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Hepatitis Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . December 29th, 2003

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Related Areas: Other Issues in Hepatitis Weekly | Other Publications

Immunology - HBV-associated glomerulonephritis associates with different HLA alleles

Infection - Gene-centered host response influences the way hepatitis C virus behaves

Liver Cirrhosis - Bradykinin antagonist Icatibant shows promise for refractory ascites

Liver Failure - Chilean survival rates after liver transplantation compare with other nations

Liver Transplantation - New drugs would help graft recipients with recurrent hepatitis C infection

Mergers and Acquisitions - Omnicare to acquire Arlington Clinical Pharmacy

Personnel - Ronco named to scientific advisory board at medical device firm

Renal Transplantation - More studies of HCV-positive kidney donations and survival are needed

Rickettsias -  Anaplasma marginale varies membrane antigens; may explain disease cyclicity

Transfusion - Minipool NAT testing detects hepatitis B antigen-negative, DNA-positive blood

Transplant Medicine -  Xylohypha bantiana can cause curable brain abscess similar to aspergillosis

Transplant Medicine - CD80 and CD154, but not CD86, are associated with rejection in liver allografts

Transplant Medicine - Dendritic cell manipulation can induce EBV-specific T cells to reduce PTLD risk

Tumor Markers - Pancreatic endocrine neoplasms are more likely to have p27 if metastasizing

Vector Development - Antibody directed against c-Met improves gene delivery to liver cancer cells

Viral Epidemiology - Many liver disease patients in Japan show evidence of previous HEV infection

Virology - Mercury ions inhibit hepatitis C virus NS3 helicase enzyme activity

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