A Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial of Recombinant Interferon-Alpha-2a in the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C by Masafumi Komatsu, Tsuyoshi Ono, Ko Nakajima, Itaru Toyoshima, Mitsuro Chiba, Osamu Masamune, Shunji Ohkubo, Tsukasa Yoshida, Hitoshi Yagisawa, Kanji Komatsu, Hideki Wakamatsu, Nobuo Yamada, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Mukojima, Mitsuo Goto

“…Sixty-one chronic hepatitis C patients were randomly assigned to receive either 6x106 or 9x106 U of recombinant interferon-alpha-2a (IFNα-2a) six days a week for the first two weeks of treatment, followed in both cases by 6x106 U three days a week for the next 22 weeks. …”
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Circulating IL-1β, IL-17, and IP-10 as Potential Predictors of Hepatitis B Virus Infection Prognosis by Zhenzhen Su, Jie Chen, Junlong Zhang, Yunfei An, Yun Liao, Xiaojuan Wu, Chuanmin Tao, Lanlan Wang, Bei Cai

“…Circulating cytokines and chemokines play critical roles in hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Here, we explored the effects of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory effector molecules on HBV progression, e antigen seroconversion, and liver function. …”
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Publisher Correction: A systematic review and meta-analysis: prevalence and clinical implications of anatomical variants of the hepatic portal vein by Juan José Valenzuela-Fuenzalida, Benjamín Rodríguez-Osorio, Cristian Salgado-Torres, Pablo Nova-Baeza, Mathias Orellana-Donoso, Alejandro Bruna-Mejías, Roberto Avila-Sepulveda, Álvaro Becerra-Farfán, Macarena Rodríguez-Luengo, Juan Sanchis-Gimeno, Guinevere Granite, Héctor Gutiérrez-Espinoza

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Real World Experience of Chronic Hepatitis C Retreatment with Genotype Specific Regimens in Nonresponders to Previous Interferon-Free Therapy by Dorota Zarębska-Michaluk, Iwona Buczyńska, Krzysztof Simon, Magdalena Tudrujek-Zdunek, Ewa Janczewska, Dorota Dybowska, Marek Sitko, Beata Dobracka, Jerzy Jaroszewicz, Paweł Pabjan, Jakub Klapaczyński, Łukasz Laurans, Włodzimierz Mazur, Łukasz Socha, Olga Tronina, Miłosz Parczewski, Robert Flisiak

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Knowledge and occupational practices of beauticians and barbers in the transmission of viral hepatitis: A mixed-methods study in Volta Region of Ghana by Silas Adjei-Gyamfi, Abigail Asirifi, Clotilda Asobuno, Felix Kwame Korang

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Telbivudine Treatment during Late Pregnancy Prevents Mother-to-Child Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus: A Retrospective Study by Mengzhi Cai, Yanli Hao, Jianxin Zhong, Wei Yao, Xia Cao, Guifang Gu, Gang Qin

“…To investigate the efficacy of telbivudine (LdT) in blocking mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) during late pregnancy. Methods. …”
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Homeobox protein MSX-1 restricts hepatitis B virus by promoting ubiquitin-independent proteasomal degradation of HBx protein. by Qian Qiu, Zihan He, Jing Liu, Huijun Xu, Jinyu Wang, Nannan Liu, Ning Kang, Shaokun Pan, Weien Yu, Zixiang Gao, Shimei Zhang, Yang Yang, Qiang Deng, Youhua Xie, Jiming Zhang, Zhongliang Shen

“…Hepatitis B virus (HBV) X protein (HBx) is a key factor for regulating viral transcription and replication. …”
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Animal-based evidence supports protective activity of bioengineered silver and gold nanomaterials on hepatic and renal function profile parameters by Hamed Barabadi, Hesam Noqani, Maha Soltani, Ayeh Sabbagh Kashani

“…This review presents the novelty of bioengineered NPs as potential therapeutic agents for hepatic and renal protection while highlighting the need for further research into their pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics to advance clinical translation.…”
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FXR activation reduces the formation of macrophage foam cells and atherosclerotic plaque, possibly by down regulating hepatic lipase in macrophages by Qiang Gu, Jia Liu, Li Li Shen

