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1. Pattern of macrovascular invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma

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Guarino, Mariateresa, Cucchetti, A., Pontillo, G., Farinati, F., Benevento, F., Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Di Marco, Maria Teresa, Caturelli, E., Zoli, M., Rodolfo, S., Cabibbo, G., Marra, F., Mega, A., Gasbarrini, Antonio, Svegliati-Baroni, G., Foschi, F. G., Missale, G., Masotto, A., Nardone, G., Raimondo, G., Azzaroli, F., Vidili, G., Oliveri, F., Trevisani, F., Giannini, E. G., Morisco, F., Biselli, M., Caraceni, P., Garuti, F., Gramenzi, A., Neri, A., Rampoldi, D., Santi, V., Forgione, Alessandra, Granito, A., Muratori, L., Piscaglia, F., Sansone, V., Tovoli, F., Dajti, E., Marasco, G., Ravaioli, F., Cappelli, A., Golfieri, R., Mosconi, C., Renzulli, M., Cela, E. M., Facciorusso, A., Pelizzaro, F., Imondi, A., Sartori, A., Penzo, B., Cacciato, V., Casagrande, E., Moscatelli, A., Pellegatta, G., Pieri, G., De Matthaeis, Nicoletta, Allegrini, G., Lauria, V., Ghittoni, G., Pelecca, G., Chegai, F., Coratella, F., Ortenzi, M., Olivari, Elena Armida, Inno, A., Marchetti, F., Busacca, A., Camma, C., Di Martino, V., Rizzo, G. E. M., Franze, M. S., Saitta, C., Sauchella, A., Bevilacqua, V., Borghi, A., Gardini, A. C., Conti, Francesco, Berardinelli, D., Ercolani, G., Napoli, L., Campani, C., Di Bonaventura, C., Gitto, S., Coccoli, P., Malerba, A., Capasso, Monica, Fiorentino, Alice, Pignata, L., Cossiga, V., Romagnoli, V., Guarino M., Rapaccini G. L. (ORCID:0000-0002-6467-857X), Di Marco M., Gasbarrini A. (ORCID:0000-0002-7278-4823), Forgione A., de Matthaeis N., Olivari A., Conti F., Capasso M., Fiorentino A., Guarino, Mariateresa, Cucchetti, A., Pontillo, G., Farinati, F., Benevento, F., Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Di Marco, Maria Teresa, Caturelli, E., Zoli, M., Rodolfo, S., Cabibbo, G., Marra, F., Mega, A., Gasbarrini, Antonio, Svegliati-Baroni, G., Foschi, F. G., Missale, G., Masotto, A., Nardone, G., Raimondo, G., Azzaroli, F., Vidili, G., Oliveri, F., Trevisani, F., Giannini, E. G., Morisco, F., Biselli, M., Caraceni, P., Garuti, F., Gramenzi, A., Neri, A., Rampoldi, D., Santi, V., Forgione, Alessandra, Granito, A., Muratori, L., Piscaglia, F., Sansone, V., Tovoli, F., Dajti, E., Marasco, G., Ravaioli, F., Cappelli, A., Golfieri, R., Mosconi, C., Renzulli, M., Cela, E. M., Facciorusso, A., Pelizzaro, F., Imondi, A., Sartori, A., Penzo, B., Cacciato, V., Casagrande, E., Moscatelli, A., Pellegatta, G., Pieri, G., De Matthaeis, Nicoletta, Allegrini, G., Lauria, V., Ghittoni, G., Pelecca, G., Chegai, F., Coratella, F., Ortenzi, M., Olivari, Elena Armida, Inno, A., Marchetti, F., Busacca, A., Camma, C., Di Martino, V., Rizzo, G. E. M., Franze, M. S., Saitta, C., Sauchella, A., Bevilacqua, V., Borghi, A., Gardini, A. C., Conti, Francesco, Berardinelli, D., Ercolani, G., Napoli, L., Campani, C., Di Bonaventura, C., Gitto, S., Coccoli, P., Malerba, A., Capasso, Monica, Fiorentino, Alice, Pignata, L., Cossiga, V., Romagnoli, V., Guarino M., Rapaccini G. L. (ORCID:0000-0002-6467-857X), Di Marco M., Gasbarrini A. (ORCID:0000-0002-7278-4823), Forgione A., de Matthaeis N., Olivari A., Conti F., Capasso M., and Fiorentino A.

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Background and aims: In patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), macrovascular invasion (MaVI) limits treatment options and decreases survival. Detailed data on the relationship between MaVI extension and patients' characteristics, and its impact on patients' outcome are limited. We evaluated the prevalence and extension of MaVI in a large cohort of consecutive HCC patients, analysing its association with liver disease and tumour characteristics, as well as with treatments performed and patients' survival. Methods: We analysed data of 4774 patients diagnosed with HCC recorded in the Italian Liver Cancer (ITA.LI.CA) database (2008-2018). Recursive partition analysis (RPA) was performed to evaluate interactions between MaVI, clinical variables and treatment, exploring the inter-relationship determining overall survival. Results: MaVI prevalence was 11.1%, and median survival of these patients was 6.0 months (95% CI, 5.1-7.1). MaVI was associated with younger age at diagnosis, presence of symptoms, worse Performance Status (PS) and liver function, high alphafetoprotein levels and large HCCs. MaVI extension was associated with worse PS, ascites and greater impairment in liver function. RPA identified patients' categories with different treatment indications and survival, ranging from 2.4 months in those with PS > 1 and ascites, regardless of MaVI extension (receiving best supportive care in 90.3% of cases), to 14.1 months in patients with PS 0-1, no ascites and Vp1-Vp2 MaVI (treated with surgery in 19.1% of cases). Conclusions: MaVI presence and extension, together with PS and ascites, significantly affect patients' survival and treatment selection. The decision tree based on these parameters may help assess patients' prognosis and inform therapeutic decisions.

