Liver International

Autonomic dysfunction: often present but usually ignored in patients with liver disease
pp. 1451-1453(3)
Authors: Salerno, Francesco; Cazzaniga, Massimo

Pretransplantation calcineurin activity: towards individualized therapy?: This editorial on the paper by Blanchet et al. (Liver Int 2009; 29: 1152-7) should have appeared in the September 2009 issue. We regret the error.
pp. 1454-1456(3)
Author: Marquet, Pierre

Pharmacological actions of curcumin in liver diseases or damage
pp. 1457-1466(10)
Authors: Rivera-Espinoza, Yadira; Muriel, Pablo

Microvascular optical assessment confirms the presence of peripheral autonomic dysfunction in primary biliary cirrhosis
pp. 1467-1472(6)
Authors: Stevens, Sam; Allen, John; Murray, Alan; Jones, David; Newton, Julia

Chronic hepatitis C virus infection associated with autonomic dysfunction
pp. 1473-1478(6)
Authors: Osztovits, János; Horváth, Tamás; Abonyi, Margit; Tóth, Tamás; Visnyei, Zsolt; Bekö, Gabriella; Csák, Tímea; Lakatos, Péter László; Littvay, Levente; Fehér, János; Kempler, Péter; Kollai, Márk; Szalay, Ferenc

Treatment of hepatitis C virus carriers with persistently normal alanine aminotransferase levels with peginterferon α-2a and ribavirin: a multicentric study
pp. 1479-1484(6)
Authors: Puoti, Claudio; Pellicelli, Adriano M.; Romano, Mario; Mecenate, Fabrizio; Guarisco, Riccardo; Barbarini, Giorgio; Mazzoni, Ettore; Spilabotti, Lucia; Bellis, Lia; Paglia, Federica; Barlattani, Angelo; Picardi, Antonio; Paffetti, Amerigo; Bonaventura, Maria Elena; Nosotti, Lorenzo; Mitidieri, Olga; Dell' Unto, Orlando; Villani, Roberto; Dell' Unto, Chiara; Morrone, Aldo; Soccorsi, Fabrizio

Analysis of the efficacy of treatment with peginterferon α-2a and ribavirin in patients coinfected with hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus
pp. 1485-1493(9)
Authors: Yu, Jian-Wu; Sun, Li-Jie; Zhao, Yong-Hua; Kang, Peng; Gao, Jie; Li, Shu-Chen

Alanine aminotransferase, γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT) and all-cause mortality: results from a population-based Danish twins study alanine aminotransferase, GGT and mortality in elderly twins
pp. 1494-1499(6)
Authors: Fraser, Abigail; Thinggaard, Mikael; Christensen, Kaare; Lawlor, Debbie A.

Food intake increases liver stiffness in patients with chronic or resolved hepatitis C virus infection
pp. 1500-1506(7)
Authors: Mederacke, Ingmar; Wursthorn, Karsten; Kirschner, Janina; Rifai, Kinan; Manns, Michael P.; Wedemeyer, Heiner; Bahr, Matthias J.

The combination of a blood test and Fibroscan improves the non-invasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis
pp. 1507-1515(9)
Authors: Boursier, Jérôme; Vergniol, Julien; Sawadogo, Apollinaire; Dakka, Taoufiq; Michalak, Sophie; Gallois, Yves; Le Tallec, Véronique; Oberti, Frédéric; Fouchard-Hubert, Isabelle; Dib, Nina; Rousselet, Marie Christine; Konaté, Anselme; Amrani, Naïma; de Ledinghen, Victor; Calès, Paul

Evaluation of indocyanine green clearance and model for end-stage liver disease for estimation of short-term prognosis in decompensated cirrhosis
pp. 1516-1520(5)
Authors: Stauber, Rudolf E.; Wagner, Doris; Stadlbauer, Vanessa; Palma, Stefan; Gurakuqi, Gerald; Kniepeiss, Daniela; Iberer, Florian; Smolle, Karl-Heinz; Haas, Josef; Trauner, Michael

