, Bile Duct and Pancreatic Duct Abnormalities in
MAY Carlos Reyes, Claudio Navarrete Pediatric Patients
24 Brock J. Doubledee*, Todd H. Baron, Mounif El-Youssef
W1485 Randomized Control Trial of ERCP with Newly
Developed Isotonic Contrast Or Conventional W1498 Therapeutic Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Pediatric
Hypertonic Contrast Patients
Kida Mitsuhiro*, Miyazawa Shiro, Takezawa Miyoko, Carmen G. Rostion, Cecilia Castillo, Roque Saenz*, Carlos
Kikuchi Hidehiko, Imaizumi Hiroshi, Saigenji Katsunori Harz, Carlos Reyes, Raul Prieto, Eduardo Valdivieso, Hugo
Richter, Claudio Navarrete
W1486 Outcomes of Endoscopic Therapy for Anomalous
Pancreatobiliary Duct Junction (APBDJ) W1499 Is There a Greater Prevalence of Disaccharidase
Ramanujan Samavedy*, Evan L. Fogel, Lee McHenry, Stuart Deficiency in Pediatric Patients with Graft Verses Host
Sherman, James L. Watkins, Suzette E. Schmidt, Glen A. Disease (GVHD)?
Lehman Brynie S. Collins*, Hillel Naon
W1487 Long-Term Outcome of Autoimmune Pancreatitis After W1500 Experience with ERCP in Liver Transplanted Children
Oral Prednisolone Therapy Peter N. Meier*, Tina Nietzschmann, Michael Manns
Takayoshi Nishino*, Fumitake Toki, Hiroyasu Oyama,
Kyoko Shimizu, Itaru Oi, Keiko Shiratori W1501 Endoscopic Treatment of Colorectal Strictures in
Prepubertal Adolescents with Crohns Disease
W1488 Changing Spectrum of Perforations At ERCP in the New Daniel Gelfond*, Simon S. Rabinowitz, Sunil A. Patel, Steve
Millennium: Implications for Diagnosis and Management M. Schwarz, Adnan Khdair
Sanders K. Michael*, Douglas A. Howell, Burr J. Loew,
Sheila L. Eswaran, Andreas M. Stefan, Kirk P. Bernadino,
Christopher Lawrence, Frank J. Lukens
W1489 Pancreatic Stent Prophylaxis of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis:

Spontaneous Migration Rates and Clinical Outcomes
Prabhleen Chahal*, Todd H. Baron, Bret T. Petersen, Mark
D. Topazian, Christopher J. Gostout, Michael J. Levy
W1490 Endoscopic Pancreatic Duct Decompression in Treating

Pancreatic Leakage: A Successful and Safe Method
Jan-Werner Poley*, Joos Heisterkamp, Jan Dees, Jelle
Haringsma, Casper H. J. van Eijck, Ernst J. Kuipers
W1491 Acute Pancreatitis Associated with a Long Common
Channel
W1492 Endoscopic Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis: Long-

Term Results
Francois X. Gadroy, Thierry Ponchon*, Rodrigo Roda,
Abdelmalek Balamane, Frank Hedelius, Nicolas Claudel,
Roger Bory, Bertrand Napoleon, Christine Lefort
W1493 Attitudes of Senior British Ercpists Regarding Pre-Cut
Sphincterotomy and Pancreatic Stents to Prevent Post-
ERCP Pancreatitis
Umakant Dave*, Diamond Joy, Jeremy Williams, Dafydd
Richards, Paul Duane
P-332
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BASIC
AGA Poster Session W1512 TGF[Beta] Reverses the Phosphatidylinositol 3 Kinase /

PTEN Axis in SMAD4-Null Colon Cancer Cells
Authors are required to be present during the Poster Session from Jennifer Cabral*, Jimmy Y.C. Chow, John M. Carethers
12:00-2:00 pm.
W1513 FOXO3A Mediates Trail Down-Regulation in HT29 Cells
Those posters identified as DDW Posters of Distinction have received Salil Bose*, Qingding Wang, B. Mark Evers
review scores that place them within the top 0% of all posters. We
encourage you to make them a priority as you visit the poster session. W1514 Novel Isoform of PKC May Be Involved in the Rapid
Translocation of Tight Junction Proteins to the Cell
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A −Cell Contact By EGF in TMK-1 Gastric Cancer Cells
Kenichi Yoshida*, Shigeru Kanaoka, Tetsunari Takai,
LA Convention Center W
Mutsuhiro Ikuma, Masayoshi Kajimura, Naoyuki Miura,
Haruhiko Sugimura, Akira Hishida E
W1515 Modulation of Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP)- D
GROWTH FACTORS AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION Induced Growth Suppression By Activated K-RAS N
Stayce Beck*, Barbara Jung, Eunice Del Rosario, Jessica E
W1502 Proteome-Based Identification of a Novel Interacting

Gomez, John M. Carethers
Protein with GLI,Transcription Factor of Hedgehog S
Signal W1516 Activin Induces Non-Transcriptional P21 Protein D
Yoshinari Asaoka*, Keisuke Tateishi, Yasuo Tanaka, Motoko Stability in Colon Cancer Cells and Modulated By
Seto, Bayasi Guleng, Amarsanaa Jazag, Miki Ohta, Motohisa Mitogenic Pathways
A
Tada, Fumihiko Kanai, Takao Kawabe, Masao Omata Barbara Jung*, Stayce Beck, Jessica Gomez, John M. Y
Carethers MAY
W1503 EGFR Signaling Is Up-Regulated in Hyperproliferative
Human Aberrant Crypt Foci: Roles of Activated ERBB2

Receptors, Activated ERK and Increased Cyclin D1
Reba Mustafi*, Jeff Nathanson, Anusara Chumsangsri, Greg
W1517 Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Activates R-Type (CAV2.3)
Channels and Chromogranin a Secreton in the
Neuroendocrine Tumor Cell Line Bon
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Cohen, Nathaniel Little, Sonia Cerda, Loren Joseph, Sharad Stefan Mergler*, Mathias Strowski, Javier Prada, Carsten
Khare, John Hart, Maria Tretiakova, Robert Carroll, Groetzinger, Bertram Wiedenmann, Ursula Ploeckinger
Alessandro Fichera, Marc Bissonnette
W1518 Protein Kinase D Stimulates Mitogenic Response and
W1504 Essential Roles of AP-1 and Transcriptional Coactivator Cell Proliferation in Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells
P300/CBP in the Synergistic Induction of COX-2 By

Gastrin and EGF in Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Yan-Shi Guo*, Ji-Zhong Cheng, Mark R. Hellmich, W1519
Krisztina Kisfalvi*, Cliff Hurd, Enrique Rozengurt
Gastric and Esophageal Stromal Tumors (GIST): Does

Courtney M. Townsend, Jr. Size Matter?
Alan Weiss
W1505 Interferon-β-Induced Expression of XAF1 Requires
Phosphorylation of STAT1 and a Sequential Activation W1520 The Tetraspanin CD9 Is a Negative Regulator of EGF
of Protein Kinase C and JNK in Colon Cancer Receptor Signaling in Cancer Cells
Yunwei Sun*, Jide Wang, Harry.H.X. Xia, Bing Zou, Marie Yoko Murayama*, Yasuhisa Shinomura, Shinji Tamura,
Cm. Lin, Hsiang Fu Kung, Benjamin C. Wong Norio Hayashi
W1506 Protein Kinase C-ζ Is Down-Regulated in Human W1521 Immunohistochemical Expression of Leptin in
Adenomas and Pkc-ζ Expression Levels Inversely Colorectal Adenocarcinoma and Clinicopathological
Correlate with CACO-2 Colon Cancer Cell Proliferation Characteristics
Reba Mustafi*, Sonia R. Cerda, Anusara Chumsangsri, Marc Dae Won Jun*, Oh Young Lee, Won Sohn, Ki Seok Jang,
Bissonnette Seung Sam Paik, Tae Wha Kim, Sun Young Yang, Sung Hee
Han, Hang Lak Lee, Byung Chul Yoon, Ho Soon Choi, Joon
W1507 Deoxycholic Acid Transactivates C-MET Soo Hahm, Dong Hoo Lee, Min Ho Lee, Choon Suhk Kee
Sharad Khare*, Cory Holgren
W1522 Neurotensin Receptor-1 (NTR-1) mRNA Expression in
W1508 Intestinal Cell Kinase (ICK) Is Detected in a Subset of Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: An in-Situ Hybridization
Crypt Cells in Intestinal Epithelium Following Study
Radiation Injury and in the Colorectal Cancer Cell Line Xianyong Gui*, Paul R. Dobner, Grace Guzman, Shrihari S.
Colo 205 Kadkol
Zheng Fu, Alda Vidrich, Steven Cohn, Thomas Sturgill*
W1523 Activation of Survival Kinases and NF-KappaB Delays
W1509 Constitutive Activation of Erk1b/MAP Kinase Induces Anoikis in Primary Human Colonic Epithelial Cells
Transformation of Intestinal Epithelial Crypt Cells Claudia Hofmann*, Monika Artinger, Johannes Grossmann,
Independently of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/AKT, Werner Falk, Juergen Schoelmerich, Gerhard Rogler, Florian
COX-2 and EGF Receptor Activation Obermeier
Veronique Durand, Etienne Lemieux, Nathalie Rivard*
W1524 Chenodeoxycholic Acid Stimulates P38 MAPK Protein
W1510 Aspirin Inhibits Deoxycholate-Induced NfκB, Caspase Expression and Activation Through Activation of PKC
and Protein Kinase C Signaling During Programmed Cell Alpha
Death of Human Gastric Epithelial Cells Bernard Bouscarel*, Jianping Ming
Maria Redlak*, Jacinda Power, Thomas Miller
W1511 Prostaglandin E2 Dependent Proliferation of K-RAS V12

Transduced IEC-18 Cells
Hung Pham*, Benny Chong, Lee W. Slice
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AGA Poster Session W1535 Overexpression of Angiopoietin-2 Enhances
Angiogenesis and Lymphatic Spread in Pancreatic
Neuroendocrine Tumors
LA Convention Center Svenja Rieke, Annett Rexin, Petra Schulz, Sandra Rudloff,
Sonja Vollmer, Peter Hauff, Michael Schirner, Bertram
Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal Oncology Wiedenmann, Stefan Rosewicz, Arne Scholz*
MECHANISMS OF CARCINOGENESIS AND METASTASIS W1536 SRC-Dependent PI 3-Kinase Activation in Response to
Extracellular Pressure Is Required for AKT and FAK
W1525 High Expression of the EGFR and Phosphorylation of Activation and FAK Translocation to the Cell Membrane:
STAT3 On Tyrosine 705 in a Series of Colorectal
Carcinoma, a Possible Link with Activated P60c-SRC
Gaetan Des Guetz*, Christine Lagorce, Ali Tadlaoui Hbibi,
A Mechanism for Pressure-Stimulated Cell Adhesion
Vijayalakshmi Thamilselvan, David H. Craig, Marc D.
Basson*
Jean-Francois Morere, Jean-Luc Breau, Philippe Wind,
Antoine Martin, Bakthiar Bejou, Remi Fagard, Robert W1537 Biphasic Alteration of Caveolins and Its Implication in
W Benamouzig the Malignant Progression of Human Gastric Carcinoma
E Hyo Jong Kim*, Sung-Gil Chi, Jae Young Jang, Kwang Ro
W1526 The Combinatorial Biological Effects of EGFR Joo, Seok Ho Dong, Byung-Ho Kim, Young Woon Chang, Il

