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    Hepatology: Volume 32, Issue 2

    167-446, 446a
    August 2000
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Hepatology Highlights

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Highlights from this Issue

James L. Boyer, 
  • Pages: 167-168
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Concise Review

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Inflammatory mechanisms and therapeutic strategies for warm hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury

Alex B. Lentsch Room 426, 529 South Jackson St.,  Atsushi Kato,  Hiroyuki Yoshidome,  Kelly M. McMasters,  Michael J. Edwards, 
  • Pages: 169-173
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Biliary Tract

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The function of alkaline phosphatase in the liver: Regulation of intrahepatic biliary epithelium secretory activities in the rat

Domenico Alvaro M.D.,  Antonio Benedetti,  Luca Marucci,  Marco Delle Monache,  Rita Monterubbianesi,  Emanuele Di Cosimo,  Lucia Perego,  Giampiero Macarri,  Shannon Glaser,  Gene Le Sage,  Gianfranco Alpini, 
  • Pages: 174-184
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Chronic Liver Disease

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Liver transplantation for autoimmune hepatitis: A long-term pathologic study

Gamze Ayata,  Fredric D. Gordon,  W. David Lewis,  Elizabeth Pomfret,  James J. Pomposelli,  Roger L. Jenkins,  Urmila Khettry M.D., 
  • Pages: 185-192
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Growth Regulation And Cancer

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A rho-specific exchange factor ect2 is induced from S to M phases in regenerating mouse liver

Hiromi Sakata,  Jeffrey S. Rubin,  William G. Taylor,  Toru Miki Building 37, Room 1E24, 37 Convent Dr., 
  • Pages: 193-199
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Hepatocellular carcinoma occurring in nonfibrotic liver: Epidemiologic and histopathologic analysis of 80 French cases

Marie-Pierre Bralet M.D., Ph.D.,  Jean-Marc Régimbeau,  Pascal Pineau,  Sylvie Dubois,  Gwenolé Loas,  Françoise Degos,  Dominique Valla,  Jacques Belghiti,  Claude Degott,  Benoît Terris, 
  • Pages: 200-204
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Superparamagnetic iron oxide–enhanced magnetic resonance images of hepatocellular carcinoma: Correlation with histological grading

Yasuharu Imai M.D., Ph.D.,  Takamichi Murakami,  Shigeyuki Yoshida,  Masahiro Nishikawa,  Masahiko Ohsawa,  Koh Tokunaga,  Masaru Murata,  Kunitaka Shibata,  Shinichiro Zushi,  Masanori Kurokawa,  Takeshi Yonezawa,  Sumio Kawata,  Manabu Takamura,  Hiroaki Nagano,  Masato Sakon,  Morito Monden,  Kenichi Wakasa,  Hironobu Nakamura, 
  • Pages: 205-212
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Common and epithelioid variants of hepatic angiomyolipoma exhibit clonal growth and share a distinctive immunophenotype

Peer Flemming M.D.,  Ulrich Lehmann,  Thomas Becker,  Jürgen Klempnauer,  Hans Kreipe, 
  • Pages: 213-217
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Regulatory mechanisms for transforming growth factor β as an autocrine inhibitor in human hepatocellular carcinoma: Implications for roles of Smads in its growth

Koichi Matsuzaki M.D.,  Masataka Date,  Fukiko Furukawa,  Yoshiya Tahashi,  Masanori Matsushita,  Yasushi Sugano,  Noriyo Yamashiki,  Taichi Nakagawa,  Toshihito Seki,  Mikio Nishizawa,  Junichi Fujisawa,  Kyoichi Inoue, 
  • Pages: 218-227
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Interferon beta prevents recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after complete resection or ablation of the primary tumor—A prospective randomized study of hepatitis C virus–related liver cancer

Kenji Ikeda M.D.,  Yasuji Arase,  Satoshi Saitoh,  Masahiro Kobayashi,  Yoshiyuki Suzuki,  Fumitaka Suzuki,  Akihito Tsubota,  Kazuaki Chayama,  Naoya Murashima,  Hiromitsu Kumada, 
  • Pages: 228-232
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Natural history of inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma: Estrogen receptors' status in the tumor is the strongest prognostic factor for survival

Erica Villa M.D.,  Anna Moles,  Ilva Ferretti,  Paola Buttafoco,  Antonella Grottola,  Mariagrazia Del Buono,  Mario De Santis,  Federico Manenti, 
  • Pages: 233-238
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Selective loss of nucleoside carrier expression in rat hepatocarcinomas

Yvonne Dragan,  Raquel Valdés,  Mireia Gomez-Angelats,  Antonio Felipe,  F. Javier Casado,  Henry Pitot,  Marçal Pastor-Anglada Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 239-246
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Inflammation, Cytokines, And Fibrosis

