Donatella Ciuffreda, Laura Codarri, Leo Buhler, Laure Vallotton, Emiliano Giostra, Gilles Mentha, Philippe Morel, Giuseppe Pantaleo, Manuel Pascual – 28 October 2009 – The expression of interleukin 7 receptor alphahigh (IL‐7Rαhigh) discriminates between activated CD25+CD45RO+CD4+ T cells [IL‐7Rαhigh and forkhead box P3–negative (FoxP3−)] and regulatory T cells (IL‐7Rαlow and FoxP3+). The IL‐7RαhighCD25+CD45RO+CD4+FoxP3− T cell population has been shown to be expanded in the blood and tissues of patients after kidney transplantation and to contain alloreactive T cells (activated T cells).

Sven Pischke, Pothakamuri V. Suneetha, Christine Baechlein, Hannelore Barg‐Hock, Albert Heim, Nassim Kamar, Jerome Schlue, Christian P. Strassburg, Frank Lehner, Regina Raupach, Birgit Bremer, Peter Magerstedt, Markus Cornberg, Frauke Seehusen, Wolfgang Baumgaertner, Juergen Klempnauer, Jacques Izopet, Michael P. Manns, B. Grummer, Heiner Wedemeyer – 28 October 2009 – Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection induces self‐limiting liver disease in immunocompetent individuals. Cases of chronic hepatitis E have recently been identified in organ transplant recipients.

Pinelopi Manousou, Vasiliki Arvaniti, Emmanuel Tsochatzis, Graziella Isgro, Kate Jones, Graham Shirling, Amar P. Dhillon, James O'Beirne, David Patch, Andrew K. Burroughs – 28 October 2009 – Patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), despite excellent outcomes after liver transplantation (LT), may develop recurrent primary biliary cirrhosis (rPBC). The impact of immunosuppression and HLA mismatches on rPBC is unclear. We evaluated 103 consecutive PBC patients who underwent transplantation (follow‐up ≥ 10 months) with serial protocol biopsies.

W. Kenneth Washburn, Nicholas A. Meo, Glenn A. Halff, John P. Roberts, Sandy Feng – 28 October 2009 – Length of stay (LOS) is considered a reliable surrogate for liver transplant resource utilization. Little information exists about how donor and recipient variables interact to affect transplant LOS. Data for adult, non–status 1 transplants (1998–2005), including the donor risk index (DRI) and Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) scores, were collected from 2 institutions (n = 745 for center A and n = 710 for center B).

Kyota Fukazawa, Edward Gologorsky, Vinaya Manmohansingh, Seigo Nishida, Michael M. Vigoda, Ernesto A. Pretto – 28 October 2009 – Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy currently is believed to be a multifactorial entity. This communication describes a case of immediate intraoperative recovery of diastolic function following liver transplantation. This suggests that an underlying metabolic inhibition of myocardial metabolism is an important factor in the development of cardiomyopathy in end‐stage liver disease. Liver Transpl 15:1417–1419, 2009. © 2009 AASLD.

Markus Selzner, Nazia Selzner, Limin Chen, Ivan Borozan, Jing Sun, Max Xue‐Zhong, Jianhua Zhang, Ian D. McGilvray – 28 October 2009 – Although it is becoming increasingly common to accept livers from older donors for transplantation, old livers are more damaged by hepatic ischemia and reperfusion injury (HIRI) than young livers. We hypothesized that this age‐related susceptibility to HIRI is due to increased hepatocellular apoptosis driven by tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα).

Michael R. Charlton, William J. Wall, Akinlolu O. Ojo, Pere Ginés, Stephen Textor, Fuad S. Shihab, Paul Marotta, Marcelo Cantarovich, James D. Eason, Russell H. Wiesner, Michael A. Ramsay, Juan C. Garcia‐Valdecasas, James M. Neuberger, Sandy Feng, Connie L. Davis, Thomas A. Gonwa – 28 October 2009

Haley E. Ramsey, Cleide G. Da Silva, Christopher R. Longo, Eva Csizmadia, Peter Studer, Virendra I. Patel, Scott M. Damrauer, Jeffrey J. Siracuse, Soizic Daniel, Christiane Ferran – 28 October 2009 – The nuclear factor‐κB inhibitory protein A20 demonstrates hepatoprotective abilities through combined antiapoptotic, anti‐inflammatory, and pro‐proliferative functions. Accordingly, overexpression of A20 in the liver protects mice from toxic hepatitis and lethal radical hepatectomy, whereas A20 knockout mice die prematurely from unfettered liver inflammation.

Atsushi Ikeda, Shinya Ueki, Atsunori Nakao, Koji Tomiyama, Mark A. Ross, Donna B. Stolz, David A. Geller, Noriko Murase – 28 October 2009 – Hepatic ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury significantly influences short‐term and long‐term outcomes after liver transplantation (LTx). The critical step initiating the injury is known to include sinusoidal endothelial cell (SEC) alteration during the cold preservation period.

Ashokkumar Jain, Pauline Nemitz, Rajeev Sharma, Baber Sheikh, Saman Safadjou, Marry Vetter, Leah Brayan, Pam Batzold, Randeep Kashyap, Mark Orloff – 28 October 2009 – Liver transplantation (LTx) is a life‐saving procedure for end‐stage liver disease. However, LTx remains a major surgical procedure with a significant amount of morbidity and mortality.