The outcomes of adult liver transplants in the United States from 1987 to 2013.

Background & Aims: In the past three decades, there have been major advances in the procedure and candidate selection for liver transplantation. The aim of this study was to assess the changes in outcomes of liver transplantations in the Unites States.

Methods: This observational study uses the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) that includes all liver transplants from 1987 to 2013 (N = 108 707 adults).

Inpatient economic and mortality assessment for liver transplantation: a nationwide study of the United States data from 2005 to 2009.

Background: Liver transplantation is a standard of care for treatment of end-stage liver disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate resource utilization for patients admitted to the U.S.

Studies on the Escherichia coli glucose-specific permease, PtsG, with a point mutation in its N-terminal amphipathic leader sequence.

Previous work has resulted in the isolation of several mutant glucose permeases (II(Glc) or PtsG) of the Escherichia coli phosphotransferase system (PTS) with altered N-terminal amphipathic leader sequences. The mutations were reported to (1). broaden permease substrate specificity, (2).