High‐fat diet triggers Mallory‐Denk body formation through misfolding and crosslinking of excess keratin 8

Ozlem Kucukoglu, Nurdan Guldiken, Yu Chen, Valentyn Usachov, Amin El‐Heliebi, Johannes Haybaeck, Helmut Denk, Christian Trautwein, Pavel Strnad – 12 February 2014 – Mallory‐Denk bodies (MDBs) are protein aggregates consisting of ubiquitinated keratins 8/18 (K8/K18). MDBs are characteristic of alcoholic and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and discriminate between the relatively benign simple steatosis and the more aggressive NASH.

Evolution of noninvasive tests of liver fibrosis is associated with prognosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Julien Vergniol, Jérôme Boursier, Clélia Coutzac, Sandrine Bertrais, Juliette Foucher, Camille Angel, Faiza Chermak, Isabelle Fouchard Hubert, Wassil Merrouche, Frédéric Oberti, Victor Lédinghen, Paul Calès – 12 February 2014 – No data are available about the prediction of long‐term survival using repeated noninvasive tests of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C (CHC). We aimed to assess the prognostic value of 3‐year liver stiffness measurement (LSM), aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index (APRI), and fibrosis 4 (FIB‐4) evolution in CHC.

Blockade of CD47‐mediated cathepsin S/protease‐activated receptor 2 signaling provides a therapeutic target for hepatocellular carcinoma

Terence Kin‐Wah Lee, Vincent Chi‐Ho Cheung, Ping Lu, Eunice Yuen Ting Lau, Stephanie Ma, Kwan Ho Tang, Man Tong, Jessica Lo, Irene Oi Lin Ng – 12 February 2014 – Identification of therapeutic targets against tumor‐initiating cells (TICs) is a priority in the development of new therapeutic paradigms against cancer. We enriched a TIC population capable of tumor initiation and self‐renewal by serial passages of hepatospheres with chemotherapeutic agents. In chemoresistant hepatospheres, CD47 was found to be up‐regulated, when compared with differentiated progenies.

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