Therapeutic potential of interleukin 1 inhibitors in the treatment of alcoholic liver disease
Stephanie Mathews, Bin Gao – 22 April 2013
Analyzing risk factors for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
Tetsuji Fujita – 22 April 2013
In Memoriam: David Hull, M.D.
Angel E. Alsina, John McNab – 13 April 2013
Echocardiography for the detection of portopulmonary hypertension in liver transplant candidates: An analysis of cutoff values
Sarah Raevens, Isabelle Colle, Koen Reyntjens, Anja Geerts, Frederik Berrevoet, Xavier Rogiers, Roberto I. Troisi, Hans Vlierberghe, Michel Pauw – 13 April 2013 – Portopulmonary hypertension (POPH), a complication of chronic liver disease, may be a contraindication to liver transplantation (LT) because of the elevated risk of peritransplant and posttransplant morbidity and mortality. Because POPH is frequently asymptomatic, screening with echocardiography is recommended. The only reliable technique, however, for diagnosing POPH is right heart catheterization (RHC).
Long‐term follow‐up of endoscopic therapy for stenosis of the biliobiliary anastomosis associated with orthotopic liver transplantation
Jörg G. Albert, Natalie Filmann, Julia Elsner, Christian Moench, Jörg Trojan, Jörg Bojunga, Christoph Sarrazin, Mireen Friedrich‐Rust, Eva Herrmann, Wolf Otto Bechstein, Stefan Zeuzem, Wolf Peter Hofmann – 13 April 2013 – Endoscopic treatment for stenosis of an anastomotic biliary stricture (ABS) after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) has been proven to be effective and safe, but the long‐term outcomes and the risk factors for recurrence are unknown. All 374 patients who underwent OLT at Frankfurt University Hospital were screened for the occurrence of ABSs.
Emergent nonconventional mesosystemic shunt for diffuse portomesenteric thrombosis: Sparing patients from liver/multivisceral transplantation
Shunji Nagai, Marwan S. Abouljoud, Marwan Kazimi, Atsushi Yoshida – 13 April 2013
False positivity for the human immunodeficiency virus antibody after influenza Vaccination in a living donor for liver transplantation
Susumu Eguchi, Mitsuhisa Takatsuki, Akihiko Soyama, Yasuhiro Torashima, Ayumi Tsuji, Tamotsu Kuroki – 9 April 2013
Serum‐mediated transgenerational effects on sperm: Evidence for lamarckian inheritance?
Yoshiyuki Seki – 8 April 2013
Increased T helper type 17 response to pathogen stimulation in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis
Janosch Katt, Dorothee Schwinge, Tanja Schoknecht, Alexander Quaas, Ingo Sobottka, Eike Burandt, Christoph Becker, Markus F. Neurath, Ansgar W. Lohse, Johannes Herkel, Christoph Schramm – 8 April 2013 – T helper (Th)17 cells are important for host defense against bacteria and fungi, but are also involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. In primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), bile fluid is frequently colonized with pathogens and its strong association with inflammatory bowel disease suggests the contribution of pathogen responses to disease pathogenesis.
α‐fetoprotein levels after interferon therapy and risk of hepatocarcinogenesis in chronic hepatitis C
Yasuhiro Asahina, Kaoru Tsuchiya, Takashi Nishimura, Masaru Muraoka, Yuichiro Suzuki, Nobuharu Tamaki, Yutaka Yasui, Takanori Hosokawa, Ken Ueda, Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Jun Itakura, Yuka Takahashi, Masayuki Kurosaki, Nobuyuki Enomoto, Mina Nakagawa, Sei Kakinuma, Mamoru Watanabe, Namiki Izumi – 8 April 2013 – The effects of interferon (IFN) treatment and the post‐IFN treatment α‐fetoprotein (AFP) levels on risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) are unknown.