Hepatology

Papers
(The TQCC of Hepatology is 14. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Acute encephalopathy without hyperammonemia has a different presentation than overt HE and displays a similarly severe prognosis1921
Reply: Fiber and whole grain intakes in relation to liver cancer risk—An analysis in 2 prospective cohorts and systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies1672
Multi-omics approaches for identifying the PANoptosis signature and prognostic model via a multimachine-learning computational framework for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma1502
Regulatory role and translational potential of CCL11 in liver fibrosis977
Higher level of HBsAg associated with delayed development of HCC in immune-tolerant patients400
Stellate cell-specific adhesion molecule protocadherin 7 regulates sinusoidal contraction307
Comparison of pharmacological therapies in metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis for fibrosis regression and MASH resolution: Systematic review and network meta-analysis233
ZNT1 and Zn2+ control TLR4 and PD-L1 endocytosis in macrophages to improve chemotherapy efficacy against liver tumor223
Precipitous changes in nomenclature and definitions—NAFLD becomes SLD: Implications for and expectations of AASLD journals216
Letter to the Editor: LO2, a misidentified cell line: Some data should be interpreted with caution215
Letter to the editor: Targeted decrease of portal hepatic pressure gradient immediately after TIPS improves ascites control and prognosis214
More immunosuppressive, more immunotherapy responsive? A double-edged sword of HBV-induced immune response in HCC201
Letter to the Editor: Regarding terlipressin-related patient outcomes in hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury186
Reply: Medications promoting abstinence in alcohol-associated cirrhosis180
Late-Breaking Abstracts178
Plasma proteomic signature of fatty liver disease: The Rotterdam Study177
Post-vax vein vigilance: Unmasking splanchnic thrombosis risks173
Boosting Success: Optimizing Thiopurine Therapy in Autoimmune Hepatitis With Allopurinol166
Letter to the Editor: The Hepa 1–6 may not be suitable for use in hepatocellular carcinoma models to explore responses to drug therapy164
Switch‐associated protein 70 protects against nonalcoholic fatty liver disease through suppression of TAK1163
Letter to the editor: Beneath the surface of the pandemic: Persons with alcohol‐associated liver disease need our attention145
Cover Image143
Alan Hofmann (1931‐2021): A career well spent understanding bile acids141
Retracted: M2 Macrophage–Derived Exosomes Facilitate HCC Metastasis by Transferring αMβ2 Integrin to Tumor Cells133
Requirement of RORα for maintenance and antitumor immunity of liver‐resident natural killer cells/ILC1s132
Letter to the editor: Treatment options for 3–5‐cm solitary HCC—Need a closer look!128
Letter to the editor: The precise relationship between MELD and survival without a liver transplant127
Letter to the editor: The role of aquaporin 9 in modeling of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency127
Letter to the Editor: Real-world evidence supports nephrotoxic risk of anakinra plus zinc in alcohol-associated hepatitis125
Changing epidemiology of hepatocellular cancer in the United States: Winning the battle but it is not over yet124
Moving beyond the liver—Proteomics as a molecular footprint of systemic damage in metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease119
Reply111
Hepatic encephalopathy—We are no longer those who believe that reality is what we perceive111
Reply: Can pFIB scores reliably exclude significant liver fibrosis in pediatric MASLD?111
Letter to the Editor: Insurance should cover vancomycin for primary sclerosing cholangitis110
Retraction: GABA induces the differentiation of small into large cholangiocytes by activation of Ca2+/CaMK I-dependent adenylyl cyclase 8109
Biopsy-free endpoints in MASH trials: A comparative look at MASHResInd and FAST109
PGD2/DP1 axis promotes liver regeneration by secreting Wnt2 in KCs in mice108
Effectiveness and safety of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir for 8 weeks in the treatment of patients with acute hepatitis C: A single-arm retrospective study105
Honey, I shrunk the tumor: Downstaging HCC before liver transplantation105
Reply: Liver stiffness progression comparison between diabetics and non-diabetics with biopsy-proven metabolic dysfunction–associated steatosis104
Access to technology to support telehealth in areas without specialty care for liver disease101
Efficacy and safety of infliximab in patients with autoimmune hepatitis100
Validation and expansion of Baveno VII criteria for cACLD and CSPH based on liver stiffness and platelet count: Correlation with risk of hepatic decompensation and death95
Dysregulation of RalA signaling through dual regulatory mechanisms exerts its oncogenic functions in hepatocellular carcinoma93
Group‐2 Innate Lymphoid Cells Promote HCC Progression Through CXCL2‐Neutrophil‐Induced Immunosuppression92
Implementation of a controlled human infection model for evaluation of HCV vaccine candidates92
AASLD Practice Guidance on the clinical assessment and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease90
