Patrick R. Harrington, Takashi E. Komatsu, Damon J. Deming, Eric F. Donaldson, Julian J. O'Rear, Lisa K. Naeger – 1 December 2017 – Several highly effective, interferon‐free, direct‐acting antiviral (DAA)‐based regimens are available for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Despite impressive efficacy overall, a small proportion of patients in registrational trials experienced treatment failure, which in some cases was associated with the detection of HCV resistance‐associated substitutions (RASs) at baseline.

R. Todd Stravitz, Caitlyn Ellerbe, Valerie Durkalski, Michael Schilsky, Robert J. Fontana, Carolyn Peterseim, William M. Lee, and the Acute Liver Failure Study Group – 1 December 2017 – In patients with acute liver failure (ALF), elevated prothrombin time and thrombocytopenia can fuel a perception of a bleeding tendency. However, the incidence, site, risk factors, and clinical significance of bleeding complications have not been quantified in a large cohort of patients with ALF. We studied 1,770 adult patients enrolled in the ALF Study Group Registry between 1998 and 2016.

Alessandro Soria, Giuseppe Lapadula, Massimiliano Fabbiani, Andrea Gori – 1 December 2017

Melania Gaggini, Elisabetta Bugianesi, Amalia Gastaldelli – 1 December 2017

Khaled Alnuaimi, Julie Lavolé, Caroline Lascoux‐Combes, Anne‐Marie Roque Afonso, Philippe Sogni, Stanislas Pol, Vincent Mallet – 1 December 2017

Wenshi Wang, Yijin Wang, Changbo Qu, Shan Wang, Jianhua Zhou, Wanlu Cao, Lei Xu, Buyun Ma, Mohamad S. Hakim, Yuebang Yin, Tiancheng Li, Maikel P. Peppelenbosch, Jingmin Zhao, Qiuwei Pan – 1 December 2017 – The outcomes of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection are diverse, ranging from asymptomatic carrier, self‐limiting acute infection, and fulminant hepatitis to persistent infection. This is closely associated with the immunological status of the host. This study aimed to understand the innate cellular immunity as the first‐line defense mechanism in response to HEV infection.

Susumu Eguchi, Akihiko Soyama, Takanobu Hara, Koji Natsuda, Satomi Okada, Takashi Hamada, Taiichiro Kosaka, Shinichiro Ono, Tomohiko Adachi, Masaaki Hidaka, Mitsuhisa Takatsuki – 1 December 2017 – The aim of this study was to analyze the outcomes of the most updated version and largest group of our standardized hybrid (laparoscopic mobilization and hepatectomy through midline incision) living donor (LD) hemihepatectomy compared with those from a conventional laparotomy in adult‐to‐adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT).

Elizabeth Aby, Sammy Saab – 30 November 2017

Matthew B. Goss, Abbas Rana – 30 November 2017

Aijaz Ahmed, Glen A. Lutchman, Paul Y. Kwo – 30 November 2017