Laura Mensa, Gonzalo Crespo, Matthew J. Gastinger, Juraj Kabat, Sofía Pérez‐del‐Pulgar, Rosa Miquel, Suzanne U. Emerson, Robert H. Purcell, Xavier Forns – 14 December 2010 – Liver transplantation (LT) is a unique model to study hepatitis C virus (HCV) entry into hepatocytes. Recent in vitro studies suggest significant changes in the expression of the HCV receptors claudin‐1 and occludin after HCV infection.

Lilian A. Curvelo, Emmeloes de Mare‐Bredemeijer, Ilse de Canck, Martine van Thielen, Geert Kazemier, Herold Metselaar, Jaap Kwekkeboom – 14 December 2010

14 December 2010

So‐Mi Yoon, Domniki Gerasimidou, Reiichiro Kuwahara, Prodromos Hytiroglou, Jeong Eun Yoo, Young Nyun Park, Neil D. Theise – 14 December 2010 – Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) is a surface marker on human hepatic stem/progenitor cells that is reported as absent on mature hepatocytes.

14 December 2010

Mariëlle Verweij, Tessa M. van Ginhoven, James R. Mitchell, Wim Sluiter, Sandra van den Engel, Henk P. Roest, Elham Torabi, Jan N. M. IJzermans, Jan H. J. Hoeijmakers, Ron W. F. de Bruin – 14 December 2010 – We show that brief periods of fasting induce functional changes similar to those induced by long‐term dietary restriction in mice, and these changes include protection from ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. In this study, we investigated the mechanisms of protection induced by fasting, and we determined the effect on liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy.

Jörg Schrader, Timothy T. Gordon‐Walker, Rebecca L. Aucott, Mariëlle van Deemter, Alexander Quaas, Shaun Walsh, Daniel Benten, Stuart J. Forbes, Rebecca G. Wells, John P. Iredale – 14 December 2010 – There is increasing evidence that the physical environment is a critical mediator of tumor behavior. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) develops within an altered biomechanical environment, and increasing matrix stiffness is a strong predictor of HCC development.

14 December 2010

14 December 2010

Ming‐Lung Yu – 14 December 2010