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AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre Research

The AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre has a strong and robust research base. Key research strengths include Hepatology, Liver Transplant, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Colorectal and Endoscopy.

Our Research Themes at the Laboratory Level

The role of liver stem cells in liver disease This work is lead by Professor McCaughan and has defined a novel characteristic of liver stem cells within the inflammatory/fibrotic niche that develops during chronic liver disease and cirrhosis.  This work has found that a cellular structure, called the primary cilium, transduces signals from the local environment to the liver stem cell compartment leading to proliferation and migration of cells.  One of the key mediators is the hedgehog molecule and we have defined this hedgehog pathway and the response of these cells in mouse liver models.  We have confirmed these findings in human liver disease and are now working in collaboration with the Cellular and Molecular Regenerative Institute at Edinburgh University to grow organoids and are using a unique mouse model to explore the exact function of these signals.  These cells can repopulate an injured liver and replace hepatocytes, significantly improving liver function.

The role of molecular pathways in primary liver cancer

 

This work has been exploring pathogenic pathways in hepatocellular cancer and more recently biliary cancer.  This research includes reduced liver cancer development in knockout mice for SP1 and SP2  and microRNA 181a. Currently, in close collaboration with Dr Maintain Palendira in the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney, we are using tissue Immune mass cytometry to explore cell-cell interactions within human liver cancer tissues . This is the only attempt to do this in Australia as we have access to one of only two machines capable of providing this technology. We are able to label cells with over thirty unique antibodies to detect complex cell subsets that are undetectable using usual approaches. 

Recently we have developed a unique mouse model of primary biliary cancer which has similarities to human disease. We have also used new strategies that target the tumour endothelium and the tumour associated immune infiltrate in experimental models. We believe that such multiple approaches to liver cancer is crucial to understand the complex nature of the problem and to produce new effective therapeutics. 

The role of the Oligopeptidase Gene family in liver diseases and cancer This work is lead by Professor Mark Gorrell and has made major breakthroughs in the study of Type II Diabetes associated with liver disease, liver cancer and also liver fibrosis.  The work has been able to show that the serum Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP) is able to show how liver transplants are spontaneously accepted and the potential to select humans for immunosuppressive withdrawal.  The work has identified that liver cytotoxic T cells which would normally reject and damage the liver are eliminated by the liver in the early phases of transplantation by a normal mechanism whereby liver cells actually eat the activated immune cells.  The process has been named by us as suicidal empiriopolesis.  The work also increases our understanding of how viruses and autoimmune liver diseases are associated with progression to chronicity and non-resolution of disease.
 
In collaboration with Professor Heath at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, Dr Bertolino has furthermore identified blood memory cells that reside in the liver.  These cells are very efficient in protecting against malaria infection and this potentially provides new strategies to protect individuals against pathogens that attack the liver such as malaria and other viruses.  More recently, a novel type of macrophage cell has been discovered by Dr Bertolino's group, where a novel liver macrophage which is located in the liver capsule is currently under examination for playing a role in protecting the liver against pathogenic effects from the peritoneal cavity. Professor McCaughan has been part of an international consortium that has developed molecular signatures for human liver allograft rejection and injury that is already helping in treatment decision making following liver transplantation in our patients. 

Our Research Themes at the Clinical Level

New therapies for Hepatitis B and C 

 

New HCV therapies are one of the most exciting advances in the whole of medicine for many years leading the potential to eventually eradicate HCV infection worldwide. We have significant community care nurse lead programs to deliver these therapies to the wider HCV infected populations.

Chief Investigator studies in Australia have lead to the use of the new Hepatitis C treatments in patients with liver failure and undergoing liver transplantation. For the first time we have seen reversibility of HCV related liver failure resulting in a decrease in the need for transplantation in these patients.  

Professor McCaughan and Associate Professor Strasser have also been active participants and leaders in the International Liver Transplant Society consensus statements for the treatment and management of hepatitis C. Treatment outcomes in First nations peoples have also been investigated and outcomes published.

New therapies are emerging to cure HBV infection and we have been involved in those studies .Furthermore we have participated in the development of national and Asian pacific  consensus guidelines for the management of hepatitis B infection.

