Liver biopsy, viral kinetics, and the impact of viremia on severity of hepatitis C virus recurrence
Michael Charlton – 30 December 2003 – Key points
Retransplantation for recurrent hepatitis C: Positive aspects
Timothy M. McCashland – 30 December 2003 – Key points
Retransplantation for recurrent hepatitis C: The argument against
William J. Wall, Anand Khakhar – 30 December 2003 – Key points
Living donor liver transplantation in patients with chronic hepatitis C: Timing is everything
Mitchell L. Shiffman – 30 December 2003
Total volume paracentesis decreases variceal pressure, size, and variceal wall tension in cirrhotic patients
D. Kravetz, G. Romero, J. Argonz, M. Guevara, A. Suarez, R. Abecasis, M. Bildozola, J. Valero, R. Terg – 30 December 2003 – It has been suggested that ascites is a risk factor for variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients. However, no data of total volume paracentesis (TVP) effects on variceal hemodynamics has yet been published. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of TVP on variceal pressure, size, and tension in cirrhotic patients. Before sclerotherapy, 18 cirrhotic patients with grade II esophageal varices were studied.
The relationship between iron overload, clinical symptoms, and age in 410 patients with genetic hemochromatosis
P. C. Adams, Y. Deugnier, R. Moirand, P. Brissot – 30 December 2003 – The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between iron overload, age, and clinical symptoms in genetic hemochromatosis. The relationship was studied between clinical symptoms and liver iron concentration, serum ferritin, and iron removed in a retrospective study of 410 homozygotes diagnosed using strict criteria. No significant relationship was found between liver iron concentration, iron removed by venesection, and serum ferritin level with age.
Repolarization of hepatocytes in culture
M. A. Talamini, B. Kappus, A. Hubbard – 30 December 2003 – We have evaluated the biochemical, morphological, and functional redevelopment of polarity in freshly isolated hepatocytes cultured using a double layer collagen gel sandwich technique. Western blot analysis showed increased cellular levels of the cell adhesion protein uvomorulin as cultured hepatocytes repolarized.
Hepatocyte lineages: Of clones, streams, patches, and nodules in the liver
Joe W. Grisham – 30 December 2003
Chemokines and liver inflammation: The battle between pro‐ and anti‐inflammatory mediators
Hartmut Jaeschke – 30 December 2003
Expression of the rat liver Na+/taurocholate cotransporter is regulated in vivo by retention of biliary constituents but not their depletion
C Gartung, S Schuele, S F Schlosser, J L Boyer – 30 December 2003 – Expression and function of the hepatic Na+/taurocholate cotransporter (ntcp) are down‐regulated in several models of experimental cholestasis. To test whether retention and/or depletion of biliary constituents are involved in ntcp regulation, ntcp expression was quantified in several animal models with altered levels of these constituents.