The Spectrum of Hepatic Involvement in Patients With Telomere Disease

Devika Kapuria, Gil Ben‐Yakov, Rebecca Ortolano, Min Ho Cho, Or Kalchiem‐Dekel, Varun Takyar, Shilpa Lingala, Naveen Gara, Michele Tana, Yun Ju Kim, David E. Kleiner, Neal S. Young, Danielle M. Townsley, Christopher Koh, Theo Heller – 21 February 2019 – Loss‐of‐function mutations in genes that encode for components of the telomere repair complex cause accelerated telomere shortening. Hepatic involvement has been recognized as a cause of morbidity in telomere diseases, but very few studies have characterized the nature and extent of liver involvement in affected patients.

The Antiresection Activity of the X Protein Encoded by Hepatitis Virus B

Laifeng Ren, Ming Zeng, Zizhi Tang, Mingyuan Li, Xiaojun Wang, Yang Xu, Yuding Weng, Xiaobo Wang, Huan Wang, Liandi Guo, Bing Zuo, Xin Wang, Si Wang, Jiangyan Lou, Yaxiong Tang, Dezhi Mu, Ning Zheng, Xianhui Wu, Junhong Han, Antony M. Carr, Penelope Jeggo, Cong Liu – 21 February 2019 – Chronic infection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is associated with an increased incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Influence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Preoperative Hemoglobin A1c Levels on Outcomes of Liver Transplantation

Meagan Gray, Sanjeev Singh, Stephen D. Zucker – 20 February 2019 – Liver transplant centers often establish hemoglobin A1c (HbA1C) criteria for candidates with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) based on data from other surgical specialties showing worse outcomes in patients with poor glycemic control. However, because of the reduced reliability of HbA1C in cirrhosis, it is unclear whether pretransplant HbA1C values are predictive of postoperative complications in liver recipients.

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