Amanda J. Chaney, Maria L. Yataco – 23 April 2019 – The evolving role of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) in the United States continues to progress. NP and PA responsibilities have expanded from primary care practices to medical and surgical specialties. They provide acute care in hospitals and intensive care units, and they serve as educators, lobbyists, and researchers. Questions have arisen from NP/PA leaders, physician leaders, and administrators on how to best implement a successful NP/PA model within their practice.

Steven P. O’Hara, Nicholas F. LaRusso – 23 April 2019

Tianpeng Zhang, Min Chen, Lianxia Guo, Fangjun Yu, Cui Zhou, Haiman Xu, Baojian Wu – 23 April 2019 – Metabolic homeostasis of amino acids is essential for human health. Here, we aimed to investigate a potential role for the clock component reverse erythroblastosis virus α (Rev‐erbα) in circadian regulation of amino acid metabolism. RNA‐seq with Rev‐erbα‐/‐ mice showed expression changes in genes involved in amino acid metabolism, particularly, the urea cycle and methionine metabolism.

Veeral H. Ajmera, Edward Cachay, Christian Ramers, Irine Vodkin, Shirin Bassirian, Seema Singh, Neeraj Mangla, Richele Bettencourt, Jeannette L.

Charles DeRossi, Kathryn Bambino, Joshua Morrison, Isabel Sakarin, Carlos Villacorta‐Martin, Changwen Zhang, Jillian L. Ellis, M. Isabel Fiel, Maria Ybanez, Youngmin A. Lee, Kuan‐lin Huang, Chunyue Yin, Takuya F. Sakaguchi, Scott L. Friedman, Augusto Villanueva, Jaime Chu – 23 April 2019 – The growing burden of liver fibrosis and lack of effective antifibrotic therapies highlight the need for identification of pathways and complementary model systems of hepatic fibrosis.

Alexandre Balaphas, Jeremy Meyer, Karin Sadoul, Pierre Fontana, Philippe Morel, Carmen Gonelle‐Gispert, Leo H. Bühler – 22 April 2019 – Beyond their role in hemostasis, platelets are proposed as key mediators of several physiological and pathophysiological processes of the liver, such as liver regeneration, toxic or viral acute liver injury, liver fibrosis, and carcinogenesis. The effects of platelets on the liver involve interactions with sinusoidal endothelial cells and the release of platelet‐contained molecules following platelet activation.

Adrien Guillot, Frank Tacke – 22 April 2019 – Inflammation is a hallmark of virtually all liver diseases, such as liver cancer, fibrosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, and cholangiopathies. Liver macrophages have been thoroughly studied in human disease and mouse models, unravelling that the hepatic mononuclear phagocyte system is more versatile and complex than previously believed. Liver macrophages mainly consist of liver‐resident phagocytes, or Kupffer cells (KCs), and bone marrow‐derived recruited monocytes.

Jordi Gracia‐Sancho, Nicolò Manicardi, Martí Ortega‐Ribera, Raquel Maeso‐Díaz, Sergi Guixé‐Muntet, Anabel Fernández‐Iglesias, Diana Hide, Héctor García‐Calderó, Zoe Boyer‐Díaz, Patricia C. Contreras, Alfred Spada, Jaime Bosch – 22 April 2019 – In cirrhosis, liver microvascular dysfunction is a key factor increasing hepatic vascular resistance to portal blood flow, which leads to portal hypertension. De‐regulated inflammatory and pro‐apoptotic processes due to chronic injury play important roles in the dysfunction of liver sinusoidal cells.

Hiroyoshi Doi, Sachiyo Yoshio, Keiichiro Yoneyama, Hironari Kawai, Yuzuru Sakamoto, Tomonari Shimagaki, Yoshihiko Aoki, Yosuke Osawa, Hitoshi Yoshida, Tatsuya Kanto – 22 April 2019 – Global implementation of a birth‐dose hepatitis B (HB) vaccine has significantly reduced the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers. Durable and sufficient titers of antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti‐HBs) are desirable for vaccinees to gain resistance to HBV exposure.

Kenneth Cusi – 21 April 2019