Hideyoshi Toyokawa, Atsunori Nakao, Robert J. Bailey, Michael A. Nalesnik, Takashi Kaizu, Jerome L. Lemoine, Atsushi Ikeda, Koji Tomiyama, Glenn D. Papworth, Leaf Huang, Anthony J. Demetris, Thomas E. Starzl, Noriko Murase – 27 February 2008 – The interaction of donor passenger leukocytes and host leukocytes in recipient secondary lymphoid tissues during the early posttransplantation period is crucial in directing host immune reactions toward allograft rejection or acceptance. Responsible T cell clones could be activated through the direct and indirect pathways of allorecognition.

Fatima Tahiri, François Le Naour, Stéphanie Huguet, René Lai‐Kuen, Didier Samuel, Catherine Johanet, Bruno Saubamea, Viviane Tricottet, Jean‐Charles Duclos‐Vallee, Eric Ballot – 27 February 2008 – Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a liver disease with circulating autoantibodies predominantly directed against widely held cellular components. Because AIH is a liver‐specific disease, autoantibodies against plasma membrane antigens may be involved in its pathogenesis and have been reported; however, no definite identification has been described.

27 February 2008

Mark J. Austin, Neil I. McDougall, Julia A. Wendon, Elizabeth Sizer, Alex S. Knisely, Mohammed Rela, Carol Wilson, Michael E. Callender, John G. O'Grady, Michael A. Heneghan – 27 February 2008 – Portopulmonary hypertension (PPHTN) represents a constrictive pulmonary vasculopathy in patients with portal hypertension. Liver transplantation (LT) may be curative and is usually restricted to patients with mild‐to‐moderate disease severity characterized by a mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP < 35 mm Hg).

Karen L. Swanson – 27 February 2008

27 February 2008

M. Eric Gershwin – 27 February 2008

James D. Perkins – 27 February 2008

Armando Tripodi – 27 February 2008

Youichi Kawano, Koichi Mizuta, Shuji Hishikawa, Satoshi Egami, Takehito Fujiwara, Masanobu Hyodo, Yoshikazu Yasuda, Tomonori Yano, Katsuyuki Nakazawa, Hironori Yamamoto, Hideo Kawarasaki – 27 February 2008