André Viveiros, Armin Finkenstedt, Benedikt Schaefer, Mattias Mandorfer, Bernhard Scheiner, Konrad Lehner, Moritz Tobiasch, Thomas Reiberger, Herbert Tilg, Michael Edlinger, Heinz Zoller – 17 November 2017 – Patients with cirrhosis frequently present with high serum ferritin and low transferrin concentrations, reflecting impaired liver function and inflammation. Recent studies have shown that transferrin and its saturation with iron are Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease–independent predictors of mortality in patients with acute‐on‐chronic liver failure or decompensated cirrhosis.

Shunji Nagai, Dilip Moonka, Anita Patel – 17 November 2017

Akanksha Sharma, Chandrashekhar R. Gandhi – 16 November 2017

Joachim Andrassy, Sebastian Wolf, Michael Lauseker, Martin Angele, Marieke D. van Rosmalen, Undine Samuel, Xavier Rogiers, Jens Werner, Markus Guba, for the Eurotransplant Liver Advisory Committee – 16 November 2017 – Split‐liver transplantation has been perceived as an important strategy to increase the supply of liver grafts by creating 2 transplants from 1 allograft. The Eurotransplant Liver Allocation System (ELAS) envisages that the extended right lobes (ERLs) after splitting (usually in the pediatric center) are almost exclusively shipped to a second center.

Abhishek Chauhan, David H. Adams – 16 November 2017

Seisuke Sakamoto, Kengo Sasaki, Hajime Uchida, Toshihiro Kitajima, Soichi Narumoto, Yoshihiro Hirata, Tomoro Hishiki, Akinari Fukuda, Mureo Kasahara – 16 November 2017

Marit Kalisvaart, Andrea Schlegel, Paolo Muiesan – 15 November 2017

Eleanna Kaffe, Romina Fiorotto, Francesca Pellegrino, Valeria Mariotti, Mariangela Amenduni, Massimiliano Cadamuro, Luca Fabris, Mario Strazzabosco, Carlo Spirli – 15 November 2017 – Congenital hepatic fibrosis (CHF), a genetic disease caused by mutations in the polycystic kidney and hepatic disease 1 (PKHD1) gene, encoding for the protein fibrocystin/polyductin complex, is characterized by biliary dysgenesis, progressive portal fibrosis, and a protein kinase A–mediated activating phosphorylation of β‐catenin at Ser675.

Marta B. Afonso, Cecília M.P. Rodrigues – 15 November 2017

Chune Liu, Zhihong Yang, Jianguo Wu, Li Zhang, Sangmin Lee, Dong‐Ju Shin, Melanie Tran, Li Wang – 15 November 2017 – H19 is an imprinted long noncoding RNA abundantly expressed in embryonic liver and repressed after birth. We show that H19 serves as a lipid sensor by synergizing with the RNA‐binding polypyrimidine tract‐binding protein 1 (PTBP1) to modulate hepatic metabolic homeostasis. H19 RNA interacts with PTBP1 to facilitate its association with sterol regulatory element‐binding protein 1c mRNA and protein, leading to increased stability and nuclear transcriptional activity.