Regulatory T (T reg ) cells are required to control immune responses and maintain
homeostasis, but are a significant barrier to antitumour immunity 1 . Conversely, T reg instability, …

Gene regulatory networks ensure that important genes are expressed at precise levels. When
gene expression is sufficiently perturbed, it can lead to disease. To understand how gene …

Background. Acute decompensation in patients with chronic liver disease, resulting from
acute kidney injury and infections, leads to significant morbidity and mortality. It is unclear …

Objective: To define benchmark values for adult-to-adult living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT).
Background: LDLT utilizes living-donor hemiliver grafts to expand the donor pool and …

The widespread use of imaging analyses, either routinely or to evaluate symptomatic
patients, has increased the detection of liver lesions (tumors and cysts) in otherwise healthy …

Background. Genetic association studies of transplantation outcomes have been hampered
by small samples and highly complex multifactorial phenotypes, hindering investigations of …

Congenital distal vaginal obstruction is a rare condition, usually asymptomatic until
menarche, thus often diagnosed only during puberty. Hydrometrocolpos is caused by such an …

Background Infections and complex wounds after ventricular assist device (VAD) placement
can result in significant morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to evaluate …

In living-donor liver transplantation, biliary complications including bile leaks and biliary
anastomotic strictures remain significant challenges, with incidences varying across different …

Background. Deceased donor and recipient predictors of posttransplant steatosis/steatohepatitis
and fibrosis are not well known. Our aim was to evaluate the prevalence and assess …