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Liver Diseases

Published November 16, 2020 Calls for Papers Collections

Liver disease is a major cause of premature mortality and morbidity worldwide. However, with advances in vaccine development and an increased understanding of the causes of liver disease, it is also becoming increasingly preventable and treatable. This collection on liver disease encompasses research on alcohol-related liver disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (including cirrhosis, steatosis, fibrosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis), viral hepatitis, and other autoimmune and genetic liver diseases.

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University of Colorado

Guest Editor, PLOS ONE Susan Mandell, University of Colorado
November 19, 2020
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The University of Hong Kong

Guest Editor, PLOS ONE Wai-Kay Seto, The University of Hong Kong
November 19, 2020

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Wai-Kay Seto

PLOS ONE Chronic liver disease: Global perspectives and future challenges to delivering quality health care
January 4, 2021 Wai-Kay Seto, M. Susan Mandell

Clinical Research

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PLOS ONE HIV testing in patients who are HCV positive: Compliance with CDC guidelines in a large healthcare system
June 2, 2021 Ilan Fleisher, Alexander G. Geboy, Whitney Nichols, Sameer Desale, Stephen Fernandez, Peter Basch, Dawn A. Fishbein
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Nuria Mendoza

PLOS ONE Liver epigenome changes in patients with hepatopulmonary syndrome: A pilot study
February 25, 2021 Nuria Mendoza, Eva Rivas, Roberto Rodriguez-Roisin, Tamara Garcia, Miquel Bruguera, Alvar Agusti, Rosa Faner
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Beza Jobira

PLOS ONE Hepatic steatosis relates to gastrointestinal microbiota changes in obese girls with polycystic ovary syndrome
January 19, 2021 Beza Jobira, Daniel N. Frank, Lori J. Silveira, Laura Pyle, Megan M. Kelsey, Yesenia Garcia-Reyes, Charles E. Robertson, Diana Ir, Kristen J. Nadeau, Melanie Cree-Green
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Sarah A. Taylor

PLOS ONE Transcriptional profiling of pediatric cholestatic livers identifies three distinct macrophage populations
January 7, 2021 Sarah A. Taylor, Shang-Yang Chen, Gaurav Gadhvi, Liang Feng, Kyle D. Gromer, Hiam Abdala-Valencia, Kiwon Nam, Salina T. Dominguez, Anna B. Montgomery, Paul A. Reyfman, Lorena Ostilla, Joshua B. Wechsler, Carla M. Cuda, Richard M. Green, Harris Perlman, Deborah R. Winter
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Jia-Jung Lee

PLOS ONE The applicability of non-invasive methods for assessing liver fibrosis in hemodialysis patients with chronic hepatitis C
November 20, 2020 Jia-Jung Lee, Yu-Ju Wei, Ming-Yen Lin, Sheng-Wen Niu, Po-Yao Hsu, Jiun-Chi Huang, Tyng-Yuan Jang, Ming-Lun Yeh, Ching-I Huang, Po-Cheng Liang, Yi-Hung Lin, Ming-Yen Hsieh, Meng-Hsuan Hsieh, Szu-Chia Chen, Chia-Yen Dai, Zu-Yau Lin, Shinn-Cherng Chen, Jee-Fu Huang, Jer-Ming Chang, Shang-Jyh Hwang, Chung-Feng Huang, Yi-Wen Chiu, Wan-Long Chuang, Ming-Lung Yu
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Shunji Hirose

PLOS ONE Nineteen-year prognosis in Japanese patients with biopsy-proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Lean versus overweight patients
November 13, 2020 Shunji Hirose, Koshi Matsumoto, Masayuki Tatemichi, Kota Tsuruya, Kazuya Anzai, Yoshitaka Arase, Koichi Shiraishi, Michiko Suzuki, Satsuki Ieda, Tatehiro Kagawa
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BruceBlaus

PLOS ONE Glecaprevir–pibrentasvir for chronic hepatitis C: Comparing treatment effect in patients with and without end-stage renal disease in a real-world setting
August 13, 2020 Hsu-Heng Yen, Pei-Yuan Su, Ya-Huei Zeng, I-Ling Liu, Siou-Ping Huang, Yu-Chun Hsu, Yang-Yuan Chen, Chia-Wei Yang, Shun-Sheng Wu, Kun-Ching Chou
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Ednelza da Silva Graça Amoras

