Joan Ericka Flores, Shivakumar Chitturi, Sarah Walker – 3 January 2020 – Selective androgenic receptor modulators (SARMs) have not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration but they are heavily promoted as alternatives to androgenic anabolic steroids. We present two cases of liver injury associated with SARMs.
Ayumi Kiso, Yukiko Toba, Susumu Tsutsumi, Sayaka Deguchi, Keisuke Igai, Saki Koshino, Yasuhito Tanaka, Kazuo Takayama, Hiroyuki Mizuguchi – 2 January 2020 – Single nucleotide polymorphisms in Tolloid‐like 1 (TLL1) and the expression of TLL1 are known to be closely related to hepatocarcinogenesis after hepatitis C virus elimination or liver fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. TLL1 is a type of matrix metalloprotease and has two isoforms in humans, with the short isoform showing higher activity.
Nicole J. Kim, Meredith Pearson, Philip Vutien, Feng Su, Andrew M. Moon, Kristin Berry, Pamela K. Green, Emily C. Williams, George N. Ioannou – 2 January 2020 – Outcomes related to alcohol use after hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment are unknown in the direct‐acting antiviral (DAA) era. We assessed levels of alcohol use before and after HCV treatment and their association with long‐term outcomes in a cohort of U.S. veterans. In this retrospective cohort analysis, 29,037 patients who initiated DAA regimens between 2013 and 2015 were followed for a mean of 3.04 years.
Parth Shah, Vinay Sundaram, Einar Björnsson – 2 January 2020 – Biologics are among the most commonly prescribed medications for several chronic inflammatory diseases. Tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors, more so than other agents, have been observed to cause drug‐induced liver injury. Additionally, because the approval and popularity of checkpoint inhibitors have grown, similar patterns of liver injury have been documented, with a majority of cases describing immune‐mediated hepatitis.
Yurika Kotoh, Yutaka Suehiro, Issei Saeki, Tomomi Hoshida, Masaki Maeda, Takuya Iwamoto, Toshihiko Matsumoto, Isao Hidaka, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Taro Takami, Shingo Higaki, Ikuei Fujii, Chieko Suzuki, Yoshitaro Shindo, Yukio Tokumitsu, Hiroaki Nagano, Isao Sakaida, Takahiro Yamasaki – 2 January 2020 – Liquid biopsies are not used in practice for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Epi proColon is the first commercial blood‐based test for colorectal cancer screening based on methylated DNA testing of the septin 9 gene (SEPT9).
Shivali S. Joshi, Carla S. Coffin – 2 January 2020 – The hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an important human pathogen. Unvaccinated infants infected through mother‐to‐child transmission (MTCT) are at >95% risk of developing serum hepatitis B surface antigen‐positive chronic hepatitis B (CHB).
2 January 2020
Alessandro Loglio, Pietro Lampertico – 2 January 2020
Shivali S. Joshi, Carla S. Coffin – 2 January 2020 – The hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an important human pathogen. Unvaccinated infants infected through mother‐to‐child transmission (MTCT) are at >95% risk of developing serum hepatitis B surface antigen‐positive chronic hepatitis B (CHB).
Adrian Hendrickse, Cara Crouch, Tetsuro Sakai, William D. Stoll, Monica McNulty, Evan Pivalizza, Srikanth Sridhar, Geraldine Diaz, Patricia Sheiner, Moises I. Nevah Rubin, Ali Al‐Khafaji, James Pomposelli, M. Susan Mandell – 28 December 2019 – There are disparities in liver transplant anesthesia team (LTAT) care across the United States. However, no policies address essential resources for liver transplant anesthesia services similar to other specialists. In response, the Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia appointed a task force to develop national recommendations.