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September Issue Highlights from the Editors - see the video here

This month’s issue offers perspective on how metabolic syndrome substantially increases the rate of poor outcomes for patients with ALD, as highlighted in an important systematic review by Peddu and Chen. Nguyen and Ferrer lead a group demonstrating the high rate of advanced liver disease in patients with telomere disorders. Additionally,  Allen and colleagues from Mayo show that liver stiffness measured by MRE can identify a broader pool of therapeutic candidates by expanding the range of stiffness values (2.8-6.4kPa).

 

This issue also features exciting studies on cell-cell interactions, the dysregulation of the immune microenvironment, and the application of gene therapy in various liver diseases. Two compelling studies reveal the mechanisms by which hepatic stellate cells drive MASLD-HCC, as well as the protective roles of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in acetaminophen-induced liver injury. Another study demonstrates that resolvin D1 exhibits hepatoprotective effects in a mouse model of alcohol-associated liver disease. From a translational perspective, a study highlights the potential of gene therapy to correct the ABCB11 gene, offering a promising treatment for progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 2 (PFIC2). Finally, an excellent review highlights the disease spectrum, pathophysiology, and immune dysregulation of T-cell-mediated pediatric acute liver failure (TC-PALF).

 


 

 
 
Hepatology Communications
Vol. 10, No. 9, September 2026
 
 
 
 
Original Article
 
 
 

Challenges in the care of rare vascular liver diseases: Insights from patients, health care providers, and patient organizations
Mercedes Guilabert, Agnes Dumas, Eva Gil-Hernández, Lynda Sifer-Rivière, Jane Sattoe, Guenda Bernegger, Maria Caiata Zufferey, María Purificación, Giada Danesi, Virginia Hernandez-Gea, Sarwa Darwish Murad, Pierre-Emmanuel Rautou, Laure Elkrief, Benedetta Terziroli Beretta-Piccoli, Andrea De Gottardi, Annalisa Berzigotti, Aurelie Plessier, José Joaquín Mira

Spatiotemporal dynamics of the tumor microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma during combination immunotherapy
Hitoshi Iwasaki, Shinji Itoh, Katsuya Toshida, Junya Mita, Takuma Ishikawa, Norifumi Iseda, Kyohei Yugawa, Shohei Yoshiya, Takashi Motomura, Takeo Toshima, Shinichi Aishima, Yoshinao Oda, Tomoharu Yoshizumi

Sequential FIB-4–based testing limits detection of fibrotic MASLD despite optimized ELF thresholds
Alina M. Allen, Olivia J. Bobek, Rachel E. Canning, Maysa Eslami, Joanne Benson, Rondell Graham, Sudhakar Venkatesh, Meng Yin, Richard L. Ehman, Fang-Shu Ou

Dysregulated BCR repertoire and metabolic state of HBsAg-specific B cells in chronic hepatitis B revealed by integrated single-cell analysis
Mengying He, Liangjun Shen, Yaming Li, Menghan Hao, Bing Wang, Yi Zhang, Min Wu, Zhanqing Zhang, Zhong Fang, Zhenghong Yuan, Jieliang Chen

Simplified definition and imaging-based stratification of at-risk MASH using magnetic resonance elastography
Jiahui Li, Hao Wu, Kevin J. Glaser, Fang-Shu Ou, Armando Manduca, Sudhakar K. Venkatesh, Claude Sirlin, Rohit Loomba, Vijay H. Shah, Richard L. Ehman, Alina M. Allen, Meng Yin

Micronutrient deficiencies in ambulatory adults with cirrhosis
Melinda Wang, Kathy Pariani, Fawzy Barry, Dorothea Kent, Srilakshmi Seetharaman, Lisa Catalli, Jennifer C. Lai

Liver-directed gene therapy results in amelioration of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 2 in mice
Angie Molina, Laia Trigueros-Motos, Manuela Molina, Javier Martínez-García, Laura Palomo, Guiomar Pérez, Leticia Odriozola, Cristina Gázquez, Blanche Tamarit, Martjin Van Faassen, Henkjan J. Verkade, Céline Bouquet, Jean Philippe Combal, Gloria González-Aseguinolaza, Cristian Smerdou

Liver-associated findings and outcomes in a telomere biology disorders clinic
Kianna M. Nguyen, Laura Ongie, Peng Xu, Daniel D. Penrice, Yael Kusne, Ana C. Zamora, Blanca Lizaola-Mayo, Filippo Pinto e Vairo, Eva M. Carmona, Rachel A. Simon, Christy Finke, Terra Lasho, Abhishek A. Mangaonkar, Mrinal M. Patnaik, Douglas A. Simonetto, Alejandro Ferrer

Hepatic stellate cell subpopulations in human MASLD-related hepatocellular carcinoma upregulate YAP via geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate
Courtney L. Labrecque, Arthur Ko, Bo Qiao, Calvin Pan, Renu Nandakumar, Kushan Chowdhury, Namrata Venkatesan, Xiaotang Du, Bishuang Cai, Matteo Pellegrini, Joseph R. Pisegna, Samuel W. French, Vatche Agopian, Enrique Rozengurt, Rajat Singh, Jihane N. Benhammou

