{"title":"Register now for the EASL Congress 2025, 7-10 May in Amsterdam!","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0168-8278(25)00103-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0168-8278(25)00103-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15888,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hepatology","volume":"82 4","pages":"Page iii"},"PeriodicalIF":26.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143618593","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":"JHEP at a glance (April 2025)","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0168-8278(25)00128-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0168-8278(25)00128-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15888,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hepatology","volume":"82 4","pages":"Pages e157-e167"},"PeriodicalIF":26.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143618590","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":"Join the community and become an EASL member today!","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0168-8278(25)00105-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0168-8278(25)00105-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15888,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hepatology","volume":"82 4","pages":"Page v"},"PeriodicalIF":26.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143618589","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":"Celebrate World Liver Day on 19 April! Read more and see how you can get involved.","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0168-8278(25)00102-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0168-8278(25)00102-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15888,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hepatology","volume":"82 4","pages":"Page ii"},"PeriodicalIF":26.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143618617","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 EASL Guidelines app is your indispensable mobile companion for accessing comprehensive and up-to-date clinical practice guidelines in hepatology. Download it now!","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0168-8278(25)00104-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0168-8278(25)00104-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15888,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hepatology","volume":"82 4","pages":"Page iv"},"PeriodicalIF":26.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143618611","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}
Ellen L. Larson, Samia D. Ellias, Daniel J. Blezek, Jason Klug, Robert P. Hartman, Nickie Francisco Ziller, Heather Bamlet, Shennen A. Mao, Dana K. Perry, Induja R. Nimma, Dilhana Badurdeen, Liu Yang, Michael D. Leise, Kymberly D. Watt, Tayyab S. Diwan, Timucin Taner, Charles D. Rosen, Enrique F. Elli, James A. Madura, Caroline C. Jadlowiec, Julie K. Heimbach
{"title":"Simultaneous liver transplant and sleeve gastrectomy provides durable weight loss, improves metabolic syndrome and reduces allograft steatosis","authors":"Ellen L. Larson, Samia D. Ellias, Daniel J. Blezek, Jason Klug, Robert P. Hartman, Nickie Francisco Ziller, Heather Bamlet, Shennen A. Mao, Dana K. Perry, Induja R. Nimma, Dilhana Badurdeen, Liu Yang, Michael D. Leise, Kymberly D. Watt, Tayyab S. Diwan, Timucin Taner, Charles D. Rosen, Enrique F. Elli, James A. Madura, Caroline C. Jadlowiec, Julie K. Heimbach","doi":"10.1016/j.jhep.2025.02.030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2025.02.030","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background and Aims</h3>The prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS) is rising among liver transplant (LT) candidates, many of whom have Metabolic-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD). Following LT, untreated obesity often causes recurrent MASLD. We treated patients with obesity with LT and concurrent sleeve gastrectomy (LTSG), aiming to determine long-term impact on obesity, MetS and recurrent MASLD after transplantation.<h3>Methods</h3>A multicenter retrospective cohort study analyzed patients undergoing LTSG using a single clinical protocol (n=72), and patients with BMI >30 who underwent LT alone for MASLD (n=185). Follow-up duration was 4-153 (median 41) months for LTSG and 12-161 (median 75) months for LT. Outcomes included mortality, graft loss, BMI, MetS components, allograft steatosis and fibrosis.<h3>Results</h3>Mortality and graft loss were not significantly different between LT and LTSG patients. Post-LTSG patients had significantly lower prevalence of diabetes for >8 years (<em>p</em><0.05); hypertension decreased from 61.1% to 35.8% (<em>p</em><0.01). LTSG patients, with average starting BMI of 45.5, had significant weight loss compared to baseline for >9 years (<em>p</em><0.001). LT-alone patients, average starting BMI 34.0, experienced no significant change in BMI or diabetes. Development of allograft steatosis was significantly lower in LTSG vs LT patients (<em>p</em>=0.004). Fibrosis prevalence was reduced in LTSG vs LT patients 3-10 years postoperatively; although not statically significant, relative risk ratio was 0.46 (<em>p</em>=0.09). One LTSG patient had a gastric sleeve leak; one required hiatal hernia repair. Severe GERD occurred in 11.1% of LTSG patients; risk factors included pre-existing diabetes and GERD.<h3>Conclusions</h3>LTSG results in sustained weight loss, resolution of diabetes and hypertension, and reduced recurrence of steatosis and possibly fibrosis compared to LT alone. It confers no increase in mortality or graft loss.","PeriodicalId":15888,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hepatology","volume":"156 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":25.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143618616","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":"Metabolic effects and mechanism of action of the pan PPAR agonist Lanifibranor","authors":"Silvia Sabatini, Amalia Gastaldelli","doi":"10.1016/j.jhep.2025.03.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2025.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<h2>Section snippets</h2><section><section><h2>Conflict of interest</h2>AG reports consultancy/advisory boards fee for Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly and Company, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals; received lecture fees from Merck Sharp & Dohme, Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly and Company. SS reports no conflicts of interests related to this manuscript.Please refer to the accompanying ICMJE disclosure forms for further details.</section></section><section><section><h2>Authors’ contributions</h2>S.S and A.G. equally contributed to the writing of the manuscript.Lanifibranor is a triple peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) agonist and is one of the new molecules under investigation for the treatment of MASH with significant fibrosis (F2/F3. Results from the Phase 2b NATIVE trial [1] showed a significant reduction of at least 2 SAF-A score points without worsening of fibrosis (primary endpoint) in 55% and 48% of patients treated with the once-daily doses of 1200 mg and 800</section></section><section><section><h2>Financial support</h2>Internal funds of the Institute of Clinical Physiology-CNR.</section></section>","PeriodicalId":15888,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hepatology","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":25.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143618487","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":"Upadacitinib for refractory Primary Biliary Cholangitis","authors":"Mirjam Kolev, Burkhard Möller, Annalisa Berzigotti, Nasser Semmo","doi":"10.1016/j.jhep.2025.03.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2025.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"<h2>Section snippets</h2><section><section><h2>Financial support</h2>The authors received no specific funding for this work.</section></section><section><section><h2>Authors' contributions</h2>MK: acquisition of data, drafting the article; MK, BM, AB, NS: interpretation of data, revising article critically for important intellectual content, final approval of the submitted version.</section></section><section><section><h2>Declaration of Competing Interest</h2>The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.Please refer to the accompanying ICMJE disclosure forms for further details.</section></section>","PeriodicalId":15888,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hepatology","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":25.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143599112","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}
Lung-Yi Mak, Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip, Chi-Ho Lee, Jimmy Che-To Lai, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong
{"title":"Underrepresentation of Asians in diagnostic test development and drug trials in MASLD","authors":"Lung-Yi Mak, Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip, Chi-Ho Lee, Jimmy Che-To Lai, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong","doi":"10.1016/j.jhep.2025.03.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2025.03.005","url":null,"abstract":"<h2>Section snippets</h2><section><section><h2>Authors' contributions</h2>Conceptualization: LYM and VWSW; Data curation: LYM, TCFY, CHL, JCTL and VWSW; Writing – original draft preparation: LYM. Writing – reviewing and editing: LYM, TCFY, CHL, JCTL and VWSW</section></section><section><section><h2>Data availability statement</h2>The authors confirm that the data supporting the findings of this study are available within the article.</section></section><section><section><h2>Financial support</h2>None</section></section><section><section><h2>Declaration of Competing Interest</h2>Please refer to the accompanying ICMJE disclosure forms for further details.</section></section>","PeriodicalId":15888,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hepatology","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":25.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143599113","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}