Gilberto Silva‐Junior, Anna Baiges, Fanny Turon, Ferran Torres, Virginia Hernández‐Gea, Jaime Bosch, Juan Carlos García‐Pagán – 3 August 2015 – Hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG), the difference between wedged (WHVP) and free hepatic vein pressure (FHVP), predicts survival in patients with cirrhosis. It has been suggested for the use of inferior vena cava (IVC) value instead of FHVP to calculate HVPG when the difference between proximal FHVP (obtained at 2 cm from the hepatic vein outlet) and IVC (measured at the level of the hepatic ostium) is >2 mm Hg.

Nikhil A. Kumta, Ketisha DeRoche, Michel Kahaleh – 1 August 2015

1 August 2015

Shakeel M. Thakurdas, Mario F. Lopez, Shinako Kakuda, Rodrigo Fernandez‐Valdivia, Neda Zarrin‐Khameh, Robert S. Haltiwanger, Hamed Jafar‐Nejad – 1 August 2015 – Haploinsufficiency for the Notch ligand JAG1 in humans results in an autosomal‐dominant, multisystem disorder known as Alagille syndrome, which is characterized by a congenital cholangiopathy of variable severity.

Manisha Verma, Victor Navarro – 1 August 2015

Jakob Paur, Lisa Nika, Christiane Maier, Alexander Moscu‐Gregor, Julia Kostka, Daniela Huber, Thomas Mohr, Petra Heffeter, Waltraud C. Schrottmaier, Sonja Kappel, Daniela Kandioler, Klaus Holzmann, Brigitte Marian, Walter Berger, Michael Grusch, Bettina Grasl‐Kraupp – 1 August 2015 – Fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) are frequently up‐regulated in subsets of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Here, we provide mechanistic insight that FGFR3 splice variants IIIb and IIIc impact considerably on the malignant phenotype of HCC cells.

Rui‐Xian Liu, Yuan Wei, Qiu‐Hui Zeng, Ka‐Wo Chan, Xiao Xiao, Xiao‐Yu Zhao, Min‐Min Chen, Fang‐Zhu Ouyang, Dong‐Ping Chen, Limin Zheng, Xiang‐Ming Lao, Dong‐Ming Kuang – 1 August 2015 – B cells consistently represent abundant cellular components in tumors; however, direct evidence supporting a role for B cells in the immunopathogenesis of human cancers is lacking, as is specific knowledge of their trafficking mechanisms.

30 July 2015

Michael O. Idowu, Ravi Chhatrala, M. Bilal Siddiqui, Carolyn Driscoll, R. Todd Stravitz, Arun J. Sanyal, Chandra Bhati, Carol Sargeant, Velimir A. Luketic, Richard K. Sterling, Melissa Contos, Scott Matherly, Puneet Puri, M. Shadab Siddiqui – 30 July 2015 – Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the general population. Despite a high prevalence of de novo hepatic steatosis after liver transplantation (LT), there are no data exploring the association between hepatic steatosis after LT and atherogenic risk.

Maureen M. Jonas, Mei‐Hwei Chang, Etienne Sokal, Kathleen B. Schwarz, Deirdre Kelly, Kyung Mo Kim, Simon C. Ling, Philip Rosenthal, Dumitru Oraseanu, Laurie Reynolds, Alexandra Thiry, Peter Ackerman – 29 July 2015 – This ongoing, randomized phase III study assesses the safety and efficacy of entecavir versus placebo in nucleos(t)ide‐naïve children (2 to <18 years) with hepatitis B envelope antigen (HBeAg)‐positive chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Blinded treatment was administered for a minimum of 48 weeks.