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vivianortizmd.bsky.social
@vivianortizmd.bsky.social
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Transplant Hepatologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis. Liver tumors focus. #runner. Views are my own.
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salvatore-piano.bsky.social
📣 ICA GLOBAL AKI study published in @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social

🗺️3,821 patients with cirrhosis
✅38% had AKI
⚠️discrepancies in AKI management and outcomes
⚠️ AKI ➡️22.9% 28-day mortality

🎯Need for equitable & standardized care

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Global epidemiology of acute kidney injury in hospitalised patients with decompensated cirrhosis: the International Club of Ascites GLOBAL AKI prospective, multicentre, cohort study
This study found important regional differences in AKI severity, phenotype, management, and outcomes in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. Health-care coverage remains an important driver of survi...
www.thelancet.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
vivianortizmd.bsky.social
Always a pleasure to hear from @eddievl.bsky.social and what a treat you have him at WashU IBD symposium.
#gisky #medsky
March 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
vivianortizmd.bsky.social
First IBD symposium at @washumedrheum.bsky.social kicks off with thought-provoking method of treatment ➡️ stem cell transplant. @mountsinaigi.bsky.social
#gisky #medsky
March 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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arndtvogel.bsky.social
🔥Nivolumab and Ipilimuma approved by EMA for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma 🔥
👇https://ec.europa.eu/health/documents/community-register/html/h1014.htm
👉great news for our patients > more options in 1st line
😅amazing: approval in 🇪🇺by EMA before 🇺🇸by FDA
@myESMO @EASLedu @ILCAnews #livertwitter
March 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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arndtvogel.bsky.social
🔥off the press
Precision surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma
@LancetGastroHep
doi.org/10.1016/S246...
👉the field is moving to precision medicine
👉Our thoughts on current strategies & future opportunities > team work is key for personalized therapy
@myESMO
February 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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ebtapper.bsky.social
Pregnancy and the liver

1. Comorbid disease
2. Liver disease caused by pregnancy
3. Drug safety
4. Ongoing trials

@thelancet.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1016/s014...
February 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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blaneymd.medsky.social
Fantastic 📰 @liverthedream.bsky.social

✨ALD is📈prevalent!
✨Abstinence from🍸🍺 is the ONLY available tx to 🛑 progression of 🍸-related injury
✨#liversky MUST🪜up to treat AUD, 💊 are safe➕ effective

@rbataller.bsky.social @juanpabloarab.bsky.social @ebtapper.bsky.social

www.aasld.org/liver-fellow...
Why Should We Prescribe Medications to Treat Alcohol Use Disorder? | AASLD
The prevalence of alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) is increasing. Still, f ew gastroenterology (GI) and hepatology providers are prescribing medications to...
www.aasld.org
February 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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arndtvogel.bsky.social
Advances in liquid biopsy: From exploration to practical application
@Cancer_Cell
doi.org/10.1016/j.cc...
👏Excellent review on liquid biopsy
👉LP will be key for disease monitoring and to understand resistence mechanisms
@myESMO
February 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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arndtvogel.bsky.social
Liver metastases do not predict resistance to the addition of atezolizumab to FOLFOXIRI + bevacizumab in proficient MMR mCRC
@ESMO_Open
doi.org/10.1016/j.es...
🔎 Post-hoc AtezoTRIBE study
👉LM prognostic, not predictive
🧐Do we need to rethink LM & ICI efficacy in mCRC?
@myESMO
February 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
vivianortizmd.bsky.social
Aptamer-directed, nanovesicle-mediated potentiates chemosensitivity in 2 cholangiocarcinoma models.
#liversky #oncsky #sciencesky

journals.lww.com/hep/abstract...
Aptamer-directed, nanovesicle-mediated targeting of... : Hepatology
ranscriptome-targeting therapeutics. Approach & Results: Milk-derived nanovesicles (MNVs) were loaded with short interfering RNAs targeting YAP, the downstream effector of the Hippo pathway; LCK, a...
journals.lww.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
vivianortizmd.bsky.social
Among patients with compensated MASH cirrhosis and obesity, metabolic surgery was associated with an 80% lower risk of progression to decompensation
#liversky #medsky

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Long-term liver outcomes after metabolic surgery in compensated cirrhosis due to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis - Nature Medicine
In individuals with obesity and compensated metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis-related cirrhosis, metabolic surgery was associated with a lower risk of major adverse liver outcomes, comp...
www.nature.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
vivianortizmd.bsky.social
“This is a surefire way to cripple lifesaving research and innovation."
#sciencesky #medsky

www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage
Move to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars
www.science.org
February 8, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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arndtvogel.bsky.social
Mismatch repair andMSI phenotypes across solid tumors: A comprehensive cBioPortal study on prevalence & prognostic impact
European Journal of Cancer
doi.org/10.1016/j.ej...
🔎🗺️RWD, 23.893 pts
👉MMR-m status not associated with MSI in 48.9 % of cases
🧐need of comprehensive testing
February 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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arndtvogel.bsky.social
Atezolizumab Plus CTx With or Without Bevacizumab in BTC
🔎 Clinical & Biomarker Data From Phs II IMbrave151 Trial
@JCO_ASCO
👉ORR 26 vs 26%
👉mPFS 8.3 vs 7.9 mo
👉mOS 14.9 vs 14.6 mo
👉High VEGFA may be a predictive biomarker
🧐❌trail, not sure whether to proceed...
February 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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livernotfighter.bsky.social
🏅Top downloaded article CMGH