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2021

2. The changing scenario of hepatocellular carcinoma in Italy: an update

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Garuti, F., Neri, A., Avanzato, F., Gramenzi, A., Rampoldi, D., Rucci, P., Farinati, F., Giannini, E. G., Piscaglia, F., Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Di Marco, Maria Teresa, Caturelli, E., Zoli, M., Sacco, R., Cabibbo, G., Marra, F., Mega, A., Morisco, F., Gasbarrini, Antonio, Svegliati-Baroni, G., Foschi, F. G., Missale, G., Masotto, A., Nardone, G., Raimondo, G., Azzaroli, F., Vidili, G., Brunetto, M. R., Trevisani, F., Biselli, M., Caraceni, P., Santi, V., Granito, A., Muratori, L., Sansone, V., Tovoli, F., Dajti, E., Marasco, G., Ravaioli, F., Cappelli, A., Golfieri, R., Mosconi, C., Renzulli, M., Cela, E. M., Facciorusso, A., Cacciato, V., Casagrande, E., Moscatelli, A., Pellegatta, G., De Matthaeis, Nicoletta, Allegrini, G., Lauria, V., Ghittoni, G., Pelecca, G., Chegai, F., Coratella, F., Ortenzi, M., Biasini, E., Olivani, A., Inno, A., Marchetti, F., Busacca, A., Camma, C., Di Martino, V., Rizzo, G. E. M., Franze, M. S., Saitta, C., Sauchella, A., Bevilacqua, V., Berardinelli, D., Borghi, A., Gardini, A. C., Conti, Francesco, Cucchetti, A., Dall'Aglio, A. C., Ercolani, G., Campani, C., Di Bonaventura, C., Gitto, S., Malerba, P. C. A., Capasso, Monica, Guarino, Mariateresa, Oliveri, F., Romagnoli, V., Rapaccini G. L. (ORCID:0000-0002-6467-857X), Di Marco M., Gasbarrini A. (ORCID:0000-0002-7278-4823), de Matthaeis N., Conti F., Capasso M., Guarino M., Garuti, F., Neri, A., Avanzato, F., Gramenzi, A., Rampoldi, D., Rucci, P., Farinati, F., Giannini, E. G., Piscaglia, F., Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, Di Marco, Maria Teresa, Caturelli, E., Zoli, M., Sacco, R., Cabibbo, G., Marra, F., Mega, A., Morisco, F., Gasbarrini, Antonio, Svegliati-Baroni, G., Foschi, F. G., Missale, G., Masotto, A., Nardone, G., Raimondo, G., Azzaroli, F., Vidili, G., Brunetto, M. R., Trevisani, F., Biselli, M., Caraceni, P., Santi, V., Granito, A., Muratori, L., Sansone, V., Tovoli, F., Dajti, E., Marasco, G., Ravaioli, F., Cappelli, A., Golfieri, R., Mosconi, C., Renzulli, M., Cela, E. M., Facciorusso, A., Cacciato, V., Casagrande, E., Moscatelli, A., Pellegatta, G., De Matthaeis, Nicoletta, Allegrini, G., Lauria, V., Ghittoni, G., Pelecca, G., Chegai, F., Coratella, F., Ortenzi, M., Biasini, E., Olivani, A., Inno, A., Marchetti, F., Busacca, A., Camma, C., Di Martino, V., Rizzo, G. E. M., Franze, M. S., Saitta, C., Sauchella, A., Bevilacqua, V., Berardinelli, D., Borghi, A., Gardini, A. C., Conti, Francesco, Cucchetti, A., Dall'Aglio, A. C., Ercolani, G., Campani, C., Di Bonaventura, C., Gitto, S., Malerba, P. C. A., Capasso, Monica, Guarino, Mariateresa, Oliveri, F., Romagnoli, V., Rapaccini G. L. (ORCID:0000-0002-6467-857X), Di Marco M., Gasbarrini A. (ORCID:0000-0002-7278-4823), de Matthaeis N., Conti F., Capasso M., and Guarino M.

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Background and aims: Epidemiology of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is changing in most areas of the world. This study aimed at updating the changing scenario of aetiology, clinical presentation, management and prognosis of HCC in Italy during the last 15 years. Methods: Retrospective analysis of the Italian Liver Cancer (ITA.LI.CA) database included 6034 HCC patients managed in 23 centres from 2004 to 2018. Patients were divided into three groups according to the date of cancer diagnosis (2004-2008, 2009-2013 and 2014-2018). Results: The main results were: (i) a progressive patient ageing; (ii) a progressive increase of non-viral cases and, particularly, of ‘metabolic’ and ‘metabolic + alcohol’ HCCs; (iii) a slightly decline of cases diagnosed under surveillance, but with an incremental use of the semiannual schedule; (iv) a favourable cancer stage migration; (v) an increased use of radiofrequency ablation to the detriment of percutaneous ethanol injection; (vi) improved outcomes of ablative and transarterial treatments; (vii) an improved overall survival (adjusted for the lead time in surveyed patients) in the last calendar period, particularly in viral patients; (viii) a large gap between the number of potential candidates (according to oncologic criteria and age) to liver transplant and that of transplanted patients. Conclusions: During the last 15 years several aspects of HCC scenario have changed, as well as its management. The improvement in patient survival observed in the last period was likely because of a larger use of thermal ablation with respect to the less effective alcohol injection and to an improved management of intermediate stage patients.

