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    Liver International: Volume 29, Issue 6

    779-953
    July 2009
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Editorial

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Primary biliary cirrhosis, bacteria and molecular mimicry: what's the molecule and where's the mimic?

Shawn T. Wasilenko,  Gina E. Mason,  Andrew L. Mason, 
  • Pages: 779-782
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Review Articles

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Experimental models of hepatic encephalopathy: ISHEN guidelines

Roger F. Butterworth,  Michael D. Norenberg,  Vicente Felipo,  Peter Ferenci,  Jan Albrecht,  Andres T. Blei,  Members of the ISHEN Commission on Experimental Models of HE] , 
  • Pages: 783-788
  • First Published: 05 June 2009
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Neurophysiological investigations of hepatic encephalopathy: ISHEN practice guidelines

Jean-Michel Guerit,  Aldo Amantini,  Catherine Fischer,  Peter W. Kaplan,  Oriano Mecarelli,  Alfons Schnitzler,  Emilio Ubiali,  Piero Amodio,  the members of the ISHEN commission on Neurophysiological Investigations , 
  • Pages: 789-796
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Clinical Studies

Mycoplasma antigens as a possible trigger for the induction of antimitochondrial antibodies in primary biliary cirrhosis

Christoph P. Berg,  Thirumalai R. Kannan,  Reinhild Klein,  Michael Gregor,  Joel B. Baseman,  Sebastian Wesselborg,  Kirsten Lauber,  Gerburg M. Stein, 
  • Pages: 797-809
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Liver stiffness measurement using FibroScan® is influenced by serum total bilirubin in acute hepatitis

Seung Up Kim,  Kwang-Hyub Han,  Jun Yong Park,  Sang Hoon Ahn,  Moon Jae Chung,  Chae Yoon Chon,  Eun Hee Choi,  Do Young Kim, 
  • Pages: 810-815
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Features and consequences of untreated type 1 autoimmune hepatitis

Albert J. Czaja, 
  • Pages: 816-823
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Pilot study for a new bipolar radiofrequency ablation/aspirator device in the management of primary and secondary liver cancers

Dimitris Zacharoulis,  Shirin E. Khorsandi,  Petr Vavra,  Jan Dostalik,  Giuseppe Navarra,  Joanna P. Nicholls,  Long R. Jiao,  Nagy A. Habib, 
  • Pages: 824-830
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Single nucleotide polymorphism in the ABCG8 transporter gene is associated with gallbladder cancer susceptibility

Anvesha Srivastava,  Sonam Tulsyan,  Sachchida Nand Pandey,  Gourdas Choudhuri,  Balraj Mittal, 
  • Pages: 831-837
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis A virus in sera from patients with hepatitis A of various severities

Keiichi Fujiwara,  Hiroshige Kojima,  Yutaka Yonemitsu,  Shin Yasui,  Fumio Imazeki,  Makoto Miki,  Kazuyuki Suzuki,  Isao Sakaida,  Kiwamu Okita,  Eiji Tanaka,  Masao Omata,  Osamu Yokosuka, 
  • Pages: 838-845
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Oxidative stress may enhance the malignant potential of human hepatocellular carcinoma by telomerase activation

Taichiro Nishikawa,  Tomoki Nakajima,  Tatsuo Katagishi,  Yoshihisa Okada,  Masayasu Jo,  Keizo Kagawa,  Takeshi Okanoue,  Yoshito Itoh,  Toshikazu Yoshikawa, 
  • Pages: 846-856
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Significance of antibodies to soluble liver antigen/liver pancreas: a large French study

Violaine Eyraud,  Olivier Chazouilleres,  Eric Ballot,  Christophe Corpechot,  Raoul Poupon,  Catherine Johanet, 
  • Pages: 857-864
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

What is behind the presence of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmatic antibodies in chronic liver disease?

