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    Hepatology: Volume 30, Issue 1

    1-345
    July 1999
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Concise Review

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Nitric oxide in liver injury

Mark G. Clemens 9201 University City Blvd., 
  • Pages: 1-5
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Original Articles

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Long-term ursodeoxycholic acid therapy is associated with reduced risk of biliary pain and acute cholecystitis in patients with gallbladder stones: A cohort analysis

Shinji Tomida,  Masato Abei M.D., Ph.D.,  Takashi Yamaguchi,  Yasushi Matsuzaki,  Junichi Shoda,  Naomi Tanaka,  Toshiaki Osuga, 
  • Pages: 6-13
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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The pravastatin-induced decrease of biliary cholesterol secretion is not directly related to an inhibition of cholesterol synthesis in humans

Götz Kallien,  Kerstin Lange,  Eduard F. Stange M.D.,  Jürgen Scheibner, 
  • Pages: 14-20
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Characterization of the autoantibody responses to recombinant E3 binding protein (protein X) of pyruvate dehydrogenase in primary biliary cirrhosis

Jeremy M. Palmer,  David E. Jones,  Janet Quinn,  Anna McHugh,  Stephen J. Yeaman Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 21-26
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Liver and bile duct pathology following Cryptosporidium parvum infection of immunodeficient mice

Janet Stephens,  Mary Cosyns,  Michelle Jones,  Anthony Hayward 4200 E. 9th Ave., 
  • Pages: 27-35
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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In situ nucleic acid detection of PDC-E2, BCOADC-E2, OGDC-E2, PDC-E1α, BCOADC-E1α, OGDC-E1,and the E3 binding protein (protein X) in primary biliary cirrhosis

Kenichi Harada,  Yoshiko Sudo,  Naoko Kono,  Satoru Ozaki,  Koichi Tsuneyama,  M. Eric Gershwin,  Yasuni Nakanuma M.D., 
  • Pages: 36-45
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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The effect of mechanically enhancing portal venous inflow on hepatic oxygenation, microcirculation, and function in a rabbit model with extensive hepatic fibrosis

Long R. Jiao,  Alexander M. Seifalian,  Nagy Habib,  Brian R. Davidson M.D., 
  • Pages: 46-52
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Development of autoimmune hepatitis following liver transplantation for primary biliary cirrhosis

David E. Jones,  Oliver F. James,  Bernard Portmann,  Alastair D. Burt,  Roger Williams,  Mark Hudson, 
  • Pages: 53-57
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Systemic and splanchnic hemodynamic changes after liver transplantation for cirrhosis: A long-term prospective study

Fabio Piscaglia,  Gianni Zironi,  Stefano Gaiani,  Alighieri Mazziotti,  Antonino Cavallari,  Laura Gramantieri,  Marco Valgimigli,  Luigi Bolondi, 
  • Pages: 58-64
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Breakdown of tolerance to pyruvate dehydrogenase complex in experimental autoimmune cholangitis: A mouse model of primary biliary cirrhosis

David E. Jones,  Jeremy M. Palmer,  Stephen J. Yeaman,  John A. Kirby,  Margaret F. Bassendine, 
  • Pages: 65-70
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Ursodeoxycholic acid inhibits eosinophil degranulation in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis

Kiyoshi Yamazaki M.D.,  Kazuyuki Suzuki,  Atsushi Nakamura,  Shunichi Sato,  Keith D. Lindor,  Kenneth P. Batts,  James E. Tarara,  Gail M. Kephart,  Hirohito Kita,  Gerald J. Gleich, 
  • Pages: 71-78
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Carvedilol, a new nonselective beta-blocker with intrinsic anti-alpha1-adrenergic activity, has a greater portal hypotensive effect than propranolol in patients with cirrhosis

Rafael Bañares,  Eduardo Moitinho,  Belén Piqueras,  Marta Casado,  Juan-Carlos García-Pagán,  Alejandro de Diego,  Jaume Bosch M.D., 
  • Pages: 79-83
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Outcome of Budd-Chiari syndrome: A multivariate analysis of factors related to survival including surgical portosystemic shunting