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2021

3. HCV E1E2-MF59 vaccine in chronic hepatitis C patients treated with PEG-IFNα2a and Ribavirin: a randomized controlled trial

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Almasio, P., Colombatto, P., Brunetto, M., Maina, A., Romagnoli, V., Rumi, M., Ascione, A., Pinzello, G., Mondelli, M., Muratori, L., Rappuoli, R., Rosa, D., Houghton, M., Abrignani, S., Bonino, F., Almasio, PL, Colombatto, P, Brunetto, MR, Maina, AM, Romagnoli, V, Almasio, P, Rumi, MG, Ascione, A, Pinzello, G, Mondelli, M, Muratori, L, Rappuoli, R, Rosa, D, Houghton, M, Abrignani, S, and Bonino, F

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HCV vaccine
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) vaccines may be able to increase viral clearance in combination with antiviral therapy. We analysed viral dynamics and HCV-specific immune response during retreatment for experienced patients in a phase Ib study with E1E2MF59 vaccine. Seventy-eight genotype 1a/1b patients [relapsers (30), partial responders (16) and nonresponders (32) to interferon-(IFN)/ribavirin-(RBV)] were randomly assigned to vaccine (V:23), Peg-IFNα2a-180-ug/qw and ribavirin 1000-1200-mg/qd for 48 weeks (P/R:25), or their combination (P/R + V:30). Vaccine (100 μg/0.5 mL) was administered intramuscularly at week 0-4-8-12-24-28-32-36. Neutralizing of binding (NOB) antibodies and lymphocyte proliferation assay (LPA) for E1E2-specific-CD4 + T cells were performed at week 0-12-16-48. Viral kinetics were analysed up to week 16. The vaccine was safe, and a sustained virological response (SVR) was achieved in 4 P/R + V and 2 P/R patients. Higher SVR rates were observed in prior relapsers (P/R + V = 27.3%; P/R = 12.5%). Higher NOB titres and LPA indexes were found at week 12 and 16 in P/R + V as compared to P/R patients (P = 0.023 and 0.025, P = 0.019 and

Published
2014

4. Middle lobe syndrome in children today

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Romagnoli, V. Priftis, K.N. De Benedictis, F.M.

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Middle lobe syndrome in children is a distinct clinical and radiographic entity that has been well described in the pediatric literature. However, issues regarding its etiology, clinical presentation, and management continue to puzzle the clinical practitioner. Pathophysiologically, there are two forms of middle lobe syndrome, namely obstructive and nonobstructive. Middle lobe syndrome may present as symptomatic or asymptomatic, as persistent or recurrent atelectasis, or as pneumonitis or bronchiectasis of the middle lobe and/or lingula. A lower threshold of performing a chest radiograph is warranted in children with persistent or recurrent nonspecific respiratory symptoms, particularly if there is clinical deterioration, in order to detect middle lobe syndrome and to initiate a further diagnostic and therapeutic workup. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.

Published
2014

5. Phenotype and disease course of early-onset pediatric inflammatory bowel disease

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Aloi, M, Lionetti, P, Barabino, A, Guariso, Graziella, Costa, S, Fontana, M, Romano, C, Lombardi, G, Miele, E, Alvisi, P, Diaferia, P, Baldi, M, Romagnoli, V, Gasparetto, M, DI PAOLA, M, Muraca, M, Pellegrino, S, Cucchiara, S, Martelossi, S, on behalf of SIGENP IBD Group, Marina, Aloi, Paolo, Lionetti, Arrigo, Barabino, Graziella, Guariso, Stefano, Costa, Massimo, Fontana, Claudio, Romano, Giuliano, Lombardi, Miele, Erasmo, Patrizia, Alvisi, Paolo, Diaferia, Maurizio, Baldi, Vittorio, Romagnoli, Marco, Gasparetto, Monica Di, Paola, Monica, Muraca, Salvatore, Pellegrino, Salvatore, Cucchiara, and Stefano, Martelossi

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, early onset, Ulcerative, Disease, Inflammatory bowel disease, Severity of Illness Index, Crohn Disease, children, inflammatory bowel disease, Internal medicine, Severity of illness, medicine, Humans, Immunology and Allergy, Colitis, Family history, Age of Onset, Child, Preschool, Children, Early onset, Child, Preschool, Colitis, Ulcerative, Disease Progression, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Phenotype, Gastroenterology, business.industry, medicine.disease, Newborn, Ulcerative colitis, digestive system diseases, Age of onset, business
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BACKGROUND: Early-onset (EO) pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) seem to be more extensive than those with a later onset. To test this hypothesis, we examined the phenotype and disease course of patients with IBD diagnosis at 0 to 5 years, compared with the ranges 6 to 11 and 12 to 18 years. METHODS: Anatomic locations and behaviors were assessed according to Paris classification in 506 consecutive patients: 224 Crohn's disease, 245 ulcerative colitis, and 37 IBD-unclassified. RESULTS: Eleven percent of patients were in the range 0 to 5 years, 39% in 6 to 11 years, and 50% in 12 to 18 years. Ulcerative colitis was the most frequent diagnosis in EO-IBD and in 6- to 11-year-old group, whereas Crohn's disease was predominant in older children. A classification as IBD-unclassified was more common in the range 0 to 5 years compared with the other groups (P < 0.005). EO Crohn's disease showed a more frequent isolated colonic (P < 0.005) and upper gastrointestinal involvement than later-onset disease. Sixty-two percent of the patients in the 0 to 5 years range had pancolonic ulcerative colitis, compared with 38% of 6 to 11 years (P = 0.02) and 31% of 12-18 years (P = 0.002) range. No statistical difference for family history for IBD was found in the 3-year age groups. Therapies at the diagnosis were similar for all children. However, at latest follow-up, a significantly higher proportion of younger children were under steroids compared with older groups (P < 0.05). Surgical risk did not differ according to age. CONCLUSIONS: EO-IBD exhibits an extensive phenotype and benefit from aggressive treatment strategies, although surgical risk is similar to later-onset disease. A family history for IBD is not common in EO disease.

