Statins decrease the risk of decompensation in hepatitis B virus– and hepatitis C virus–related cirrhosis: A population‐based study

Fu‐Ming Chang, Yen‐Po Wang, Hui‐Chu Lang, Chia‐Fen Tsai, Ming‐Chih Hou, Fa‐Yauh Lee, Ching‐Liang Lu – 20 March 2017 – Statin use decreases the risk of decompensation and mortality in patients with cirrhosis due to hepatitis C virus (HCV). Whether this beneficial effect can be extended to cirrhosis in the general population or cirrhosis due to other causes, such as hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection or alcohol, remains unknown. Statin use also decreases the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with chronic HBV and HCV infection.

LiverLearning®: 2017 Emerging Trends Conference: Emerging Trends in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

The 2017 Emerging Trends Conference will spearhead a development strategy to disseminate new knowledge and treatment options in NAFLD. Major advances in the epidemiology, natural history, pathogenesis and diagnostic modalities have been uncovered although no established treatment has been approved. By facilitating new and exciting translational and therapeutic research in NAFLD, collaborations among clinicians, industry, academic institutions, and public health agencies will be well equipped to deal with this epidemic that threatens our quality of life.Zobair M. Younossi Zobair M.

Down‐regulation of hepatocyte nuclear factor‐4α and defective zonation in livers expressing mutant Z α1‐antitrypsin

Pasquale Piccolo, Patrizia Annunziata, Leandro R. Soria, Sergio Attanasio, Anna Barbato, Raffaele Castello, Annamaria Carissimo, Luca Quagliata, Luigi M. Terracciano, Nicola Brunetti‐Pierri – 15 March 2017 – α1‐Antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is one of the most common genetic disorders and the liver disease due to the Z mutant of AAT (ATZ) is a prototype of conformational disorder due to protein misfolding with consequent aberrant intermolecular protein aggregation.

Peritransplant pancreatitis: A marker of high mortality and graft failure in liver transplant patients

Tara A. Russell, Sarah Park, Vatche G. Agopian, Ali Zarrinpar, Douglas G. Farmer, Sean O'Neill, Islam Korayem, Samer Ebaid, Jeffrey Gornbein, Ronald W. Busuttil, Fady M. Kaldas – 14 March 2017 – Perioperative pancreatitis is a significant comorbid condition in surgical patients. However, the degree to which pancreatitis affects graft and overall survival in liver transplant recipients has not been evaluated. This study assesses the impact of pancreatitis on graft and patient survival in adult orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT).

Double‐blind randomized controlled trial of the routine perioperative use of terlipressin in adult living donor liver transplantation

Mettu Srinivas Reddy, Ilankumaran Kaliamoorthy, Akila Rajakumar, Selvakumar Malleeshwaran, Ellango Appuswamy, Sukanya Lakshmi, Joy Varghese, Mohamed Rela – 14 March 2017 – Perioperative terlipressin (Tp) during living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has been shown to reduce intraoperative portal pressures and improve renal function. Its role and safety profile have never been evaluated in a double‐blind randomized controlled trial (RCT). The aim was to evaluate the hemodynamic effects, clinical benefits, and safety of perioperative Tp infusion in adult LDLT.

Liver transplantation versus liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in intention to treat: An attempt to perform an ideal meta‐analysis

Benjamin Menahem, Jean Lubrano, Christophe Duvoux, Andrea Mulliri, Arnaud Alves, Charlotte Costentin, Ariane Mallat, Guy Launoy, Alexis Laurent – 14 March 2017 – This meta‐analysis compared the effects of liver transplantation (LT) and liver resection (LR) on overall survival (OS) and disease‐free survival (DFS) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) small transplantable HCC or within Milan criteria. Articles comparing LR with LT for HCC, based on Milan criteria or small size, published up to June 2015 were selected, and a meta‐analysis was performed.

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