Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology最新文献

{"title":"Syphilitic granulomatous hepatitis","authors":"Marie Durand , Laurence Monnier Cholley , Marjolaine Morgand , Lionel Arrivé","doi":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102495","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102495","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10424,"journal":{"name":"Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology","volume":"48 10","pages":"Article 102495"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142615675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"\"Shared genes, different clinical challenges: A new likely pathogenic variant in the ABCB4 gene\"","authors":"Sandra Ribeiro Correia , Tiago Pereira Guedes , Jorge Diogo Da Silva , Nataliya Tkachenko , Isabel Pedroto","doi":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102494","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102494","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10424,"journal":{"name":"Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology","volume":"49 1","pages":"Article 102494"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142615674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Neighborhood opportunity is associated with completion of hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance prior to the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis","authors":"Joanna Jiang ,&nbsp;Erin Bouquet ,&nbsp;Yesung Kweon ,&nbsp;Mohamed I. Elsaid ,&nbsp;Dayssy A. Diaz ,&nbsp;Lanla Conteh ,&nbsp;Lindsay A. Sobotka","doi":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102485","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102485","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The Ohio Opportunity Index (OOI) is a multidimensional metric used to quantify neighborhood-level resources to access a wide array of factors that influence health. This study examined the relationship between neighborhood opportunity and completion of guideline-concordant hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) screening in patients with cirrhosis.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This retrospective study included patients with cirrhosis and HCC who received care at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center between 1/1/2015 and 12/31/2021. High opportunity was defined as a score greater than the third quartile of the study cohort. Modified Poisson regression models with robust variance examined the association, on the prevalence ratio (aPR) scale, between guideline-concordant HCC screening and high neighborhood opportunity status.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>This study included 157 cirrhosis patients newly diagnosed with HCC. Only 25.5 % of the patients completed HCC surveillance within 6 months prior to diagnosis. The OOI was a significant predictor of adherence in all models. For every ten-percentile increase in OOI score, there was a consistent increase in the prevalence ratio (PR) of pre-diagnosis HCC surveillance (PR=1.37, 95 % CI 1.10–1.71). This effect remained significant after controlling for sociodemographic, clinical, and cirrhosis-related variables (adjusted PR=1.38, 95 % CI 1.02–1.85. Compared to those with high OOI (i.e.,≥Q₃), patients in the lowest opportunity quartile had a 64 % lower prevalence of HCC screening (PR=0.36, 95 % CI 0.26–0.50).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Neighborhood opportunity status has a dose-dependent effect on HCC surveillance adherence in patients with cirrhosis. Future studies should identify neighborhood-level interventions to reduce socioeconomic disparities in HCC diagnosis and outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10424,"journal":{"name":"Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology","volume":"48 10","pages":"Article 102485"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142567271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ZNF143-mediated upregulation of MEX3C promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression","authors":"Lili Zhang ,&nbsp;Nan Dang ,&nbsp;Jiongyi Wang ,&nbsp;Wenying Zhang ,&nbsp;Xiaohua Hu ,&nbsp;Bin Jiang ,&nbsp;Dan Zhao ,&nbsp;Feng Liu ,&nbsp;Haihua Yuan","doi":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102492","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102492","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Microvascular invasion is strongly associated with aggressive tumor behavior and recurrence in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. Zinc finger protein 143(ZNF143) is a transcription factor involved in a wide variety of physiological and developmental processes. This study primarily focuses on the exact biological role and mechanism of ZNF143 in HCC migration and invasion.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The expression and prognosis of ZNF143 in HCC patients were analyzed. The levels of ZNF143, mex-3 RNA binding family member C (MEX3C) were quantified by western blot and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Cell migration ability was detected by wound- healing assay. Matrigel transwell assay was conducted to evaluate the invasion of HCC cells. The differential expression genes of ZNF143 overexpression and knockdown were screened by mRNA profiling analysis. Dual luciferase assay was performed to determine the promoter activity of MEX3C. The enrichment of ZNF143 at MEX3C promoter was determined by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>ZNF143 is overexpressed in HCC tissues and that its overexpression is correlated with poorer prognosis, especially in HCC patients with higher tumor grades and microvascular invasion. Gain- and loss-of function experiments showed that ZNF143 promotes migration and invasion in HCC cells. mRNA profiling showed that ZNF143 significantly upregulates MEX3C. ZNF143 was positively correlated with MEX3C expression in HCC tissue. ZNF143 activates MEX3C transcription by directly binding to its promoter. MEX3C knockdown inhibited migration and invasion induced by ZNF143 overexpression in HCC cells.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>ZNF143 promotes HCC cell migration and invasion by binding to MEX3C promoter and activating its expression.