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    Hepatology: Volume 34, Issue 4

    615-847, 847a-850, 850a-852
    October 2001
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Hepatology Highlights

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Hepatology highlights

James L. Boyer, 
  • Pages: 615-616
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Concise Review

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Hepatitis B e antigen–negative chronic hepatitis B

Stephanos J. Hadziyannis M.D.,  Dimitrios Vassilopoulos, 
  • Pages: 617-624
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Original Articles

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Primary sclerosing cholangitis is associated to an extended B8-DR3 haplotype including particular MICA and MICB alleles

Kristine Wiencke,  Anne Spurkland,  Erik Schrumpf,  Kirsten Muri Boberg, 
  • Pages: 625-630
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Immunoglobulin gene usage and immunohistochemical characteristics of human monoclonal antibodies to the mitochondrial autoantigens of primary biliary cirrhosis induced in the XenoMouse

Motoko Sasaki,  Judy Van De Water,  Thomas P. Kenny,  Michael L. Gallo M.D.,  Patrick S. C. Leung,  Yasuni Nakanuma,  Aftab A. Ansari,  Ross L. Coppel,  James Neuberger,  M. Eric Gershwin, 
  • Pages: 631-637
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Differential expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in human bile duct epithelial cells and bile duct neoplasm

Nobuyasu Hayashi,  Hirofumi Yamamoto,  Nobuaki Hiraoka,  Keizo Dono,  Yasuhiro Ito,  Jiro Okami,  Motoi Kondo,  Hiroaki Nagano,  Koji Umeshita M.D., Ph.D.,  Masato Sakon,  Nariaki Matsuura,  Shoji Nakamori,  Morito Monden, 
  • Pages: 638-650
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Intraductal papillary neoplasia of the liver associated with hepatolithiasis

Tse-Ching Chen,  Yasuni Nakanuma,  Yoh Zen,  Miin-Fu Chen,  Yi-Yin Jan,  Ta-Sen Yeh,  Cheng Tang Chiu,  Tseng-Tong Kuo,  Jun-ichi Kamiya,  Koji Oda M.D.,  Michinari Hamaguchi,  Yoshiyuki Ohno,  Ling-Ling Hsieh,  Yuji Nimura, 
  • Pages: 651-658
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Autoimmune hepatitis with incidental histologic features of bile duct injury

Albert J. Czaja M.D.,  Herschel A. Carpenter, 
  • Pages: 659-665
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Hereditary thrombophilia as a cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome: A study from Western India

Dipika Mohanty M.D., Ph.D.,  Shrimati Shetty,  Kanjaksha Ghosh,  Aruna Pawar,  Phillip Abraham, 
  • Pages: 666-670
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Renal failure after upper gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhosis: Incidence, clinical course, predictive factors, and short-term prognosis

Andrés Cárdenas,  Pere Ginès,  Juan Uriz,  Xavier Bessa,  Joan Manuel Salmerón,  Antoni Mas,  Rolando Ortega,  Blas Calahorra,  Dara De Las Heras,  Jaime Bosch M.D.,  Vicente Arroyo,  Juan Rodés, 
  • Pages: 671-676
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Adenosine reverses a preestablished CCl4-induced micronodular cirrhosis through enhancing collagenolytic activity and stimulating hepatocyte cell proliferation in rats

Rolando Hernández-Muñoz,  Mauricio Díaz-Muñoz,  Juan A. Suárez-Cuenca,  Cristina Trejo-Solís,  Verónica López,  Lourdes Sánchez-Sevilla,  Lucía Yáñez,  Victoria Chagoya De Sánchez Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 677-687
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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The processing and utilization of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor following partial hepatectomy in the rat

Peter Pediaditakis,  Juan Carlos Lopez-Talavera,  Bryon Petersen,  Satdarshan P. S. Monga,  George K. Michalopoulos M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 688-693
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Disrupted signaling and inhibited regeneration in obese mice with fatty livers: Implications for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease pathophysiology

