Abstracts

Title Authors Conference Conference Year
Effects of Breast Milk Intake on Infants with Biliary Atresia Mary Tessier, Sarah Taylor, Sonny Harpavat, Kyle Jensen, Vicky Ng, Stacey Beer, Michael Scheurer North American Society For Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition (NASPGHAN) 2022
Hepatic XBP1 Target Expression is Attenuated in Pediatric Patients with Biliary Atresia and Weanling Mice Undergoing Bile Duct Ligation Alyssa Kriegermeier, Angela Hyon, Brian LeCuyer, Xiaoying Liu, Richard Green North American Society For Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition (NASPGHAN) 2022
Analysis of protein biomarkers to identify mitochondrial hepatopathies from other liver diseases  Ron Sokol, Marisa Friederich, Dana Strode, Roxanne Van Hove, Kristen Miller, Linda Gabel, Simon Horslen, Rohit Kohli, Mark Lovell, Alex Miethke, Jean Molleston, Rene Romero, Jim Squires, Rob Squires, Shikha Sundaram, John Magee, Johan Van Hove AussieMit Conference and Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism (SSIEM) 2022
Severe Sarcopenia in Children with Chronic Intrahepatic Cholestatic Liver Disease Does Not Correlate with Cholestasis Julia Boster, Nate Goodrich, Cathie Spino, Kathleen Loomes, Estella Alonso, Binita Kamath, Ron Sokol, Shikha Sundaram American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) 2022
Distinct immune-metabolic signatures at diagnosis of biliary atresia are associated with future survival with native liver Sarah Taylor, Sanjiv Harpavat, Jason Miska, Kyle Gromer, Saul Karpen, Ron Sokol, Navdeep Chandel, Estella Alonso, Cara Mack American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) 2022
The Plasma Proteome in Pediatric Cholestasis Reveals Biomarkers of Liver Stiffness and Suggests a Role for Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Fibrogenesis Ben Shneider, Rupa Kanchi, Sandra Grimm, Jeremy Schraw, Jorge Bezerra, Kathleen Loomes, John Magee, Ron Sokol, Kasper Wang, Estella Alonso, Evelyn Hsu, Jean Molleston, Phil Rosenthal, Saul Karpen, Simon Horslen, Kyle Jensen, Binita Kamath, Phil Lupo, Cristian Coarfa American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) 2022
Accuracy of GDF15 and FGF21 to Differentiate Mitochondrial Hepatopathies from Other Pediatric Liver Diseases Ron Sokol, Marisa Friederich, Dana Strode, Roxanne Van Hove, Kristen Miller, Linda Gabel, Simon Horslen, Rohit Kohli, Mark Lovell, Alex Miethke, Jean Molleston, Rene Romero, Jim Squires, Rob Squires, Shikha Sundaram, John Magee, Johan Van Hove American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) 2022
Hepatic XBP1 Target Expression is Attenuated in Pediatric Patients with Biliary Atresia and Weanling Mice Undergoing Bile Duct Ligation Alyssa Kriegermeier, Angela Hyon, Brian LeCuyer, Xiaoying Liu, Richard Green American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) 2022
Quantifying Fibrosis from the Diagnostic Needle Liver Biopsy in Biliary Atresia, Using Second-Harmonic Generation/Two-Photon Excited Fluorescence Microscopy  Sanjiv Harpavat, Jeremy Schraw, Rupa Kanchi, Gideon Ho, Alvin Leong, Teng Xiao, Henry Shiau, Kalyani Patel, Cristian Coarfa, Ben Shneider American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) 2022
Serum levels of 3 cytokines in Biliary Atresia at the time of Kasai Portoenterostomy are associated with future outcomes Taylor S, Harpavat S, Gromer K, Karpen S, Alonso E, Mack C American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2021
Amphiregulin mediates Treg-protection of cholangiocytes from immune mediated injury and its hepatic expression is associated with clinical outcome in biliary atresia Kudira R, Pfuhler L, Wayman J, Yang Z, Osuji I, Dong S, Karns R, Mullen M, Bariya P, Bernieh A, Ranganathan S, Fei L, Hildeman D, Miraldi E, Miethke A American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2021
Utilization of Multi-center Prospective Longitudinal Databases to Inform Clinical Trials in Rare Diseases - Examination of Cholestatis Liver Disease in Alagille Syndrome (ALGS) Shneider B, Kamath B, Magee J, Goodrich N, Loomes K, Ye W, Spino C, Alonso E, Molleston J, Bezerra J, Wang K, Horslen S, Guthery S, Sokol R American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2021
Accuracy of Serum MMP-7 as a Diagnostic Biomarker for Biliary Atresia in a Large U.S. Cohort Pandurangi S, Mourya R, Nalluri S, Fei L, Dong S, Harpavat S, Guthery S, Rao G, Rosenthal P, Sokol R, Wang K, Alonso E, Hsu E, Karpen S, Loomes K, Magee J, Shneider B, Squires R, Teckman J, Bezerra J American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2021

The presence of a truncating mutation in ABCB11 abrogates the beneficial effect of a residual function mutation on the course of severe bile salt export pump deficiency.

