Sanjaya K. Satapathy, Kiran Joglekar, Miklos Z. Molnar, Bilal Ali, Humberto C. Gonzalez, Jason M. Vanatta, James D. Eason, Satheesh P. Nair – 23 March 2018 – The effect of antiviral therapy (AVT) on kidney function in liver transplantation (LT) recipients has not been well described despite known association of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We compared the incidence of CKD and end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) in 204 LT recipients with HCV based on treatment response to AVT.

Benedikt Schaefer, Mattias Mandorfer, André Viveiros, Armin Finkenstedt, Peter Ferenci, Stefan Schneeberger, Herbert Tilg, Heinz Zoller – 23 March 2018 – Alpha‐1‐antitrypsin deficiency (A1ATD) due to homozygosity for the Z allele (ZZ) is an established risk factor for cirrhosis, but the liver disease risk in heterozygous Z allele carriers (MZ) is controversial. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of the MZ genotype among patients with cirrhosis and the associated risk of decompensation and liver transplantation/mortality.

Yuji Ishida, Tje Lin Chung, Michio Imamura, Nobuhiko Hiraga, Suranjana Sen, Hiroshi Yokomichi, Chise Tateno, Laetitia Canini, Alan S. Perelson, Susan L. Uprichard, Harel Dahari, Kazuaki Chayama – 23 March 2018 – Chimeric urokinase type plasminogen activator (uPA)/severely severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice reconstituted with humanized livers are useful for studying hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the absence of an adaptive immune response.

Keri E. Lunsford, Colin Court, Yong Seok Lee, David S. Lu, Bita V. Naini, Michael P. Harlander‐Locke, Ronald W. Busuttil, Vatche G. Agopian – 23 March 2018 – Mixed hepatocellular‐cholangiocarcinomas (HCC‐CCAs) are rare tumors with both hepatocellular and biliary differentiation. While liver transplantation (LT) is the gold standard treatment for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), it is contraindicated in known HCC‐CCA because of concerns of poor prognosis. We sought to compare posttransplant oncologic outcomes for HCC‐CCA and a matched cohort of HCC LT recipients.

Cynthia Levy, Christopher L. Bowlus, Elizabeth Carey, Julie M. Crawford, Karen Deane, Marlyn J. Mayo, W. Ray Kim, Michael W. Fried – 23 March 2018 – Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a rare chronic cholestatic liver disease that may progress to biliary cirrhosis if left untreated. The first‐line therapy for PBC is ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA). Unfortunately, 1 of 3 patients does not respond to UDCA. These patients are at risk for developing clinical events, including cirrhosis, complications of portal hypertension, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver transplant, or death. Recently, the U.S.

Kathy L. de Graaf, Geneviève Lapeyre, Florence Guilhot, Walter Ferlin, Stuart M. Curbishley, Marco Carbone, Paul Richardson, Sulleman Moreea, C. Anne McCune, Stephen D. Ryder, Roger W. Chapman, Annarosa Floreani, David E. Jones, Cristina de Min, David H. Adams, Pietro Invernizzi – 23 March 2018 – NI‐0801 is a fully human monoclonal antibody against chemokine (C‐X‐C motif) ligand 10 (CXCL10), which is involved in the recruitment of inflammatory T cells into the liver. The safety and efficacy of NI‐0801 was assessed in patients with primary biliary cholangitis.

Yichao Zhao, Fang Wang, Lingchen Gao, Longwei Xu, Renyang Tong, Nan Lin, Yuanyuan Su, Yang Yan, Yu Gao, Jie He, Lingcong Kong, Ancai Yuan, Ying Zhuge, Jun Pu – 23 March 2018 – Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), characterized by hepatic steatosis (HS), insulin resistance (IR), and inflammation, poses a high risk of cardiometabolic disorders. Ubiquitin specific protease 4 (USP4), a deubiquitinating enzyme, is pivotally involved in regulating multiple inflammatory pathways; however, the role of USP4 in NAFLD is unknown.

Stephanie Barbara Schatz, Christoph Jüngst, Verena Keitel‐Anselmo, Ralf Kubitz, Christina Becker, Patrick Gerner, Eva‐Doreen Pfister, Imeke Goldschmidt, Norman Junge, Daniel Wenning, Stephan Gehring, Stefan Arens, Dirk Bretschneider, Dirk Grothues, Guido Engelmann, Frank Lammert, Ulrich Baumann – 22 March 2018 – Genetic variants in the adenosine triphosphate‐binding cassette subfamily B member 4 (ABCB4) gene, which encodes hepatocanalicular phosphatidylcholine floppase, can lead to different phenotypes, such as progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) type 3, low phospholipid‐as

Stephanie Barbara Schatz, Christoph Jüngst, Verena Keitel‐Anselmo, Ralf Kubitz, Christina Becker, Patrick Gerner, Eva‐Doreen Pfister, Imeke Goldschmidt, Norman Junge, Daniel Wenning, Stephan Gehring, Stefan Arens, Dirk Bretschneider, Dirk Grothues, Guido Engelmann, Frank Lammert, Ulrich Baumann – 22 March 2018 – Genetic variants in the adenosine triphosphate‐binding cassette subfamily B member 4 (ABCB4) gene, which encodes hepatocanalicular phosphatidylcholine floppase, can lead to different phenotypes, such as progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) type 3, low phospholipid‐as

Uttara Saran, Maria Guarino, Sarai Rodríguez, Cedric Simillion, Matteo Montani, Michelangelo Foti, Bostjan Humar, Marie V. St‐Pierre, Jean‐François Dufour – 22 March 2018 – Regular physical exercise has many beneficial effects, including antitumor properties, and is associated with a reduced risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Less is known about the impact of exercise on HCC growth and progression.