Beat Müllhaupt

TL;DR: C5 deficiency leads to attenuated inflammation and normalized MMP-9 activity concomitantly with a significant reduction of fibrosis, and appears to be an attractive target for future therapeutic intervention in chronic cholestatic liver disease.

TL;DR: A 48‐week course of pegylated IFN‐α2a/ribavirin therapy is effective in patients with recurrent HCV infection after LT, and the optimal schedule remains undetermined.

TL;DR: This study discovered a comparatively frequent coding variant of the enigmatic human IRAK2, L392V, to be associated with a reduced ability to induce interferon‐alpha in primary human plasmacytoid dendritic cells in response to hepatitis C virus (HCV).

TL;DR: Adult-onset Henoch-Schönlein purpura tends to become chronic-relapsing, yet rarely leads to organ impairment, yet the growing literature on its highly beneficial effect underlines its potential usefulness.

TL;DR: High-resolution maps identify precise locations where interventions and epidemiological research should be targeted to reduce the burden of human cystic echinococcosis and alveolar echinOCoccosis in Kyrgyzstan.