Shi Qi Yang,  Hui Zhi Lin,  Aloke K. Mandal M.D.,  Jiawen Huang,  Anna Mae Diehl, 
  • Pages: 694-706
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Treatment strategy for small hepatocellular carcinoma: Comparison of long-term results after percutaneous ethanol injection therapy and surgical resection

Junji Yamamoto M.D.,  Shuichi Okada,  Kazuaki Shimada,  Takushi Okusaka,  Susumu Yamasaki,  Hideki Ueno,  Tomoo Kosuge, 
  • Pages: 707-713
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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The risk of liver and bile duct cancer in patients with chronic viral hepatitis, alcoholism, or cirrhosis

Hannah Kuper Sc.D.,  Weimin Ye,  Ulrika Broomé,  Anders Romelsjö,  Lorelei A. Mucci,  Anders Ekbom,  Hans-Olov Adami,  Dimitrios Trichopoulos,  Olof Nyrén, 
  • Pages: 714-718
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Targeting dexamethasone to Kupffer cells: Effects on liver inflammation and fibrosis in rats

Barbro N. Melgert,  Peter Olinga,  Judith M.S. Van Der Laan,  Betty Weert Ph.D.,  Jaejin Cho,  Detlef Schuppan,  Geny M. M. Groothuis,  Dirk K.F. Meijer,  Klaas Poelstra, 
  • Pages: 719-728
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Oxidized low-density lipoproteins bind to the scavenger receptor, CD36, of hepatic stellate cells and stimulate extracellular matrix synthesis

Wilhelm Schneiderhan,  Alexandra Schmid-Kotsas,  Jinshun Zhao,  Adolf Grünert,  Andreas Nüssler,  Hans Weidenbach,  Andre Menke,  Roland M. Schmid,  Guido Adler,  Ph.D. Max G. Bachem, 
  • Pages: 729-737
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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High glucose and hyperinsulinemia stimulate connective tissue growth factor expression: A potential mechanism involved in progression to fibrosis in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Valerie Paradis M.D.,  Gabriel Perlemuter,  Franck Bonvoust,  Delphine Dargere,  Beatrice Parfait,  Michel Vidaud,  Marc Conti,  Stephane Huet,  Nathalie Ba,  Catherine Buffet,  Pierre Bedossa, 
  • Pages: 738-744
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Angiotensin-II type 1 receptor interaction is a major regulator for liver fibrosis development in rats

Hitoshi Yoshiji M.D., Ph.D.,  Shigeki Kuriyama,  Junichi Yoshii,  Yasuhide Ikenaka,  Ryuichi Noguchi,  Toshiya Nakatani,  Hirohisa Tsujinoue,  Hiroshi Fukui, 
  • Pages: 745-750
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Enhanced expression of B7-1, B7-2, and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 in sinusoidal endothelial cells by warm ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat liver

Naosuke Kojima,  Mitsuru Sato Ph.D.,  Akira Suzuki,  Takeya Sato,  Shigeru Satoh,  Tetsuro Kato,  Haruki Senoo, 
  • Pages: 751-757
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Caspase activation correlates with the degree of inflammatory liver injury in chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Heike Bantel,  Andreas Lügering,  Christopher Poremba,  Norbert Lügering,  Jürgen Held,  Wolfram Domschke,  Klaus Schulze-Osthoff Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 758-767
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Familial intrahepatic cholestasis 1: Studies of localization and function

Peter Ujhazy,  Daniel Ortiz,  Suniti Misra,  Shohua Li,  James Moseley,  Hugh Jones,  Irwin M. Arias M.D., 
  • Pages: 768-775
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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The hepatic mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome: Ultrastructural changes in liver biopsies

Hanna Mandel,  Corina Hartman,  Drora Berkowitz,  Orli N. Elpeleg,  Irena Manov,  Theodore C. Iancu M.D., 
  • Pages: 776-784
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Factors associated with hepatitis B virus DNA breakthrough in patients receiving prolonged lamivudine therapy

