Seema S. Desai, Jason C. Tung, Vivian X. Zhou, James P. Grenert, Yann Malato, Milad Rezvani, Regina Español‐Suñer, Holger Willenbring, Valerie M. Weaver, Tammy T. Chang – 11 January 2016 – Matrix rigidity has important effects on cell behavior and is increased during liver fibrosis; however, its effect on primary hepatocyte function is unknown. We hypothesized that increased matrix rigidity in fibrotic livers would activate mechanotransduction in hepatocytes and lead to inhibition of liver‐specific functions.

Sahar Taba Taba Vakili, Roshni Kailar, Khalidur Rahman, Behtash Ghazi Nezami, Simon Musyoka Mwangi, Frank A. Anania, Shanthi Srinivasan – 30 December 2015 – Moderate macrovesicular steatosis (>30%), which is present in almost 50% of livers considered for transplantation, increases the risk of primary graft dysfunction. Our previously published data showed that glial cell line–derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is protective against high‐fat diet (HFD)–induced hepatic steatosis in mice.

28 December 2015

Jesús Fortún, Alfonso Muriel, Pilar Martín‐Dávila, Miguel Montejo, Oscar Len, Julian Torre‐Cisneros, Jordi Carratalá, Patricia Muñoz, Maria Carmen Fariñas, Asunción Moreno, Gema Fresco, Josune Goikoetxea, Joan Gavaldá, Juan Carlos Pozo, Marta Bodro, Antonio Vena, Fernando Casafont, Carlos Cervera, José Tiago Silva, José M.

Yumin Oh, Ogyi Park, Magdalena Swierczewska, James P. Hamilton, Jong‐Sung Park, Tae Hyung Kim, Sung‐Mook Lim, Hana Eom, Dong Gyu Jo, Choong‐Eun Lee, Raouf Kechrid, Panagiotis Mastorakos, Clark Zhang, Sei Kwang Hahn, Ok‐Cheol Jeon, Youngro Byun, Kwangmeyung Kim, Justin Hanes, Kang Choon Lee, Martin G. Pomper, Bin Gao, Seulki Lee – 28 December 2015 – Liver fibrosis is a common outcome of chronic liver disease that leads to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. No US Food and Drug Administration–approved targeted antifibrotic therapy exists.

28 December 2015

28 December 2015

LeAnne H. Young, Vipul Periwal – 28 December 2015 – We adapted a mathematical model of posthepatectomy liver regeneration using data from a subset of patients in the Adult‐to‐Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study. The original model addressed changes in the number of quiescent, primed, and proliferating cells. Our adapted model takes into account hypertrophy of primed and replicating cells, and it is better able to predict liver volume.

David B. Rein, Joshua Borton, Danielle K. Liffmann, John S. Wittenborn – 28 December 2015 – The aim of this work was to estimate and describe the Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 2009, incremental annual costs by disease stage, incremental total Medicare HCV payments in 2009 using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)‐Medicare linked data covering the years 2002 to 2009.

Irena Hejlova, Eva Honsova, Eva Sticova, Vera Lanska, Tomas Hucl, Julius Spicak, Milan Jirsa, Pavel Trunecka – 28 December 2015 – Steatosis occurs frequently after liver transplantation (LT). We aimed to determine the prevalence of steatosis in adult LT recipients, to determine the effects of significant (>33%; grades 2‐3) steatosis on patient survival, and to identify risk factors for the development of significant steatosis and its effect on fibrosis progression. We retrospectively examined 2360 posttransplant biopsies of 548 LT recipients.