Verkade H, Gonzales E, Thompson R, Jankowski I, Shneider B, Hansen B, Wessel D, Felzen A

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2020

Preliminary analysis of ITCH and IMAGINE II – outcome of long-term administration of maralixibat in children with alagille syndrome

Shneider B, Spino C, Kamath B, Magee J, Alonso E, Miethke A, Molleston J, McKiernan P, Horslen S, Loomes K, Mack C, Rosenthal P, Karpen S, Leung D, Guthery S, Kohli R, Sokol R

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2020

Native liver survival in patients with FIC1 deficiency: impact of genotype, serum bile acid concentrations and surgical biliary diversion

Verkade H, Gonzales E, Thompson R, Jankowski I, Shneider B, Hansen B, Wessel D,  Felzen A, Alonso E, Sokol R, Suchy F, Loomes K, McKiernan P, Rosenthal P, Turmelle Y, Rao G, Horslen S, Kamath B 

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2020

Association of serum biomarkers with liver stiffness assessed by transient elastography in 330 children with cholestatic liver disease

Leung D, Devaraj S, Goodrich N, Chen X, Rajapakshe D, Ye W, Andreev V, Minard C, Guffey D, Molleston J, Bass L, Karpen S, Kamath B, Wang K, Sundaram S, Rosenthal P, McKiernan P, Loomes K, Jensen M, Horslen S, Bezerra J, Magee J, Merion R, Sokol R, Shneider B American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2020

Prognostic value of serum bile acids after achieving bile flow with the kasai portoenterostomy in biliary atresia

Harpavat S, Hawthorne K, Shneider B, Henn L, Beil C, Karpen S, Ng V, Setchell K, Alonso E, Bezerra J, Guthery S, Horslen S, Kamath B, Loomes K, McKiernan P, Magee J, Merion R, Molleston J, Rosenthal P, Thompson R, Wang K, Sokol R, Heubi J American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2020
Novel serum biomarkers of portal hypertension in children with biliary atresia Osborn J, Mourya R, Su W, Fei L, Shivakumar P, Bezerra J American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2020
Liver stiffness assessed by transient elastography is associated with parameters of liver disease and portal hypertension in 535 cholestatic children: Baseline results of the multi-center prospective FORCE study Shneider B, Goodrich N, Ye W, Sawyer C, Molleston J, Merion B, Leung D, Karpen S, Kamath B, Cavallo L, Wang K, Teckman J, Squires J, Sundaram S, Rosenthal P, Romero R, Murray K, Loomes K, Jensen K, Bezerra J, Bass L, Sokol R, Magee J American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2019
Cholangiocyte-specific IgM autoantibodies correlate with poor outcome in biliary atresia Luo Y, Brigham D, Bednarek J, Torres R, Mack C American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2019
Identification of ABCC12 as a novel causative gene in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis and bile duct paucity Pham DH, Xu L, Ellis J, Shi T, Mullen M, Valencia CA,  Evason K, Shanmukhappa SK, Zhang K, Miethke A, Yin C American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)  2019
Hepatic regulatory T cell responses in biliary atresia are controlled by bile acids via induction of STAT3 and are linked to surgical outcomes of Kasai portoenterostomy Kudira R, Osuji I, Karns R, Fei L, Lam S, Taylor A, Mullen M, Shi T, Zhang W, Setchell K, Miethke A American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2019

Neurocognitive Outcomes in Older Children with Biliary Atresia and Native Liver: Results from the Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN) Study

Squires JE, Sorensen LG, Fredericks EM, Ng VL, Hawthorne K, Henn L, Murray KF, Loomes KM, Karpen SJ, Cavallo LA, Molleston JP, Bezerra JA, Rosenthal P, Squires RH, Wang KS, Schwarz KB, Guthery SL, Kamath BM, Alonso EM, Magee JC, and Sokol RJ for the ChiLDReN Network.

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD): November 11, 2018 2018

Predictors of Outcome in Children with Biliary Atresia Surviving with Native Liver at Two Years of Age

Venkat VL, Ng VL, Magee JC,Ye W, Hawthorne K, Harpavat S, Murray KF, Wang KS, Mack CL, Molleston JP,  Lin HC, Bass L, Soufi N, Bezerra JA, Guthery SL, Rosenthal P, Sokol RJ, Karpen SJ for the Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD): November 12, 2018 2018

Prognostic Value of Serum Bile Acids after Kasai Portoenterostomy in Biliary Atresia

Harpavat S, Heubi JE, Karpen SJ, Ng V, Setchell KD, Shneider BL, Alonso EM, Bezerra JA, Guthery SL, Loomes KM, Magee JC, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Rosenthal P, Sherker AH, Squires RH, Wang KS, Sokol RJ for the Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD): November 11, 2018 2018

