Noninvasive Evaluation of Liver Fibrosis and Portal Hypertension After Successful Portoenterostomy for Biliary Atresia

Maria Hukkinen, Jouko Lohi, Päivi Heikkilä, Reetta Kivisaari, Timo Jahnukainen, Hannu Jalanko, Mikko P. Pakarinen – 9 January 2019 – We investigated noninvasive follow‐up markers for histologic liver fibrosis and portal hypertension (PH) in patients with biliary atresia after successful portoenterostomy (PE). Among children with bilirubin <20 µmol/L after PE (n = 39), Metavir fibrosis stage was evaluated at PE and in follow‐up protocol liver biopsies (n = 83). PH was defined as endoscopically confirmed esophageal varices or thrombocytopenia associated with splenomegaly.

Early Seroreversion After 2 Doses of Hepatitis A Vaccination in Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Positive Patients: Incidence and Associated Factors

Sung‐Hsi Huang, Chung‐Hao Huang, Ning‐Chi Wang, Tun‐Chieh Chen, Yuan‐Ti Lee, Shih‐Ping Lin, Te‐Yu Lin, Chi‐Ying Lin, Yu‐Lin Lee, Chen‐Hsiang Lee, Cheng‐Pin Chen, Kuan‐Yin Lin, Guan‐Jhou Chen, Chun‐Eng Liu, Shu‐Hsing Cheng, Po‐Liang Lu, Chia‐Jui Yang, Chien‐Ching Hung, on behalf of the Taiwan HIV Study Group – 7 January 2019 – Serological responses (Seroresponse) and durability of hepatitis A virus (HAV) vaccination are reduced among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‐positive patients.

Hepatology Highlights

Nicholas Russo, Arun Jesudian, Nicole T. Shen, Robert S. Brown, Akiko Sugiyama, Hayley T. Nicholls, Joseph F. Pisa, Tibor I. Krisko, Russell Rosenblatt, Zaid H. Tafesh, Brett E. Fortune, Omar Mousa, Harmeet Malhi, Robert E. Schwartz, Vikas Gupta, Tasha B. Kulai, Harmeet Malhi – 7 January 2019

A Functional Variant in Ubiquitin Conjugating Enzyme E2 L3 Contributes to Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Maintains Covalently Closed Circular DNA Stability by Inducing Degradation of Apolipoprotein B mRNA Editing Enzyme Catalytic Subunit 3A

Li Zhou, Ji‐Hua Ren, Sheng‐Tao Cheng, Hong‐Mei Xu, Wei‐Xian Chen, Da‐Peng Chen, Vincent Kam Wai Wong, Betty Yuen Kwan Law, Yi Liu, Xue‐Fei Cai, Hua Tang, Hai‐Bo Yu, Jie‐Li Hu, Yuan Hu, Hong‐Zhong Zhou, Fang Ren, Lin He, Zhong‐Wen Hu, Hui Jiang, Hong‐Yan Xu, Ai‐Long Huang, Juan Chen – 7 January 2019 – Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a common infectious disease, in which nuclear covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) plays a key role in viral persistence, viral reactivation after treatment withdrawal, and drug resistance.

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