PLOS ONE Intrahepatic interleukin 10 expression modulates fibrinogenesis during chronic HCV infection
October 30, 2020 Ednelza da Silva Graça Amoras, Samara Tatielle Monteiro Gomes, Maria Alice Freitas Queiroz, Mauro Sergio Moura de Araújo, Marialva Tereza Ferreira de Araújo, Simone Regina Souza da Silva Conde, Ricardo Ishak, Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto
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Ed Uthman

PLOS ONE Hypovascular tumors developed into hepatocellular carcinoma at a high rate despite the elimination of hepatitis C virus by direct-acting antivirals
August 13, 2020 Kazuaki Tabu, Seiichi Mawatari, Kohei Oda, Kotaro Kumagai, Yukiko Inada, Hirofumi Uto, Akiko Saisyoji, Yasunari Hiramine, Masafumi Hashiguchi, Tsutomu Tamai, Takeshi Hori, Kunio Fujisaki, Dai Imanaka, Takeshi Kure, Ohki Taniyama, Ai Toyodome, Sho Ijuin, Haruka Sakae, Kazuhiro Sakurai, Akihiro Moriuchi, Shuji Kanmura, Akio Ido
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Masahiro Sogabe

PLOS ONE Differences among patients with and without nonalcoholic fatty liver disease having elevated alanine aminotransferase levels at various stages of metabolic syndrome
August 31, 2020 Masahiro Sogabe, Toshiya Okahisa, Takeshi Kurihara, Masanori Takehara, Kaizo Kagemoto, Jun Okazaki, Yoshifumi Kida, Akihiro Hirao, Hironori Tanaka, Tetsu Tomonari, Tatsuya Taniguchi, Koichi Okamoto, Masahiko Nakasono, Tetsuji Takayama
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Kun Jiang

PLOS ONE Quantitative assessment of liver fibrosis by digital image analysis reveals correlation with qualitative clinical fibrosis staging in liver transplant patients
September 28, 2020 Kun Jiang, Mohammad K. Mohammad, Wasim A. Dar, Jun Kong, Alton B. Farris
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PLOS ONE Standard coagulation tests are superior to thromboelastometry in predicting outcome of patients with liver cirrhosis
July 28, 2020 Jassin Rashidi-Alavijeh, Ayse S. Ceylan, Heiner Wedemeyer, Martin Kleefisch, Katharina Willuweit, Christian M. Lange
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LillyCantabile

PLOS ONE Safety and feasibility of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in elderly patients with liver cirrhosis and refractory ascites
June 25, 2020 Lena Stockhoff, Marie Schultalbers, Tammo L. Tergast, Jan B. Hinrichs, Svetlana Gerbel, Timo C. Meine, Michael P. Manns, Nicolas Simon, Markus Cornberg, Bernhard C. Meyer, Benjamin Maasoumy
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Hyttalo Souza

PLOS ONE Response to hepatitis B virus vaccination in individuals with chronic hepatitis C virus infection
August 26, 2020 Ashraf A. Ashhab, Holly Rodin, Marilia Campos, Ahmad Abu-Sulb, Jane A. Hall, Jesse Powell, Jose D. Debes
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Michael G. Berg

PLOS ONE Advanced molecular surveillance approaches for characterization of blood borne hepatitis viruses
July 17, 2020 Michael G. Berg, Ana Olivo, Kenn Forberg, Barbara J. Harris, Julie Yamaguchi, Rachel Shirazi, Yael Gozlan, Silvia Sauleda, Lazare Kaptue, Mary A. Rodgers, Orna Mor, Gavin A. Cloherty

Epidemiology

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PLOS ONE Demographics and outcomes of hepatitis B and D: A 10-year retrospective analysis in a Swiss tertiary referral center
April 27, 2021 Joana Vieira Barbosa, Roland Sahli, Vincent Aubert, Aziz Chaouch, Darius Moradpour, Montserrat Fraga
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Mary Adetola Lawal

PLOS ONE Prevalence of and risk factors for hepatitis B and C viral co-infections in HIV infected children in Lagos, Nigeria
December 10, 2020 Mary Adetola Lawal, Oluwafunmilayo Funke Adeniyi, Patricia Eyanya Akintan, Abideen Olurotimi Salako, Olorunfemi Sunday Omotosho, Edamisan Olusoji Temiye
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Annacarla Chiesa

PLOS ONE Hepatitis B and HIV coinfection in Northern Uganda: Is a decline in HBV prevalence on the horizon?
November 18, 2020 Annacarla Chiesa, Emmanuel Ochola, Letizia Oreni, Paolo Vassalini, Giuliano Rizzardini, Massimo Galli
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Sandy Millar