D Overexpression, hTERT Activation and P53 Mutation Joung Lee, Rin Chang
N Result in Malignant Transformation with the Induction
E of MMP-9 in a Novel Organotypic Culture Model W1538 Tumor Cells Induce MMP-9 Synthesis in Rat Pancreatic
Takaomi Okawa*, Claudia Andl, Carmen Michaylira, Stellate Cells - Potential Role of Emmprin
S Hiroshi Nakagawa, Munenori Takaoka, Cameron Johnstone, Martin Mehrlaender*, Gisela Sparmann, Robert Jaster, Heike
D Therese Deramaudt, Yuting Chen, Ben Rhoades, Wafik S. Weber, Stefan Liebe, Joerg Emmrich
A El-Deiry, Anil K. Rustgi
W1539 Prostaglandin E2-EP4 Receptor Signalling Promotes
Y W1527 Inhibiting Trefoil Factor Family-3 (TFF3) Expression Tumorigenic Behaviour of HT-29 Human Colorectal
MAY Decreases Colon Cancer Cell Invasiveness Cancer Cells Via cAMP and ERK Signalling
Christina Twyman*, Yio Xianyang, Yan Zheng, Jie-Yu Zhang, Gillian Hawcroft*, Stanley C. Ko, Mark A. Hull
24 Matthew Diamond, Mark Babyatsky, Lawrence Werther,
Steven Itzkowitz W1540 Association of Carcinogenesis and Emergence of
Spasmolytic Polypeptide-Expressing Metaplasia (SPEM)
W1528 Cross-Talk Between ELF and HFE Is Important in in Helicobacter Pylori-Infected Mongolian Gerbils with
Suppression of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Carcinogen
Yi Tang*, Varalakshmi Katuri, Ruihong Wang, Wilma Nao Yoshizawa*, Hirokazu Yamaguchi, Yoshiharu Takenaka,
Jogunoori, Tapas Saha, Chu-Xia Deng, David J. Brandhagen, Sachiyo Nomura, James R. Goldenring, Jeffrey R. Lee,
Anton Sidawy, Bibhuti Mishra, Lopa Mishra Michio Kaminishi
W1529 Missense Mutation of the P53 Gene in Lugol-Unstained W1541 X-Ray Irradiation Promotes the Occurrence and the
Esophageal Lesions with Non-Dysplastic Epithelium in Multiplicity of Invasive Carcinoma in Intestinal Tract of
Esophageal Cancer-Free Patients APCMin/+ Mouse
Kazuhiro Kaneko*, Atsushi Katagiri, Toshinori Kurahashi, Toshiyuki Nakayama*, Kazuyuki Yamazumi, Takashi
Hiroaki Ito, Taikan Yamamoto, Yosuke Kumekawa, Meiko Uemura, Ayumi Yoshizaki, Yuichi Yakata, Ichiro Sekine
Kuwahara, Takashi Muramoto, Yutaro Kubota, Michio
Imawari W1542 Positive Correlation Between mRNA Expression and
Protein Array Results in Colorectal Cancer
W1530 Increased Susceptibility to Gastric Cancer Formation in Sandor Spisak*, Balazs Gyorffy, Tamas Zagoni, Mark Juhasz,
Mice with Transgenic Cyclooxygenase-2 Overexpression Zsolt Tulassay
Wai K. Leung*, Kai-Chun Wu, Christine Y. Wong, Arthur
Ching, Anthony W. Chan, Minnie Y. Go, Jun Yu, Xin Wang, W1543 Molecular Characteristics of Small Bowel Carcinomas
Yl Chui, Dm Fan, Joseph J. Sung Vary with Location
Marloes Berkhout*, Leonie J. Mekenkamp, Fred J. van de
W1531 In Vivo and in Vitro Evidence for Epithelial to Molengraft, Wilbert H. Peters, Fokko M. Nagengast, Han J.
Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) in Oesophageal van Krieken, Iris D. Nagtegaal
Adenocarcinoma
Jonathan R. Rees*, Benjamin A. Onwuegbusi, Vicki E. Save, W1544 Epigenetic Silencing of the Chemokine CXCL12 in
Derek Alderson, Rebecca C. Fitzgerald Colorectal Carcinoma Enhances Metastasis
Michael K. Wendt*, Priscilla A. Johanesen, Ningling Kang-
W1532 Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Chemoprevention By Decker, Vijay H. Shah, Michael B. Dwinell
Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Involves Inhibition of
Mucosal Hyperproliferation Via Modulation of Snail/β- W1545 Rho-Like Proteins in Human Colon Cancers Are
Catenin Signaling Uniquely Expressed As a Function of Differentiation
Ramesh K. Wali*, Dhananjay P. Kunte, Jennifer L. Koetsier, and Tumor Invasion
Hemant K. Roy Jameela Huq, Grace Guzman, Bassem Elgohary, Lubna
Shakir, Sarah C. Glover*
W1533 Proteomic Dissection of the Molecular Mechanisms
Underlying Hepatic Metastasis in Colorectal Cancer W1546 Antitumor Effect of Whole Body Hyperthermia
Fensong Wang, Xia Ding, Fang Wu, Zhiyou Fang, Zhihong Combined with Geranylgeranylacetone in Mice
Yang, Yong Chen, Helen Kim, Xuebiao Yao* Pulmonary Metastasis Models of Colon Cancer
Tetsuya Okayama*, Satoshi Kokura, Toshimitsu Okuda,
W1534 HMG A1 Gene: A Novel Therapeutic Target for Satoko Adachi, Takeshi Hattori, Nami Nakabe, Naoyuki
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Sakamoto, Tomohisa Takagi, Osamu Handa, Yuji Naito,
Siong-Seng Liau*, Stanley W. Ashley, Edward E. Whang Norimasa Yoshida, Toshikazu Yoshikawa
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W1547 Association of TGF-β1 Overexpression in Barrett’s W1558 Simultaneous Silencing of Key Oncogenic Pathways - A
Cancer with Advanced Tumor Stage and Worse Promising Novel Approach to Colon Cancer Treatment
Prognosis Johannes Fruehauf*, Shuanglin Xiang, Youxin Yang, Chiang
Burkhard H. A. von Rahden*, Mario Sarbia, Marcus Feith, J. Li
Joerg Theisen, J. Ruediger. Siewert, Hubert Stein
W1559 The Expression of P53, BCL-2, MGMT, p16, BAX, GSTP,
W1548 Atorvastatin Reduces the Attachment of Colorectal KI-67 Protein in Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy
Cancer Cells to Endothelial Cells in Vitro By Down- Responsiveness for Rectal Cancer
Regulating the Endothelial Cell Surface Expression of Jung Hoon Lee*, Jong Ryul Eun, Tae Nyeun Kim, Byeong
Adhesion Molecules Ik Jang, Jun Hwan Kim, Sun Taek Choi, Heon Ju Lee
Cary Aarons*, Karen L. Reed, Olga Bajenova, Peter Thomas,
James M. Becker, Arthur F. Stucchi W1560 Mutational Analysis of Braf Gene in Colorectal
Mucinous Carcinoma in Associated with Histological
Configuration
AGA Poster Session Naoto Yoshitake*, Shigehiko Fujii, Keiichi Tominaga,
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Kenichiro Mukawa, Kouichi Fukui, Hideyuki Hiraishi, Akira W
LA Convention Center Terano, Takahiro Fujimori E
W1561 Suppression for Colon Cancer Cell (HT-29) Proliferation D
By Dominant Negative Gene Transfer of Apoptosis N
ONCOGENES AND TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENES Signal-Regulating Kinase (ASK)-1 E
Hikaru Kuwamura*, Kazunari Tominaga, Masayuki Siota,
W1549 CD24 Is a Novel Oncogene in Colorectal Cancer, Reiko Ashida, Takafumi Nakao, E.J. Sasaki, Toshio S
Detected By Microarray Profiling of Cell Transformation,

and Is a Target for Immunotherapy of Cancer
Eayl Sagiv*, Lorenzo Memeo, Dana Yona, Adi Karin, Diana
Watanabe, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Nobuhide Oshitani, Kazuhide
Higuchi, Hidenori Ichijo, Hiroshi Iwao, Tetsuo Arakawa
D
A
Kazanov, Jasmin Jacob, Gidi Rechavi, Hanina Hibshoosh, W1562 Allelic Alterations in Ileal Well-Differentiated Y
Nadir Arber Neuroendocrine Tumors (Carcinoid Tumors) By MAY
Genome-Wide Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Analysis
Do H. Kim*, Yasuhiko Nagano, Li Zhang, James C. Yao, Jill
24
W1550 Nuclear MDM2 Accumulation: A Novel Mechanism of
TP53 Inactivation in Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma? A. White, Asif Rashid
Heena S. Patel*, John M. Northover, Andrew R. Silver
W1563 Progression of Barrett's Metaplasia to Adenocarcinoma
W1551 Novel Interaction Between Xiap-Associated Factor 1 Is Associated with the Expression of Unphosphorylated
(XAF1) and Nuclear Coactivator Cbp in Colon Cancer

Yunwei Sun*, Harry.H.X. Xia, Senlin Zhu, Bing Zou, Marie
Cm Lin, Hsiang Fu Kung, Benjamin C. Wong
Retinoblastoma Gene Product (pRB)
Alexander Braun*, Dietmar Stueker, Thomas Kratt, Alfred
Koenigsrainer
W1552 Significance of Eras Expression in Gastric Cancer:

Resistance to Anti-Cancer Agents AGA Poster Session
E.J. Kubota*, Hiromi Kataoka, Makoto Sasaki, Satoshi 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Tanida, Tadayuki Oshima, Naotaka Ogasawara, Tomonori LA Convention Center
Yamada, Tsuneya Wada, Yoshinori Mori, Takaya Shimura,
Fumitake Fujita, Kiyofumi Asai, Takashi Joh Sponsored by: Growth, Development & Aging
W1553 Loss of Cooperative Function of Elf, a β-Spectrin, with MUCOSAL GROWTH FACTORS, RECEPTORS AND SIGNAL
SMAD3 Leads to Abnormal Localization and TRANSDUCTION
Transcriptional Activation Upon TGF-β Response,
Which Is Essential for Gastrointestinal Tumor Participants will be able to:
Suppression • Review the important signal transduction pathways in the intestine;
Sang Soo Kim*, Hye Jung Baek, Varalakshmi Katuri, Tapas • Understand the function of kinases in intestinal function; and
Saha, M. Blair Marshall, Anton Sidawy, Bibhuti Mishra, • Learn about luminal signals for signal transduction.
Lopa Mishra
W1564 Intestinal Epithelial Cell Migration Is Regulated By

W1554 T-Darpp Suppresses Apoptosis Through Up-Regulation SMAD5 in Mice Impaired for BMP Signaling
of BCl2 in Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinomas Jean-Francois Schmouth*, Yannick D. Benoit, Benoit A.
Abbes Belkhiri*, Altaf Dar, Wael El-Rifai Auclair, Lieve Umans, An Zwijsen, Deborah L. Gumucio,
Nathalie Perreault
W1555 Inhibition of Biliary Duct Cancer Cell Growth By
RUNX3 Induction W1565 Regulation of β-Catenin/Tcf Complex Transcriptional

Kazunori Hasegawa*, Shujiro Yazumi, Toshiharu Sakurai, Activity By Tyrosine Phosphorylation/Dephosphorylation
Masaya Kida, Junichi Yamauchi, Chouhei Sakakura, Hiroshi of β-Catenin in Intestinal Epithelial Cells: Role of SRC
Ida, Yoshiaki Ito, Tsutomu Chiba Tyrosine Kinase and SHP-1 Tyrosine Phosphatase
Melanie Simoneau*, Nathalie Rivard
W1556 EGFR Reactivates Telomerase in Immortalized
Squamous Epithelial Cells Through PI3K/AKT-Mediated W1566 Stabilization of the Cytoskeleton By Transfection of

Phosphorylation and Transcriptional Regulation Via Hif- Phospho-Hsp27 Restores Caveolin-Mediated
1alpha Physiological Signaling Cascade Responsible for
Steffen Heeg*, Michael Quante, Erdmann Scheffer, Contraction in Aged Internal Anal Sphincter
Alexander von Werder, Gitta Goessel, Michaela Doebele, Sita Somara*, Jeffrey R. Martens, Khalil N. Bitar
Christine Fulda, Heike Kunert, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Roderick
L. Beijersbergen, Hubert E. Blum, Oliver G. Opitz W1567 Differential Regulation of Pyk2 Phosphorylation At Tyr-
402 and Tyr-580 in Intestinal Epithelial Cells: Roles of
W1557 CDX2 Expression Is Increased in Gastric Cancers with Calcium, SRC, Rho Kinase, and the Cytoskeleton
Less Invasiveness and Intestinal Mucin Phenotype Steven S. Wu*, Enrique Rozengurt
Gwang Ha Kim*, Geun Am Song, Tae Oh Kim, Jeong Heo,
Dae Hwan Kang Kang, Mong Cho, Seung Keun Park, Chul
Soo Song, Hee Ug Park, Sang Hyun Kim
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W1568 Sensitization of Human Intestinal Microvascular W1581 Increased Human Intestinal Microvascular Endothelial
Endothelial Cells (HIMEC) to Ionizing Radiation By Arginase Activity Mediated By RHOA Pathway:
Curcumin Mechanisms Underlying IBD Endothelial Dysfunction
Aaron Rogaczewski*, Pamela J. Kexel, Monica E. Theriot, Parvaneh Rafiee*, Scott Horowitz, Aaron Rogaczewski,
Victoria M. Nelson, Mary F. Otterson, David G. Binion, Victoria Nelson, Balaraman Kalyanaraman, Mary F.
Parvaneh Rafiee Otterson, David G. Binion
W1569 Increased Arginase II and Decreased NO Synthesis in W1582 Role of Mapk in Activation of Signal Transducers and
Human Microvascular Endothelial Cells (HIMEC) of IBD Activators of Transcription (STATs) Proteins in VEGF
Patients Stimulated Human Intestinal Microvascular Endothelial
Scott Horowitz, Aaron Rogaczewski*, Victoria Nelson, Cells (HIMEC)
Zelmira Lazarova, Christopher Andrekopouis, Balaraman Parvaneh Rafiee*, Monica Theriot, Mary F. Otterson, David
Kalyanaraman, Mary F. Otterson, David G. Binion, Parvaneh G. Binion
Rafiee
W W1570 Comparison of Kinase Profiles in Barrett’s Esophagus, AGA Poster Session
E Normal Squamous Esophagus and Normal Gastric 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
D Cardia Proves That Barrett’s Esophagus Has a High LA Convention Center
Glycolytic Activity
N Jantine van Baal*, Sander H. Diks, Agnieszka M. Rygiel, Sponsored by: Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their
E Francesca Milano, Jacques J. Bergman, Ronald J. Wanders, Receptors
S Maikel P. Peppelenbosch, Kausilia K. Krishnadath
HORMONE SIGNALING
D W1571 Myosin Vi Regulates Surface Expression of CFTR and
A Its Endocytosis from the Apical Plasma Membrane in Participants will be able to:
the Intestine in Vivo • Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in
Y Nadia Ameen*, Franca G. Bisello, Hannes Kohnke, Gerard GI physiology;
MAY Apodaca • Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in
24 GI disorders; and
W1572 Involvement of the Apelin-Apj System in Intestinal
Epithelial Proliferation During Development
physiology and pathology.
Guiyun Wang*, Song Han, Xiang Qi, Ella W. Englander,
George H. Greeley W1583 Identification of Ser58 in C-Jun As a Novel
Phosphorylation Site Targeted By Protein Kinase D
W1573 Novel Mechanisms of Beta-Catenin Regulation By Tumor
Richard T. Waldron*, Julian P. Whitelegge, Enrique
Suppressor APC
Rozengurt
Jun Yang*, Wen Zhang, Paul M. Evans, Chunming Liu
W1584 N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine Is a Potent Secretagogue for
W1574 Induction of Trail Expression By the PKCθ/PKD/NFAT
Intestinal Cholecystokinin Release
Pathway in Human Intestinal Cells
George H. Greeley*, Feng Qin, Jason Reed, Ella W.
Qingding Wang*, Yuning Zhou, Suimin Qiu, B. Mark Evers
Englander
W1575 Transforming Growth Factor-Beta Signaling May Play a
W1585 Interruption of Transforming Growth Factor-Beta
Protective in Preventing Liver from Insulin Induced
Signaling By Curcumin Negatively Regulates Gene
Steatosis By Regulating Insulin Driven AKT Inactivation
Expression of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated
of Forkhead Transcriptional Factor Proteins
Receptor-Gamma in Rat Hepatic Stellate Cells
Krit Kitisin*, Tang Yi, Varalakshmi Katuri, Nady Golestneh,
Anping Chen*, Shizhong Zheng
Wilma Jogunoori, Kirti Shetty, Lopa Mishra, Lynt B.
Johnson W1586 Magi-3 Negatively Regulates Signaling By the Lpa2
W1576 Histamine Stimulates EGF Receptor Ligand Production
from Gastric Parietal Cells Receptor
Huanchun Zhang*, Randy A. Hall, Chris Yun
E.J. Nakamura*, Ryo Hatazawa, Takuya Endo, Kikuko W1587 Intracellular Activation of Epidermal Growth Factor

Amagase, Hideki Taniguchi, Susumu Okabe, Koji Takeuchi Receptor and Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Regulate
W1577 The BRK Tyrosine Kinase Confers Resistance to Dextran Human Gastric Epithelial Cell Migration
Sodium Sulfate Induced Colitis Marie-Pier Tetreault*, Nathalie Rivard, Daniel Menard
Katherine Jelinek*, Wenjun Bie, Andrea Haegebarth, Angela
L. Tyner
W1578 KLF5 Transcriptionally Upregulates Integrin β1 and Ilk

and Activates the Mek/ERK Pathway in Non-
Transformed Primary Esophageal Cells
Yizeng Yang*, Bree G. Goldstein, Yuliya Yermolina, Jonathan
P. Katz
W1579 Glucagon-Like Peptide-2 Intracellularly Stimulates eNOS

