Jian‐Hong Fang, Hui‐Chao Zhou, Chunxian Zeng, Jine Yang, Yinglin Liu, Xiuzhi Huang, Jing‐Ping Zhang, Xin‐Yuan Guan, Shi‐Mei Zhuang – 25 July 2011 – Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly vascularized tumor with frequent intrahepatic metastasis. Active angiogenesis and metastasis are responsible for rapid recurrence and poor survival of HCC. We previously found that microRNA‐29b (miR‐29b) down‐regulation was significantly associated with poor recurrence‐free survival of HCC patients.

Christoph Roderburg, Christian Trautwein, Tom Luedde – 25 July 2011

Rohan Manohar, Junji Komori, Lynda Guzik, Donna B. Stolz, Uma R. Chandran, William A. LaFramboise, Eric Lagasse – 25 July 2011 – The identification of resident stem cells in the mouse gallbladder is, to date, unexplored. In addition, the relationship between adult gallbladder stem cells and intrahepatic bile duct (IHBD) cells is not well understood. The aim of this study was to isolate stem cells from an adult mouse gallbladder and determine whether they were unique, compared to IHBD cells.

Danielle Brandman, Andrea Pingitore, Jennifer C. Lai, John P. Roberts, Linda Ferrell, Nathan M. Bass, Norah A. Terrault – 18 July 2011 – Recurrent hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the most common cause of graft loss for HCV‐infected recipients of liver transplantation (LT). Diabetes mellitus (DM) has been associated with increased rates of fibrosis progression, but whether steatosis affects post‐LT outcomes independently of DM is unclear.

Fu Yang, Ling Zhang, Xi‐song Huo, Ji‐hang Yuan, Dan Xu, Sheng‐xian Yuan, Nan Zhu, Wei‐ping Zhou, Guang‐shun Yang, Yu‐zhao Wang, Jing‐li Shang, Chun‐fang Gao, Feng‐rui Zhang, Fang Wang, Shu‐han Sun – 18 July 2011 – In recent years, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to have critical regulatory roles in cancer biology. However, the contributions of lncRNAs to hepatitis B virus (HBV)‐related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remain largely unknown.

Giovanni Vizzini, Monica Asaro, Roberto Miraglia, Salvatore Gruttadauria, Daniela Filì, Adele D'Antoni, Ioannis Petridis, Gianluca Marrone, Duilio Pagano, Bruno Gridelli – 18 July 2011 – Central nervous system (CNS) complications are common after liver transplantation (LT). According to the literature, the most common causes are infections and the neurotoxicity of immunosuppressive drugs (cyclosporine and tacrolimus).

Fredrik Åberg, Suvi Mäklin, Pirjo Räsänen, Risto P. Roine, Harri Sintonen, Anna‐Maria Koivusalo, Krister Höckerstedt, Helena Isoniemi – 18 July 2011 – Cost issues in liver transplantation (LT) have received increasing attention, but the cost‐utility is rarely calculated. We compared costs per quality‐adjusted life year (QALY) from the time of placement on the LT waiting list to 1 year after transplantation for 252 LT patients and to 5 years after transplantation for 81 patients.

Mustafa Ates, Abuzer Dirican, Dincer Ozgor, Cemalettin Aydin, Burak Isik, Cengiz Ara, Mehmet Yilmaz, M. Ayse Selimoglu, Cuneyt Kayaalp, Sezai Yilmaz – 14 July 2011 – Yellow phosphorus is a protoplasmic toxicant that targets the liver. The ingestion of fireworks containing yellow phosphorus, either by children who accidentally consume them or by adults who are attempting suicide, often results in death due to acute liver failure (ALF). We present the outcomes of 10 children who ingested fireworks containing yellow phosphorus.

Diarmaid D. Houlihan, Matthew J. Armstrong, Yana Davidov, James Hodson, Peter Nightingale, Ian A. Rowe, Sue Paris, Bridget K. Gunson, Simon B. Bramhall, David J. Mutimer, James M. Neuberger, Philip N. Newsome – 14 July 2011 – Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is an independent risk factor for chronic kidney injury (CKI), yet the impact of liver transplantation (LT) on renal function in this at‐risk group is not known. We compared the post‐LT renal function of patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and a matched comparison group.

Kymberly D. Watt – 14 July 2011 – Key Points