PLOS ONE Familial associations between autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cholangitis and other autoimmune diseases
October 20, 2020 Hauke Thomsen, Xinjun Li, Kristina Sundquist, Jan Sundquist, Asta Försti, Kari Hemminki
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PLOS ONE Causes and trends in liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma among men and women who received liver transplants in the U.S., 2010-2019
September 18, 2020 Sonia Wang, Mehlika Toy, Thi T. Hang Pham, Samuel So
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Josh Hanson

PLOS ONE Chronic hepatitis B in remote, tropical Australia; successes and challenges
September 3, 2020 Josh Hanson, Melissa Fox, Adam Anderson, Penny Fox, Kate Webster, Charlie Williams, Blake Nield, Richard Bagshaw, Allison Hempenstall, Simon Smith, Norma Solomon, Peter Boyd
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Stine Nielsen

PLOS ONE Hepatitis C prevalence in Denmark in 2016—An updated estimate using multiple national registers
September 3, 2020 Stine Nielsen, Janne Fuglsang Hansen, Gordon Hay, Susan Cowan, Peter Jepsen, Lars Haukali Omland, Henrik Bygum Krarup, Jacob Søholm, Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Nina Weis, Anne Øvrehus, Peer Brehm Christensen
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Margarita Rey R.

PLOS ONE Prevalence and short-term outcome of hepatorenal syndrome: A 9-year experience in a high-complexity hospital in Colombia
October 20, 2020 Margarita Rey R., Andrés F. Delgado, Alejandra De Zubiria, Renzo Pinto, José A. De la Hoz-Valle, Erika D. Pérez-Riveros, Gerardo Ardila, Fernando Sierra-Arango
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Ed Uthman

PLOS ONE Clinical spectrum of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with diabetes mellitus
August 21, 2020 Kaina Chen, Wei Kwan Sng, Joanne Hui-Min Quah, Jin Liu, Bee Yen Chong, Hwee Khim Lee, Xue Fei Wang, Ngiap Chuan Tan, Pik-Eu Chang, Hong Chang Tan, Yong Mong Bee, George Boon Bee Goh

Basic and Translational Research

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Priyom Adhyapok

PLOS ONE A computational model of liver tissue damage and repair
December 21, 2020 Priyom Adhyapok, Xiao Fu, James P. Sluka, Sherry G. Clendenon, Victoria D. Sluka, Zemin Wang, Kenneth Dunn, James E. Klaunig, James A. Glazier
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Giuseppina Palladini

PLOS ONE Associations between serum trace elements and inflammation in two animal models of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
December 11, 2020 Giuseppina Palladini, Andrea Ferrigno, Laura Giuseppina Di Pasqua, Clarissa Berardo, Vittoria Rizzo, Stefano Perlini, Mariapia Vairetti
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PLOS ONE The endothelial dysfunction blocker CU06-1004 ameliorates choline-deficient L-amino acid diet-induced non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in mice
December 4, 2020 Cho-Rong Bae, Haiying Zhang, Young-Guen Kwon
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Tinkara Pirc Marolt

PLOS ONE Aripiprazole reduces liver cell division
October 26, 2020 Tinkara Pirc Marolt, Barbara Kramar, Klara Bulc Rozman, Dušan Šuput, Irina Milisav
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Lu He

PLOS ONE Expression of hepatic stellate cell activation-related genes in HBV-, HCV-, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease-associated fibrosis
May 22, 2020 Lu He, Hui Yuan, Junjie Liang, Jian Hong, Chen Qu

Psychological Research

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Marten Bjork

PLOS ONE Knowledge, attitudes, and acceptability of direct-acting antiviral hepatitis C treatment among people incarcerated in jail: A qualitative study
December 2, 2020 Matthew J. Akiyama, Jonathan Ross, Fatimah Rimawi, Aaron Fox, Alison O. Jordan, Janet Wiersema, Alain H. Litwin, Fatos Kaba, Ross MacDonald
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PLOS ONE Characterizing patient-reported outcomes in veterans with cirrhosis
September 11, 2020 Shari S. Rogal, Vera Yakovchenko, Rachel Gonzalez, Angela Park, Carolyn Lamorte, Sandra P. Gibson, Maggie Chartier, David Ross, Emily Comstock, Jasmohan S. Bajaj, Timothy R. Morgan
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PLOS ONE Health-related quality of life and fatigue in patients with chronic hepatitis C with therapy with direct-acting antivirals agents interferon-free
August 19, 2020 Raíssa Neves Fagundes, Lincoln Eduardo Villela Vieira de Castro Ferreira, Fábio Heleno de Lima Pace

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