A Molecular Signature Predicts 2‐Year Outcome of Biliary Atresia and Identifies a Therapeutic Target to Suppress Fibrosis

Luo Z, Mourya R, Shivakumar P, Gutta S, Bezerra J, The Liver Care Center and Divisions of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD): November 13th, 2018 2018
Natural History and Risk Factors for Variceal Hemorrhage in Biliary Atresia: Results of a Prospective Multi-Center Longitudinal Analysis Bass LM, Ye W, Hawthorne K, Leung DH, Murray, KF, Molleston JP, Romero R, Sokol RJ, Karpen SJ, Rosenthal P, Loomes KM, Wang KS, Squires RH, Bezerra JA, Kamath BM, Guthery SL, Magee JC, Shneider BL, for the ChiLDReN Network.  Digestive Diseases Week (DDW), Washington DC: June 2-5, 2018 2018
Identification of PKD1L1 Gene Variants in Biliary Atresia Patients with Structural Malformations (BASM) Berauer JP, Mezina A, Okoul D, Sabo A, Hegde M, Chopra P, Perlmutter DH, Bull L, Thompson, RL, Spinner N, Loomes KM, Rajagopalan R, Guthery SL, Moore B, Shneider BL, Kamath BM, Molleston JP, Bezerra JA, Murray KF, Alonso E, Rosenthal P, Squires RH, Sokol RJ, Wang KS, Magee JC, Sherker AH, and Karpen SJ for the ChiLDReN Network American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 68th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: October 20-24, 2017 2017
Characteristics and Outcomes of Pediatric Cholestasis in Alagille Syndrome in the Modern Era: Results of a Multi-Centre Prospective Observational Study Kamath BM, Ye W, Goodrich N, Loomes KM, Romero R, Heubi JE, Leung DH, Spinner NB, Piccoli DA,  Karpen SJ, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Rosenthal P, Teckman J, Wang KS, Sherker AH,  Magee JC, for the ChiLDReN Network American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 68th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: October 20-24, 2017 2017
Neurocognitive status in Alagille Syndrome: Results of a Multi-Center Prospective Observational Study Leung DH, Sorensen LG, Ye W, Hawthorne K, Kamath BM, Ng VL, Loomes KM, Fredericks EM, Sokol RJ, Squires JE, Karpen SJ, Molleston JP, Heubi JE, Murray KF, Wang KS, Rosenthal P, Teckman J, Sherker AH,  Magee JC, for the ChiLDReN Network American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 68th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: October 20-24, 2017 2017
Results of ITCH, A Multi-center Randomized Double-blind Placebo-controlled Trial of Maralixibat, an Ileal Apical Sodium-dependent Bile Acid Transporter Inhibitor (ASBTi), for Pruritus in Alagille Syndrome Shneider BL, Spino C, Kamath BM, Magee JC, Whitington PF, Setchell KD, Miethke AG, Molleston JP, Mack CL, Squires RH, Murray KF, Loomes KM, Rosenthal P, Karpen SJ, Leung DH, Guthery SL, Thomas D, Sherker AH,  Sokol RJ, for the ChiLDReN Network American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 68th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: October 20-24, 2017 2017
Unraveling the Relationship between Itching, Scratch Scales and Biomarkers in Children with Alagille Syndrome Kamath BM, Shneider BL, Spino C, Magee JC, Whitington PF, Setchell KD, Miethke AG, Molleston JP, Mack CL, Squires RH, Murray KF, Loomes KM, Rosenthal P, Karpen SJ, Leung DH, Guthery SL, Thomas D, Sherker AH,  Sokol RJ, for the ChiLDReN Network American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 68th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: October 20-24, 2017 2017
Correlation of Immune Markers with Short-term Outcomes in Biliary Atresia following IVIg Treatment Mack CL, Moore J,  Kim S, Spino C, Whitington PF, Bezerra JA, Goodhue C, Ng VL, Karpen SJ, Venkat VL, Loomes K, Wang KS, Sherker AH, , Magee JC, Sokol RJ, for the ChiLDReN Network American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 68th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: October 20-24, 2017 2017
Spectrum of Clinical Presentation and Genetic Causes of Mitochondrial Hepatopathies Squires JE, Miethke AG, Hawthorne K, Van Hove J, Molleston JP, Kerkar N, Squires RH, Horslen SP, Barasa N, Valencia AC, Alonso EM, Bezerra JA, Guthery SL,  Hertel PM, Kamath BM, Karpen SJ, Loomes KM, Rosenthal P, Wang KS, Sherker AH,  Magee JC, Sokol RJ for the ChiLDReN Network American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 68th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: October 20-24, 2017 2017
A Biomarker Associated with Increased Risk for the Future Development of Portal Hypertension in Children with Alpha-1-AT Deficiency Teckman J, Buchanan P, Tan L, Blomenkamp K, Lomas, D American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 68th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: October 20-24, 2017 2017
Heat shock chaperone STIP1 as a modulator and genetic risk factor for extra-hepatic biliary atresia Zhao X, Rajagopalan R, Loomes KM, Spinner NB, Pack M American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 68th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: October 20-24, 2017 2017