New therapies for Hepatocellular Cancer (HCC)

 

HCC accounts for the vast majority of primary liver cancers, representing the 4th leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. The WHO has estimated that >1 million people will die from liver cancer in 2030. Despite recent advances, 5-year survival remains dismal at <20%.  In Australia HCC is the fastest growing solid cancer apart from thyroid cancer.

We have been involved in key studies that have examined the outcomes of HCC therapies in national studies. Outcomes of HCC in our liver transplant patients have also been studied together with quality care parameters through a national consensus process.

In a collaborative study with St George Hospital and UNSW we have been studying the role of the microbiome in HCC patients associated with fatty liver diseases and have described outcomes of patients with non - viral associated HCC. 

Improving Outcomes for patients with advanced liver disease This population has a high mortality and an increasing need for improved therapies. Dr Avik Majumdar and Dr Ken Liu, together with our dieticians Helen Vidot and Joanne Heyman, have lead studies involving nutritional intervention including developing sarcopenia and frailty guidelines for intervention in gastrointestinal bleeding, treatment of infections together with management of hepatic encephalopathy and ascites. Furthermore, we have been investigating the use of non-invasive markers for the diagnosis of cirrhosis.
Outcomes in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) and drug induced liver injury Our patients with PSC and inflammatory bowel disease were  analysed in the largest Australian study of PSC and has lead to a national outcomes study including studies of the microbiome. We have published a large study of drug induced severe liver injury indicating that  herbal medicines play a major role in these cases.
Endoscopy research
  • Colonoscopy guidelines
  • New therapy for leaks and perforations of the bowel
  • New therapy for achalasia, the new POEM procedure
  • Double balloon ERCP to treat biliary strictures in patients without a native bile duct
  • New techniques to biopsy the biliary tree
  • Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) procedures to diagnose and treat intra-abdominal collections, tumours and pancreatic cysts
  • Use of EUS to drain the biliary system
  • Development of a screening protocol for development of pancreatic cancer
Inflammatory bowel disease research
  • Clinical trials for new therapies in Ulcerative Colitis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Detection of pre cancer lesions in IBD
  • Guidelines for the use of biological agents 
Outcomes in liver transplantation includes the following studies
  • Outcomes following the use of split liver techniques in liver transplantation
  • Prolonged function of human livers in machine perfusion devises
  • Development of new scoring systems for the allocation of livers for patients on the liver transplant waiting list

Selected Grants

Amount awarded Grant and project details
$113,708 National Health and Medical Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship, 2025-2029
Sarcopenia and frailty in chronic liver disease and liver transplantation.
Investigator: Jacob R.
$6,118,111 National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies, 2024-2029
Precision medicine in liver cancer a national consortium for spatial and molecular phenotyping of HCC.
Investigators: George J, Sharma A, Roberts S, Strasser S, Wigg A, Majumdar A, Zekry A, Howell J, Levy M, Stuart K.
$1,188,245 Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), 2024-2027
Increase the liver donor pool through extended organ perfusion.
Investigators: Pulitano C, Liu K, McCaughan G, Lau N, Strasser S, Crawford M.
$1,800,000 Australian Cancer Research Foundation, 2022-2026
ACRF Molecular Theranostics Laboratory
Investigators: Hogg PJ, Simes J, Stockler M, Gorrell M, McCaughan G, Codd R. 
$3,192,951 Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), 2021-2026
Improving Diagnosis in Cancers with Low Survival Rates Grant: THE IC3 TRIAL: Identifying Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer in Primary Care.
RPA Investigator: Strasser S (CIE).
$4,000,000 Cancer Institute NSW, 2021-2026
The APRICA  program - Accelerated translational research in Liver Cancer
RPA Investigator: McCaughan G (CIB)
$3,989,422 Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), 2021-2025
Improving Diagnosis in Cancers with Low Survival Rates : Microbial based biomarkers powered by artificial intelligence for early detection of liver cancer in Australia. The Australian Liver Cancer Microbiome Consortium.
RPA Chief Investigator: McCaughan G

Our Publications

2024

Lau NS, Ly M, Dennis C, Toomath S, Huang JL, Huang J, Ly H, Chanda S, Marinelli T, Davis R, Liu K, McCaughan G, Crawford M, Pulitano C. Microbial Contamination During Long-term Ex Vivo Normothermic Machine Perfusion of Human Livers. Transplantation. 2024 Jan 1;108(1):198-203. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004653. Epub 2023 Dec 13. 
Repici A, Khalaf K, Troncone E, Subramaniam S, Hassan C, Bhandari P; DISPOSE Group. International Delphi Consensus Study on disposable single-use endoscopy: A path to clinical adoption. Dig Liver Dis. 2024 Feb;56(2):322-329. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2023.07.026. Epub 2023 Aug 7. 
Tang ASP, Tan C, Lim WH, Ng CH, Tan DJH, Zeng R, Xiao J, Ong EYH, Cho E, Chung C, Lim WS, Chee D, Nah B, Tseng M, Syn N, Bonney G, Liu K, Huang DQ, Muthiah M, Siddiqui MS, Tan EXX. Impact of Pretransplant Diabetes on Outcomes After Liver Transplantation: An Updated Meta-analysis With Systematic Review. Transplantation. 2024 May 1;108(5):1157-1165. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004840. Epub 2023 Oct 30.
Xiao J, Zeng RW, Lim WH, Tan DJH, Yong JN, Fu CE, Tay P, Syn N, Ong CEY, Ong EYH, Chung CH, Lee SY, Koh JH, Teng M, Prakash S, Tan EX, Wijarnpreecha K, Kulkarni AV, Liu K, Danpanichkul P, Huang DQ, Siddiqui MS, Ng CH, Kow AWC, Muthiah MD. The incidence of adverse outcome in donors after living donor liver transplantation: A meta-analysis of 60,829 donors. Liver Transpl. 2024 May 1;30(5):493-504. doi: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000303. Epub 2023 Nov 29. 
Adams RC, Carter-Cusack D, Llanes GT, Hunter CR, Vinnakota JM, Ruitenberg MJ, Vukovic J, Bertolino P, Chand KK, Wixey JA, Nayler SP, Hill GR, Furlan SN, Zeiser R, MacDonald KPA. CSF1R inhibition promotes neuroinflammation and behavioral deficits during graft-versus-host disease in mice. Blood. 2024 Mar 7;143(10):912-929. doi: 10.1182/blood.2023022040.
McNamara J, Joseph R, Stratton E, Levy MT, Prakoso E. Evolving Trends in Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Multi-Cultural Australian Tertiary Centre. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2024 Mar;55(1):188-189. doi: 10.1007/s12029-023-00995-4. Epub 2023 Dec 8.
Fink MA, Gow PJ, McCaughan GW, Hodgkinson P, Chen J, McCall J, Jaques B, Crawford M, Strasser SI, Hardikar W, Brooke-Smith M, Starkey G, Jeffrey GP, Gane E, Stormon M, Evans H, Tallis C, Byrne AJ, Jones RM. Impact of Share 35 liver transplantation allocation in Australia and New Zealand. Clin Transplant. 2024 Jan;38(1):e15203. doi: 10.1111/ctr.15203. Epub 2023 Dec 13.
Lau NS, Ly M, Ewenson K, Toomath S, Ly H, Mestrovic N, Liu K, McCaughan G, Crawford M, Pulitano C. Indocyanine green: A novel marker for assessment of graft quality during ex situ normothermic machine perfusion of human livers. Artif Organs. 2024 May;48(5):472-483. doi: 10.1111/aor.14696. Epub 2023 Dec 22.
Liu XT, Huang Y, Liu D, Jiang YC, Zhao M, Chung LH, Han XD, Zhao Y, Chen J, Coleman P, Ting KK, Tran C, Su Y, Dennis CV, Bhatnagar A, Liu K, Don AS, Vadas MA, Gorrell MD, Zhang S, Murray M, Kavurma MM, McCaughan GW, Gamble JR, Qi Y. Targeting the SphK1/S1P/PFKFB3 axis suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma progression by disrupting glycolytic energy supply that drives tumor angiogenesis. J Transl Med. 2024 Jan 10;22(1):43. doi: 10.1186/s12967-023-04830-z. 
Nash E, Dawson AH, Haber P, Gribble R, Volovets A. Substance use during hospitalisation requiring an urgent clinical response: an opportunity for intervention. Intern Med J. 2024 Jun;54(6):925-931. doi: 10.1111/imj.16336. Epub 2024 Jan 23. 
Harrison SA, Bedossa P, Guy CD, Schattenberg JM, Loomba R, Taub R, Labriola D, Moussa SE, Neff GW, Rinella ME, Anstee QM, Abdelmalek MF, Younossi Z, Baum SJ, Francque S, Charlton MR, Newsome PN, Lanthier N, Schiefke I, Mangia A, Pericàs JM, Patil R, Sanyal AJ, Noureddin M, Bansal MB, Alkhouri N, Castera L, Rudraraju M, Ratziu V; MAESTRO-NASH Investigators. A Phase 3, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Resmetirom in NASH with Liver Fibrosis. N Engl J Med. 2024 Feb 8;390(6):497-509. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2309000. 
Hargett S, Lahiri S, Kowalski GM, Corley S, Nelson ME, Lackner C, Olzomer EM, Aleksovska I, Hearn BA, Shrestha R, Janitz M, Gorrell MD, Bruce CR, Wilkins M, Hoehn KL, Byrne FL. Bile acids mediate fructose-associated liver tumour growth in mice. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2024 Mar;1870(3):167029. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2024.167029. Epub 2024 Feb 6. 
Khalaf K, Seleq S, Bourke MJ, Alkandari A, Bapaye A, Bechara R, Calo NC, Fedorov ED, Hassan C, Kalauz M, Kandel GP, Matsuda T, May GR, Mönkemüller K, Mosko JD, Ohno A, Pavic T, Pellisé M, Raos Z, Repici A, Rex DK, Saxena P, Schauer C, Sethi A, Sharma P, Shaukat A, Siddiqui UD, Singh R, Smith LA, Tanabe M, Teshima CW, von Renteln D, Gimpaya N, Pawlak KM, Angeli Fujiyoshi MR, Fujiyoshi Y, Lamba M, Li S, Malipatil SB, Grover SC. Establishment of standards for the referral of large nonpedunculated colorectal polyps: an international expert consensus using a modified Delphi process. Gastrointest Endosc. 2024 Sep;100(3):510-516.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2024.02.001. Epub 2024 Feb 7. 
English K, Kwan R, Holz LE, McGuffog C, Krol JMM, Kempe D, Kaisho T, Heath WR, Lisowski L, Biro M, McCaughan GW, Bowen DG, Bertolino P. A hepatic network of dendritic cells mediates CD4 T cell help outside lymphoid organs. Nat Commun. 2024 Feb 10;15(1):1261. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45612-5. 
Nash E, Nicoll A, Batt N, George J, Perananthan V, Prince D, Wallace M, Gow P, Vaz K, Chitturi S, Flores JE, Braund A, Bonnichsen M, Riordan S, Humphris J, Duong T, McKenzie C, Liu K, Strasser SI. Drug-induced liver injury from selective androgen receptor modulators, anabolic-androgenic steroids and bodybuilding supplements in Australia. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2024 Apr;59(8):953-961. doi: 10.1111/apt.17906. Epub 2024 Feb 19.
Wu CW, Yip TC, Wong VW, Wong GL, Liu K, Lui RN. Reply to Allaire, M.; Thabut, D. Comment on "Wu et al. Baveno VII Criteria Is an Accurate Risk Stratification Tool to Predict High-Risk Varices Requiring Intervention and Hepatic Events in Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cancers 2023, 15, 2480". Cancers (Basel). 2024 Feb 9;16(4):725. doi: 10.3390/cancers16040725.
Danpanichkul P, Ng CH, Tan DJH, Wijarnpreecha K, Huang DQ, Noureddin M; Young Alcohol Disease Collaborative. The Global Burden of Alcohol-associated Cirrhosis and Cancer in Young and Middle-aged Adults. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 Sep;22(9):1947-1949.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2024.02.011. Epub 2024 Feb 29.
Bellamy COC, O'Leary JG, Adeyi O, Baddour N, Batal I, Bucuvalas J, Del Bello A, El Hag M, El-Monayeri M, Farris AB 3rd, Feng S, Fiel MI, Fischer SE, Fung J, Grzyb K, Guimei M, Haga H, Hart J, Jackson AM, Jaeckel E, Khurram NA, Knechtle SJ, Lesniak D, Levitsky J, McCaughan G, McKenzie C, Mescoli C, Miquel R, Minervini MI, Nasser IA, Neil D, O'Neil MF, Pappo O, Randhawa P, Ruiz P, Fueyo AS, Schady D, Schiano T, Sebagh M, Smith M, Stevenson HL, Taner T, Taubert R, Thung S, Trunecka P, Wang HL, Wood-Trageser M, Yilmaz F, Zen Y, Zeevi A, Demetris AJ. Banff 2022 Liver Group Meeting report: Monitoring long-term allograft health. Am J Transplant. 2024 Jun;24(6):905-917. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2024.03.008. Epub 2024 Mar 9.
Nash E, Fitzpatrick M, Liu K, Volovets A, Sullivan D, Khoo L, Haber PS. Blood transfusion is a rare but potential source of false-positive phosphatidylethanol. Liver Transpl. 2024 Aug 1;30(8):866-868. doi: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000358. Epub 2024 Mar 5.
Nash E, Chetwood JD, Tamilarasan AG, Prakoso E. Paraneoplastic gastrointestinal dysmotility due to non-Hodgkin diffuse large B cell lymphoma: a case report. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 May 1;36(5):588-591. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000002758. Epub 2024 Mar 12.
Cabanes-Creus M, Liao SHY, Gale Navarro R, Knight M, Nazareth D, Lau NS, Ly M, Zhu E, Roca-Pinilla R, Bugallo Delgado R, Vicente AF, Baltazar G, Westhaus A, Merjane J, Crawford M, McCaughan GW, Unzu C, González-Aseguinolaza G, Alexander IE, Pulitano C, Lisowski L. Harnessing whole human liver ex situ normothermic perfusion for preclinical AAV vector evaluation. Nat Commun. 2024 Mar 14;15(1):1876. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46194-y.
Con D, Hilley P, Chin S, Corte C, Hafeez B, Testro A, De Cruz P, Choy M, Srinivasan A. Safety and Effectiveness of Janus Kinase Inhibitors in the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Following Liver Transplantation. J Crohns Colitis. 2024 Sep 3;18(9):1505-1509. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjae039.
Huang J, Lau NS, Ly M, Babekuhl D, Yousif P, Liu K, McCaughan G, Crawford M, Pulitano C. Incorporating a hemodialysis filter into a commercial normothermic perfusion system to facilitate long-term preservation of human split-livers. Artif Organs. 2024 Sep;48(9):1008-1017. doi: 10.1111/aor.14749. Epub 2024 Mar 25.
Putri GH, Howitt G, Marsh-Wakefield F, Ashhurst TM, Phipson B. SuperCellCyto: enabling efficient analysis of large scale cytometry datasets. Genome Biol. 2024 Apr 8;25(1):89. doi: 10.1186/s13059-024-03229-3.
Tun T, Marinelli T, Liu K, Strasser SI, Crawford M, Patanwala AE. Low rate of surgical site infections after liver transplantation: A 5-year retrospective cohort study. Transpl Infect Dis. 2024 Aug;26(4):e14280. doi: 10.1111/tid.14280. Epub 2024 Apr 11.
Nash E, Liu K. Exercise in the management of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease-is more the answer, or is it just one piece of the puzzle? Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2024 Apr 3;13(2):329-332. doi: 10.21037/hbsn-23-686. Epub 2024 Mar 29.
