Absence of the intestinal microbiota exacerbates hepatobiliary disease in a murine model of primary sclerosing cholangitis

James H. Tabibian, Steven P. O'Hara, Christy E. Trussoni, Pamela S. Tietz, Patrick L. Splinter, Taofic Mounajjed, Lee R. Hagey, Nicholas F. LaRusso – 4 June 2015 – Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic, idiopathic, fibroinflammatory cholangiopathy. The role of the microbiota in PSC etiopathogenesis may be fundamentally important, yet remains obscure. We tested the hypothesis that germ‐free (GF) mutltidrug resistance 2 knockout (mdr2−/−) mice develop a distinct PSC phenotype, compared to conventionally housed (CV) mdr2−/− mice.

Safety and Efficacy of Simeprevir/Sofosbuvir in Hepatitis C–Infected Patients With Compensated and Decompensated Cirrhosis

Varun Saxena, Lisa Nyberg, Marypat Pauly, Aditi Dasgupta, Anders Nyberg, Barbara Piasecki, Bradley Winston, Jacquelyn Redd, Joanna Ready, Norah A. Terrault – 1 June 2015 – Risks and benefits of simeprevir plus sofosbuvir (SIM+SOF) in patients with advanced cirrhosis are unknown. We assessed the safety and sustained virological responses (SVR) of SIM+SOF with and without ribavirin (RBV) in patients with Child‐Pugh (CP)‐B/C versus CP‐A cirrhosis and compared to matched untreated controls.

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