Wan‐Ting Chen, Chun‐Chih Tseng, Kyle Pfaffenbach, Gary Kanel, Biquan Luo, Bangyan L. Stiles, Amy S. Lee – 28 August 2013 – Liver cancer is one of the most common solid tumors, with poor prognosis and high mortality. Mutation or deletion of the tumor suppressor phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) is strongly correlated with human liver cancer. Glucose‐regulated protein 94 (GRP94) is a major endoplasmic reticulum (ER) chaperone protein, but its in vivo function is still emerging.

David E. Kleiner, Naga P. Chalasani, William M. Lee, Robert J. Fontana, Herbert L. Bonkovsky, Paul B. Watkins, Paul H. Hayashi, Timothy J. Davern, Victor Navarro, Rajender Reddy, Jayant A. Talwalkar, Andrew Stolz, Jiezhun Gu, Huiman Barnhart, Jay H. Hoofnagle, for the Drug‐Induced Liver Injury Network (DILIN) – 28 August 2013 – Drug‐induced liver injury (DILI) is considered to be a diagnosis of exclusion. Liver biopsy may contribute to diagnostic accuracy, but the histological features of DILI and their relationship to biochemical parameters and outcomes are not well defined.

Jurriën G.P. Reijnders, Harry L.A. Janssen – 28 August 2013

Laura James, Dean Roberts – 28 August 2013

Mariya L. Samoylova, Jennifer L. Dodge, Eric Vittinghoff, Francis Y. Yao, John Paul Roberts – 27 August 2013 – The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)/United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database is the most comprehensive collection of liver transplantation data, but the quality of these data with respect to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence has not been well assessed.

Abdl‐Rawf Al‐Nowaylati, Benjamin J. S. Al‐Haddad, Rob B. Dorman, Osama A. Alsaied, John R. Lake, Srinath Chinnakotla, Bridget M. Slusarek, Barbara K. Sampson, Sayeed Ikramuddin, Henry Buchwald, Daniel B. Leslie – 27 August 2013 – Few data are available for assessing the outcomes of bariatric surgery for patients who have undergone orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT).

Mettu Srinivas Reddy, Gomathy Narasimhan, Pradeep Thomas Cherian, Mohamed Rela – 27 August 2013

Andres Duarte‐Rojo, Vikram Budhraja, Bart J. Veldt, David D. Goldstein, Kymberly D. Watt, Julie K. Heimbach, John G. McHutchison, Hans L. Tillman, John J. Poterucha, Michael R. Charlton – 27 August 2013 – Chronic hepatitis C (CHC)–related cirrhosis is the leading indication for liver transplantation (LT). However, the recurrence of a hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection after transplantation is universal and is associated with worse outcomes.

David S. Goldberg, George Makar, Therese Bittermann, Benjamin French – 27 August 2013 – The Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score is an imperfect prognosticator of waitlist dropout, so transplant centers may apply for exception points to increase a waitlist candidate's priority on the waitlist. Exception applications are categorized as recognized exceptional diagnoses (REDs; eg, hepatocellular carcinoma) and non‐REDs (eg, cholangitis). Although prior work has demonstrated regional variation in the use of exceptions, no work has examined the between‐center variability.

Marnie J. Wood, Victoria L. Gadd, Lawrie W. Powell, Grant A. Ramm, Andrew D. Clouston – 26 August 2013 – The development of portal fibrosis following the iron loading of hepatocytes is the first stage of fibrogenesis in hereditary hemochromatosis. In other chronic liver diseases it has been shown that a ductular reaction (DR) appears early, correlates with fibrosis progression, and is a consequence of activation of an alternative pathway of hepatocyte replication. This study was designed to investigate the presence of the DR in hemochromatosis and describe its associations.