Jordan M. Schecter, J. Gregory Mears, Bachir Alobeid, Paul J. Gaglio – 29 October 2007 – After liver transplantation, reinfection of the newly engrafted liver with hepatitis C virus is essentially universal in patients who are viremic at the time of transplantation. Treatment with interferon preparations with or without ribavirin is recommended in patients with marked histologic injury; however, hematologic toxicity associated with therapy has been reported, which is usually treated with growth factor support, including erythropoietin analogues.

Michael R. Lucey, John R. Lake – 29 October 2007

Satoru Todo, Hiroyuki Furukawa, Mitsuhiro Tada – 29 October 2007 – Living donor liver transplantation.

Yueh‐Wei Liu, Allan M. Concejero, Chao‐Long Chen, Yu‐Fan Cheng, Hock‐Liew Eng, Tung‐Liang Huang, Tai‐Yi Chen, Chih‐Chi Wang, Shih‐Ho Wang, Chih‐Che Lin, Chee‐Chien Yong, Chin‐Hsiang Yang, Amornetta P. Jordan, Bruno Jawan – 29 October 2007 – A pseudotumor, giant regenerative nodule, or macroregenerative nodule is an unusual benign hepatic lesion in biliary atresia (BA) patients. This tumor may mimic malignant transformation and may preclude liver transplantation (LT).

Kristin Mekeel, David Mulligan, Kunam Sudhakar Reddy, Adyr Moss, Kristi Harold – 29 October 2007 – Incisional hernias occur in up to 17% of patients after liver transplantation. Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair is associated with fewer wound complications and a decreased incidence of recurrence when compared to open hernia repair in nontransplant patients. This is a retrospective review of 13 patients who underwent laparoscopic incisional hernia repair (LAP group) after liver transplantation compared to 14 patients who had open repairs (OP group; all but one with mesh).

Steven J. Lobritto, Philip Rosenthal, Rene Bouw, Mimi Leung, Paul Snell, Richard D. Mamelok – 29 October 2007 – There are few pharmacokinetic data for mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) when used in combination with cyclosporine (CsA) in pediatric liver transplant recipients.

Staffan Wahlin, Pauline Harper – 29 October 2007

S. Chris Pappas – 29 October 2007

Harmeet Malhi – 29 October 2007

Cheng Ji, Masao Shinohara, John Kuhlenkamp, Christine Chan, Neil Kaplowitz – 29 October 2007 – Betaine‐homocysteine methyltransferase (BHMT) regulates homocysteine levels in the liver. We previously reported that the alteration of BHMT is associated with alcoholic liver steatosis and injury. In this study, we tested whether BHMT protects hepatocytes from homocysteine‐induced injury and lipid accumulation. Both BHMT transfectants of HepG2 cells and primary mouse hepatocytes with suppressed BHMT were generated.