{"title":"Presence of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients with varying serum hepatitis B virus DNA levels: Letter to the editor on \"Non-linear association between liver fibrosis scores and viral load in patients with chronic hepatitis B\".","authors":"Jian Wang, Shaoqiu Zhang, Chuanwu Zhu, Yuanwang Qiu, Chao Wu, Rui Huang","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0602","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0602","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":"31 1","pages":"e27-e30"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11791592/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143122544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Carvedilol to prevent hepatic decompensation of cirrhosis in patients with clinically significant portal hypertension stratified by new non-invasive model (CHESS2306).","authors":"Chuan Liu, Hong You, Qing-Lei Zeng, Yu Jun Wong, Bingqiong Wang, Ivica Grgurevic, Chenghai Liu, Hyung Joon Yim, Wei Gou, Bingtian Dong, Shenghong Ju, Yanan Guo, Qian Yu, Masashi Hirooka, Hirayuki Enomoto, Amr Shaaban Hanafy, Zhujun Cao, Xiemin Dong, Jing Lv, Tae Hyung Kim, Yohei Koizumi, Yoichi Hiasa, Takashi Nishimura, Hiroko Iijima, Chuanjun Xu, Erhei Dai, Xiaoling Lan, Changxiang Lai, Shirong Liu, Fang Wang, Ying Guo, Jiaojian Lv, Liting Zhang, Yuqing Wang, Qing Xie, Chuxiao Shao, Zhensheng Liu, Federico Ravaioli, Antonio Colecchia, Jie Li, Gao-Jun Teng, Xiaolong Qi","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0198","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0198","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Backgrounds/aims: </strong>Non-invasive models stratifying clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH) are limited. Herein, we developed a new non-invasive model for predicting CSPH in patients with compensated cirrhosis and investigated whether carvedilol can prevent hepatic decompensation in patients with high-risk CSPH stratified using the new model.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Non-invasive risk factors of CSPH were identified via systematic review and meta-analysis of studies involving patients with hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG). A new non-invasive model was validated for various performance aspects in three cohorts, i.e., a multicenter HVPG cohort, a follow-up cohort, and a carvediloltreating cohort.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the meta-analysis with six studies (n=819), liver stiffness measurement and platelet count were identified as independent risk factors for CSPH and were used to develop the new \"CSPH risk\" model. In the HVPG cohort (n=151), the new model accurately predicted CSPH with cutoff values of 0 and -0.68 for ruling in and out CSPH, respectively. In the follow-up cohort (n=1,102), the cumulative incidences of decompensation events significantly differed using the cutoff values of <-0.68 (low-risk), -0.68 to 0 (medium-risk), and >0 (high-risk). In the carvediloltreated cohort, patients with high-risk CSPH treated with carvedilol (n=81) had lower rates of decompensation events than non-selective beta-blockers untreated patients with high-risk CSPH (n=613 before propensity score matching [PSM], n=162 after PSM).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Treatment with carvedilol significantly reduces the risk of hepatic decompensation in patients with high-risk CSPH stratified by the new model.</p>","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"105-118"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11791610/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141579129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"UBE2S: A novel driver of HIF-1alpha-induced metabolic reprogramming in hepatocellular carcinoma: Editorial on \"UBE2S promotes glycolysis in hepatocellular carcinoma by enhancing E3 enzyme-independent polyubiquitination of VHL\".","authors":"Martina Mang Leng Lei, Terence Kin Wah Lee","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0568","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0568","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"281-285"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11791545/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141747514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease across women's reproductive lifespan and issues.","authors":"Clara Meda, Arianna Dolce, Sara Della Torre","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0419","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0419","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"327-332"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11791579/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141888659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accountability in AI medicine: A critical appraisal of ChatGPT in patient self-management and screening.","authors":"Jiawen Wang, Tian Xia","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0769","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0769","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"e1-e2"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11791567/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142342737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Roles of X-box binding protein 1 in liver pathogenesis.","authors":"Jihoon Tak, Yun Seok Kim, Sang Geon Kim","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0441","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0441","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The prevalence of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) and viral liver infections presents significant challenges in modern healthcare and contributes to considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. Concurrently, metabolic dysfunctionassociated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) has emerged as a major public health concern, reflecting the increasing rates of obesity and leading to more severe complications such as fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. X-box binding protein 1 (XBP1) is a distinct transcription factor with a basic-region leucine zipper structure, whose activity is regulated by alternative splicing in response to disruptions in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) homeostasis and the unfolded protein response (UPR) activation. XBP1 interacts with a key signaling component of the highly conserved UPR and is critical in determining cell fate when responding to ER stress in liver diseases. This review aims to elucidate the emerging roles and molecular mechanisms of XBP1 in liver pathogenesis, focusing on its involvement in DILI, viral liver infections, MASLD, fibrosis/cirrhosis, and liver cancer. Understanding the multifaceted functions of XBP1 in these liver diseases offers insights into potential therapeutic strategies to restore ER homeostasis and mitigate liver damage.</p>","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"1-31"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11791611/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142361222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correspondence to letter to the editor on \"Non-linear association between liver fibrosis scores and viral load in patients with chronic hepatitis B\".","authors":"Gi-Ae Kim, Seung Won Choi, Young-Suk Lim","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0619","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0619","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"e108-e109"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11791595/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141892956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contemporary awareness of viral hepatitis between 2012 and 2022 among Korean adults.","authors":"Donghee Kim, Won Kim, Aijaz Ahmed","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0849","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0849","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"e5-e7"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11791582/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142388482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transient elastography for assessing liver fibrosis in autoimmune liver diseases: Excellent performance but limited details: Editorial on \"Diagnostic accuracy of vibration-controlled transient elastography for staging liver fibrosis in autoimmune liver diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis\".","authors":"Kyung-Ah Kim","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0827","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0827","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"275-276"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11791557/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142388483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter regarding \"Prevalence of clinically significant liver fibrosis in the general population\".","authors":"Wei Feng, Qile Wang, Qingwang Ye","doi":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0887","DOIUrl":"10.3350/cmh.2024.0887","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10275,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Molecular Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"e21-e22"},"PeriodicalIF":14.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11791591/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142399577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}