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Anna Mae Diehl – 20 March 2012
Systems biology methods help develop a better understanding of hepatitis C virus–induced liver injury
Ragunath Singaravelu, Neda Nasheri, Allison Sherratt, John Paul Pezacki – 20 March 2012
Transcriptomic analysis of the woodchuck model of chronic hepatitis B
Simon P. Fletcher, Daniel J. Chin, Yongmei Ji, A. Leonardo Iniguez, Bruce Taillon, David C. Swinney, Palanikumar Ravindran, Donavan T. Cheng, Hans Bitter, Uri Lopatin, Han Ma, Klaus Klumpp, Stephan Menne – 20 March 2012 – The Eastern woodchuck (Marmota monax) is naturally infected with woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV), a hepadnavirus closely related to the human hepatitis B virus (HBV).
Impaired intrahepatic natural killer cell cytotoxic function in chronic hepatitis C virus infection
Stefania Varchetta, Dalila Mele, Stefania Mantovani, Barbara Oliviero, Eleonora Cremonesi, Serena Ludovisi, Giuseppe Michelone, Mario Alessiani, Riccardo Rosati, Marco Montorsi, Mario U. Mondelli – 20 March 2012 – Hepatitis C virus (HCV) persistence in the host results from inefficiencies of innate and adaptive immune responses. Most studies addressing the role of innate immunity concentrated on peripheral blood (PB) natural killer (NK) cells, whereas only limited information is available on intrahepatic (IH) NK cells.
Paradoxical prosteatotic effect of hedgehog signaling pathway inhibition under conditions of steatosis
Manuele Gori, Barbara Barbaro, Mario Arciello, Clara Balsano – 20 March 2012
Liver transplantation in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus–coinfected patients: Response needed!
John G. O'Grady – 19 March 2012
Rabbit anti‐thymocyte globulin in liver transplantation: All that glitters is not gold, but 1000 patients are so many to dazzle
Marina Berenguer, José‐Antonio Pons – 19 March 2012
Hemodynamics‐compliant reconstruction of the right hepatic vein for adult living donor liver transplantation with a right liver graft
Shin Hwang, Tae‐Yong Ha, Chul‐Soo Ahn, Deok‐Bog Moon, Gi‐Won Song, Ki‐Hun Kim, Dong‐Hwan Jung, Gil‐Chun Park, Kyu‐Bo Sung, Gi‐Young Ko, Kyoung Won Kim, Byungchul Cho, Jung‐Man Namgoong, Sung‐Won Jung, Sam‐Youl Yoon, Chun‐Soo Park, Yo‐Han Park, Hyeong‐Woo Park, Hyo‐Jun Lee, Sung‐Gyu Lee – 16 March 2012 – Secure reconstruction of the right hepatic vein (RHV) is essential for the successful implantation of a right liver graft during living donor liver transplantation (LDLT).
Immediate intraportal transplantation of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells prevents death from fulminant hepatic failure in pigs
Jun Li, Liyuan Zhang, Jiaojiao Xin, Longyan Jiang, Jun Li, Ting Zhang, Linfeng Jin, Jianzhou Li, Pengcheng Zhou, Shaorui Hao, Hongcui Cao, Lanjuan Li – 16 March 2012 – The effectiveness of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (hBMSC) transplantation to treat acute and chronic liver injury has been demonstrated in animal models and in a few nonrandomized clinical trials. However, no studies have investigated hBMSC transplantation in the treatment of fulminant hepatic failure (FHF), especially in large animal (pig) models.
Not all types of acute kidney injury are equal in the setting of liver transplantation
Milind Junghare, Hassan N. Ibrahim – 16 March 2012