Julie Di Martino, Patrice Mascalchi, Philippe Legros, Sabrina Lacomme, Etienne Gontier, Paulette Bioulac‐Sage, Charles Balabaud, Violaine Moreau, Frédéric Saltel – 28 December 2018 – Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) possess fenestrae, which are key for the exchange between blood and hepatocytes. Alterations in their number or diameter have important implications for hepatic function in liver diseases. They are lost early in the development of hepatic fibrosis through a process called capillarization.

Gil Ben‐Yakov, Hawwa Alao, John P. Haydek, Nancy Fryzek, Min Ho Cho, Mehdi Hemmati, Vikram Samala, Margaret Shovlin, Kieron Dunleavy, Wyndham Wilson, Elizabeth C. Jones, Yaron Rotman – 28 December 2018 – Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common liver disorder in the developed world. Although typically reflecting caloric overload, it can also be secondary to drug toxicity. We aimed to describe the incidence and risk factors for de novo steatosis during chemotherapy for non‐Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).

Umberto Cillo, Laura Saracino, Alessandro Vitale, Alessandra Bertacco, Mauro Salizzoni, Francesco Lupo, Michele Colledan, Vittorio Corno, Giorgio Rossi, Paolo Reggiani, Umberto Baccarani, Vittorio Bresàdola, Luciano De Carlis, Iacopo Mangoni, Raphael Ramirez Morales, Salvatore Agnes, Erida Nure – 28 December 2018 – Early everolimus (EVR) introduction and tacrolimus (TAC) minimization after liver transplantation may represent a novel immunosuppressant approach. This phase 2, multicenter, randomized, open‐label trial evaluated the safety and efficacy of early EVR initiation.

Suzanne R. Sharpton, Norah A. Terrault, Andrew M. Posselt – 27 December 2018 – Morbid obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥40 kg/m2) is a relative contraindication to liver transplantation (LT) at many transplant centers. The safety and efficacy of pre‐LT bariatric surgery in morbidly obese LT candidates is unknown. Herein, we describe a cohort study of morbidly obese LT candidates who failed to achieve adequate weight loss through a medically supervised weight loss program and subsequently underwent sleeve gastrectomy (SG) at our institution.

Dianne LaPointe Rudow, Samantha DeLair, Thomas Feeley, Sander Florman, James Guarrera, Milan Kinkhabwala, Mark Orloff, Lewis Teperman, Glyn Morgan – 27 December 2018 – Outcomes for adult‐to‐adult living liver donors (LDs) are largely based on short‐term data drawn from single‐center studies. The aim of this study was to determine how living liver donation (LLD) impacts self‐reported quality‐of‐life (QOL) up to 6 years after donation in a sample of residents from New York State.

Matthew T. Quirk, David S. Lu – 27 December 2018

Barbara Ulmasov, Hidenao Noritake, Peter Carmichael, Kiyoko Oshima, David W. Griggs, Brent A. Neuschwander‐Tetri – 27 December 2018 – The presence and stage of liver fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is strongly associated with mortality. Thus, both preventing and reversing fibrosis are critically important approaches to prevent death or the need for liver transplantation from NASH.

Xiu‐Ping Zhang, Yu‐Zhen Gao, Zhen‐Hua Chen, Min‐Shan Chen, Le‐Qun Li, Tian‐Fu Wen, Li Xu, Kang Wang, Zong‐Tao Chai, Wei‐Xing Guo, Jie Shi, Dong Xie, Meng‐Chao Wu, Wan Yee Lau, Shu‐Qun Cheng – 26 December 2018 – Portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) is a significant poor prognostic factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Patients with PVTT limited to a first‐order branch of the main portal vein (MPV) or above could benefit from negative margin (R0) liver resection (LR).

Mitchell L. Shiffman, Norman L. Sussman, Natarajan Ravendhran, Macia Ditmyer, Kris V. Kowdley, Marcelo Kugelmas – 26 December 2018 – Several governmental agencies and private organizations monitor data on relative value units (RVUs) and salary earned by various medical specialists. There are currently no data that define the RVU production and salary earned by hepatologists. A web‐based survey that queried the number of patients that a hepatologist cares for, RVU production, and salary support was sent to 2,587 members of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

Raymond J. Lynch – 26 December 2018