April 2008

Editorial Board
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Many Ways One Aim
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EASL Monothematic Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Prague, June 12-14, 2008
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43rd Annual Meeting of EASL, Milan, Italy, April 23-27, 2008
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Contents
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Editorial

Liver stiffness values in healthy subjects: Implications for clinical practice
• Jeremy F.L. Cobbold,
• Simon D. Taylor-Robinson
Published online: January 28, 2008
p529-531
Open Access

Original Articles

Viral Hepatitis


Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677 T allele protects against persistent HBV infection in West Africa
• Jean-Pierre Bronowicki,
• Idrissia Abdelmouttaleb,
• Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet,
• ...
• Marc-André Bigard,
• Alain Le Faou,
• Jean-Louis Guéant
Published online: January 03, 2008
p532-539

Lamivudine-resistant chronic hepatitis B: An observational study on adefovir in monotherapy or in combination with lamivudine
• Silvia Gaia,
• Valeria Barbon,
• Antonina Smedile,
• ...
• Carlo Alessandria,
• Mario Rizzetto,
• Alfredo Marzano
Published online: January 31, 2008
p540-547

Restoration of HCV-specific T cell functions by PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in HCV infection: Effect of viremia levels and antiviral treatment
• Simona Urbani,
• Barbara Amadei,
• Daniela Tola,
• ...
• Alessandra Orlandini,
• Gabriele Missale,
• Carlo Ferrari
Published online: January 28, 2008
p548-558

Cirrhosis and its Complications


Muscle circulation contributes to hyperdynamic circulatory syndrome in advanced cirrhosis
• Paolo Caraceni,
• Francesca Dazzani,
• Eugenio Salizzoni,
• ...
• Andrea Zambruni,
• Franco Trevisani,
• Mauro Bernardi
Published online: January 31, 2008
p559-566

Transplantation


Quality of life after liver transplantation. A systematic review
• Santiago Tome,
• Jennifer T. Wells,
• Adnan Said,
• Michael R. Lucey
Published online: January 28, 2008
p567-577

Liver Failure, Growth and Cancer


Augmenter of liver regeneration: An important intracellular survival factor for hepatocytes
• Chinnasamy Thirunavukkarasu,
• Lian Fu Wang,
• Stephen A.K. Harvey,
• ...
• John Prelich,
• Thomas E. Starzl,
• Chandrashekhar R. Gandhi
Published online: January 28, 2008
p578-588

Molecular and Cell Biology


NF-κB is a critical regulator of the survival of rodent and human hepatic myofibroblasts
• Martha R. Watson,
• Karen Wallace,
• Roben G. Gieling,
• ...
• Ronald T. Hay,
• Derek A. Mann,
• Fiona Oakley
Published online: January 31, 2008
p589-597

Cholestasis and Autoimmune Liver Disease


Gallbladder disease in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis
• Karouk Said,
• Hans Glaumann,
• Annika Bergquist
Published online: January 03, 2008
p598-605

Genetic and Metabolic Liver Disease


Liver stiffness values in apparently healthy subjects: Influence of gender and metabolic syndrome
• Dominique Roulot,
• Sébastien Czernichow,
• Hervé Le Clésiau,
• Jean-Luc Costes,
• Anne-Claire Vergnaud,
• Michel Beaugrand
Published online: January 03, 2008
p606-613

Direct effects of alcohol on hepatic fibrinolytic balance: Implications for alcoholic liver disease
• Devanshi Seth,
• Philip J. Hogg,
• Mark D. Gorrell,
• Geoffrey W. McCaughan,
• Paul S. Haber
Published online: January 29, 2008
p614-627

Interleukin-10 is a protective factor against diet-induced insulin resistance in liver
• Dennys E. Cintra,
• José R. Pauli,
• Eliana P. Araújo,
• ...
• Alessandra Gambero,
• Mário J. Saad,
• Licio A. Velloso
Published online: January 31, 2008
p628-637

Hepatic free fatty acids accumulate in experimental steatohepatitis: Role of adaptive pathways
• Claire Z. Larter,
• Matthew M. Yeh,
• W. Geoffrey Haigh,
• ...
• Kim S. Bell-Anderson,
• Sum P. Lee,
• Geoffrey C. Farrell
Published online: January 28, 2008
p638-647

Reviews

miR-122, a paradigm for the role of microRNAs in the liver
• Muriel Girard,
• Emmanuel Jacquemin,
• Arnold Munnich,
• Stanislas Lyonnet,
• Alexandra Henrion-Caude
Published online: February 13, 2008
p648-656
Open Access

Environmental factors as disease accelerators during chronic hepatitis C
• Ariane Mallat,
• Christophe Hezode,
• Sophie Lotersztajn
Published online: January 28, 2008
p657-665
Open Access

The function of serotonin within the liver
• Richard G. Ruddell,
• Derek A. Mann,
• Grant A. Ramm
Published online: January 28, 2008
p666-675
Open Access

Letters to the Editor

Hepatic microvascular dysfunction and endotoxemia in sepsis
• Tetsuji Fujita
Published online: January 28, 2008
p676
Open Access
Reply to: Hepatic microvascular dysfunction and endotoxemia in sepsis
• Chantal A. Rivera,
• D. Neil Granger,
• Georg Singer
Published online: January 28, 2008
p677
Open Access

Case Report

Significant improvement of portopulmonary hypertension after 1-week terlipressin treatment
• Georgios Kalambokis,
• Panagiotis Korantzopoulos,
• Spyros A. Nikas,
• Areti Theodorou,
• Epameinondas V. Tsianos
Published online: January 28, 2008
p678-680
Open Access

Journal Club

Gastrin-releasing peptide and pruritus: More than just scratching the surface
• Mark G. Swain
Published online: January 28, 2008
p681-683

Corrigendum

Corrigendum to “Vascular remodeling and antitumoral effects of mTOR inhibition in a rat model of hepatocellular carcinoma” [J Hepatol 46 (2007) 840–848]
• David Semela,
• Anne-Christine Piguet,
• Mirjam Kolev,
• ...
• Valentin Djonov,
• Christoforos Stoupis,
• Jean-François Dufour
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p684
Announcements
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p685