Crane H, Eslick GD, Gofton C, Shaikh A, Cholankeril G, Cheah M, Zhong JH, Svegliati-Baroni G, Vitale A, Kim BK, Ahn SH, Kim MN, Strasser SI, George J. Global prevalence of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease-related hepatocellular carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Mol Hepatol. 2024 Jul;30(3):436-448. doi: 10.3350/cmh.2024.0109. Epub 2024 Apr 16.
Tang LCY, Chetwood JD, Lai MSM, Yip TCF, Cao R, Powter E, Salimi S, Wu R, Coulshed A, Bowen DG, Strasser SI, Valliani T, Crawford M, Pulitano C, McKenzie C, Kench J, McCaughan GW, Liu K. Incidence, epidemiology, and outcomes of acute allograft rejection following liver transplantation in Australia. Liver Transpl. 2024 Oct 1;30(10):1039-1049. doi: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000375. Epub 2024 Apr 23.
Wang DS, Phu A, McKee K, Strasser SI, Sheils S, Weltman M, Sellar S, Davis JS, Young M, Braund A, Farrell GC, Blunn A, Harding D, Ralton L, Muller K, Davison SA, Shaw D, Wood M, Hajkowicz K, Skolen R, Davies J, Tate-Baker J, Doyle A, Tuma R, Hazeldine S, Lam W, Edmiston N, Zohrab K, Pratt W, Watson B, Zekry A, Stephens C, Clark PJ, Day M, Park G, Kim H, Wilson M, McGarity B, Menzies N, Russell D, Lam T, Boyd P, Kok J, George J, Douglas MW. Hepatitis C Virus Antiviral Drug Resistance and Salvage Therapy Outcomes Across Australia. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Mar 18;11(4):ofae155. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae155.
Tan N, Ngu N, Worland T, Lee T, Abrahams T, Freeman E, Hannah N, Gazelakis K, Madden RG, Lynch KD, Valaydon Z, Sood S, Dev A, Bell S, Thompson AJ, Ding JN, Nicoll AJ, Liu K, Pandya K, Gow P, Lubel J, Kemp W, Roberts SK, Majeed A. Surveillance MRI is associated with improved survival in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis. Hepatol Commun. 2024 May 2;8(5):e0442. doi: 10.1097/HC9.0000000000000442.
Pudipeddi A, Paramsothy S, Kariyawasam V, Paramsothy R, Ghaly S, Haifer C, An YK, Begun J, Connor SJ, Corte C, Ward MG, De Cruz P, Lan-San Fung C, Redmond D, Chan W, Mourad F, Kermeen M, Leong RW. Effects of Thiopurine Withdrawal on Vedolizumab-Treated Patients With Ulcerative Colitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 Nov;22(11):2299-2308.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2024.04.019. Epub 2024 May 9.
Gofton C, Bondezi K, Kotze B, McKee K, Yesudoss A, McCaughan G, George J. Micro-elimination of chronic hepatitis C virus in mental health settings: A prospective multicentre pragmatic trial. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2024 Jul;43(5):1247-1255. doi: 10.1111/dar.13854. Epub 2024 May 21.
Shrigiriwar A, Mony S, Fayyaz F, Onimaru M, Monachese M, Zhang L, Corre F, Azmeera P, Wu H, Wu CCH, Choi K, Gandhi A, Chalikonda D, Keane MG, Ghandour B, Villamarin-Corrales J, Schlachterman A, Tinto RR, Arévalo FE, Arbizu EA, Bapaye A, Velanovich V, Nieto J, Pawa R, Pawa S, Samanta J, Sedarat A, Eleftheriadis N, Saxena P, Bechara R, Al-Haddad MA, Familiari P, Ujiki M, Ramchandani M, Barret M, Chang K, Moll F, Pioche M, Inoue H, Khashab M. Clinical outcomes of peroral endoscopic myotomy with and without septotomy for management of epiphrenic diverticula: an international multicenter experience (with video). Gastrointest Endosc. 2024 Nov;100(5):840-848.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2024.05.010. Epub 2024 May 23.
