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    Liver International: Volume 29, Issue 10

    1451-1598
    November 2009
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Editorials

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Autonomic dysfunction: often present but usually ignored in patients with liver disease

Francesco Salerno,  Massimo Cazzaniga, 
  • Pages: 1451-1453
  • First Published: 01 October 2009
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Pretransplantation calcineurin activity: towards individualized therapy?
This editorial on the paper by Blanchet et al. (Liver Int 2009; 29: 1152–7) should have appeared in the September 2009 issue. We regret the error.

Pierre Marquet, 
  • Pages: 1454-1456
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Review Article

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Pharmacological actions of curcumin in liver diseases or damage

Yadira Rivera-Espinoza,  Pablo Muriel, 
  • Pages: 1457-1466
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Clinical Studies

Microvascular optical assessment confirms the presence of peripheral autonomic dysfunction in primary biliary cirrhosis

Sam Stevens,  John Allen,  Alan Murray,  David Jones,  Julia Newton, 
  • Pages: 1467-1472
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Chronic hepatitis C virus infection associated with autonomic dysfunction

János Osztovits,  Tamás Horváth,  Margit Abonyi,  Tamás Tóth,  Zsolt Visnyei,  Gabriella Bekö,  Tímea Csák,  Péter László Lakatos,  Levente Littvay,  János Fehér,  Péter Kempler,  Márk Kollai,  Ferenc Szalay, 
  • Pages: 1473-1478
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Treatment of hepatitis C virus carriers with persistently normal alanine aminotransferase levels with peginterferon α-2a and ribavirin: a multicentric study

Claudio Puoti,  Adriano M. Pellicelli,  Mario Romano,  Fabrizio Mecenate,  Riccardo Guarisco,  Giorgio Barbarini,  Ettore Mazzoni,  Lucia Spilabotti,  Lia Bellis,  Federica Paglia,  Angelo Barlattani,  Antonio Picardi,  Amerigo Paffetti,  Maria Elena Bonaventura,  Lorenzo Nosotti,  Olga Mitidieri,  Orlando Dell' Unto,  Roberto Villani,  Chiara Dell' Unto,  Aldo Morrone,  Fabrizio Soccorsi,  on behalf of the Club Epatologico Ospedaliero (Hospital Liver Club – CLEO) , 
  • Pages: 1479-1484
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Analysis of the efficacy of treatment with peginterferon α-2a and ribavirin in patients coinfected with hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus

Jian-Wu Yu,  Li-Jie Sun,  Yong-Hua Zhao,  Peng Kang,  Jie Gao,  Shu-Chen Li, 
  • Pages: 1485-1493
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Alanine aminotransferase, γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT) and all-cause mortality: results from a population-based Danish twins study alanine aminotransferase, GGT and mortality in elderly twins

Abigail Fraser,  Mikael Thinggaard,  Kaare Christensen,  Debbie A. Lawlor, 
  • Pages: 1494-1499
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Food intake increases liver stiffness in patients with chronic or resolved hepatitis C virus infection

Ingmar Mederacke,  Karsten Wursthorn,  Janina Kirschner,  Kinan Rifai,  Michael P. Manns,  Heiner Wedemeyer,  Matthias J. Bahr, 
  • Pages: 1500-1506
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

The combination of a blood test and Fibroscan improves the non-invasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis

Jérôme Boursier,  Julien Vergniol,  Apollinaire Sawadogo,  Taoufiq Dakka,  Sophie Michalak,  Yves Gallois,  Véronique Le Tallec,  Frédéric Oberti,  Isabelle Fouchard-Hubert,  Nina Dib,  Marie Christine Rousselet,  Anselme Konaté,  Naïma Amrani,  Victor De Ledinghen,  Paul Calès, 
  • Pages: 1507-1515
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Evaluation of indocyanine green clearance and model for end-stage liver disease for estimation of short-term prognosis in decompensated cirrhosis

