Surgical Aspects of Split Liver Transplantation: а Review by S. V. Gautier, R. A. Latypov, A. R. Monakhov

“…To analyse the surgical aspects of performing a split liver transplantation in patients with end-stage liver disease.Key findings. Split liver transplantation (SLT) is a technique allowing two functional grafts to be obtained from one deceased donor to simultaneously save the lives of two recipients. …”
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Challenges in Diagnosing Intrahepatic Cholangiolithiasis in a 39-Year-Old Patient by A. K. Guseva, O. N. Sergeyeva, T. P. Nekrasova, O. T. Imaraliev, A. V. Okhlobystin, Y. N. Shirokova, A. S. Ostrovskaya, M. S. Zharkova, A. S. Cherenda, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a chronic progressive liver disease characterized by destructive inflammation and fibrosis in the bile ducts, leading to biliary strictures, secondary biliary cirrhosis, portal hypertension and liver failure. …”
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Public perceptions on the application of artificial intelligence in healthcare: a qualitative meta-synthesis by Jing Gao, Xinyu Chen, Xiaolian Jiang, Chenxi Wu, Huiqiong Xu, Dingxi Bai

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Comparative analysis of the DCNN and HFCNN Based Computerized detection of liver cancer by Sandeep Dwarkanth Pande, Pala Kalyani, S Nagendram, Ala Saleh Alluhaidan, G Harish Babu, Sk Hasane Ahammad, Vivek Kumar Pandey, G Sridevi, Abhinav Kumar, Ebenezer Bonyah

“…Researchers have explored numerous machine learning (ML) techniques and deep learning (DL) approaches aimed at the automated recognition of liver disease by analysing computed tomography (CT) images. …”
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Estimating population attributable risk fraction of determinants of pediatric obesity by Maryam Yazdi, Ibrahim Abdollahpour, Mostafa Qorbani, Saba Karimi, Mohammad Esmail Motlagh, Majid Khademian, Roya Kelishadi

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Association between triglyceride-glucose index and clinical outcomes among patients with chronic kidney disease: a meta-analysis by Jinli Tuo, Zhong Li, Linshen Xie

“…Secondary outcomes included the coronary artery disease (CAD) mortality, CKD progression, risk of severe coronary artery stenosis (SCAS), major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE), coronary artery calcification (CAC) progression, end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The hazard ratio (HR) and odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) were combined to assess the predictive role of TyG index for above clinical outcomes among CKD patients. …”
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Indicators Of Morbidity And Mortality From Diseases of the Digestive System in the Krasnodar Krai and the Quality of Medical Care for Gastroenterological Patients by N. V. Korochanskaya, V. M. Durleshter, O. V. Kovalevskaya, S. N. Serikova, K. I. Popandopulo

“…In the etiological structure of liver cirrhosis, viral (39 %) and alcoholic (36 %) liver diseases are leading. The frequency of viral liver lesions tends to decrease, while the proportion of liver cirrhosis in the outcome of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) progressively increase, having reached 7 % in 2017–2018. …”
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Statin prescriptions and progression of advanced fibrosis risk in primary care patients with MASLD by Andrew D Schreiner, William P Moran, Jingwen Zhang, Patrick D Mauldin, Justin Marsden, Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Chelsey A Petz, David G Koch, Chloe Bays

“…Objective We aimed to determine the association of statins with progression to a high risk for advanced fibrosis in primary care patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).Design This retrospective cohort study of electronic health record data included patients with MASLD and an initial low or indeterminate risk for advanced fibrosis, determined by Fibrosis-4 Index (FIB-4) score (<2.67). …”
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Advanced glycation end products and risk of mortality in patients with cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study by Mohsen Shaygan Tabar, Maryam Nilghaz, Azita Hekmatdoost, Fereshteh Pashayee-Khamene, Zeinab Mokhtari, Sara Karimi, Saleheh Ahmadzadeh, Mehdi Saberifiroozi, Behzad Hatami, Zahra Yari

“…Abstract The role of diet in reducing the burden of liver disease and mortality attributed to cirrhosis is very imperative. …”
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The causal relationship of cigarette smoking to metabolic disease risk and the possible mediating role of gut microbiota by Jingda Zhang, Lin Hou, Shanxiang Lei, Yan Li, Guogang Xu

“…Emerging evidence suggests that cigarette smoking contributes to a range of pathological metabolic injuries, including diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The impact of gut microbiota on metabolic health and diseases has been observed, but the causality remains uncertain. …”
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The role of the interleukin family in liver fibrosis by Zixin Zhang, Zixin Zhang, Jiahui Wang, Hui Li, Qun Niu, Qun Niu, Yujing Tao, Yujing Tao, Xin Zhao, Xin Zhao, Zijian Zeng, Zijian Zeng, Haijian Dong, Haijian Dong

“…It is a critical step in the progression from chronic liver disease to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. …”
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Comparative Efficacy of NAFLD Therapies and Biomarker Associations: A Meta-Analysis Based on Liver Fat Content by Haoxiang Zhu, Ling Xu, Yinhua Lv, Juan Yang, Jihan Huang, Qingshan Zheng, Guang Ji, Lujin Li

“…Background and Aims: This study aims to conduct a comprehensive quantitative analysis of various nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) therapeutics, utilizing magnetic resonance (MR)-detected liver fat content (LFC) as the efficacy endpoint, and to identify biomarkers correlated with changes in LFC based on published literature. …”
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The management and clinical outcome of paracetamol poisoning in South African adults: A single-centre retrospective review by C Kotze, J Swanepoel, E C Kruger, E Decloedt

“…People living with HIV (p=0.04), a history of chronic alcoholism (p=0.04), chronic liver disease (p=0.01) and severity of acute kidney stage (p<0.001) were all associated with increased mortality. …”
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Long-term results of antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C with sustained virologic response by T. M. Ignatova, T. N. Lopatkina, V. P. Chulanov, Ye. V. Gaydasheva, S. N. Batskikh, G. V. Mikhaylovskaya, D. T. Abdurakhmanov, S. Yu. Karpov, Ye. N. Nikulkina, O. A. Chernova

“…There were no cases of decompensation of LC, hepatocellular carcinoma and death due to liver disease.Conclusion. At patients who have achieved SVO as a result of AVT, late relapses of HCV-infection are rare and in the majority no disease progression was found. …”
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Association between Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) Levels, Liver Function and Short-Term Survival of Paediatric Liver Recipients by R. M. Kurabekova, O. M. Tsiroulnikova, I. E. Pashkova, L. V. Makarova, N. P. Mozheiko, A. R. Monakhov, O. P. Shevchenko

“…We examined 143 children with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) aged 3 to 73 (median 8) months after related LT. …”
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The serum hepcidin and the hepcidin/ferritin ratio in NAFLD: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jingmin Song, Heqing Wang, Xiaolian Gao, Fen Yang, Xinhong Zhu, Guiyuan Qiao, Ting Gan, Junxiu Tao

“…Abstract Background Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a spectrum of chronic liver diseases characterized by hepatic steatosis exceeding 5% in the absence of alcohol and other liver-damaging factors. …”
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MiR-128-3p mediates MRP2 internalization in estrogen-induced cholestasis through targeting PDZK1 by Yue Zu, Qianyan Gao, Yisheng He, Qiao Deng, Guodong Li, Xiping Li, Tianze Shang, Xinwei Cheng, Chenglong Zhu, Jianqiao Wang, Dong Liu, Chengliang Zhang

“…Accordingly, miR-128-3p suppression upregulated PDZK1, thereby suppressing MRP2 internalization and significantly attenuating cholestatic liver disease. Furthermore, we observed MRP2 internalization and PDZK1 downregulation, as well as excessive miR-128-3p, in clinical samples from patients with cholestatic liver injury. …”
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The mediating role of social support in self-management and quality of life in patients with liver cirrhosis by Ying Zhang, LeYao Xiao, Qian Liu, XinYi Zhang, MingDan Li, YaLi Xu, Mei Dai, Fei Zhao, YouShu Shen, Jordan Tovera Salvador, Ping Yang

“…The patients were evaluated using a demographic questionnaire, the Self-Management Behavior Scale for Liver Cirrhosis Patients, the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), the Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire (CLDQ), and the Royal Free Hospital Nutritional Prioritizing Tool (RFH-NPT). …”
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A multiplex method for rapidly identifying viral protease inhibitors by Seo Jung Hong, Samuel J Resnick, Sho Iketani, Ji Won Cha, Benjamin Alexander Albert, Christopher T Fazekas, Ching-Wen Chang, Hengrui Liu, Shlomi Dagan, Michael R Abagyan, Pavla Fajtová, Bruce Culbertson, Brooklyn Brace, Eswar R Reddem, Farhad Forouhar, J Fraser Glickman, James M Balkovec, Brent R Stockwell, Lawrence Shapiro, Anthony J O’Donoghue, Yosef Sabo, Joel S Freundlich, David D Ho, Alejandro Chavez

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Effects of pesticide dichlorvos on liver injury in rats and related toxicity mechanisms by Pengcheng Zhang, Zixian Zhou, Jiaqi Yao, Yuhong Jiang, Hang Lei, Zhijun Xie, Juan Li, Xianlin Zhao, Lv Zhu, Meihua Wan, Ling Liu, Wenfu Tang

“…Recent epidemiological studies suggest that exposure to DDVP correlates with an increased incidence of liver disease. However, data regarding the hepatotoxicity of DDVP remain limited. …”
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