Baseline Liver Echotexture in Children with Cystic Fibrosis Predicts Changes Over Time in Non-Invasive Biomarkers of Fibrosis and Portal Hypertension Ling S, Ye W, Leung DH, Weymann A, Karnsakul W, Freeman AJ, Magee JC, Narkewicz MR American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 68th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: October 20-24, 2017 2017
Characteristics and Outcomes of Pediatric Cholestasis in Alagille Syndrome in the Modern Era: Results of a Multi-Centre Prospective Observational Study Kamath BM, Ye W, Goodrich N, Loomes KM, Romero R, Heubi JE, Leung DH, Spinner NB, Piccoli DA,  Karpen SJ, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Rosenthal P, Teckman J, Wang KS, Sherker AH,  Magee JC, for the ChiLDReN Network North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) 31st Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV: November 1-4, 2017 2017
Neurocognitive status in Alagille Syndrome: Results of a Multi-Center Prospective Observational Study Leung DH, Sorensen LG, Ye W, Hawthorne K, Kamath BM, Ng VL, Loomes KM, Fredericks EM, Sokol RJ, Squires JE, Karpen SJ, Molleston JP, Heubi JE, Murray KF, Wang KS, Rosenthal P, Teckman J, Sherker AH,  Magee JC, for the ChiLDReN Network North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) 31st Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV: November 1-4, 2017 2017
Results of ITCH, A Multi-center Randomized Double-blind Placebo-controlled Trial of Maralixibat, an Ileal Apical Sodium-dependent Bile Acid Transporter Inhibitor (ASBTi), for Pruritus in Alagille Syndrome Shneider BL, Spino C, Kamath BM, Magee JC, Whitington PF, Setchell KD, Miethke AG, Molleston JP, Mack CL, Squires RH, Murray KF, Loomes KM, Rosenthal P, Karpen SJ, Leung DH, Guthery SL, Thomas D, Sherker AH,  Sokol RJ, for the ChiLDReN Network North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) 31st Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV: November 1-4, 2017 2017
Unraveling the Relationship between Itching, Scratch Scales and Biomarkers in Children with Alagille Syndrome Kamath BM, Shneider BL, Spino C, Magee JC, Whitington PF, Setchell KD, Miethke AG, Molleston JP, Mack CL, Squires RH, Murray KF, Loomes KM, Rosenthal P, Karpen SJ, Leung DH, Guthery SL, Thomas D, Sherker AH,  Sokol RJ, for the ChiLDReN Network North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) 31st Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV: November 1-4, 2017 2017
Correlation of Immune Markers with Short-term Outcomes in Biliary Atresia following IVIg Treatment Mack CL, Moore J,  Kim S, Spino C, Whitington PF, Bezerra JA, Goodhue C, Ng VL, Karpen SJ, Venkat VL, Loomes K, Wang KS, Sherker AH, , Magee JC, Sokol RJ, for the ChiLDReN Network North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) 31st Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV: November 1-4, 2017 2017
A Cross-sectional Multi-center Analysis of Clinical Features of Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC) – Initial Results of the ChiLDReN LOGIC Protocol Hertel PM, Goodrich N, Thompson R, Bull LN, Ye W, Bass LM, Bozic MA, Heubi JE, Murray KF, Kim GE, Sarangarajan R, Squires RH, Suchy FJ, Superina R. Teckman J, Wang KS, Loomes KM, Kamath BM, Romero R, Karpen SJ, Magee JC Sherker AH, Sokol RJ, Shneider BL for the ChiLDReN Network North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) 31st Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV: November 1-4, 2017 2017
Simple Biomarkers Correlate with Liver Ultrasound Scan Abnormalities in Children with CF Ling SC, Ye W, Leung D, Weymann A, Karnsakul W, Freeman AJ, Magee JC, Narkewicz MR , for the CFLD-NET American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 67th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: November 11-15, 2016 2016
Identifies MMP-7 as Biomark of Biliary Atresia Lertudomphonwanit C, Mourya R, Fei L, Zhang Y, Shivakumar P, Bezerra JA American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 67th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: November 11-15, 2016 2016
Impact of Steroid Therapy on Early Growth in Infants with Biliary Atresia Alonso EM, Hawthorne K, Ye W, Venkat V, Loomes K, Mack CL, Hertel PM, Karpen SJ, Kerkar N, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Romero R, Rosenthal P, Schwarz K, Shneider BL, Suchy FJ, Turmelle YP, Wang KS, Whitington PF, Sherker AH, Sokol RJ, Bezerra JA, Magee JC, for the ChiLDReN Network American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 67th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: November 11-15, 2016 2016
Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) Following Portoenterostomy in Infants with Biliary Atresia: a Phase 1/2A Trial Sokol RJ, Spino C, Moore J,  Bezerra JA, Whitington PF, Karpen SJ, Loomes K, Ng VL, Venkat VL, Wang KS, Goodhue C, Sherker AH, Magee JC, Mack CL American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 67th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: November 11-15, 2016 2016