Phosphorylation and Specifically Induces Submucosal
Arteriole Vasodilation Via a Sheer Stress-Independent,
Local Neural Mechanism
Xinfu Guan*, Keying Zhang, Heidi Karpen, John Bukowski,
Xiaochun Bian, James Galligan, Douglas Burrin
W1580 Transcriptional Regulation of Acidic pH Induced

Interleukin-6 Expression and Secretion in Human
Esophageal Epithelial Cells (HET-1) Via Mapks
Parvaneh Rafiee*, Aaron Rogaczewski, Victoria M. Nelson,
Irshad Ali, David G. Binion, Reza Shaker
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AGA Poster Session W1596 Myd88-Dependent Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase (PI-3K)
Activation in Flagellin/Toll-Like Receptor 5-Mediated
Signaling
LA Convention Center Sang Hoon Rhee*, Kristopher S. Strach, Charalabos
Pothoulakis
Receptors W1597 Histamine H4 Receptor Antagonism Attenuates Toll-Like
Receptor Signaling and Inhibits Experimental Colitis in
HORMONES & RECEPTOR FUNCTION the Rat
Paul J. Dunford*, Csaba Varga, Robin L. Thurmond,
Participants will be able to: Brendan J. Whittle
GI physiology; W1598 Efficacy of An Estrogen Receptor-β(ER-β)Agonist, But
• Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in Not An ER-α Agonist Or ER Antagonist, in the Mdr1a-/-
GI disorders; and Murine Colitis Model
• Understand the role of receptors and signaling molecules in GI Silvia C. Resta-Lenert*, Kim E. Barrett W
physiology and pathology. E
W1600 Up-Regulation of Rgs4 Expression Induced By
W1588 Down-Regulation of Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase (sGC) Interleukin-1β in Colonic Smooth Muscle Cells Is D
Expression and Activity By Interleukin-1β in Colonic Mediated By Nf-κB N
Smooth Muscle Cells Is Mediated By PKG-Dependent Wenhui Hu*, Fang Li, Jiean Huang, Karnam S. Murthy E
Activation of JNK
Jiean Huang*, Wenhui Hu, Sunila Mahavadi, Karnam S. W1601 Sepsis Upregulates Enteric Apelin Expression Through S
Murthy An ERK Pathway D
Guiyun Wang*, Ella W. Englander, George H. Greeley
W1589 Effect of High Cholesterol (Ch) Levels On the Genomic
A
Effects Induced By Progesterone (PG) in Muscle Cells W1602 H. Pylori Caga Protein Down-Regulates TGF-β Signal Y
from Human Gallbladder (GB) Pathway and Attenuates TGF-β-Induced Rgm1 Cell MAY
Cong Ping*, Piero Biancani, Jose Behar Growth Inhibition
Hai Ying Fu*, Kayoko Asahi, Yujiro Hayashi, Tsutomu 24
W1590 Gastrointestinal Hormones Cause C-Met Receptor Nishida, Hiroaki Murata, Hiroshi Eguchi, Takeshi Azuma,
Downregulation Via a Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis Sunao Kawano
and Lysosome Dependent Mechanism
Karl M. Hoffmann*, Jose A. Tapia, Marc Berna, Michelle W1603 Secretory Responses to Substance P (SP) Are Mediated
Thill, Till Braunschweig, Samuel Mantey, Terry Moody, Via Several Neurokinin (NK) Receptor Subtypes in the
Robert T. Jensen Mucosa of the Chronically Inflamed Rat Colon
Caroline B. Appleyard*, Marangelie Morales, Cariluz
W1591 Cholecystokinin-2 Receptor Splice Variant Stimulates Santiago
Hif-1α and VEGF Expression and Promotes Tumor
Growth in Vivo W1604 Nitric Oxide Derived from Neuronal Nitric Oxide
Celia Chao*, Elizabeth Goluszko, Courtney M. Townsend, Synthase Regulates Relation of Ghrelin and Insulin
Jr., Mark R. Hellmich Tatsuhiro Masaoka*, Hidekazu Suzuki, Yohei Nomoto,
Hiroshi Hosoda, Toshihro Nishizawa, Eisuke Iwasaki,
W1592 Pacap Activation of Secretory and Proliferative Signaling Makoto Suematsu, Kenji Kangawa, Toshifumi Hibi
Pathways in Bon Cells Is Mediated Through PKA,
Calmodulin and RAS
Sandy N. Lieu, David S. Oh*, Nils Lambrecht, Iskandar AGA Poster Session
Yakubov, George Sachs, Joseph R. Pisegna, Patrizia M. 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Germano LA Convention Center
W1594 PKC Mediates Constitutive CCK2i4svR Internalization Sponsored by: Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their
and the Steady-State Phosphorylation of the 3il Domain Receptors
Jeseong Park*, Kirk L. Ives, Courtney M. Townsend, Jr.,
Mark R. Hellmich IN VIVO MODELS
AGA Poster Session • Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A GI physiology;
LA Convention Center • Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in
GI disorders; and
Sponsored by: Hormones, Transmitters, Growth Factors & Their • Understand the role of receptors and signaling molecules in GI
Receptors physiology and pathology.
HORMONES IN INFLAMMATION W1605 Teduglutide (ALX-0600), a Glucagon-Like Peptide-2

(GLP-2) Analogue Inhibits Contractility in the Colon Ex
Participants will be able to: Vivo
• Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in Hong Wang, Lidia L. Demchyshyn*
GI physiology;
• Understand the role of peptides, cytokines and neurotransmitters in W1606 Dual Mechanism for Inhibition of cAMP By Interleukin-
GI disorders; and 1β in Smooth Muscle: Inhibitory S-Nitrosylation of
• Understand the role of receptors and signaling molecules in GI Adenylyl Cyclase V/Vi Via iNOS-Derived NO and
physiology and pathology. Stimulation of Pde4 Expression and Activity
Jiean Huang*, Sunila Mahavadi, Karnam S. Murthy
W1595 CGRP and SP Differentially Modulate Epithelial Cell
Restitutioin Via Expression of TGFβ in Fibroblasts and
Mastcells in Vitro
Kerem Bulut, Peter Felderbauer, Karoline Hoeck, Susanne
Deters, Wolfgang E. Schmidt, Peter Hoffmann*
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W1607 Gastric Secretory Response to a Meal and Modulation of W1619 Curcumin Modulates Neutrophil Migration At Multiple
Somatostatin and Gastrin Immunoreactive Cells During Levels
Fasting and Feeding in Somatostatin Receptor Type 2 Claire Billerey-Larmonier*, Monica T. Midura-Kiela, Anna J.
(SSTR2) Knockout Mice Midura, Fayez K. Ghishan, Pawel R. Kiela
Lixin Wang, Laura Piqueras, Yvette Tache, Vicente
Martinez* W1620 Differential Regulation of the IL-18/IL-18bp System in
Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells
W1608 Effect of Female Sex Hormone Supplementation and Stephan Haas, Melanie Gruber, Darko Gosenca, Peter Feick,
Withdrawal On Gastrointestinal and Colonic Transit in Manfred V. Singer, Ulrich Boecker*
Postmenopausal Women
Jonathan Gonenne*, Tuba Esfandyari, Michael Camilleri, W1621 Crosstalk Between Intraepithelial Lymphocytes (IELs)
Lorraine Fitzpatrick, Duane D. Burton, Debra Stephens, and Epithelial Cells (ECS) Increases IL-8 Production
Kari Baxter, Alan R. Zinsmeister Through the CD2-CD58 Interaction with Regulation By
Interferon (IFN)γ
W1610 Intracerebroventricular, But Not Intravenous, Asit Panja*, Ellen Ebert
W Stresscopin Acts By CRF Type 2 Receptor to Inhibit
E Pengastrin-Induced Stimulation of Gastric Acid
Secretion in Rats AGA Poster Session
D 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Chih-Yen Chen*, Full-Young Chang, Shou-Dong Lee
E W1611 Gastric Emptying in CRF-Overexpressing and CRF
Receptor 2 Knockout Mice Sponsored by: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel
S Lixin Wang*, Million Mulugeta, Vincent S. Wu, Pu-Qing Diseases
D Yuan, Honghui Liang, Mary P. Stenzel-Poore, Pauline M.
A Jamison, Yvette Tache IBD:CYTOKINES
Y W1622 Regulation of Matrix Metalloproteinases Synthesis By

MAY AGA Poster Session Interleukin-21 (IL-21) in Human Intestinal Fibroblasts
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Ilaria Peluso*, Daniele Fina, Roberta Caruso, Carmine
24
LA Convention Center Stolfi, Valentina Gioia, Massimo C. Fantini, Thomas T.
MacDonald, Francesco Pallone, Giovanni Monteleone
Diseases W1623 IL-7 Is Essential for the Development and Persistence of
EPITHELIAL CELL IMMUNE FUNCTIONS AND IMMUNE

CELL INTERACTIONS
Chronic Colitis
Teruji Totsuka*, Takanori Kanai, Yasuhiro Nemoto, Motomi
Yamazaki, Shin Makita, Mamoru Watanabe
W1612 PI3K/Akt Signaling Regulates Stem Cell Activation in W1624 Mechanism of Interferon-Gamma (IFN-γ) Induced
Colitis-Induced Cancer Increase in Intestinal Epithelial Tight Junction

Goo Lee*, Ramanarao Dirisina, Navdha Mittal, Jennet Permeability: Cross-Talk Between PI-3 Kinase and NF-
Manjali, Gery Grimm, Yueming Tang, Xi C. He, Linheng Li, κB Pathways
Terrence A. Barrett Praveen K. Roy*, Michel Boivin, Angela Bradley, John C.
Kennedy, Thomas Y. Ma
W1613 IL-7 Overexpression: Role for Intestinal EC-Derived IL-7
in Formation of Intraepithelial and Lamina Propria W1625 Histidine Inhibits LPS-Induced Pro-Inflammatory
Lymphocyte Populations Cytokine Secretion from Macrophages Via Suppression
Hua Yang*, Deborah L. Gumucio, Blair Madison, Daniel H. of NF-κB Activation
Teitelbaum Ayatoshi Andou*, Tadakazu Hisamatsu, Susumu Okamoto,
Hiroshi Chinen, Nobuhiko Kamada, Masaki Hashimoto,
W1614 Quercetin Inhibits TNF-Induced IRF-1 But Not NF-κB Hideaki Kihara, Toshifumi Hibi
Recruitment to the IP-10 Gene Promoter in Intestinal
Epithelial Cells Through the Modulation of Histone W1626 A New Transcription Factor That Regulates TNF-α Gene
Acetyl Transferase Activity Expression, LITAF (Lipopolysaccharide Induced TNF-α
Pedro A. Ruiz, Annett Braune, D.R. Haller* Factor) Is Increased in Ileal and Colonic Tissues from
Patients with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
W1615 PI3-Kinase Regulates T Cell Activation-Induced SDF-1/ Karen L. Reed*, Arthur F. Stucchi, Michael J. O'Brien,
CXCR4 mRNA Expression in Intestinal Epithelial Cells Sandra R. Cerda, Charles Andrews, Adam C. Gower, Kristen
Yueming Tang*, Gery Grimm, Goo Lee, Terrence Barrett N. Bushell, Susan E. Leeman, Salomon Amar, James M.
Becker
W1616 Carcinoembryonic Antigen Expressing Cells
Preferentially Activate CD8+ T Cells W1627 A STAT3 Dependent Transcriptome Is Up-Regulated in
Xianyang Yio*, Caroline Korsten, Constantin Friedman, Mee Pediatric Crohn's Colitis At Diagnosis
Sook Park, Jiang Yio, Franziska Roth-Walter, Lilani Perera, Rebecca Carey*, Xiaonan Han, Lee Denson
Oke Kamalu, Lloyd Mayer
W1628 Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines IL-1β and TNF-α Repress
W1617 Dose-Dependent Inhibition of Stem Cell Activation 5 Transcriptional Activation of the Enterocyte
ASA: A Possible Explanation for the Chemo Preventative Differentiation Marker Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase
Effect of 5 ASA Therapy in Colitis-Induced Cancer Gene
Gery Grimm*, Goo Lee, Ramanarao Dirisina, Navdha Madhu S. Malo*, Shaluk Biswas, Mario A. Abedrapo, Lisa
Mittal, Elizabeth Managlia, Jennet Manjali, Yueming Tang, Yeh, Alexander Chen, Richard A. Hodin
Jeffrey Brown, Terrence Barrett
W1629 Blockade of Interleukin (IL)-21 Enhances Lamina
W1618 The Differentiation of Intestinal Epithelial Cells (IECs) Propria T Lymphocytes Apoptosis in Patients with
Is Regulated By the Crosstalk Between IECs and Lamina Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Propria Lymphocytes Daniele Fina*, Ilaria Peluso, Roberta Caruso, Valentina
Stephanie Dahan*, Giulia Roda, Franziska Roth-Walter, Gioia, Carmine Stolfi, Massimo C. Fantini, Fabio Andrei,
Lloyd Mayer Gian C. Naccari, Salvatore Bellinvia, Francesco Pallone,
Giovanni Monteleone
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W1630 Differential Interaction of Cmvil-10 with Variants of the W1639 Beneficial Effect of Mesalamine On Microvascular
IL-10 Receptor Chain 1 (IL-10R1)
Sabine G. Gruber*, Paul Grundtner, Gloria Luciani,
Christoph Gasche
Dysfunction in Ulcerative Colitis
Ossama A. Hatoum*, Hiroto Miura, Rebecca M. Selle,
Brandon T. Larsen, Doron Kopelman, Mary F. Otterson,
David D. Gutterman, David G. Binion
W1631 The Novel IL-10 Related Cytokine IL-26 Is Increased in
Active Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Intestinal W1640 Lipopolysaccharide Activates Innate Immune Responses
Epithelial Cells Express the Functional IL-26 Receptor
Complex
Julia Dambacher*, Florian Beigel, Rosa Golluscio, Torsten
in Murine Intestinal Myofibroblasts Through Multiple
Signaling Pathways
Kristen L. Walton*, Leisha Collins, R Balfour Sartor
Olszak, Kathrin Zitzmann, Soeren T. Eichhorst, Jan-Michel
Otte, Julia Seiderer, Helmut Diepolder, Christoph J. W1641 The Thrombomodulin-Activated Protein C-Endothelial
Auernhammer, Thomas Ochsenkuehn, Burkhard Goeke,
Stephan Brand Protein C Receptor Pathway: A Novel Anti-Inflammatory
System in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Silvio Danese*, Franco Scaldaferri, Cristina Graziani,
W1632 Anti-TNF Antibody Induced Stimulated T Lymphocyte Alessandro Sgambato, Bruce Gerlitz, Alfredo Papa, Riccardo W
Apoptosis Depends On the Concentration of the Ricci, Miquel Sans, Brian Grinnell, Giuseppe Fedeli, Achille E
Antibody and Etanercept Induces Apoptosis At Rates Cittadini, Antonio Gasbarrini D
Equivalent to Infliximab and Adalimumab At 10
Micrograms Per Ml Concentration W1642 Induction of Resistin-Like Molecule Beta (Relm-β/Fizz2) N
Rakesh Chaudhary*, Matt Butler, Raymond J. Playford,
Subrata Ghosh Expression During Initiation of Ileitis in Samp1/FC
Mice Does Not Depend On Th2 Cytokines Or Luminal
Flora
E
S
W1633 A New Transcription Factor That Regulates TNF-α Gene Sean L. Barnes*, Alda Vidrich, Giorgos Bamias, Fabio D
Expression, Litaf (Lipopolysaccharide Induced TNF-α Cominelli, Steven M. Cohn A
Factor) Is Increased in Lamina Propria Macrophages
After Trinitrobenzene Sulfonic Acid (TNBS)-Induced W1643 Poly a Element Is Involved in TNFα Mediated Decreases Y
Colitis in Mice
Kristen N. Bushell*, Susan E. Leeman, Salomon Amar,
Karen L. Reed, Adam C. Gower, Arthur F. Stucchi, James
in Phex Gene Transcription
Jennifer K. Uno*, Helayne R. Feferman, Olga I. Kolek, Hua
Xu, Pawel R. Kiela, Fayez K. Ghishan
MAY
24
M. Becker
W1644 Chitinase 3-Like-1 (CHI3L1) Elicits the Production of
W1634 Neutralization of Soluble and Membrane Tumor Proinflammatory Cytokines and Chemokines in Colonic
Necrosis Factor-α (TNF-α) By Infliximab, Adalimumab, Epithelial Cells and Exacerbates TNBS-Induced Colitis
Or Certolizumab Pegol Using P55 Or P75 TNF-α Mayumi Kawada*, Yuriko Hachiya, Emiko Mizoguchi
Receptor-Specific Bioassays
Amie Gramlick, Gianluca Fossati, Andrew M. Nesbitt* W1645 Concordant Expression of Secretory Leukocyte Protease
Inhibitor (SLPI) in Colonic Tissue of IBD and Animal
W1635 Induction of in-Vitro Apoptosis of Stimulated Cd4 T Models of Colitis
Lymphocytes Can Be Demonstrated with Not Only Stephen M. Prouty*, John R. Mabus, Cynthia Smith,
Infliximab and Adalimumab But Also Etanercept If Anti- Edward S. Kimball, Craig R. Schneider, Nathaniel H.
TNF Antibodies Are Added Simultaneously with Anti- Wallace, Paul R. Wade, Meghan Towers, Sergey Ilyin,
CD3 and Anti-CD28 Antibodies Michael D'Andrea, Anton Bittner, Andrew Carmen,
Rakesh Chaudhary*, Matt Butler, Raymond J. Playford, Dhammika Amaratunga, Oscar Go, Pamela J. Hornby
Subrata Ghosh
W1646 AP-1 and PPAR-γ Are Involved in Peptidoglycan-
W1636 Antigenic Soluble Factors (ASF) in Patients with Mediated Immune Activation of Enteric Glial Cells
Crohn’s Disease According to Their Pathological (EGC)
Behaviour Eike Hollenbach, Shyam Kavuri, Manfred Neumann, Peter
Id Pousa, J Mate, X Salcedo, R Moreno-Otero, Javier P. Malfertheiner, Anne Ruhl*
Gisbert*
W1647 Expression of the IGF-I Splice Variants, IGF-IEC and
IGF-IEB, Encoding Mechano Growth Factor By Smooth
AGA Poster Session Muscle Cells Is Upregulated in Crohn’s Disease and
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A TNBS Colitis
LA Convention Center John F. Kuemmerle*, Jennifer G. Bowers
W1648 Phosphatidylcholine Can Therapeutically Be Used in