NOD‐like receptor protein 3 activation causes spontaneous inflammation and fibrosis that mimics human NASH90
Hepatocyte‐specific deletion of adipose triglyceride lipase (adipose triglyceride lipase/patatin‐like phospholipase domain containing 2) ameliorates dietary induced steatohepatitis in mice89
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Letter to the Editor: Comparative efficacy of pharmacologic therapies for MASH in reducing liver fat content—Systematic review and network meta-analysis87
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Letter to the Editor: Learning more about the safety of atezolizumab plus bevacizumab in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma87
The relationship between mean arterial pressure and terlipressin in hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury reversal: A post hoc analysis86
Deciphering the spatial tumor microenvironment in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma86
Erratum: AASLD Practice Guidance on Acute-on-chronic liver failure and the management of critically ill patients with cirrhosis86
Refinement of histologic subtypes and identification of biomarkers linked to unfavorable prognosis in cholangiocarcinoma: The ENSCCA registries’ framework for digital twin advancement85
Reply85
Reply: Is fecal acetate a viable pan-etiological predictor of outcomes in HCC immunotherapy?83
Reply: The CRAPT-M score: Robust enough for clinical practice?82
Interleukin 8-CXCR2–mediated neutrophil extracellular trap formation in biliary atresia associated with neutrophil extracellular trap–induced stellate cell activation81
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and the heart81
In vivo imaging of calcium dynamics in zebrafish hepatocytes80
Tumor-derived CCL2 drives tumor growth and immunosuppression in IDH1-mutant cholangiocarcinoma80
Divergent trends in cirrhosis and liver cancer highlight the ongoing efforts required for hepatitis elimination80
The spectrum of primary liver cancers: heterogeneity and continuity. A foundation for diagnosis and treatment of cancer79
Healthy peribiliary glands are necessary for successful liver transplantation78
Synergistic combination of cytotoxic chemotherapy and cyclin‐dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitors in biliary tract cancers78
Letter to the editor: Is PAI‐1 a thrombotic biomarker in NASH cirrhosis?78
Instructions to Authors78
Hepatology Highlights77
Letter to the editor77
Letter to the editor: Regression of liver fibrosis after bariatric operations: A glass two‐third full rather than half empty77
Erratum76
The digital determinants of liver disease75
Letter to the Editor: Enhancing the rigor and impact of cholangiocarcinoma research: Addressing key concerns in the PTPN9-FGFR2 interaction study74
Use of noninvasive scores to predict hepatic steatosis: Flaws and caveats73
Solving the puzzle of fibrosis resolution in alcohol-associated liver disease: An insight from KDM5 demethylases and LXR activation72
Erratum: Identification and characterization of a hepatic IL-13–producing ILC3-like population potentially involved in liver fibrosis71
Understanding advanced cystic fibrosis liver disease through genetic variation: Where do the pathways lead and how much further must we go?71
5S rRNA pseudogene transcripts are associated with interferon production and inflammatory responses in alcohol-associated hepatitis71
Letter to the Editor: Overlooking the important factor: Hypoxia70
Reply: How does bile acid–induced IRF3 phosphorylation mediate cholestatic liver and kidney injury?—More needs to be known69
Reply: Several issues to consider in the study of hepatocellular carcinoma progression mechanism69
Letter to the Editor : Insights into Immune-Mediated adverse events and survival outcomes : Lessons from HIMALAYA68
Clinical decision support and electronic interventions to improve care quality in chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis68
Much more needed in natural history of Alagille syndrome67
Reply: Diabetes and fibrosis: Parallel risks or overlap?67
CD44 in myEloid cells is a major driver of liver inflammation and injury in alcohol-related liver disease67
Dedifferentiation‐associated inflammatory factors of long‐term expanded human hepatocytes exacerbate their elimination by macrophages during liver engraftment67
Letter to the Editor: Hepatic decompensation is the major driver of mortality in hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with atezolizumab plus bevacizumab: The impact of successful antiviral treatm67
Erratum: Effects of trientine and penicillamine on intestinal copper uptake: A mechanistic 64Cu PET/CT study in healthy humans66
Therapeutic manipulation of the microbiome in liver disease65
Genes that fit just right: Unzipping the genome of fatty liver disease65
Bariatric surgery for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD): Current knowledge of mechanisms63
Letter to the Editor: Primary sclerosing cholangitis and autoimmune hepatitis—Distinct or common autoimmune penetrance?63
Letter to the Editor: Screening and risk stratification disparities in hispanic MASLD63
Emergence of highly profibrotic and proinflammatory Lrat + Fbln2 + HSC subpopulation in alcoholic hepatitis62
With Alcohol as the Fuel, COVID Is the Match: Liver Transplantation for Alcohol‐Associated Liver Disease Is Increasing in the United States62
Effect of tenofovir-based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis against HBV infection in men who have sex with men62
Magnetic resonance elastography for prediction of long‐term progression and outcome in chronic liver disease: A retrospective study62
The international quest for the imaging diagnosis of liver cancer62
A strategy of vascular‐targeted therapy for liver fibrosis62
NAFLD‐related hepatocellular carcinoma: The growing challenge62
Outcomes of pregnancy in autoimmune hepatitis: A population‐based study61
Hepatocellular carcinomas, exhibiting intratumor fibrosis, express cancer-specific extracellular matrix remodeling and WNT/TGFB signatures, associated with poor outcome61
NASHFit: A randomized controlled trial of an exercise training program to reduce clotting risk in patients with NASH61
Fontan‐associated liver disease60
Circulating TREM2 as a noninvasive diagnostic biomarker for NASH in patients with elevated liver stiffness59
Immunobiology of primary sclerosing cholangitis59
Stard1 promotes cholestatic liver injury and disease progression by sensitizing to bile acid hepatotoxicity59
Computational drug prediction in hepatoblastoma by integrating pan-cancer transcriptomics with pharmacological response59
National prevalence estimates for steatotic liver disease and subclassifications using consensus nomenclature58
The clot and the complicated consult58
Pathway to global elimination of hepatitis B: HBV cure is just the first step57
Letter to the Editor: Statins as potential confounding factors to investigate the association between the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists and risk of HCC57
Determining safe washout period for immune checkpoint inhibitors prior to liver transplantation: An international retrospective cohort study57
Letter to the Editor: Peripheral Foxp3-high Tregs as a dual biomarker for HCC prognosis and immunotherapy response55
Serum amyloid A1–induced intrahepatic regulatory T-cell dysfunction drives autoimmune hepatitis progression55
The role of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers in managing metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease55
Bile metabolic fingerprints distinguish biliary tract cancer from benign biliary diseases55
Natural history and development of a novel composite endpoint in patients with alcohol-associated Hepatitis: Data from a prospective multicenter study55
Integrative hepatology: Enhancing overall health to manage liver disease54
Unraveling bidirectional evolution of unstable mitochondrial DNA mutations in hepatocellular carcinoma at single-cell resolution54
Letter to Editor: Considerations on the specific role of LHX2 in the process of hepatic stellate cells regulating hepatocyte function53
Cell therapies and liver organogenesis technologies: Promising strategies for end-stage liver disease53
The “shell game” after objective response in patients with advanced HCC treated with immunotherapy52
Letter to the Editor: Exchangeable copper in the Danish cohort of patients with Wilson disease52
Letter to the Editor: Can pFIB scores reliably exclude significant liver fibrosis in pediatric MASLD?52
HEAR-MHE study: Automated speech analysis identifies minimal hepatic encephalopathy and may predict future overt hepatic encephalopathy51
Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: New kids on the block51
Letter to the editor: Considerations on the use of the liver transplant comorbidity index (LTCI)51
Optimizing thiopurine therapy in autoimmune hepatitis: A multicenter study on monitoring metabolite profiles and co-therapy with allopurinol51
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SERPINA12 promotes the tumorigenic capacity of HCC stem cells through hyperactivation of AKT/β-catenin signaling50
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Letter to the Editor: Association between birth weight, preterm birth, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in a community-based cohort50
Manuscript best practices: Takeaways from a community conversation50
Erratum: Inhibition of microRNA-24 expression in liver prevents hepatic lipid accumulation and hyperlipidemia50
Oral Abstracts49
Malignant progression of liver cancer progenitors requires lysine acetyltransferase 7–acetylated and cytoplasm‐translocated G protein GαS49
Reply49
Letter to the Editor: Acute rejection after liver transplantation with machine perfusion versus static cold storage: A systematic review and meta-analysis49
Hepatology Highlights48
Letter to the editor: RECAM for the diagnosis of DILI—Is it time to incorporate additional pharmacological criteria?48
Reply47
A Simple Bacterium Links Heart Infection to Inflammatory Liver Disease47
Racial and ethnic disparities in early treatment with immunotherapy for advanced HCC in the United States47
Downstaging of hepatocellular carcinoma before liver transplantation: Results from a national multicenter prospective cohort study47
Letter to the Editor: NAFLD, MAFLD or MASLD? Cut the Gordian knot with “Ludwig disease”47
Benefits and challenges to therapeutic targeting of bile acid circulation in cholestatic liver disease47
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HNF4α-CDKL3 axis restricts MASLD progression by targeting FoxO1 via noncanonical phosphorylation47