Serum cystatin C level is a good prognostic marker in patients with cirrhotic ascites and normal serum creatinine levels
pp. 1521-1527(7)
Authors: Seo, Yeon Seok; Jung, Eun Suk; An, Hyonggin; Kim, Jeong Han; Jung, Young Kul; Kim, Ji Hoon; Yim, Hyung Joon; Yeon, Jong Eun; Byun, Kwan Soo; Kim, Chang Duck; Ryu, Ho Sang; Um, Soon Ho

Pulmonary dysfunction and hepatopulmonary syndrome in cirrhosis and portal hypertension
pp. 1528-1537(10)
Authors: Møller, Søren; Krag, Aleksander; Madsen, Jan L.; Henriksen, Jens H.; Bendtsen, Flemming

Acute-phase proteins as indicators of bacterial infection in patients with cirrhosis
pp. 1538-1542(5)
Authors: Tsiakalos, Aristotelis; Karatzaferis, Aggelos; Ziakas, Panayiotis; Hatzis, Gregorios

Immunogenetic susceptibility to diabetes mellitus in patients with liver disease
pp. 1543-1551(9)
Authors: Montano-Loza, Aldo J.; Sultan, Aqib; Falanga, Debbie; Loss, George; Mason, Andrew L.

An unusual cause of liver abscess
pp. 1552-1552(1)
Authors: Ariyuca, Sevil; Dogˇan, Murat; Kaya, Avni; Ay, Metin

Porcine endogenous retrovirus released by a bioartificial liver infects primary human cells
pp. 1553-1561(9)
Authors: Frühauf, Jan-Henning; Mertsching, Heike; Giri, Shibashish; Frühauf, Nils Roman; Bader, Augustinus

Hepatocyte growth factor protects against Fas-mediated liver apoptosis in transgenic mice
pp. 1562-1568(7)
Authors: Suzuki, Hideyuki; Toyoda, Mitsuo; Horiguchi, Norio; Kakizaki, Satoru; Ohyama, Tatsuya; Takizawa, Daichi; Ichikawa, Takeshi; Sato, Ken; Takagi, Hitoshi; Mori, Masatomo

Retinoic acid signalling induces the differentiation of mouse fetal liver-derived hepatic progenitor cells
pp. 1569-1581(13)
Authors: Huang, Jiayi; Bi, Yang; Zhu, Gao-Hui; He, Yun; Su, Yuxi; He, Bai-Cheng; Wang, Yi; Kang, Quan; Chen, Liang; Zuo, Guo-Wei; Luo, Qing; Shi, Qiong; Zhang, Bing-Qiang; Huang, Ailong; Zhou, Lan; Feng, Tao; Luu, Hue H.; Haydon, Rex C.; He, Tong-Chuan; Tang, Ni

Hypoxia inducible factor-1α induction by tumour necrosis factor-α, but not by toll-like receptor agonists, modulates cellular respiration in cultured human hepatocytes
pp. 1582-1592(11)
Authors: Regueira, Tomas; Lepper, Philipp M.; Brandt, Sebastian; Ochs, Matthias; Vuda, Madhusudanarao; Takala, Jukka; Jakob, Stephan M.; Djafarzadeh, Siamak

Z and Mmalton-1-antitrypsin deficiency-associated hepatocellular carcinoma: a genetic study
pp. 1593-1596(4)
Authors: Francalanci, Paola; Santorelli, Filippo M.; Saccani, Simona; Bonetti, Maria F.; Medicina, Daniela; Coni, Pierpaolo; Faa, Gavino; Callea, Francesco

Antifibrotic effect of angiotensin blockers in hypertensive hepatitis C patients
pp. 1597-1597(1)
Authors: Bahde, Ralf; Kapoor, Sorabh

Authors' response
pp. 1598-1598(1)
Authors: Corey, Kathleen; Shah, Nirali; Chung, Raymond T.