IBD. It Modulates Membrane Dependent Reactions and
Diseases Inhibits TNFα Induced NFκB Activation
Robert Ehehalt*, Irina Treede, Mark Kuehnel, Thomas
INFLAMMATION AND NONIMMUNE CELLS Giese, Annika Braun, Alexandra Zahn, Joachim Fuellekrug,
W1637 Generation of Ceramide in Tight Junctions Increases Gareth Griffiths, Wolfgang Stremmel
Transepithelial Permeability
Juergen A. Bock*, Gerhard Liebisch, Joachim Schweimer,
Gerd Schmitz, Juergen Schoelmerich, Gerhard Rogler
W1649 Intestinal Epithelial Inflammatory Challenge Modulates
Chemokines Expression in Neurons: Induction of
Neuronal Chemotactic Properties
W1638 Downregulation of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome Machinery Emmanuelle Tixier, Jean-Paul Galmiche, Michel Neunlist*
in Normal Colonic Lamina Propria Macrophages and

RE-Induction in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Mucosa
Andrea M. Brandl, Monika Seidl, Katrin Menzel, Juergen
W1650 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Induces Heparanase (HP)
Expression By Colonic Epithelial Cells
Matti Waterman*, Neta Ilan, Gabriel Groisman, Rami
Schoelmerich, Hans Herfarth, Gerhard Rogler, Martin Eliakim, Israel Vlodavsky, Ofer Ben-izhak
Hausmann*
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W1651 Inhibition of the PI3kinase Pathway Abrogates Poly I:C- W1661 Characterization of a Novel TNF-Alpha Signalling
Stimulated Hyaluronan-Mediated Human Mucosal Cascade Involving Autocrine EGF Receptor Trans-
Smooth Muscle Cell Binding of U937 Monocytic Cells Activation in Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Sudip K. Bandyopadhyay*, Carol A. de la Motte, Scott A. Hb Jijon*, A Buret, K Fines, S Mokashi, H Parsons, Paul
Strong Beck
W1652 Serotonin Synthesis Is Increased in Crohn’s Disease W1662 SRC Kinase and Rac1 Gtpase Signals Mediate the
Patients in Remission with Irritable Bowel Syndrome- Mitogenic Downstream Activation of Focal Adhesion
Like Symptoms Kinase and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ERK1/2
Itta M. Minderhoud*, Bas Oldenburg, Marguerite E. By Repetitive Deformation in Human CACO-2 Intestinal
Schipper, Jose J. Ter Linde, Melvin Samsom Epithelial Cells
Lakshmi S. Chaturvedi*, H. Michael Marsh, Marc D. Basson
W1653 Effect of Immunosuppressing Drugs On the Migration of
Human Primary Colonic Lamina Propria Fibroblasts W1663 PIAS-1 Promotes GATA4 Sumoylation and Potentiates
W
E
(CLPFs)
Julia Brenmoehl*, Carmen Epp, Sandra N. Leeb, Werner
Falk, Juergen Schoelmerich, Gerhard Rogler
GATA4 Mediated Transcriptional Activation of Intestinal
Promoters
Narasimhaswamy S. Belaguli*, Mao Zhang, Muhammad
D Aftab, David H. Berger
W1654 S100-β Secretion and Enteric Glial Cells Alterations
N During Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) W1664 Induced PDK1 Kinase Activity Suppresses Apoptosis in
E Arnaud Bourreille*, Emmanuel Coron, Claudine Azoulay, Intestinal Epithelial Cells By Activating AKT Signaling
Tanguy Chaumette, Julien Chevalier, Claude Masliah, Jean- Following Polyamine Depletion
S Paul Galmiche, Michel Neunlist Kaspar M. Keledjian*, Jaladanki N. Rao, Tongtong Zou, Lan
D Liu, Bernard S. Marasa, Aihong Zhang, Eric D. Strauch,
W1655 Modulation of the Migration of Colonic Lamina Propria Jian-Ying Wang
A Fibroblasts By Elevation of Intracellular Cyclic AMP
Y Florian Rieder*, Julia Brenmoehl, Monika Artinger, Anita W1665 Keratins Modulate Mitochondrial HMG-CoA Synthase in
MAY Zuegner, Katrin Menzel, Martina Georgieva, Juergen the Colon
Schoelmerich, Werner Falk, Gerhard Rogler Diana M. Toivola*, Aida Habtezion, Jian Liao, Qin Zhou,
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Eugene C. Butcher, M B. Omary
W1656 Galectin-3 Differentially Induces Migration of Intestinal
Fibroblasts W1666 Norepinephrine Enhances Radiosensitivity in Rat Ileal
Elisabeth Lippert*, Julia Brenmoehl, Werner Falk, Juergen Epithelial Cells
Schoelmerich, Gerhard Rogler Mutsumi Matsuu-Matsuyama*, Kazuko Shichijo, Kumio
Okaichi, Toshiyuki Nakayama, Masahiro Nakashima, Ichiro
W1657 The Angiogenic Chemokine Granulocyte Sekine
Chemoattractant Protein-2 (GCP-2) Is Selectively
Expressed By Endothelial Cells in Ulcer Beds in W1667 Differential Promoter Usage and Activity May Regulate
Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) Function of RNA Binding Protein CUGBP2 in Intestinal
Klara Gijsbers, Gert de Hertogh*, Gert van Assche, Paul Epithelial Cells
Rutgeerts, Jo van Damme, Karel Geboes Satish Ramalingam*, Courtney W. Houchen, Brian K.
Dieckgraefe, Shrikant Anant
W1658 Subclinical Inflammation Causes Alterations in Serum
Antioxidant and Fatty Acid Levels in Quiescent W1668 Juvenile Polyps Express Muc5ac Which May Be Related
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) to Reduced SMAD4 and CDX2 Expression
Thomas Koernicke, Lennart Schaper, Luzia Valentini*, Raquel Almeida*, Rita Barros, Jose Almeida, Nuno Mendes,
Susanne Hengstermann, Ralph-Joachim Schulz, Sabine Isabelle van Seuningen, Celso Reis, Filipe Santos-Silva,
Buehner, Brigitte M. Winklhofer-Roob, Carsten Buening, Carme De Bolos, Leonor David
Herbert Lochs
W1669 Functional Characterization and Transcriptome Analysis
of Mastomys Enterochromaffin Cells
AGA Poster Session Mark Kidd*, Irvin M. Modlin, Geeta N. Eick, Manish C.
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Champaneria
W1670 The Glycine Transporter GLYT1 Is Required for
Sponsored by: Intestinal Disorders Glycine-Mediated Protection of Intestinal Cells and Is
Up-Regulated in Response to Stress
CELL BIOLOGY, TURNOVER AND TRAFFICKING Alison Howard*, Imran Tahir, Sarah M. Waring, Barry H.
Hirst
• Appreciate recent advances in intestinal cell biology. W1671 The Transcriptome and Function of Normal and
Neoplastic Human EC Cells
W1659 Novel Effects of Pkc-Lambda (Pkc-λ) Isoform Activation Irvin M. Modlin*, Mark Kidd, Geeta N. Eick, Manish C.
On Intestinal Monolayers: Carbonylation and Nitration Champaneria, Roswitha Pfragner
of Cytoskeletal Proteins and Cytoskeletal and Barrier
Disruption Following NO Generation in Intestinal W1672 Specific Upregulation of Pancreatic Enzymes in Rat
Epithelium Duodenal Mucosa By Duodenal Ulcerogens: Gene
Ali Banan*, Lijuan Zhang, Jeremy Z. Fields, Ashkan Expression Indicates New Elements in Pathogenesis
Farhadi, Maliha Shaikh, Christopher B. Forsyth, Ali Longchuan Chen*, Xiaoming Deng, Klara Osapay, Tetyana
Keshavarzian Khomenko, Sandor Szabo
W1660 IFNγ and TNFα Synergize to Induce Maximal Nf-κB W1673 The Molecular Mechanism of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α
Activation, Nf-κB-Mediated Trail Expression and (TNF-α) Modulation of Intestinal Tight Junction (TJ)
Apoptosis of Colonic Epithelial Cells Permeability: Regulation of Myosin Light Chain Kinase
Kenneth Nally*, Darren O'Brien, John MacSharry, Emer (MLCK) Promoter Activity
Bairead, Gerald C. O'Sullivan, Joe O'Connell, Fergus Dongmei Ye*, Thomas Y. Ma
Shanahan
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W1674 Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Regulates Cytokine and W1684 Galanin Antagonism Reduces Hyperenzymemia
Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Gene Expression in Associated with Acute Pancreatitis (AP) in a Possum
Intestinal Epithelia Model
Eleana M. Harmel, Kris A. Steinbrecher* Mayank Bhandari*, Anthony C. Thomas, Colin J. Carati,
Masahiko Kawamoto, Mark Brook-Smith, James Toouli,
W1675 Transcriptional Regulation of Adenosine 2b Receptor By Gino Saccone
IL-6
Vasantha L. Kolachala*, Tracy S. Obertone, Brittani Kridler, W1685 Pseudorabies Virus Infection Stimulates Pancreatic
Adel Driss, Lixin Wang, Didier Merlin, Shanthi V. Sitaraman Ductal HCO3- Secretion
Viktoria Venglovecz*, Zoltan Rakonczay, Balazs Ordogh,
W1676 SP1 and SP3 Mediate the Effects of Histone Deacetylase Tamas Takacs, Janos Lonovics, Annamaria Szabolcs, Andras
Inhibitor, TSA, On the Induction of the Human NHE3 Varro, Andras Toth, Gyula J. Papp, Mike A. Gray, Barry E.
Promoter Activity in C2BBE1 Cells Argent, Zsolt Boldogkoi, Peter Hegyi
Jaleh Malakooti*, Leda Ghannad, Ricardo Sandoval,
Pradeep K. Dudeja, Krishnamurthy Ramaswamy W1686 Arginine Induced Oxidative Stress Is Required for the
Initiation of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Signaling W
W1677 Sodium Butyrate Increases Human NHE3 Gene and Acute Pancreatitis in Rats E
Expression Via Sp1/Sp3 Transcription Factors and Constanze H. Kubisch*, Thiruvengadam Arumugam, Craig
Blocks the Repressive Effects of IFN-γ and TNF-α in D
D. Logsdon
C2BBE1 Cells N
Md Ruhul Amin*, Jaleh Malakooti, Pradeep K. Dudeja, W1687 Effect of SiRNA Mediated Gene Knockdown of E
Krishnamurthy Ramaswamy Pancreatitis-Associated Protein (PAP) in Experimental
Pancreatitis S
W1678 Human Gene Transcriptional Activation By Vitamin D Yin Yao Lin*, Martin Bluth, Albert Stanek, Hazal Drew, D
Studied in Small Intestinal Endoscopic Biopsies in short Tamar A. Smith-Norowitz, Domenico Viterbo, Cathy M.
Term Culture
A
Mueller, Michael E. Zenilman
Sonia Sangha, Sara Balesaria, Julian R. Walters* Y
W1688 Role of MCP-1 On the Blood Brain Barrier Permeability MAY
W1679 MDP-Mediated Activation of NALP3/NOD2 Cooperates Increase in Rats with Pancreatitis
with Tlr2 in Secretion of IL-8 in Intestinal Epithelial 24
Zhen Ding*, Rong Lin, Wei Qian, Xiaohua Hou
Cells
Tatjana Eigenbrod*, Johann Federhofer, Christian Huy, W1689 Oral Administration of a Pancreatic- and Neutrophil-
Manuela Gunckel, Julia Brenmoehl, Werner Falk, Juergen Elastase Inhibitor (ZD0892) Ameliorates Caerulein
Schoelmerich, Gerhard Rogler Induced Pancreatitis
Julia Mayerle*, Manuel Ruthenbuerger, Frank-Ulrich Weiss,
Walther Halangk, Markus M. Lerch
AGA Poster Session
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A W1690 Description and Characterization of An Experimental
LA Convention Center Model of Severe Acute Pancreatitis in Mice Induced By
Infusing Na-Taurocholate Into the Pancreatic Duct
Sponsored by: Pancreatic Disorders Gijs J. van Acker*, Eric R. Weiss, Michael L. Steer, George
Perides
EXPERIMENTAL PANCREATITIS III
W1691 Application of Caerulein-Induced Pancreatitis in the
Participants will be able to: Recessive Yellow (e/e) Mouse Strain Reveals a New Role
• Describe signaling pathways in the genesis of acute and chronic of Melanocortin 1-Receptor in the Development of An
pancreatitis. Acute Inflammation
Tobias Meister, D.R. Wennmann, Thomas Brzoska, Wolfram
W1680 Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1 Polymorphism Is Domschke, Juergen Schnekenburger*
Associated with Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis
Giulia M. Cavestro*, Simone Bertolini, Stefano Okolicsanyi, W1692 The Systemic Cytokine Response During Experimental
Giuliana Sereni, Luca Frulloni, Lucas Cavallaro, Elena Acute Pancreatitis: Impact of Enteral Probiotics
Masselli, Alessandra Protti, Paolo Del Rio, Paola Zanelli, Harro M. Timmerman*, L. Paul van Minnen, Wilco de
Mario Sianesi, Giorgio Cavallini, Angelo Franze, Francesco Jager, Sergey R. Konstantinov, Femke Lutgendorff, Andre
Di Mario Verheem, Wil Harmsen, Maarten R. Visser, Hauke Smidt,
Hein G. Gooszen, Louis M. Akkermans, Ger T. Rijkers
W1681 Activated Protein C Up-Regulates TM and EPCR
Expression to Attenuates the Severity of Severe Acute W1693 Pancreatic Secretory Trypsin Inhibitor Is a Target
Pancreatitis in Rats Antigen in Experimental Autoimmune Pancreatitis in
Ping Chen, Yaozong Yuan*, Yongping Zhang, Mingming Mice
Qiao Masanori Asada*, Akiyoshi Nishio, Keiichi Kiriya, Kazuyuki
Saga, Jyunya Tanaka, Katsuhiro Kasahara, Masahiro Kido,
W1682 Involvement of Endogenous Growth Hormone and Satoru Ueno, Norimitsu Uza, Satoko Inoue, Hiroshi
Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 in the Protective Effect of Kitamura, Shinya Ohashi, Toshiro Fukui, Minoru Matsuura,
Ghrelin in Necrotizing Acute Pancreatitis Norihiko Watanabe, Hiroshi Nakase, Kazuichi Okazaki,
Zygmunt Warzecha, Artur Dembinski*, Piotr Ceranowicz, Tsutomu Chiba
Wieslaw W. Pawlik, Ryszard Sendur, Romana Tomaszewska,
Beata Kusnierz-Cabala, Jerzy Naskalski, Peter C. Konturek, W1694 Overexpression of SMAD6 Enhances Pancreatic Fibrosis
Atsukazu Kuwahara, Ikuo Kato in Transgenic Mice
Tamao Miyamoto*, Hayato Nakamura, Hiroshi Asaumi,
W1683 Protective Effects of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Yoko Nomiyama, Shiro Watanabe, Yoshikuni Nagashio,
On Intestinal Epithelial Cell Apoptosis and Endotoxin/ Mituo Tashiro, Makoto Ostuki
Bacterial Translocation in Experimental Severe Acute
Pancreatitis W1695 Autophagic Cell Death of Pancreatic Acinar Cells in
Takahiro Nakajima*, Takashi Ueda, Yoshifumi Takeyama, Serine Protease Inhibitor Kazal Type 3 Deficient Mice
Takeo Yasuda, Hidehiro Sawa, Yoshikazu Kuroda Masaki Ohmuraya*, Masahiko Hirota, Hideo Baba, Ken-Ichi
Yamamura
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W1696 Hydrogen Peroxide and Nicotine Induces P-ERK 1/2 and
P-Akt Activation, Increases Lipid Peroxidation and
Decreases Stimulated Cell Function in AR42J Cells
Parimal Chowdhury*, Azida Walker, Kodetthoor Udupa
AGA Poster Session

