MIGLIOR COMUNICAZIONE ORALE 2009 BASIC:
RAPAMYCIN INHIBITS CYST GROWTH, IGF-1-MEDIATED VEGF SECRETION AND CELL PROLIFERATION IN POLYCYSTIN-2 DEFECTIVE MICE
C. Spirlì, S. Okolicsanyi, R. Fiorotto, L. Fabris, M. Cadamuro, S. Lecchi, X. Tian, S. Somlo and M. Strazzabosco
University of Milan-Bicocca, CeLiveR Bergamo, University of Padova, Yale University

MIGLIOR COMUNICAZIONE ORALE 2009 CLINICAL:
RELATIVE ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY IN CIRRHOSIS: RELEVANCE IN PATIENTS WITH ASCITES AND TREATMENT WITH HYDROCORTISONE IN REFRACTORY ASCITES
C. Alessandria, L. Mezzabotta, M. Carello, W. Debernardi-Venon, S. Martini, M.Rizzetto and Marzano A.
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Torino, Italy

MIGLIOR POSTER 2009 BASIC:
SEMAPHORIN 7a IS EXPRESSED IN HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS AND ENHANCES HEPATIC FIBROSIS IN A TGFβ-MEDIATED MECHANISM.
S. De Minicis, C. Rychlicki, S. Saccomanno, L. Trozzi, C. Candelaresi, L. Agostnelli, F. Orlando, M. Marzioni, A. Benedetti, G. Svegliati-Baroni.
Department of Gastroenterology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona and INRCA, Ancona.

MIGLIOR POSTER 2009 CLINICAL:
THE ROLE OF CHRONIC ALCOHOL ABUSE, HCV INFECTION AND LIVER DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS: A NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL AND QUANTIFIED EEG STUDY
F. Campagna, S. Schiff, M. Ruzzoli, A. Biancardi, D. Mapelli, P. Pujatti , P. Angeli, A. Gatta, P. Amodio
Dpt. of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Dpt. of General Psychology, University of Padua and Alcohol Unite, Padua Hospital, Padua, Italy

Premio A.I.S.F. per la miglior pubblicazione in ambito epatologico 2007:
Effectiveness and safety of baclofen for maintenance of alcohol abstinence in alcoholdependent patients with liver cirrhosis: randomised, double-blind controlled study
G. Addolorato, L. Leggio, A. Ferrulli, S. Cardone, L. Vonghia, A. Mirijello, L. Abenavoli, C. D'Angelo, F. Caputo, A. Zambon, P.S. Haber, G. Gasbarrini
Lancet 2007;370:1915-22

Premio A.I.S.F. per il miglior lavoro di scienze di base 2006:
Liver microsomal triglyceride transfer protein is involved in hepatitis C liver steatosis
Silvia Mirandola