Le Zhang, Shaoying Yang, Yongfu Yu, Suli Wang, Yuetian Yu, Yi Jin, Aimin Zhao, Yimin Mao, Liangjing Lu – 19 May 2022 – The appropriate prophylaxis for hepatitis B virus reactivation (HBVr) during gestation for immunocompromised pregnant women has yet to be determined. The prophylactic efficacy and safety of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) in hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)–positive patients and the HBVr risk in hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb)–positive patients during gestation were investigated.

Laurens A. Kleef, Robert J. Knegt – 19 May 2022

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Gad Asher, Bokai Zhu – 18 May 2022 – The mammalian liver must cope with various metabolic and physiological changes that normally recur every day and primarily stem from daily cycles of rest‐activity and fasting‐feeding. Although a large body of evidence supports the reciprocal regulation of circadian rhythms and liver function, the research on the hepatic ultradian rhythms have largely been lagging behind.

Yooyun Chung, Michael A. Heneghan – 18 May 2022

María Crespo, Ivana Nikolic, Alfonso Mora, Elena Rodríguez, Luis Leiva‐Vega, Aránzazu Pintor‐Chocano, Daniel Horrillo, Lourdes Hernández‐Cosido, Jorge L. Torres, Eva Novoa, Rubén Nogueiras, Gema Medina‐Gómez, Miguel Marcos, Magdalena Leiva, Guadalupe Sabio – 18 May 2022 – Obesity features excessive fat accumulation in several body tissues and induces a state of chronic low‐grade inflammation that contributes to the development of diabetes, steatosis, and insulin resistance.

Pei Li, Dhiman Maitra, Ning Kuo, Raymond Kwan, Yang Song, Weiliang Tang, Lu Chen, Qing Xie, Li Liu, M. Bishr Omary – 18 May 2022