Evaluating Prognosis of Patients With Acute‐On‐Chronic Liver Failure: Is the Simplest Score Good Enough?
Ângelo Zambam Mattos, Angelo Alves Mattos – 16 April 2018
Hepatocellular Carcinoma‐Associated Protein TD26 Interacts and Enhances Sterol Regulatory Element‐Binding Protein 1 Activity to Promote Tumor Cell Proliferation and Growth
Chenchen Wang, Ying Tong, Yankai Wen, Jie Cai, Han Guo, Lifeng Huang, Min Xu, Mingxuan Feng, Xiaosong Chen, Jianjun Zhang, Hailong Wu, Xiaoni Kong, Qiang Xia – 16 April 2018 – Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer‐related death worldwide. Increased lipogenesis has been reported to play a critical role in HCC progression. However, the underlying mechanism contributing to lipogenesis increase in HCC remains elusive. Here, we show that HCC‐associated protein TD26 (TD26) was highly expressed in HCC tumor tissues compared to matched normal tissues.
Social media: Why AASLD and its members must lead the conversation
Theo Heller, Christopher Koh, Sonal Kumar – 14 April 2018
Pregnancy outcomes following single and repeat liver transplantation: An international 2‐center cohort
Nusrat Zaffar, Elisabeth Soete, Shital Gandhi, Parastoo Sayyar, Tim Van Mieghem, Rohan D'Souza – 14 April 2018 – Due to advances in obstetric and transplant medicine, women with a history of liver transplantation can have successful pregnancies. However, data on pregnancy outcomes is still limited, especially for women who have had a repeat liver transplant following graft rejection. This retrospective study compares pregnancy outcomes in women with single and repeat liver transplants managed at 2 tertiary hospitals in Toronto, Canada and Leuven, Belgium.
Neutrophils alleviate fibrosis in the CCl4‐induced mouse chronic liver injury model
Eiko Saijou, Yutaka Enomoto, Michitaka Matsuda, Cindy Yuet‐Yin Kok, Shizuo Akira, Minoru Tanaka, Atsushi Miyajima – 12 April 2018 – Tribbles pseudokinase 1 (Trib1) is a negative regulator of CCAAT/enhancer binding protein α (C/EBPα) and is known to induce granulopoiesis while suppressing monocyte differentiation. Loss of Trib1 was previously shown to increase the neutrophil population in the spleen but lead to M2‐like macrophage reduction.
Hepatoma cell‐secreted exosomal microRNA‐103 increases vascular permeability and promotes metastasis by targeting junction proteins
Jian‐Hong Fang, Zi‐Jun Zhang, Li‐Ru Shang, Yu‐Wei Luo, Yi‐Fang Lin, Yunfei Yuan, Shi‐Mei Zhuang – 10 April 2018 – Increased vascular permeability facilitates metastasis. Emerging evidence indicates that secreted microRNAs (miRNAs) may mediate the crosstalk between cancer and stromal cells. To date, whether and how secreted miRNAs affect vascular permeability remains unclear. Based on deep sequencing and quantitative PCR, we found that higher level of serum miR‐103 was associated with higher metastasis potential of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Pediatric cirrhotic cardiomyopathy: Impact on liver transplant outcomes
Norman Junge, Claudia Junge, Julian Schröder, Eva‐Doreen Pfister, Christoph Leiskau, Dagmar Hohmann, Philipp Beerbaum, Ulrich Baumann – 10 April 2018 – In adults, cirrhotic cardiomyopathy (CCM) has a significant incidence and impact on liver transplantation. For pediatric liver transplantation (pLT), data on liver‐induced cardiac changes are scarce, and in particular, the comparison between cirrhotic and noncirrhotic liver disease has not been investigated.
12 Weeks of a Ribavirin‐Free Sofosbuvir and Nonstructural Protein 5AInhibitor Regimen Is Enough to Treat Recurrence of Hepatitis CAfter Liver Transplantation
Pauline Houssel‐Debry, Audrey Coilly, Claire Fougerou‐Leurent, Caroline Jezequel, Christophe Duvoux, Victor Ledinghen, Sylvie Radenne, Nassim Kamar, Vincent Leroy, Vincent Di Martino, Louis D'Alteroche, Valérie Canva, Filomena Conti, Jerome Dumortier, Hélène Montialoux, Pascal Lebray, Danielle Botta‐Fridlund, Albert Tran, Christophe Moreno, Christine Silvain, Camille Besch, Philippe Perre, Claire Francoz, Armando Abergel, François Habersetzer, Maryline Debette‐Gratien, Carole Cagnot, Alpha Diallo, Stéphane Chevaliez, Emilie Rossignol, Aurélie Veislinger, Jean‐Charles Duclos‐Vallee, Georges‐
Hepatocytes and neutrophils cooperatively suppress bacterial infection by differentially regulating lipocalin‐2 and neutrophil extracellular traps
Hongjie Li, Dechun Feng, Yan Cai, Yudong Liu, Mingjiang Xu, Xiaogang Xiang, Zhou Zhou, Qiang Xia, Mariana J. Kaplan, Xiaoni Kong, Bin Gao – 10 April 2018 – Lipocalin‐2 (LCN2), also known as neutrophil gelatinase‐associated lipocalin (NGAL), a key antibacterial protein, is highly elevated in patients with end‐stage liver disease that is often associated with bacterial infection. LCN2 is expressed at high levels in both hepatocytes and neutrophils; however, how hepatocyte‐derived and neutrophil‐derived LCN2 cooperate to combat bacterial infection remains unclear.
Living Donation Versus Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation for Low Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease Recipients
Catherine E. Kling, James D. Perkins, Jorge D. Reyes, Martin I. Montenovo – 10 April 2018 – In this era of organ scarcity, living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is an alternative to using deceased donors, and in Western countries, it is more often used for recipients with low Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) scores. We sought to compare the patient survival and graft survival between recipients of liver transplantation from living donors and donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors in patients with low MELD scores.