Thomas D. Schiano, Michael Charlton, Zobair Younossi, Eithan Galun, Timothy Pruett, Ran Tur‐Kaspa, Rachel Eren, Shlomo Dagan, Neil Graham, Paulette V. Williams, John Andrews – 24 August 2006 – A randomized, double‐blind, dose‐escalation study evaluated the safety and efficacy of hepatitis C virus (HCV)‐AbXTL68, a neutralizing, high‐affinity, fully human, anti‐E2 monoclonal antibody, in 24 HCV‐positive patients undergoing liver transplantation.

Sheung Tat Fan – 24 August 2006

Maureen M. J. Guichelaar, Rebecca Kendall, Michael Malinchoc, J. Eileen Hay – 24 August 2006 – Fracturing after liver transplantation (OLT) occurs due to the combination of preexisting low bone mineral density (BMD) and early posttransplant bone loss, the risk factors for which are poorly defined.

Gary L. Davis – 24 August 2006

Atsushi Ozasa, Yasuhito Tanaka, Etsuro Orito, Masaya Sugiyama, Jong‐Hon Kang, Shuhei Hige, Tomoyuki Kuramitsu, Kazuyuki Suzuki, Eiji Tanaka, Shunichi Okada, Hajime Tokita, Yasuhiro Asahina, Kazuaki Inoue, Shinichi Kakumu, Takeshi Okanoue, Yoshikazu Murawaki, Keisuke Hino, Morikazu Onji, Hiroshi Yatsuhashi, Hiroshi Sakugawa, Yuzo Miyakawa, Ryuzo Ueda, Masashi Mizokami – 26 July 2006 – The outcome of acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is variable, influenced by host and viral factors.

Francesco De Rosa, Giuseppe Cariti, Giovanni Di Perri – 26 July 2006

Heiner Wedemeyer, Johannes Wiegand, Markus Cornberg, Michael Manns – 26 July 2006

Mélanie Verreault, Kathy Senekeo‐Effenberger, Jocelyn Trottier, Jessica A. Bonzo, Julie Bélanger, Jenny Kaeding, Bart Staels, Patrick Caron, Robert H. Tukey, Olivier Barbier – 26 July 2006 – Glucuronidation, an important bile acid detoxification pathway, is catalyzed by enzymes belonging to the UDP‐glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) family. Among UGT enzymes, UGT1A3 is considered the major human enzyme for the hepatic C24‐glucuronidation of the primary chenodeoxycholic (CDCA) and secondary lithocholic (LCA) bile acids.

26 July 2006

C. Corpechot, A. El Naggar, R. Poupon – 26 July 2006