Simple Biomarkers Correlate with Liver Ultrasound Scan Abnormalities in Children with CF Ling SC, Ye W, Leung D, Weymann A, Karnsakul W, Freeman AJ, Magee JC, Narkewicz MR , for the CFLD-NET North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC) 30th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL: October 27-29, 2016 2016
Death is Rare and Progression to Transplant is Slow, Despite a Burden of Portal Hypertension, in Longitudinal Outcomes of Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency from the ChiLDReN Cohort Teckman J, Rosenthal P, Bass L, Murray KF, Kerkar N, Magee JC, Karpen SJ, Heubi JE, Molleston JP, Squires R, Kamath BM, Guthery SL, Shneider BL, Loomes K, Hawthorne K, Spino C, Sokol RJ for the ChiLDReN Network World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Health and Nutrition (WCPGHAN) 5th Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada: October 5-8, 2016 2016
Frequency and Risk Factors for Variceal Hemorrhage in CFF Registry Patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Cirrhosis Ye W, Narkewicz M, Bass L, Leung D, Karnsakul W, Murray KF, Alonso EM, Magee JC, Schwarzenberg SJ, Weymann A, Molleston JP World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Health and Nutrition (WCPGHAN) 5th Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada: October 5-8, 2016 2016
DXA Bone Density in Alagille Syndrome Correlates with Fracture History and Degree of Cholestasis Loomes KM, Spino C, Goodrich N, Hangartner T, Marker A, Heubi JE, Kamath BM, Shneider BL, Rosenthal P, Hertel PM, Karpen SJ, Kerkar N, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Schwarz KB, Teckman J, Turmelle YP, Whitington PF, Sherker AH, Magee JC, Sokol RJ for the Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN) World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Health and Nutrition (WCPGHAN) 5th Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada: October 5-8, 2016 2016
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Patients with Biliary Atresia and Native Liver at Ages 1 and 2 Years: Results from ChiLDReN Ng VL, Sorensen LG, Alonso EM, Fredericks EM, Ye W, Karpen SJ, Shneider BL, Bezerra JA, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Rosenthal P,  Wang KS, Loomes K, Hertel PM, Kerkar N, Schwarz KB, Turmelle Y, Haber BH, Sherker AH, Magee JC, Sokol RJ for the ChiLDReN Network World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Health and Nutrition (WCPGHAN) 5th Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada: October 5-8, 2016 2016
Death is Rare and Progression to Transplant is Slow, Despite a Burden of Portal Hypertension, in Longitudinal Outcomes of Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency from the ChiLDReN Cohort Teckman J, Rosenthal P, Bass L, Murray KF, Kerkar N, Magee JC, Karpen SJ, Heubi JE, Molleston JP, Squires R, Kamath BM, Guthery SL, Shneider BL, Loomes K, Hawthorne K, Spino C, Sokol RJ for the ChiLDReN Network Digestive Disease Week (DDW), San Diego, CA: May 21-24, 2016 2016
DXA Bone Density in Alagille Syndrome Correlates with Fracture History and Degree of Cholestasis Loomes KM, Spino C, Goodrich N, Hangartner T, Marker A, Heubi JE, Kamath BM, Shneider BL, Rosenthal P, Hertel PM, Karpen SJ, Kerkar N, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Schwarz KB, Teckman J, Turmelle YP, Whitington PF, Sherker AH, Magee JC, Sokol RJ for the Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN) American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 66th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA: November 13-17, 2015 2015
Exome sequencing and de novo mutation analysis reveal a highly connected gene network in isolated biliary atresia Loomes KM, Rajagopalan R, Grochowski CM, Chen Y, Gilbert M, Devoto M, Spinner NB American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 66th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA: November 13-17, 2015 2015
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Patients with Biliary Atresia and Native Liver at Ages 1 and 2 Years: Results from ChiLDReN Ng VL, Sorensen LG, Alonso EM, Fredericks EM, Ye W, Karpen S, Shneider BL, Bezerra JA, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Rosenthal P,  Wang KS, Loomes K, Hertel PM, Kerkar N, Schwarz KB, Turmelle Y, Haber BH, Sherker AH, Magee JC, Sokol RJ for the ChiLDReN Network American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 66th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA: November 13-17, 2015 2015
Prospective Analysis of Presenting Features of Neonatal Cholestasis – Limitations in Predictive Models of Biliary Atresia Shneider BL, Magee JC, Kerkar N, Moore J, Ye W, Karpen S, Whitington P, Bezerra J, Hertel P, Molleston J, Wang K, Lin H, Squires R, Rosenthal P, Ng V, Turmelle Y, Schwarz K, Sherker A, Sokol R for ChiLDReN.   North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) 29th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: October 7-11, 2015 2015
A genome-wide association study identifies THBS2 as a candidate modifier of liver disease severity in Alagille syndrome Loomes KM, Tsai EA, Underkoffler LA, Grochowski C, Falsey A, Kamath BM, Lin H, Hankenson KD, Devoto M, Spinner NB American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 65th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: November 7-11, 2014 2014
Development of the Pictorial Preschool Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised: Child and Parent Report Cheney J, Saddington H, Shevill E, Wainwright C, Narkewicz M, Alpern AN, Quittner AL North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC) 28th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA: October 9-11, 2014 2014
High-dose corticosteroid therapy following portoenterostomy in infants with biliary atresia does not improve outcome: The multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled START Trial Bezerra JA, Spino C, Magee JC, Shneider BL, Rosenthal P, Wang KS, Erlichman J, Haber B, Hertel PM, Karpen SJ, Kerkar N, Loomes KM, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Romero R, Schwarz KB, Shepherd R, Suchy FJ, Turmelle, YP, Whitington PF, Moore J, Sherker AH, Robuck PR, and Sokol RJ for the Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network (ChiLDREN) American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 64th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: November 1-5, 2013 2013
Later diagnosis and CF related diabetes are associated with abnormal UltraSound (US) in children with CF in the CF Liver Disease Network Study Narkewicz MR, Leung D, Molleston JP, Weymann A, Pranjape S, Romero R, Schwarzenberg SJ, Palermo J, Siegel M, Krishnamurthy R, Karmazyn B, Harned R, Ye W and Magee JC for the CFLD Network Group North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC) 27th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT: October 17-19, 2013 2013
Evaluation guidelines for suspected mitochondrial hepatopathies Molleston J, Sokol RJ, Karsakul WW, Miethke AG, Magee JC, Squires RH, VanHove JL for the Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Health and Nutrition (WCPGHAN) Taipei, Taiwan: November 14-18, 2012 2012
High frequency of unsuspected cirrhosis in children with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Narkewicz MR, Leung DH, Molleston JP, Weymann A, Ling S, Pranjape S, Schwarzenberg SJ, Palermo J, Romero R, Siegel M, Ye W and Magee JC. for the CFLD Network Group American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 63rd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: November 9-13, 2012 2012
A toxin that induces biliary atresia causes disruption of microtubules and loss of primary cilia Karjoo S, Pack M, Porter JR and Wells R American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 63rd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: November 9-13, 2012 2012
Primary cilia are absent in human biliary remnants and in extra-hepatic ducts of RRV mice Karjoo S, Hand NJ, Russo P, Friedman J and Wells R American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 63rd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: November 9-13, 2012 2012
Quality of Life in Alagille syndrome is associated with growth failure and cardiac defects Kamath BM, Chen Z, Romero R, Fredericks E and Magee J for the Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 63rd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: November 9-13, 2012 2012
Bile salt kinetics in children with genetic cholestasis and bile diversion therapy Jericho H, Westfall E, Knisely A, Verkade H and Whitington P American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 63rd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: November 9-13, 2012 2012
High-throughput mutation screen identifies high frequency of double and triple heterozygous gene variants in patients with idiopathic cholestasis Dexheimer P, Connor J, Karns R, Miethke A, Aronow B, Zhang K and Bezerra J American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 63rd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: November 9-13, 2012 2012
Evaluation guidelines for suspected mitochondrial hepatopathies Molleston J, Sokol RJ, Karsakul WW, Miethke AG, Magee JC, Squires RH, VanHove JL for the Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) 26th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT: October 18-20, 2012 2012
Baseline analysis of the largest reported cohort of children and young adults with Alpha-1-Antitrypsin deficiency liver disease reveals a significant burden of portal hypertension without jaundice Teckman J, Spino C, Murray KF, Haber B, Rudnick DA, Abel R, Thomas DW and Rosenthal P Digestive Diseases Week (DDW), San Diego, CA: May 19-21, 2012 2012
Key histopathogical features on initial liver biopsy correlate with biliary atresia and outcome post-Kasai Russo P, Kim G, White F, Bove K, Finegold M, Anders R, Melin-Aldana H, Lovell M, Magid M, Jaffe R, Cummings B, Finn L, Wang L, Shehata B, Spino C and Magee J. for the Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network

