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Hepatitis Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . February 27th, 2006

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Hepatitis Weekly | Other Publications

Hepatitis B Immunization - Lipid microparticles aid in mucosal immunization against hepatitis B

Hepatitis C Virus - CD81 activates naive B lymphocytes

Hepatitis C Virus - HCV-like particles generated in different cells bind differently to target hepatoma cells

Hepatitis C Virus - Human leukocyte antigens participate in spontaneous clearance of HCV infection

Hepatitis Vaccines - Immunoreactive hepatitis B and C epitopes are useful in vaccine development

Cancer Therapy - Systemic chemotherapy produces antitumor activity for metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma

Chronic Hepatitis C Virus - Interferon therapy is efficient in elderly patients with chronic hepatitis C

Cirrhosis - A model accurately predicts severe fibrosis or cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C

Cirrhosis - Bilirubin might be a marker for sleep apnea syndrome and early stage cirrhosis

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Laserpitin lowers hepatic triglyceride content in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats

Cytomegalovirus - Valcyte did not protect against CMV infection in liver transplant recipients

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Insulin and oleic acid raise PPARgamma2 expression in cultured mouse hepatocytes

Diagnostics - Fibrotest accurately diagnoses HCV in hemodialysis and renal transplants

Drug Development - Hepatitis C candidate moves into preclinical development

Epidemiology - Report examines prevalence of hepatitis A virus infection in U.S. population

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Lewis X component in human milk inhibits HIV-1 transfer to CD4+ T lymphocytes

Hepatitis A Virus - HAV from clotting factors implicated in infections among hemophiliacs

Hepatitis B Virus - Apolipoprotein A-I may be a suitable serum marker in chronic hepatitis B

Hepatitis B Virus - CD58 expression is related to HBV infection severity and degree of liver damage

Hepatitis B Virus - HBV surface antigen is well-tolerated in healthy young adults

Hepatitis B Virus - Natural and lamivudine-induced HBV surface gene mutants characterized

Hepatitis B Virus - Outcome of interferon treatment of chronic hepatitis B determined histologically

Hepatitis B Virus - U.S. FDA approves hepatitis B-specific immune globulin for acute exposure

Hepatitis C Research - Most common HCV type grown in lab for first time

Hepatitis C Therapy - Molecular mechanism discovered that inhibits HCV replication in vitro

Hepatitis C Therapy - Scientists call for hepatitis treatment of young injection drug users

Hepatitis C Therapy - U.S. FDA grants Civacir fast track designation for hepatitis C

Hepatitis C Therapy - U.S. FDA grants fast track designation to investigational oral HCV protease inhibitor

Hepatitis C Virus - Donor age impacts survival in HCV patients receiving liver transplantation

Hepatitis C Virus - Excess weight may protect against early fibrosis after liver transplantation

Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis B virus Ig-lamivudine combination protects liver allografts

Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C virus core protein relieves transcriptional repression

Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C virus protein 5A regions are not required for genome replication

Hepatitis C Virus - Histological HCV-related abnormalities are coincident with elevated aminotransferase levels

Hepatitis C Virus - Nongenetic determinants operate in spontaneous clearance of HCV in hemophiliacs

Hepatitis Vaccines - HBV CpG-optimized protein and DNA vaccines perform poorly in chimpanzees

Imaging - Imaging techniques visualize hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic liver disease

Legal Issues - Molecular diagnostics company, Innogenetics reach agreement and resolve patent litigation

Liver Cancer - New findings in the area of liver cancer detailed

Liver Disease - Leptin is not linked to hepatic steatosis, aminotransferases, and serum lipids in children

Liver Disease - Rebio Gen inks extension to technology agreement for hyaluronic acid

Liver Diseases - Angiogenic regulators drive sinusoidal changes after partial liver removal

Liver Diseases - Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease display symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea

Mergers & Acquisitions - Oncology services company to acquire ivpcare

Multiple Sclerosis - CD45 mutation may increase the risk of multiple sclerosis

Neisseria Vaccine -  Neisseria lactamica outer membrane vesicles are potential mucosal adjuvants

Product Licensing - Hepatitis C virus license agreement signed with Chiron

Steatohepatitis - Steatohepatitis is associated with liver apoptosis and Bcl-2 expression

Tissue Engineering - Hepatocyte culture system developed

Transplant Medicine - HBsAg seropositive status after renal transplantation decreases positive outcomes

Transplant Medicine - Research in transplant medicine provides new insights

Transplant Medicine - Rituximab therapy is effective for cryoglobulinemia in renal transplants

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