Published
2014

6. HCV E1E2-MF59vaccine in chronic hepatitis C patients treated with PEG-IFNα2a and Ribavirin: a randomized controlled trial

Author

Colombatto, P, Brunetto, M R, Maina, A M, Romagnoli, V, Almasio, P, Rumi, M G, Ascione, A, Pinzello, G, Mondelli, M, Muratori, L, Rappuoli, R, Rosa, D, Houghton, M, Abrignani, S, Bonino, F, P. Colombatto, M. R. Brunetto, A. M. Maina, V. Romagnoli, P. Almasio, M. G. Rumi, A. Ascione, G. Pinzello, M. Mondelli, L. Muratori, R. Rappuoli, D. Rosa, M. Houghton, S. Abrignani, and F. Bonino

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CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Squalene, Viral Hepatitis Vaccines, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions, viral kinetics, Polysorbates, VACCINE, Antiviral Agents, Injections, Intramuscular, immune response, Polyethylene Glycols, viral kinetic, Adjuvants, Immunologic, Ribavirin, Humans, neutralizing antibodies, HCV, interferon, vaccine, Cell Proliferation, Vaccines, Synthetic, Interferon-alpha, Original Articles, Hepatitis C Antibodies, Hepatitis C, Chronic, Viral Load, Antibodies, Neutralizing, Combined Modality Therapy, Recombinant Proteins, Treatment Outcome, RNA, Viral
Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) vaccines may be able to increase viral clearance in combination with antiviral therapy. We analysed viral dynamics and HCV-specific immune response during retreatment for experienced patients in a phase Ib study with E1E2MF59 vaccine. Seventy-eight genotype 1a/1b patients [relapsers (30), partial responders (16) and nonresponders (32) to interferon-(IFN)/ribavirin-(RBV)] were randomly assigned to vaccine (V:23), Peg-IFNα2a-180-ug/qw and ribavirin 1000–1200-mg/qd for 48 weeks (P/R:25), or their combination (P/R + V:30). Vaccine (100 μg/0.5 mL) was administered intramuscularly at week 0-4-8-12-24-28-32-36. Neutralizing of binding (NOB) antibodies and lymphocyte proliferation assay (LPA) for E1E2-specific-CD4 + T cells were performed at week 0-12-16-48. Viral kinetics were analysed up to week 16. The vaccine was safe, and a sustained virological response (SVR) was achieved in 4 P/R + V and 2 P/R patients. Higher SVR rates were observed in prior relapsers (P/R + V = 27.3%; P/R = 12.5%). Higher NOB titres and LPA indexes were found at week 12 and 16 in P/R + V as compared to P/R patients (P = 0.023 and 0.025, P = 0.019 and

