Rohit Loomba, Tanya Wolfson, Brandon Ang, Jonathan Hooker, Cynthia Behling, Michael Peterson, Mark Valasek, Grace Lin, David Brenner, Anthony Gamst, Richard Ehman, Claude Sirlin – 8 August 2014 – Retrospective studies have shown that two‐dimensional magnetic resonance elastography (2D‐MRE), a novel MR method for assessment of liver stiffness, correlates with advanced fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Prospective data on diagnostic accuracy of 2D‐MRE in the detection of advanced fibrosis in NAFLD are needed.

Jeremie Guedj, Yaron Rotman, Scott J. Cotler, Christopher Koh, Peter Schmid, Jeff Albrecht, Vanessa Haynes‐Williams, T. Jake Liang, Jay H. Hoofnagle, Theo Heller, Harel Dahari – 7 August 2014 – There is little information on the early kinetics of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) during interferon‐α therapy. Here a mathematical model was developed and fitted to frequent HDV and HBsAg kinetic data from 10 patients during the first 28 weeks of pegylated‐interferon‐α2a (peg‐IFN) therapy.

Charlotte Hedskog, Brian Doehle, Krishna Chodavarapu, Viktoria Gontcharova, Javier Crespo Garcia, Robert De Knegt, Joost P.H Drenth, John G. McHutchison, Diana Brainard, Luisa M. Stamm, Michael D. Miller, Evguenia Svarovskaia, Hongmei Mo – 7 August 2014 – To date, intergenotypic recombinant hepatitis C viruses (HCVs) and their treatment outcomes have not been well characterized. This study characterized 12 novel HCV recombinant strains and their response to sofosbuvir in combination with ribavirin (SOF/RBV) treatment.

Betty L. Slagle, Ourania M. Andrisani, Michael J. Bouchard, Caroline G.L. Lee, J.‐H. James Ou, Aleem Siddiqui – 7 August 2014 – Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a risk factor for developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The life cycle of HBV is complex and has been difficult to study because HBV does not infect cultured cells. The HBV regulatory X protein (HBx) controls the level of HBV replication and possesses an HCC cofactor role.

Charlotte Hedskog, Brian Doehle, Krishna Chodavarapu, Viktoria Gontcharova, Javier Crespo Garcia, Robert De Knegt, Joost P.H Drenth, John G. McHutchison, Diana Brainard, Luisa M. Stamm, Michael D. Miller, Evguenia Svarovskaia, Hongmei Mo – 7 August 2014 – To date, intergenotypic recombinant hepatitis C viruses (HCVs) and their treatment outcomes have not been well characterized. This study characterized 12 novel HCV recombinant strains and their response to sofosbuvir in combination with ribavirin (SOF/RBV) treatment.

Shunji Nagai, Atsushi Yoshida, Marcelo Facciuto, Dilip Moonka, Marwan S. Abouljoud, Myron E. Schwartz, Sander S. Florman – 7 August 2014 – Although experimental evidence has indicated that ischemia‐reperfusion (I/R) injury of the liver stimulates growth of micrometastases and adhesion of tumor cells, the clinical impact of I/R injury on recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after liver transplantation (LT) has not been fully investigated.

James Neuberger, David Mulligan – 7 August 2014

Betty L. Slagle, Ourania M. Andrisani, Michael J. Bouchard, Caroline G.L. Lee, J.‐H. James Ou, Aleem Siddiqui – 7 August 2014 – Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a risk factor for developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The life cycle of HBV is complex and has been difficult to study because HBV does not infect cultured cells. The HBV regulatory X protein (HBx) controls the level of HBV replication and possesses an HCC cofactor role.

Giovanni Battista Levi Sandri – 6 August 2014

Christoph Schramm, Inka Wahl, Ansgar W. Lohse – 6 August 2014