Symptom burden is associated with health-related quality of life in symptomatic adults with primary sclerosing cholangitis
Donna M. Evon, Kaya Merkler, Chelsea Anderson, Sasha Deutsch-Link, Rachel Gomel, Joanne Hatchett, Ricky Safer, Stephen J. Rossi, Christopher L. Bowlus, Mark Swain, Bryce B. Reeve

Effects of diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome on alcohol-associated liver disease: A systematic review
Dhiraj K. Peddu, Vitchapong Prasitsumrit, Matthew J. Kubina, Abhijay Kumar, Jasnoor Singh, Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, Matthew C. Roslund, Suthat Liangpunsakul, Jessica L. Mellinger, Karn Wijarnpreecha, Ponni V. Perumalswami, Vincent L. Chen

A randomized trial of viral vector and adjuvanted protein HBV therapeutic vaccine in people with chronic hepatitis B on nucleos(t)ide analogs
Wen-Juei Jeng, Chi-Jen Chu, Apinya Leerapun, Anchalee Avihingsanon, Stefan Zeuzem, Stefan Bourgeois, Man-Fung Yuen, Manuel Romero-Gomez, Sheng-Shun Yang, Cristina Cravcenco, Bruno Salaun, Meng Shi, Ventzislav Vassilev, Joon Hyung Kim, Kristien Swinnen,

The rate of and risk factors for falls among patients with cirrhosis: A multicenter study
Joy E. Obayemi, Mitchell Paukner, Bima J. Hasjim, Dominic Vitello, Paola A. Barrios, Saad Hussain, Salva Balbale, Lisa B. VanWagner, Mohsen Mohammadi, Sanjay Mehrotra, Oriana Dentici, Lihui Zhao, Daniela P. Ladner,

Measuring quality of life in advanced chronic liver disease with FACT-Hep: Findings from the PAL LIVER trial
Manisha Verma, Binu V. John, Don Rockey, Sid Barritt, Victor Navarro, Linda K. Shaw, Andrzej Kosinski, Elliot B. Tapper, Archita Desai

MSCs overexpressing FGF21 alleviate acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury by eliciting macrophage-mediated phagocytosis
Qian Huai, Cheng Zhu, Haoran Huang, Long Cheng, Xiaoqin Deng, Yue Wang, Tianyin Sun, Lijuan Mao, Yongkang Zhang, Mengwei Wu, Shi Yin, Hanren Dai, Xiaolei Li, Hua Wang

Hepatoprotective effects of resolvin D1 in mice exposed to ethanol and galactosamine
Josiah Hardesty, Jeffrey Warner, Dennis Warner, Rui Treves, Nicolli Butzke-Souza, Jingzhi Wang, Yasmeen Abdelfadil, Dibson Gondim, Craig McClain, Irina Kirpich

HLA and non-HLA genetic analyses reveal suggestive variants associated with statin-induced liver injury
Callie Jo Zaborenko, Tae-Hwi Schwantes-An, Yi-Ju Li, Andrew Dellinger, Paola Nicoletti, Ann K. Daly, Guruprasad Aithal, Naga Chalasani,

 
 
 
Special Article
 
 
 

Liver Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS): Roadmap for training, credentialing, and implementation
Jose D. Debes, Yuko Kono, Amir Gougol, Michael Dolinger, W. Ray Kim

The INTEGRATE prospective cohort study: Design and methods to evaluate biopsychosocial determinants of outcomes in early liver transplantation for alcohol-associated liver disease
Lisa B. VanWagner, Katherine M. Keyes, MinJae Lee, David S. Goldberg, Natasha Schaefer Solle, Anne C Fernandez, Jessica L. Mellinger, Elizabeth C. Verna,

 
 
 
Review
 
 
 

Immune mechanisms and pathophysiology of T cell-mediated pediatric acute liver failure (TC-PALF)
Jason T.C. Lee, Harry Sutton, Priya Pai, Arianna Barbetta, Shengmei Zhou, Rohit Kohli, Sonya MacParland, Juliet Emamaullee

 
Research Letter
 
 
 

Stigmatizing language in alcohol-associated cirrhosis open notes: Persistent but declining
John Deng, Laura Salej Duran, Beverly Kyalwazi, Dabel Emebo, Wei Zhang, Robert W. Turer, Andrew P. Bain, Sruthi Yekkaluri, Thomas G. Cotter, Amit G. Singal, Jeremy Louissaint

International survey on the management of portal hypertension
Kiandokht Bashiri, Atoosa Rabiee, Patrick Northup, Shiv Sarin, Don C. Rockey

 
Correspondence
 
 
 
 
Erratum
 
 
 

Erratum: Resolution of hepatic fibrosis after ZFN-mediated gene editing in the PiZ mouse model of human α1-antitrypsin deficiency
Yanfeng Li, Chandan Guha, Patrik Asp, Xia Wang, Tatyana L. Tchaikovskaya, Kenneth Kim, Matthew Mendel, Gregory J. Cost, David H. Perlmutter, Namita Roy-Chowdhury, Ira J. Fox, Anthony Conway, Jayanta Roy-Chowdhury

Erratum: A PNPLA3–NACC1–RIPK3 pathway mediates macrophage necroptosis and inflammation in MASLD
Xinjia Wang, Lu Bian, Zhuoying Feng, Kyle O’Shaughnessy, Andrew C. Kwong, Eun Hee Ha, Lei Wang, Weibo Chen, Xianfang Wu

 
 
 
 
 
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