{"title":"New-onset diabetes worsens prognosis of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma after R0 resection: A multicenter study.","authors":"Peng-Jiong Liu, Zhi-Peng Zhou, Guan-Yu Wang, Shuai Xu, Wei Wang, Xiong Chen, Xiao-Dong Tan, Zhong-Hua Liu, Zhi-Ming Zhao, Yuan-Xing Gao, Xiu-Ping Zhang, Rong Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.hbpd.2025.04.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hbpd.2025.04.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The risk of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is increased in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), particularly in new-onset diabetes (NOD). This study aimed to analyze the effect of NOD on the outcomes of patients with PDAC after R0 resection.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PDAC patients from six centers in China undergoing R0 resection from 2015 to 2022 were included. Patients were categorized as long-term diabetes (LTD), NOD, or non-diabetes mellitus (non-DM) based on the timing of diagnosis relative to pancreatic resection. We compared the effects of diabetes status on perioperative and oncological outcomes of PDAC.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 1211 patients, 602 (49.7%), 127 (10.5%), and 482 (39.8%) were in the non-DM, LTD, and NOD groups, respectively. Patients with NOD suffered from higher rates of fatty pancreas and postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) (both P < 0.05). When compared with the non-DM group, the NOD group had worse median overall survival (OS) (24.6 vs. 29.4 months, P < 0.001) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) (13.3 vs. 15.8 months, P < 0.001); and the LTD group also had worse median OS (25.2 vs. 29.4 months, P = 0.041) and RFS (13.8 vs. 15.8 months, P = 0.007) compared with non-DM group. However, there were no significant differences in survival between the NOD and the LTD groups. Multivariate analysis indicated that NOD, LTD, largest tumor size, and poor tumor differentiation were independently associated with worse OS and RFS (all P < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Patients with PDAC undergoing R0 resection experienced a higher probability of POPF in the presence of concurrent NOD. Long-term survival prognosis was worse in NOD or LTD patients than in non-DM patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":55059,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The outcomes and mechanisms of chronic hepatitis B complicated by metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.","authors":"Mao-Ping Li, Kai-Zhong Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.hbpd.2025.04.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hbpd.2025.04.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In recent years, the rising prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome has led to an increased number of individuals developing metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Furthermore, given the substantial global prevalence of chronic hepatitis B (CHB), instances of MASLD coexisting with CHB are becoming increasingly commonplace in clinical scenarios. Both conditions can lead to liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and potentially hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the intricacies of the dual etiology, consequential outcomes, and associated risks of CHB concurrent with MASLD are still not fully understood.</p><p><strong>Data sources: </strong>A literature search was conducted on PubMed for articles published up to March 2024. The search keywords included nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, chronic hepatitis B, liver fibrosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2, and oxidative stress.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This review examined recent studies on the interplay between MASLD and CHB. The coexistence of these conditions may facilitate the clearance of hepatitis B surface antigen from the serum and impede hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication. Conversely, individuals with coexisting CHB tend to exhibit a lower rate of hypertriglyceridemia and reduced serum triglyceride levels compared with those only having NAFLD. Nevertheless, these observations do not necessarily indicate universally positive outcomes. Indeed, MASLD and CHB may synergistically act as \"co-conspirators\" to exacerbate clinical manifestations, particularly liver fibrosis and HCC.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>As our understanding of the interaction between steatosis and HBV infection becomes clearer, we can better assess the risk of advanced liver disease in patients with concurrent CHB and MASLD. These insights will support the exploration of potential underlying mechanisms and may provide recommendations for improving patient outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":55059,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144043641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sodium butyrate ameliorates liver fibrosis in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis rats via miR-155-5p/SOCS1/PDGF signaling pathway.","authors":"Lei-Jie Huang, Meng-Yu Wang, Feng-Zhi Xin, Rui-Xu Yang, Jing Zeng, Tian-Yi Ren, Jian-Gao Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.hbpd.2025.04.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hbpd.2025.04.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is one of the leading causes of chronic liver disease worldwide. Recently, short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), as metabolites of intestinal flora, have been found to participate in the progression of MASLD. Sodium butyrate (NaB), one of the most important SCFAs, shows therapeutic potentials in MASLD and its mechanisms have not been fully understood. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of NaB on metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) associated fibrosis as well as the underlying mechanisms.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to three groups: (i) control group, standard chow for 24 weeks; (ii) HFD group, high-fat and high-cholesterol diet (HFD) for 24 weeks; and (iii) HFD + NaB group, HFD for 24 weeks and NaB gavage for the last 16 weeks. Body weight, liver index (liver weight/body weight × 100 %), serum parameters, and liver histology were analyzed to evaluate MASH and fibrosis severity. AML12, RAW264.7 and LX2 cell lines were used for in vitro study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared to MASH rats with fibrosis induced by 24-week HFD, NaB intervention alleviated the degree of hepatic steatosis, inflammation, hepatocyte ballooning, and fibrosis. Further mechanistic study showed that NaB supplementation significantly decreased miR-155-5p level in the liver and the serum of MASH rats, and the inhibition effects of miR-155-5p on suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 (SOCS1) in both hepatocytes and hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) were blunted when they were treated with NaB. Furthermore, NaB also significantly decreased the production of platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB), a pro-fibrotic mediator, in hepatocytes. NaB treatment on AML12 cells markedly impaired the proliferation ability of co-cultured LX2 cells. Moreover, NaB intervention or miR-155-5p mimics also interferes extracellular regulated protein kinases signaling in LX2 cells.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>NaB intervention inhibited HSCs activation via miR-155-5p/SOCS1/PDGF signaling pathway and consequently relieved fibrosis in MASH rats. NaB might be a potential agent for the treatment of fibrosis in patients with MASH.</p>","PeriodicalId":55059,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143992963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lin Gao, Hsiang-Wei Wang, Zi-Rui Liu, Yi-Zhen Xu, Lu Ke, Wei-Qin Li, John A Windsor
{"title":"Fluid therapy in acute pancreatitis comparing balanced solutions and normal saline: A systematic review, meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis.","authors":"Lin Gao, Hsiang-Wei Wang, Zi-Rui Liu, Yi-Zhen Xu, Lu Ke, Wei-Qin Li, John A Windsor","doi":"10.1016/j.hbpd.2025.04.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hbpd.2025.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Isotonic crystalloids are recommended as the first choice for fluid therapy in acute pancreatitis (AP), with normal saline (NS) and lactate Ringer's (LR) used most often. Evidence based recommendations on the type of fluid are conflicting and generally come from small single-center randomized controlled trials (RCTs). We therefore conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the effect of balanced solutions (BS) versus NS on patient-centered clinical outcomes in AP.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>From four databases searched up to October 2024, we included only RCTs of adult patients with AP that compared the use of BS (including LR, acetate Ringer's, etc.) with NS. The primary outcome was the disease advances from AP to moderately severe and severe AP (MSAP/SAP). Trial sequential analyses (TSA) were conducted to control for type-I and type-II errors and Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) was used to assess the quality of evidence.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Six RCTs were identified and included, involving 260 patients treated with BS and 298 patients with NS. Patients who received the BS had less MSAP/SAP [odds ratio (OR) = 0.50, 95 % confidence interval (CI): 0.29 to 0.85, P = 0.01, I<sup>2</sup> = 0 %; 5 studies, 299 patients], reduced need of ICU admission (OR = 0.60, 95 % CI: 0.39 to 0.93, P = 0.02, I<sup>2</sup> = 0 %; 5 studies, 507 patients) and shorter length of hospital stay [mean difference (MD) = -0.88, 95 % CI:1.48 to -0.28, P = 0.004, I<sup>2</sup> = 0 %; 6 studies, 558 patients; confirmed by TSA with high certainty] compared with those who received NS. The evidence for most of the clinical outcomes was rated as moderate to low due to the risk of bias, imprecision and inconsistency.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>BS, compared with NS, was associated with improved clinical outcomes in patients with AP. However, given the moderate to low quality of evidence for most of the outcomes assessed, further trials are warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":55059,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144057446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tian-Liang Song, Fan Zhang, Chong Zhang, Hui-Juan Cheng, Ewetse Paul Maswikiti, Cheng-Yang Ji, Hao Chen, Fu-Tian Tang, Wen-Zhi Guo, Wen-Long Zhai, Yu-Min Li
{"title":"Development and validation of a nomogram for a prognostic model for resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.","authors":"Tian-Liang Song, Fan Zhang, Chong Zhang, Hui-Juan Cheng, Ewetse Paul Maswikiti, Cheng-Yang Ji, Hao Chen, Fu-Tian Tang, Wen-Zhi Guo, Wen-Long Zhai, Yu-Min Li","doi":"10.1016/j.hbpd.2025.04.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hbpd.2025.04.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly malignant tumor. Surgical resection is the most promising therapeutic strategy for PDAC, and how to improve the survival rate remains a vital key point. This study aimed to establish and validate a nomogram for predicting the prognosis of resected PDAC.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 174 patients with PDAC who underwent surgical resection at Lanzhou University Second Hospital and the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2012 to July 2022 were enrolled. The clinicopathological characteristics and survival data were analyzed by R software (version 4.1.3). Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were used to analyze the effects of clinicopathological characteristics on overall survival (OS).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Multivariate Cox regression showed that carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) ≥ 476 U/mL, carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125) ≥ 32 U/mL, fasting blood glucose (FBG) < 6.86 mmol/L, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≥ 107 U/L, positive surgical margin, and more than 4 cycles of postoperative chemotherapy were independent prognostic factors for OS. Patients were divided into the high-risk and low-risk groups based on the median risk score calculated by multivariate Cox regression analysis. Kaplan-Meier survival curves revealed that the 5-year survival rates of the high-risk and low-risk groups in the training cohort were 5.79% and 24.3%, respectively, and those in the validation cohort were 0 and 19.0%, respectively (P < 0.05). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis revealed that area under the ROC curve (AUC) of the risk score in the training set and the validation set were 0.855 and 0.838, respectively. The C-indexes of the nomogram in the training set and validation set were 0.788 (95% CI: 0.745-0.831) and 0.773 (95% CI: 0.718-0.828), respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We developed a nomogram that predicts OS in patients with resected PDAC, and the validation results showed that the nomogram model had a strong predictive ability. Particularly, FBG < 6.86 mmol/L and more than 4 cycles of postoperative chemotherapy can predict better OS of PDAC after surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":55059,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144009674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tie-Xiong Wu, Hua-Zhen Pang, Xu-Dong Liu, Li Liu, Yan-Fang Tang, Xue-Fei Luo, Xiao-Ke Ran
{"title":"Adiponectin alleviates inflammatory response in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated hepatocyte pyroptosis.","authors":"Tie-Xiong Wu, Hua-Zhen Pang, Xu-Dong Liu, Li Liu, Yan-Fang Tang, Xue-Fei Luo, Xiao-Ke Ran","doi":"10.1016/j.hbpd.2025.04.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hbpd.2025.04.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Activation of NLRP3 (NOD-, LRR- and pyrin domain-containing protein 3) inflammasomes induced by pyroptosis is crucial in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) progression. Adiponectin possesses an anti-inflammatory role in various liver diseases. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of adiponectin on MASH.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Adiponectin-mediated anti-inflammatory mechanisms, effects on pyroptosis-related proteins, and activation of NLRP3 inflammasomes were investigated using methionine-choline-deficient (MCD)-induced MASH murine model and in vitro models. The degree of MASH inflammation in liver tissue of C57BL/6J mice was assessed using histopathology. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was performed to measure levels of inflammatory factors [interleukin-18 (IL-18), IL-1β, and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)] in mice serum and culture medium. Western blot and quantitative polymerase chain reaction were performed to analyze the expression of pyroptosis-related genes and proteins in liver tissues of mouse model and in vitro models. Macrophage recruitment in vitro was evaluated using co-culture of upper and lower chambers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>MASH developed in MCD diet mice [metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) activity score = 6] but not in methionine-choline-sufficient (MCS) diet mice (MASLD activity score = 3). Compared to MCS-fed mice, MCD-fed mice showed increased serum levels of aspartate aminotransferase, IL-18, IL-1β, and TNF-α and higher MASLD activity score (P < 0.001). Adiponectin inhibited these increases (P < 0.05) and suppressed mRNA and protein levels of NLRP3, gasdermin-D (GSDMD), and GSDMD-N in liver tissues (P < 0.05). In vitro, lipopolysaccharide (LPS)/palmitic acid (PA) increased the levels of IL-18, IL-1β, and TNF-α, mRNA expressions of CASP1 and GSDMD, and production of CASP1, NLRP3, GSDMD, and GSDMD-N (P < 0.01). Adiponectin reduced the levels of these inflammatory factors and downregulated the mRNA expression and protein generation of pyroptosis-related markers (P < 0.05). HepG2 cells pretreated with LPS/PA recruited more J774A.1 cells (P < 0.001) and increased inflammatory factor secretion by J774A.1 cells (P < 0.001). Adiponectin inhibited this recruitment and reduced inflammatory factor secretion (P < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Adiponectin inhibits hepatocyte pyroptosis by reducing the production and activation of NLRP3 inflammasomes, CASP1, and GSDMD, thus improving the inflammatory response in MASH and possibly delaying or reversing MASLD progression.</p>","PeriodicalId":55059,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144026994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raouf M Seyam, Sultan S Almaiman, Mohamed S Kattan, Said A Kattan, Dieter C Broering, Waleed M Altaweel
{"title":"Impact of robotic donor partial hepatectomy on male sexual function: A prospective cohort study.","authors":"Raouf M Seyam, Sultan S Almaiman, Mohamed S Kattan, Said A Kattan, Dieter C Broering, Waleed M Altaweel","doi":"10.1016/j.hbpd.2025.03.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hbpd.2025.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55059,"journal":{"name":"Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143812936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}