Man-Fung Yuen,  Erwin Sablon,  Prof. Chee-Kin Hui,  He-Jun Yuan,  Hilde Decraemer,  Ching-Lung Lai, 
  • Pages: 785-791
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Chronic ethanol consumption stimulates hepatitis B virus gene expression and replication in transgenic mice

Jonathan Larkin,  Marcia M. Clayton,  Jie Liu,  Mark A. Feitelson Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 792-797
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Evaluation of a new hepatitis B triple-antigen vaccine in inadequate responders to current vaccines

Jane N. Zuckerman,  Dr. Arie J. Zuckerman,  Ian Symington,  Wei Du,  Anthony Williams,  Brian Dickson,  Michael D. Young, 
  • Pages: 798-802
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Endothelial cell–mediated uptake of a hepatitis B virus: A new concept of liver targeting of hepatotropic microorganisms

Klaus M. Breiner,  Heinz Schaller Ph.D.,  Percy A. Knolle, 
  • Pages: 803-808
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Estimating progression to cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Anthony J. Freeman,  Dr. Gregory J. Dore,  Matthew G. Law,  Max Thorpe,  Jan Von Overbeck,  Andrew R. Lloyd,  George Marinos,  John M. Kaldor, 
  • Pages: 809-816
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Acute exacerbations of chronic hepatitis B are rarely associated with superinfection of hepatitis B virus

Jia-Horng Kao M.D., Ph.D.,  Pei-Jer Chen,  Ming-Yang Lai,  Ding-Shinn Chen, 
  • Pages: 817-823
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Woodchuck hepatocytes remain permissive for hepadnavirus infection and mouse liver repopulation after cryopreservation

Maura Dandri,  Martin R. Burda,  Andreas Gocht,  Eva Török,  Dr. Jörg M. Pollok M.D.,  Charles E. Rogler,  Hans Will,  Jörg Petersen, 
  • Pages: 824-833
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Clinical Challenge

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Pharmacologic treatment of portal hypertension: Past, present, and future

Thomas D. Boyer M.D., 
  • Pages: 834-839
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Editorial

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Towards a reliable parameter of liver damage in hepatitis C: TUNEL versus caspase activation

Young S. Hahn Ph.D.,  Carolina Soguero Ph.D.,  Michael Cruise B.S., 
  • Pages: 840-841
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Hepatology Elsewhere

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NAFLD and NASH: Important diseases before and after liver transplantation

Andy S. Yu M.D.,  Emmet B. Keeffe M.D., 
  • Pages: 842-843
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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TNF toxicity—Death from caspase or cathepsin, that is the question

Mark J. Czaja M.D., 
  • Pages: 844-846
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Correspondence

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Blind beta blockade

David S. Zimmon M.D.,  Forrest Manheimer M.D., 
  • Page: 847
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Reply

Thomas F. Imperiale M.D.,  Naga Chalasani M.D., 
  • Pages: 847a-848
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Bile secretion in mice and men

Alan F. Hofmann M.D., 
  • Pages: 848-850
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Schistosomiasis and antiviral treatment of chronic hepatitis C

Vito Di Marco M.D.,  Marcello Capra M.D.,  Francesco Gagliardotto M.D.,  Donatella Ferraro B.Sc.,  Rosa Di Stefano B.Sc., 
  • Page: 850
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Reply

Raymundo Paran M.D.,  Liana Codes M.D.,  Zilton Andrade M.D., 
  • Pages: 850a-851
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Inflammatory myopathy and hepatitis C in a pediatric patient: Role of liver biopsy in evaluating the severity of liver disease

Parvathi Mohan M.D.,  Roma S. Chandra M.D.,  Diana M. Escolar M.D.,  Naomi L. C. Luban M.D., 
  • Pages: 851-852
  • First Published: 30 December 2003