Kimihiko Murase, Yuichi Chihara, Kenichi Takahashi, Shinya Okamoto, Hajime Segawa, Kazuhiko Fukuda, Koichi Tanaka, Shinji Uemoto, Michiaki Mishima, Kazuo Chin – 12 June 2012 – Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) refers to ventilation delivered through a noninvasive interface (a nasal or face mask) rather than an invasive interface (an endotracheal tube or tracheostomy). The role of NIV in preventing reintubation after abdominal surgery in pediatric patients is uncertain. Therefore, we evaluated the role of NIV for this purpose in pediatric patients after liver transplantation.

Olaf Neumann, Miriam Kesselmeier, Robert Geffers, Rossella Pellegrino, Bernhard Radlwimmer, Katrin Hoffmann, Volker Ehemann, Peter Schemmer, Peter Schirmacher, Justo Lorenzo Bermejo, Thomas Longerich – 11 June 2012 – To identify new tumor‐suppressor gene candidates relevant for human hepatocarcinogenesis, we performed genome‐wide methylation profiling and vertical integration with array‐based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH), as well as expression data from a cohort of well‐characterized human hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs).

Morris Sherman, Jordi Bruix, Michael Porayko, Tram Tran, for the AASLD Practice Guidelines Committee – 11 June 2012

Jyoti Srivastava, Ayesha Siddiq, Luni Emdad, Prasanna Kumar Santhekadur, Dong Chen, Rachel Gredler, Xue‐Ning Shen, Chadia L. Robertson, Catherine I. Dumur, Phillip B. Hylemon, Nitai D. Mukhopadhyay, Deepak Bhere, Khalid Shah, Rushdy Ahmad, Shah Giashuddin, Jillian Stafflinger, Mark A. Subler, Jolene J. Windle, Paul B. Fisher, Devanand Sarkar – 11 June 2012 – Astrocyte elevated gene‐1 (AEG‐1) is a key contributor to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development and progression.

Xiong Cai, Jian Zhai, David E. Kaplan, Yijun Zhang, Lining Zhou, Xutao Chen, Guangyang Qian, Qiudong Zhao, Yonghai Li, Lu Gao, Wenming Cong, Minghua Zhu, Zhenlin Yan, Lehua Shi, Dong Wu, Lixin Wei, Feng Shen, Mengchao Wu – 9 June 2012 – Hepatic progenitor cells (HPC) play important roles in both liver regeneration and carcinogenesis. Combined hepatocellular‐cholangiocarcinoma (CHC), a malignant primary liver tumor with poor prognosis, is thought to be of HPC origin. However, the prognostic significance of this etiology is not well defined.

Emmanuel Melloul, Dimitri Aristotle Raptis, Christian Eugen Oberkofler, Philipp Dutkowski, Mickael Lesurtel, Pierre‐Alain Clavien – 9 June 2012

Maria Elias‐Miró, Marta Massip‐Salcedo, Jens Raila, Florian Schweigert, Mariana Mendes‐Braz, Fernando Ramalho, Mónica B. Jiménez‐Castro, Araní Casillas‐Ramírez, Raquel Bermudo, Antoni Rimola, Juan Rodes, Carmen Peralta – 9 June 2012 – Steatotic livers show increased hepatic damage and impaired regeneration after partial hepatectomy (PH) under ischemia/reperfusion (I/R), which is commonly applied in clinical practice to reduce bleeding. The known function of retinol‐binding protein 4 (RBP4) is to transport retinol in the circulation.

Shashi Bala, Jan Petrasek, Shiv Mundkur, Donna Catalano, Ivan Levin, Jeanine Ward, Hawau Alao, Karen Kodys, Gyongyi Szabo – 9 June 2012 – MicroRNAs are fine tuners of diverse biological responses and are expressed in various cell types of the liver. Here we hypothesized that circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) may serve as biomarkers of liver damage and inflammation.

Changhua Ji, Konduru S.R. Sastry, Georg Tiefenthaler, Jennifer Cano, Tenny Tang, Zi Zong Ho, Denise Teoh, Sandhya Bohini, Antony Chen, Surya Sankuratri, Paul A. Macary, Patrick Kennedy, Han Ma, Stefan Ries, Klaus Klumpp, Erhard Kopetzki, Antonio Bertoletti – 9 June 2012 – During antiviral therapy, specific delivery of interferon‐α (IFNα) to infected cells may increase its antiviral efficacy, trigger a localized immune reaction, and reduce the side effects caused by systemic administration.

Wenhua Liang, Linwei Wu, Xiaoting Ling, Paul M. Schroder, Weiqiang Ju, Dongping Wang, Yushu Shang, Yuan Kong, Zhiyong Guo, Xiaoshun He – 9 June 2012 – Because of the severe organ shortage, living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) offers a timely alternative to deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the higher recurrence rate of HCC after LDLT and the indication criteria remain controversial.