A Very Low–Carbohydrate Program in Adults With Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Phospholipase Domain–Containing Protein 3 Risk Genotype: Pre-Post Interv... by Laura R Saslow, Jamie Krinock, Alison O'Brien, Kaitlyn Raymond, Hovig Bayandorian, Judith T Moskowitz, Jennifer Daubenmier, Antonino Oliveri, Deanna J Marriott, Dina H Griauzde, Elizabeth K Speliotes

“…Across participants with a 4-month hepatic liver fat percent measurement, the percent change in liver fat was −33.17% (95% CI −86.48 to 20.14), and in only the participants who were adherent to the eating pattern, the percent change in liver fat was −53.12% (95% CI −71.25 to −34.99). …”
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Case report: A study on the pathological diagnosis of oral fibrosarcoma in a giant panda by Zongliang Xiong, Shanshan Ling, Caiwu Li, Linhua Deng, Ming He, Chengdong Wang, Desheng Li, Zhengli Chen

“…Hematological tests revealed elevated levels of the tumor marker CA724, along with infectious disease, anemia, hepatic damage, and renal failure. Imaging studies identified a soft tissue mass in the right cheek area. …”
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Image-Based Analysis of Tumor Localization After Intra-Arterial Delivery of Technetium-99m-Labeled SPIO Using SPECT/CT and MRI by In Joon Lee MD, PhD, Ji Yong Park MS, Young-il Kim MD, PhD, Yun-Sang Lee PhD, Jae Min Jeong PhD, Jaeil Kim BS, Euishin Edmund Kim MD, PhD, Keon Wook Kang MD, PhD, Dong Soo Lee MD, PhD, Seonji Jeong MD, Eun Jeong Kim BS, Young Il Kim MD, PhD, Jin Wook Chung MD, PhD

“…Intra-arterial delivery of SPIO with Lipiodol might be a good drug delivery system targeting the hepatic tumors, as confirmed by image-based analysis.…”
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Dual role of pyroptosis in liver diseases: mechanisms, implications, and therapeutic perspectives by Siyuan Yang, Yunyi Zou, Chunhua Zhong, Zuoqiong Zhou, Xiyang Peng, Changfa Tang

“…Conversely, excessive pyroptosis intensifies inflammatory responses, exacerbates hepatocyte damage and promotes the activation and proliferation of hepatic stellate cells, accelerating liver fibrosis. …”
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Forgettable in the care of liver cirrhosis: the unseen culprits of progression from bad to worse by Maha Elsabaawy, Omkosoum Alhaddad

“…The lack of disease-specific nutritional guidance, the prevalent sedentary lifestyle among patients, and insufficient screening for hepatocellular carcinoma, oesophageal varices, sarcopaenia, minimal hepatic encephalopathy, and diabetes mellitus, along with fibrosis progression and cirrhosis decompensation, can add further complexities. …”
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The Successful Use of Inhaled Nitric Oxide in the Management of Severe Hepatopulmonary Syndrome after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation by Joshua Santos, Philip Young, Igor Barjaktarevic, Catherine Lazar, Irawan Susanto, Tisha Wang

“…Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is characterized by pulmonary vasodilation and subsequent hypoxemia in the setting of hepatic dysfunction. There is currently no pharmacologic intervention that has been shown to significantly affect outcomes and liver transplantation remains the mainstay of therapy. …”
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Raoultella Planticola Bacteremia Following Consumption of Seafood by Philip W Lam, Irving E Salit

“…Recent chemotherapy, proton pump inhibitor use and altered biliary flow secondary to hepatic metastases may have been contributing factors to the pathogenesis of disease.…”
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Human Liver-Derived Stem Cells Improve Fibrosis and Inflammation Associated with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis by Stefania Bruno, Maria Beatriz Herrera Sanchez, Chiara Pasquino, Marta Tapparo, Massimo Cedrino, Ciro Tetta, Giovanni Camussi

“…In addition, HLSCs show a specific commitment to the hepatic phenotype. Injection of HLSCs into immunodeficient mice fed with a methionine-choline-deficient diet to induce nonalcoholic steatohepatitis ameliorates liver function and morphology. …”
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Is There a Role for Probiotics in Liver Disease? by Robert S. Lo, Andrew S. Austin, Jan G. Freeman

“…There is mounting evidence that probiotics are effective in the treatment of covert and overt hepatic encephalopathy, as well as in the prevention of recurrence of encephalopathy. …”
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Methods of risk prediction and monitoring of treatment response rate of bleedings from esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis by D. V. Garbuzenko

“…Gastroduodenoscopy and hepatic venous pressure gradient measurement remain to be the standard methods of screening diagnostics of patients with liver cirrhosis for estimation of VEV bleeding risk nowadays. …”
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Chronic Disseminated Candidiasis Complicated by Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in Child with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Olga Zając-Spychała, Bogna Ukielska, Katarzyna Jończyk-Potoczna, Benigna Konatkowska, Jacek Wachowiak

“…We report a case of probable hepatic candidiasis in 4-year-old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. …”
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FIRST RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE OF USING THE INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF LASER THERMOABLATION THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF METASTATIC LIVER CANCER by D. V. Sidorov, S. O. Stepanov, M. V. Lozhkin, L. O. Petrov, O. V. Gutz, A. A. Kostin, A. G. Isaeva

“…In patients with a reduced functional reserve of the liver or a missing volume of the remaining liver parenchyma, these interventions become impossible because of the increased risk of postresectional acute hepatic insufficiency. One of the most modern and promising ways to overcome this obstacle is the use of minimally invasive methods of tumor destruction. …”
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Systemic and Local CC Chemokines Production in a Murine Model of Listeria monocytogenes Infection by Marina Bubonja, Branka Wraber, Gordana Brumini, Ivana Gobin, Danijela Veljkovic, Maja Abram

“…Repeated intragastric inoculation of Listeria monocytogenes into BALB/c mice resulted in prolonged bacteraemia and severe hepatic infection. Bacteria could also be isolated from the brain tissue of all experimental mice. …”
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Transdermal patches: Design and current approaches to painless drug delivery by Al Hanbali Othman A., Khan Haji Muhammad Shoaib, Sarfraz Muhammad, Arafat Mosab, Ijaz Shakeel, Hameed Abdul

“…Use of transdermal patches can evade many issues associated with oral drug delivery, such as first-pass hepatic metabolism, enzymatic digestion attack, drug hydrolysis and degradation in acidic media, drug fluctuations, and gastrointestinal irritation. …”
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Role of Toll-Like Receptors and Their Downstream Molecules in the Development of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Kouichi Miura, Ekihiro Seki, Hirohide Ohnishi, David A. Brenner

“…Upon stimulation by these TLR ligands, hepatic immune cells produce various mediators that are involved in host defense. …”
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Atypical Presentation of Cat-Scratch Disease in an Immunocompetent Child with Serological and Pathological Evidence by Serkan Atıcı, Eda Kepenekli Kadayıfcı, Ayşe Karaaslan, Muhammed Hasan Toper, Cigdem Ataizi Celikel, Ahmet Soysal, Mustafa Bakır

“…Herein we present a case of systemic CSD presenting with hepatic mass in an immunocompetent child. The differential diagnosis is made by serological and pathological evidence. …”
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Inter-organ metabolic interaction networks in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by Yu-Hong Fan, Siyao Zhang, Ye Wang, Hongni Wang, Hongliang Li, Hongliang Li, Hongliang Li, Lan Bai

“…This disease is closely associated with metabolic disorders driven by overnutrition, with key pathological processes including lipid dysregulation, impaired lipid autophagy, mitochondrial dysfunction, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, and local inflammation. While hepatic lipid metabolism in NAFLD is well-documented, further research into inter-organ communication mechanisms is crucial for a deeper understanding of NAFLD progression. …”
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Advances and current concepts on Eph receptors and ephrins in upper digestive tract cancers by Luccas Lavareze, Luccas Lavareze, Talita de Carvalho Kimura, Talita de Carvalho Kimura, João Figueira Scarini, João Figueira Scarini, Reydson Alcides de Lima-Souza, Reydson Alcides de Lima-Souza, Moisés Willian Aparecido Gonçalves, Moisés Willian Aparecido Gonçalves, Raisa Sales de Sá, Raisa Sales de Sá, Iara Gonçalves Aquino, Iara Gonçalves Aquino, Patricia Maria Fernandes, Fernanda Cristina Poscai Ribeiro, Albina Altemani, Fernanda Viviane Mariano, Gary Chris Fillmore, Erika Said Abu Egal, Erika Said Abu Egal

“…The Eph/ephrin system has been described as a tumor suppressor in duodenal cancer, while in esophageal, gastric, hepatic, and pancreatic cancer, the system has been related to tumor progression. …”
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Peritoneal dialysis in an end-stage renal disease patient with massive ascites and primary liver cancer by Lulu Sun, Chunmei Liang, Yuqin Wang, Hui Li, Lijun Yao, Huajun Jiang

“…We present a case of a 68-year-old male patient with ESRD who experienced various decompensated complications of liver cirrhosis, particularly massive ascites and hepatic space-occupying lesions. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter insertion and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) treatment were successfully performed. …”
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Case Report of Probable DRESS Syndrome Associated with Ribociclib by Florian Carneiro, Marine Bove, Frédérique Beau-Salinas, Tevy San, Pierre Combe

“…Here, we present the case of an 83-year-old patient who developed a probable DRESS syndrome induced by ribociclib, presenting with fever, eosinophilia, rash, and hepatic cytolysis. The RegiSCAR score was 4. The symptomatology evolved favorably with topical and systemic corticosteroids, without any sequel. …”
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