PANCREATIC PHYSIOLOGY, RECEPTORS AND

NEUROHORMONAL REGULATION
W
E • Understand the regulation of pancreatic function in health and
D disease.
N W1697 Existence of Autocrine Loop Between Interleukin-6 and
E TGF-β1 in Activated Rat Pancreatic Stellate Cells
S Hiroyoshi Aoki*, Hirohide Ohnishi, Kouji Hama, Satoshi
Shinozaki, Kentaro Sugano
D
A W1698 Pancreatic Stellate Cells Express Toll-Like Receptors
Atsushi Masamune*, Kazuhiro Kikuta, Noriaki Suzuki,
Y Tooru Shimosegawa
MAY
24 W1699 Smad7-Dependent TGF-β1 Negative-Feedback Is
Constitutively Attenuated Through Nf-κB in Activated
Pancreatic Stellate Cells
Kouji Hama*, Hirohide Ohnishi, Hiroyoshi Aoki, Satoshi
Shinozaki, Kentaro Sugano
W1700 Isolation of Pancreatic Sensory Neurons: 1,1'-
Dioctadecyl-3,3,3',3'-Tetramethylindocarbocyanine
Perchlorate (DiI) Retrograde Tracing and
Immunohistochemisty in Rat Dorsal Root Ganglia
(DRG)
Sarah Grahn*, Helge Eilers, Elizabeth Wick, Mark
Schumacher, Kimberly S. Kirkwood
W1701 Pioglitazone Restores CCK Stimulated Pancreatic
Secretion & Normalizes Insulin Resistance in eNOS (-/-)
Mice
Yibai Hao, Raj Reddy, Sae-Hong Lee, Owyang Chung,
Matthew J. Dimagno*
W1702 Regulatory Interaction Between Apical Na+-H+ Exchange

and Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance
Regulator in Mouse Pancreatic Duct Cells
Akiko Yamamoto*, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Takaharu Kondo,
Satoru Naruse
W1703 Lack of in Vivo Evidence for a Constitutive Secretory

Pathway for Pancreatic Trypsinogen in Fasted Healthy
Human Subjects
Stephen J. O'Keefe*, Justin M. Kiswardy, Wen Zhou
W1704 High Glucose Inhibits Fluid Secretion and Na+-Hco3-
Cotransport in Rat Pancreatic Duct Cells
Sachiko Futakuchi*, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Satoru Naruse,
Shigeru Ko, Miyuki Nakakuki, Toshiyuki Yoshikawa, Akiko
Yamamoto, Takaharu Kondo, Hidemi Goto
W1705 Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Facilitates Bile Acid-

Induced Ca2+ Responses in Pancreatic Acinar Cells
Lars Fischer*, Anna S. Gukovskaya, Josef M. Penninger,
Helmut Friess, Ilya Gukovsky, Stephen J. Pandol
W1706 Development of An Efficient Inducible Acinar Cell

Specific Transgenic Model (BAC-Elastase-Cre-Er)
Baoan Ji*, Jian Song, Craig D. Logsdon
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COMBINED
AGA Poster Session W1717 Role of Monocarboxylate Transporter 1 in the Recovery

of Wounds Induced in the Gastric Epithelial Cells
Shusaku Hayashi*, E.J. Nakamura, Yoshikazu Kubo, Susan
LA Convention Center J. Hagen, Koji Takeuchi
Sponsored by: Esophageal, Gastric & Duodenal Disorders W1718 Lipopolysaccharide Injury to the Stomach May Promote
Remote Organ Pathogenesis
UGI EPITHELIAL BARRIER: FUNCTION, INJURY, REPAIR Michelle Lopez-Storey*, Lenard Lichtenberger, Elizabeth
Dial
W1707 RHOA Directly Interacts with TRPC1 and Regulates
Capacitative Ca2+ Entry During Intestinal Epithelial W1719 DSKB-2, a Newly Synthesized NF-KappaB Inhibitor,
Restitution After Wounding Ameliorates Gastric Mucosal Damage Induced By W
Rao N. Jaladanki*, Tongtong Zou, Lan Liu, Bernard S. Ischemia and Reperfusion in Rats E
Marasa, Kaspar M. Keledjian, Ai-Hong Zhang, Lan Xiao, Jie Hiroshi Ichikawa*, Norimasa Yoshida, Tomohisa Takagi,
Chen, Jian-Ying Wang D
Osamu Handa, Satoshi Kokura, Yuji Naito, Takeshi
Okanoue, Youichi Nunokawa, Toshikazu Yoshikawa N
W1708 Expression and Glucocorticoid Regulation of Multiple
Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) Receptor Type 2
E
W1720 Taurocholate Potentiates Ethanol Induced NfκB
Variants in the Rat Esophagus Activation and Inhibits Caspase-3 Activity in Cultured S
Shuping V. Wu*, Pu-Qing Yuan, Lixin Wang, Yenlin Peng, Rat Gastric Epithelium D
Yvette Tache Harri Mustonen, Tuula Kiviluoto, Pauli Puolakkainen, Eero A
Kivilaakso*
W1709 The Roles of Prostaglandin EP2 Receptors, cAMP, P- Y
CREB, VEGF and Angiogenesis in Esophageal Ulcer W1721 Mechanism Underlying Impaired Healing By MAY
Healing: Signaling Pathways and Effect of PGE1 Analog Alendronate of Gastric Ulcers in Rats
Andrzej S. Tarnawski*, Dolgor Baatar, Zsuzsanna Sandor, Kikuko Amagase*, Shusaku Hayashi, Eitaro Aihara, Kaoru
24
Rama Pai Nishikawa, Koji Takeuchi
W1710 Downregulation of Tff1 (pS2) Expression By SOX2 in W1722 Dietary Nitrate and Luminal Nitrite Decrease
Gastric Epithelial Cells Taurocholate and Diclofenac Induced Gastric Mucosal
Tadahito Shimada*, Takero Koike, Kyoko Tabei, Takashi Damage
Namatame, Akihiro Tajima, Masashi Yoneda, Hideyuki Joel Petersson*, Mia Phillipson, Emmelie A. Jansson, Jon O.
Hiraishi Lundberg, Lena Holm
W1711 Involvement of the Pineal Gland in Gastroprotection W1723 Da-9601, a Standardized Extract of Artemisia Asiatica,
and Ulcer Healing By Endogenous Melatonin and Its Blocks TNF-α-Induced Mip-3α/Ccl20 Production By
Precursor, L-Tryptophan Inhibiting P38 Kinase and Nf-κB Pathways in Human
Iwona Brzozowska, Danuta Drozdowicz, Peter C. Konturek, Gastric Epithelial Cells
Krystyna Zwirska-Korczala, Tomasz Brzozowski*, Michal Tae Young Oh, Chang-Duk Jun*, Chang Yell Shin, Suck-
Pawlik, Stanislaw J. Konturek, Wieslaw W. Pawlik, Eckhart Chei Choi, Eun-Ju Choi, Hyun-Mee Oh, Eun-Young Choi,
G. Hahn Myeung-Su Lee, Yong-Il Shin, Suck-Jun Choi, Won-Jung
Lee, Jae-Sik Park
W1712 Role of Reg I for Regeneration After Gastric Mucosal
Injury: A Lesson from Transgenic Mice
Hiroyuki Fukuhara*, Yasunori Kadowaki, Takayuki Ose, AGA Poster Session
Syunji Ishihara, Yoshikazu Kinoshita 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
W1713 Simultaneous Effects of Nitric Oxide and Growth
Factors On Wound Healing in Cultured Gastric Mucosal
Epithelium
Outi Nylander-Koski, Harri Mustonen, Tuula Kiviluoto,
EPIGENETICS, CHROMOSOMAL AND MICROSATELLITE
Pauli Puolakkainen, Eero Kivilaakso*
INSTABILITY
W1714 Cyclooxygenase-2/Prostaglandins Accelerate Healing of
W1724 Epigenetic Inactivation of Wnt Inhibitory Factor-1 Is

Gastric Ulcers Through Up-Regulation of VEGF Via EP4
Receptors Frequently Observed in Human Gastrointestinal Cancers
Ryo Hatazawa*, Akiko Tanaka, Yuka Takahira, Mayu Hiroyuki Yamamoto*, Hiroaki Taniguchi, Katsuhiko Nosho,
Tanigami, Koji Takeuchi Yasushi Adachi, Takao Endo, Kohzoh Imai, Yasuhisa
Shinomura
W1715 Methylnicotinamide Counteracts the Augmentation of
W1725 Epigenetic Silencing of Axin2 in Colorectal Carcinoma

Aspirin- and Stress-Induced Gastric Lesions Under
Diabetic Conditions in Rats with Microsatellite Instability
Tomasz Brzozowski*, Peter C. Konturek, Slawomir Koji Koinuma*, Hideo Nagai, Hiroyuki Mano
Kwiecien, Urszula Szczyrk, Stefan Chlopicki, Jakub
W1726 A Cpg Island Within the P-Cadherin Promoter Is