Hepatic GDP-fucose transporter SLC35C1 attenuates cholestatic liver injury and inflammation by inducing CEACAM1 N153 fucosylation46
Letter to the editor: Preliminary evidence of safety and tolerability of atezolizumab plus bevacizumab in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and Child‐Pugh A and B cirrhosis: A real‐world study—Sh46
Platelet-derived mitochondria regulate lipid metabolism in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis through extracellular vesicles46
Acute rejection after liver transplantation with machine perfusion versus static cold storage: A systematic review and meta-analysis45
E. coli and the etiology of human PBC: Antimitochondrial antibodies and spreading determinants45
Reply: Regarding the use of decision curve analysis in predicting long-term complications of liver cirrhosis45
Early detection of primary liver cancer using plasma cell‐free DNA fragmentomics: Do all the pieces come together?45
CAFs shape myeloid‐derived suppressor cells to promote stemness of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma through 5‐lipoxygenase45
Distinct structural and dynamic components of portal hypertension in different animal models and human liver disease etiologies45
Preliminary evidence of safety and tolerability of atezolizumab plus bevacizumab in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and Child‐Pugh A and B cirrhosis: A real‐world study45
Letter to the Editor: Cautious interpretation of the association between finite treatment and better prognosis in initially HBeAg-negative hepatitis B patients with cirrhosis45
PNPLA3 rs738409 and risk of fibrosis in NAFLD: Exploring mediation pathways through intermediate histological features45
The outcome of boosting mitochondrial activity in alcohol-associated liver disease is organ-dependent44
Telehealth interventions in patients with chronic liver diseases: A systematic review44
Future directions in acute liver failure44
Tertiary lymphoid structures in HCC: Influence on immune cell profiles in tumors and on efficacy of adjuvant PD-1 inhibitor therapy after hepatectomy44
Reply: Quality indicators and the safety profile of endoscopic intervention in patients with bleeding esophageal varices44
More than a lark? LRRK2 inhibitors to treat alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency43
Reply: Development and validation of pFIB scores for exclusion of significant liver fibrosis in pediatric MASLD43
Prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism and longitudinal thyroid-stimulating hormone changes in youth with metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease: An observational study43
Predicting liver outcomes with biomarker monitoring in MASLD43
Prognostic significance of mild ascites in patients with cirrhosis43
Letter to the editor: Re-examining neoadjuvant chemoradiation plus transplantation versus liver resection for de novo perihilar cholangiocarcinoma43
Reduction of Z alpha-1 antitrypsin polymers in human iPSC-hepatocytes and mice by LRRK2 inhibitors43
Fine-tuning of hepatitis C virus immune evasion through hypervariable region 1 insertions42
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma PANoptosidy42
Letter to the editor: Is NAFLD a bystander or contributor to coronary artery disease?41
Early screening, diagnosis and recurrence monitoring of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis B based on serum N-glycomics analysis: A cohort study41
Lean NAFLD is associated with adverse liver events and mortality: Moving beyond BMI41
Masthead41
Development and validation of a risk prediction model for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma receiving atezolizumab–bevacizumab41
Dissecting the liver inflammation ecosystem identifies annexin A1 as a pro-resolving target for liver failure41
Letter to the Editor: Is right heart assessment vital for evaluating terlipressin-related outcomes in hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury?41
Imaging for better responses to immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma40
Letter to the Editor: More questions than answers—Response to the POP-NEXT project40
Reply: The associations between hepatic steatosis and incident cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality40
Letter to the Editor: NAFLD/MAFLD: One size does not fit all, certainly not for children!40
Letter to the Editor: Influence of liver stiffness heterogeneity on staging fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease40
Reply: Machine learning models for NAFLD/NASH and cirrhosis diagnosis and staging: accuracy and routine variables are the success keys40
What is in a name? Toward culturally sensitive nomenclature for liver disease in the east and west40
Letter to the editor: HuR in liver homeostasis40
Corticosteroids for high‐grade immune checkpoint inhibitor–mediated hepatitis: Is less more?39
Letter to the Editor: There may be a misunderstanding about the function of circular RNA as miRNA sponges39
Cover Image39
Letter to the editor: Relevance of population‐based cutoffs to define frailty in clinical studies39
Letter to the Editor: Scavenger receptor a is a major homeostatic regulator that restrains drug-induced liver injury39
Table of contents38
