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Dec 21, 2023 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
A selection of highlights from @LancetGastroHep over the past 12 months - a mix of our most read, most discussed, and Editors' favourites 👉👉👉
#GITwitter #LiverTwitter
For patients with NASH-related cirrhosis, 48 weeks of semaglutide did not improve liver fibrosis or result in resolution of NASH
Calvin Pan now presents on maternal TDF for prevention of vertical transmission in highly viraemic mothers #TLM22clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03…
280 HBeAg+ mothers gestational age 12-13 weeks randomised 1:1 to early TDF from GW 14, or control group of TDF at GW 28. All infants got active immunoprophylaxis and HBIg only given to infants in the control group; 1ry endpoint HBV transmission at 28 weeks #TLM22
Nov 4, 2022 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
In part 2 of the #ALD#NASH SIG, Stephen Harrison covers #NASH therapeutics and MoAs #TLM22@juanpabloarab now covers the therapy landscape for alcohol-associated hepatitis - steroids suboptimal with benefits beyond 1 month limited #TLM22
Nov 4, 2022 • 11 tweets • 8 min read
In the #NAFLD#ALD SIG, @stefano_romeo76 begins with a discussion of mechanisms of disease #TLM22
Some classic genetic stories, and some more recent ones… #TLM22
Nov 4, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Giving the Thomas Starzl transplant state of the art lecture this year is Peter Friend, on normothermic transplantation — the ice box is now the rate limiting step, especially for extended criteria organs #TLM22@OxTxResearch
Published trials for benefits of normothermic perfusion devices accumulating, typically reduced acute liver injury, post-reperfusion syndrome, utilisation, and preservation time - but randomisation process in this setting introduces inherent selection biases #TLM22