Guy Zeitoun,  Sylvie Escolano,  Antoine Hadengue,  Nabih Azar,  Mustapha El Younsi,  Alain Mallet,  Marie-Jeanne Boudet,  Jean-Marie Hay,  Serge Erlinger,  Jean-Pierre Benhamou,  Jacques Belghiti,  Dominique Valla M.D., 
  • Pages: 84-89
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Expression and prognostic roles of the G1-S modulators in hepatocellular carcinoma: p27 independently predicts the recurrence

Yasuhiro Ito,  Nariaki Matsuura,  Masato Sakon,  Eiji Miyoshi,  Katsuhisa Noda,  Tsutomu Takeda,  Koji Umeshita,  Hiroyuki Nagano,  Shoji Nakamori,  Keizo Dono,  Masahiko Tsujimoto,  Masaaki Nakahara,  Kazuyasu Nakao,  Naoyuki Taniguchi,  Morito Monden, 
  • Pages: 90-99
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Expression and function of CXC and CC chemokines in human malignant liver tumors: A role for human monokine induced by γ-interferon in lymphocyte recruitment to hepatocellular carcinoma

Khong F. Yoong,  Simon C. Afford,  Rebecca Jones,  Pav Aujla,  Shixin Qin,  Kate Price,  Stefan G. Hubscher,  David H. Adams M.D., F.R.C.P., 
  • Pages: 100-111
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Expression of the stem cell factor receptor c-kit in normal and diseased pediatric liver: Identification of a human hepatic progenitor cell?

Ulrich Baumann,  Heather A. Crosby,  Pramila Ramani,  Deirdre A. Kelly,  Alastair J. Strain, 
  • Pages: 112-117
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Up-regulation of heme-binding protein 23 (HBP23) gene expression by lipopolysaccharide is mediated via a nitric oxide-dependent signaling pathway in rat Kupffer cells

Stephan Immenschuh,  Janina Stritzke,  Shin-ichiro Iwahara,  Giuliano Ramadori, 
  • Pages: 118-127
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Hepatic regulation of platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase and lecithin: Cholesterol acyltransferase biliary and plasma output in rats exposed to bacterial lipopolysaccharide

Stanislav I. Svetlov M.D., Ph.D.,  Ekkehard Sturm,  Merle S. Olson,  James M. Crawford, 
  • Pages: 128-136
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Initiation of remote hepatic injury in the rat: Interactions between Kupffer cells, tumor necrosis factor-α, and microvascular perfusion

Robert W. Brock,  D. Kirk Lawlor,  Kenneth A. Harris,  Richard F. Potter Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 137-142
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Functional B-cell response in intrahepatic lymphoid follicles in chronic hepatitis C

Jun Murakami,  Yukihiro Shimizu M.D., Ph.D.,  Yoshiro Kashii,  Tsutomu Kato,  Masami Minemura,  Kazuhiko Okada,  Shuji Nambu,  Terumi Takahara,  Kiyohiro Higuchi,  Yoshinobu Maeda,  Tokimasa Kumada,  Akiharu Watanabe, 
  • Pages: 143-150
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Hepatocyte growth factor prevents endotoxin-induced lethal hepatic failure in mice

Ken-ichiro Kosai,  Kunio Matsumoto,  Hiroshi Funakoshi,  Toshikazu Nakamura Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 151-159
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Carbon monoxide–mediated alterations in paracellular permeability and vesicular transport in acetaminophen-treated perfused rat liver

Mikiji Mori,  Makoto Suematsu M.D., Ph.D.,  Takanori Kyokane,  Tsuyoshi Sano,  Hidekazu Suzuki,  Tokio Yamaguchi,  Yuzuru Ishimura,  Hiromasa Ishii, 
  • Pages: 160-168
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Evidence that actin disassembly is a requirement for matrix metalloproteinase secretion by sinusoidal endothelial cells during cold preservation in the rat

G. Aravinda Upadhya,  Steven M. Strasberg, 
  • Pages: 169-176
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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CD95-mediated murine hepatic apoptosis requires an intact glutathione status

