Assessing risk factors of acute kidney injury after liver transplantation

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...

Peritoneal ultrafiltration for refractory fluid overload and ascites due to pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary hypertension is a common finding in patients with advanced liver disease. Similarly, among patients with advanced pulmonary arterial hypertension, right heart failure leads to congestive hepatopathy. Diuretic r...

An unusual cause of cancer mimicry following liver transplantation

Sirolimus is an approved anti-rejection agent following liver or kidney transplantation that works through inhibition of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). As sirolimus functions through a pathway independent of c...

Kupffer cells: increasingly significant role in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is considered to be a manifestation of liver metabolic damage and is related to insulin resistance and genetic susceptibility. Inflammation mediated by Kupffer cells (KCs) is of...