Hideya Kamei, Yasuhiro Fujimoto, Shunji Nagai, Ryuichiro Suda, Hidekazu Yamamoto, Tetsuya Kiuchi – 30 August 2007 – Addition of the middle hepatic vein (MHV) or reconstruction of its tributaries to increase noncongestive graft volume is expected to improve graft function in right liver living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). However, the relationship between noncongestive graft volume and graft function after transplantation has not been clarified and definitive criteria for the reconstruction of MHV tributaries have yet to be established. We analyzed 29 right liver LDLT cases.

Dimitrios N. Samonakis, Evangelos Cholongitas, Ulrich Thalheimer, George Kalambokis, Alberto Quaglia, Christos K. Triantos, Maria Mela, Penelope Manousou, Marco Senzolo, Amar Paul Dhillon, David Patch, Andrew Kenneth Burroughs – 30 August 2007 – Progression of fibrosis following recurrent hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is frequent after liver transplantation (LT). Histology remains the gold standard to assess fibrosis, but the value of hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) is being explored.

Georg Elias, Cristiana Rastellini, Hannan Nsier, Pradeep Nazarey, Melissa Brown, Mohan Pahari, Lawton Shick, Ducksoo Kim, Luca Cicalese – 30 August 2007

Gerry MacQuillan – 30 August 2007

Roger Williams, M. Eric Gershwin – 30 August 2007

Phunchai Charatcharoenwitthaya, Sylvania Pimentel, Jayant A. Talwalkar, Felicity T. Enders, Keith D. Lindor, Ruud A.F. Krom, Russell H. Wiesner – 30 August 2007 – The recurrence of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) in the hepatic allograft may impact patient and graft survival with long‐term follow‐up. The efficacy of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) for treatment of recurrent PBC after liver transplantation (LT) remains less well known.

Deok‐Bog Moon, Sung‐Gyu Lee, ChulSoo Ahn, Shin Hwang, Ki‐Hun Kim, TaeYong Ha, GiWon Song, JeHo Ryu, KyuBo Sung, GiYoung Ko – 30 August 2007 – Adequate portal inflow is essential to the regeneration of a partial liver graft after adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT).

Monserrat Rodriguez, Santiago Tome, Luis Vizcaino, Javier Fernandez‐Castroagudin, Esteban Otero‐Anton, Esther Molina, Jorge Martinez, Gloria De la Rosa, Jose Lovo, Evaristo Varo – 30 August 2007 – During the last years, immigration has increased and, consequently, the pool of foreign donors and associated infectious diseases from exotic countries (especially from the tropics) has also increased. Only a few cases of malaria transmitted via different donation sources have been published. In the present report, a Plasmodium vivax transmitted through a multiorgan donation is reported.

Howard R. Lee, R. Todd Hurst, Hugo E. Vargas – 30 August 2007

Deborah L. Diamond, Jon M. Jacobs, Bryan Paeper, Sean C. Proll, Marina A. Gritsenko, Robert L. Carithers, Anne M. Larson, Matthew M. Yeh, David G. Camp, Richard D. Smith, Michael G. Katze – 24 August 2007 – Liver biopsies from hepatitis C virus (HCV)‐infected patients offer the unique opportunity to study human liver biology and disease in vivo. However, the low protein yields associated with these small samples present a significant challenge for proteomic analysis.