Letter to the editor: High rate of clinical and immunological response in patients with HCV‐associated cryoglobulinemia38
Reply38
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Masthead38
Diverse facets of MDSC in different phases of chronic HBV infection: Impact on HBV‐specific T‐cell response and homing38
Erratum for Ren, H et al. Sirtuin 2 prevents liver steatosis and metabolic disorders by deacetylation of hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α38
Table of contents38
Presenting the new incoming editorial team for hepatology: Team members and perspectives38
Multicentered study of patient outcomes after declined for early liver transplantation in severe alcohol-associated hepatitis38
Effect of phospholipid curcumin Meriva on liver histology and kidney disease in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial37
Letter to the Editor: Survival benefit of transarterial chemoembolization combined with tyrosine kinase and immune checkpoint inhibitors as conversion therapy for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma37
Antiviral therapy substantially reduces HCC risk in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection in the indeterminate phase37
Neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy for biliary tract cancer: Advances and limitations37
Reply: Can plasma FSTL-1 levels serve as a reliable biomarker for advanced fibrosis?37
Hepatocyte‐derived MASP1‐enriched small extracellular vesicles activate HSCs to promote liver fibrosis37
Letter to the Editor: Key advance in noninvasive fibrosis assessment: Evidence from China37
Clinicogenomic characteristics and synthetic lethal implications of germline homologous recombination‐deficient hepatocellular carcinoma37
Gut microbiome features associated with liver fibrosis in Hispanics, a population at high risk for fatty liver disease36
Evaluating the risk-benefit ratio of immunotherapy according to liver-functional reserve in advanced HCC: the dark side of the moon36
An integrated analysis of fecal microbiome and metabolomic features distinguish non-cirrhotic NASH from healthy control populations36
A global action agenda for turning the tide on fatty liver disease36
A genome-wide association study identified PTPN2 as a population-specific susceptibility gene locus for primary biliary cholangitis35
Tripartite motif‐containing protein 31 confers protection against nonalcoholic steatohepatitis by deactivating mitogen‐activated protein kinase kinase kinase 735
Breakthrough SARS‐CoV‐2 infection outcomes in vaccinated patients with chronic liver disease and cirrhosis: A National COVID Cohort Collaborative study35
Pseudouridine synthase 1 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma through mRNA pseudouridylation to enhance the translation of oncogenic mRNAs35
Performance of American Gastroenterological Association Clinical Care Pathway for the risk stratification of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the US population35
Serum biomarkers correlated with liver stiffness assessed in a multicenter study of pediatric cholestatic liver disease35
Cost-effectiveness of MRE versus VCTE in staging fibrosis for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients with advanced fibrosis35
The macrophage STING-YAP axis controls hepatic steatosis by promoting the autophagic degradation of lipid droplets35
The evolving role of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells in liver health and disease35
Neutrophil extracellular traps promote MASH fibrosis by metabolic reprogramming of HSC34
Association of hepatitis delta virus with liver morbidity and mortality: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis34
BileMet: A new frontier in distinguishing malignant from benign biliary conditions34
Single-cell dissection of the multicellular ecosystem and molecular features underlying microvascular invasion in HCC34
Category Index34
Letter to the editor: Loss of Sam50 in hepatocytes induces cardiolipin‐dependent mitochondrial membrane remodeling to trigger mtDNA release and liver injury34
A multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and management of Wilson disease: Executive summary of the 2022 Practice Guidance on Wilson disease from the American Association for the Study of Liver D34
Category Index34
Letter to the Editor: Use of HBV RNA and to predict change in serological status and disease activity in CHB34
Feasibility of hepatitis C elimination by screening and treatment alone in high-income countries33
Benefit and harm of waiting time in liver transplantation for HCC33
RIPPLY1 suppresses cancer cell stemness via targeting TBX19 in CTNNB1-mutated hepatocellular carcinoma33
Dynamic duo: Spleen stiffness and bilirubin revolutionize PSVD screening33
An international survey on patterns of practice in NAFLD and expectations for therapies—The POP‐NEXT project33
Reply to the Letter to the Editor: Revisiting FOXP3 expression and its prognostic implications in hepatocellular carcinoma33
The MASTL/YBX1/PAK4 axis regulated by stress-activated STK24 triggers lenvatinib resistance and tumor progression in HCC32
Reply: Reevaluating PCA and SCTransform usage in single-cell intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma analysis32
HDV RNA and liver disease progression: What do we know?32
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