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Host Response to Translocated Microbial Products Predicts Outcomes of Patients With HBV or HCV Infection

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LPS-induced local and systemic inflammation is associated with cirrhosis and predicts progression to end-stage liver disease in patients with HBV or HCV infection.
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This article is published in Gastroenterology.The article was published on 2011-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 276 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cirrhosis & Hepatitis B.

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Intestinal epithelial cells: regulators of barrier function and immune homeostasis

TL;DR: This Review provides a comprehensive overview of how IECs maintain host–commensal microbial relationships and immune cell homeostasis in the intestine.
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Systemic Effects of Inflammation on Health during Chronic HIV Infection

TL;DR: It is likely that knowledge gained on how inflammation affects health in HIV disease could have implications for the understanding of other chronic inflammatory diseases and the biology of aging.
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Pathological bacterial translocation in liver cirrhosis.

TL;DR: There appears to exist a hierarchy of three barriers against pathological BT, each of which encompasses a distinct set of mechanisms and involves the rapid detection and killing of bacteria that manage to penetrate.
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Diagnosis, management, and treatment of hepatitis C: An update

TL;DR: This document has been approved by the AASLD, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the American College of Gastroenterology.
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Chronic hepatitis B: Update 2009

TL;DR: The 2009 update of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Practice Guidelines for Management of Chronic Hepatitis B is now posted online at www.aasld.org, and the recommendation for first-line oral antiviral medications has been changed to tenofovir or entecavir, and adefovir has been moved to second-line Oral antiviral medication.
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Natural history and prognostic indicators of survival in cirrhosis: a systematic review of 118 studies.

TL;DR: The natural history of cirrhosis is outlined, the model for end stage liver disease (MELD) has replaced the Child–Pugh score in the United States for prioritizing liver donor allocation and a systematic review of the literature regarding predictors of mortality in cirrhotic patients is reported on.
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TLR4 enhances TGF-beta signaling and hepatic fibrosis.

TL;DR: Modulation of TGF-β signaling by a TLR4-MyD88–NF-κB axis provides a novel link between proinflammatory and profibrogenic signals.
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