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    Hepatology Research: Volume 44, Issue 14

    E320-E502
    December 2014
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Original Articles

Integrins αvβ6, α6β4 and α3β1 are down-regulated in cholangiolocellular carcinoma but not cholangiocarcinoma

Yurie Soejima,  Masafumi Inoue,  Yoshihisa Takahashi,  Hiroshi Uozaki,  Motoji Sawabe,  Toshio Fukusato, 
  • Pages: E320-E334
  • First Published: 19 February 2014

Salvage treatment for local recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after local ablation therapy

Katsunori Imai,  Toru Beppu,  Akira Chikamoto,  Kosuke Mima,  Hirohisa Okabe,  Hiromitsu Hayashi,  Hidetoshi Nitta,  Takatoshi Ishiko,  Hideo Baba, 
  • Pages: E335-E345
  • First Published: 19 February 2014

Loss of FBXW7 expression is associated with poor prognosis in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Chinbold Enkhbold,  Tohru Utsunomiya,  Yuji Morine,  Satoru Imura,  Tetsuya Ikemoto,  Yusuke Arakawa,  Mami Kanamoto,  Shuichi Iwahashi,  Yu Saito,  Daichi Ishikawa,  Mitsuo Shimada, 
  • Pages: E346-E352
  • First Published: 19 February 2014

Involvement of platelets in extrahepatic metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma

Yuki Morimoto,  Kazuhiro Nouso,  Nozomu Wada,  Yasuto Takeuchi,  Hideaki Kinugasa,  Koji Miyahara,  Tetsuya Yasunaka,  Kenji Kuwaki,  Hideki Onishi,  Fusao Ikeda,  Yasuhiro Miyake,  Shinichiro Nakamura,  Hidenori Shiraha,  Akinobu Takaki,  Kazuhide Yamamoto, 
  • Pages: E353-E359
  • First Published: 19 February 2014

Deep sequencing analysis of variants resistant to the non-structural 5A inhibitor daclatasvir in patients with genotype 1b hepatitis C virus infection

Mika Miura,  Shinya Maekawa,  Mitsuaki Sato,  Nobutoshi Komatsu,  Akihisa Tatsumi,  Shinichi Takano,  Fumitake Amemiya,  Yasuhiro Nakayama,  Taisuke Inoue,  Minoru Sakamoto,  Nobuyuki Enomoto, 
  • Pages: E360-E367
  • First Published: 25 February 2014

Increase of fucosylated alpha-fetoprotein fraction at the onset of autoimmune hepatitis and acute liver failure

Satoshi Yamagiwa,  Yasushi Tamura,  Masaaki Takamura,  Takuya Genda,  Takafumi Ichida,  Toru Ishikawa,  Tomoteru Kamimura,  Toru Takahashi,  Takeshi Suda,  Yasunobu Matsuda,  Minoru Nomoto,  Yutaka Aoyagi, 
  • Pages: E368-E375
  • First Published: 25 February 2014

Splenectomy increases the number of circulating hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells in patients with hepatitis C virus-associated liver cirrhosis

Masahiro Masuya,  Katsuya Shiraki,  Kazushi Sugimoto,  Norihiko Yamamoto,  Misao Yoneda,  Kazuki Kanayama,  Kenichiro Nishikawa,  Kazuko Ino,  Isao Tawara,  Kohshi Ohishi,  Hiroyuki Sakurai,  Masanobu Usui,  Taizo Shiraishi,  Shuji Isaji,  Yoshiyuki Takei,  Naoyuki Katayama, 
  • Pages: E376-E385
  • First Published: 25 February 2014

A 48-week telaprevir-based triple combination therapy improves sustained virological response rate in previous non-responders to peginterferon and ribavirin with genotype 1b chronic hepatitis C: A multicenter study

Noritomo Shimada,  Akihito Tsubota,  Masanori Atsukawa,  Hiroshi Abe,  Tatsuya Ide,  Koichi Takaguchi,  Yoshimichi Chuganji,  Hidenori Toyoda,  Kai Yoshizawa,  Makiko Ika,  Yoshiyuki Sato,  Keizo Kato,  Takashi Kumada,  Choitsu Sakamoto,  Yoshio Aizawa,  Michio Sata, 
  • Pages: E386-E396
  • First Published: 10 March 2014

Clinical significance of pretreatment serum interferon-gamma-inducible protein 10 concentrations in chronic hepatitis C patients treated with telaprevir-based triple therapy

Hiroki Nishikawa,  Hirayuki Enomoto,  Akihiro Nasu,  Nobuhiro Aizawa,  Masaki Saito,  Akihiro Tamori,  Norifumi Kawada,  Toru Kimura,  Yukio Osaki,  Shuhei Nishiguchi, 
  • Pages: E397-E407
  • First Published: 14 March 2014