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Inhibition of transforming growth factor β prevents progression of liver fibrosis and enhances hepatocyte regeneration in dimethylnitrosamine-treated rats

Toru Nakamura,  Ryuichiro Sakata,  Takato Ueno,  Michio Sata,  Hikaru Ueno M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 247-255
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Concanavalin A simultaneously primes liver hematopoietic and epithelial progenitor cells for parallel expansion during liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in mice

Toshiki Sakamoto,  Tsukasa Ezure,  John Lunz III,  Noriko Murase,  Hirokazu Tsuji,  John J. Fung,  Anthony J. Demetris M.D., 
  • Pages: 256-267
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Proteome analysis of rat hepatic stellate cells

Dan Bach Kristensen,  Norifumi Kawada,  Kunihiko Imamura,  Yuka Miyamoto,  Chise Tateno,  Shuichi Seki,  Tetsuo Kuroki,  Katsutoshi Yoshizato Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 268-277
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Alcoholic fatty liver differentially induces a neutrophil-chemokine and hepatic necrosis after ischemia-reperfusion in rat

Shinwa Yamada M.D.,  Takeshi Iida,  Takahiro Tabata,  Minoru Nomoto,  Hirofumi Kishikawa,  Kimitoshi Kohno,  Sumiya Eto, 
  • Pages: 278-288
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Liver Cell Injury And Apoptosis

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Cold-preservation–induced sensitivity of rat hepatocyte function to rewarming injury and its prevention by short-term reperfusion

Katarína Vajdová,  Renáta Smreková,  Csilla Mišlanová,  Marián Kukan,  Martina Lutterová, 
  • Pages: 289-296
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Contribution of adenosine A2 receptors and cyclic adenosine monophosphate to protective ischemic preconditioning of sinusoidal endothelial cells against storage/reperfusion injury in rat livers

Masahiro Arai,  Ronald G. Thurman,  John J. Lemasters, 
  • Pages: 297-302
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Cytochrome P450–generated reactive metabolites cause mitochondrial permeability transition, caspase activation, and apoptosis in rat hepatocytes

Delphine Haouzi,  Mounia Lekéhal,  Alain Moreau,  Claude Moulis,  Gérard Feldmann,  Marie-Anne Robin,  Philippe Lettéron,  Daniel Fau,  Dominique Pessayre M.D., 
  • Pages: 303-311
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Bax-mediated apoptosis in the livers of rats after partial hepatectomy in the retrorsine model of hepatocellular injury

Gavin J. Gordon,  William B. Coleman Ph.D.,  Joe W. Grisham, 
  • Pages: 312-320
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Hepatocellular response to chemical stress in CD-1 mice: Induction of early genes and γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase

Neil R. Kitteringham,  Helen Powell,  Yuri N. Clement,  Charlotte C. Dodd,  Justice N. Tettey,  Munir Pirmohamed,  Dennis A. Smith,  Lesley I. McLellan,  B. Kevin Park Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 321-333
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Metabolism, Transport, And Genetic Diseases

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Expression of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator in liver tissue from patients with cystic fibrosis

Nils Kinnman M.D.,  Anders Lindblad,  Chantal Housset,  Eva Buentke,  Annika Scheynius,  Birgitta Strandvik,  Rolf Hultcrantz, 
  • Pages: 334-340
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Regulation of multidrug resistance 2 P-glycoprotein expression by bile salts in rats and in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes

Seema Gupta,  R. Todd Stravitz,  William M. Pandak,  Michael Müller,  Z. Reno Vlahcevic,  Phillip B. Hylemon Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 341-347
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Molecular Cell Biology

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Rab3D, a small GTP–binding protein implicated in regulated secretion, is associated with the transcytotic pathway in rat hepatocytes

Janet M. Larkin Ph.D.,  Bonnie Woo,  Vijayan Balan,  David L. Marks,  Barbara J. Oswald,  Nicholas F. LaRusso,  Mark A. McNiven, 
  • Pages: 348-356
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Human homologue of maid: A dominant inhibitory helix-loop-helix protein associated with liver-specific gene expression

Shuji Terai,  Hiroshi Aoki,  Kozo Ashida,  Snorri S. Thorgeirsson M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 357-366
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Effects of carcinogen-induced transcription factors on the activation of hepatitis B virus expression in human hepatoblastoma HepG2 cells and its implication on hepatocellular carcinomas

Ranjit Banerjee Ph.D.,  Lorraine Caruccio,  Yu Jing Zhang,  Scott McKercher,  Regina M. Santella, 
  • Pages: 367-374
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Viral Hepatitis

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Pretransplantation hepatitis C virus quasispecies may be predictive of outcome after liver transplantation