Published
2014

7. Monofocal hepatocellular carcinoma: How much does size matter?

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Pelizzaro, Filippo, Penzo, Barbara, Peserico, Giulia, Imondi, Angela, Sartori, Anna, Vitale, Alessandro, Cillo, Umberto, Giannini, Edoardo G., Forgione, Antonella, Ludovico Rapaccini, Gian, Di Marco, Maria, Caturelli, Eugenio, Zoli, Marco, Sacco, Rodolfo, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Marra, Fabio, Mega, Andrea, Morisco, Filomena, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Svegliati‐Baroni, Gianluca, Giuseppe Foschi, Francesco, Olivani, Andrea, Masotto, Alberto, Nardone, Gerardo, Raimondo, Giovanni, Azzaroli, Francesco, Vidili, Gianpaolo, Oliveri, Filippo, Trevisani, Franco, Farinati, Fabio, Biselli, Maurizio, Caraceni, Paolo, Garuti, Francesca, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Neri, Andrea, Santi, Valentina, Granito, Alessandro, Muratori, Luca, Piscaglia, Fabio, Sansone, Vito, Tovoli, Francesco, Dajti, Elton, Marasco, Giovanni, Ravaioli, Federico, Cappelli, Alberta, Golfieri, Rita, Mosconi, Cristina, Renzulli, Matteo, Sammarco, Ambra, Cela, Ester Marina, Facciorusso, Antonio, Cacciato, Valentina, Casagrande, Edoardo, Moscatelli, Alessandro, Pellegatta, Gaia, de Matthaeis, Nicoletta, Allegrini, Gloria, Lauria, Valentina, Ghittoni, Giorgia, Pelecca, Giorgio, Chegai, Fabrizio, Coratella, Fabio, Ortenzi, Mariano, Missale, Gabriele, Inno, Alessandro, Marchetti, Fabiana, Busacca, Anita, Cammà, Calogero, Martino, Vincenzo Di, Emanuele Maria Rizzo, Giacomo, Franzè, Maria Stella, Saitta, Carlo, Sauchella, Assunta, Bevilacqua, Vittoria, Borghi, Alberto, Casadei Gardini, Andrea, Conti, Fabio, Dall'Aglio, Anna Chiara, Ercolani, Giorgio, Mirici, Federica, Campani, Claudia, Bonaventura, Chiara Di, Gitto, Stefano, Coccoli, Pietro, Malerba, Antonio, Guarino, Maria, Brunetto, Maurizia, Romagnoli, Veronica, Pelizzaro, Filippo, Penzo, Barbara, Peserico, Giulia, Imondi, Angela, Sartori, Anna, Vitale, Alessandro, Cillo, Umberto, Giannini, Edoardo G., Forgione, Antonella, Ludovico Rapaccini, Gian, Di Marco, Maria, Caturelli, Eugenio, Zoli, Marco, Sacco, Rodolfo, Cabibbo, Giuseppe, Marra, Fabio, Mega, Andrea, Morisco, Filomena, Gasbarrini, Antonio, Svegliati‐Baroni, Gianluca, Giuseppe Foschi, Francesco, Olivani, Andrea, Masotto, Alberto, Nardone, Gerardo, Raimondo, Giovanni, Azzaroli, Francesco, Vidili, Gianpaolo, Oliveri, Filippo, Trevisani, Franco, Farinati, Fabio, Biselli, Maurizio, Caraceni, Paolo, Garuti, Francesca, Gramenzi, Annagiulia, Neri, Andrea, Santi, Valentina, Granito, Alessandro, Muratori, Luca, Piscaglia, Fabio, Sansone, Vito, Tovoli, Francesco, Dajti, Elton, Marasco, Giovanni, Ravaioli, Federico, Cappelli, Alberta, Golfieri, Rita, Mosconi, Cristina, Renzulli, Matteo, Sammarco, Ambra, Cela, Ester Marina, Facciorusso, Antonio, Cacciato, Valentina, Casagrande, Edoardo, Moscatelli, Alessandro, Pellegatta, Gaia, de Matthaeis, Nicoletta, Allegrini, Gloria, Lauria, Valentina, Ghittoni, Giorgia, Pelecca, Giorgio, Chegai, Fabrizio, Coratella, Fabio, Ortenzi, Mariano, Missale, Gabriele, Inno, Alessandro, Marchetti, Fabiana, Busacca, Anita, Cammà, Calogero, Martino, Vincenzo Di, Emanuele Maria Rizzo, Giacomo, Franzè, Maria Stella, Saitta, Carlo, Sauchella, Assunta, Bevilacqua, Vittoria, Borghi, Alberto, Casadei Gardini, Andrea, Conti, Fabio, Dall'Aglio, Anna Chiara, Ercolani, Giorgio, Mirici, Federica, Campani, Claudia, Bonaventura, Chiara Di, Gitto, Stefano, Coccoli, Pietro, Malerba, Antonio, Guarino, Maria, Brunetto, Maurizia, Romagnoli, Veronica, Giannini, Edoardo G, Svegliati-Baroni, Gianluca, for the Italica, Group, Pelizzaro F., Penzo B., Peserico G., Imondi A., Sartori A., Vitale A., Cillo U., Giannini E.G., Forgione A., Ludovico Rapaccini G., Di Marco M., Caturelli E., Zoli M., Sacco R., Cabibbo G., Marra F., Mega A., Morisco F., Gasbarrini A., Svegliati-Baroni G., Giuseppe Foschi F., Olivani A., Masotto A., Nardone G., Raimondo G., Azzaroli F., Vidili G., Oliveri F., Trevisani F., Farinati F., Biselli M., Caraceni P., Garuti F., Gramenzi A., Neri A., Santi V., Granito A., Muratori L., Piscaglia F., Sansone V., Tovoli F., Dajti E., Marasco G., Ravaioli F., Cappelli A., Golfieri R., Mosconi C., Renzulli M., Sammarco A., Cela E.M., Facciorusso A., Cacciato V., Casagrande E., Moscatelli A., Pellegatta G., de Matthaeis N., Allegrini G., Lauria V., Ghittoni G., Pelecca G., Chegai F., Coratella F., Ortenzi M., Missale G., Inno A., Marchetti F., Busacca A., Qabibboz G., Camma C., Martino V.D., Emanuele Maria Rizzo G., Franze M.S., Saitta C., Sauchella A., Bevilacqua V., Borghi A., Casadei Gardini A., Conti F., Dall'Aglio A.C., Ercolani G., Mirici F., Campani C., Bonaventura C.D., Gitto S., Coccoli P., Malerba A., Guarino M., Brunetto M., Romagnoli V., Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico, and Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe

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medicine.medical_specialty, Multivariate analysis, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Independent predictor, Gastroenterology, Resection, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, medicine, Overall survival, Hepatectomy, Humans, Staging system, Neoplasm Staging, Retrospective Studies, Settore MED/12 - Gastroenterologia, Hepatology, treatment, business.industry, Settore MED/09 - MEDICINA INTERNA, Liver Neoplasms, bclc staging system, monofocal hepatocellular carcinoma, medicine.disease, digestive system diseases, Survival benefit, Italy, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Hepatocellular carcinoma, liver resection, prognosis, 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology, business, Liver cancer, prognosi
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Background & Aims: According to the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging system, monofocal hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is classified as early (BCLC A) irrespective of its size, even though controversies still exist regarding staging and treatment of large tumours. We aimed at evaluating the appropriate staging and treatment for large (>5cm) monofocal (HCC). Methods: From the Italian Liver Cancer database, we selected 924 patients with small early monofocal HCC (2-5cm; SEM-HCC), 163 patients with larger tumours (>5cm; LEM-HCC) and 1048 intermediate stage patients (BCLC B). Results: LEM-HCC patients had a worse overall survival (OS) than SEM-HCC (31.0 vs 49.0months; P&nbsp

Published
2021

8. Different Kinetics of HBV-DNA and HBsAg in HCV Coinfected Patients during DAAs Therapy.

Author

Colombatto P, Palmisano E, Ricco G, Cavallone D, Oliveri F, Coco B, Salvati A, Romagnoli V, Surace L, Vatteroni M, Pistello M, Virdis A, Bonino F, and Brunetto MR

