OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Small-for-size syndrome in liver transplantation: Definition, pathophysiology and management	44
Combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma: An update on epidemiology, classification, diagnosis and management	33
Recent advances in immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma	28
Comparison and development of advanced machine learning tools to predict nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: An extended study	27
Critical role of estrogen in the progression of chronic liver diseases	25
Prevalence and characteristics of MAFLD in Chinese adults aged 40 years or older: A community-based study	24
ATP-citrate lyase regulates stemness and metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma via the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway	24
Fisetin mitigates hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury by regulating GSK3β/AMPK/NLRP3 inflammasome pathway	22
SNHG16 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma development via activating ECM receptor interaction pathway	20
Application of machine learning models for predicting acute kidney injury following donation after cardiac death liver transplantation	18
Management of hepatocellular carcinoma patients with portal vein tumor thrombosis: A narrative review	18
Recurrence and survival following microwave, radiofrequency ablation, and hepatic resection of colorectal liver metastases: A systematic review and network meta-analysis	17
Mitochondria: A critical hub for hepatic stellate cells activation during chronic liver diseases	16
Navigated liver surgery: State of the art and future perspectives	16
Differential methylation landscape of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and its precancerous lesions	15
Impact of treatment modalities on patients with recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation: Preliminary experience	15
Uses of a dedicated 3D reconstruction software with augmented and mixed reality in planning and performing advanced liver surgery and living donor liver transplantation (with videos)	14
Hangzhou criteria as downstaging criteria in hepatocellular carcinoma before liver transplantation: A multicenter study from China	14
Progress in hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure treatment in China: A large, multicenter, retrospective cohort study using a propensity score matching analysis	14
LC-MS-based lipidomic analysis in distinguishing patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis from nonalcoholic fatty liver	14
Hepatic vein in living donor liver transplantation	13
The pathologic relevance of metabolic criteria in patients with biopsy-proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic dysfunction associated fatty liver disease: A multicenter cross-sectional s	13
Presentation and surgical management of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis	12
Long noncoding RNA HAND2-AS1 reduced the viability of hepatocellular carcinoma via targeting microRNA-300/SOCS5 axis	12
Robotic isolated partial and complete hepatic caudate lobectomy: A single institution experience	12

Alpha-fetoprotein, protein induced by vitamin K absence or antagonist-II, lens culinaris agglutinin-reactive fraction of alpha-fetoprotein alone and in combination for early detection of hepatocellula	12
Biomarkers for response to immunotherapy in hepatobiliary malignancies	12
Postoperative adjuvant transcatheter arterial chemoembolization improves the prognosis of patients with huge hepatocellular carcinoma	12
Sequential transcatheter arterial chemoembolization and portal vein embolization before right hemihepatectomy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma	12
Artificial intelligence and liver transplantation: Looking for the best donor-recipient pairing	12
Influence of weight management on the prognosis of steatohepatitis in chronic hepatitis B patients during antiviral treatment	12
The latest research progress on minimally invasive treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma	11
Cross-talk between hepatic stellate cells and T lymphocytes in liver fibrosis	11
Biliary microbiota and mucin 4 impact the calcification of cholesterol gallstones	11
Complications of modern pancreaticoduodenectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Microbiology and risk factors for gram-positive Cocci bacteremia in biliary infections	10
Impact of referral pattern and timing of repair on surgical outcome after reconstruction of post-cholecystectomy bile duct injury: A multicenter study	10
Strategies for improving the efficacy of immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma	10
Prognostic factors influencing outcome in adult liver transplantation using hypernatremic organ donation after brain death	10
Delivery of genetic load during ex situ liver machine perfusion with potential for CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing: An innovative strategy for graft treatment	10
Current and emerging immunotherapeutic approaches for biliary tract cancers	10
NLRC3 alleviates hypoxia/reoxygenation induced inflammation in RAW264.7 cells by inhibiting K63-linked ubiquitination of TRAF6	10
The effects of stereotactic body radiotherapy on peripheral natural killer and CD3+CD56+ NKT-like cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma	10
Robotic surgery and liver transplantation: A single-center experience of 501 robotic donor hepatectomies	10
Conversion therapy in liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: What's new in the era of molecular and immune therapy?	9
Radiomics in pancreatic cancer for oncologist: Present and future	9
Efficacy and safety of sirolimus early conversion protocol in liver transplant patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: A single-arm, multicenter, prospective study	9
Intestinal microecology: A crucial strategy for targeted therapy of liver diseases	9
Challenge to ABO blood type barrier in living donor liver transplantation	9
Serum chitinase-3-like protein 1 is a biomarker of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B in China	8
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: Introducing the preoperative prediction score based on preoperative imaging	8
YAP activates pancreatic stellate cells and enhances pancreatic fibrosis	8
Alpha-fetoprotein and 18F-FDG standard uptake value predict tumor recurrence after liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombosis: Preliminary experience	8
SOX9 in biliary atresia: New insight for fibrosis progression	8
On-table hepatopancreatobiliary surgical consults for difficult cholecystectomies: A 7-year audit	8
Wnt/beta‐catenin signaling and its modulators in nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases	8
Diabetes mellitus is a risk factor of acute kidney injury in liver transplantation patients	8
Hepatic isolated ectopic adrenocortical adenoma mimicking metastatic liver tumor	8
Risk factors for delayed hemorrhage after endoscopic sphincterotomy	8
C C motif chemokine ligand 16 inhibits the progression of liver cirrhosis via inactivating hepatic stellate cells	8
Overexpression of anillin is related to poor prognosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma	8
Dynamic expression of hepatic GP73 mRNA and protein and circulating GP73 during hepatocytes malignant transformation	8
Predicting common bile duct stones by non-invasive parameters	8
Folfirinox chemotherapy prolongs stent patency in patients with malignant biliary obstruction due to unresectable pancreatic cancer	8
Hepatic artery reconstruction in pediatric liver transplantation: Experience from a single group	8
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt is effective in patients with chronic portal vein thrombosis and variceal bleeding	8
Prediction of early recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation based on computed tomography radiomics nomogram	8
Combination therapy of dabrafenib plus trametinib in patients with BRAF-mutated biliary tract cancer	7
The characteristics of liver injury induced by Amanita and clinical value of α-amanitin detection	7
Contribution of gut microbiota to drug-induced liver injury	7
Surgical outcomes and quality of life following exercise-based prehabilitation for hepato-pancreatico-biliary surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Liver injury in COVID-19: What do we know now?	7
The efficacy and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy in gallbladder masses	7
Added value of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging in liver surgery	7
No difference in mortality among ALPPS, two-staged hepatectomy, and portal vein embolization/ligation: A systematic review by updated traditional and network meta-analyses	7

Development and multicenter validation of a nomogram for preoperative prediction of lymph node positivity in pancreatic cancer (NeoPangram)	7
Monosegmental ALPPS combined with ante-situm liver resection: A novel strategy for end-stage hepatic alveolar echinococcosis	7
Three-dimensional modeling in complex liver surgery and liver transplantation	7
Toll-like receptors and hepatitis C virus infection	7
Melatonin attenuates hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats by inhibiting NF-κB signaling pathway	7
Robotic versus laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: A propensity score-matched analysis	7
Safety and efficacy of an integrated endovascular treatment strategy for early hepatic artery occlusion after liver transplantation	7
Hepatocellular carcinoma incidence post direct-acting antivirals in hepatitis C-related advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis patients in Australia	6
Gene knockout or inhibition of macrophage migration inhibitory factor alleviates lipopolysaccharide-induced liver injury via inhibiting inflammatory response	6
Ghrelin inhibits IKKβ/NF-κB activation and reduces pro-inflammatory cytokine production in pancreatic acinar AR42J cells treated with cerulein	6
Liver transplantation and BCLC classification: Limitations impede optimum treatment	6
Long-term survival after pancreaticoduodenectomy in patients with ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head	6
Relief of jaundice in malignant biliary obstruction: When should we consider endoscopic ultrasonography-guided hepaticogastrostomy as an option?	6
Aggressive surgical approach in patients with adrenal-only metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma enables higher survival rates than standard systemic therapy	6
Two-in-one: A pooled analysis of primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma combined/collided with hepatocellular carcinoma	6
Mechanisms and strategies to overcome immunotherapy resistance in hepatobiliary malignancies	6
MicroRNAs and long non-coding RNAs in liver surgery: Diagnostic and therapeutic merits	6
Meso-Rex bypass for the management of extrahepatic portal vein obstruction in adults (with video)	6
Early versus delayed intervention in necrotizing acute pancreatitis complicated by persistent organ failure	6
Polydatin ameliorates hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury by modulating macrophage polarization	6
Associations between obesity and metabolic health with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in elderly Chinese	6
Therapeutic effect of hydrogen peroxide via altered expression of glutathione S-transferase and peroxiredoxin-2 in hepatocellular carcinoma	6
Obesity is an important determinant of severity in newly defined metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease	6
Overexpression of transcription factor 3 drives hepatocarcinoma development by enhancing cell proliferation via activating Wnt signaling pathway	5
Torin2 overcomes sorafenib resistance via suppressing mTORC2-AKT-BAD pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma cells	5
Prediction of Clostridium difficile infection based on gut microbial traits in patients with Clostridium difficile colonization	5
Immunotherapy for hepatobiliary malignancies: Progress and prospective	5
Polyethylene glycol crosslinked decellularized single liver lobe scaffolds with vascular endothelial growth factor promotes angiogenesis in vivo	5
Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas: A systematic review of clinical, surgical and oncological characteristics of 1384 patients underwent pancreatic surgery	5
Preoperative lymphocyte to C-reactive protein ratio as a new prognostic indicator in patients with resectable gallbladder cancer	5
Telomerase reactivation is associated with hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancers	5
Radiomics in the diagnosis and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma	5
ADAMTS12 promotes migration and epithelial-mesenchymal transition and predicts poor prognosis for pancreatic cancer	5
Research progress of lncRNA and miRNA in hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury	5
Recent evolution of living donor liver transplantation at Kyoto University: How to achieve a one-year overall survival rate of 99%?	5
Involvement of the circular RNA/microRNA/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase axis in the pathological mechanism of hepatocellular carcinoma	5
Repeat hepatectomy for recurrent colorectal liver metastases: A comparative analysis of short- and long-term results	5
Perspective: Advances in liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma – A prototype for transplant oncology	5
Changes in thyroid function in patients with liver failure and their clinical significance: A clinical study of non-thyroidal illness syndrome in patients with liver failure	5
Laparoscopic hepatectomy is superior to open procedures for hepatic hemangioma	5
From conventional two-stage hepatectomy to ALPPS: Fifteen years of experience in a hepatobiliary surgery unit	5
High nuclear ABCG1 expression is a poor predictor for hepatocellular carcinoma patient survival	5
The role of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells in liver remodeling after injury	5
Gut microbiome and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	5
The critical role of therapeutic plasma exchange in ABO-incompatible liver transplantation	5
Do the existing staging systems for primary liver cancer apply to combined hepatocellular carcinoma-intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma?	5
Optimizing biliary outcomes in living donor liver transplantation: Evolution towards standardization in a high-volume center	5
Role of selected criteria and preventive chemotherapy in tumor recurrence after liver transplantation	5
Diagnostic accuracy of administrative database for bile duct cancer by ICD-10 code in a tertiary institute in Korea	5
Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome related to tacrolimus following liver transplantation	4
Living donor liver transplantation: A complex but worthwhile undertaking	4
Fecal microbiota transplantation has therapeutic effects on chronic hepatits B patients via altering composition of gut microbiota	4
Verteporfin synergizes the efficacy of anti-PD-1 in cholangiocarcinoma	4
Impact of cirrhosis-related complications on posttransplant survival in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure	4
Primary pancreatic lymphoma diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy	4
Laparoscopic combined with thoracoscopic transdiaphragmatic hepatectomy for hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma located in segment VII or VIII	4
Radiofrequency ablation is an inferior option to liver resection for solitary hepatocellular carcinoma ≤ 5 cm without cirrhosis: A population-based study with stratification by tumor size	4
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease aggravates acute pancreatitis through bacterial translocation and cholesterol metabolic dysregulation in the liver and pancreas in mice	4
Impact of Fuzheng Huayu tablet on antiviral effect of entecavir in patients with hepatitis B cirrhosis	4
Nanosecond pulsed electric field interrupts the glycogen metabolism in hepatocellular carcinoma by modifying the osteopontin pathway	4
Novel 3D preclinical model systems with primary human liver cells: Recent progresses, applications and future prospects	4
Complete resection of the gastric antrum decreased incidence and severity of delayed gastric emptying after pancreaticoduodenectomy	4
Efficacy and safety of conversion of percutaneous cholecystostomy to endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder stenting in high-risk surgical patients	4
Role of phosphorylated Smad3 signal components in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of pancreas	4
CK2α causes stemness and chemotherapy resistance in liver cancer through the Hedgehog signaling pathway	4
Occult pancreaticobiliary reflux is a pathogenic factor of some benign biliary diseases and gallbladder cancer	4
Predictors of recurrent bile duct stone after clearance by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: A case-control study	4
Intraoperative cholangiography 2020: Quo vadis? A systematic review of the literature	4
Prevalence and prognosis of acute pancreatitis in critically ill patients with COVID-19	4
Minimizing the risk of small-for-size syndrome after liver surgery	4
From NAFLD to MAFLD: Not just a change in the name	4
Development of preoperative prognostic models including radiological features for survival of singular nodular HCC patients	4
Simultaneous portal and hepatic vein embolization is better than portal embolization or ALPPS for hypertrophy of future liver remnant before major hepatectomy: A systematic review and network meta-ana	4
Hepatic abscess resulted from a toothpick piercing the gastric wall into the liver	4
Virtual navigation-guided radiofrequency ablation for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma invisible on ultrasound after hepatic resection	4
A mixed blessing for liver transplantation patients — Rapamycin	4
Exosome is involved in liver graft protection after remote ischemia reperfusion conditioning	4
Safety and immunogenicity of COVID-19 vaccination among liver transplant recipients in China	4