BRONX, NY - November 26, 2014 - The Montefiore Einstein Division of Gastroenterology & Liver Diseases faculty were well represented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), held November 7-11, 2014 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA.
Drs. Mark J. Czaja, Sanjeev Gupta, Jayanta Roy-Chowdhury, Allan Wolkoff and Paul Gaglio were honored as members of the first inaugural AASLD Fellows class of 2014.
Dr. Muhammad Amir (Mentor: Dr. Mark Czaja) received of the 2014 AASLD Emerging Liver Scholar Award.
Dr. Preeti Viswanathan (Mentor: Dr. Sanjeev Gupta) received the 2014 AASLD Pediatric Research Award.
Courses
- Catalysts for Innovation in Liver Transplantation
Course Director(s): P.J. Gaglio, M. Navasa, J. Renz
- Clinical Implications of Inflammation and Immunity in Acute and Chronic Liver Diseases - Advances in Diagnosis, Treatment and Clinical Practice
Moderator: M.J. Czaja, N. Terrault
Posters & Presentations
- P.J. Gaglio, W. Rabbenou, S.S. Florman, T. Kato, M. Kinkhabwala, G. Morgan, M.S. Orlof, L. Teperman, S. DeLair
Utilization of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplants Continues to Vary Dramatically by UNOS Region
- C.S. Law, M. Chatterji, K. Chacko, T.D. Schiano, C.Y. Chang
Incidence and Outcome of Newly Diagnosed Portal Vein Thrombosis in Patients with Cirrhosis Awaiting Liver Transplantation
- P. Viswanathan, Y. Sharma, S. Bandi, S. Gupta
Paracrine Signaling from Transplanted Hepatocytes but Not from Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells (LSEC) Rescues Mice from Acetaminophen (APAP)-Induced Acute Liver Failure (ALF)
- J.M. Schwartz, C. Shelton, A. Aljanab, M.A. Alani, D. Ginzberg, A.J. Marcus, J. Chapochnick-Friedmann, S. Bellemare, Y. Golowa, J. Cynamon, A. Kaubisch, N. Ohri, M. Kinkhabwala
Surgical and Percutaneous Ablation are Both Safe and Effective in Patients with Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- P. Viswanathan, S. Kapoor, B. Joseph, E. Berishvilli, S. Gupta
Thalidomide Pretreatment Improves Cell Engraftment and Liver Repopulation Independently of Chemokines/Cytokines/Receptors Expressed After Neutrophil or Kupffer Cell Activation
- P.J. Gaglio, C.E. Glick, J.F. Reinus
Survey on Pre- and Post-Transplant Management of Hepatitis C: Response from Medical Directors of US Transplant Programs
- N. Pattamanuch, P. Viswanathan, S. Bandi, L.E. Rogler, C.E. Rogler, S. Gupta
Acetaminophen (APAP)-Induced Acute Liver Failure (ALF) Leads to Activation of Endogenous Hepatic Stem/Progenitor Cells with Inability to Complete Hepatic Regeneration
- P. Viswanathan, S. Bandi, S. Gupta
Acetaminophen (APAP) Hepatotoxicity Leads to DNA Damage-Induced Arrest of Injured Cells in G0/G1 Through Involvement of Cell Cycle Regulators
- E. Zhao, G. Ilyas, Y. Lin, K. Tanaka, F. Ravenelle, M.J. Czaja
A Novel Oral Form of Pentamidine (Ocz103) Blocks TNF-Mediated Mouse Liver Injury from GalN/LPS
- J.W Murray, A.W. Wolkoff
3-Dimensional Culturing of Hepatocytes Increases Fluorescent Bile Acid Accumulation and Sensitivity to Drug Induced Cell Death
- N. Pattamanuch, P. Viswanathan, S.O. Suadicani, D.C. Spray, S. Gupta
NMDA Receptor Activity Contributes in Cellular DNA Damage Following Acetaminophen Hepatotoxicity and Offers Directions for Therapeutic Development
- N. Yadav, A. Follenzi, R. Badhe, S. Gupta
Liver Repopulation with Transplanted Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells (LSEC) Benefits from Prior Disruption of Native Endothelial Cells as Well as Endothelin-1 Receptor Blockade in Donor Cells
- The Cell Biology of Hepatic Disease
Moderator(s): M. McNiven, N. Torok, A.W. Wolkoff, N. Nieto, Y. Iwakiri, M. Anwer
- W. Zhang, P. Asp, B. Vaitheesvaran, L. Liu, R. Kabarriti, H. Yaffe, R. Sellers, N. Roy-Chowdhury, J. Roy-Chowdhury, M. Grompe, T. Scanlan, C. Guha
A Thyroid Hormone Receptor Beta-Selective T3 Analog Promotes Liver Repopulation in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice, Correcting Hypercholesterolemia
- K. Li, E. Zhao, G. Ilyas, G. Lalazar, Y. Lin, K. Tanaka, M.J. Czaja
Impaired Macrophage Autophagy Triggers Steatohepatitis in Obese Mice by Promoting Proinflammatory Macrophage Polarization
- M.J. Czaja & J.J. Lemasters
Autophagy in Ash and Nash
- R.J. Fontana, K. Herzer, P. Ferenci, A. Moreno, R. Bahirwani, R. Brown, K. Chacko, C. Durand, R. Lionetti, M. Loiacono, S. Joshi, V. Knop, M. Londono, M. Montalbano, A.M. Pellicelli, A. Mubarak, R. Reddy, C.P. Berg
High Efficacy and Favorable Safety Profile of Daclatasvir Based All Oral Antiviral Therapy in Liver Transplant Recipients With Severe Recurrent HCV
- X. Wang, E. Bejerano-Fernandez, J.W. Murray, A.M. Cuervo, A.W. Wolkoff
Characterization of Microtubule-Based Motility of Autophagic Vesicles from Mouse Liver
- Y. Sharma, T. Tchaikovskaya, P. Viswanathan, D.B. Rhee, P.O. Broin, T. Gorbacheva, A.Y. Maslov, A. Golden, S. Gupta
Characterization of Exosomal Microrna (MIRNA) Content Following Hepatic Injury and Roles in Cytoprotection After Uptake of Exosomes by Injured Hepatocytes
- Y. Lee, L.A. Noon, T. Lee, K.M. Akat, M-L Berres, H. Chou, C Pfleger, E.G. Kramer, G. John, M.I. Fiel, R.E. Gordon, Y. Hoshida, M.J. Czaja, S.L. Friedman
Hepatic Growth Regulation and Tumorigenesis is Linked to Autophagy Via the Hippo Tumor Suppressor Pathway
- M. Yovchev, F.L. Jaber, S. Patel, J. Locker, L.E. Rogler, J.W. Murray, M.D. Dabeva, L. Zhu, D. Shafritz
Controlled Repopulation of Normal Rat Liver by WT Hepatocytes Expressing a Tamoxifen Regulated Liver Growth Gene, YapERT2
- The Good and Bad of Innate Immunity in Liver Disease
Moderator(s): P. Mandrekar & M.J. Czaja
- S. Gupta & L. Mishra
Stem Cells and Regeneration in Liver Disease
- V. Sauer, X. Wang, K. Tar, T. Tchaikovskaya, Y. Li, C. Guha, J. Roy Chowdhury, N. Roy-Chowdhury
Generation of Human Hepatocyte-Like Cells from Urine