F. Pons

TL;DR: NOD2 mediates the host response to bacterial muropeptides derived from peptidoglycan, an activity that is important for protection against Crohn's disease and has implications for understanding adjuvant function and effective vaccine development.

TL;DR: It is confirmed that pathological parameters identify patients at higher risk of recurrence, which allow them to be listed for liver transplantation without proven malignant disease, and could further improve the outcome of resected patients.

TL;DR: The conventional staging systems for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), such as the Okuda stage or the TNM stage have shown important limitations in classifying patients, and several new systems have been proposed recently, but only three have been validated at this point.

TL;DR: Age is the most important determinant in the biochemical expression of AC hepatotoxicity; younger age is associated with cytolytic damage and shorter treatment duration, whereas cholestatic/mixed type of damage is related to older age and prolonged AC therapy.

TL;DR: Chronic renal dysfunction is an important cause of morbidity after OLT, although end-stage renal disease is infrequent and efforts should be made to avoid early renal dysfunction after liver transplantation.