28 February 2019

Kristopher P. Croome, David D. Lee, C. Burcin Taner – 28 February 2019 – The frequency at which steatotic deceased donor liver grafts are encountered will likely continue to increase. Utilization of liver grafts with moderate‐to‐severe steatosis for liver transplantation (LT) has been previously shown to be associated with increased rates of primary nonfunction and decreased recipient survival. In order to better inform clinical decision making and guide future research, critical evaluation of the literature on donor liver steatosis and posttransplantation outcome is needed.

Jaclyn LoPiccolo, Michael I. Brener, Kiyoko Oshima, Evan J. Lipson, James P. Hamilton – 28 February 2019

Yuri L. Boteon, Joseph Attard, Amanda P. C. S. Boteon, Lorraine Wallace, Gary Reynolds, Stefan Hubscher, Darius F. Mirza, Hynek Mergental, Ricky H. Bhogal, Simon C. Afford – 28 February 2019 – Strategies to increase the use of steatotic donor livers are required to tackle the mortality on the transplant waiting list. We aimed to test the efficacy of pharmacological enhancement of the lipid metabolism of human livers during ex situ normothermic machine perfusion to promote defatting and improve the functional recovery of the organs.

Steven M. Kawut, Susan S. Ellenberg, Michael J. Krowka, David Goldberg, Hugo Vargas, David Koch, Tiffany Sharkoski, Nadine Al‐Naamani, Alyson Fox, Robert Brown, Joshua Levitsky, Jae K. Oh, Grace Lin, Nianfu Song, Carl Mottram, Margaret F. Doyle, David E. Kaplan, Samir Gupta, Michael B. Fallon – 28 February 2019 – The tyrosine kinase inhibitor sorafenib improves hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) in an experimental model. However, the efficacy and adverse effect profile in patients with HPS are unknown.

27 February 2019

Patricia Huelin, Elsa Solà, Chiara Elia, Cristina Solé, Alessandro Risso, Rebeca Moreira, Marta Carol, Núria Fabrellas, Octavi Bassegoda, Adrià Juanola, Gloria de Prada, Sonia Albertos, Salvatore Piano, Isabel Graupera, Xavier Ariza, Laura Napoleone, Elisa Pose, Xavier Filella, Manuel Morales‐Ruiz, José Rios, Javier Fernández, Wladimiro Jiménez, Esteban Poch, Ferran Torres, Pere Ginès – 27 February 2019 – Kidney biomarkers appear to be useful in differential diagnosis between acute tubular necrosis (ATN) and other types of acute kidney injury (AKI) in cirrhosis, particularly hepatorenal syn

Sungjun Park, Jiho Park, Eunjeong Kim, Yoontae Lee – 27 February 2019 – Liver‐resident memory T (liver TRM) cells exert protective immune responses following liver infection by malaria parasites. However, how these TRM cells are developed and what the consequence is if they are not properly maintained remain poorly understood. Here, we show that the transcriptional repressor, Capicua (CIC), controls liver CD8+ TRM cell development to maintain normal liver function.

James L. Boyer – 27 February 2019

Qinchuan Wu, Wuhua Zhou, Shengyong Yin, Yuan Zhou, Tianchi Chen, Junjie Qian, Rong Su, Liangjie Hong, Haohao Lu, Feng Zhang, Haiyang Xie, Lin Zhou, Shusen Zheng – 27 February 2019 – Tumor‐associated macrophages (TAMs) are recognized as antitumor suppressors, but how TAMs behave in the hypoxic environment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains unclear. Here, we demonstrated that hypoxia inducible factor 1α induced increased expression of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells‐1 (TREM‐1) in TAMs, resulting in immunosuppression.