Nipun Verma, Amritjyot Kaur, Ratiram Sharma, Ashish Bhalla, Navneet Sharma, Arka De, Virendra Singh – 26 December 2017 – Decompensated cirrhosis (DC) carries a high mortality. Liver transplantation (LT) is the treatment of choice; however, the limited availability of donor organs has resulted in high waitlist mortality. The present study investigated the impact of multiple courses of granulocyte‐colony stimulating factor (G‐CSF) with or without growth hormone (GH) in these patients.

R. Cutler Quillin, James V. Guarrera – 26 December 2017 – A finite supply of donor organs has led many transplant centers to accept marginal liver allografts with increasing frequency. These allografts may be at higher risk of primary nonfunction, early allograft dysfunction, and other recipient complications following liver transplantation. Machine perfusion preservation is an emerging technology that limits ischemia/reperfusion injury associated with preservation and may lead to improved outcomes following transplantation.

Jasmohan S. Bajaj, Phillip B. Hylemon – 22 December 2017

Audrey Winter, Jean‐Pierre Daurès, Paul Landais – 22 December 2017

Takeo Yoshihara, Ryotaro Sakamori, Kunimaro Furuta, Minoru Shigekawa, Ryoko Yamada, Takahiro Kodama, Hayato Hikita, Takayuki Yakushijin, Tomohide Tatsumi, Yasushi Sakata, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yoshiki Sawa, Tetsuo Takehara – 22 December 2017

Elliot B. Tapper, Fasiha Kanwal, Sumeet K. Asrani, Chanda Ho, Nadia Ovchinsky, John Poterucha, Avegail Flores, Judith E. Smith, Victor Ankoma‐Sey, Bruce Luxon, Michael L. Volk – 22 December 2017 – Patients with cirrhosis seek improvement in their symptoms, functioning, quality of life, and satisfaction with the care they receive. However, these patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) are not routinely measured for clinical care, research, or quality improvement.

Manuela Cesaretti, Nicolas Poté, Francois Cauchy, Federica Dondero, Safi Dokmak, Ailton Sepulveda, Anne Sophie Schneck, Claire Francoz, Francois Durand, Valerie Paradis, Olivier Soubrane – 22 December 2017

Heather Francis, Lindsey Kennedy, Gianfranco Alpini – 22 December 2017

Takeo Yoshihara, Ryotaro Sakamori, Kunimaro Furuta, Minoru Shigekawa, Ryoko Yamada, Takahiro Kodama, Hayato Hikita, Takayuki Yakushijin, Tomohide Tatsumi, Yasushi Sakata, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yoshiki Sawa, Tetsuo Takehara – 22 December 2017

Yu Sun, Terytty Yang Li, Lintao Song, Cixiong Zhang, Jingyi Li, Zhi‐Zhong Lin, Sheng‐Cai Lin, Shu‐Yong Lin – 22 December 2017 – unc‐51‐like autophagy activating kinase 1 and 2 (Ulk1/2) regulate autophagy initiation under various stress conditions. However, the physiological functions of these Ser/Thr kinases are not well characterized. Here, we show that mice with liver‐specific double knockout (LDKO) of Ulk1 and Ulk2 (Ulk1/2 LDKO) are viable, but exhibit overt hepatomegaly phenotype.