Safa Al‐Shamma, Balint Eross, Simon Mclaughlin – 12 December 2012

Brian R. Edlin – 12 December 2012 – Hepatitis C is the most prevalent bloodborne viral disease in the United States and the deadliest. This year, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) will update its 2004 hepatitis C guideline, which recommends against screening asymptomatic adults for hepatitis C. This guideline has hampered public health efforts to encourage screening and identify and refer infected persons for care by declaring that such interventions were not supported by the evidence.

Safa Al‐Shamma, Balint Eross, Simon Mclaughlin – 12 December 2012

Cleide G. da Silva, Peter Studer, Marco Skroch, Jerome Mahiou, Darlan C. Minussi, Clayton R. Peterson, Suzhuei W. Wilson, Virendra I. Patel, Averil Ma, Eva Csizmadia, Christiane Ferran – 12 December 2012 – Liver regeneration is of major clinical importance in the setting of liver injury, resection, and transplantation. A20, a potent antiinflammatory and nuclear factor kappa B (NF‐κB) inhibitory protein, has established pro‐proliferative properties in hepatocytes, in part through decreasing expression of the cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor, p21.

Jin‐feng Huang, Ying‐jun Guo, Chen‐xi Zhao, Sheng‐xian Yuan, Yue Wang, Guan‐nan Tang, Wei‐ping Zhou, Shu‐han Sun – 12 December 2012 – The hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) has been implicated as an oncogene in both epigenetic modifications and genetic regulation during hepatocarcinogenesis, but the underlying mechanisms are not entirely clear. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), which regulate gene expression with little or no protein‐coding capacity, are involved in diverse biological processes and in carcinogenesis.

Brian R. Edlin – 12 December 2012 – Hepatitis C is the most prevalent bloodborne viral disease in the United States and the deadliest. This year, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) will update its 2004 hepatitis C guideline, which recommends against screening asymptomatic adults for hepatitis C. This guideline has hampered public health efforts to encourage screening and identify and refer infected persons for care by declaring that such interventions were not supported by the evidence.

William R. Proctor, Mala Chakraborty, Lynette S. Chea, Jeffrey C. Morrison, Julia D. Berkson, Kenrick Semple, Mohammed Bourdi, Lance R. Pohl – 12 December 2012 – Drug‐induced liver injury (DILI) is a major health issue, as it remains difficult to predict which new drugs will cause injury and who will be susceptible to this disease. This is due in part to the lack of animal models and knowledge of susceptibility factors that predispose individuals to DILI. In this regard, liver eosinophilia has often been associated with DILI, although its role remains unclear.

Vijay Krishnamoorthy, Katharina Beckmann, Mark Mueller, Deepak Sharma, Monica S. Vavilala – 10 December 2012 – An elevation of the intracranial pressure (ICP) secondary to cerebral edema is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in acute liver failure. In addition, invasive ICP monitoring in this setting is controversial because coagulopathy predisposes patients to hemorrhagic complications. In this case report, we describe the novel use of optic nerve sheath diameter monitoring as a noninvasive modality for checking for acute elevations in ICP in this setting.

Belen Gil‐Alzugaray, Ana Chopitea, Mercedes Iñarrairaegui, Jose I. Bilbao, Macarena Rodriguez‐Fraile, Javier Rodriguez, Alberto Benito, Inés Dominguez, Delia D'Avola, Jose I. Herrero, Jorge Quiroga, Jesus Prieto, Bruno Sangro – 10 December 2012 – Radioembolization (RE)‐induced liver disease (REILD) has been defined as jaundice and ascites appearing 1 to 2 months after RE in the absence of tumor progression or bile duct occlusion.

Paolo Simone, Faouzi Saliba, Lutz Fischer – 10 December 2012