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Wen‐Qing Li, Yikyung Park, Katherine A. McGlynn, Albert R. Hollenbeck, Philip R. Taylor, Alisa M. Goldstein, Neal D. Freedman – 13 June 2014
Metabolic syndrome after pediatric liver transplantation
Silja Kosola, Hanna Lampela, Heikki Makisalo, Jouko Lohi, Johanna Arola, Hannu Jalanko, Mikko Pakarinen – 13 June 2014 – Half of adult liver transplantation (LT) recipients develop metabolic syndrome, but the prevalence after childhood LT remains unknown. We conducted a national cross‐sectional study of all living patients who had undergone LT between 1987 and 2007 at an age less than 18 years. We gathered information on blood pressure, body composition, serum lipids, glucose metabolism, and histological liver fat content.
Primary biliary “cirrhosis”: Time to replace a misnomer
Inka Wahl, Andreas Feige, Bernd Löwe, Christina Weiler‐Normann, Matthias Rose, Ansgar W. Lohse, Christoph Schramm – 13 June 2014
Medication level variability index predicts rejection, possibly due to nonadherence, in adult liver transplant recipients
Supelana Christina, Rachel A. Annunziato, Thomas D. Schiano, Ravinder Anand, Swapna Vaidya, Kelley Chuang, Yelena Zack, Sander Florman, Benjamin L. Shneider, Eyal Shemesh – 13 June 2014 – Nonadherence to immunosuppressants may play a role in late rejection in liver transplant recipients. In children, emerging data suggest that adherence can be measured through the computation of the standard deviation (SD) of consecutive blood levels of tacrolimus, which results in a number that reflects the degree of variability between individual measures: the medication level variability index (MLVI).
Discovery and validation of urinary metabotypes for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in West Africans
Nimzing G. Ladep, Anthony C. Dona, Matthew R. Lewis, Mary M.E. Crossey, Maud Lemoine, Edith Okeke, Yusuke Shimakawa, Mary Duguru, Harr F. Njai, Haddy K.S. Fye, Makie Taal, John Chetwood, Ben Kasstan, Shahid A. Khan, Deborah A. Garside, Anisha Wijeyesekera, Andrew V. Thillainayagam, Edmund Banwat, Mark R. Thursz, Jeremy K. Nicholson, Ramou Njie, Elaine Holmes, Simon D. Taylor‐Robinson – 13 June 2014 – There is no clinically applicable biomarker for surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), because the sensitivity of serum alpha‐fetoprotein (AFP) is too low for this purpose.
Discovery and validation of urinary metabotypes for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in West Africans
Nimzing G. Ladep, Anthony C. Dona, Matthew R. Lewis, Mary M.E. Crossey, Maud Lemoine, Edith Okeke, Yusuke Shimakawa, Mary Duguru, Harr F. Njai, Haddy K.S. Fye, Makie Taal, John Chetwood, Ben Kasstan, Shahid A. Khan, Deborah A. Garside, Anisha Wijeyesekera, Andrew V. Thillainayagam, Edmund Banwat, Mark R. Thursz, Jeremy K. Nicholson, Ramou Njie, Elaine Holmes, Simon D. Taylor‐Robinson – 13 June 2014 – There is no clinically applicable biomarker for surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), because the sensitivity of serum alpha‐fetoprotein (AFP) is too low for this purpose.
Increased risk of cirrhosis and its decompensation in chronic hepatitis C patients with new‐onset diabetes: A nationwide cohort study
Yi‐Wen Huang, Sien‐Sing Yang, Szu‐Chieh Fu, Ting‐Chuan Wang, Cheng‐Kai Hsu, Ding‐Shinn Chen, Jui‐Ting Hu, Jia‐Horng Kao – 11 June 2014 – The effect of diabetes on cirrhosis, its decompensation, and their time relationship in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients remains unclear. We conducted a nation‐wide cohort study by using the Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database, which is comprised of data from >99% of the entire population. Among having randomly sampled 1 million enrollees, 6,251 adult CHC patients were identified from 1997 to 2009.
Vasodilator‐stimulated phosphoprotein promotes activation of hepatic stellate cells by regulating Rab11‐dependent plasma membrane targeting of transforming growth factor beta receptors
Kangsheng Tu, Jiachu Li, Vikas K. Verma, Chunsheng Liu, Daniel D. Billadeau, Georg Lamprecht, Xiaoyu Xiang, Luyang Guo, Renumathy Dhanasekaran, Lewis R. Roberts, Vijay H. Shah, Ningling Kang – 10 June 2014 – Liver microenvironment is a critical determinant for development and progression of liver metastasis. Under transforming growth factor beta (TGF‐β) stimulation, hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), which are liver‐specific pericytes, transdifferentiate into tumor‐associated myofibroblasts that promote tumor implantation (TI) and growth in the liver.
Prognostic Prediction and Identification of Candidates for Salvage Liver Transplantation Among Patients With Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Edoardo G. Giannini, Alessandro Cucchetti, Alessandro Vitale – 10 June 2014
Stage of cirrhosis predicts the risk of liver‐related death in patients with low model for End‐Stage liver disease scores and cirrhosis awaiting liver transplantation
Joel Wedd, Kiran M. Bambha, Matt Stotts, Heather Laskey, Jordi Colmenero, Jane Gralla, Scott W. Biggins – 10 June 2014 – The Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score has reduced predictive ability in patients with cirrhosis and MELD scores ≤ 20. We aimed to assess whether a 5‐stage clinical model could identify liver transplantation (LT) candidates with low MELD scores who are at increased risk for death. We conducted a case‐control study of subjects with cirrhosis and MELD scores ≤ 20 who were awaiting LT at a single academic medical center between February 2002 and May 2011.