Reyes JGA, Ni D, Santner-Nanan B, Pinget GV, Kraftova L, Ashhurst TM, Marsh-Wakefield F, Wishart CL, Tan J, Hsu P, King NJC, Macia L, Nanan R. A unique human cord blood CD8+CD45RA+CD27+CD161+ T-cell subset identified by flow cytometric data analysis using Seurat. Immunology. 2024 Sep;173(1):106-124. doi: 10.1111/imm.13803. Epub 2024 May 26.
Zhang H, Targher G, Byrne CD, Kim SU, Wong VW, Valenti L, Glickman M, Ponce J, Mantzoros CS, Crespo J, Gronbaek H, Yang W, Eslam M, Wong RJ, Machado MV, Yu ML, Ghanem OM, Okanoue T, Liu JF, Lee YH, Xu XY, Pan Q, Sui M, Lonardo A, Yilmaz Y, Zhu LY, Moreno C, Miele L, Lupsor-Platon M, Zhao L, LaMasters TL, Gish RG, Zhang H, Nedelcu M, Chan WK, Xia MF, Bril F, Shi JP, Datz C, Romeo S, Sun J, Liu D, Sookoian S, Mao YM, Méndez-Sánchez N, Wang XY, Pyrsopoulos NT, Fan JG, Fouad Y, Sun DQ, Giannini C, Chai J, Xia ZF, Jun DW, Li GJ, Treeprasertsuk S, Li YX, Cheung TT, Zhang F, Goh GB, Furuhashi M, Seto WK, Huang H, Di Sessa A, Li QH, Cholongitas E, Zhang L, Silveira TR, Sebastiani G, Adams LA, Chen W, Qi X, Rankovic I, De Ledinghen V, Lv WJ, Hamaguchi M, Kassir R, Müller-Wieland D, Romero-Gomez M, Xu Y, Xu YC, Chen SY, Kermansaravi M, Kuchay MS, Lefere S, Parmar C, Lip GYH, Liu CJ, Åberg F, Lau G, George J, Sarin SK, Zhou JY, Zheng MH; MAFLD ICD-11 coding collaborators. A global survey on the use of the international classification of diseases codes for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease. Hepatol Int. 2024 Aug;18(4):1178-1201. doi: 10.1007/s12072-024-10702-5. Epub 2024 Jun 15.
Abdelmalak J, Strasser SI, Ngu NL, Dennis C, Sinclair M, Majumdar A, Collins K, Bateman K, Dev A, Abasszade JH, Valaydon Z, Saitta D, Gazelakis K, Byers S, Holmes J, Thompson AJ, Pandiaraja D, Bollipo S, Sharma S, Joseph M, Sawhney R, Nicoll A, Batt N, Tang MJ, Riordan S, Hannah N, Haridy J, Sood S, Lam E, Greenhill E, Lubel J, Kemp W, Majeed A, Zalcberg J, Roberts SK. Different Patterns of Care and Survival Outcomes in Transplant-Centre Managed Patients with Early-Stage HCC: Real-World Data from an Australian Multi-Centre Cohort Study. Cancers (Basel). 2024 May 22;16(11):1966. doi: 10.3390/cancers16111966.
Prince DS, Hoque S, Kim C, Maher S, Miller J, Chomley P, Pritchard-Jones J, Spruce S, McGarry N, Baker D, Elix P, Liu K, Strasser SI, Goodger B, Zekry A, McCaughan GW. Screening patients in general practice for advanced chronic liver disease using an innovative IT solution: The Liver Toolkit. Hepatol Commun. 2024 Jun 27;8(7):e0482. doi: 10.1097/HC9.0000000000000482.
Bhat P, Kaffes AJ, Lassen K, Aabakken L. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in the surgically altered patient. Dig Endosc. 2024 Oct;36(10):1077-1093. doi: 10.1111/den.14823. Epub 2024 Jul 1.
Yiu DC, Lin H, Wong VW, Wong GL, Liu K, Yip TC. Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors are associated with improved survival of patients with diabetes mellitus and hepatocellular carcinoma receiving immunotherapy: Letter to the editor on "Statin and aspirin for chemoprevention of hepatocellular carcinoma: Time to use or wait further?". Clin Mol Hepatol. 2024 Oct;30(4):970-973. doi: 10.3350/cmh.2024.0280. Epub 2024 Jul 4.
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Alisi A, McCaughan G, Grønbæk H. Role of gut microbiota and immune cells in metabolic-associated fatty liver disease: clinical impact. Hepatol Int. 2024 Oct;18(Suppl 2):861-872. doi: 10.1007/s12072-024-10674-6. Epub 2024 Jul 12. 
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