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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 T Pyrsopoulos, FACP, FRCP (C), MD, PhD, Director, Professor, Research Scientist, Department of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 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 4 April 27, 2019

Minireviews

Endoscopic ultrasound guided liver biopsy for parenchymal liver disease

Aun Raza Shah, Muhannad Al-Hanayneh, Monica Chowdhry, Mohammad Bilal, Shailendra Singh

World J Hepatol 11(4):335-343. Published online Apr 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i4.335

MicroRNAs contribute to ATP-binding cassette transporter- and autophagy-mediated chemoresistance in hepatocellular carcinoma

María V Espelt, María L Bacigalupo, Pablo Carabias, María F Troncoso

World J Hepatol 11(4):344-358. Published online Apr 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i4.344

Basic Study

Beneficial effects of losartan or telmisartan on the local hepatic renin-angiotensin system to counter obesity in an experimental model

Francielle Graus-Nunes, Felipe de Oliveira Santos, Thatiany de Souza Marinho, Carolline Santos Miranda, Sandra Barbosa-da-Silva, Vanessa Souza-Mello

World J Hepatol 11(4):359-369. Published online Apr 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i4.359

Retrospective Study

Being accompanied to liver discharge clinic: An easy measure to identify potential liver transplant candidates among those previously considered ineligible

Jordan Sack, Nilofar Najafian, Angela DeLisle, Simona Jakab

World J Hepatol 11(4):370-378. Published online Apr 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i4.370

Effectiveness of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in patients with liver disease

Jason Yerke, Seth R. Bauer, Stephanie Bass, Heather Torbic, Michael Militello, Erin Roach, Ibrahim Hanouneh, Sarah Welch

World J Hepatol 11(4):379-390. Published online Apr 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i4.379

Observational Study

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease prevalence in an Italian cohort of patients with hidradenitis suppurativa: A multi-center retrospective analysis

Giovanni Damiani, Sebastiano Leone, Kristen Fajgenbaum, Nicola L Bragazzi, Alessia Pacifico, Rosalynn RZ Conic, Paolo DM Pigatto, Carlo Maiorana, Pierpaolo Poli, Emilio Berti, Maria C Pace, Piergiorgio Malagoli, Vincenzo Bettoli, Marco Fiore

World J Hepatol 11(4):391-401. Published online Apr 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i4.391

Case Report

Leukocytoclastic vasculitis caused by hepatitis C virus in a liver transplant recipient: A case report

Gustavo de Sousa Arantes Ferreira, Andre Luis Conde Watanabe, Natalia de Carvalho Trevizoli, Fernando Marcus Felippe Jorge, Luiz Gustavo Guedes Diaz, Milla Carolina Costa Lafeta Araujo, Gabriela de Campos Araujo, Amanda de Castro Machado

World J Hepatol 11(4):402-408. Published online Apr 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i4.402

Letter To The Editor

Yes-associated protein at the intersection of liver cell fate determination

Yong-Feng Bai, Si-Wei Wang, Zheng-Cai Xu, Jin Zhu, Feng Zhang

World J Hepatol 11(4):409-411. Published online Apr 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i4.409