Acute phase proteins for the diagnosis of bacterial infection and prediction of mortality in acute complications of cirrhosis
Lazzarotto, Cesar¹; Ronsoni, Marcelo Fernando¹; Fayad, Leonardo¹; Nogueira, Christiane Lourenco¹; Bazzo, Maria Luiza¹; Narciso-Schiavon, Janaina Luz¹; Lucca Schiavon, Leonardo de¹; Dantas-Correa, Esther Buzaglo^1
1Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Hospital Universitario, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina. Brasil
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 4 Jul-Ago, Pag. 431-439]

Association of plasma visfatin with hepatic and systemic inflammation in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Genc, Halil¹; Dogru, Teoman¹; Kara, Muammer¹; Tapan, Serkan²; Ercin, Cemal Nuri¹; Acikel, Cengizhan³; Karslioglu, Yildirim⁴; Bagci, Sait^1
1Gulhane School of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara. Turquía; ²Gulhane School of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Ankara. Turquía; ³Gulhane School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, Ankara. Turquía; ⁴Gulhane School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Ankara. Turquía
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 4 Jul-Ago, Pag. 380-387]

Efficacy and safety of interferon-based therapy in the treatment of adult thalassemic patients with chronic hepatitis C: a 12 years audit
Vafiadis, Irene¹; Trilianos, Panagiotis¹; Vlachogiannakos, Jiannis¹; Karagiorga, Markisia²; Hatziliami, Antonia²; Voskaridou, Ersi³; Ladas, Spiros D^1
1Athens University, Medical School, Goudi, Atenas. Grecia; ²Ayia Sophia Children’s Hospital, Thalassemia Unit, Goudi, Atenas. Grecia; ³Laiko General Hospital, Thalassemia Unit, Goudi, Atenas. Grecia
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 4 Jul-Ago, Pag. 364-370]

Hepatocellular carcinoma arising in a telangiectatic hepatocellular adenoma
González Lara, María Fernanda¹; Córdova Ramón, Juan Carlos²; Gamboa Domínguez, Armando²; Cosme Labarthe, Juan³; Carrillo Pérez, Diego Luis^1
1Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Departamento de Medicina Interna, México, Distrito Federal. México; ²Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Departamento de Patología, México, Distrito Federal. México; ³Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Departamento de Radiología, México, Distrito Federal. México
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 4 Jul-Ago, Pag. 458-460]

High frequencies of CD158b+ NK cells are associated with persistent hepatitis C virus infections
Ji, Hui-Fan¹; Wang, Juan¹; Yu, Lei³; Niu, Jun-Qi²; Admassu Ayana, Desalegn⁴; Jiang, Yan-Fang^1
1Jilin University, Second Part of First Hospital, Changchun, Jilin. China; ²Jilin University, First Hospital, Changchun, Jilin. China; ³Harbin Medical University, Fourth Hospital of, Harbin, Heilongjiang. China; ⁴Haramaya University, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Harar. Etiopía
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 4 Jul-Ago, Pag. 371-379]

Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis using ARFI with pathological correlation, a prospective study
Yap, Wan Wan¹; Kirke, Rathy¹; Yoshida, Eric M¹; Owen, David¹; Harris, Alison C^1
1University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Columbia Británica. Canadá
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 4 Jul-Ago, Pag. 440-447]

Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis with transient elastography (FibroScan®): applying the cut-offs of M probe to XL probe
Wong, Grace Lai-Hung¹; Vergniol, Julien²; Lo, Peter³; Wong, Vincent Wai-Sun¹; Foucher, Juliette²; Le Bail, Brigitte⁴; Choi, Paul Cheung-Lung⁵; Chermak, Faiza²; Leung, Kwong-Sak³; Merrouche, Wassil²; Chan, Henry Lik-Yuen⁶; Ledinghen, Victor de^2
1The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Institute of Digestive Disease, Hong Kong. China; ²Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Hopital Haut-Leveque, Pessac, Bordeaux. Francia; ³The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Hong Kong. China; ⁴Universite Bordeaux Segalen, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Bordeaux, Gironde. Francia; ⁵The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Hong Kong. China; ⁶Prince of Wales Hospital, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Hong Kong. China
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 4 Jul-Ago, Pag. 402-412]

Occult hepatitis B in patients on hemodialysis: a review
Fontenele, Andrea M.M¹; Salgado-Filho, Natalino¹; Ferreira, Adalgisa S.P^1
1Universidade Federal do Maranhao, Hospital Universitario, Sao Luis, Maranhao. Brasil
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 4 Jul-Ago, Pag. 359-363]

Pegylated interferon-α2b and ribavirin decrease claudin-1 and E-cadherin expression in HepG2 and Huh-7.5 cells
Rendón Huerta, Erika P¹; Torres Martínez, Ana¹; Charles Niño, Claudia²; Rivas Estilla, Ana M³; Páez, A⁴; Fortoul, Teresa I¹; Montaño, Luis F^1
1Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina, México, Distrito Federal. México; ²Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, México, Distrito Federal. México; ³Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Medicina, Monterrey, Nuevo León. México; ⁴Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Departamento de Fisiología, México, Distrito Federal. México
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 4 Jul-Ago, Pag. 448-457]