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10424,"journal":{"name":"Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology","volume":"48 10","pages":"Article 102492"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142564065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Predictive value of hepatic venous pressure gradient in cirrhotic portal vein thrombosis development","authors":"Huan Zhong ,&nbsp;Sizhu Lu ,&nbsp;Min Xu,&nbsp;Na Liu,&nbsp;Wei Ye,&nbsp;Yongfeng Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102484","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102484","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background &amp; Aims</h3><div>There are lots of risk factors reported for cirrhotic portal vein thrombosis (PVT) development, however, the relationship between hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) and PVT development remains unclear.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The clinical outcomes of cirrhotic patients who had no PVT and underwent HVPG measurement at baseline between March 2018 and March 2022 were analyzed retrospectively. Screening for non-tumoral PVT development was implemented by contrast-enhanced computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging every 6-12 months.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Eighty-two cirrhotic patients were evaluated over a follow-up period. Of these, 12 patients (14.6%) experienced the development of PVT. The occurrence of non-tumoral PVT at one, two, and three years were 6.6%, 11.7%, and 22.2% respectively. HVPG (p=0.038;HR 1.07;95%CI 1.00-1.14) and alcohol liver disease (ALD) (p=0.019;HR 4.20;95%CI 1.27-13.89) were independently associated with a high PVT risk. The cutoff value of HVPG was 17.52 mmHg. The cumulative incidence of PVT differed significantly among groups stratified by HVPG thresholds of 16mmHg (<em>P</em>=0.011). The sensitivity and specificity of HVPG≥16mmHg in predicting PVT development were 100.0% and 35.7%.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>In patients with liver cirrhosis, the value of HVPG was the independent predictive factor of PVT development. Screening for PVT was recommended during follow-up in patients with HVPG≥16 mmHg.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10424,"journal":{"name":"Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology","volume":"48 10","pages":"Article 102484"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142557315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Real-world effectiveness and safety of CT-P13, an infliximab biosimilar, for inflammatory bowel diseases: A prospective national observational cohort study (ReFLECT study)","authors":"David Laharie ,&nbsp;Yoram Bouhnik ,&nbsp;Lucine Vuitton ,&nbsp;Amélie Biron ,&nbsp;Gaelle Pierron ,&nbsp;Yves Brault ,&nbsp;Maryse Assing ,&nbsp;Amira Bouzidi ,&nbsp;Aurélien Amiot ,&nbsp;Stephane Nancey","doi":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102483","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102483","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>ReFLECT was a French, prospective, multicenter, observational cohort study evaluating the effectiveness and safety of the infliximab (IFX) biosimilar CT-P13 in a real-world setting. Here, we describe the results for adults with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Eligible patients with IBD were recruited and received intravenous CT-P13 induction and/or maintenance therapy; patients were either naive to IFX (IFX-naive) or previously treated with IFX originator or another IFX biosimilar (IFX-switched). The primary objective was CT-P13 persistence, which was measured as a time-dependent variable during a two-year follow-up period with four prespecified visits. Safety was assessed.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The adult IBD population comprised 530 patients with Crohn's disease (CD), including 327 categorized as IFX-naive, 188 as IFX-switched, 11 as other (i.e., previously received IFX but received another treatment before switching to CT-P13), and 4 with missing data; and 221 patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), including 152 categorized as IFX-naive, 59 as IFX-switched, 8 as other, and 2 with missing data. After two years of follow-up, the rates of CT-P13 persistence were 71.7 % (95 % CI: 66.7, 77.0) and 63.7 % (55.3, 73.3) in patients with CD and UC, respectively. CT-P13 persistence was greater for IFX-switched patients than for IFX-naive patients (CD: 83.7 % [95 % CI: 78.0, 89.9] vs 65.7 % [58.6, 73.7]; UC: 91.2 % [81.7, 100.0] vs 53.4 % [43.0, 66.2]). The main reason for CT-P13 discontinuation was loss of response (CD/UC) in both IFX-naive (14.7 %/21.7 %) and IFX-switched (7.4 %/5.1 %) groups. Among patients (CD and UC, respectively), 51.3 % and 45.2 % reported ≥1 adverse event (AE), and 13.2 % and 12.7 % reported serious AEs, respectively.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>After two years of follow-up, the effectiveness of intravenous CT-P13 was maintained in &gt;80 % of IFX-switched patients. CT-P13 induced effective therapeutic maintenance in IFX-naive patients. CT-P13 had an acceptable safety profile.</div></div><div><h3>Trial registration</h3><div>ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02925338</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10424,"journal":{"name":"Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology","volume":"48 10","pages":"Article 102483"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142496353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The clinical prognostic risk stratification system for HIV infected hepatocellular carcinoma","authors":"Yifan Chen ,&nbsp;Han Zhao ,&nbsp;Yao Wang ,&nbsp;Bo Liu ,&nbsp;Zhimin Chen ,&nbsp;Yu Tao ,&nbsp;Yang Xun ,&nbsp;Hua Yang ,&nbsp;Rongqiu Liu ,&nbsp;Lizhi Feng ,&nbsp;Xinhua Liu ,&nbsp;Hengjing Li ,&nbsp;Sibo Wang ,&nbsp;Baolin Liao ,&nbsp;Dong Zhao ,&nbsp;Haolan He ,&nbsp;Hua You","doi":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102479","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102479","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are more susceptible to liver cancer because of their compromised immune system. There is no specific prognostic model for HIV-infected hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Clinical data of 85 patients with HIV-infected HCC was divided into a 7:3 ratio for training and internal validation sets, while the data of 23 patients with HIV-infected HCC was served as the external validation set. Data of 275 HIV-negative HCC patients was considered as external HIV-negative validation set. Variables associated with overall survival (OS) in the training set were used to develop the HIV-infected HCC prognosis (HIHP) model. The model was tested in the internal and external validation sets. The predictive accuracy of the model was assessed with conventional HIV-negative HCC prognostic scoring systems.