Instructions for Authors

1. Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International (HBPD INT)

1. Vascular resection and reconstruction at pancreatico-duodenectomy: technical issues
2. Key challenges to the development of extracorporeal bioartificial liver support systems
3. AFP level and histologic differentiation predict the survival of patients with liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma
4. Rapid measurement of indocyanine green retention by pulse spectrophotometry: a validation study in 70 patients with Child-Pugh A cirrhosis before hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma
5. Novel functional proteins interact with midkine in hepatic cancer cells
6. Inhibition of GSK-3β ameliorates hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury through GSK-3β/ β-catenin signaling pathway in mice
7. Functional distinction of rat liver natural killer cells from spleen natural killer cells under normal and acidic conditionsin vitro
8. Effect of recombinant human growth hormone and interferon gamma on hepatic collagen synthesis and proliferation of hepatic stellate cells in cirrhotic rats
9. Quality control measures for lowering the seroconversion rate of hemodialysis patients with hepatitis B or C virus
10. Can the biliary enhancement of Gd-EOB-DTPA predict the degree of liver function?
11. Quantitative analysis of intestinal gas in patients with acute pancreatitis
12. Induction, modulation and potential targets of miR-210 in pancreatic cancer cells
13. Management of splenic artery aneurysm associated with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction

Case Report

1. Pancreas-preserving segmental duodenectomy for gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the duodenum and splenectomy for splenic angiosarcoma