Andrew S. Chu, Rosalyn Diaz, Jia‐Ji Hui, Kilangsungla Yanger, Yiwei Zong, Gianfranco Alpini, Ben Z. Stanger, Rebecca G. Wells – 27 January 2011 – Whether or not cholangiocytes or their hepatic progenitors undergo an epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition (EMT) to become matrix‐producing myofibroblasts during biliary fibrosis is a significant ongoing controversy.
Chia‐Yen Dai, Chung‐Feng Huang, Jee‐Fu Huang, Wan‐Long Chuang, Ming‐Lung Yu – 27 January 2011
Zixue Jin, Rui Sun, Haiming Wei, Xiang Gao, Yongyan Chen, Zhigang Tian – 27 January 2011
J. Michael Millis – 25 January 2011
Roshni Vara, Charles Turner, Helen Mundy, Nigel D. Heaton, Mohammed Rela, Giorgina Mieli‐Vergani, Mike Champion, Nedim Hadzic – 25 January 2011 – Propionic acidemia (PA) is a rare inherited disorder of branched chain amino acid metabolism; despite improvements in conventional medical management, the long‐term outcome remains disappointing. Liver transplantation (LT) has been proposed to minimize the risk of further metabolic decompensations and to improve the quality of life. We performed a retrospective review of all children with PA who underwent LT between 1987 and 2008.
Murat Dayangac, C. Burcin Taner, Onur Yaprak, Tolga Demirbas, Deniz Balci, Cihan Duran, Yildiray Yuzer, Yaman Tokat – 25 January 2011 – An accepted definition of donor exclusion criteria has not been established for living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). The use of elderly donors to expand the living donor pool raises ethical concerns about donor safety. The aims of this study were (1) the comparison of the postoperative outcomes of living liver donors by age (≥50 versus <50 years) and (2) the evaluation of the impact of the extent of right hepatectomy on donor outcomes.
Mahmoud Abu‐Amara, Shi Yu Yang, Alberto Quaglia, Peter Rowley, Niteen Tapuria, Alexander M. Seifalian, Barry J. Fuller, Brian R. Davidson – 20 January 2011 – Ischemic preconditioning of remote organs (RIPC) reduces liver ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injury in the rabbit and rat. Mice are the only species available with a large number of transgenic strains. This study describes development and validation of a mouse model of hindlimb RIPC that attenuates liver IR injury.
Kirti Shetty, Munira Hussain, Lei Nei, K. Rajender Reddy, Anna S.F. Lok – 20 January 2011
Claude Tayar, Michael D. Kluger, Alexis Laurent, Daniel Cherqui – 20 January 2011
Elizabeth Coss, Kymberly D. S. Watt, Rachel Pedersen, Ross Dierkhising, Julie K. Heimbach, Michael R. Charlton – 20 January 2011 – Cardiovascular complications are major causes of morbidity and mortality after liver transplantation. Identifying candidates at highest risk of postoperative complications is a cornerstone of optimizing outcomes and utility.