Ryutaro Hirose – 12 March 2019

Erik L. Lum, Andrés Cárdenas, Paul Martin, Suphamai Bunnapradist – 12 March 2019 – On August 10, 2017, a formal policy was enacted in the United States that defined listing criteria for simultaneous liver‐kidney transplantation and priority for patients who received a liver transplantation (LT) and subsequently developed significant kidney disease after LT. This article reviews and summarizes the rationale for such policies, the policies themselves, and the potential impact on LT candidates.

Manisha Verma, Jay Horrow, Victor Navarro – 12 March 2019 – Alcohol use disorder, substance abuse, and depression are illnesses that deteriorate the quality of life (QOL) of patients with chronic liver disease (CLD). Screening and behavioral health programs integrated into routine practice can mitigate the deleterious effects of such illnesses but have not been adopted in hepatology practices. We implemented a behavioral health program based on the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) model and assessed its acceptability and effectiveness in improving QOL.

Page Axley, Zunirah Ahmed, Sumant Arora, Allen Haas, Yong‐Fang Kuo, Patrick S. Kamath, Ashwani K. Singal – 12 March 2019 – Acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF) is characterized by multiple organ failure (OF) with high short‐term mortality. There is lack of population‐based data on trends on etiology specific ACLF related burden. National Inpatient Sample (2006‐2014) was queried using ICD‐09 codes for admissions with cirrhosis and ACLF (≥2 extrahepatic OF).

Eva Román, Juan Camilo Nieto, Cristina Gely, Sílvia Vidal, Marta Pozuelo, Maria Poca, Cándido Juárez, Carlos Guarner, Chaysavanh Manichanh, Germán Soriano – 12 March 2019 – Probiotics can modulate gut microbiota, intestinal permeability, and immune response and could therefore improve cognitive dysfunction and help avoid potential consequences, such as falls, in patients with cirrhosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a multistrain probiotic on cognitive function, risk of falls, and inflammatory response in patients with cirrhosis.

Viniyendra Pamecha, Ankur Vagadiya, Piyush Kumar Sinha, Rommel Sandhyav, Kumaraswamy Parthasarathy, Shridhar Sasturkar, Nihar Mohapatra, Ashok Choudhury, Rakhi Maiwal, Rajeev Khanna, Seema Alam, Chandra Kant Pandey, Shiv Kumar Sarin – 12 March 2019 – In countries where deceased organ donation is sparse, emergency living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is the only lifesaving option in select patients with acute liver failure (ALF). The aim of the current study is living liver donor safety and recipient outcomes following LDLT for ALF.

Zhou Zhou, Ting Jie Ye, Gregory Bonavita, Michael Daniels, Noah Kainrad, Alvin Jogasuria, Min You – 12 March 2019 – Lipin‐1 is a Mg2+‐dependent phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase involved in the generation of diacylglycerol during synthesis of phospholipids and triglycerides. Ethanol‐mediated inhibitory effects on adipose‐specific lipin‐1 expression were associated with experimental steatohepatitis in rodents.

Eva Román, Juan Camilo Nieto, Cristina Gely, Sílvia Vidal, Marta Pozuelo, Maria Poca, Cándido Juárez, Carlos Guarner, Chaysavanh Manichanh, Germán Soriano – 12 March 2019 – Probiotics can modulate gut microbiota, intestinal permeability, and immune response and could therefore improve cognitive dysfunction and help avoid potential consequences, such as falls, in patients with cirrhosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a multistrain probiotic on cognitive function, risk of falls, and inflammatory response in patients with cirrhosis.

Cyrielle Caussy, Meera Bhargava, Ida F. Villesen, Natasja S. Gudmann, Diana J. Leeming, Morten A. Karsdal, Claire Faulkner, Denny Bao, Amy Liu, Min‐Tzu Lo, Ricki Bettencourt, Shirin Bassirian, Lisa Richards, David A. Brenner, Chi‐Hua Chen, Claude B. Sirlin, Rohit Loomba – 12 March 2019 – N‐terminal propeptide of type 3 procollagen (PRO‐C3) is a biomarker of liver fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

Ângelo Zambam de Mattos, Angelo Alves de Mattos – 12 March 2019