March 2004

Editorial
Published in issue: March 2004
p367

Mechanisms of HCV reinfection and allograft damage after liver transplantation
• Geoffrey W McCaughan,
• Amany Zekry
Published in issue: March 2004
p368-374

Susceptibility to primary sclerosing cholangitis is associated with polymorphisms of intercellular adhesion molecule-1
• Xuesong Yang,
• Susan N Cullen,
• Jin H Li,
• Roger W Chapman,
• Derek P Jewell
Published in issue: March 2004
p375-379

Primary biliary cirrhosis: an infectious disease caused by Chlamydia pneumoniae?
• Ahmad S Abdulkarim,
• Lydia M Petrovic,
• Woong R Kim,
• Paul Angulo,
• Ricardo V Lloyd,
• Keith D Lindor
Published in issue: March 2004
p380-384

Experimental cholestatic liver disease through bile-duct ligation in rats results in skeletal fragility and impaired osteoblastogenesis
• Miron Weinreb,
• Rivka Dresner Pollak,
• Zvi Ackerman
Published in issue: March 2004
p385-390

Hepatocyte growth factor-induced proliferation of hepatic stem-like cells depends on activation of NF-κB
• Peng Yao,
• Yiqun Zhan,
• Wangxiang Xu,
• ...
• Darong Hu,
• Chengkui Qu,
• Xiaoming Yang
Published in issue: March 2004
p391-398

Activin A augments vascular endothelial growth factor activity in promoting branching tubulogenesis in hepatic sinusoidal endothelial cells
• Daisuke Endo,
• Kimitaka Kogure,
• Yoshihisa Hasegawa,
• Masatoshi Maku-uchi,
• Itaru Kojima
Published in issue: March 2004
p399-404

In vivo real-time microangiography of the liver in mice using synchrotron radiation
• Shogo Kobayashi,
• Masatoshi Hori,
• Keizo Dono,
• ...
• Takamichi Murakami,
• Hironobu Nakamura,
• Morito Monden
Published in issue: March 2004
p405-408

Tetrathiomolybdate in the treatment of acute hepatitis in an animal model for Wilson disease
• Dominik Klein,
• Uma Arora,
• Josef Lichtmannegger,
• Matthias Finckh,
• Ulrich Heinzmann,
• Karl H Summer
Published in issue: March 2004
p409-416

Inappropriately low angiotensin II generation: a factor determining reduced kidney function and survival in patients with decompensated cirrhosis
• Giovanni Sansoé,
• Stefano Silvano,
• Giulio Mengozzi,
• ...
• Giovanni Touscoz,
• Floriano Rosina,
• Mario Rizzetto
Published in issue: March 2004
p417-423

High-density lipoproteins reduce the effect of endotoxin on cytokine production and systemic hemodynamics in cirrhotic rats with ascites
• Marı́a José Ramı́rez,
• Ángel Ibáñez,
• Miguel Navasa,
• ...
• Wladimiro Jiménez,
• Vicente Arroyo,
• Juan Rodés
Published in issue: March 2004
p424-430

Connective tissue growth factor induces c-fos gene activation and cell proliferation through p44/42 MAP kinase in primary rat hepatic stellate cells
• Runping Gao,
• DeAnna K Ball,
• Bernard Perbal,
• David R Brigstock
Published in issue: March 2004
p431-438

Effects of liver failure on branched-chain α-keto acid dehydrogenase complex in rat liver and muscle: comparison between acute and chronic liver failure
• Takashi Honda,
• Yoshihide Fukuda,
• Isao Nakano,
• ...
• Yuzo Sato,
• Taro Murakami,
• Yoshiharu Shimomura
Published in issue: March 2004
p439-445

Induction of Mx-2 in rat liver by toxic injury
• Danko S Batusic,
• Thomas Armbrust,
• Bernhard Saile,
• Giuliano Ramadori
Published in issue: March 2004
p446-453

Toxicity of low dose azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine in rat hepatocytes. Roles of xanthine oxidase and mitochondrial injury
• Michael J Tapner,
• Brett E Jones,
• Wan M Wu,
• Geoffrey C Farrell
Published in issue: March 2004
p454-463

Mechanism of liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy using mouse cDNA microarray
• Shinji Togo,
• Hirochika Makino,
• Takatoshi Kobayashi,
• ...
• Yasushi Okazaki,
• Yoshihide Hayashizaki,
• Hiroshi Shimada
Published in issue: March 2004
p464-471

Rising incidence of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in the United States: a true increase?
• Yasser H Shaib,
• Jessica A Davila,
• Kathryn McGlynn,
• Hashem B El-Serag
Published in issue: March 2004
p472-477