The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology-Society for Pediatric Pathology (USCAP-SPP) Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada: March 17-23, 2012

2012
Serum microRNA is a novel biomarker of biliary atresia Zahm A, Hand NJ, Horner A and Friedman J American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 62nd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA: November 4-8, 2011 2011
Prospective multicenter analysis of post-operative total bilirubin as a biomarker for short-term outcome after hepatoportoenterostomy for biliary atresia Shneider BL, Magee JC, Karpen SJ, Rand E, Narkewicz M, Schwarz K, Whitington PF, Bezerra JA, Kerkar N, Haber B, Rosenthal P, Turmelle Y, Molleston J, Murray KF, Ng V, Wang KS, Romero R, Moore J, Robuck PR and Sokol RJ American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 62nd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA: November 4-8, 2011 2011
Medical status of 192 children with biliary atresia surviving >5 years after Kasai portoenterostomy with their native liver Ng VL, Haber B, Magee J, Karpen S, Miethke A, Schwarz K, Shneider B, Whitington P, Turmelle Y, Kerkar N, Rosenthal P, Molleston J, Wang K, Romero R, Murray K, Abel R and Sokol R for the Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 62nd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA: November 4-8, 2011 2011
A molecular signature of biliary atresia highly distinct from other cholestatic diseases at diagnosis Bessho K, Mourya R, Dilbone E, Kaimal V, Xu H, Shivakumar P, Rao M, Jegga AG and Bezerra JA American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 62nd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA: November 4-8, 2011 2011
Prevalence of acute asymptomatic group A rotavirus infection in cholestatic infants enrolled in the Biliary Atresia Research Consortium (BARC) Clemente AG, Schwarz KB, Patton JT, Yolken RH, Parashar U, Whitington P, Raghunathan T, Jiang B and FoyTich KR Digestive Diseases Week (DDW), Chicago, IL: May 7-11, 2011 2011
The anatomic pattern of biliary atresia identified at time of Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy and early postoperative clearance of jaundice are significant predictors of transplant-free survival Superina R, Magee J, Healey P, Tiao G, Ryckman F, Karrer F, Li Y, Brandt M and Wang KS American Surgical Association (ASA). Boca Raton, FL: April 14-16, 2011 2011
Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network (ChiLDREN) Sokol RJ for the Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 61st Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: October 29-November 2, 2010 2010
Cross-sectional multi-center analysis of portal hypertension in 163 children with biliary atresia Shneider BL, Abel RB, Haber B, Karpen SJ, Magee JC, Romero R, Schwarz KB, Bass LM, Kerkar N, Miethke AG, Rosenthal P, Turmelle YP, and Sokol RJ American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 61st Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: October 29-November 2, 2010 2010
The new Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network (ChiLDREN): a new cooperative effort between NIDDK, academic centers and Patient Advocacy Groups Sokol RJ, Magee JC, Hahn CL and Robuck PR for Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) 23rd Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD: November 12-14, 2009 2009
Cross sectional assessment of Quality of Life in biliary atresia patients ages 2-25 years Sundaram SS, Fredericks EM, Kamath BM, Haber B, Raghunathan T, Magee JC, Bezerra JA, Karpen SJ, Kerkar N, Rosethal P, Schwarz KB, Shepherd RW, Shneider BL, Whitington PF, Robuck PR, Sokol RJ and BARC American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 60th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: October 30-November 3, 2009 2009
A prospective multi-centered investigation of vitamin supplementation in infants with biliary atresia: interim analysis from the Biliary Atresia Research Consortium (BARC) Shneider BL, Abel RB, Raghunathan T, Magee JC, Bezerra JA, Haber B, Karpen SJ, Rosenthal P, Schwarz KB, Shepherd RW, Suchy FJ, Whitington PF, Robuck PR and Sokol RJ American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 60th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: October 30-November 3, 2009 2009
Oral glycocholic acid treatment of patients with Bile acid Amidation Defects improves growth and fat-soluble vitamin absorption Heubi JE, Setchell KD, Rosenthal P, Shah S, Buckley D, Jha P, Zhang W, Potter CJ, Suskind D and Bull LN American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 60th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: October 30-November 3, 2009 2009
Metallothionein expression in Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Bass LM, Xie H, Yu S, Malladi P, Bento-Soares M and Whitington PF American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 60th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: October 30-November 3, 2009 2009
The Cholestatic Liver Disease Consortium (CLiC): a multi-institutional collaboration to better understand and treat liver disease in children Sokol RJ and Hines J for CLiC National Institute of Health Conference, Bethesda, MD: July 16, 2009 2009
The Patient Advocacy Group Committee of the Cholestatic Liver Disease Consortium: giving families, parents and patients a partnership with researchers Hahn CL, Sokol RJ and Hines JM for CLiC Patient Advocacy Group Committee National Institute of Health Conference, Bethesda, MD: July 16, 2009 2009
Morphological findings in progressive familial cholestasis 2 (PFIC 2): correlation with genetic and immunohistochemical studies Evason K, Bove KE, Knisely AS, Rhee S, Rosenthal P, Miethke A, Ferrell LD and Kim GE Society for Pediatric PAthology (SPP) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: March 7-8, 2009 2009
