Mucosal immune system and mucosal inflammation - new insights into mechanism of inflammatory and allergic diseases in mucosal tissues; new insights into inflammatory bowel disease - recent advances in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis - influence of Interleukin-10 on the Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist/Interleukin-1-beta Ratio in the colonic mucosa of ulcerative colitis, mucins and immune reactions to mucins in ulcerative colitis, increased secretion of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in mucosal lesions of inflammatory bowel disease. new insights into inflammatory bowel disease; current topics in Crohn's disease - Interleukin-18 and Crohn's disease, role of granuloma in the immunopathogenesis of Crohn's disease, existence of variant gamma-delta-T cells in Crohn's disease, the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease; new insights into inflammatory bowel disease - new approaches in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease patients - germinated barley foodstuff feeding - a novel nutraceutical therapeutic strategy for ulcerative colitis, transcription factor-targeted therapies in inflammatory bowel disease; lessons from experimental colitis models - estimation of mucosal inflammatory mediators in rat DSS-induced colitis, possible role of PGE2 in protection against mucosal damage, role of P-Selectin and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in TNB-induced colitis in rats; new aspects and mucosal repair - MUC1 mucin core protein binds to the domain 1 of ICAM-1, helicobacter pylori infection increases mucosal permeability of the stomach and intestine, intravital demonstration of modulation of T lymphocyte migration by CINC/gro in rat Peyer's patches, role of complement activation and mast cell degranulation in the pathogenesis of rapid intestinal ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats, effect of the central nervous system on mucosal growth and apoptosis in the small intestine.