Hepatitis E virus serum antibodies and RNA prevalence in patients evaluated for heart and kidney transplantation

Background. Acute hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in solid organ transplant recipients is rare, but cancause severe hepatic and extrahepatic complications. We sought to identify the pretransplant prevalenceof HEV infec...

NASH: A glance at the landscape of pharmacological treatment

The role of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, namely nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), as risk factor for liver- and non-liver-related morbidity and mortality has been extensively reported. In addition to lifestyle c...

Usefulness of acoustic radiation force impulse in liver fibrosis assessment after liver transplant

D-MELD does not predict post-liver transplantation survival: a single-center experience from Brazil

Background. The D-MELD score was designed to prevent donor-recipient matches with a high risk of unfavorable outcome. The main objective of the present study was to assess the predictive value of the DMELD score for 1-mo...

Effects of Japanese herbal medicine inchin-ko-to on endotoxin-induced cholestasis in the rat

Background/Objective. Inchin-ko-to (ICKT) is an herbal medicine used in Japan to treat jaundice and liver fibrosis.We investigated the effect of oral ICKT supplementation on endotoxin-induced cholestasis in the rat. Mate...