Pathology Journals

Hepatitis C virus core protein induces fibrogenic actions of hepatic stellate cells via toll-like receptor 2.
Coenen M, Nischalke HD, Krämer B, Langhans B, Glässner A, Schulte D, Körner C, Sauerbruch T, Nattermann J, Spengler U. Lab Invest. 2011 Sep;91(9):1375-82. (CUMC Full Text PDF)

Recurrent hepatitis C and acute allograft rejection: clinicopathologic features with emphasis on the differential diagnosis between these entities.
Moreira RK. Adv Anat Pathol. 2011 Sep;18(5):393-405. (CUMC Full Text PDF)

Increasing hepatic arteriole wall thickness and decreased luminal diameter occur with increasing age in normal livers.

Fiel MI, Deniz K, Elmali F, Schiano TD. J Hepatol. 2011 Sep;55(3):582-6. Epub 2011 Jan 12. (CUMC Full Text PDF)

Liver pathology in Malawian children with fatal encephalopathy.
Whitten R, Milner DA Jr, Yeh MM, Kamiza S, Molyneux ME, Taylor TE. Hum Pathol. 2011 Sep;42(9):1230-9. (CUMC Full Text PDF)

Rate of Progression of Hepatic Fibrosis in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C: Results From the HALT-C Trial.

Hoefs JC, Shiffman ML, Goodman ZD, Kleiner DE, Dienstag JL, Stoddard AM; HALT-C Trial Group. Gastroenterology. 2011 Sep;141(3):900-908. (CUMC Full Text PDF)

Hepatology and Gastroenterology Journals:

Presence and significance of microvesicular steatosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Tandra S, Yeh MM, Brunt EM, Vuppalanchi R, Cummings OW, Unalp-Arida A, Wilson LA, Chalasani N; for the NASH Clinical Research Network (NASH CRN). J Hepatol. 2011 Sep;55(3):654-659. (CUMC Full Text PDF)

The use of liver biopsy evaluation in discrimination of idiopathic autoimmune hepatitis versus drug-induced liver injury.

Suzuki A, Brunt EM, Kleiner DE, Miquel R, Smyrk TC, Andrade RJ, Isabel Lucena M, Castiella A, Lindor K, Björnsson E. Hepatology. 2011 Sept 54;931-939 (CUMC Full Text PDF)

Idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension.

Schouten JN, Garcia-Pagan JC, Valla DC, Janssen HL. Hepatology. 2011 May 13. (CUMC Full Text PDF)

Pathology Journals

Mucinous cystic neoplasms of the liver: a clinicopathological study and comparison with intraductal papillary neoplasms of the bile duct.
Zen Y, Pedica F, Patcha VR, Capelli P, Zamboni G, Casaril A, Quaglia A, Nakanuma Y, Heaton N, Portmann B. Mod Pathol 2011 Aug;24(8):1079-89.

OATP 1B1/1B3 expression in hepatocellular carcinomas treated with orthotopic liver transplantation.
Vasuri F, Golfieri R, Fiorentino M, Capizzi E, Renzulli M, Pinna AD, Grigioni WF, D'Errico-Grigioni A.
Virchows Arch. 2011 Aug;459(2):141-6. (CUMC Full Text PDF)

Liver histology as predictor of outcome in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF).
Rastogi A, Kumar A, Sakhuja P, Bihari C, Gondal R, Hissar S, Garg H, Sarin SK. Virchows Arch. 2011 Aug;459(2):121-7. (CUMC Full Text PDF)

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Journals:

A prospective study of the rate of progression in compensated, histologically advanced chronic hepatitis C.
Dienstag JL, Ghany MG, Morgan TR, Di Bisceglie AM, Bonkovsky HL, Kim HY, Seeff LB, Szabo G, Wright EC, Sterling RK, Everson GT, Lindsay KL, Lee WM, Lok AS, Morishima C, Stoddard AM, Everhart JE; HALT-C Trial Group. Hepatology. 2011 Aug;54(2):396-405. (CUMC Full Text PDF)

Pathology Journals

Primary hepatolithiasis, recurrent pyogenic cholangitis, and oriental cholangiohepatitis-a tale of 3 countries.
Tsui WM, Lam PW, Lee WK, Chan YK. Adv Anat Pathol. 2011 Jul;18(4):318-28. (CUMC Full Text PDF)

Update on Fatty liver disease and steatohepatitis.
Aly FZ, Kleiner DE. Adv Anat Pathol. 2011 Jul;18(4):294-300. (CUMC Full Text PDF)

Claudin-18 in biliary neoplasms. Its significance in the classification of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
Shinozaki A, Shibahara J, Noda N, Tanaka M, Aoki T, Kokudo N, Fukayama M. Virchows Arch. 2011 Jul;459(1):73-80. (CUMC Full Text PDF)

Iron in the liver: a review for surgical pathologists.
Torbenson M. Adv Anat Pathol. 2011 Jul;18(4):306-17. (CUMC Full Text PDF)

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Journals

Risk factors for cholangiocarcinoma.
Tyson GL, El-Serag HB. Hepatology. 2011 Jul;54(1):173-84. (CUMC Full Text PDF) 

Diagnosis and management of hemochromatosis: 2011 practice guideline by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
Bacon BR, Adams PC, Kowdley KV, Powell LW, Tavill AS; American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Hepatology. 2011 Jul;54(1):328-43. (CUMC Full Text PDF)

Pathology Journals

Effect of Tumor Heterogeneity on the Assessment of Ki67 Labeling Index in Well-differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumors Metastatic to the Liver: Implications for Prognostic Stratification.
Yang Z, Tang LH, Klimstra DS. Am J Surg Pathol. 2011 Jun;35(6):853-60.

Hyperplastic luschka ducts: a mimic of adenocarcinoma in the gallbladder fossa.
Singhi AD, Adsay NV, Swierczynski SL, Torbenson M, Anders RA, Hruban RH, Argani P. Am J Surg Pathol. 2011 Jun;35(6):883-90.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Arising in a Pigmented Telangiectatic Adenoma With Nuclear β-catenin and Glutamine Synthetase Positivity: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Hechtman JF, Raoufi M, Fiel MI, Taouli B, Facciuto M, Schiano TD, Blouin AG, Thung SN. Am J Surg Pathol. 2011 Jun;35(6):927-32.