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Koichi Matsuzaki, Iwata Ozaki – 27 February 2008
AASLD public policy statement should be evidence‐based
Edwin K. Kuffner, Jeffrey S. Baggish – 27 February 2008
Correction
27 February 2008
Isolation and functional identification of a novel human hepatic growth factor: Hepatopoietin Cn
Chun‐Ping Cui, Da‐Jin Zhang, Bing‐Xing Shi, Shao‐Jun Du, Dan‐Li Wu, Ping Wei, Gen‐Shen Zhong, Zi‐Kuan Guo, Yang Liu, Li‐Sheng Wang, Chu‐Tse Wu – 27 February 2008 – Hepatic stimulating substance (HSS) was first isolated from weanling rat liver in 1975 and found to stimulate hepatic DNA synthesis both in vitro and in vivo. Since then, mammalian and human HSS have been investigated for their potential to treat hepatic diseases. However, the essential nature in composition and structure of HSS remain puzzling because HSS has not been completely purified.
Adoptive transfer of regulatory T cells in an animal model of a diet‐induced fatty liver
Tetsuji Fujita – 27 February 2008
Disease‐specific autoantibodies in patients with acute liver failure: The King's College London Experience
William Bernal, Francesca Meda, Yun Ma, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos, Diego Vergani – 27 February 2008
Retrograde oxygen persufflation preservation of human livers: A pilot study
Jürgen Treckmann, Thomas Minor, Stefano Saad, Arzu Özcelik, Massimo Malagó, Christoph Erich Broelsch, Andreas Paul – 27 February 2008 – Retrograde oxygen persufflation as a supplement of cold storage during the preservation period has the potential to better utilize ischemically damaged marginal livers in the experimental setting. Retrograde oxygen persufflation was applied in selected livers to demonstrate feasibility in the clinical setting and to investigate potential beneficial effects.
Tissue hepatitis C virus RNA quantification and protein expression help identify early hepatitis C virus recurrence after liver transplantation
Antonia D'Errico‐Grigioni, Michelangelo Fiorentino, Francesco Vasuri, Elisa Gruppioni, Benedetta Fabbrizio, Nicola Zucchini, Giorgio Ballardini, Cristina Morelli, Antonio Daniele Pinna, Walter Franco Grigioni – 27 February 2008 – We compared tissue hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA polymerase chain reaction quantification and HCV immunohistochemistry (IHC) to histology in biopsy tissues in order to differentiate between acute rejection and HCV hepatitis recurrence early after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT).
Cure of Acanthamoeba cerebral abscess in a liver transplant patient
Konrad Tang‐Tat Fung, Amar Paul Dhillon, James E. McLaughlin, Sebastian B. Lucas, Brian Davidson, Keith Rolles, David Patch, Andrew K. Burroughs – 27 February 2008 – Acanthamoeba‐related cerebral abscess and encephalitis are rare but usually fatal, being caused by free‐living amoebic infections usually occurring in immunocompromised patients. In patients receiving transplants, a literature review showed that the infection is universally fatal. The diagnosis is often missed despite appropriate investigations including lumbar puncture, computerized tomography, and brain biopsy.
Long‐term, tumor‐free survival after radiotherapy combining hepatectomy‐Whipple en bloc and orthotopic liver transplantation for early‐stage hilar cholangiocarcinoma
Youmin Wu, Frederick C. Johlin, Stephen C. Rayhill, Chris S. Jensen, Jin Xie, Michael B. Cohen, Frank A. Mitros – 27 February 2008 – This retrospective study reviews our experience in surveillance and early detection of cholangiocarcinoma (CC) and in using en bloc total hepatectomy–pancreaticoduodenectomy–orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT‐Whipple) to achieve complete eradication of early‐stage CC complicating primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC).