Peter W. Angus, Stephen A. Locarnini, Geoffrey W. McCaughan, Robert M. Jones, Janine S. McMillan, D. Scott Bowden – 1 January 1995 – The factors that predispose patients undergoing liver transplantation for hepatitis B virus (HBV) disease to severe recurrence of infection are unclear. In this study we examined the effect of pretransplantation infection with HBV and precore variant strains of HBV on posttransplantation outcome and allograft histology in 24 patients who survived more than 3 months after liver transplantation.

Shuhua Han, Micheal Tredger, Germana V. Gregorio, Giorgina Mieli‐Vergani, Diego Vergani – 1 January 1995 – Antibodies to liver cytosol antigen type 1 (anti‐LC1), which recognize a 60‐kd peptide contained in the liver cytosolic fraction, have been reported to define a subset of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) either negative for other autoantibodies or positive for anti‐liver kidney microsomal antibody type 1 (LKM‐1) and to be best detected in immunodiffusion.

William M. Lee, Robert M. Galbraith, Graeme H. Watt, Robin D. Hughes, Donald D. McIntire, Brenda J. Hoffman, Roger Williams – 1 January 1995 – Plasma Gc protein sequesters actin released into the circulation after massive hepatocyte necrosis, but is greatly depleted in the process. In fulminant hepatic failure (FHF), Gc is present in serum both as a complex with actin and as unbound protein, the latter becoming completely exhausted in those patients with the most severe FHF.

Junko Kobayashi, Sadako Yamada, Hironaka Kawasaki – 1 December 1994 – To clarify the clinical significance of vitronectin, we compared the concentration of plasma vitronectin with serum fibrous markers and liver function test values in patients with chronic liver diseases. We also evaluated the vitronectin content in the liver by means of enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay and the localization of vitronectin in liver tissue with enzyme immunohistochemistry.

Stefano Bellentani, Claudio Tiribelli, Gioconda Saccoccio, Marino Sodde, Nicoletta Fratti, Christina De Martin, Giovanni Christianini – 1 December 1994 – Data on the prevalence of chronic liver disease, derived from selected series of hospitalized patients or from mortality registers, underestimate the prevalence of chronic liver disease. The Dionysos Study is a cohort study that investigated for the first time the prevalence of chronic liver disease in a general population.

Yicheng Ni, Gregorius Lukito, Prof.Dr. Guy Marchal, Erwin Cresens, Jie Yu, Carine Petré, Albert L. Baert, Johan Fevery – 1 December 1994 – Obstructive cholestasis induced in animals at the level of the lobar and common bile ducts is known to be reversible with time. This study was conducted not only to test the hypothesis that formation of bile duct collaterals is responsible for the recovery of biliary obstruction but also to assess the potential of hepatobiliary agent‐enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for visualizing cholestasis.

Mercedes Fernández, Maria Casadevall, Rufina Schuligoi, Pilar Pizcueta, Julián Panés, M. Dolores Barrachina, Josef Donnerer, Josep M. Piqué, Juan V. Esplugues, Jaume Bosch M.D., Juan Rodés, Peter Holzer – 1 December 1994 – It has been suggested that the peripheral sensory neurons are involved in the splanchnic hemodynamic changes of portal hypertension. Therefore the influence of permanent ablation of sensory neurons by neonatal capsaicin pretreatment (50 mg/kg, subcutaneously) on the development of the hyperdynamic splanchnic circulation in portal‐hypertensive rats was studied.

Gerry T. M. Wagenaar, Robert A. F. M. Chamuleau, Martinus A. W. Maas, Kora De Bruin, Hans A. M. Korfage, Wouter H. Lamers – 1 December 1994 – The zonal patterns of gene expression in the liver of the rat are not affected by alteration of the afferent hepatic blood source. We investigated whether afferent hepatic blood source or flow rate affects the metabolic capacity of the liver. Using microsurgical techniques, we changed the afferent hepatic blood source to solely arterial blood, solely portal blood or solely caval blood.

Elihu M. Schimmel – 1 December 1994

Miau‐Ju Huang – 1 December 1994