Tatiana Dupinay, Tarik Gheit, Pierre Roques, Lucyna Cova, Philippe Chevallier‐Queyron, Shin‐i Tasahsu, Roger Grand, François Simon, Geneviève Cordier, Lahcen Wakrim, Soumaya Benjelloun, Christian Trépo, Isabelle Chemin – 27 March 2013 – Despite a high prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in endangered apes, no HBV infection has been reported in small, old‐world monkeys. In search for a small, nonhuman primate model, we investigated the prevalence of HBV infection in 260 macaque (Cercopithecidae) sera of various geographical origins (i.e., Morocco, Mauritius Island, and Asia).

Tiangang Li, Jessica M. Francl, Shannon Boehme, John Y. L. Chiang – 27 March 2013 – Bile acid synthesis not only produces physiological detergents required for intestinal nutrient absorption, but also plays a critical role in regulating hepatic and whole‐body metabolic homeostasis. We recently reported that overexpression of cholesterol 7α‐hydroxylase (CYP7A1) in the liver resulted in improved metabolic homeostasis in Cyp7a1 transgenic (Cyp7a1‐tg) mice. This study further investigated the molecular links between bile acid metabolism and lipid homeostasis.

Janet E. Tuttle‐Newhall, Krista L. Lentine – 27 March 2013

Kristin Berry, George N. Ioannou – 27 March 2013 – We aimed to determine whether combining serum alpha‐fetoprotein (AFP) level with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumor burden would allow better stratification of posttransplant survival for patients with HCC undergoing liver transplantation. Adjusting for donor and recipient characteristics, we calculated the risk of posttransplant mortality associated with serum AFP level or HCC tumor burden for all first‐time adult liver transplants performed in the United States between 2002 and 2011 (n = 45,267).

Matthew S. Chang, Sonja K. Olsen, Elsa M. Pichardo, Scott Heese, Jessica B. Stiles, James V. Guarrera, Jean C. Emond, Robert S. Brown – 27 March 2013

Ching‐Lung Lai, Man‐Fung Yuen – 26 March 2013

Carlos Benítez, María‐Carlota Londoño, Rosa Miquel, Tommaso‐Maria Manzia, Juan G. Abraldes, Juan‐José Lozano, Marc Martínez‐Llordella, Marta López, Roberta Angelico, Felix Bohne, Pilar Sese, Frederic Daoud, Patrick Larcier, Dave L. Roelen, Frans Claas, Gavin Whitehouse, Jan Lerut, Jacques Pirenne, Antoni Rimola, Giuseppe Tisone, Alberto Sánchez‐Fueyo – 26 March 2013 – Lifelong immunosuppression increases morbidity and mortality in liver transplantation.

Kyoko Mori, Osamu Hiraoka, Masanori Ikeda, Yasuo Ariumi, Akiko Hiramoto, Yusuke Wataya, Nobuyuki Kato – 26 March 2013 – Ribavirin (RBV) is often used in conjunction with interferon‐based therapy for patients with chronic hepatitis C.

Piero Amodio, Juan Cordoba – 26 March 2013

Jiayi Wang, Lifang Ma, Wenhao Weng, Yongxia Qiao, Yue Zhang, Jiangtu He, Hongmei Wang, Weifan Xiao, Lanlan Li, Qinghua Chu, Qiuhui Pan, Yongchun Yu, Fenyong Sun – 26 March 2013 – Yes‐associated protein (YAP), the downstream effecter of the Hippo‐signaling pathway as well as cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element‐binding protein (CREB), has been linked to hepatocarcinogenesis. However, little is known about whether and how YAP and CREB interact with each other.