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AGA INSTITUTE DESCRIPTORS:

Clinical Practice

01 Clinical Management Strategies02 Epidemiology03 Health Policy/Technology

Assessment/Health ServicesResearch

04 Practice Management & QualityAssurance

Esophageal, Gastric, and DuodenalDisorders

05 Secretion: Mechanisms andRegulation

06 Mucosal Repair and Healing07 Experimental Mucosal Lesions08 Helicobacter pylori: Epidemiology &

Pathogenesis09 Helicobacter pylori: Diagnosis &

Treatment10 Acid/Peptic (Includes NSAIDs):

Epidemiology & Pathogenesis11 Acid/Peptic (Includes NSAIDs):

Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment12 Reflux Esophagitis13 Clinical Esophageal Disorders

(Nonreflux)

Intestinal Disorders

14 Pathophysiology of Diarrheal Disorders15 Malabsorption/Gas16 Epithelial Nutrient/Salt/Water

Transport17 Regulation of Transport18 Enterocyte Cell & Molecular Biology19 Splanchnic Circulation—All Organs20 Intestinal Bleeding

Pancreatic Disorders

21 Acinar Cell Function22 Duct Cell Function23 Receptors/Receptor Action24 Neurohormonal Control25 Experimental Pancreatitis26 Acute Pancreatitis27 Chronic Pancreatitis28 Exocrine/Endocrine Tumors

Biliary Disorders

29 Biliary Stone Disease: NonsurgicalTherapy

30 Biliary Stone Disease: Surgical &Endoscopic

31 Gallstones: Chemical, Physical,Mechanical, Radiological Properties

32 Biliary Tract Imaging: Biliary TractEndoscopy

33 Biliary Tract Motility; Sphincter of Oddi34 Biliary Disease: Other

Gastrointestinal Oncology

35 Cell & Molecular Biology/Immunology/Genetics

36 Proliferation/Carcinogenesis37 Screening/Diagnosis/Prognosis38 Prevention/Treatment/Experimental

Therapeutics39 General Clinical/Epidemiology

Motility and Nerve-Gut Interactions

40 Receptors/Channels/IntracellularSignals/Contraction/Relaxation

41 Intrinsic & Extrinsic Innervation:Anatomy, Nervous, Physiology, Chemistry

42 Physiology/Pathophysiology/Pharmacology: Esophagus

43 Physiology/Pathophysiology/Pharmacology: Stomach

44 Physiology/Pathophysiology/Pharmacology: Small Bowel

45 Physiology/Pathophysiology/Pharmacology: Colon & Anorectum

46 Functional GI Disorders: Symptoms,Physiology, Behavior, Epidemiology,Treatment

Growth, Development, and Aging

47 Mucosal Growth Factors and Receptors48 Cell Signaling49 Intestinal Proliferation, Cell Cycle

Regulation and Apoptosis50 Biology of Intestinal Growth, Adaptation

and Repair51 Growth and Development of Liver and

Pancreas52 Gastrointestinal Development:

Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms53 Development of Mucosal Defense54 Development of Enteric Nerves and Muscle55 Transgenic and Knock out Animals56 Morphogenesis, Organogenesis and

Stem Cells57 Epithelial-Mesenchyme and -Matrix

Interactions58 Gene Structure, Regulation and

Expression59 Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease60 Pediatric Liver and Pancreatic Disorders61 Aging and Gastrointestinal Function:

Clinical and Basic62 Clinical Gastroenterology in the Elderly

Immunology, Microbiology, andInflammatory Disorders

63 Mucosal Immunity64 Host Defense Mechanisms65 Inflammation66 Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Basic67 Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Therapy68 Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Clinical

Investigation and Epidemiology69 Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Infections/

Viruses70 AIDS (Basic and Clinical)71 Helicobacter pylori (Basic)72 Microbial and Immune Mediated Injury/

Pathology

Hormones and Receptors

73 Physiology/Cell Biology/Biochemistry74 Receptor Characterization/Regulation75 Molecular Biology76 Biochemistry77 Neurobiology, Neurotransmitters and

Signaling78 Biology of Growth/Proliferation/Growth

Factors79 Brain-Gut Axis80 Clinical Disorders81 Miscellaneous

Nutrition and Obesity

82 Short Gut Syndrome and IntestinalTransplantation

83 Malabsorption84 Nutrients and Gut Function: Clinical85 Nutritional Support and Nutritional

Assessment86 Milk: Human and Non-Human

Substitutes87 Probiotics and Functional Foods88 Vitamins, Minerals and Micronutrients:

Clinical89 Intestinal Absorption and Nutrient

Transport90 Nutrient and Gut Function: Basic91 Nutrient Metabolism and Signaling92 Obesity and Eating Disorders: Clinical93 Obesity and Satiety: Basic

Liver

94 Morphology, Cancer, Regeneration95 Molecular & Cell Biology, Collagen,

Fibrosis96 Chronic Hepatitis (Nonviral), Primary

Biliary Cirrhosis, Sclerosing Cholangitis,Immunology

97 Hepatitis98 Ethanol, Nutrition, Metabolism

(Including Genetic Disease)99 Complications of Cirrhosis: Portal

Hypertension, Portal Circulation100 Complications of Cirrhosis: Ascites,

Encephalopathy101 Hepatic & Biliary Bile Acid and Ion

Transport Bile Formation &Cholestasis

102 Bile Acids, Bile Acid Synthesis &Metabolism, Bile Lipids & Proteins,Lipoproteins

103 Gallstones, Formation & Treatment;Pathobiology of Gallbladder & BiliaryTree

104 Cell Injury, Hepatoxicity andPharmacology

105 Transplantation and HepatobiliarySurgery