Hannes Hentze,  Gerald Künstle,  Christiane Volbracht,  Wolfgang Ertel,  Albrecht Wendel, 
  • Pages: 177-185
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Pretreatment of mice with macrophage inactivators decreases acetaminophen hepatotoxicity and the formation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species

Sherryll L. Michael,  Neil R. Pumford,  Philip R. Mayeux,  Michael R. Niesman,  Jack A. Hinson Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 186-195
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Transforming growth factor β and tumor necrosis factor α inhibit both apoptosis and proliferation of activated rat hepatic stellate cells

Bernhard Saile,  Nina Matthes,  Thomas Knittel,  Giuliano Ramadori, 
  • Pages: 196-202
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Interleukin-10 suppresses hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury in mice: Implications of a central role for nuclear factor κB

Hiroyuki Yoshidome,  Atsushi Kato,  Michael J. Edwards,  Alex B. Lentsch Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 203-208
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Effect of ethanol and high-fat feeding on hepatic γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase subunit expression in the rat

Shelly C. Lu 2011 Zonal Ave.,  Zong-Zhi Huang,  Jin May Yang,  Hidekazu Tsukamoto, 
  • Pages: 209-214
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Ceramide induces caspase-independent apoptosis in rat hepatocytes sensitized by inhibition of RNA synthesis

Brett E. Jones,  Chau R. Lo,  Anu Srinivasan,  Karen L. Valentino,  Mark J. Czaja M.D., 
  • Pages: 215-222
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Short-term regulation of bile acid uptake by microfilament-dependent translocation of rat ntcp to the plasma membrane

Jonathan A. Dranoff 333 Cedar St.,  Mitchell McClure,  Angela D. Burgstahler,  Lee A. Denson,  Aleta R. Crawford,  James M. Crawford,  Saul J. Karpen,  Michael H. Nathanson, 
  • Pages: 223-229
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Complex feedback regulation of bile acid synthesis in the hamster: The role of newly synthesized cholesterol

Jürgen Scheibner,  Michael Fuchs,  Erwin Hörmann M.D.,  Eduard F. Stange, 
  • Pages: 230-237
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Interferon alfa for chronic hepatitis B infection: Increased efficacy of prolonged treatment

Harry L. Janssen M.D., Ph.D.,  Guido Gerken,  Vicente Carreño,  Patrick Marcellin,  Nikolai V. Naoumov,  Antonio Craxi,  Helmer Ring-Larsen,  George Kitis,  Jan van Hattum,  Richard A. de Vries,  Peter P. Michielsen,  Fiebo J. ten Kate,  Wim C. Hop,  Rudolf A. Heijtink,  Pieter Honkoop,  Solko W. Schalm, 
  • Pages: 238-243
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Mutational pattern of hepatitis B virus on sequential therapy with famciclovir and lamivudine in patients with hepatitis B virus reinfection occurring under hbig immunoglobulin after liver transplantation

Hans L. Tillmann,  Christian Trautwein,  Thomas Bock,  Klaus H. Böker,  Elmar Jäckel,  Medea Glowienka,  Karl Oldhafer,  Insa Bruns,  Josee Gauthier,  Lynn D. Condreay,  Hans-Rudolf Raab,  Michael P. Manns M.D., 
  • Pages: 244-256
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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The long-term course of chronic hepatitis B

Vito Di Marco,  Oreste Lo Iacono,  Calogero Cammà,  Alessandra Vaccaro,  Marco Giunta,  Giuseppe Martorana,  Patrizia Fuschi,  Piero L. Almasio,  Antonio Craxì, 
  • Pages: 257-264
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Hepatitis cRNA quasispecies complexity in patients with alcoholic liver disease

Kenneth E. Sherman M.D.,  Susan D. Rouster,  Charles Mendenhall,  Donna Thee, 
  • Pages: 265-270
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Efficacy of interferon treatment for patients with chronic hepatitis C: Comparison of response in cirrhotics, fibrotics, or nonfibrotics

Gregory T. Everson M.D.,  Donald M. Jensen,  John R. Craig,  Dirk J. van Leeuwen,  Vincent G. Bain,  Murray N. Ehrinpreis,  Donald Albert,  Tenshang Joh,  Karsten Witt, 
  • Pages: 271-276
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Retreatment of chronic hepatitis B e antigen–positive patients with recombinant interferon alfa-2a

