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C ENTER FOR LIVER DISEASES ( CLD)
Clinical Research Personnel
Members of the CLD integrated their clinical practice in Hepatology with
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clinical research department is staffed by Manirath Srishord, MSN, RN,
the Administrative Director of the center;; Fatema Nader, MSBM, CCRC,
the Research Program Manager;; a Research Project Manager, two Research
Coordinators, and a Research Assistant. Student researchers
have also contributed to various research activities at the center.
The following are publications and presentations by the researchers of
the Center for Liver Diseases for 2009:
BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTER, AND JOURNAL ARTICLES
1. Z Younossi, J Capeau (Co-Editors). Metabolic Complications from
Hepatitis C. Liver International (Supplement): Volume 29, Supple
ment 2;; 2009
2. A Baranova, A Birerdinc, M Estep, ZM Younossi. Pathogenesis of
obesity-related chronic liver diseases as the study case for the
systems biology. Textbook of Systems Biology for Signaling Net
works (Sangdun Choi, Editor). 2009
3. Z Younossi. Epidemiology and Clinical Presentation of Non Alco
holic Fatty Liver Disease. Proceeding of 8 th 10. Kallman JB, Arsalla A, Park V, Dhungel S, Bhatia P, Haddad D,
Wheeler A, Younossi ZM. Screening for Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver
Disease (NAFLD), Hepatitis B (HBV) and Hepatitis C (HCV: A
Survey of Community-based Physicians. Aliment Pharmacol
Ther.2009 May 1;;29(9):1019-24.
11. N Rafiq, Z Younossi. Evaluation and Management of Non-Alcoholic
Fatty Liver Disease. Clinics in Liver Disease 2009;; 13:249� 266
12. JM Estep, A Baranova, N Hossain, H Elariny, K Ankrah, A
Afendy, V Chandhoke, ZM. Younossi. Expression of Cytokine
Signaling Genes in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis and Hepatic
Fibrosis. Obes Surg. 2009 May;;19 (5):617-24.
International Meeting
on Therapy in Liver Disease 2010 (In Press).
4. J Kallman, Z Younossi. Quality of Life After Liver Transplantation
for Hepatitis C. Hepatitis C And Liver Transplantation Textbook
(Sandeep Mukherjee, MBBCh, Editor), 2010 (In press)
5. Nila Rafiq, and Zobair M. Younossi. Hepatic Changes of Obesity
and the Effects of Weight Loss. Handbook of Obesity Surgery.
Current Concepts and Therapy of Morbid Obesity and Related
Diseases. Editors: Mervyn Deitel, Michel Gagner, John B. Dixon,
Atul K. Madan, Jacques Himpens (In Press 2010)
6. M Randhawa, T Huff, JC Valencia, ZM Younossi, V Chandhoke,
VJ. Hearing, A Baranova. Evidence for the Ectopic Synthesis of
Melanin in Human Adipose Tissue. FASEB J. 2009 Mar;;23
(3):835-43.
7. N Rafiq, CH Bai, Y Fang, M Srishord, A McCullough, T Gramlich,
ZM Younossi. Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients with Non- Alco
holic Fatty Liver. Clinical Gastro and Hepatology 2009;; 7(2):234-8
8. Z Younossi, A McCullough. Metabolic Syndrome, Non-Alcoholic
Fatty Liver Disease and Hepatitis C Virus: Impact on Disease Pro
gression and Treatment Response. Liver Int 2009 Mar;; 29 Suppl
2:3-12.
9. B Lam, Z Younossi. Treatment of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Dis
ease. Annals of Hepatology 2009;; 8 (1): Supplement: S51-S59
13. N Hossain, A Afendy, M Stepanova, F Nader, M Srishord, Z Good
man, Z Younossi. Independent Predictors of Fibrosis in Patients
with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepa
tol. Nov 2009;;7(11):1224-9
14. ZM. Younossi, A Afendy, M Stepanova, N Hossain, I Younossi, K
Ankrah, T Gramlich, A Baranova. Gene Expression Profile Associ
ated with Superimposed Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Pa
tients with Chronic Hepatitis C. Liver Int. 2009 Jun 3. [Epub ahead
of print]
15. J Ong, M Stepanova, ZM Younossi. Outcomes of patients with
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. J of Hepatology 2009 M a y
27. [Epub ahead of print]
16. B Lam, ZM Younossi. Treatment options for Non-Alcoholic Fatty
Liver Disease. Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology 2010
(In Press).
17. M Stepanova, N Houssain, A Afendy, ZD. Goodman, A Baranova,
ZM Younossi. Hepatic Gene Expression of Caucasian and
African-American Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver
Disease. Obesity Surgery 2010 (In Press).
18. JP Ong, ZM Younossi. Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease after
Liver Transplantation: A Case of Nurture and Nature. Am J of
Gastroenterology 2010 (In Press).
19. M Stepanova, R Aquino, A Alsheddi, R Gupta, Y Fang, ZM
Younossi. Clinical Predictors of Fibrosis in Patients with
Chronic Liver Disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2010 (In
Press).
20. Z Younossi, A Baranova, M Stepanova, V Calvert, A Afendy, Z
Goodman, L Liotta, E Petricoin. Proteomics Biomarkers
Predicting Non-Alcoholic Steatoheaptitis and Fibrosis. (In press
2010)
21. J Kallman, A Wheeler, HK Alathari, Y Fang, M Stepanova, H El
rainy, ZM Younossi. Association of Components of Metabolic Syn
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