Clinical and demographic features of three major biliary atresia phenotypes in the BARC study Schwarz KB, Shepherd RW, Magee J, Rosenthal P, Mack C, Raghunathan T, Bezerra JA, Haber B, Karpen SJ, Shneider BL, Suchy FJ, Whitington PF, Robuck PR and Sokol RJ American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 59th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA: October 31-November 4, 2008 2008
Novel molecular subtypes of biliary atresia with relevance to clinical outcome Moyer KD, Kaimal V, Pacheco MC, Mourya R, Xu H, Shivakumar P, Bove KE, Chakraborty R, Rao M, Magee J, Jegga AG and Bezerra JA American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 59th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA: October 31-November 4, 2008 2008
Predictors of neurodevelopmental outcome in non-transplanted children with biliary atresia at one year of age Haber B, Fredericks EM, Magee J, Bezerra JA, Karpen SJ, Kerkar N, Rosenthal P, Schwarz KB, Shepherd RW, Shneider BL, Whitington PF, Robuck PR, Sokol RJ and BARC American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 59th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA: October 31-November 4, 2008 2008
FXR response in cholestatic liver disease Bass LM, Malladi P and F WP American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 59th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA: October 31-November 4, 2008 2008
The Biliary Atresia Research Consortium in the United States of America Shneider, BL Taiwan Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Taipei, Taiwan: June 22, 2008 2008
Discriminating features of biliary atresia - a prospective multi-centered analysis Shneider B, Shepherd R, Magee J, Bucuvalas JC, Haber B, Karpen SJ, Rosenthal P, Schwarz KB, Suchy FJ, Whitington PF and Sokol RJ. for Biliary Atresia Research Consortium American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 58th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: November 2-6, 2007 2007
High throughput sequence analysis identifies individual and combined genetic defects in children with syndromes of intrahepatic cholestasis Matte U, Liu C, Miethke A, Mourya R, Kauffmann G, Moyer K, Bull L, Spinner N, Thompson R and Bezerra J American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 58th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: November 2-6, 2007 2007
Gene mutations and clinical outcome after biliary diversion surgery for intractable pruritus in children with intrahepatic cholestasis Miethke A, Matte U, Liu C, Balistreri W, Ryckman F and Bezerra J American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 58th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: November 2-6, 2007 2007
Gene mutations and clinical outcome after biliary diversion surgery for intractable pruritus in children with intrahepatic cholestasis Miethke A, Matte U, Liu C, Mourya R, Ryckman F, Balistreri W, Bove K and Bezerra J Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network Conference, Bethesda, MD: September 5, 2007 2007
Biliary Atresia Research Consortium (BARC): NIH-funded network to advance knowledge and improve care and outcomes in biliary atresia Sokol RJ, Bezerra J, Haber B, Karpen S, Perlmutter D, Rosenthal P, Schwarz K , Shepherd R, Shneider B, Whitington P, Russo P, Superina R, Magee J, Robuck P and Hoofnagle J for Biliary Atresia Research Consortium NIDDK Workshop, Bethesda, MD: November 11, 2006 2006
Diagnostic imaging in neonatal cholestasis: a multi-center prospective analysis Shneider B, Norton K, Superina R, Erlichman J, Magee J, Bucuvalas J, Whitington P, Rosenthal P, Squires R, Benson J, Karpen S, Shepherd R and Sokol R for Biliary Atresia Research Consortium American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 57th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: October 27-31, 2006 2006
A multi-institutional study of interobserver agreement on the histologic diagnosis of biliary obstruction in liver biopsies of cholestatic infants less than six months of age Russo P, Boitnott J, Bove K, Brown M, Finegold M, Haas J, Jaffe R, Kim G, Magee J, Magid M, Melin-Aldana H, Sokol R, White F for BARC American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 57th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: October 27-31, 2006 2006
Early growth failure after portoenterostomy is associated with liver transplantaion or death in infants with biliary atresia DeRusso PA, Ye W, Haber B, Shneider BL, Sokol RJ, Whitington PF, Squires RH, Bezerra J, Shepherd R, Rosenthal P and Robuck PR for Biliary Atresia Research Consortium American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 56th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA: November 11-15, 2005 2005
A new defect in beta-oxidation presenting as sudden liver failure He M, Rutledge SL, Kelly D, Goetzman E and Vockley J American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT: October 25-29, 2005 2005
New acyl-coA dehydrogenases: redefining long chain fatty acid catabolism in human He M and Vockley J.  Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (SIMD) Meeting, Pacific Grove, CA: March 6-9, 2005 2005
A new genetic disorder in mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation: ACAD9 deficiency He M, Rutledge SL, Kelly DR, Palmer CA, Murdoch G, Majumder N, Nicholls RD, Pei Z, Watkins PA and Vockley J International Congress on Inborn Errors Metabolism, Amsterdam, Netherlands: August 31-September 3, 2005 2005
A multi-center analysis of outcome at 24 months of age in children with biliary atresia in the United States Shneider B, Brown M, Sokol R, Whitington P, Schwarz K, Squires R, Bucuvalas J, Haber B, Shepherd R, Rosenthal P, Robuck P, and BARC American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 55th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: October 29-November 2, 2004 2004
Patient demographics and clinical practices in a US multi-center study of biliary atresia Haber BA, Brown M, Shneider B, Sokol R, Whitington P, DeRusso P, Squires Jr R, Bezerra J, Shepherd R, Rosenthal P, Robuck P and BARC American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 55th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: October 29-November 2, 2004 2004