Nuclear receptor gene alteration in human induced pluripotent stem cells with hepatic differentiation propensity

Noriko Itaba,  Peninah M. Wairagu,  Natsumi Aramaki,  Toshihiro Yasui,  Yoshiaki Matsumi,  Yohei Kono,  Ai N.H. Phan,  Makoto Otsu,  Takahiro Kunisada,  Yukio Nakamura,  Hideyuki Okano,  Yangsik Jeong,  Goshi Shiota, 
  • Pages: E408-E419
  • First Published: 18 March 2014

Non-invasive assessment of liver steatosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Hiromi Kan,  Yuki Kimura,  Hideyuki Hyogo,  Takayuki Fukuhara,  Hatsue Fujino,  Noriaki Naeshiro,  Yohji Honda,  Tomokazu Kawaoka,  Masataka Tsuge,  Akira Hiramatsu,  Michio Imamura,  Yoshiiku Kawakami,  Hiroshi Aikata,  Hidenori Ochi,  Koji Arihiro,  Kazuaki Chayama, 
  • Pages: E420-E427
  • First Published: 18 March 2014

Significance of pretransplant abstinence on harmful alcohol relapse after liver transplantation for alcoholic cirrhosis in Japan

Hiroto Egawa,  Yoshihide Ueda,  Naoki Kawagishi,  Takahito Yagi,  Hiroyuki Kimura,  Takafumi Ichida, 
  • Pages: E428-E436
  • First Published: 02 April 2014

Does the preoperative alpha-fetoprotein predict the recurrence and mortality after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma without macrovascular invasion in patients with normal liver function?

Atsushi Kudo,  Satoshi Matsumura,  Daisuke Ban,  Takumi Irie,  Takanori Ochiai,  Shinji Tanaka,  Shigeki Arii,  Minoru Tanabe, 
  • Pages: E437-E446
  • First Published: 02 April 2014

Interferon lambda 4 polymorphism affects on outcome of telaprevir, pegylated interferon and ribavirin combination therapy for chronic hepatitis C

Yuko Nagaoki,  Michio Imamura,  Yoshiiku Kawakami,  Hiromi Kan,  Hatsue Fujino,  Takayuki Fukuhara,  Tomoki Kobayashi,  Atsushi Ono,  Takashi Nakahara,  Noriaki Naeshiro,  Ayako Urabe,  Satoe Yokoyama,  Daisuke Miyaki,  Eisuke Murakami,  Tomokazu Kawaoka,  Masataka Tsuge,  Akira Hiramatsu,  Hiroshi Aikata,  Shoichi Takahashi,  C. Nelson Hayes,  Hidenori Ochi,  Kazuaki Chayama,  Hiroshima Liver Study Group , 
  • Pages: E447-E454
  • First Published: 02 April 2014

Computed tomography during hepatic arteriography pattern may predict hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence following transarterial chemoembolization

Kazuhiro Katayama,  Kazuyoshi Ohkawa,  Kazuho Imanaka,  Mitsuru Sakakibara,  Masanori Miyazaki,  Haruki Kimura,  Akio Ishihara,  Takashi Matsunaga,  Masayuki Murata,  Tetsuro Nakazawa,  Katsuyuki Nakanishi, 
  • Pages: E455-E463
  • First Published: 04 April 2014

Red cell distribution width as a potential index to assess the severity of hepatitis B virus-related liver diseases

Rui Huang,  Chenchen Yang,  Kangkang Wu,  Shufeng Cao,  Yong Liu,  Ran Su,  Yali Xiong,  Aijun Huang,  Chao Wu, 
  • Pages: E464-E470
  • First Published: 11 April 2014

Anti-M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antibodies in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis

Hiroto Tsuboi,  Hiromasa Ohira,  Hiromitsu Asashima,  Sayaka Tsuzuki,  Mana Iizuka,  Naomi Matsuo,  Yuya Kondo,  Isao Matsumoto,  Takayuki Sumida, 
  • Pages: E471-E479
  • First Published: 21 April 2014

Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T gene mutation and hyperhomocysteinemia in Budd–Chiari syndrome and portal vein thrombosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Xingshun Qi,  Zhiping Yang,  Valerio De Stefano,  Daiming Fan, 
  • Pages: E480-E498
  • First Published: 28 April 2014

Short Communication

Clinical usage of serum ferritin to assess liver fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Proceed with caution

Masato Yoneda,  Emmanuel Thomas,  Yoshio Sumida,  Kento Imajo,  Yuichiro Eguchi,  Hideyuki Hyogo,  Hideki Fujii,  Masafumi Ono,  Takumi Kawaguchi,  Eugene R. Schiff, 
  • Pages: E499-E502
  • First Published: 14 March 2014