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ArticleLiver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver2025

Recompensation of Liver Cirrhosis by TIPS Reduces Epithelial Cell Death Markers, Translating Into Improved Clinical Outcome.

Felix Piecha, Beatrice-Victoria Jahn, Johannes Köntopf, Anja Koop, Ann-Kathrin Ozga, Amirah Al-Jawazneh, Aenne Harberts, Christoph Riedel, Peter Buggisch, Daniel Benten and 6 more

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Article in Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  4. [Clinical research progress in different stages of recompensated cirrhosis].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2025
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Felix PiechaDepartment of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2781-5088
Beatrice-Victoria JahnDepartment of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Johannes KöntopfDepartment of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Anja KoopDepartment of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Ann-Kathrin OzgaCenter for Experimental Medicine, Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Amirah Al-JawaznehDepartment of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Aenne HarbertsDepartment of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Christoph RiedelDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Peter BuggischIfi-Institute for Interdisciplinary Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Daniel BentenDepartment of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Peter HübenerDepartment of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7558-7625
Gerhard AdamDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Samuel HuberDepartment of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Ansgar W LohseDepartment of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Peter BannasDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Johannes KluweDepartment of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.

Funding

Deutsches Zentrum für InfektionsforschungFoundation Dr. BraunsUniversitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsPortal hypertension is the main pathophysiological driver of decompensation in patients with liver cirrhosis. Epithelial cell death markers, m30 and m65, correlate with hepatic injury and predict outcomes across various stages of liver disease. We aim (i) to evaluate whether portal hypertension itself contributes to liver outcome-relevant epithelial injury, and (ii) to analyse the capacity of m30/m65 to predict outcome in patients receiving a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) for refractory ascites.

methodsSixty-six patients undergoing TIPS placement for refractory ascites and 20 patients with compensated cirrhosis as controls were prospectively enrolled in this monocentric cohort study. Epithelial cell death markers were analysed pre-TIPS, as well as 1-3 and 6-9 months post-TIPS. The capacity of baseline levels of m30/m65 in predicting six-month transplant-free survival rates was analysed by multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression.

resultsLevels of m30 and m65 were higher in patients with decompensated cirrhosis (pre-TIPS) compared with compensated cirrhosis (controls). Following correction of portal hypertension by TIPS and recompensation, both markers decreased over time, reaching levels comparable to patients with compensated cirrhosis. On multivariable analysis, pre-TIPS baseline levels of m30 and m65 were not predictive for six-month survival.

conclusionCorrection of portal hypertension via TIPS reduces levels of epithelial cell death markers, indicating that portal hypertension is a driver of outcome-relevant, hepatic cell death in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. Baseline m30/m65 values do not affect six-month survival rates, which suggests that TIPS placement overcomes the unfavourable spontaneous prognosis otherwise indicated by elevated baseline m30/65 levels.

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AscitesEpithelial CellsHypertension, PortalKeratin-18Liver CirrhosisPeptide FragmentsPortasystemic Shunt, Transjugular IntrahepaticAdultAgedBiomarkersCase-Control StudiesCell DeathFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedBiomarkersKeratin-18M30 cytokeratin-18 peptide, humanM65 antigen, humanPeptide FragmentsACLFacute‐on chronic liver failureDAMPsm30m65portal hypertensiontransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

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PMID39533838
PMCPMC11897859

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