Zhiwen Fan, Luyang Li, Min Li, Xinjian Zhang, Chenzhi Hao, Liming Yu, Sheng Zeng, Huihui Xu, Mingming Fang, Aiguo Shen, Thomas Jenuwein, Yong Xu – 28 February 2017 – Uncontrolled inflammatory response highlights the central theme of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a growing global pandemic. Hepatocytes and macrophages represent two major sources of hepatic inflammation during NASH pathogenesis, contributing to excessive synthesis of proinflammatory mediators. The epigenetic mechanism that accounts for the activation of hepatocytes and macrophages in this process remains obscure.

27 February 2017

Pamela S. Belperio, Troy A. Shahoumian, Larry A. Mole, Lisa I. Backus – 27 February 2017 – Reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been reported in hepatitis C virus–infected individuals receiving direct‐acting antiviral (DAA) therapy. The overall risk among patients with current or prior HBV infection in the context of DAA treatment is unknown. The aim of this evaluation was to identify and characterize HBV reactivation among veterans treated with oral DAA therapy. This retrospective evaluation included 62,290 hepatitis C virus–infected veterans completing oral DAA treatment.

Luis C. Bertot, Gary P. Jeffrey, Michael Wallace, Gerry MacQuillan, George Garas, Helena L. Ching, Leon A. Adams – 27 February 2017 – Determination of cirrhosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is important as it alters prognosis and management. We aimed to examine whether cirrhosis was diagnosed incidentally or intentionally in patients with NAFLD.

Aude Merdrignac, Heithem Jeddou, Pauline Houssel‐Debry, Erwan Flecher, Michel Rayar, Karim Boudjema – 27 February 2017

Sezai Yilmaz, Cuneyt Kayaalp, Burak Isik, Veysel Ersan, Emrah Otan, Sami Akbulut, Abuzer Dirican, Ramazan Kutlu, Aysegul Sagir Kahraman, Cengiz Ara, Mehmet Yilmaz, Bulent Unal, Cemalettin Aydin, Turgut Piskin, Dincer Ozgor, Mustafa Ates, Fatih Ozdemir, Volkan Ince, Cemalettin Koc, Adil Baskiran, Sait Murat Dogan, Bora Barut, Fatih Sumer, Serdar Karakas, Koray Kutluturk, Saim Yologlu, Harika Gozukara – 27 February 2017 – Reconstruction of anomalous portal vein branching (APVB) during right lobe living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) can be challenging.

Gyongyi Szabo – 27 February 2017

Amy Tan, Sander S. Florman, Thomas D. Schiano – 27 February 2017 – It is well recognized that solid organ transplantation can transmit bacterial infection and chronic viral hepatitis as well as certain cancers. As indications for liver transplantation (LT) have expanded, it has been used to treat and even cure certain genetic cholestatic disorders, urea cycle defects, and coagulation abnormalities; many of these conditions are potentially transmissible with LT as well.

Hazel Marecki, Adel Bozorgzadeh, Robert J. Porte, Henri G. Leuvenink, Korkut Uygun, Paulo N. Martins – 27 February 2017 – Ex vivo machine perfusion (MP) is a promising way to better preserve livers prior to transplantation. Currently, no methodology has a verified benefit over simple cold storage. Before becoming clinically feasible, MP requires validation in models that reliably predict human performance. Such a model has been found in porcine liver, whose physiological, anatomical, and immunological characteristics closely resemble the human liver.

Norio Akuta, Chizuru Watanabe, Yusuke Kawamura, Yasuji Arase, Satoshi Saitoh, Shunichiro Fujiyama, Hitomi Sezaki, Tetsuya Hosaka, Masahiro Kobayashi, Mariko Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Fumitaka Suzuki, Kenji Ikeda, Hiromitsu Kumada – 27 February 2017 – A prospective study based on serial liver biopsies was performed to investigate the efficacy of sodium‐glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease complicated with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Conclusion: Treatment for 24 weeks resulted in improvement in histopathologic features in all 5 patients.