HepatologyPub Date : 2025-04-21DOI: 10.1097/hep.0000000000001323
Philip Newsome, Arun Sanyal, Iris Kliers, Laura Østergaard, Michelle Long, Mette Kjær, Anna M.G. Cali, Elisabetta Bugianesi, Mary Rinella, Michael Roden, Vlad Ratziu
{"title":"Erratum: Late breaking abstracts","authors":"Philip Newsome, Arun Sanyal, Iris Kliers, Laura Østergaard, Michelle Long, Mette Kjær, Anna M.G. Cali, Elisabetta Bugianesi, Mary Rinella, Michael Roden, Vlad Ratziu","doi":"10.1097/hep.0000000000001323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/hep.0000000000001323","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177,"journal":{"name":"Hepatology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143857912","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}
HepatologyPub Date : 2025-04-21DOI: 10.1097/hep.0000000000001354
Vicki Wing-Ki Hui, Grace Lai-Hung Wong, Junlong Dai, Yee-Kit Tse, Mandy Sze-Man Lai, Jimmy Che-To Lai, Henry Lik-Yuen Chan, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip
{"title":"Increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in HBeAg-negative indeterminate phase compared to HBeAg-negative chronic infection","authors":"Vicki Wing-Ki Hui, Grace Lai-Hung Wong, Junlong Dai, Yee-Kit Tse, Mandy Sze-Man Lai, Jimmy Che-To Lai, Henry Lik-Yuen Chan, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip","doi":"10.1097/hep.0000000000001354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/hep.0000000000001354","url":null,"abstract":"Background & Aims: The outcomes and benefits of antiviral therapy in patients with indeterminate phase HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B (CHB) are not well described in treatment guidelines. We examined hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk among these patients. Approach & Results: We identified all non-cirrhotic treatment-naïve patients with HBeAg-negative CHB who received ≥1 test for hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA and HBeAg. HBeAg-negative indeterminate phase included abnormal alanine aminotransferase (ALT ≥40 IU/L) and low HBV DNA (<2,000 IU/mL), or normal ALT (<40 IU/L) and high HBV DNA (≥2,000 IU/mL). Cox model evaluated relationship between HBV phase and HCC risk, with antiviral therapy as time-dependent variable. In 17,287 patients (mean age 54.1 years, 50% male), 4,071 (24%) transitioned to HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis, 8,722 (50%) remained in the indeterminate phase, and 4,494 (26%) moved to HBeAg-negative chronic infection over a median follow-up of 55.1 [interquartile range 21.3-105.4] months. Patients in the indeterminate phase had a significantly higher HCC risk than those in chronic infection (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 1.587, 95% CI 1.262-1.995). Among patients in the indeterminate phase, those with normal ALT and high HBV DNA had a higher HCC risk than those with abnormal ALT and low HBV DNA (aHR 1.377, 95% CI 1.007-1.883, <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p</jats:italic>=0.045). The 5-year cumulative HCC incidence showed no significant difference between treated and untreated patients in either group. Conclusions: In patients with indeterminate phase HBeAg-negative CHB, those with normal ALT and high HBV DNA showed a higher HCC risk than those with abnormal ALT and low HBV DNA, with no difference between treated and untreated patients in either group. Close monitoring with timely antiviral treatment may suffice to mitigate HCC risk in untreated patients.","PeriodicalId":177,"journal":{"name":"Hepatology","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143857908","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}
HepatologyPub Date : 2025-04-21DOI: 10.1097/hep.0000000000001361
Oren K. Fix, Michael Kane, Christina S. Gainey, Saif Khairat
{"title":"Privacy and fidelity: The promise of synthetic data in hepatology research","authors":"Oren K. Fix, Michael Kane, Christina S. Gainey, Saif Khairat","doi":"10.1097/hep.0000000000001361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/hep.0000000000001361","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177,"journal":{"name":"Hepatology","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143857910","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}
HepatologyPub Date : 2025-04-21DOI: 10.1097/hep.0000000000001366
Tai-Chung Tseng, Jia-Horng Kao
{"title":"Reply: Association of hepatitis B surface antigen and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B patients with immune-tolerant phase","authors":"Tai-Chung Tseng, Jia-Horng Kao","doi":"10.1097/hep.0000000000001366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/hep.0000000000001366","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177,"journal":{"name":"Hepatology","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143857902","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}
HepatologyPub Date : 2025-04-21DOI: 10.1097/hep.0000000000001358
Yazhen Zhang
{"title":"Letter to the Editor: Dynamic frailty trajectories and temporal measurement challenges in assessing Liver Transplantation survival benefit","authors":"Yazhen Zhang","doi":"10.1097/hep.0000000000001358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/hep.0000000000001358","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177,"journal":{"name":"Hepatology","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143857913","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}
HepatologyPub Date : 2025-04-18DOI: 10.1097/hep.0000000000001292
Hendrien Kuipers
{"title":"Food for thought: The EAT-Lancet diet to prevent a fatty liver.","authors":"Hendrien Kuipers","doi":"10.1097/hep.0000000000001292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/hep.0000000000001292","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177,"journal":{"name":"Hepatology","volume":"126 1","pages":"1392-1393"},"PeriodicalIF":13.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143849558","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}
HepatologyPub Date : 2025-04-18DOI: 10.1097/hep.0000000000001291
Daniel D Penrice,Sumera I Ilyas
{"title":"Obesity and the iron liver: A rusty secret.","authors":"Daniel D Penrice,Sumera I Ilyas","doi":"10.1097/hep.0000000000001291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/hep.0000000000001291","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177,"journal":{"name":"Hepatology","volume":"41 1","pages":"1389"},"PeriodicalIF":13.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143849557","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}
HepatologyPub Date : 2025-04-18DOI: 10.1097/hep.0000000000001293
Jawaid Shaw,Juan Pablo Arab
{"title":"Predicting liver outcomes with biomarker monitoring in MASLD.","authors":"Jawaid Shaw,Juan Pablo Arab","doi":"10.1097/hep.0000000000001293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/hep.0000000000001293","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177,"journal":{"name":"Hepatology","volume":"28 1","pages":"1387-1388"},"PeriodicalIF":13.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143849559","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}
HepatologyPub Date : 2025-04-18DOI: 10.1097/hep.0000000000001290
Robert M Wilechansky
{"title":"Not so sweet: Faster liver stiffness progression in MASLD with type 2 diabetes.","authors":"Robert M Wilechansky","doi":"10.1097/hep.0000000000001290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/hep.0000000000001290","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177,"journal":{"name":"Hepatology","volume":"46 1","pages":"1390-1391"},"PeriodicalIF":13.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143849561","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}