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Brief overview of strategy for the development of immune-competent bioengineered humanized liver using acellularization and repopulation technology for future biomedical applications.

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Comparative analysis regarding hepatocellular carcinoma previous surveillance and Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer staging at diagnosis between non alcoholic fatty liver disease and other etiologies of liver disease.

Sinusoidal dilatation and hepatocellular plate atrophy in zone 3 (arrow marks hepatic vein branch) (20 ×) (A); Zone 3 congestion and red blood cell extravasation (20 ×) (B).

Variability of histological specimens in HE (top) and PicroSirius red (bottom) stained transjugular biopsy specimens.

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Hepatic histology of the group of males of 40%.

Alternative transcription factor isoforms possess regulatory properties distinct from those of canonical variants.

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The World Journal of Hepatology (WJH) is a leading academic journal devoted to reporting the latest, cutting-edge research progress and findings of basic research and clinical practice in the field of hepatology. It was launched on October 31, 2009 and is published monthly (12 issues annually) by BPG, the world's leading professional clinical medical journal publishing company.

We encourage hepatologists worldwide to submit manuscripts to the WJH describing their original basic or clinical research findings that are of high academic value and which report new diagnostic techniques or summarize their treatment experiences.

The usual times related to all publication processes of the WJH are as follows: (1) From manuscript receipt to peer-review: 2-4 weeks; (2) From initial manuscript acceptance, with revisions, to return of the revised manuscript from the authors: 4-5 weeks; (3) From return of the revised manuscript from the authors to final acceptance: 1-2 weeks; (4) From final acceptance to an article in press: 2 days; and (5) From article in press designation to formal release of the electronic version and all online documentation: 2-9 weeks.The WJH’s acceptance rate: 51%. Submit here >>

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Editors-in-Chief

Ke-Qin Hu, FAASLD, MD, Director, Professor, (E-mail: kqhu@uci.edu) Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA 92868, United States
Koo Jeong Kang, MD, PhD, Professor, (Email: kjkang@dsmc.or.kr) Division of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, Department of surgery, Keimyung University Dong-San Medical Center, Daegu 41931, South Korea
Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, FACP, FRCP (C), MD, PhD, Director, Professor, Research Scientist, (E-mail: pyrsopni@njms.rutgers.edu) Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, University Hospital, Newark, NJ 07103, United States

Indexing/Abstracting

The WJH is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science), Scopus, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), China Science and Technology Journal Database (CSTJ), and Superstar Journals Database.

Journal Metrics

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) (2015): 0.858; IPP (Impact per Publication) (2015): 2.730; SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) (2015): 1.206; and CiteScore (2016): 3.66.

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1948-5182 (online)

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Contents Volume 11 Issue 3 March 27, 2019

Minireviews

Update on management of gastric varices

Louisa J Vine, Mohsan Subhani, Juan G Acevedo

World J Hepatol 11(3):250-260. Published online Mar 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i3.250

Hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplantation: Risk factors, screening and clinical presentation

Norma Arteiro Filgueira

World J Hepatol 11(3):261-272. Published online Mar 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i3.261

Basic Study

Protective action of glutamine in rats with severe acute liver failure

Elizângela G Schemitt, Renata M Hartmann, Josieli R Colares, Francielli Licks, Jéferson O Salvi, Cláudio A Marroni, Norma P Marroni

World J Hepatol 11(3):273-286. Published online Mar 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i3.273

Retrospective Cohort Study

Extreme hyperbilirubinemia: An indicator of morbidity and mortality in sickle cell disease

John Paul Haydek, Cesar Taborda, Rushikesh Shah, Preeti A Reshamwala, Morgan L McLemore, Fuad El Rassi, Saurabh Chawla

World J Hepatol 11(3):287-293. Published online Mar 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i3.287

Observational Study

Angiogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma: An immunohistochemistry study

Decebal Fodor, Ioan Jung, Sabin Turdean, Catalin Satala, Simona Gurzu

World J Hepatol 11(3):294-304. Published online Mar 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i3.294

Randomized Clinical Trial

Preoperative immunonutrition in patients undergoing liver resection: A prospective randomized trial

Kylie Russell, Han-Guang Zhang, Lyn K Gillanders, Adam SJR Bartlett, Helena L Fisk, Philip C Calder, Peter J Swan, Lindsay D Plank

World J Hepatol 11(3):305-317. Published online Mar 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i3.305

Case Report

Intraperitoneal rupture of the hydatid cyst: Four case reports and literature review

Sami Akbulut, Fatih Ozdemir

World J Hepatol 11(3):318-329. Published online Mar 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i3.318

Letter To The Editor

Persistent elevation of fibrosis biomarker cartilage oligomeric matrix protein following hepatitis C virus eradication

Kristofer Andréasson, Göran Jönsson, Roger Hesselstrand, Hans Norrgren

World J Hepatol 11(3):330-334. Published online Mar 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i3.330