Causes and Clinical Profiles of Ascites at University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Oumer Abdu Muhie

“…In conclusion, liver cirrhosis is the major cause of ascites in Gondar, Ethiopia, while chronic viral hepatitis infections (hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) viruses) are the main causes of liver cirrhosis. …”
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Screening and Early Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Cancer and Optimization of Diagnostic Imaging Techniques: A Review and Conclusion of the Expert Panel by V. V. Breder, R. B. Alikhanov, S. S. Bagnenko, E. N. Bessonova, V. A. Isakov, N. E. Kudashkin, B. M. Medvedeva, A. V. Mishchenko, M. S. Novruzbekov, V. S.  Rudakov

“…Screening for HCC in high-risk groups (cirrhosis of any etiology, patients with chronic viral hepatitis B and patients with F3 liver fibrosis) should be organized as regular (every 6 months) liver ultrasound in combination with determination of the serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level. …”
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Barriers and facilitators of integrated hepatitis B, C, and HIV screening among pregnant mothers and newborns attending maternal and newborn clinics in Koboko District, Uganda: a q... by John Bosco Alege, John Paul Oyore, Rose Clarke Nanyonga, Philippa Musoke, Alloys S. S. Orago

“…This study set out to assess barriers and facilitators of integrated viral hepatitis B C and HIV care model to optimize screening uptake among mothers and newborns at health facilities in Koboko District, west Nile sub-region, Uganda. …”
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Clinical Presentation, Risk Factors, and Treatment Modalities of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Single Tertiary Care Center Experience by Abdulrahman A. Aljumah, Hadi Kuriry, Mohammed AlZunaitan, Mohammed Al Ghobain, Mohamed Al Muaikeel, Ashwaq Al Olayan, Fahad Azzumeea, Bader Almutairi, Abduljaleel AlAlwan, Hamdan AlGhamdi

“…Males had higher tumor size and incidence of portal vein thrombosis. Viral hepatitis was a risk factor in 75.7%. The most common BCLC stages were B (34.5%) and A (33.6%), and the most common radiological presentation was a single nodule of less than 5 cm. …”
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Time to antiretroviral therapy initiation in HIV-positive patients with opportunistic infections/AIDS-defining illness in Southern Thailand: a prospective cohort study by Chanadda Wuttikul, Nattasiri Thanawuth, Malee Rojpibulsatit, Sutthiporn Pattharachayakul

“…On the other hand, the factors associated with a longer time to ART initiation were tuberculosis co-infection (aHR = 0.52; 95% CI: 0.36-0.75), HIV diagnosis after OIs/ADI (aHR = 0.42; 95% CI: 0.30-0.57), viral hepatitis B/C co-infection (aHR = 0.59; 95% CI: 0.39-0.89), seeking care in general hospital and community hospital (aHR = 0.67; 95% CI: 0.49-0.93, and aHR = 0.62; 95% CI: 0.44-0.86, respectively), having more than one hospital admission in the past six months (aHR = 0.60; 95% CI: 0.44-0.81), and history of missed appointments (aHR = 0.62; 95% CI: 0.42-0.91). …”
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Current Treatment Regimens and Promising Molecular Therapies for Chronic Hepatobiliary Diseases by Marilena Durazzo, Arianna Ferro, Victor Manuel Navarro-Tableros, Andrea Gaido, Paolo Fornengo, Fiorella Altruda, Renato Romagnoli, Søren K. Moestrup, Pier Luigi Calvo, Sharmila Fagoonee

“…In this review, we highlight the major molecular changes occurring in patients affected by metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, viral hepatitis (Delta virus), and autoimmune chronic liver diseases (autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis). …”
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Identification of climate-sensitive disease incidences in vietnam: A longitudinal retrospective analysis of infectious disease rates between 2014 and 2022 by Cuong Quoc Hoang, Quang Phuong Huynh Nguyen, Thao Phuong Huynh Nguyen, Hieu Trung Nguyen, Linh Thuy Hoang, Giang Huong Vu, Woong-Ki Kim, Hai Duc Nguyen

“…Result: The five infectious diseases with the highest average incidence rates per 100,000 people were diarrhea; hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD); dengue fever; viral hepatitis; and influenza. Positive associations with humidity were observed for dengue fever and HFMD. …”
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Combination of autoimmune hepatitis to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (Clinical case) by A. A. Driga, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Specific tests excluded presence of viral hepatitis, hemochromatosis, Wilson disease and α1-antitrypsin insufficiency. …”
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Hepatobiliary organoid research: the progress and applications by Rui-Qi Zou, Rui-Qi Zou, Yu-Shi Dai, Yu-Shi Dai, Fei Liu, Fei Liu, Si-Qi Yang, Si-Qi Yang, Hai-Jie Hu, Hai-Jie Hu, Fu-Yu Li, Fu-Yu Li

“…Despite advances in research and treatment, hepatobiliary diseases including carcinoma, viral hepatitis, fatty liver and bile duct defects have still been conundrums of the hepatobiliary field. …”
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Immune-metabolic shifts in acute liver failure caused by HEV infection during pregnancy and their association with obstetric outcomes by Anoushka Saxena, Minal, Prabhjyoti Pahwa, Jaswinder Singh Maras, Hamda Siddiqui, Jayesh Kumar Sevak, Yedla Manikya Mala, Shakun Tyagi, Shiv K. Sarin, Nirupama Trehanpati