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>In the training set, variables independently associated with OS in multivariable analysis were organ involvement and tumor number. The HIHP model demonstrated a significant association with OS in the training set, with a median OS of 13 months for low risk, 7 months for medium risk, and 3 months for high risk (<em>p</em> &lt; 0.001). The HIHP model showed a significant association with OS, and exhibited greater discriminative abilities compared to conventional HIV-negative HCC prognostic models both in the internal and external validation sets. In the external HIV-negative validation set, the HIHP model did not show better discrimination than conventional HIV-negative HCC scores.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The new model presented in the work provided a more accurate prognostic prediction of OS in HIV-infected HCC patients. However, the model is not applicable to patients with HIV-negative HCC.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10424,"journal":{"name":"Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology","volume":"48 10","pages":"Article 102479"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142459649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ascites and psychiatric symptoms associated with syphilis","authors":"Huayu Zhang ,&nbsp;Huajie Liu ,&nbsp;Qinglin Tang ,&nbsp;Mingqing Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102480","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102480","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10424,"journal":{"name":"Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology","volume":"48 10","pages":"Article 102480"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142459648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Efficacy of gastric per-oral endoscopic myotomy remains similar after failure of interventional techniques in refractory gastroparesis","authors":"Marion Chartier ,&nbsp;Henri Duboc ,&nbsp;David Moszkowicz ,&nbsp;Marie Dior ,&nbsp;Maude Le Gall ,&nbsp;Benoit Coffin ,&nbsp;Heithem Soliman","doi":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102481","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102481","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and aims</h3><div>Gastric per-oral endoscopic myotomy (G-POEM) is a new therapeutic option for the treatment of refractory gastroparesis. However, the outcome of G-POEM after the failure of gastric electrical stimulation (GES) or other pylorus-targeting therapies has been poorly reported.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Data were collected from patients referred for G-POEM for refractory gastroparesis. The efficacy in patients with previous interventional techniques was compared to patients naïve to instrumental technique. The primary endpoint was the 6-month clinical success rate, defined as at least a 1-point decrease in the Gastroparesis Cardinal Symptom Index (GCSI).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Among 48 patients referred for G-POEM, 32 patients had previous instrumental treatments (66%): 15 (31%) had GES, and 17 (35%) had pyloric endoscopic dilation or toxin injection. The technical success rate was 100%. At 6 months, clinical success was achieved in 25/48 patients (52%) and the GCSI decreased from 3.38 (2.94–3.95) to 2.25 (1.11–3.36) (p &lt; 0.001). The 6-month success rate was similar in patients with or without previous instrumental treatment (50.0% vs 56.3%; p = 0.41). The complication rate was also similar in the two groups (6.3% vs 12.5%; p = 0.59), with only one severe adverse event. The only predictive factor for success at 6 months was a higher body mass index (OR = 1.14 [1.01–1.32]; p = 0.05).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>G-POEM is safe and remains effective after GES or previous pyloric treatment failure, with 50% efficacy at 6 months. The therapeutic strategy in refractory gastroparesis remains to be defined.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10424,"journal":{"name":"Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology","volume":"48 9","pages":"Article 102481"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142459650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The prevalence of small intestine bacterial overgrowth in irritable bowel syndrome is much higher with lactulose than glucose breath test: Results of a retrospective monocentric study","authors":"François Mion ,&nbsp;Fabien Subtil ,&nbsp;Christelle Machon ,&nbsp;Sabine Roman ,&nbsp;Anne Mialon","doi":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102482","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102482","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Glucose (GBT) and lactulose (LBT) breath tests have been recommended for the diagnosis of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). LBT may yield a higher prevalence of SIBO diagnosis, because of its limited small bowel absorption, and therefore colonic fermentation. The aim of this retrospective study was to confirm this hypothesis, in irritable bowel syndrome patients (IBS).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Among a cohort of 995 patients who underwent GBT or LBT, 287 with typical IBS according to Rome IV criteria, without past digestive surgery or significant medical comorbidities, were included.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>155 IBS patients underwent GBT, and 132 LBT (71% women, mean age 45±15, mean BMI: 22.6±4.3 kg/m²). There were no difference between both groups in terms of demographics, IBS type and severity of symptoms. The prevalence of SIBO according to LBT was 47%, versus 4.5% only with GBT (p&lt;0.001). The prevalence of methane values ≥ 10 ppm were similar in both groups (34%).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>LBT is very frequently positive in IBS patients, as compared to GBT. The 2 tests are thus not interchangeable for the diagnosis of SIBO. Furthermore, the positivity of both tests was not correlated with symptoms, which may indicate a poor clinical interest of these tests in IBS.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10424,"journal":{"name":"Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology","volume":"48 9","pages":"Article 102482"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142459651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}