Impact of donor age in donation after circulatory death liver transplantation: Is the cutoff “60” still of relevance?

Andrea Schlegel, Irene Scalera, M. Thamara P. R. Perera, Marit Kalisvaart, Hynek Mergental, Darius F. Mirza, John Isaac, Paolo Muiesan – 8 September 2017 – Advanced donor age has been identified as a risk factor when combined with donor warm ischemia time (WIT), eg, in donation after circulatory death (DCD). In several countries, DCD livers older than 60 years are not considered suitable due to concerns related to poor graft function and development of ischemic cholangiopathy. In this study, we evaluate outcomes after DCD liver transplantation using grafts from donors older than 60 years.

Overt hepatic encephalopathy impairs learning on the EncephalApp stroop which is reversible after liver transplantation

Chathur Acharya, James B. Wade, Andrew Fagan, Melanie White, Edith Gavis, Dinesh Ganapathy, HoChong Gilles, Douglas M. Heuman, Jasmohan S. Bajaj – 8 September 2017 – After an initial exposure, patients can develop test‐taking/learning strategies called the “test sophistication effect.” Patients with cirrhosis with prior overt hepatic encephalopathy (OHE) could have persistent learning impairments.

A multifunctional nanocarrier for efficient TRAIL‐based gene therapy against hepatocellular carcinoma with desmoplasia in mice

Chun‐Hung Liu, Guann‐Jen Chern, Fu‐Fei Hsu, Kuan‐Wei Huang, Yun‐Chieh Sung, Hsi‐Chien Huang, Jiantai Timothy Qiu, Sheng‐Kai Wang, Chu‐Chi Lin, Chien‐Hsun Wu, Han‐Chung Wu, Jia‐Yu Liu, Yunching Chen – 8 September 2017 – The anticancer efficacy of TNF‐related apoptosis‐inducing ligand (TRAIL)‐based therapy is limited because of systemic toxicity, poor bioavailability, and development of TRAIL resistance.

LiverLearning®: 2017 Webinar: New DAA's and Controversies in HCV: What Clinicians Need to Know

Two new HCV meds have been approved over the summer. This webinar is meant to provide an update on how these fit into current practice. We will also cover the ongoing controversy on the risk of HCC with DAA's and the recent Cochrane report on the benefits of HCV therapy.Insook Kim (Moderator) Insook Kim, PhD is a clinical pharmacology team leader for gastroenterology and hepatology products in the Office of Clinical Pharmacology at FDA.

Therapies for advanced stage hepatocellular carcinoma with macrovascular invasion or metastatic disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Richard S. Finn, Andrew X. Zhu, Wigdan Farah, Jehad Almasri, Feras Zaiem, Larry J. Prokop, Mohammad Hassan Murad, Khaled Mohammed – 7 September 2017 – Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a complex disease most commonly arising in the background of chronic liver disease. In the past two decades, there has been a significant increase in our understanding of both the clinical and molecular heterogeneity of HCC. There has been a robust increase in clinical trial activity in patients with poor prognostic factors, such as macrovascular invasion and extrahepatic spread (EHS).

Natural immunoglobulin M initiates an inflammatory response important for both hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury and regeneration in mice

Keely Marshall, Junfei Jin, Carl Atkinson, Ali Alawieh, Fei Qiao, Biao Lei, Kenneth D. Chavin, Songqing He, Stephen Tomlinson – 7 September 2017 – Complement plays a role in both hepatic ischemia reperfusion (IR) injury (IRI) and liver regeneration, but it is not clear how complement is activated in either process. We investigated the role of self‐reactive immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies in activating complement after hepatic IR and liver resection.

Therapies for advanced stage hepatocellular carcinoma with macrovascular invasion or metastatic disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Richard S. Finn, Andrew X. Zhu, Wigdan Farah, Jehad Almasri, Feras Zaiem, Larry J. Prokop, Mohammad Hassan Murad, Khaled Mohammed – 7 September 2017 – Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a complex disease most commonly arising in the background of chronic liver disease. In the past two decades, there has been a significant increase in our understanding of both the clinical and molecular heterogeneity of HCC. There has been a robust increase in clinical trial activity in patients with poor prognostic factors, such as macrovascular invasion and extrahepatic spread (EHS).

A research agenda for curing chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Harvey Alter, Timothy Block, Nathaniel Brown, Alan Brownstein, Carol Brosgart, Kyong‐Mi Chang, Pei‐Jer Chen, Francis V. Chisari, Chari Cohen, Hashem El‐Serag, Jordan Feld, Robert Gish, Jeffrey Glenn, Tim Greten, Haitao Guo, Ju‐Tao Guo, Yujin Hoshida, Jianming Hu, Kris V. Kowdley, Wenhui Li, Jake Liang, Stephan Locarnini, Anna S. Lok, William Mason, Brian McMahon, Anand Mehta, Robert Perrillo, Peter Revill, Charles M. Rice, JoAnn Rinaudo, Raymond Schinazi, Christoph Seeger, Kirty Shetty, John Tavis, Fabien Zoulim – 6 September 2017

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