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Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
 

Response to: HCV Viremic Donors With Hepatic Bridging Fibrosis: Are We Ready To Use Their Livers in The Era of Direct-Acting Antivirals?
Levitsky J, Formica RN.
Am J Transplant. 2017 Aug 31
Abstract

Regression of liver fibrosis over a 24-week period after completing direct-acting antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C receiving care within the national hepatitis C elimination program in Georgia: results of hepatology clinic HEPA experience.
Dolmazashvili E, Abutidze A, Chkhartishvili N, et al
Eur
J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Aug 2
9.
Abstract

Sustained virological response by direct antiviral agents in HCV leads to an early and significant improvement of liver fibrosis.
Persico M, Rosato V, Aglitti A, et al
Antivir Ther
. 2017 Aug 11.
Abstract

MAIT-cell frequency and function in blood and liver of HCV mono- and HCV/HIV co-infected patients with advanced fibrosis. [Tje Netherlands}
Beudeker BJB, van Oord GW, Arends JE,
Liver Int. 2017 Aug 9
Abstract

HCV Viremic Donors With Hepatic Bridging Fibrosis: Are We Ready To Use Their Livers in The Era of Direct-Acting Antivirals?
Martini S, David E, Tandoi F, et al
Am J Transplant. 2017 Jul 25.
Abstract

Optimal Use of Transient Elastography and Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse to Stage Liver Fibrosis in HIV/HCV-Coinfected Patients in Clinical Practice.
López JJ, Pérez-Àlvarez N, Rodríguez RV,. et al 

J Ultrasound Med
. 2017 Jul 17
Abstract

APRI test and hyaluronic acid as non-invasive diagnostic tools for post HCV liver fibrosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
El Serafy MA, Kassem AM,  et al
Arab J Gastroenterol. 2017 Jun 1.

Abstract

A noninvasive diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis by BioFibroScore® in chronic hepatitis C patients.
Liu CH, Liu CJ, Hong CM, et al
J Gastroenterol Hepatol
. 2017 May 26.
Abstract

Stage of liver fibrosis in patients with congenital bleeding disorders and infected with hepatitis C virus.
Kucharska M, Zaleska-Dorobisz U, et al
Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017 May 22.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Concordance of non-invasive mechanical and serum tests for liver fibrosis evaluation in chronic hepatitis C.
Paranaguá-Vezozzo DC, Andrade A, Mazo DF,  et al
World J Hepatol
. 2017 Mar 18;9(8):436-442. d
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Paper

Assessment of liver fibrosis with acoustic radiation force impulse imaging versus liver histology in patients with chronic hepatitis C: a pilot study.
Kohla MAS, Abbasy M, Abozeid M,
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 May 3.
Abstract

The proportion of different IL-17-producing T cell subsets is associated with liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
Cachem FC, Dias AS, Monteiro C,
Immunology. 2017 Jan 31.
Abstract

The path to cancer, and back: Immune modulation during hepatitis C virus infection, progression to fibrosis and cancer, and unexpected roles of new antivirals.
Debes JD, de Knegt RJ, Boonstra A.
Transplantation. 2016 Dec 30.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Diagnostic Accuracy of the Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF®) Score Using HCV-Infected Serum Samples Cryopreserved for up to 25 Years.
Puigvehí M, Hernández J, Broquetas T, .et al
PLoS One
. 2016 Dec 16;11(12):e0164883.
Paper

Noninvasive estimation of liver fibrosis in biopsy-proven hepatitis C virus-infected patients: angiogenic fibrogenic link.
Toson EA, Shiha GE, El-Mezayen HA, et al
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Dec 7
.
Abstract

Liver fibrosis indices for identifying patients at low risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma after eradication of HCV.
Toyoda H, Tada T, Tachi Y, et al
Antivir Ther. 2016 Sep 2
Abstract

Viral Eradication reduces all-Cause Mortality, Including non-Liver-Related Disease, in Patients With Progressive Hepatitis C Virus-Related Fibrose.
Tada T, Kumada T, Toyoda H,
J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Aug 30. .
Abstract

The Burden of Hepatitis C Infection-Related Liver Fibrosis in the United States.
Klevens RM, Canary L, Huang X, et al C
lin Infect Dis
. 2016 Aug 9
Abstract

Fibrosis Progression in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection.
Zeremski M, Dimova RB, Pillardy J, et al
J Infect Dis. 2016 Aug 2.
Abstract

European Mitochondrial Haplogroups Impact on Liver Fibrosis Progression among HCV and HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients from Northwest Spain.
Tabernilla A, Rego-Pérez I, Grandal M,  et al
J   Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2016 May 30.
Abstract

Liver Fibrosis in HCV Monoinfected and HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients: Dysregulation of Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) and Their Tissue Inhibitors TIMPs and Effect of HCV Protease Inhibitors.
Latronico T, Mascia C, Pati I,  et al
Int J Mol Sci
. 2016 Mar 26;17(4). pii: E455
Abstract

Real-world medical costs of antiviral therapy among patients with chronic HCV infection and advanced hepatic fibrosis.
Maan R, Zaim R, van der Meer AJ, Feld JJ,  et al|
J Gastroenterol Hep
atol. 2016 Mar 18.
Abstract

Multiple approaches to assess fourteen non-invasive serum indexes for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients.
Andrés-Otero MJ, De-Blas-Giral I, et al
Clin Biochem. 2016 Mar 9
Abstract

Levels of Schistosoma mansoni Circulating Antigen in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients with Different Stages of Liver Fibrosis.
Attallah AM, El-Far M, Omran MM, et al
J Immunoassay Immunochem
. 2016 Jan 8.
Abstract

Biochemical non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis cannot replace biopsy in HIV-HCV coinfected patients.
Kliemann DA, Wolff FH, Tovo CV, et al
Ann Hepatol. 2015 Jan-2016 Feb;15(1):27-32.
Abstract

Lack of Siglec-7 expression identifies a dysfunctional natural killer cell subset associated with liver inflammation and fibrosis in chronic HCV infection.
Varchetta S, Mele D, Lombardi A,  et al
Gut. 2015 Dec 16.
Abstract

Improvement of platelets after SVR among patients with chronic HCV infection and advanced hepatic fibrosis.
van der Meer AJ, Maan R, Veldt BJ,  et al
J Gastroenterol Hepatol
. 2015 Dec 8.
Abstract

Relationship of hepatic fibrosis, cirrhosis, and mortality with cholecystectomy in patients with hepatitis C virus infection.
Martin DJ, Weideman R, Crook T, Brown G.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015 Nov 12.
.

Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Impact of liver cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C viral infection on the outcome of ovarian cancer: a prospective study.
Refky B, Kotb S, Fady T ,et al
BMC Cancer. 2015 Oct 21;15(1):754.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Genetic Polymorphisms of IL28B and PNPLA3 Are Predictive for HCV Related Rapid Fibrosis Progression and Identify Patients Who Require Urgent Antiviral Treatment with New Regimens
Tamaki N, Kurosaki M, Higuchi M,  et al

PLoS One
. 2015 Sep 9;10(9):e0137351.
Paper

Insulin Resistance is Associated With Significant Liver Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Patel S, Jinjuvadia R, Patel R, Liangpunsakul S.
J Clin Gastroenterol
. 2015 Aug 19
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
I
nfection of Human Liver Myofibroblasts by Hepatitis C Virus: A Direct Mechanism of Liver Fibrosis in Hepatitis C.
Aoudjehane L, Bisch G, Scatton O, et al
PLoS One
. 2015 Jul 27;10(7):e0134141.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Predictive Ability of Laboratory Indices for Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C after the Eradication of Hepatitis C Virus.
Tachi Y, Hirai T, Toyoda H, et al
PLoS One
. 2015 Jul 27;10(7):e0133515
Paper

Impact of Fibrosis Progression on Clinical Outcome in Patients Treated for Post- Transplant Hepatitis C Recurrence.
Lens S, Mariño Z, Forns X.
Liver Int. 2015 Jul 18
Abstract

Current drugs in early development for treating hepatitis C virus-related hepatic fibrosis.
Jaroszewicz J, Flisiak-Jackiewicz M, et al
Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2015 Jun 30:1-11.
Abstract

Effect of addition of statins to antiviral therapy in HCV infected persons: Results from ERCHIVES.
Butt AA, Yan P, Bonilla H,  et al
Hepatology
. 2015 Apr 6.
Abstract

Liver fibrosis, microbial translocation and immune activation markers in HIV and HCV infections and in HIV/HCV co-infection.
Sacchi P, Cima S, Corbella M,  et al
Dig Liver Dis. 2014 Nov 29
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Clinicobiochemical prediction of biopsy-proven cases of severe hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection.

