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    Hepatology Research: Volume 39, Issue 11

    1053-1152
    November 2009
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Editorial

Factors involved in the development of fulminant hepatitis B: Are the mutations of hepatitis B virus implicated?

Jun Inoue, 
  • Pages: 1053-1055
  • First Published: 29 October 2009

Original Articles

Clinical hepatology

Rapid loss of hepatitis C virus genotype 1b from serum in patients receiving a triple treatment with telaprevir (MP-424), pegylated interferon and ribavirin for 12 weeks

Fumitaka Suzuki,  Norio Akuta,  Yoshiyuki Suzuki,  Hitomi Sezaki,  Hiromi Yatsuji,  Yusuke Kawamura,  Tetsuya Hosaka,  Masahiro Kobayashi,  Yasuji Arase,  Kenji Ikeda,  Rie Mineta,  Satomi Iwasaki,  Sachiyo Watahiki,  Mariko Kobayashi,  Yuzo Miyakawa,  Hiromitsu Kumada, 
  • Pages: 1056-1063
  • First Published: 29 October 2009

New scoring system for predicting relapse after lamivudine-induced hepatitis B e-antigen loss in chronic hepatitis B patients

Byung-Cheol Song,  Xiu Ji Cui,  Yoo-Kyung Cho,  Eun Kwang Choi,  Soyoung Hyun,  Hyun Joo Song,  Heung Up Kim, 
  • Pages: 1064-1071
  • First Published: 29 October 2009

Value of the extracellular water ratio for assessment of cirrhotic patients with and without ascites

Nagisa Hara,  Motoh Iwasa,  Kazuko Iwata,  Hirohide Miyachi,  Hideaki Tanaka,  Masaki Takeo,  Naoki Fujita,  Yoshinao Kobayashi,  Yoshiyuki Takei, 
  • Pages: 1072-1079
  • First Published: 29 October 2009

Basic hepatology

Human study

Clinicopathological analysis of CD133+ and NCAM+ human hepatic stem/progenitor cells in damaged livers and hepatocellular carcinomas

Atsunori Tsuchiya,  Hiroteru Kamimura,  Masaaki Takamura,  Satoshi Yamagiwa,  Yasunobu Matsuda,  Yoshinobu Sato,  Minoru Nomoto,  Takafumi Ichida,  Yutaka Aoyagi, 
  • Pages: 1080-1090
  • First Published: 29 October 2009

Receptor for activated C-kinase 1 regulates the cellular localization and function of ABCB4

Yuki Ikebuchi,  Tappei Takada,  Kousei Ito,  Takashi Yoshikado,  Naohiko Anzai,  Yoshikatsu Kanai,  Hiroshi Suzuki, 
  • Pages: 1091-1107
  • First Published: 29 October 2009

Experimental study

Vitamin K2 downregulates the expression of fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells

Ke Cao,  Weidong Liu,  Hideji Nakamura,  Hirayuki Enomoto,  Teruhisa Yamamoto,  Masaki Saito,  Hiroyasu Imanishi,  Soji Shimomura,  Peiguo Cao,  Shuhei Nishiguchi, 
  • Pages: 1108-1117
  • First Published: 29 October 2009

High expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in preservation injury after liver transplantation in rats

Chun-Yan Xia,  Ling Li,  Hui-Min Liu,  Wen-Ming Cong, 
  • Pages: 1118-1124
  • First Published: 29 October 2009

An insight into the protection of rat liver against ischemia/reperfusion injury by 2-selenium-bridged β-cyclodextrin

Ting-ting Lin,  Bing-mei Wang,  Xin-yang Li,  Yu Pan,  Wei Wang,  Ying Mu,  Jun-qiu Liu,  Jia-cong Shen,  Gui-min Luo, 
  • Pages: 1125-1136
  • First Published: 29 October 2009

Efficacy and limitation of bone marrow transplantation in the treatment of acute and subacute liver failure in rats

Hirotaka Tokai,  Yujo Kawashita,  Yuichiro Ito,  Kosho Yamanouchi,  Mitsuhisa Takatsuki,  Susumu Eguchi,  Yoshitsugu Tajima,  Takashi Kanematsu, 
  • Pages: 1137-1143
  • First Published: 29 October 2009

Matrine improves 17α-ethinyl estradiol-induced acute cholestasis in rats

Ying Zhao,  Desheng Zhai,  Hui He,  Junhua Liu,  Tingting Li,  Xijing Chen,  Hui Ji, 
  • Pages: 1144-1149
  • First Published: 29 October 2009

Case Report

Living-donor liver transplantation from second generation children for atomic bomb survivors

Susumu Eguchi,  Mitsuhisa Takatsuki,  Masahiro Nakashima,  Takashi Kanematsu, 
  • Pages: 1150-1152
  • First Published: 29 October 2009