Psychosocial Obstacles to Hepatitis C Treatment Initiation Among Patients in Care: A Hitch in the Cascade of Cure

Philip R. Spradling, Yuna Zhong, Anne C. Moorman, Loralee B. Rupp, Mei Lu, Stuart C. Gordon, Eyasu H. Teshale, Mark A. Schmidt, Yihe G. Daida, Joseph A. Boscarino, for the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study (CHeCS) Investigators – 29 November 2020 – There are limited data examining the relationship between psychosocial factors and receipt of direct‐acting antiviral (DAA) treatment among patients with hepatitis C in large health care organizations in the United States. We therefore sought to determine whether such factors were associated with DAA initiation.

Immunosuppressive Drug‐Resistant Armored T‐Cell Receptor T Cells for Immune Therapy of HCC in Liver Transplant Patients

Morteza Hafezi, Meiyin Lin, Adeline Chia, Alicia Chua, Zi Zong Ho, Royce Fam, Damien Tan, Joey Aw, Andrea Pavesi, Thinesh Lee Krishnamoorthy, Wan Cheng Chow, Wenjie Chen, Qi Zhang, Lu‐En Wai, Sarene Koh, Anthony T. Tan, Antonio Bertoletti – 29 November 2020

A Prospective Study of the Prevalence of Parkinsonism in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis

Diana Apetauerova, Peter Hildebrand, Stephanie Scala, Janet W. Zani, LeeAnne Lipert, Erin Clark, Tanya Fennell, Fredric D. Gordon – 26 November 2020 – Acquired hepatocerebral degeneration refers to a neurological syndrome consisting of various movement disorders and cognitive impairment in advanced liver cirrhosis or portosystemic shunt. Neurological signs and symptoms may be attributed to the accumulation of toxic substances in the brain. The most common neurological presentation of this is parkinsonism.

Protein Phosphatase 1 Regulatory Subunit 3B Genotype at rs4240624 Has a Major Effect on Gallbladder Bile Composition

Ville Männistö, Dorota Kaminska, Pirjo Käkelä, Mikko Neuvonen, Mikko Niemi, Marcus Alvarez, Päivi Pajukanta, Stefano Romeo, Max Nieuwdorp, Albert.K. Groen, Jussi Pihlajamäki – 25 November 2020 – The protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 3B (PPP1R3B) gene is a target of farnesoid X receptor (FXR), which is a major regulator of bile acid metabolism. Both PPP1R3B and FXR have been suggested to take part in glycogen metabolism, which may explain the association of PPP1R3B gene variants with altered hepatic computed tomography attenuation.

Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion Improves Extended Criteria Donor Liver Graft Function and Reduces Duration of Hospitalization Without Extra Cost: The PERPHO Study

Michel Rayar, Jean‐Marie Beaurepaire, Emma Bajeux, Stéphanie Hamonic, Thomas Renard, Clara Locher, Véronique Desfourneaux, Aude Merdrignac, Damien Bergeat, Mohamed Lakehal, Laurent Sulpice, Pauline Houssel‐Debry, Caroline Jezequel, Christophe Camus, Edouard Bardou‐Jacquet, Bernard Meunier – 25 November 2020 – Few studies have evaluated the efficacy or the cost of hypothermic oxygenated perfusion (HOPE) in the conservation of extended criteria donor (ECD) grafts from donation after brain death (DBD) donors during liver transplantation (LT).

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