2018
Successful treatment of primary donor‐derived human herpesvirus‐8 infection and hepatic Kaposi Sarcoma in an adult liver transplant recipient
Fu W, Merola J, Malinis M, Lacy J, Barbieri A, Liapakis AH, Mulligan DC, Yoo PS. Successful treatment of primary donor‐derived human herpesvirus‐8 infection and hepatic Kaposi Sarcoma in an adult liver transplant recipient. Transplant Infectious Disease 2018, 20: e12966. PMID: 30014622, DOI: 10.1111/tid.12966.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsHuman herpesvirus 8 infectionHepatic Kaposi sarcomaKaposi's sarcomaTransplant recipientsAdult liver transplant recipientsRegression of KSSplit liver transplantAcute cellular rejectionLiver transplant recipientsSuccessful therapeutic strategiesAllograft functionCellular rejectionLiver transplantSeropositive donorsSuccessful treatmentLiposomal doxorubicinTherapeutic strategiesRecipientsSarcomaInfectionTreatmentImmunosuppressionPatientsMalignancyTransplantOptimal Intraoperative Assessment of Gastric Margins
Celli R, Barbieri AL, Colunga M, Sinard J, Gibson JA. Optimal Intraoperative Assessment of Gastric Margins. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2018, 150: 353-363. PMID: 30020407, DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqy062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntraoperative pathology consultationGastric marginPositive marginsTumor distanceMajority of casesRepresentative sectionsR0 resectionConsecutive patientsGastroesophageal junctionTumor sizeNegative marginsPatient outcomesIntraoperative assessmentPathology consultationPatientsStrong associationMargin assessmentTranslocation of a gut pathobiont drives autoimmunity in mice and humans
Vieira S, Hiltensperger M, Kumar V, Zegarra-Ruiz D, Dehner C, Khan N, Costa FRC, Tiniakou E, Greiling T, Ruff W, Barbieri A, Kriegel C, Mehta SS, Knight JR, Jain D, Goodman AL, Kriegel MA. Translocation of a gut pathobiont drives autoimmunity in mice and humans. Science 2018, 359: 1156-1161. PMID: 29590047, PMCID: PMC5959731, DOI: 10.1126/science.aar7201.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGut pathobiontAutoimmune-prone miceMurine findingsIntramuscular vaccinePathogenic autoantibodiesLiver biopsyAutoimmune responseAutoimmune patientsAntibiotic treatmentT cellsImmune diseasesAutoimmunitySusceptible humansPathobiontsSystemic tissuesHuman hepatocytesAutoantibodiesMortalityMiceCocultureHepatocytesGenetic backgroundTissueBiopsyPatients
2017
Two Cases of Primary Hepatic Neuroendocrine Tumors and a Review of the Current Literature
DeLuzio M, Barbieri A, Israel G, Emre S. Two Cases of Primary Hepatic Neuroendocrine Tumors and a Review of the Current Literature. Annals Of Hepatology 2017, 16: 621-629. PMID: 28611270, DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0010.0313.Peer-Reviewed Original Research