We Are Not Immune: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Autoimmune Liver Diseases

Brian T. Lee, Michele M. Tana, Jeffrey A. Kahn, Lily Dara – 30 May 2021 – Autoimmune liver diseases are attributed to a complex interplay of biologic, acquired, and environmental factors. Increased prevalence, later stage at presentation, worse response to standard therapy, and transplant‐related disparities have all been reported in racial and ethnic minorities such as Black and Latinx patients with autoimmune liver diseases.

We Are Not Immune: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Autoimmune Liver Diseases

Brian T. Lee, Michele M. Tana, Jeffrey A. Kahn, Lily Dara – 30 May 2021 – Autoimmune liver diseases are attributed to a complex interplay of biologic, acquired, and environmental factors. Increased prevalence, later stage at presentation, worse response to standard therapy, and transplant‐related disparities have all been reported in racial and ethnic minorities such as Black and Latinx patients with autoimmune liver diseases.

Donor Morbidity Is Equivalent Between Right and Left Hepatectomy for Living Liver Donation: A Meta‐Analysis

Paola A. Vargas, Emily K.E. McCracken, Indika Mallawaarachchi, Sarah J. Ratcliffe, Curtis Argo, Shawn Pelletier, Victor M. Zaydfudim, Jose Oberholzer, Nicolas Goldaracena – 29 May 2021 – Maximizing liver graft volume benefits the living donor liver recipient. Whether maximizing graft volume negatively impacts living donor recovery and outcomes remains controversial.

Phosphorylation and Stabilization of PIN1 by JNK Promote Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Growth

Alessio Lepore, Pui Man Choy, Nathan C.W. Lee, Maria Annunziata Carella, Rosy Favicchio, Marco A. Briones‐Orta, Shannon S. Glaser, Gianfranco Alpini, Clive D’Santos, Reuben M. Tooze, Mihaela Lorger, Wing‐Kin Syn, Athanasios Papakyriakou, Georgios Giamas, Concetta Bubici, Salvatore Papa – 27 May 2021

Challenging the Traditional Paradigm of Supply and Demand in Pediatric Liver Transplantation Through Nondirected Living Donation: A Case Series

Dor Yoeli, Whitney E. Jackson, Megan A. Adams, Michael E. Wachs, Shikha S. Sundaram, Anna Sater, Jaime R. Cisek, Rashikh A. Choudhury, Trevor L. Nydam, James J. Pomposelli, Kendra D. Conzen, Michael S. Kriss, James R. Burton, Elizabeth A. Pomfret – 27 May 2021 – A gap exists between the demand for pediatric liver transplantation and the supply of appropriate size‐matched donors. We describe our center’s experience with pediatric liver transplantation using anonymous nondirected living liver donors (ND‐LLD).

MRI‐Based Iron Phenotyping and Patient Selection for Next‐Generation Sequencing of Non–Homeostatic Iron Regulator Hemochromatosis Genes

André Viveiros, Benedikt Schaefer, Marlene Panzer, Benjamin Henninger, Michaela Plaikner, Christian Kremser, André Franke, Sören Franzenburg, Marc P. Hoeppner, Reinhard Stauder, Andreas Janecke, Herbert Tilg, Heinz Zoller – 27 May 2021

Liver Transplantation in Short Telomere‐Mediated Hepatopulmonary Syndrome Following Bone Marrow Transplantation Using HCV Positive Allografts: A Case Series

Abdul M. Oseini, James P. Hamilton, Muhammad Baraa Hammami, Ahyoung Kim, Kiyoko Oshima, Tinsay Woreta, Nicole Rizkalla, Aliaksei Pustavoitau, Christian Merlo, Michelle C. Nguyen, Elizabeth A. King, Russel N. Wesson, Jacqueline Garonzik‐Wang, Shane Ottmann, Benjamin Philosophe, Andrew M. Cameron, Mary Armanios, Ahmet Gurakar – 26 May 2021

Paradigm Change in Liver Transplantation Practice After the Implementation of the Liver‐Kidney Allocation Policy

Shunji Nagai, Yukiko Suzuki, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tommy Ivanics, Shingo Shimada, Yasutaka Kuno, Mhd Tayseer Shamaa, Sirisha Yeddula, Milagros Samaniego, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan Abouljoud – 26 May 2021 – The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)/United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) policy regarding kidney allocation for liver transplantation (LT) patients was implemented in August 2017.

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