“…Pregnant women with (i) acute viral hepatitis, IgM HEV positive (AVH-E, n = 31, Gr.I), (ii) acute liver failure (ALF-E, n = 15, Gr.II), (iii) acute hepatitis but negative for viral infections (non-HEV, n = 30, Gr.III), and healthy (HC, n = 21, Gr.IV) were evaluated at delivery for plasma untargeted metabolomics, cytokine, and immune profiling. …”
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Racial and ethnic differences in fatal child abuse and neglect and the intersection of community poverty: U.S., 2003 to 2022 by Rebecca F. Wilson, Xin Yue, Karen E. Thomas, Krishna Kiran Kota, Carter J. Betz

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Ginsenoside Rg1: A bioactive therapeutic agent for diverse liver diseases by Mingyu Wu, Ke Li, Jiabin Wu, Xianyi Ding, Xiaotong Ma, Wenhong Wang, Weihua Xiao

“…As a kind of monomer in Chinese medicine with multitarget pharmacological effects, G-Rg1 can provide significant therapeutic benefits in the alleviation of alcoholic liver disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, liver fibrosis, viral hepatitis, etc., which mainly rely on the inhibition of apoptosis, strengthening endogenous anti-inflammatory and antioxidant mechanisms, activation of immune responses and regulation of efflux transport signals, to improve pathological changes in the liver caused by lipid deposition, inflammation, oxidative stress, accumulation of hepatotoxic product, etc. …”
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Elevated Serum Levels of the Antiapoptotic Protein Decoy-Receptor 3 Are Associated with Advanced Liver Disease by Giorgos Bamias, Michalis Gizis, Ioanna Delladetsima, Eyfrosyni Laoudi, Spyros I. Siakavellas, Ioannis Koutsounas, Garyfallia Kaltsa, John Vlachogiannakos, Irene Vafiadis-Zouboulis, George L. Daikos, George V. Papatheodoridis, Spiros D. Ladas

“…We compared sDcR3 levels between healthy controls and patients with chronic viral hepatitis (CVH), decompensated cirrhosis (DC), and HCC. …”
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Alcohol abuse in gastroenterological patients by M. V. Mayevskaya, I. G. Bakulin, A. A. Chirkov, Ye. O. Lyusina, V. D. Lun’Kov

“…Thirty-two percent of patients had liver cirrhosis of toxic and viral etiology, 18% had chronic toxic and viral hepatitis, 11% - non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and various biliary diseases respectively, chronic pancreatitis and chronic gastritis subgroups represented 6% of all patients each, irritable bowel syndrome and gastroesophageal reflux disease - 4% each, primary biliary cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, stomach and duodenal peptic ulcer disease - 2%. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Russian Society for the Study of the Liver, the Russian Gastroenterological Association, the National Scientific Society of Infectious Disease S... by V. T. Ivashkin, V. P. Chulanov, N. A. Mamonova, M. V. Maevskaya, M. S. Zharkova, I. N. Tikhonov, P. O. Bogomolov, E. V. Volchkova, A. S. Dmitriev, O. O. Znojko, E. A. Klimova, K. V. Kozlov, I. E. Kravchenko, E. Yu. Malinnikova, R. V. Maslennikov, M. I. Mikhailov, K. E. Novak, I. G. Nikitin, V. E. Syutkin, E. V. Esaulenko, A. A. Sheptulin, E. N. Shirokova, N. D. Yushchuk

“…Аim: diagnosis and treatment algorithms in the clinical recommendations intended for general practitioners, gastroenterologists, infectious disease specialists, hepatologists on the of chronic hepatitis C are presented.Summary. Chronic viral hepatitis C is a socially significant infection, the incidence of which in the Russian Federation remains significantly high. …”
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Risk and Prognosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Mexican Americans with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Hatia RI, Hwang LY, Li R, Troisi C, Jalal PK, Amos CI, Gomez HF, Chun YS, Rashid A, Kaseb AO, Scheet PA, Hassan MM

“…Interactions among DM, heavy alcohol consumption, and viral hepatitis infection were examined. Overall survival was examined, and multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was performed for HCC patients with type 2 DM.Results: The adjusted odds ratio (AOR) for DM was 2.74 (P < 0.01). …”
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Structure of Patients with Hepatocellular Cancer (Data Analysis from Two Specialised Centres) by M. V. Mayevskaya, M. S. Novruzbekov, I. M. Borovkov, D. G. Trofimova, M. S. Zharkova, V. D. Lunkov, K. N. Lutsyk, O. D. Olisov

“…The number of patients with chronic viral hepatitis (CVH) was 651, with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) — 590, with alcoholic liver disease (ALD) — 66, with autoimmune liver diseases — 416, with liver cirrhosis (LC) of any etiology 407, other liver diseases — 329. …”
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Hepatitis D virus infection triggers CXCL9-11 upregulation in hepatocytes and liver infiltration of CXCR3+ CD4 T cells by Jan-Hendrik Bockmann, Lena Allweiss, Annika Volmari, David da Fonseca Araújo, Matin Kohsar, Anastasia Hyrina, Janine Kah, Zhijuan Song, Josolyn Chan, Katja Giersch, Tassilo Volz, Marc Lütgehetmann, Jeffrey J. Wallin, Dmitry Manuilov, Meghan M. Holdorf, Simon P. Fletcher, Ansgar W. Lohse, Antonio Bertoletti, Julian Schulze zur Wiesch, Maura Dandri

“…Impact and implications: Chronic hepatitis D (CHD) causes the most severe form of viral hepatitis, and treatment options are still limited; therefore, a more precise understanding of CHD immunopathology is needed. …”
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