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Grain Amaranth Is Associated with Improved Hepatic and Renal Calcium Metabolism in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus of Male Wistar Rats by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Namubiru, Sarah, Safiriyu, Abass Alao, Ninsiima, Herbert Izo, Nakimbugwe, Dorothy, Namayanja, Monica, Valladares, Miriela Betancourt

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Results of the ORION open comparative randomized trial: evaluation of efficacy of the Russian drugs Altevir and Phosphogliv in combined treatment of chronic hepatitis C by V. T. Ivashkin, M. V. Mayevskaya, P. O. Bogomolov, I. G. Nikitin, A. O. Buyeverov, A. V. Lapshin

Subjects: “…chronic hepatitis c…”
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Positive hepatitis B surface antigen leads to a decrease in ovarian reserve in infertile patients receiving first in vitro fertilization treatment by Yutao Li, Xuejiao Wang, Ye Jiang, Qun Lv, Yi Zhang, Yu Wang

Subjects: “…Hepatitis B virus…”
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Efficacy and safety of the first domestic pegilated interferon alpha-2b «Pegaltevir» at chronic hepatitis C: pilot data of phase III clinical study by V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. N. Bessonova, P. O. Bogomolov, N. I. Geyvandova, K. V. Zhdanov, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. G. Morozov, V. D. Pasechnikov, I. Yu. Khomenko, A. V. Yagoda

Subjects: “…chronic hepatitis c…”
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Hepatitis associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors-based combinations of other therapies: A real-world pharmacovigilance analysis based on the FDA adverse event reporting system (FAERS) database by Zhaohui Li, Zixiang Zhou, Nan Zhang, Binhe Tian, Xiangqi Chen, Haitao Zhao, Hanping Wang

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Preliminary results of open comparative randomized study PHG-M3/P01-09 «ORION» on application of «Phosphogliv» in combined therapy of chronic hepatitis C by M. V. Mayevskaya

Subjects: “…chronic hepatitis c…”
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Identification of multiple complications as independent risk factors associated with 1-, 3-, and 5-year mortality in hepatitis B-associated cirrhosis patients by Duo Shen, Ling Sha, Ling Yang, Xuefeng Gu

Subjects: “…Hepatitis B…”
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SUPPRESSION OF SUBGENOMIC HEPATITIS C VIRUS RNA REPLICON REPLICATION IN Huh-7 CELLS BY THE NS3 PROTEASE INHIBITOR SCH5030334: A STOCHASTIC MATHEMATICAL MODEL by E. L. Mishchenko, N. V. Ivanisenko, I. R. Akberdin, P. S. Demenkov, V. A. Likhoshvai, N. A. Kolchanov, V. A. Ivanisenko

Subjects: “…hepatitis c virus…”
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DETECCIÓN DEL GENOMA DEL VIRUS DE LA HEPATITIS E (VHE) EN MUESTRAS DE HECES DE CERDOS EN PLANTAS DE BENEFICIO DE ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA by J. E. Forero, J. E. Parra, A. López

Subjects: “…virus de la hepatitis e…”
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Enhancing the Therapeutic Effect and Bioavailability of Irradiated Silver Nanoparticle-Capped Chitosan-Coated Rosuvastatin Calcium Nanovesicles for the Treatment of Liver Cancer by Tamer Mohamed Mahmoud, Mohamed Mahmoud Abdelfatah, Mahmoud Mohamed Omar, Omiya Ali Hasan, Saad M. Wali, Mohamed S. El-Mofty, Mohamed G. Ewees, Amel E. Salem, Tarek I. Abd-El-Galil, Dina Mohamed Mahmoud

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Positive association between proinsulin and fatty liver index in people with type 2 diabetes by Akinobu Nakamura, Aika Miya, Yuka Suzuki, Hiroshi Nomoto, Hiraku Kameda, Kyu Yong Cho, So Nagai, Tatsuya Atsumi

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