Cieszkowski, Stanislaw J. Konturek, Wieslaw W. Pawlik
Hypomethylated Early During Colorectal
W1716 Intracellular pH and Ca++ Measurements in the Mouse Tumourigenesis: Biological Consequences
Esophagus Stuart McDonald, Paul A. Atherfold*, Jolanta Obszynska,
Solange M. Abdulnour-Nakhoul*, Stephanie M. Busque, Robert G. Hardy, Scott Sanders, Rebecca Harrison, Andrew
John P. Geibel Rowan, Ian P. Tomlinson, Nicholas A. Wright, Janusz A.
Jankowski
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W1727 Laterally Spreading Type of Colorectal Adenoma W1739 Promoter Methylation of Helicase-Like Transcription
Exhibits a Unique Methylation Phenotype and K-RAS Factor Is Associated with the Early Stages of Gastric
Mutations Cancer with Family History
Sakiko Hiraoka*, Jun Kato, Joichiro Horii, Keita Harada, Jae J. Kim*, Seung Won Chung, Jung Hwan Kim, Sung
Hideyuki Fujita, Tamiya Morikawa, Hidenori Shiraha, Kim, Sang Yong Song, Joobae Park, Duk-Hwan Kim
Yasushi Shiratori
W1740 Genomwide Methylation of CPG Sites in Patients with
W1728 Genome-Wide Analysis of Allelic Imbalance By Using Gastric Cancer and in Patients with Increased Risk to
High-Density Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Develop Gastric Cancer
Array in Colorectal Cancer Andreas Leodolter*, Sergio Alonso, Matthias Ebert, C
Motohisa Tada*, Fumihiko Kanai, Yasuo Tanaka, Lian-Jie Roecken, Thomas Wex, Ulrich Peitz, Peter Malfertheiner,
Lin, Keisuke Tateishi, Osamu Yokosuka, Masashi Sanada, Manuel Perucho
Yasuhito Nannya, Seishi Ogawa, Masao Omata
W1741 Epigenetic Regulation of the 11p15 Mucin Genes
W1729 Mgmt Promoter Hypermethylation in Barrett's (MUC2, MUC5AC, MUC5B, MUC6) in Epithelial
W Adenocarcinomas and Its Premalignant Lesions Cancer Cell Lines and Tissue Patients
E Regine Schneider-Stock, Doerthe Kuester*, Dar Altaf, Audrey Vincent, Jean-Luc Desseyn, Christophe Mariette,
D Michael Vieth, Ulrich Peitz, Brigitte Peters, Christopher C. Marie-Christine Copin, Pascal Pigny, Isabelle van
Moskaluk, Frank Meyer, Manfred Stolte, Peter Seuningen*
N Malfertheiner, Hans Lippert, Albert Roessner, Wael El-Rifai
E W1742 Microsatellite Instability Is Associated with Reduced
W1730 Helicobacter Pylori Infection, Interleukin 1 Beta Proliferative Indices in Human Colorectal Cancers
S Polymorphism and Predisposition to Gastric Cancer Frank A. Sinicrope*, Rafaela L. Rego, Kevin C. Halling,
D Through the Cpg Island Methylation Pathway Nathan Foster, Daniel J. Sargent, Amy French, Megan
A Annie On On Chan*, Kent Man Chu, Suet Yi Leung, Camy Garrity, Richard M. Goldberg, John A. Laurie, Lawrence J.
Huang, Yun Wei Sun, Samuel Ko, Man Fung Yuen, Harry Burgart, Stephen N. Thibodeau, Thomas E. Witzig
Y Xia, Chi Hin Cho, Wai Mo Hui, Shiu Kum Lam, Asif
MAY Rashid, Benjamin Cy Wong W1743 Molecular Subtyping of Colorectal Cancers with
Microsatellite Instability
24
W1731 A Negative Correlation Between IL-6 and DNA Luigi Laghi*, Paolo Bianchi, Massimo Roncalli, Alberto
Methylation in Patients with Gastric Cancer Malesci
Li Ping Tang*, Chi Hin Cho, Wai Mo Hui, Camy Huang,
Ching Lung Lai, Harry Hx Xia, Shiu Kum Lam, Asif Rashid, W1744 Microsatellite Instability Accounts for Tumor Site-
Benjamin Cy Wong, Annie On On Chan Related Differences in Prognostic Markers in Human
Colon Cancers
W1732 Is Risk for Sporadic Colorectal Adenoma with Higher Frank A. Sinicrope*, Rafaela L. Rego, Nathan Foster, Daniel
Calcium and Vitamin D Intakes Modulated By XRCC1 J. Sargent, Amy French, Megan Garrity, Richard M.
Base Excision Repair Genotype? Goldberg, John A. Laurie, Lawrence J. Burgart, Thomas E.
Aasma Shaukat*, Woody J. Coker, Roberd M. Bostick Witzig, Stephen N. Thibodeau
W1733 Inactivation of Differential Tumor Suppressor Genes in
Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract AGA Poster Session
Christian Arnold*, Andrea Sosnowski, Rudolf Arnold, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
Hubert E. Blum LA Convention Center
W1734 Microsatellite Instability in Human Colorectal Cancer Sponsored by: Liver & Biliary
(CRC): Effect of EGFR Overexpression
Nijez Aloulou, Marie-Therese Chaumette, Amel Sekour, CHRONIC CHOLESTATIC DISEASES
Karen Leroy, Mohammad Abolhassani, Iradj Sobhani*
W1745 Posttraumatic Sclerosing Cholangitis (PTSC): A Novel

W1735 Aberrant Promoter Methylation Pattern in Ulcerative Biliary Disease
Colitis-Associated Carcinomas Dorothee H. Dorlars*, Jenny Gebhardt, Juergen Pausch
Doerthe Kuester*, Wael El-Rifai, Thomas Guenther, Arndt
Hartmann, Andrea Tannapfel, Frank Meyer, Ulrich Bohr, W1746 Low Dietary Cholic Acid Administration to ABCB4-/-
Matthias Pross, Michaela Guenther, Frauke Bataille, Petra Mice Is Sufficient to Unravel Critical Phenotypic
Ruemmele, Andrew Silver, Peter Malfertheiner, Hans Features Mimicking the Severe Consequences of ABCB4
Lippert, Albert Roessner, Regine Schneider-Stock Mutations in Humans
Majorie Martel, Veronique St-Hilaire, Beatriz Tuchweber,
W1736 What Is a Crucial Factor Related to CPG Islands Marie-Eve Bourbonnais, Guylaine Bouchard*
Hypermethylation of Tumor-Related Genes in H.pylori-
Infected Gastric Mucosa? W1747 Hepatic Aquaporin-8 (AQP8) Water Channels and
Mitsuru Kaise*, Jin Yonezawa, Takuji Yamasaki, Jun Miwa, Oxidative Stress Are Early Affected During Extrahepatic
J.N. Tashiro, Takashige Tomita, Yasuo Matsubara, Hisao Cholestasis in Bile Duct Ligated (BDL) Rats
Tajiri Piero Portincasa*, Ignazio Grattagliano, Mario Testini,
Nicola Marinelli, Michele Persichella, Antonio Moschetta,
W1737 Aberrant DNA Methylation Associates with the Giuseppe Palasciano, Maria Svelto, Giuseppe Calamita
Initiation and Progression of Colon Adenomas and Is
Maintained in Colon Adenocarcinomas W1748 Enhanced Expression of Caveolin-2 of the Proliferating
Young-Ho Kim*, Slavomir Dzieciatkowski, Joseph Willis, M. Bile Ductules At Protein and Gene Levels in Primary
Kay Washington, Steven C. Stain, Will Chapman, William Biliary Cirrhosis
M. Grady Hiroaki Yokomori*, Masaya Oda, Toshifumi Hibi
W1738 Evidence for BRAF Mutation and Variable Levels of MSI W1749 Is Helicobacter Pylori Associated with Primary
in a Sporadic Colorectal Cancer (CRC) in African Sclerosing Cholangitis?
Americans (AA) Alyssa M. Krasinskas*, Yuan Yao, Parmjeet Randhawa,
Hassan Ashktorab*, Hassan Brim, Serwat Siddiqi, Francis Antonia R. Sepulveda
Giardiello, Ed Lee, Duane T. Smoot
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W1750 Response to Steroid Therapy in Patients with Sclerosing W1761 Clonorchiasis Is Associated with Cholangiocarcinoma,
Cholangitis Associated with Elevated IgG4 Level Not with Biliary Stone Or Hepatocellular Carcinoma:
Ryo Terada*, Hirofumi Kawamoto, Yasuhiro Miyake, Nation-Wide Multicenter Survey in Korea
Kohsaku Sakaguchi, Yoshiaki Iwasaki, Akinobu Takaki, Ho Gak Kim*, Myung-Hwan Kim, Seung-Ok Lee, Sung-Jae
Haruhiko Kobashi, Yoshiaki Kobayashi, Shin-Ichiro Park, Chan-Guk Park, Young-Eun Joo, Gwang Ha Kim,
Nakamura, Kazuhide Yamamoto, Yasushi Shiratori Chang-Hun Yang, Jin Bong Kim, Kyu Taek Lee, Dongki Lee,
Taehyo Kim, Hyun Soo Kim, Jae Seon Kim, Young-Soo
W1751 The Incidence of Cholangiocarcinoma in Primary Moon, Chang-Min Cho, Woo Jin Lee, Kyo-Sang Yoo, Gabjin
Sclerosing Cholangitis During Longtime Treatment with Cheon, Jong Ho Moon, Tae Nyeun Kim, Yong Woo Choi,
Ursodeoxycholic Acid Byeong Moo Yoo, Ji Kon Ryu, Yong Bum Yoon
Adolf Stiehl*, Petra Kloeters-Plachky, Gerda Rudolph
W1762 Management Strategies of the Gallbladder Polyps
Joo Kyung Park*, Yong Bum Yoon, Yong Tae Kim, Ji Kon
AGA Poster Session Ryu, Won Jae Yoon, Jun Kyu Lee, Sang Hyub Lee, Min Jung
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Park
LA Convention Center W
W1763 Role of Pro-Hepcidin in PSC Patients with Bacterial E
Sponsored by: Liver & Biliary Infections of Bile Ducts D
Hasan Kulaksiz*, Adolf Stiehl
CLINICAL BILIARY TRACT DISORDERS N
AGA Poster Session
E
W1752 Does Maternal Immunization Using Rotavirus Virus-Like
Particles Prevent Rotavirus-Associated Biliary Atresia in 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A S
Neonatal Mouse Pups? LA Convention Center D
Paula M. Hertel*, Sue E. Crawford, Finegold J. Milton, A
Estes K. Mary Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction
Y
W1753 Paclitaxel Inhibits LPS-Induced Collagen Formation By ANORECTAL MOTILITY AND DISORDERS / CLINICAL AND MAY
Rat Bile Duct Fibroblasts By Preventing PDGF-BB BASIC SCIENCE 24
Synthesis in Rat Cholangiocytes
Jong Ho Moon*, Christopher E. Savard, Ho Soon Choi, Tae Participants will be able to:
Hyun Kim, Igino Rigato, Rahul Kuver, Sum Lee • Discuss the normal physiology of the neural and non-neural
mechanisms controlling anorectal motility;
W1754 Usefulness of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography in
• Discuss disease related changes in the mechanisms controlling
Differential Diagnosis of Gallbladder Diseases
anorectal motility; and
Kazuo Inui*, Junji Yoshino, Hironao Miyoshi, Masashi
• Discuss therapeutic interventions for the treatment of anorectal
Hattori, Kazumu Okushima, Yuta Nakamura, Toshihiko
motility disorders.
Chikaishi
W1764 Sacral Extracorporeal Magnetic Stmulation Is the Same

W1755 Modified Criteria of Fatty Meal Hepatobiliary (HIDA)
Effective Treatment for Pelvic Floor Dyssynergia As
Scan for Diagnosis of Biliary Dyskinesia
Biofeedback Therapy
Abdullah Rashdan*, Kusai Al-Muqbel, Mohammad Bani-
Joon Seong Lee*, Hee Hyuk Im, Hyun Ku Jung, Young Dae
Hani
Kim, In Seop Jeong, Su Jin Hong, Jin Oh Kim, Joo Young
W1756 Clinical Features of Patients with Choledocholithiasis Cho, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim, Boo Sung Kim
Showing High Levels of Aminotransferases
W1765 Role of Rho Kinase in the Basal Tone in the Internal