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Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) may induce hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivations in co-infected patients, whose dynamics and outcomes could depend on the phase of HBV infection. We investigated HBsAg and HBV-DNA kinetics in fifteen untreated HBeAg Negative Infection (ENI) (4F-11M, 62.1y) and eight Nucleos(t)ide Analogs (NAs) treated Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) (3F-6M, 54.8y) with HCV co-infection, receiving DAAs-regimens including Sofosbuvir (13) or not (10). All achieved a sustained virologic response (SVR) and normalized alanine-aminotransferase (ALT). At the direct acting antivirals’ (DAAs) baseline (BL), the HBV-DNA was undetectable (<6 IU/mL) in eight ENI and all CHB, the mean Log-HBsAg was lower in ENI than CHB (0.88 vs. 2.42, p = 0.035). During DAAs, HBV-DNA increased in untreated ENI by >1 Log in five and became detectable in two. Accordingly, mean BL Log-HBV-DNA (0.89) increased at week-4 (1.78; p = 0.100) and at the end of therapy (1.57; p = 0.104). Mean Log-HBsAg decreased at week-4 in ENI (from 0.88 to 0.55; p = 0.020) and CHB (from 2.42 to 2.15; p = 0.015). After DAAs, the HBsAg returned to pre-treatment levels in CHB, but not in ENI (six cleared HBsAg). Female gender and SOF were associated with a greater HBsAg decline. In conclusion, HBV reactivations during DAAs in HCV co-infected ENI caused moderate increases of HBV-DNA without ALT elevations. The concomitant HBsAg decline, although significant, did not modify individual pre-treatment profiles.

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2022
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9. Modeling Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells Dynamics by Serological and Imaging Biomarkers to Explain the Different Responses to Sorafenib and Regorafenib.

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Colombatto P, Demirtas CO, Ricco G, Civitano L, Boraschi P, Scalise P, Cavallone D, Oliveri F, Romagnoli V, Bleve P, Coco B, Salvati A, Urbani L, Bonino F, and Brunetto MR

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In advanced HCC, tyrosine-kinase inhibitors obtain partial responses (PR) in some patients and complete responses (CR) in a few. Better understanding of the mechanism of response could be achieved by the radiomic approach combining digital imaging and serological biomarkers (α-fetoprotein, AFP and protein induced by vitamin K absence-II, PIVKA-II) kinetics. A physic-mathematical model was developed to investigate cancer cells and vasculature dynamics in three prototype patients receiving sorafenib and/or regorafenib and applied in seven others for validation. Overall four patients showed CR, two PR, two stable-disease (SD) and two progressive-disease (PD). The rate constant of cancer cells production was higher in PD than in PR-SD and CR (median: 0.398 vs. 0.325 vs. 0.316 C × day -1 ). Therapy induced reduction of neo-angiogenesis was greater in CR than in PR-SD and PD (median: 83.2% vs. 29.4% and 2.0%), as the reduction of cell-proliferation (55.2% vs. 7.6% and 0.7%). An additional dose-dependent acceleration of tumor vasculature decay was also observed in CR. AFP and cancer cells followed the same kinetics, whereas PIVKA-II time/dose dependent fluctuations were influenced also by tissue ischemia. In conclusion, pending confirmation in a larger HCC cohort, modeling serological and imaging biomarkers could be a new tool for systemic therapy personalization.

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2021
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10. Do the circulating Pre-S/S quasispecies influence hepatitis B virus surface antigen levels in the HBeAg negative phase of HBV infection?

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Cavallone D, Ricco G, Oliveri F, Colombatto P, Moriconi F, Coco B, Romagnoli V, Salvati A, Surace L, Bonino F, and Brunetto MR

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Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Carrier State blood, Carrier State virology, Cohort Studies, DNA, Viral blood, Disease Progression, Female, Genotype, Hepatitis B pathology, Hepatitis B virology, Hepatitis B Surface Antigens analysis, Hepatitis B e Antigens genetics, Hepatitis B virus genetics, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mutation, Serologic Tests, Viremia blood, Viremia virology, Young Adult, Hepatitis B blood, Hepatitis B Surface Antigens blood, Hepatitis B e Antigens blood, Quasispecies
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Background: Virus, host factors and their interplay influence Hepatitis B surface Antigen serum levels during Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection course and treatment., Aim: To study the Pre-S/S circulating quasispecies in a cohort of untreated, HBeAg negative, genotype-D, HBsAg carriers., Methods: We studied 260 carriers: 71 with HBeAg negative infection (ENI; HBV-DNA ≤2000 IU/mL); 42 Grey Zone (GZ; HBV-DNA ≤20 000 IU/mL); 82 chronic hepatitis (CH) and 65 cirrhosis (CI) (HBV-DNA > 20 000 IU/mL). Population sequencing was applied to identify Pre-S/S gene mutations responsible for any amino acid substitution or potential biological/antigenic implications (M-muts) on HBsAg., Results: HBsAg serum levels were lower in ENI + GZ than in CH + CI (2.61 [-1.10/4.06] vs 3.62 [2.41/4.92] log 10 IU/mL, P < 0.001) and in CI than CH (3.48 [2.41/4.38] vs 3.66 [2.57/4.92] log 10 IU/mL, P < 0.001). M-muts were found in 73 (28.1%) cases: 5 (7.0%) ENI, 3 (7.1%) GZ, 26 (31.7%) CH, 39 (60.0%) CI (P < 0.001) and mostly in Pre-S2 (17.6%) than Pre-S1 (5.8%) and Small-S (10.8%; P < 0.001). Overall HBsAg serum levels were higher in carriers with M-muts (3.56 [0.95/4.38] vs 3.17 [-1.10/4.92] log 10 IU/mL, P < 0.001), but comparable in carriers with or without M-mut when considering separately ENI + GZ (2.84 [0.95/3.89] vs 2.61 [-1.10/4.06] log 10 IU/mL, P = 0.330] and CH + CI (3.57 [2.67/4.38] vs 3.63 [2.41/4.92] log 10 IU/mL, P = 0.37). Infection phase (β: 0.422, P < 0.001), age (β: -0.260, P < 0.001), ALT (β: -0.103, P = 0.045), liver stiffness (β: -0.118, P = 0.039) and HBV-DNA (β: 0.384, P < 0.001), but not M-mut were independently associated with HBsAg serum levels., Conclusions: In HBeAg negative, genotype-D, carriers Pre-S/S heterogeneity increases with severity of liver disease, but does not influence HBsAg serum levels, that in low viraemic carriers are associated with an effective control of HBV., (© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)