Shawn J. Pelletier M.D.,  Daniel P. Raymond,  Traves D. Crabtree,  Julia C. Iezzoni,  Robert G. Sawyer,  Young S. Hahn,  Timothy L. Pruett, 
  • Pages: 375-381
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Specific detection of minus-strand hepatitis C virus RNA by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction on polyA+-purified RNA

Seyed Taghi Takyar,  Dong-sheng Li,  Yong-hong Wang,  Rachel Trowbridge,  Eric J. Gowans Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 382-387
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Evaluation of a new enzyme immunoassay for hepatitis C virus (HCV) core antigen with clinical sensitivity approximating that of genomic amplification of HCV RNA

Eiji Tanaka M.D.,  Chiharu Ohue,  Katsumi Aoyagi,  Kenjiro Yamaguchi,  Shintaro Yagi,  Kendo Kiyosawa,  Harvey J. Alter, 
  • Pages: 388-393
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Combination therapy with lamivudine and famciclovir for chronic hepatitis B–infected Chinese patients: A viral dynamics study

George Ka Lau M.D.,  Manuel Tsiang,  Jinlin Hou,  Siu-tsan Yuen,  William F. Carman,  Liang Zhang,  Craig S. Gibbs,  Shiu-kum Lam, 
  • Pages: 394-399
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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The significance of baseline serum alanine aminotransferase on pretreatment disease characteristics and response to antiviral therapy in chronic hepatitis C

Stuart C. Gordon M.D.,  Jane W. Fang,  Ann L. Silverman,  John G. McHutchison,  Janice K. Albrecht, 
  • Pages: 400-404
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Activation of intracellular signaling by hepatitis B and C viruses: C-viral core is the most potent signal inducer

Naoya Kato M.D.,  Hideo Yoshida,  Suzane Kioko Ono-nita,  Jun Kato,  Tadashi Goto,  Motoyuki Otsuka,  Keng-hsin Lan,  Kouji Matsushima,  Yasushi Shiratori,  Masao Omata, 
  • Pages: 405-412
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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A randomized, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy of 12-month famciclovir treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis B e antigen–positive hepatitis B

Robert A. de Man M.D., Ph.D.,  Patrick Marcellin,  Flavio Habal,  Paul Desmond,  Teresa Wright,  Toby Rose,  Regina Jurewicz,  Clarence Young,  the Famciclovir Hepatitis B Study Group , 
  • Pages: 413-417
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Hepatitis C–induced hepatic allograft injury is associated with a pretransplantation elevated viral replication rate

Shawn J. Pelletier M.D.,  Daniel P. Raymond,  Traves D. Crabtree,  Carl L. Berg,  Julia C. Iezzoni,  Young S. Hahn,  Robert G. Sawyer,  Timothy L. Pruett, 
  • Pages: 418-426
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Editorial

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Hepatitis viruses and signal transduction: True to the core?

Michael M. Lai M.D., Ph.D., M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 427-429
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Combination chemotherapy for hepatitis B virus: The final solution?

Tim Shaw,  Stephen Locarnini M.D., 
  • Pages: 430-432
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Hepatitis C virus and the host: An imbalance induced by immunosuppression?

Marina Berenguer M.D.,  F. Xavier López-Labrador Ph.D.,  Harry B. Greenberg M.D.,  Teresa L. Wright M.D., M.D., 
  • Pages: 433-435
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Maintenance interferon for chronic hepatitis C: More issues than answers?

Gregory T. Everson M.D., M.D., 
  • Pages: 436-438
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Hepatology Elsewhere

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Dying in Fas traffic

M. Eugenia Guicciardi Ph.D.,  Gregory J. Gores M.D., 
  • Pages: 439-440
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Reversibly immortalized human hepatocytes: An eternal fountain of liver support?

Chandan Guha M.D., Ph.D.,  Namita Roy Chowdhury Ph.D.,  Jayanta Roy Chowdhury M.D., 
  • Pages: 440-441
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Correspondence

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Silymarin: What is in the name …? An appeal for a change of editorial policy

Vilím Šimánek M.D., Ph.D.,  Vladimír Kren Ph.D.,  Jitka Ulrichová Ph.D.,  Jaroslav Vicar Ph.D.,  Ladislav Cvak Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 442-444
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Antibody response to hepatitis B virus vaccination in individuals with hepatitis C virus infection

Nicola De Maria M.D.,  Ramazan Idilman M.D.,  Alessandra Colantoni M.D.,  James M. Harig M.D.,  David H. Van Thiel M.D., 
  • Pages: 444-445
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Correction

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Correction

  • Page: 446
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Correction

  • Page: 446a
  • First Published: 30 December 2003