Liver steatosis and fibrosis in people with human immunodeficiency virus in West Africa and the relationship with hepatitis B virus coinfection
Giovanni Villa, Dorcas Owusu, Colette Smith, Marilyn Azumah, Adam Abdullahi, Suzannah Phillips, Laila Sayeed, Harrison Austin, David Chadwick, Richard Odame Phillips, Anna Maria Geretti – 13 September 2022 – There is a heavy burden of liver disease in West Africa. While the role of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is well recognized, less is known about the contributing role of liver steatosis and how the two interact in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
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13 September 2022
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Heejoon Jang, Yun Bin Lee, Juneyoung Lee – 13 September 2022
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13 September 2022
CD11b+CD43hiLy6Clo splenocyte‐derived macrophages exacerbate liver fibrosis via spleen–liver axis
Shaoying Zhang, Dan Wan, Mengchen Zhu, Guihu Wang, Xurui Zhang, Na Huang, Jian Zhang, Chongyu Zhang, Qi Shang, Chen Zhang, Xi Liu, Fanfan Liang, Chunyan Zhang, Guangyao Kong, Jing Geng, Libo Yao, Shemin Lu, Yongyan Chen, Zongfang Li – 12 September 2022
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network hepatocellular carcinoma classification: Alignment with Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System, current gaps, and future direction
Andrea S. Kierans, Victoria Chernyak, Mishal Mendiratta‐Lala, Claude B. Sirlin, Elizabeth M. Hecht, Kathryn J. Fowler – 12 September 2022 – The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) updated its allocation policy for liver transplantation to align with the Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI‐RADS) for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
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Francesco Vizzutti, Ciro Celsa, Salvatore Battaglia, Roberto Miraglia, Marco Enea, Fabio Marra, Antonio Colecchia, Calogero Cammà, Filippo Schepis – 12 September 2022
Population‐based meta‐analysis and gene‐set enrichment identifies FXR/RXR pathway as common to fatty liver disease and serum lipids
Samuel K. Handelman, Yindra M. Puentes, Annapurna Kuppa, Yanhua Chen, Xiaomeng Du, Mary F. Feitosa, Nicholette D. Palmer, Elizabeth K. Speliotes – 12 September 2022 – Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is prevalent worldwide. NAFLD is associated with elevated serum triglycerides (TG), low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), and reduced high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL). Both NAFLD and blood lipid levels are genetically influenced and may share a common genetic etiology.