Won Joong Jeon*, Joung Ho Han, Seon Mee Park, Hee Bok
Anal Sphincter (IAS) Smooth Muscle
Chae, Sei Jin Youn
Chirag A. Patel*, Marcio A. De Godoy, Satish Rattan
W1757 Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Prevention of
Unnecessary ERCP: A Prospective Follow-Up Study of W1766 Fecal Incontinence: Doctors Don’t Ask and Patients
150 Patients Don’t Tell
Rasoul Sotoudehmanesh, Shadi Kolahdoozan, Morteza Sara K. Hawes*, Afkhamossadat Merikhi, Ayaz Matin,
Khatibian, Ali Ali Asgari, Sanaz Ainechi, Reza Malekzadeh* Elango Vinjirayer, James C. Reynolds, Asyia Ahmad
W1758 Carbon Dioxide Mdct Cholangio-Pancreatography W1767 Mode of Delivery Affects Anal Sphincter Innervation
Providing Synchronous Virtual Angiography Heiko Franz, Heidemarie Hinninghofen, Axel Kowalski,
Maki Sugimoto*, Hideki Yasuda Roberto Merletti, Paul Enck*
W1759 The Clinical Outcome of Palliative Drainage Methods W1768 Length Tension Relationship of the Puborectalis Muscle
(Percutaneous T-Stent Internal Drainage versus in Women
Endoscopic Retrograde Biliary Drainage) in Klatskin Bikram S. Padda*, Sung-Ae Jung, Delores Pretorius, Jianmin
Tumors Liu, Debbie Denboer, Ravinder K. Mittal
Dae Han Kang*, Gwang Ha Kim, Tae Oh Kim, Joo Ho Lee, W1769 Rectocele and Intrarectal/Anal Intussusception Are Not
Jeong Heo, Geun Am Song, Mong Cho, Chang Won Kim, Related with Impaired Rectal Transit and Emptying, in
Jeong Ho Heo, Jae Seung Lee Functional Constipation
W1760 Percutaneous Biliary Drainage: Influence of Federico Alghisi, Danilo Badiali*, Roberto Cappuccio,
Microbiology On Antibiotic Strategy and Therapeutic Fiorella Anzini, Enrico Corazziari, Fortunee Irene Habib
Management W1770 Comparison of Water-Perfused (WPM) and Manoscan™
Olivier Corcos*, Frederique Maire, Oana Zamfir, Annie High Resolution (HRM) Anorectal Manometry (ARM)
Sibert, Magaly Zappa, Philippe Levy, Valerie Vilgrain, Marie- Jennifer Post*, Sarah Wessinger, Michael P. Jones
Helene Nicolas-Chanoine, Dermot O'Toole, Philippe
Ruszniewski W1771 Rectosigmoid Compliance and Visceral Perception in
Spinal Cord Injury Patients
Beatrice Salvioli*, Roberto De Giorgio, Vincenzo
Stanghellini, Giovanni Barbara, Mauro Menarini, Roberto
Corinaldesi, Gabriele Bazzocchi
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W1772 Effects and Mechanisms of Vaginal Electrical W1786 Baroreceptor Sensitivity in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Stimulation On Rectal Tone and Anal Sphincter Patients and Healthy Volunteers During Colorectal
Pressure: Therapeutic Potentials for Fecal Incontinence Distension
Gengqing Song*, Hongbing Zhu, Jiande Chen Robert Spaziani*, Keith Redmond, Harjeet S. Bajaj, Alfred
Bayati, Karen Miranda, Hakan Larsson, Subhas Ganguli,
W1773 Anorectal Dysfunction Persists and Adversely Impacts Steven Collins, Markad Kamath
Daily Activities 5 Years After Radiation Treatment for
Prostate Carcinoma W1787 Development of a Validated Questionnaire to Identify
Addolorata C. Di Matteo*, Rochelle J. Botten, Richard H. Idiopathic Fecal Incontinence
Holloway, Robert J. Fraser, Eric Yeoh Alexandra Ilnyckyj*, Jennifer Laforce, Sandra Allford
W1774 The Cytokinesis Blocked Micronucleus Assay Correlates W1788 Influence of Sildenafil On Rectal Sensorimotor Function
with Acute Anorectal Dysfunction After Radiation in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Patients
Therapy (RT) for Carcinoma of the Prostate and May Maria Teresa G. Medeiros, Armenio A. Santos, Ricardo B.
Predict Individual Radiosensitivity Oliveira, Monica Colares O. Lima, Geraldo M. Macedo, Ana
W Addolorata C. Di Matteo*, Rochelle J. Botten, Julie F. Paula M. Maia, Miguel Angelo N. Souza*
E Butters, Michael Fenech, Ian Olver, Eric Yeoh
D W1775 Antegrade Continent Enema for Chronic Constipation in AGA Poster Session
N Adults: Long Term Results 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
E Sushil K. Maslekar*, Jill Marshall, Graeme S. Duthie LA Convention Center
S W1776 Is There Any Correlation Between Viscero-Motor Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction
D Response and Sensation in Man?
Alfred Bayati*, Martin Karpefors, Per Jerndal, Kristina ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY, SENSATION AND DISORDERS
A Jordo, Louis M. Akkermans
Y Participants will be able to:
MAY W1777 Influence of Naloxone On Rectal Sensitivity and • Discuss the normal physiology of the neural and non-neural
Accommodation of the Rectum After Consecutive mechanisms controlling esophageal motility and sensation;
24 Distensions in Health • Discuss disease related changes in the mechanisms controlling
Brecht Geeraerts*, Lukas van Oudenhove, Rita Vos, esophageal motility and sensation; and
Georgios Karamanolis, Jan Tack • Discuss therapeutic interventions for the treatment of esophageal
W1778 Anorectal Inhibitory Reflex (RAIR) Can Be Assessed motility disorders and disorders of sensation.
When Children Are Sedated with Etomidate W1789 Effect of Atropine On the Esophago-Gastric Junction

Reinaldo Garcia*, Michael Reed, Lia Lowrie, Gisela Opening Function: Assessed Using Intraluminal
Chelimsky Ultrasound Imaging
W1779 Validation of a Novel Surface EMG Probe for Assessing Valmik Bhargava*, Ibrahim Dogan, Torahiko Takeda,
Anal Sphincter Innervation Jianmin Liu, Ravinder K. Mittal
Juila Traue*, Jasper Daube, William Litchy, Nima Mowzoon, W1790 Effect of Phonation On the Intraluminal Pressures of the

Paul Enck, Adil Bharucha Esophagus and Its Sphincters
W1780 Effect of Hysterectomy On Anorectal Functions - A Lilani Perera*, Krisna Chai, Candy Hofmann, Tanya
Prospective Study Rittmann, Mark Kern, Einat Liebenthal, Reza Shaker
Barbara M. Seide*, Christopher J. Klingele, John B. W1791 Mast Cells Recruit Eosinophils in the Guinea Pig
Gebhart, Alan R. Zinsmeister, Adil Bharucha Esophagus After Antigen Inhalation Challenge Via a
W1781 Sacral Nerve Stimulation in Fecal Incontinence: Are Histamine Pathway
There Factors Associated with Failures? Shaoyong Yu*, Edward Stahl, Qing Li, Ann Ouyang
Syrine Gallas*, Guillaume Gourcerol, Francis Michot, W1792 Vanilloid Receptor TRPV1-Induced PAF Production

Philippe Denis, Anne-Marie Leroi Mediates Acid-Induced Esophageal Inflammation
W1782 Sacral Nerve Neuromodulation As Primary Treatment Ling Cheng*, Karen M. Harnett, Weibiao Cao, Jose Behar,
for Faecal Incontinence with Disrupted Anal Sphincters: Piero Biancani
Medium and Long-Term Results W1793 Manometry in the 21st Centry: A Novel Fibre Optic

Sushil K. Maslekar*, Angela B. Gardiner, Graeme S. Duthie Based Technology for Multi-Channel Intraluminal
W1783 Effect of Acute Fasting Hyperglycemia and Duodenal Manometry
Glucose On Rectal Perception and Compliance in Taher Omari*, John Arkwright, Simon Doe, Michal
Healthy Szczesniak, Nathalie Rommel, Philip Dinning, Ian Cook
Hermann Harder*, Ana C. Hernando-Harder, Heinz-Juergen W1794 Patients with Successfully Treated GERD Are
Krammer, Manfred V. Singer Persistently Hypersensitive to Esophageal Balloon
W1784 Morphologic and Mechano-Sensitive Characteristics of Distension
the Rectum After Prostate Carcinoma Treatment with Joel H. Rubenstein*, Borko Nojkov, Sheryl Korsnes, Beth
High-Precision Radiotherapy Weinman, John M. Inadomi, William D. Chey
Agustin Balboa*, Meritxell Molla, Antonio Salas, Antonia W1795 The Role of Esophageal Mast Cells in Patients with
Perello, Monica Perona, Raimond Miralbell, Fermin Mearin Symptoms of Heartburn
W1785 Comparison of Rectal Contractile Responses During Shaoyong Yu*, Deborah M. Bethards, Allen C. Myers, Ann
Inflation, Sustained Distention, and Deflation in Health Ouyang
and Fecal Incontinence W1796 PAF Induced Activation of NADPH Oxidase Is Mediated
Christopher N. Andrews*, Barbara M. Seide, Alan R. By Arachidonic Acid and the Myeloid-Related Proteins
Zinsmeister, Adil Bharucha S100a8/A9
Ling Cheng*, Karen M. Harnett, Weibiao Cao, Jose Behar,
Piero Biancani
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W1797 Novel, Automated High-Resolution Manometry (HRM) W1811 A Practical in-Vitro Model for Physiological and
Paradigms for Quantifying EGJ Relaxation: Integrated Pharmacological Studies of Esophageal Muscle Function
Relaxation Resistance (IRR) and Median Flow Samuel K. Arthur*, Yousif Al-Serkal, David F. Evans
Permissive Pressure (mFPP)
John E. Pandolfino*, John Rice, Sudip K. Ghosh, Qing W1812 Upper Esophageal Sphincter (UES) Responsiveness to
Zhang, John P. Norvell, Peter J. Kahrilas Esophageal Stimulation in Infants with Chronic Lung
Disease of Infancy
W1798 The Effect of a Novel 5-HT3 Receptor Partial Agonist Sudarshan R. Jadcherla*, Alankar Gupta, Soledad
(DDP733) On Feline Esophageal Peristalsis and Lower Fernandez, Reza Shaker
Esophageal Sphincter Pressure
Kalina Venkova*, Anthony C. Johnson, Matthew O. Fraser, W1813 Influence of Sleep Stages On Glottal Function:
Karl B. Thor, Beverley Greenwood-van Meerveld Implications for Nighttime Airway Safety
Jasmohan Bajaj*, Tanya Rittmann, David Knuff, Kulwinder
W1799 Apnea-Associated Inhibition of Esophageal Body Dua, Reza Shaker
Motility and Lower Esophageal Sphincter Tone in
Premature Infants W1814 Manometric and Endoscopic Findings in the W
Taher Omari Symptomatic Post-Fundoplication and Post-Redo- E
Fundoplication Patients: Do They Differ Significantly?
W1800 Effects of Electroacupuncture On Esophageal Motility Moises Garcia*, Benson Massey, Reza Shaker, Walter Hogan D
and Serum Hormones in Cats with Esophagitis N
Xiaowei Shuai, Pengyan Xie*, Jianxiang Liu, Yanshu Xiang, W1815 Different Ca2+ Stores Mediate Acetylcholine (ACh)-
Induced Contraction of Cat LES and Esophageal
E
Jiang Li
Circular Smooth Muscle S
W1801 Effect of Atropine and L-NAME On LESP in Rats By Weibiao Cao*, Karen M. Harnett, Ling Cheng, Jose Behar, D
Electro-Acupuncture At Zusanli Acupoint Piero Biancani
Xiangdong Mu, Pengyan Xie*, Jianxiang Liu, Huhong Wang
A
W1816 NADPH Oxidase-Derived H2O2 Contributes to Y
W1802 Prevalence of Increased Esophageal Muscle Thickness in Maintenance of Human Lower Esophageal Sphincter MAY
Patients with Esophageal Motor Disorders (LES) Tone
Ibrahim Dogan*, James L. Puckett, Bikram S. Padda, Weibiao Cao*, Karen M. Harnett, Ling Cheng, Jose Behar, 24
Ravinder K. Mittal Piero Biancani
W1803 The Effect of Lower Esophageal Sphincter (LES) W1817 Assessment of Dietary Nutrients That Influence Cortical
Electrical Stimulation On LES Pressure Perception of Intra-Esophageal Acid Reflux Events
Claudia P. Sanmiguel*, Masanobu Hagiike, Martin P. Michael Shapiro*, Colleen N. Green, Jimmy M. Bautista,
Mintchev, Ryan B. Dela Cruz, Edward H. Phillips, Scott A. Roy Dekel, Sara Risner-Adler, Robin Whitacre, Ellen Graver,
Cunneen, Jeffrey L. Conklin, Edy E. Soffer Ronnie Fass
W1804 Protection Against Pharyngeal Reflux of Gastric Content W1818 Does Esophageal Acid Infusion in Healthy Subjects
During Coughing: Another Role for the Upper Cause Esophageal Thermal Sensitivity?
Esophageal Sphincter (UES) Philip J. Matthews*, Lowri Gwyn, Qasim Aziz
Lilani Perera*, Krisna Chai, Candy Hofmann, Tanya
Rittmann, Mark Kern, Reza Shaker W1819 Outstanding Change in Esophageal Muscle Thickness
and Cross Sectional Area Using High-Frequency
W1805 The Upper Esophageal Sphincter Contractile Response Intraluminal Ultrasound 6 Months Later After
to Reflux Events Is Not Acid Sensitive Pneumatic Dilation in Patients with Achalasia
David A. Knuff*, Tanya Rittman, Reza Shaker Jeong Hwan Kim*, Poong-Lyul Rhee, Yong Sung Choi, Hee
Jung Son, Jae J. Kim, Jong Chul Rhee
W1806 Oesophageal Solid Bolus Transit: Studies Using
Concurrent Videofluoroscopy and High-Resolution W1820 Acid Induced Symptom Generation (Heartburn) May
Manometry Not Be Mediated By Esophageal Muscle Contraction
Mark Fox*, Michael Fried, Werner Schwizer Toshihiko Tomita*, Chizuko Hayashi, Yongmin Kim,
Kazuhiko Nakajima, Noriyasu Yamamoto, Takashi
W1807 High Resolution Manometry (HRM) of the Upper Sakagami, Takayuki Matsumoto, Hiroto Miwa
Esophageal Sphincter (UES): An Accurate Automated
Method for Quantifying Deglutitive Function W1821 The Virtual Esophagus: An Interactive Model of
Sudip K. Ghosh*, Qing Zhang, John E. Pandolfino, Jennifer Esophageal Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Simulation
M. Post, Peter J. Kahrilas of Esophageal Motility Disorders
George Fantry*, Marjorie McShane, Stephen Beale, Joshua
W1808 Effects of Positive Modulation of Gabab Receptors On Forman, John Raczek, Sergei Nirenburg, Bruce Jarrell
Gastro-Esophageal Reflux (GER), Basal Lower
Esophageal Sphincter Pressure (BLESP) and Esophageal W1822 Vigorous Achalasia and Classic Achalasia: Two Similar
Motility in Conscious Dogs But Separate Entities?
Marie-Laure Rouzade-Dominguez*, Ludovic Perrot, Amit Agrawal*, Amine Hila, Radu Tutuian, Marcelo Vela,
Elisabeth Braun, Hans-Juergen Pfannkuche Donald O. Castell
W1809 Effect of Tegaserod On the Topography of Esophageal W1823 Novel MII-pH Methods in the Evaluation of Physico-
Motility in Subjects Receiving OMEPRAZOLE: A Study Chemical and Spatiotemporal Characteristics and
Using High-Resolution Manometry (HRM) Peristaltic Clearance Mechanisms with Reflux Events
Ray E. Clouse*, Laura Haroian, Mikhail Rojavin, David L. (RE) in Infants with Chronic Lung Disease of Infancy
Earnest Sudarshan R. Jadcherla*, Alankar Gupta, Soledad
Fernandez, Carlo Dilorenzo
W1810 The Manometric Common Cavity Phenomenon Is An
Unreliable Indicator of Gastroesophageal Reflux W1824 Syntaxin 1A Paradoxically Increases Esophageal Smooth
Marissa C. Aanen*, Albert J. Bredenoord, Melvin Samsom, Muscle Kv1.2 Membrane Trafficking to the Plasma
Andre J. Smout Membrane
Leila Neshatian*, Yuk M. Leung, Xiaodong Gao, Robert G.
Tsushima, Herbert Y. Gaisano, Nicholas E. Diamant
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W1825 Evidence for Extrinsic Autonomic Dysregulation in the W1836 Sodium Channel Mutations and Polymorphisms in
Spastic Esophageal Motility Disorders (SMDs) People with IBS-Potential Role for An Ion
Gregory S. Sayuk*, Clinton T. Snedegar, Laura R. Haroian, Channelopathy
Phyllis K. Stein, Robert M. Carney, Patrick J. Lustman, Ray G. Richard Locke*, David Tester, Yuri Saito, Smita Halder,
E. Clouse Nicholas Talley, Michael Ackerman, Gianrico Farrugia
W1826 Presence of Acid Reduces the Threshold for Elicitation W1837 Effects of Intestinal Electrical Stimulation On
of Esophago-UES Contractile Reflex and Secondary Postprandial Small Bowel Motility and Transit in Fed
Peristalsis During Sleep But Not in Awake State Dogs
Jasmohan Bajaj*, David Knuff, Tanya Rittmann, Kulwinder Huibin Qi*, Jiande Chen
Dua, Reza Shaker
W1838 Excitatory Effects of Synchronized Intestinal Electrical
W1827 High Viscous Liquid Manometry Unmasks Esophageal
Dysmotility in Patients with Early Chagas’ Disease
Lucilene R. Westmore*, Roberto Dantas, George
Stimulation On Small Intestinal Motility in Dogs
Jieyun Yin*, Jiande Chen
W Triadafilopoulos, Clovis Kuwahara, Pedro Leite, Miriam W1839 Large Propagating Contractions in Pig Ileum Are
E Zebian Myogenic and Inhibited By Intrinsic Nerves: Evidence
from Spatio-Temporal Mapping
D W1828 Evaluation of Transit in the Transition Zone On Bridget R. Southwell*, Julie E. Bines, Kathleen B. Neal, Joel
N Multichannel Intraluminal Impedance (MII) Allows C. Bornstein
E Detection of Transit Abnormalities in More Patients
with Abnormal Motility W1840 Serotonin Transporter Expression Is Reduced in Celiac
S Amine Hila*, Amit Agrawal, Wojciech Blonski, Inder Disease
D Mainie, Janice Freeman, Donald O. Castell Stephen Foley*, Nicholas Coleman, Geoffrey Holmes,
A Eugene Campbell, Andrew Bennett, Robin Spiller
W1829 Manometric and Impedance Characteristics of Achalasia:
Y Facts and Myths W1841 Impaired Intestinal Gas Clearance During Marked
MAY Amit Agrawal*, Amine Hila, Wojciech Blonski, Radu Hyperglycemia in Patients with Functional Abdominal
Tutuian, Inder Mainie, Marcelo Vela, Donald O. Castell Bloating
24 Hermann Harder*, Ana C. Hernando-Harder, Frank
W1830 Esopahgeal Function Test (EFT) in the Evaluation of the Riddinger, Heinz-Juergen Krammer, Manfred V. Singer
Effectiveness of Peristalsis: Viscous Vs. Liquid Swallows
Pernilla Lundgren, Gisela Ringstrom, Hasse Abrahamsson, W1842 Alterations of Neuropeptid Expression in Human Gut
Magnus Simren* Myenteric Neurons During Sepsis
Petra Jacob*, Jutta Jahn, Udo Nagele, Joerg Hennenlotter,
W1831 An Automated Measurement and Diagnostic System for Arnulf Stenzl, Alfred Konigsrainer, Jorg Glatzle
Esophageal Motility Disorders
Hongbing Zhu*, Zhijun Weng, Jiande Chen W1843 Use of High Resolution Manometry to Characterize the
Human PYLORIC Sphincter
Joshua Desipio, Annapurna Korimilli, Henry P. Parkman,
AGA Poster Session Joel E. Richter, Robert S. Fisher, Benjamin Krevsky, Frank
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A K. Friedenberg*
W1844 Smartpill As a Novel Non-Scintigraphic, Ambulatory
Sponsored by: Motility & Nerve-Gut Interaction Method for Assessing GI Transit: Results in Normal
Subjects
SMALL INTESTINAL MOTILITY AND DISORDERS Irene Sarosiek*, Richard W. McCallum, Michael Sitrin, John
Wo, Henry Parkman, Braden Kuo, William Hasler, William
W1832 Altered Counts of Small Bowel Bacteria in Patients with D. Chey, Judy Hooker, Beverly Landrigan, Kenneth Koch

Iris Posserud*, Per-Ove Stotzer, Einar S. Bjornsson, Hasse
Abrahamsson, Magnus Simren
W1845 Diagnosis of Intestinal Motor Abnormalities By
Endoluminal Image and Displacement Analysis: A Novel
Approach
W1833 A New Non-Scintigraphic Method for Measuring Carolina Malagelada*, Fosca de Lorio, Fernando Azpiroz,
Gastrointestinal Transit in Gastroparetic Patients

Irene Sarosiek*, Kenneth Koch, Kathy Selover, Braden Kuo,
Henry Parkman, William Halser, Wo M. John, Sitrin W1846
Panagiota Spyridonos, Petia Radeva, Juan R. Malagelada
The Prevalence of Small Bacterial Overgrowth in Type 1
Michael, William D. Chey, Jeffrey Lackner, David D'Andrea, Diabetic Patients
Richard W. McCallum Veronica Ojetti*, Dario Pitocco, Emidio Scarpellini, Franco
Scaldaferri, Alessio Migneco, Francesco Zaccardi, Giovanni
W1834 Modulation of µ-Opioid Agonist-Induced Inhibition of Gasbarrini, Giovanni Ghirlanda, Antonio Gasbarrini
Gastrointestinal Transit By δ-Opioid Receptor

Antagonism
Beverley A. Moore*, Rachel King, Sandra L. McKenney,
W1847 Voltage-Dependent Changes in Cholinergic Component
of Nerve-Stimulated Contractions in Diabetic Guinea
Pamela J. Hornby, Paul R. Wade Pigs
Kathy J. Lepard*, Joseph Cellini, Ryan Pommier
W1835 Proteinase-Activated Receptor 2 Agonist Prevents
Mesenteric Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rats: Partial W1848 Electrogastrography Differentiates Enteric Neuropathy
Involvement of Substance P (SP) and Calcitonin-Gene from Myopathy in Adults with Severe Motility Disorders
Related Peptide (CGRP) of the Gut
Fiore Cattaruzza*, Elisabetta Barocelli, Mariannina Shahab Abid, Greger Lindberg*
Impicciatore, Vigilio Ballabeni, Paola Ghizzardi, Nathalie
Vergnolle, Catia Sternini W1849 Effects of Itopride Hydrochloride On Ileal and Colonic
Motility of Guinea Pig in Vitro
Hyojin Park, Lim Jung Hyun*, Young Gyun Kim
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W1850 What Is the Relevance of Small Intestinal Motor W1861 The Effects of the Water-Soluble Dietary Fiber On Gene
Abnormalities in Patients with Irritable Bowel Expression in Intestinal Cells in Otsuka Long Evans
Syndrome (IBS)? Tokushima Fatty Rats Using a High-Density
Magnus Simren*, Amanda Ersryd, Pia Agerforz, Gisela Oligonucleotide Array
Ringstrom, Iris Posserud, Hans Strid, Hasse Abrahamsson Hiroshi Ichikawa*, Yuji Naito, Satomi Akagiri, Ktsura
Mizushima, Osamu Handa, Tomohisa Takagi, Satoshi
W1851 Effect of Tegaserod On Antroduodenal and Jejunal Kokura, Norimasa Yoshida, Toshikazu Yoshikawa
Motility
Issam Nasr*, Ashok Attaluri, Robert Summers, Satish Rao, W1862 Comparison of the Effect of Long-Term Administration
Syed Hashmi of Of-in Ingested in Combination with Lactobacillus
Casei Shirota with of-in Alone On the Colonic Fate of
W1852 In Search for New Parameters of Intestinal Motor Protein Fermentation Metabolites NH3 and Phenols
Activity in Humans Vicky de Preter*, Tamara Coopmans, Paul Rutgeerts, Kristin
Fosca de Lorio*, Carolina Malagelada, Fernando Azpiroz, Verbeke
Fernando Vilarino, Jordi Vitria, Anna Accarino, Juan R.
Malagelada W1863 Amino Acid Fermentation in the Colon Is Impaired W
Upon Simultaneous Administration of Fermentable E
W1853 Bran-Induced Small Bowel Secretion: Assessment By Carbohydrates: Results of a Direct Instillation Study
Novel Non-Invasive MRI Technique D
Using 13C-Leucine
Luca Marciani, John J. Totman, Caroline L. Hoad, Steve Karen Geboes*, Anja Luypaerts, Vicky de Preter, Paul N
Evans, Amisha Mistry, Penny A. Gowland, Robin C. Spiller* Rutgeerts, Kristin Verbeke E
W1854 Small Bowel Motility and Quality of Life in Patients W1864 The Modest Addition of Prebiotics to An Elemental S
with Severe Irritable Bowel Syndrome Compared with Liquid Diet Alleviates the Intestinal Compromise D
Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction Associated with Weaning Syndrome in Piglets
Jutta Keller*, Kai Kobarg, Christiane Fibbe, Peter Layer
A
Kristin L. Reifsteck*, Brian M. Chung, Kristy L. Powell,
Kelly Tappenden Y
AGA Poster Session MAY
W1865 Effect of short- and Long-Term Administration of
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A Lactobacillus Casei Shirota and Bifidobacterium Breve On
24
LA Convention Center the Colonic Fate of Protein Fermentation Metabolites
Phenol and P-Cresol
Sponsored by: Nutrition & Obesity Vicky de Preter*, Tamara Coopmans, Paul Rutgeerts, Kristin
Verbeke
PREBIOTICS, PROBIOTICS AND FUNCTIONAL FOODS
W1855 A Physiological Rate of Butyrate (B) Entry Into the AGA Poster Session
Cecum of Piglets Causes Increased Cell Proliferation 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM West Hall A
(CP) in Cecum, Distal Colon, and Jejunum Without LA Convention Center
Affecting Cecal pH Or Inducing Injury, But the
Prebiotic, Inulin (IN), Inhibits This Effect Sponsored by: Pancreatic Disorders
C. Lawrence Kien*, Ruth Blauwiekel, Wendy Frankel,
Rhonda Maple, Karen Everingham PANCREATIC NEOPLASIA: BASIC AND CLINICAL
W1856 Butyrate Increased the Growth Activity and Showed An DEVELOPMENTS
Anti-Inflammatory Effect in An Intestinal Epithelial Cell

Line
Osamu Kanauchi*, Keiichi Mitsuyama, Akira Andoh,
• Describe new developments in signaling and clinical outcomes in
pancreatic neoplasia.
Yoshiaki Matsumoto
W1866 Quantitative Analysis of hTERT mRNA in Pancreatic
W1857 Experimental Examination About the Usefulness of the

Juice Is More Useful for Differentiating Pancreatic
Water-Soluble Dietary Fiber On Metabolic Syndrome
Cancer from IPMN Than from Chronic Pancreatitis
Satomi Akagiri*, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Yuji Naito, Osamu
Kenoki Ohuchida*, Kazuhiro Mizumoto, Eishi Nagai,
Handa, Tomohisa Takagi, Satoshi Kokura, Norimasa
Hiroyuki Konomi, Koji Yamaguchi, Masao Tanaka
Yoshida, Toshikazu Yoshikawa
W1867 Endoscopic Biliary Stenting for Pancreatic Cancer and
W1858 Dose-Response Effect of Arabinoxylanoligosacharides On
Biliary Obstruction: Predictive Factors of Stent Patency
the Colonic Nh3-Metabolism Using Lactose-(15N, 15N’)-
and Patient Survival
Ureide in Healthy Volunteers
Cristina Gomez*, Carlos Guarner, Candid Villanueva, Xavi
Lieselotte Cloetens*, Paul Rutgeerts, Katrien Swennen,
Cusso, Antonio Farre, Joaquin Balanzo
Christophe M. Courtin, Jan A. Delcour, Kristin Verbeke
W1868 Nationwide Survey of the Contemporary Management of
W1859 Differential Effect of Long-Term Dietary Intake of
Pancreatic Cancer
Lactulose and Oligofructose-Enriched Inulin On the
Kolitha Goonetilleke, Ajith K. Siriwardena*
Nh3-Metabolism and Predominant Microbiota in the
Colon of Healthy Volunteers W1869 Malignancies Associated with Intraductal Papillary
Vicky de Preter*, Tom Vanhoutte, Geert Huys, Jean Swings, Mucinous Neoplasm of the Pancreas
Paul Rutgeerts, Kristin Verbeke Terumi Kamisawa*, Naoto Egawa, Hitoshi Nakajima, Kouji
W1860 Enteropathogenic Infection in a Human Enterocyte Zinc
Deficiency Model Is Modulated By Probiotic Factor(S) W1870 Predicting Success of Endoscopic Aspiration for
Ilse J. Broekaert*, N Nanda Nanthakumar, W Allan Walker Suspected Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms
Richard M. Walsh*, Gregory Zuccaro, John Vargo, John
Dumot, Nancy Brown
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W1871 Incidence of Other Malignancies and Overall Prognosis
in the Patients with Intraductal Papillary Mucinous
Neoplasms (IPMN) of the Pancreas
Manabu Osanai*, Hiroyuki Maguchi, Akio Katanuma,
Kuniyuki Takahashi, Satoshi Tanno, Yutaka Kohgo
W1872 Predictors of Malignancy in Branch Duct Intraductal
Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms (IPMN-Br): A Study of
62 Resected IPMN-Br
Mario Pelaez-Luna*, Thomas C. Smyrk, Jonathan E. Clain,
Michael J. Levy, Randall K. Pearson, Bret T. Petersen, Mark
D. Topazian, Santhi Swaroop Vege, Michael B. Farnell,
Suresh T. Chari
W1873 Pancreatic Cyst: Depiction On Magnetic Resonance

W Cholangiopancreatography and Relationship to
E Pancreatic Cancer
D Saburou Matsubara*, Minoru Tada, Hiroyuki Isayama,
Masaaki Akahane, Kuni Otomo, Takashi Sasaki, Toshihiko
N Arizumi, Osamu Togawa, Natsuyo Yamamoto, Yousuke
E Nakai, Naoki Sasahira, Kenji Hirano, Takeshi Tsujino,
S Nobuo Toda, Haruhiko Yoshida, Takao Kawabe, Masao
Omata
D
A W1874 Twist, a Novel Oncogene, Is Up-Regulated in Pancreatic
Cancer; Clinical Implication of Twist Expression in
Y Pancreatic Juice
MAY Kenoki Ohuchida*, Kazuhiro Mizumoto, Eishi Nagai,
24 Hiroyuki Konomi, Koji Yamaguchi, Masao Tanaka
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07-04-06 20:10:59

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