Vicente Carreño M.D.,  Patrick Marcellin,  Stephanos Hadziyannis,  Javier Salmerón,  Moisés Diago,  Geoge E. Kitis,  Irene Vafiadis,  Solko W. Schalm,  Friederike Zahm,  Félix Manzarbeitia,  F. Javier Jiménez,  Juan Antonio Quiroga, 
  • Pages: 277-282
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Transfusion-associated TT virus infection and its relationship to liver disease

Akihiro Matsumoto,  Anthony E. Yeo,  J. Wai Shih,  Eiji Tanaka,  Kendo Kiyosawa,  Harvey J. Alter, 
  • Pages: 283-288
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Acute sporadic non-A, non-B hepatitis in Northeastern Brazil: Etiology and natural history

Raymundo Paraná r1">Address reprint requests to: R. Paraná, M.D.,  Ludmila Vitvitski,  Zilton Andrade,  Christian Trepo,  Helma Cotrim,  Pascale Bertillon,  Fernanda Silva,  Luciana Silva,  Irismar R. de Oliveira,  Luis Lyra, 
  • Pages: 289-293
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A case-control study on a novel DNA virus (TT virus) infection and hepatocellular carcinoma

Alessandro Tagger,  Francesco Donato r1">Address reprint requests to: Francesco Donato. M.D.,  Maria Lisa Ribero,  Giorgio Binelli,  Umberto Gelatti,  Giuseppe Portera,  Alberto Albertini,  Michele Fasola,  Roberta Chiesa,  Giuseppe Nardi, 
  • Pages: 294-299
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Intracellular single-chain antibody against hepatitis B virus core protein inhibits the replication of hepatitis B virus in cultured cells

Masato Yamamoto,  Norio Hayashi M.D., Ph.D.,  Tetsuo Takehara,  Keiji Ueda,  Eiji Mita,  Tomohide Tatsumi,  Yutaka Sasaki,  Akinori Kasahara,  Masatsugu Hori, 
  • Pages: 300-307
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Dominant negative mutants of the duck hepatitis B virus core protein interfere with RNA pregenome packaging and viral DNA synthesis

Fritz von Weizsäcker,  Josef Köck,  Stefan Wieland,  Wolf-Bernhard Offensperger,  Hubert E. Blum M.D., 
  • Pages: 308-315
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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An infectious molecular clone of a Japanese genotype 1b hepatitis C virus

Michael R. Beard,  Geoffrey Abell,  Masao Honda,  Anthony Carroll,  Margaret Gartland,  Berwyn Clarke,  Koyu Suzuki,  Robert Lanford,  David V. Sangar,  Stanley M. Lemon M.D., 
  • Pages: 316-324
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Hepatology Clinical Challenge

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Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Paul Angulo,  Keith D. Lindor M.D., 
  • Pages: 325-332
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Editorials

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Hepatocyte growth factor for liver disease

Hirohito Tsubouchi M.D., 
  • Pages: 333-334
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Eosinophils and primary biliary cirrhosis—Stoking the fire?

James Neuberger M.D., 
  • Pages: 335-337
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Elsewhere

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Prednisone withdrawal advocates: Beware of recurrent autoimmune hepatitis

Rene Davila,  Emmet B. Keeffe, 
  • Pages: 338-339
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Correspondence

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Life tables and denominators

Ronald L. Koretz, 
  • Pages: 340-341
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Acarbose and acetaminophen: A dangerous combination?

Hans J. Ahr,  Ernst Bomhard,  Ulrich Schmidt,  Gerhard Schlüter, 
  • Pages: 341-342
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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No evidence for anti-islet autoimmunity in diabetes mellitus associated with chronic hepatitis C infection

Ilana Harman-Boehm,  Leonid Zingman,  Nir Hilzenrat, 
  • Pages: 342-343
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Economic models of hepatitis a virus immunization

Martin Meltzer,  Mark L. Messonnier, 
  • Pages: 343-345
  • First Published: 30 December 2003