Combination therapy with amantadine and interferon in naı̈ve patients with chronic hepatitis C: meta-analysis of individual patient data from six clinical trials
• Alessandra Mangia,
• Gioacchino Leandro,
• Beat Helbling,
• ...
• Vito Di Marco,
• Nicolina Cino,
• Angelo Andriulli
Published in issue: March 2004
p478-483

The impact of steatosis on disease progression and early and sustained treatment response in chronic hepatitis C patients
• Heather M Patton,
• Keyur Patel,
• Cynthia Behling,
• ...
• Andrew Conrad,
• Paul J Pockros,
• John G McHutchison
Published in issue: March 2004
p484-490

Complementary and alternative therapies in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C: a systematic review
• Joanna Thompson Coon,
• Edzard Ernst
Published in issue: March 2004
p491-500

Coarse vs. fine needle aspiration biopsy for the assessment of diffuse liver disease from hepatitis C virus-related chronic hepatitis
• Enrico Brunetti,
• Enrico Silini,
• Angela Pistorio,
• ...
• Anna Marangio,
• Raffaele Bruno,
• Carlo Filice
Published in issue: March 2004
p501-506

Mutations in the basic core promoter region of hepatitis B virus. Relationship with precore variants and HBV genotypes in a Spanish population of HBV carriers
• Rosendo Jardi,
• Francisco Rodriguez,
• Maria Buti,
• ...
• Roman Galimany,
• Rafael Esteban,
• Jaime Guardia
Published in issue: March 2004
p507-514

Non-sequencing molecular approaches to identify preS2-defective hepatitis B virus variants proved to be associated with severe liver diseases
• Giovanni Raimondo,
• Lucy Costantino,
• Gaia Caccamo,
• ...
• Giovanni Squadrito,
• Irene Cacciola,
• Santa Brancatelli
Published in issue: March 2004
p515-519

Hepatitis B virus enhances transduction of human hepatocytes by SV40-based vectors
• Uri Arad,
• Jonathan Axelrod,
• Orly Ben-nun-Shaul,
• Ariella Oppenheim,
• Eithan Galun
Published in issue: March 2004
p520-526

Hepatitis C virus Core Antigen as a predictor of non-response in genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C patients treated with peginterferon α-2b plus ribavirin
• Maria Buti,
• Claudia Mendez,
• Melanie Schaper,
• ...
• Francisco Rodriguez-Frias,
• Rosendo Jardi,
• Rafael Esteban
Published in issue: March 2004
p527-532

Hepatitis C virus and liver steatosis: when fat is not beautiful
• Francesco Negro
Published in issue: March 2004
p533-535

Monitoring response to antiviral treatment by serum hepatitis C virus core antigen: too early to take shortcuts?
• Mario U Mondelli
Published in issue: March 2004
p536-538

Regulation of bile acid synthesis: pathways, nuclear receptors, and mechanisms
• John Y.L Chiang
Published in issue: March 2004
p539-551

Oral glutamine challenge and magnetic resonance spectroscopy in three patients with congenital portosystemic shunts
• Marı́a Ortiz,
• Juan Córdoba,
• Juli Alonso,
• ...
• Carlos Jacas,
• Rafael Esteban,
• Jaume Guardia
Published in issue: March 2004
p552-557

Biliary ascariasis
• Deepak Amarapurkar,
• Anjali Amarapurkar,
• Nikhil Patel
Published in issue: March 2004
p558

Duplex polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism assay for rapid detection of HFE mutations—C282Y occurs with a low frequency in Tehran's population
• V Bakayev,
• I Ignatiev,
• M Jazayeri,
• H Mohaghegh,
• S Zborovsky,
• M.R Zali
Published in issue: March 2004
p559-560

Hepatotoxicity induced by clopidogrel
• M Beltran-Robles,
• E Marquez Saavedra,
• D Sanchez-Muñoz,
• M Romero-Gomez
Published in issue: March 2004
p560-562

Hepatitis C virus genotype 1 associated with massive steatosis of the liver and hypo-β-lipoproteinemia
• Guido Colloredo,
• Aurelio Sonzogni,
• Laura Rubbia-Brandt,
• Francesco Negro
Published in issue: March 2004
p562-563

Instantaneous response to surgically induced hypoxia of hepatocellular carcinoma
• Danila Coradini,
• Aurora Costa,
• Cinzia Pellizzaro,
• Roberto Doci,
• Mariagrazia Di Rocco,
• Leandro Gennari
Published in issue: March 2004
p563-565

Preformed antibodies to biliary epithelial cells and acute rejection of liver allografts
• Jean Gugenheim
Published in issue: March 2004
p566-567

Announcements
Published in issue: March 2004
p568

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Editorial Board
Published in issue: March 2004
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