Predicting portal hypertension and variceal bleeding using non-invasive measurements of metabolic variables
Eslam, Mohammed¹; Ampuero, Javier¹; Jover, María¹; Abd-Elhalim, Hesham²; Rincón, Diego³; Shatat, Mohammed²; Camacho, Inés¹; Kamal, Amal²; Lo Iacono, Oreste³; Nasr, Zainb²; Grande, Lourdes¹; Bañares, Rafael³; Khattab, Mahmoud A²; Romero Gómez, Manuel^1
1Hospital Universitario de Valme, Unidad para el Manejo Clínico de Enfermedades Digestivas, Sevilla, Andalucía. España; ²Minia University, Department of Internal Medicine, Minia. Egipto; ³Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Unidad Digestiva, Madrid. España
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 4 Jul-Ago, Pag. 420-430]

Predicting the prognosis in acute liver failure: results from a retrospective pilot study using the LiMAx test
Friso Lock, Johan¹; Nihad Kotobi, Amir¹; Malinowski, Maciej¹; Schulz, Antje¹; Jara, Maximilian¹; Neuhaus, Peter¹; Stockmann, Martin^1
1Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Berlín. Alemania
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 4 Jul-Ago, Pag. 388-394]

Pulmonary complications of treatment with pegylated interferon for hepatitis C infection-Two case reports
Hegade, Vinod S¹; Sood, Ruchit¹; Saralaya, Dinesh¹; Moreea, Sulleman^1
1Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, West Yorkshire. Reino Unido
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 4 Jul-Ago, Pag. 461-465]

Serum cholesterol is a significant and independent mortality predictor in liver cirrhosis patients
Janicko, Martin¹; Veselíny, Eduard¹; Lesko, Dusan²; Jarcuska, Peter^1
1Pavol Jozef Safarik University, 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Kosice. Eslovaquia; ²Pavol Jozef Safarik University, 1st Department of Surgery, Kosice. Eslovaquia
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 4 Jul-Ago, Pag. 413-419]

Sirolimus based immunosuppression is associated with need for early repeat therapeutic ERCP in liver transplant patients with anastomotic biliary stricture
Tabibian, James H¹; Girotra, Mohit²; Yeh, Hsin-Chieh¹; Segev, Dorry L³; Gulsen, Murat T²; Cengiz-Seval, Guldane²; Singh, Vikesh K²; Cameron, Andrew M⁴; Gurakar, Ahmet^2
1Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Department of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Estados Unidos de América; ²Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baltimore, Maryland. Estados Unidos de América; ³Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Baltimore, Maryland. Estados Unidos de América; ⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland. Estados Unidos de América
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 4 Jul-Ago, Pag. 395-401]

Unexpected discovery of massive liver echinococcosis. A clinical, morphological, and functional diagnosis
Bonfrate, L¹; Giuliante, F²; Palasciano, G¹; LaMont, J.T³; Portincasa, P^1
1Universita di Bari, Scuola di Medicina, Bari, Puglia. Italia; ²Policlinico Gemelli, Unita Epatobiliari, Roma, Lazio. Italia; ³Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Estados Unidos de América
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 4 Jul-Ago, Pag. 466-473]

Analysis of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA load in platelets of HCV-monoinfected patients receiving antiviral therapy
Espírito-Santo, Marcia Paschoal do¹; Brandao-Mello, Carlos Eduardo; Marques, Vanessa Alves³; Lampe, Elisabeth⁴; Almeida, Adilson Jose de
¹Universita Magna Graecia, Department of Health Sciences, Catanzaro, Calabria. Italia; ²Universita La Sapienza, Roma, Lazio. Italia
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 3 , Pag. 373-379]

Association of amino acid imbalance with the severity of liver fibrosis and esophageal varices
Enomoto, Hirayuki¹; Sakai, Yoshiyuki¹; Aizawa, Nobuhiro¹; Iwata, Yoshinori¹; Tanaka, Hironori¹; Ikeda, Naoto¹; Hasegawa, Kunihiro¹; Yoh, Kazunori¹; Ishii, Akio¹; Takashima, Tomoyuki¹; Iwata, Kazunari¹; Saito, Masaki¹; Imanishi, Hiroyasu¹; Iijima, Hiroto¹; Nishiguchi, Shuhei^1
1Hyogo College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo. Japón
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 3 , Pag. 471-478]

Decreased serum total T3 level in hepatitis B and C related cirrhosis by severity of liver damage
Kabir, Ali^1
1Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Public Health, Teherán. Irán
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 3 , Pag. 506-507]

Dendritic cells in NASH: Friend or foe?
Handa, Priya¹; Kowdley, Kris V^1
1Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Estados Unidos de América
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 3 , Pag. 508-509]

Differential expression of transforming growth factor-β and HBx enhances hepatitis B virus replication and augments host immune cytokines and chemokines
Almajhdi, Fahad N¹; Al-Qudari, Ahmed Y¹; Hussain, Zahid^1
1King Saud University, College of Science, Riyadh. Arabia Saudita
[Annals of hepatology, México, 2013 Vol. 12 Num. 3 , Pag. 408-415]