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    Hepatology: Volume 76, Issue 5

    1231-1554, E94-E115
    November 2022

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  • First Published: 19 October 2022

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  • First Published: 19 October 2022

HEPATOLOGY HIGHLIGHTS

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

LIVER CANCER

Reliability of extracellular contrast versus gadoxetic acid in assessing small liver lesions using liver imaging reporting and data system v.2018 and European association for the study of the liver criteria

  • Pages: 1318-1328
  • First Published: 29 March 2022
Reliability of extracellular contrast versus gadoxetic acid in assessing small liver lesions using liver imaging reporting and data system v.2018 and European association for the study of the liver criteria

  • •The reliability of extracellular contrast and gadolinium in small liver lesions using LI-RADS and EASL criteria have been investigated.
  • •The agreement for definite HCC was substantial and similar for both contrast agents and scoring systems, but the agreement for LI-RADS categorization was lower.

LIVER PATHOBIOLOGY

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Hepatic kinome atlas: An in-depth identification of kinase pathways in liver fibrosis of humans and rodents

  • Pages: 1376-1388
  • First Published: 21 March 2022
Hepatic kinome atlas: An in-depth identification of kinase pathways in liver fibrosis of humans and rodents

We compared human and mouse liver fibrosis with kinase activity measurements using the PamGene PamStation technology and bioinformatic analysis. The Insulin Receptor (INSR), DDR, DMPK, and PKA are the most active kinases among humans with cirrhosis and animal models of fibrosis.

Loss of Sam50 in hepatocytes induces cardiolipin-dependent mitochondrial membrane remodeling to trigger mtDNA release and liver injury

  • Pages: 1389-1408
  • First Published: 21 March 2022
Loss of Sam50 in hepatocytes induces cardiolipin-dependent mitochondrial membrane remodeling to trigger mtDNA release and liver injury

Chen et al. reveal that hepatocyte Sam50 reduction-induced cardiolipin externalization augments Bax/Bak oligomerlation and then facilates mtDNA release to aggrevate liver injury.

LIVER FAILURE/CIRRHOSIS/PORTAL HYPERTENSION

Risk of liver-related events by age and diabetes duration in patients with diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

  • Pages: 1409-1422
  • First Published: 25 March 2022
Risk of liver-related events by age and diabetes duration in patients with diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Diabetes is an important risk factor for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its severity. However, it is difficult to screen every diabetic patient for NAFLD because of the large number of patients. In a study of 7028 patients with NAFLD and type 2 diabetes from Hong Kong, we showed that the vast majority of patients developed liver-related complications after the age of 50 years. In contrast, liver-related events increased linearly with the duration of diabetes with no threshold effect. Our study suggests that screening for liver disease should be based on age instead of the duration of diabetes.

Are there outcome differences between NAFLD and metabolic-associated fatty liver disease?

  • Pages: 1423-1437
  • First Published: 01 April 2022
Are there outcome differences between NAFLD and metabolic-associated fatty liver disease?

MAFLD and NAFLD have similar clinical profiles and long-term outcomes. The increased liver-related mortality among MAFLD is primarily driven by alcoholic liver disease.

STEATOHEPATITIS

PNPLA3 rs738409 and risk of fibrosis in NAFLD: Exploring mediation pathways through intermediate histological features

  • Pages: 1482-1494
  • First Published: 29 March 2022
PNPLA3 rs738409 and risk of fibrosis in NAFLD: Exploring mediation pathways through intermediate histological features

Half of the total effect of PNPLA3 rs738409 on fibrosis severity could be explained by a direct pathway without the mediation of other histology factors. The other half of the total effect of PNPLA3 rs738409 on fibrosis severity seems to be mediated primarily through portal inflammation.

REVIEWS

Circulating HBV RNA: From biology to clinical applications

  • Pages: 1520-1530
  • First Published: 28 March 2022
Circulating HBV RNA: From biology to clinical applications

  1. Circulating HBV RNA, which is primarily composed of full-length, spliced, and 3’ truncated pregenomic RNA, circulates in the blood of patients with chronic HBV infection predominantly in the form of virus-like particles, including enveloped virions and naked capsids (capsid-antibody complexes in patients’ sera).
  2. HBV RNA–containing virions are secreted through the multivesicular body pathway, as are HBV DNA-virions, while the secretion pathway of HBV capsids remains elusive. HBV RNA–containing virions collected under HBV polymerase inhibitor treatment fail to establish de novo infection, but the infectivity of naive RNA virions remains to be investigated.
  3. The quantitation levels of circulating HBV RNA and their performances on predicting treatment outcomes are largely methodology-dependent, calling for the standardization of serum HBV RNA detection assay.
  4. The area of clinical interest in circulating HBV RNA is predicting off-treatment responses and HCC development in patients treated with nucleos(t)ide analogues.

ERRATA

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Erratum

  • Pages: 1552-1553
  • First Published: 30 August 2022

CORRESPONDENCE

Reply

  • Page: E96
  • First Published: 19 April 2022

Reply

  • Pages: E102-E103
  • First Published: 09 May 2022

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