Human OX40 tunes the function of regulatory T cells in tumor and nontumor areas of hepatitis C virus–infected liver tissue

Silvia Piconese, Eleonora Timperi, Ilenia Pacella, Valeria Schinzari, Claudio Tripodo, Massimo Rossi, Nicola Guglielmo, Gianluca Mennini, Gian Luca Grazi, Simona Di Filippo, Stefania Brozzetti, Katia Fazzi, Guido Antonelli, Maria Antonietta Lozzi, Massimo Sanchez, Vincenzo Barnaba – 23 April 2014 – Regulatory T cells (Tregs) can be considered as a mixed population of distinct subsets, endowed with a diverse extent and quality of adaptation to microenvironmental signals.

Diagnosis and management of biliary complications in pediatric living donor liver transplant recipients

Flávia H. Feier, Paulo Chapchap, Renata Pugliese, Eduardo A. Fonseca, Francisco C. Carnevale, Airton M. Moreira, Charles Zurstrassen, Aline C. Santos, Irene K. Miura, Vera Baggio, Adriana Porta, Teresa Guimarães, Helry Cândido, Marcel Benavides, Andre Godoy, Katia M. R. Leite, Gilda Porta, Mario Kondo, João Seda‐Neto – 23 April 2014 – The incidence of biliary complications (BCs) after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) can reach 40%. Published data on the pediatric population are limited, and treatment protocols vary.

Liver transplantation outcomes for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

Mohamed A. Chinnaratha, Uthayanan Chelvaratnam, Katherine A. Stuart, Simone I. Strasser, Geoffrey W. McCaughan, Paul Gow, Leon A. Adams, Alan J. Wigg, on behalf of the Australia and New Zealand Liver Transplant Clinical Study Group – 21 April 2014 – An increased liver disease burden has been reported for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (ATSIs) in Australia; however, few proceed to liver transplantation (LT).

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