{"title":"Besifovir: a viable option for long-term disease control in chronic hepatitis B.","authors":"Wai-Kay Seto","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2025.0305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2025.0305","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143699642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GULP1, A Multifaceted Diagnostic Biomarker and Potential Therapeutic Target in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Editorial on \"GULP1 as a Novel Diagnostic and Predictive Biomarker in Hepatocellular Carcinoma\".","authors":"Yuhao Xie, Lu-Qi Cao, John Wurpel, Zhe-Sheng Chen","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2025.0315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2025.0315","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143699549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Refining Portal Hypertension Assessment: The Clinical Significance of Spleen Stiffness Measurement in the Baveno VII Era.","authors":"Do Seon Song","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2025.0296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2025.0296","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143699551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unveiling GULP1 as a Hepatocyte-Specific Role for Recurrence: Editorial on \"GULP1 as a Novel Diagnostic and Predictive Biomarker in Hepatocellular Carcinoma\".","authors":"Pengde Lu, Ning Wang","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2025.0282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2025.0282","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143662525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hyung Seok Kim, Soon Sun Kim, Jae Youn Cheong, Jung Woo Eun
{"title":"Correspondence: Response to the Letter Regarding \"GULP1 as a Novel Diagnostic and Predictive Biomarker in Hepatocellular Carcinoma\".","authors":"Hyung Seok Kim, Soon Sun Kim, Jae Youn Cheong, Jung Woo Eun","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2025.0287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2025.0287","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143662506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Evolution of Non-Invasive Strategies in Cirrhosis Management-From Screening to Precision Monitoring:Editorial on 'FIB-4plus Score: A novel machine learning-based tool for screening high-risk varices in compensated cirrhosis (CHESS2004): An international multicenter study'.","authors":"Haiyu Wang, Jinjun Chen","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2025.0274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2025.0274","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143662457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rui Huang, Dae Won Jun, Hidenori Toyoda, Yao-Chun Hsu, Huy Trinh, Akito Nozaki, Toru Ishikawa, Tsunamasa Watanabe, Haruki Uojima, Daniel Q Huang, Takashi Honda, Yasuhito Tanaka, Philip Vutien, Sebastián Marciano, Hiroshi Abe, Masaru Enomoto, Masanori Atsukawa, Hirokazu Takahashi, Kunihiko Tsuji, Koichi Takaguchi, Pei-Chien Tsai, Chia-Yen Dai, Jee-Fu Huang, Chung-Feng Huang, Ming-Lun Yeh, Eileen Yoon, Sung Eun Kim, Sang Bong Ahn, Gi-Ae Kim, Jang Han Jung, Soung Won Jeong, Hyunwoo Oh, Cheng-Hao Tseng, Masatoshi Ishigami, Angela Chau, Mayumi Maeda, Satoshi Yasuda, Makoto Chuma, Takanori Ito, Keigo Kawashima, Joanne Kimiko Liu, Adrian Gadano, Ritsuzo Kozuka, Norio Itokawa, Kaori Inoue, Tomonori Senoh, Jie Li, Wan-Long Chuang, Ramsey Cheung, Chao Wu, Ming-Lung Yu, Mindie H Nguyen
{"title":"Impact of components of metabolic syndrome on long-term outcomes of CHB with nucleos(t)ide analogue treatment.","authors":"Rui Huang, Dae Won Jun, Hidenori Toyoda, Yao-Chun Hsu, Huy Trinh, Akito Nozaki, Toru Ishikawa, Tsunamasa Watanabe, Haruki Uojima, Daniel Q Huang, Takashi Honda, Yasuhito Tanaka, Philip Vutien, Sebastián Marciano, Hiroshi Abe, Masaru Enomoto, Masanori Atsukawa, Hirokazu Takahashi, Kunihiko Tsuji, Koichi Takaguchi, Pei-Chien Tsai, Chia-Yen Dai, Jee-Fu Huang, Chung-Feng Huang, Ming-Lun Yeh, Eileen Yoon, Sung Eun Kim, Sang Bong Ahn, Gi-Ae Kim, Jang Han Jung, Soung Won Jeong, Hyunwoo Oh, Cheng-Hao Tseng, Masatoshi Ishigami, Angela Chau, Mayumi Maeda, Satoshi Yasuda, Makoto Chuma, Takanori Ito, Keigo Kawashima, Joanne Kimiko Liu, Adrian Gadano, Ritsuzo Kozuka, Norio Itokawa, Kaori Inoue, Tomonori Senoh, Jie Li, Wan-Long Chuang, Ramsey Cheung, Chao Wu, Ming-Lung Yu, Mindie H Nguyen","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2024.1070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2024.1070","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Given the rise of metabolic diseases, we investigated their long-term impact in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients receiving nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analyzed data from CHB patients who initiated NAs from 30 centers (7 countries/regions). We balanced patient characteristics with and without metabolic disease (diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, and hypertension) via propensity-score matching (PSM) to evaluate adverse liver events and motality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study included 4,500 CHB patients (54.6% with ≥1 metabolic disease). PSM yielded 909 pairs of patients with balanced characteristics. When stratified by the number of metabolic disease, only patients with ≥2 metabolic diseases had increased cumulative incidence of cirrhosis and overall death (but not HCC or cause-specific death). However, when stratified by the presence of diabetes (regardless of the presence or number of other metabolic diseases), patients with diabetes (vs. those without) had significantly higher cumulative incidence of all outcomes: cirrhosis (P=0.009), HCC (P=0.023), overall, liver-related and non-liver-related death (P<0.001, P=0.026 and P<0.001, respectively). On Cox regression analysis, having ≥2 metabolic diseases was associated with cirrhosis, overall death and non-liver-related death but not HCC and liver-related death, while diabetes was significantly associated with higher risk of all outcomes: cirrhosis (HR=3.75, P=0.004), HCC (HR=2.02, P=0.020), overall, liver-related and non-liver-related death (HR=2.53, P<0.001; HR=2.65, P=0.016; HR=2.38, P<0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Having ≥2 metabolic diseases was associated with significantly higher risk of cirrhosis, overall death and non-liver-related death, but having diabetes as a single metabolic disease was significantly associated with all adverse outcomes including cirrhosis, HCC, overall, liver-related and non-liver-related death.</p>","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143647492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}