Mercedes Fernandez – 5 August 2014 – Over the past two decades the advances in molecular cell biology have led to significant discoveries about the pathophysiology of portal hypertension (PHT). In particular, great progress has been made in the study of the molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate the increased intrahepatic vascular resistance (IHVR) in cirrhosis. We now know that the increased IHVR is not irreversible, but that both the structural component caused by fibrosis and the active component caused by hepatic sinusoidal constriction can be, at least partially, reversed.

Mercedes Fernandez – 5 August 2014 – Over the past two decades the advances in molecular cell biology have led to significant discoveries about the pathophysiology of portal hypertension (PHT). In particular, great progress has been made in the study of the molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate the increased intrahepatic vascular resistance (IHVR) in cirrhosis. We now know that the increased IHVR is not irreversible, but that both the structural component caused by fibrosis and the active component caused by hepatic sinusoidal constriction can be, at least partially, reversed.

Heike Bantel, Thomas Thum, Klaus Schulze‐Osthoff – 1 August 2014

Ioanna Parisi, Emmanuel Tsochatzis, Hasitha Wijewantha, Manuel Rodríguez‐Perálvarez, Laura De Luca, Pinelopi Manousou, Evangelia Fatourou, Giulia Pieri, Vassilios Papastergiou, Neil Davies, Dominic Yu, TuVinh Luong, Amar Paul Dhillon, Douglas Thorburn, David Patch, James O'Beirne, Tim Meyer, Andrew K. Burroughs – 1 August 2014 – Increased preoperative inflammation scores, such as neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and inflammation‐based index (IBI) have been related to post‐transplant HCC recurrence.

Hong Shen, Liang Sheng, Zheng Chen, Lin Jiang, Haoran Su, Lei Yin, M. Bishr Omary, Liangyou Rui – 1 August 2014

Daniel J. Antoine, James W. Dear, Christopher E. Goldring, B. Kevin Park – 1 August 2014

Wilma Potze, Jelle Adelmeijer, Ton Lisman – 1 August 2014

Melissa Martinez, Anand Tandra, Raj Vuppalanchi – 1 August 2014

Yuhei Hamaguchi, Toshimi Kaido, Shinya Okumura, Yasuhiro Fujimoto, Kohei Ogawa, Akira Mori, Ahmed Hammad, Yumiko Tamai, Nobuya Inagaki, Shinji Uemoto – 1 August 2014 – Intramuscular fat accumulation has come to be associated with loss of muscle strength and function, one of the components of sarcopenia. However, the impact of preoperative quality of skeletal muscle on outcomes after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is unclear.

Chao‐Long Chen – 1 August 2014