Jin YJ, Shim JH, Kim GA,  et al 
BMJ Open. 2014 Nov 27;4(11):e006255.

Paper

Liver fibrosis progression despite HCV cure with antiviral therapy in HIV-HCV-coinfected patients.
Labarga P, Fernandez-Montero JV,  et al
Antivir Ther. 2014 Nov 5.
Abstract

Association between serum vitamin D and severity of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients: a systematic meta-analysis
Luo YQ, Wu XX, Ling ZX, et al
J Zhejiang Univ Sci B. 2014 Oct;15(10):900-6
Abstract

Plasma Pro-C3 (N-terminal type III collagen propeptide) predicts fibrosis progression in patients with chronic hepatitis C
Nielsen MJ, Veidal SS, Karsdal MA,  et al
Liver Int
. 2014 Oct 11.

Abstract


Impact of common risk factors of fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis C.
Rüeger S, Bochud PY, Dufour JF,  et al
Gut
. 2014 Sep 11. pii: gutjnl-2014-306997.
Abstract

Aspirin may reduce liver fibrosis progression: Evidence from a multicenter retrospective study of recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation.
Poujol-Robert A, Boëlle PY, Conti F,  et al
Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2014 Aug 14.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Liver Fibrosis, Host Genetic and Hepatitis C Virus Related Parameters as Predictive Factors of Response to Therapy against Hepatitis C Virus in HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients.
Corchado S, López-Cortés LF, Rivero-Juárez A, et al
PLoS One
. 2014 Jul 11;9(7):e101760.
Paper

Treatment failure may lead to accelerated fibrosis progression in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Baran B, Gulluoglu M, Soyer OM,  et al
J
Viral Hepat
. 2014 Feb;21(2):111-20.
Abstract

Prediction of fibrosis in hepatitis C patients: assessment using hydroxyproline and oxidative stress biomarkers.
Gabr SA, Alghadir AH.
Indian J Virol. 2014 Jan;25(1):91-100.
Abstract

Reduced fibrosis in recurrent HCV with tacrolimus, azathioprine and steroids versus tacrolimus: randomised trial long term outcomes.
Manousou P, Cholongitas E, Samonakis D, Tsochatzis E, et  al
Gut
. 2013 Oct 16
Abstract

Liver fibrosis progression at autopsy in injecting drug users infected by hepatitis C: A longitudinal long-term cohort study
Kielland KB, Delaveris GJ, Rogde S,  et al
J Hepatol
. 2013 Oct 1.
Abstract

Factors influencing liver fibrosis and necroinflammation in HIV/HCV coinfection and HCV monoinfection.
Sagnelli C, Uberti-Foppa C, Pasquale G,  et al
Infection. 2013 Jul 10.
Abstract

Ultrasound Elastography for Fibrosis Surveillance Is Cost Effective in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus in the UK.
Canavan C, Eisenburg J, Meng L, et al
Dig Dis Sci. 2013 May 30|
Abstract

The association of non-O blood group and severity of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection
Shavakhi A, Hajalikhani M, Minakari M,  et al
J Res Med Sci
. 2012 May;17(5):466-9
Abstract

Pathogenesis of Accelerated Fibrosis in HIV/HCV Co-infection.
Lin W, Weinberg EM, Chung RT.
J
 J Infect Dis
. 2013 Mar;207 Suppl 1:S13-8
Abstract

Patients with HCV and F1 and F2 fibrosis stage: treat now or wait?
Shiffman ML, Benhamou Y
Liver Int. 2013 Feb;33 Suppl 1:105-10. .
Abstract

Biomarkers of fibrosis and impaired liver function in chronic hepatitis C: how well
do they predict clinical outcomes?
Peters L, Rockstroh JK.
Curr Opin HIV AIDS
. 2010 Nov;5(6):517-23.
Abstract

Impact of HIV on liver fibrosis in men with hepatitis C infection and haemophilia.
Ragni MV, Moore CG, Soadwa K, et al
Haemophilia
. 2010 Aug 16.
Abstract

 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Determinants of liver fibrosis among HCV-mono-infected and HIV/HCV-co-infected persons
G. Kirk, S. Mehta, J. Astemborski, et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference
)
Abstract


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