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.

Tomi T. Kanninen, Douglas Dieterich, Stefania Asciutti – 3 August 2015

T. Jake Liang, Timothy M. Block, Brian J. McMahon, Marc G. Ghany, Stephan Urban, Ju‐Tao Guo, Stephen Locarnini, Fabien Zoulim, Kyong‐Mi Chang, Anna S. Lok – 3 August 2015 – Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a significant global pathogen, infecting more than 240 million people worldwide. While treatment for HBV has improved, HBV patients often require lifelong therapies and cure is still a challenging goal.

Robert G. Gish, Chari A. Cohen, Joan M. Block, Carol L. Brosgart, Timothy M. Block, Ryan Clary, Loc T. Le, Michael H. Ninburg, Lorren Sandt, Kris V. Kowdley – 3 August 2015

John D. Ryan, Thomas Marjot, Jeremy F. Cobbold – 3 August 2015

Zhilei Chen, Charles M. Rice – 3 August 2015

William Sanchez, Patrick S. Kamath – 3 August 2015

Leon A. Adams, Darrell H. Crawford, Tim K. St. Pierre, John K. Olynyk – 3 August 2015

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.

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.