Rudolf E. Stauber,  Doris Wagner,  Vanessa Stadlbauer,  Stefan Palma,  Gerald Gurakuqi,  Daniela Kniepeiss,  Florian Iberer,  Karl-Heinz Smolle,  Josef Haas,  Michael Trauner, 
  • Pages: 1516-1520
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Serum cystatin C level is a good prognostic marker in patients with cirrhotic ascites and normal serum creatinine levels

Yeon Seok Seo,  Eun Suk Jung,  Hyonggin An,  Jeong Han Kim,  Young Kul Jung,  Ji Hoon Kim,  Hyung Joon Yim,  Jong Eun Yeon,  Kwan Soo Byun,  Chang Duck Kim,  Ho Sang Ryu,  Soon Ho Um, 
  • Pages: 1521-1527
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Pulmonary dysfunction and hepatopulmonary syndrome in cirrhosis and portal hypertension

Søren Møller,  Aleksander Krag,  Jan L. Madsen,  Jens H. Henriksen,  Flemming Bendtsen, 
  • Pages: 1528-1537
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Acute-phase proteins as indicators of bacterial infection in patients with cirrhosis

Aristotelis Tsiakalos,  Aggelos Karatzaferis,  Panayiotis Ziakas,  Gregorios Hatzis, 
  • Pages: 1538-1542
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Immunogenetic susceptibility to diabetes mellitus in patients with liver disease

Aldo J. Montano-Loza,  Aqib Sultan,  Debbie Falanga,  George Loss,  Andrew L. Mason, 
  • Pages: 1543-1551
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Liver International Image

An unusual cause of liver abscess

Sevil Ariyuca,  Murat Doǧan,  Avni Kaya,  Metin Ay, 
  • Page: 1552
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Basic Studies

Porcine endogenous retrovirus released by a bioartificial liver infects primary human cells

Jan-Henning Frühauf,  Heike Mertsching,  Shibashish Giri,  Nils Roman Frühauf,  Augustinus Bader, 
  • Pages: 1553-1561
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Hepatocyte growth factor protects against Fas-mediated liver apoptosis in transgenic mice

Hideyuki Suzuki,  Mitsuo Toyoda,  Norio Horiguchi,  Satoru Kakizaki,  Tatsuya Ohyama,  Daichi Takizawa,  Takeshi Ichikawa,  Ken Sato,  Hitoshi Takagi,  Masatomo Mori, 
  • Pages: 1562-1568
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Retinoic acid signalling induces the differentiation of mouse fetal liver-derived hepatic progenitor cells

Jiayi Huang,  Yang Bi,  Gao-Hui Zhu,  Yun He,  Yuxi Su,  Bai-Cheng He,  Yi Wang,  Quan Kang,  Liang Chen,  Guo-Wei Zuo,  Qing Luo,  Qiong Shi,  Bing-Qiang Zhang,  Ailong Huang,  Lan Zhou,  Tao Feng,  Hue H. Luu,  Rex C. Haydon,  Tong-Chuan He,  Ni Tang, 
  • Pages: 1569-1581
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Hypoxia inducible factor-1α induction by tumour necrosis factor-α, but not by toll-like receptor agonists, modulates cellular respiration in cultured human hepatocytes

Tomas Regueira,  Philipp M. Lepper,  Sebastian Brandt,  Matthias Ochs,  Madhusudanarao Vuda,  Jukka Takala,  Stephan M. Jakob,  Siamak Djafarzadeh, 
  • Pages: 1582-1592
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Case Report

Z and Mmalton-1-antitrypsin deficiency-associated hepatocellular carcinoma: a genetic study

Paola Francalanci,  Filippo M. Santorelli,  Simona Saccani,  Maria F. Bonetti,  Daniela Medicina,  Pierpaolo Coni,  Gavino Faa,  Francesco Callea, 
  • Pages: 1593-1596
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Letters to the Editor

Antifibrotic effect of angiotensin blockers in hypertensive hepatitis C patients

Ralf Bahde,  Sorabh Kapoor, 
  • Page: 1597
  • First Published: 01 October 2009

Authors' response

Kathleen Corey,  Nirali Shah,  Raymond T. Chung, 
  • Page: 1598
  • First Published: 01 October 2009