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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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World Journal of Hepatology (WJH, World J Hepatol) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal that is published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Accepting both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts, the WJH mainly publishes high-quality clinical research articles to improve the academic influence of authors, help cultivate distinguished hepatologists, and promote the development of hepatology. The types of articles published in the WJH include Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Topic Highlight, Clinical Research, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Advances in Diagnosis, Advances in Treatment, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Letter to the Editor, and Case Report. Submit here >>

2019 Published Issues

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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, (Email: pyrsopni@njms.rutgers.edu) Department of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School, 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 6 June 27, 2019

Review

Dietary approach and gut microbiota modulation for chronic hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis

Daniela Campion, Ilaria Giovo, Paola Ponzo, Giorgio M Saracco, Federico Balzola, Carlo Alessandria

World J Hepatol 11(6):489-512. Published online Jun 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i6.489

Outcomes of staged hepatectomies for liver malignancy

Naif A Albati, Ali A Korairi, Ibrahim Al Hasan, Helayel K Almodhaiberi, Abdullah A Algarni

World J Hepatol 11(6):513-521. Published online Jun 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i6.513

Basic Study

Proton pump inhibitors increase the severity of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients

Matthew Fasullo, Prashanth Rau, Dong-Qi Liu, Erik Holzwanger, Jomol P Mathew, Yurima Guilarte-Walker, Gyongyi Szabo

World J Hepatol 11(6):522-530. Published online Jun 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i6.522

Retrospective Cohort Study

Efficacy of long-term rifaximin treatment for hepatic encephalopathy in the Japanese

Shinya Nishida, Koichi Hamada, Noriyuki Nishino, Daizo Fukushima, Ryota Koyanagi, Yoshinori Horikawa, Yoshiki Shiwa, Satoshi Saitoh

World J Hepatol 11(6):531-541. Published online Jun 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i6.531

Retrospective Study

Validation of modified albumin-bilirubin-TNM score as a prognostic model to evaluate patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Omar Elshaarawy, Alzhraa Alkhatib, Mostafa Elhelbawy, Asmaa Gomaa, Naglaa Allam, Ayman Alsebaey, Eman Rewisha, Imam Waked

World J Hepatol 11(6):542-552. Published online Jun 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i6.542

Risk factors for ribavirin treatment failure in Asian organ transplant recipients with chronic hepatitis E infection

En Xian Sarah Low, Edhel Tripon, Kieron Lim, Poh Seng Tan, How Cheng Low, Yock Young Dan, Yin Mei Lee, Mark Muthiah, Wai Mun Loo, Calvin Jianyi Koh, Wah Wah Phyo, JunXiong Pang, Seng Gee Lim, Guan-Huei Lee

World J Hepatol 11(6):553-561. Published online Jun 27, 2019. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v11.i6.553