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2020
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11. An E-Nose for the Monitoring of Severe Liver Impairment: A Preliminary Study.

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Germanese D, Colantonio S, D'Acunto M, Romagnoli V, Salvati A, and Brunetto M

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Breath Tests, Carbon Monoxide chemistry, Carbon Monoxide isolation & purification, Electronic Nose, Gases chemistry, Hepatic Encephalopathy pathology, Humans, Hydrogen chemistry, Hydrogen isolation & purification, Liver pathology, Gases isolation & purification, Hepatic Encephalopathy diagnosis, Liver chemistry, Monitoring, Physiologic methods
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Biologically inspired to mammalian olfactory system, electronic noses became popular during the last three decades. In literature, as well as in daily practice, a wide range of applications are reported. Nevertheless, the most pioneering one has been (and still is) the assessment of the human breath composition. In this study, we used a prototype of electronic nose, called Wize Sniffer (WS) and based it on an array of semiconductor gas sensor, to detect ammonia in the breath of patients suffering from severe liver impairment. In the setting of severely impaired liver, toxic substances, such as ammonia, accumulate in the systemic circulation and in the brain. This may result in Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE), a spectrum of neuro-psychiatric abnormalities which include changes in cognitive functions, consciousness, and behaviour. HE can be detected only by specific but time-consuming and burdensome examinations, such as blood ammonia levels assessment and neuro-psychological tests. In the presented proof-of-concept study, we aimed at investigating the possibility of discriminating the severity degree of liver impairment on the basis of the detected breath ammonia, in view of the detection of HE at its early stage.

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2019
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12. A serum microRNA signature is associated with the immune control of chronic hepatitis B virus infection.

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Brunetto MR, Cavallone D, Oliveri F, Moriconi F, Colombatto P, Coco B, Ciccorossi P, Rastelli C, Romagnoli V, Cherubini B, Teilum MW, Blondal T, and Bonino F

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Adult, Aged, Antiviral Agents therapeutic use, Cluster Analysis, Cohort Studies, Computational Biology, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Gene Expression Profiling, Hepatitis B, Chronic drug therapy, Hepatitis B, Chronic virology, Host-Pathogen Interactions genetics, Host-Pathogen Interactions immunology, Humans, Male, MicroRNAs blood, Middle Aged, Reproducibility of Results, Viral Load, Young Adult, Hepatitis B virus immunology, Hepatitis B, Chronic genetics, Hepatitis B, Chronic immunology, MicroRNAs genetics
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Background and Aims: The virus/host interplay mediates liver pathology in chronic HBV infection. MiRNAs play a pivotal role in virus/host interactions and are detected in both serum and HBsAg-particles, but studies of their dynamics during chronic infection and antiviral therapy are missing. We studied serum miRNAs during different phases of chronic HBV infection and antiviral treatment., Methods: MiRNAs were profiled by miRCURY-LNA-Universal-RT-miRNA-PCR (Exiqon-A/S) and qPCR-panels-I/II-739-miRNA-assays and single-RT-q-PCRs. Two cohorts of well-characterized HBsAg-carriers were studied (median follow-up 34-52 months): a) training-panel (141 sera) and HBsAg-particles (32 samples) from 61 HBsAg-carriers and b) validation-panel (136 sera) from 84 carriers., Results: Thirty-one miRNAs were differentially expressed in inactive-carriers (IC) and chronic-hepatitis-B (CHB) with the largest difference for miR-122-5p, miR-99a-5p and miR-192-5p (liver-specific-miRNAs), over-expressed in both sera and HBsAg-particles of CHB (ANOVA/U-test p-values: <0.000001/0.000001; <0.000001/0.000003; <0.000001/0.000005, respectively) and significantly down-regulated during- and after-treatment in sustained-virological-responders (SVR). MiRNA-profiles of IC and SVR clustered in the heatmap. Liver-miRNAs were combined with miR-335, miR-126 and miR-320a (internal controls) to build a MiR-B-Index with 100% sensitivity, 83.3% and 92.5% specificity (-1.7 cut-off) in both training and validation cohorts to identify IC. MiR-B-Index (-5.72, -20.43/14.38) correlated with ALT (49, 10/2056 U/l, ρ = -0.497, p<0.001), HBV-DNA (4.58, undetectable/>8.3 Log10 IU/mL, ρ = -0.732, p<0.001) and HBsAg (3.40, 0.11/5.49 Log10 IU/mL, ρ = -0.883, p<0.001). At multivariate analysis HBV-DNA (p = 0.002), HBsAg (p<0.001) and infection-phase (p<0.001), but not ALT (p = 0.360) correlated with MiR-B-Index. In SVR to Peg-IFN/NUCs MiR-B-Index improved during-therapy and post-treatment reaching IC-like values (5.32, -1.65/10.91 vs 6.68, 0.54/9.53, p = 0.324) beckoning sustained HBV-immune-control earlier than HBsAg-decline., Conclusions: Serum miRNA profile change dynamically during the different phases of chronic HBV infection. We identified a miRNA signature associated with both natural-occurring and therapy-induced immune control of HBV infection. The MiR-B-Index might be a useful biomarker for the early identification of the sustained switch from CHB to inactive HBV-infection in patients treated with antivirals.

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2014
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13. The Novel Crohn's Disease Marker Anti-GP2 Antibody Is Associated with Ileocolonic Location of Disease.

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Somma V, Ababneh H, Ababneh A, Gatti S, Romagnoli V, Bendia E, Conrad K, Bogdanos DP, Roggenbuck D, and Ciarrocchi G

Abstract

Crohn's disease (CD) is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can affect the whole gastrointestinal tract. The ileocolonic variant of CD, an inflammation of both the ileum and the large intestine, accounts for up to 50% of the cases with CD, whereas Crohn's ileitis affecting the ileum is diagnosed in about 30%. Crohn's colitis, which is confined to the large intestine and accounts for the remaining 20%, is difficult to distinguish from the large bowel inflammation seen in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). The pathogenesis of CD is not yet completely understood. Autoimmunity is one factor that can partake in the triggering or modulation of inflammatory processes in IBD. The major zymogen-granule membrane glycoprotein 2 (GP2) has been recently identified as a major autoantigenic target in CD. Interestingly, GP2 is mainly expressed in the pancreas and has also been demonstrated to be a membrane-anchored receptor of microfold cells in the follicle-associated epithelium. Remarkably, GP2 is overexpressed at the site of CD inflammation in contrast to the one in UC. By utilizing novel enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for the detection of GP2-specific IgA and IgG, the loss of tolerance to GP2 has been associated with a specific clinical phenotype in CD, in particular with the ileocolonic location of the disease.

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2013
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14. Hepatitis B surface antigen serum levels help to distinguish active from inactive hepatitis B virus genotype D carriers.

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Brunetto MR, Oliveri F, Colombatto P, Moriconi F, Ciccorossi P, Coco B, Romagnoli V, Cherubini B, Moscato G, Maina AM, Cavallone D, and Bonino F

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Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Biomarkers blood, DNA, Viral blood, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Genotype, Hepatitis B virus genetics, Hepatitis B, Chronic epidemiology, Humans, Italy epidemiology, Male, Middle Aged, Phenotype, Predictive Value of Tests, Prospective Studies, Sensitivity and Specificity, Serologic Tests, Time Factors, Young Adult, Carrier State, Hepatitis B Surface Antigens blood, Hepatitis B virus immunology, Hepatitis B, Chronic diagnosis, Virus Activation
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Background & Aims: The accurate identification of inactive (serum HBV-DNA persistently or=20,000 IU/mL (AC2): 883 (0.5-7838) vs 4233 (164-82,480) IU/mL, P=.002. HBV infection was less productive in IC and AC1 than AC2 (log10 HBV-DNA/HBsAgsl ratios 0.25 and 0.49 vs 2.06, respectively, P<.001) and in chronic hepatitis than cirrhosis (1.97 vs 2.34, respectively; P=.023). The combined single point quantification of HBsAg (<1000 IU/mL) and HBV-DNA (

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2010
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15. Liver stiffness in the hepatitis B virus carrier: a non-invasive marker of liver disease influenced by the pattern of transaminases.

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Oliveri F, Coco B, Ciccorossi P, Colombatto P, Romagnoli V, Cherubini B, Bonino F, and Brunetto MR

Subjects
Acute Disease, Adult, Aged, Antiviral Agents therapeutic use, Biopsy, Cross-Sectional Studies, Elasticity, Female, Hepatitis B complications, Hepatitis B drug therapy, Hepatitis B, Chronic complications, Hepatitis B, Chronic drug therapy, Humans, Liver enzymology, Liver virology, Liver Cirrhosis drug therapy, Liver Cirrhosis virology, Male, Middle Aged, Predictive Value of Tests, Prospective Studies, Reproducibility of Results, Sensitivity and Specificity, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Alanine Transaminase blood, Carrier State, Clinical Enzyme Tests, Elasticity Imaging Techniques, Hepatitis B diagnosis, Hepatitis B, Chronic diagnosis, Liver pathology, Liver Cirrhosis diagnosis
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Aim: To investigate the usefulness of transient elastography by Fibroscan (FS), a rapid non-invasive technique to evaluate liver fibrosis, in the management of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers., Methods: In 297 consecutive HBV carriers, we studied the correlation between liver stiffness (LS), stage of liver disease and other factors potentially influencing FS measurements. In 87 chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients, we monitored the FS variations according to the spontaneous or treatment-induced variations of biochemical activity during follow-up., Results: FS values were 12.3 +/- 3.3 kPa in acute hepatitis, 10.3 +/- 8.8 kPa in chronic hepatitis, 4.3 +/- 1.0 kPa in inactive carriers and 4.6 +/- 1.2 kPa in blood donors. We identified the cut-offs of 7.5 and 11.8 kPa for the diagnosis of fibrosis >or= S3 and cirrhosis respectively, showing 93.9% and 86.5% sensitivity, 88.5% and 96.3% specificity, 76.7% and 86.7% positive predictive value (PPV), 97.3% and 96.3% negative predictive value (NPV) and 90.1% and 94.2% diagnostic accuracy. At multivariate analysis in 171 untreated carriers, fibrosis stage (t = 13.187, P < 0.001), active vs inactive HBV infection (t = 6.437, P < 0.001), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (t = 4.740, P < 0.001) and HBV-DNA levels (t = or-2.046, P = 0.042) were independently associated with FS. Necroinflammation score (t = 2.158, > 10/18 vs

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2008
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