De Riva Valentina,  Celadin Marilena,  Pittoni Marina,  Plebani Mario,  Paolo Angeli, 
  • Pages: 865-870
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Eradication of hepatitis C virus by interferon improves whole-body insulin resistance and hyperinsulinaemia in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Yasunori Kawaguchi,  Toshihiko Mizuta,  Noriko Oza,  Hirokazu Takahashi,  Keisuke Ario,  Toru Yoshimura,  Yuichiro Eguchi,  Iwata Ozaki,  Akitaka Hisatomi,  Kazuma Fujimoto, 
  • Pages: 871-877
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in young men with treatment-naïve chronic hepatitis B

Jung Won Yun,  Yong Kyun Cho,  Jung Ho Park,  Hong Joo Kim,  Dong Il Park,  Chong Il Sohn,  Woo Kyu Jeon,  Byung Ik Kim,  Byung Ho Son,  Jun Ho Shin, 
  • Pages: 878-883
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

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Hepatic steatosis and congenital portosystemic shunts: a three-dimensional transmission electron microscopic view

Geraldine B. Hunt,  Willie J. Geerts,  Emine Korkmaz,  Filip Braet, 
  • Pages: 884-885
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Basic Studies

Identification of paraxanthine as the most potent caffeine-derived inhibitor of connective tissue growth factor expression in liver parenchymal cells

Olav A. Gressner,  Birgit Lahme,  Monika Siluschek,  Axel M. Gressner, 
  • Pages: 886-897
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Effect of human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells in a cirrhotic rat model

Kyung Hee Jung,  Hyun Phil Shin,  Sun Lee,  Yun Jeong Lim,  Soo Han Hwang,  Hoon Han,  Hwon Kyum Park,  Joo-Ho Chung,  Sung-Vin Yim, 
  • Pages: 898-909
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Effect of tumour necrosis factor-α and irradiation alone or in combination on the viability of hepatocellular and biliary adenocarcinoma cell lines in vitro

Blendi Qesaraku,  Joszef Dudas,  Margret Rave-Fränk,  Clemens Friedrich Hess,  Giuliano Ramadori,  Bernhard Saile,  Hans Christiansen, 
  • Pages: 910-921
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Superoxide anions and hydrogen peroxide inhibit proliferation of activated rat stellate cells and induce different modes of cell death

Sandra Dunning,  Rebekka A. Hannivoort,  Jan Freark De Boer,  Manon Buist-Homan,  Klaas Nico Faber,  Han Moshage, 
  • Pages: 922-932
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Lack of effect of norfloxacin on hyperdynamic circulation in bile duct-ligated rats despite reduction of endothelial nitric oxide synthase function: result of unchanged vascular Rho-kinase?

Martin Hennenberg,  Jonel Trebicka,  Doris Buecher,  Jörg Heller,  Tilman Sauerbruch, 
  • Pages: 933-941
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Primary cultures of human hepatocytes isolated from hepatitis C virus-infected cirrhotic livers as a model to study hepatitis C infection

Valérie-Ann Raymond,  Subajini Selliah,  Chantal Éthier,  Robert Houle,  Loubna Jouan,  Thibaut Maniere,  Daniel Lamarre,  Bernard Willems,  Marc Bilodeau, 
  • Pages: 942-949
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Letters to the Editor

Early development of clevudine resistance during clevudine therapy in a patient with chronic hepatitis B who received prior lamivudine therapy

Yun Soo Kim,  Geum-Ha Kim,  You-Jin Hwang,  Oh Sang Kwon,  Duck Joo Choi,  Ju Hyun Kim, 
  • Pages: 950-951
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Antineoplastic effects of Magnoliae officinalis in tumours other than hepatomas

Shailendra Kapoor, 
  • Pages: 951-952
  • First Published: 05 June 2009

Honokiol, a novel antitumour candidate

Zheng Shu-Sen, 
  • Pages: 952-953
  • First Published: 05 June 2009