📞3-way call b/t your brain, gut & microbiota!

🦠Gut microbes talk via nerves, hormones & immune signals
🧠The brain shapes gut microbiota & function
✂️Cuts to these calls influence IBS, obesity & neuro disorders

#GIsky

www.cmghjournal.org/article/S235...
The Brain-Gut-Microbiome Axis
Preclinical and clinical studies have shown bidirectional interactions within the brain-gut-microbiome axis. Gut microbes communicate to the central nervous system through at least 3 parallel and inte...
www.cmghjournal.org
February 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
vivianortizmd.bsky.social
No significant reduction in HVPG with terlipressin use, but CO and HR significantly decreased. #liversky @jhepatology.bsky.social

www.jhep-reports.eu/article/S258...
Hemodynamic profile of terlipressin and octreotide in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension: A randomized, single-blind clinical trial
Continuous infusion (CI) of terlipressin may result in a more sustained reduction in portal pressure with fewer adverse effects than administered as a bolus. This study aimed to compare the hepatic an...
www.jhep-reports.eu
February 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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renumathyd.bsky.social
Hiring Alert!

We’re looking for a fellow to join our lab at @Stanford_GI and work on cutting-edge research in liver cancer immunobiology.

Help me spread the word, know someone interested? Send them my way! #HCC

postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...
February 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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arndtvogel.bsky.social
🔥off the press
Recent advances in systemic therapy for advanced biliary tract cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis using reconstructed RCT survival data
@JHEP_Reports
doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
👉Many trials in 1st line BTC, but not much progress
🤨we need to do better
@myESMO @EASLedu
February 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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jama.com
Both a 2-dose and a 3-dose hepatitis B vaccine with a cytosine phosphoguanine adjuvant showed a superior seroprotection response compared to 3 doses of the conventional HepB-alum vaccine.

➡️ ja.ma/40A6EBf

#MedSky
Figure 3. Seroprotection Response to the Hepatitis B Vaccine by Scheduled Study Weeks
January 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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atoosarabiee.bsky.social
💡PEth gets another win!

Compared to previously used non-invasive tests in differentiating MetALD from MASLD

#liversky

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Head‐to‐Head Comparison Between Phosphatidylethanol Versus Indirect Alcohol Biomarkers for Diagnosis of MetALD Versus MASLD: A Prospective Study
Using a well-phenotyped prospective cohort with systematic assessment through MRI-PDFF, MRE, and PEth testing, this study demonstrates that PEth is an accurate, quantitative, objective alcohol biomar...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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erictopol.bsky.social
We ought to change "sweet tooth" to "sweet gut"! erictopol.substack.com/p/how-our-gu...
How Our Gut Microbiome Can Drive Sugar Cravings
More Evidence for Our Gut Taking Center Stage for What We Eat
erictopol.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
vivianortizmd.bsky.social
Significant Reversal of Compensated Cirrhosis (F4) Due to MASH
#LiverSky #MedSky

www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
Akero Therapeutics Reports Preliminary Topline Results Showing Statistically Significant Reversal of Compensated Cirrhosis (F4) Due to MASH—by Both Completer and ITT Analyses—at Week 96 in Phase 2b SY...
Among patients with baseline and week 96 biopsies, 39% of the 50mg EFX group (p=0.009) demonstrated ≥1 stage improvement in fibrosis with no worsening of...
www.globenewswire.com
January 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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nature.com
Nature research paper: CD45-PET is a robust, non-invasive tool for imaging inflammation

https://go.nature.com/4jmStIF
CD45-PET is a robust, non-invasive tool for imaging inflammation - Nature
A non-invasive in vivo positron emission tomography imaging approach detects inflammatory disease using various preclinical models.
go.nature.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
vivianortizmd.bsky.social
When my patients show up with accessories that make my day...

#goals #medicine
January 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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arndtvogel.bsky.social
Utility of methylated DNA markers for the diagnosis of malignant biliary strictures
doi.org/10.1097/HEP....
@HEP_Journal
👉identification of malignant biliary strictures is challenging
👉Bile can be valuable for NGS & methylated DNA markers
@myESMO @EASLedu @ILCAnews #livertwitter @curecc
January 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM