Online First Articles
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Yi SG, Sadhu AR, Jones SL, Turner K, Monsour H, Donahue K, et al. The Effect of Adrenal Replacement Therapy on Rates of Fungal Colonization and Mortality in Critically Ill Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation. J Clin Transl Hepatol. Published online: Sep 15, 2013. doi: 10.14218/JCTH.2013.00007.

Original Article

Infectious Hepatitis

High Frequency of Circulating IL-4R+SELL+ Naïve B Cells Is Associated with Functional Cure in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients Receiving Antiviral Treatment

Lili Tang, Chunmei Bao, Cheng Zhen, Huan Wang, Chao Zhang, Yang Zhang, Honghong Liu, Jinwen Song, Yanmei Jiao, Tao Yang, Yue Yuan, Jinhong Yuan, Yingying Gao, Yangliu Chen, Lin Cao, Jing Li, Jun-Liang Fu, Fu-Sheng Wang, Ruonan Xu

Published online: August 26, 2026

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Mass Cytometry Reveals Cell Type-specific Immune Remodeling in Placentas of Women with Chronic Hepatitis B Infection

Zirong Yang, Li Qi, Yang Bai, Weiwei Zhou, Wenjing Wang, Yunxia Zhu, Junfeng Lu

Published online: August 26, 2026

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Comparison of Peg-INF plus TDF versus TDF Monotherapy in Indeterminate-phase Chronic Hepatitis B Patients with High HBsAg levels, HBeAg-negative status, and Normal ALT Levels

Min Liu, An Xiao, Bing Bu, Lili Zuo, Yuting Zhang, Ling Zhu, Liping Huang, Yilan Wang, Jinbo Luo, Wei Yue, Jiawei Geng

Published online: August 4, 2026

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Hepatic and Biliary Neoplasia

Palmatine Induces TNNT1 Ubiquitination and Degradation to Potentiate Ferroptosis Sensitivity in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Xiaokang Wang, Fanci Xie, Chunhua Wang, Shangjun Zhou, Jiayu Wang, Zhijie Xu, Zhiyang Zhou

Published online: August 19, 2026

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Lipid Metabolism-related lncRNA Model Identifies AC026412.3 as a Driver of Fatty Acid β-oxidation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Lixin Liu, Yuhao Fan, Hao Zou, Sheng Hu, Kui Long, Lianghua Li, Chaosheng Xia, Hongyue Wang, Yang Liu, Runlin Feng, Zongqi Deng, Qiang Kang

Published online: August 13, 2026

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Metabolic Liver Diseases

Integrative Multi-omics and Machine Learning Reveal the Therapeutic Mechanisms of Juanyu-Xiaozhi Formula in Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Hepatic Fibrosis via the AP-1/PPARγ/SCD1 Axis

Zhiqiang Jin, Yi Huang, Cheng Zeng, Yueting Zhang, Yu Qiu, Yang Yang, Huabao Liu

Published online: August 7, 2026

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Comparative Efficacy of Promising Targets in the Treatment of Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Steatohepatitis: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis

Wenjing Ni, Jie Li, Xue Bai, Sisi Zhou, Xiangyu Wu, Leyao Jia, Zhuoru Jiang, Jiali Wu, Ming Li, Connie Wong, Chao Wu, Junping Shi, Mindie H. Nguyen

Published online: July 20, 2026

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Liver Injury, Autoimmune, and Cholestatic Diseases

Early Prediction of Non-recovery in Drug-induced Liver Injury by Integrating Genetic Variants and Clinical Variables: An Interpretable Machine Learning Approach

Jingjing Jiang, Weiwei Lou, Qing Li, Ziqiang Li, Weiqian Lou, Xichen Zhu, Qing Xie, Rongtao Lai

Published online: August 5, 2026

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Berberine Attenuates Hepatic Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome by Inhibiting Endothelial-mediated Neutrophil Recruitment and Activation

Yiken Lin, Wenjia Tian, Weiming Dai, Ning Chen, Huifeng Hao, Yulan Liu

Published online: July 20, 2026

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Liver Failure, Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension

Plasma Metabolites for Identifying Bacterial Infection in Acute-on-chronic Liver Failure: A Prospective Multicenter Study

Xiaotian Yang, Hai Li, Yan Huang, Guohong Deng, Beiling Li, Xianbo Wang, Zhongji Meng, Yubao Zheng, Yanhang Gao, Zhiping Qian, Feng Liu, Xiaobo Lu, Yu Shi, Jia Shang, Jing Liu, Hang Jia, Sumeng Li, Lining Guo, Xin Zheng

Published online: August 3, 2026

[ Html ] [ PDF Full-text ] [ Citations ] Doi: 10.14218/JCTH.2026.00384

Review Article

Reporting Completeness of Biliary Atresia Organoid Studies: A Scoping Review and Structured Audit

Guantong Li, Dayan Sun, Dingding Wang, Shuangshuang Li, Kaiyun Hua, Yichao Gu, Yanan Zhang, Yong Zhao, Junmin Liao, Jinshi Huang

Published online: August 26, 2026

[ Html ] [ PDF Full-text ] [ Citations ] Doi: 10.14218/JCTH.2026.00352

Molecular Basis and Clinical Significance of the High-risk Phenotype of Hepatitis B Virus Genotype C

Chenchen Huang, Zhongjian Liu, Jingyao Zhang, Tao Shen, Lei Sang

Published online: July 27, 2026

[ Html ] [ PDF Full-text ] [ Citations ] Doi: 10.14218/JCTH.2026.00247

Research Letter

qHBsAg Trajectories with Peg-IFNα-2b Add-on Therapy in Nucleos(t)ide Analog-experienced HBeAg-positive Chronic Hepatitis B

Kezhen Hu, Yanzhen Bi, Xiaoying Li, Xiangzhong Liu, Haoxi Wang, Yong Zhou, Yongning Xin

Published online: July 24, 2026

[ Html ] [ PDF Full-text ] [ Citations ] Doi: 10.14218/JCTH.2026.00175

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