Does the sum $\sum_{k\ge 0}A(n,k)k^t$ have a closed form?

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My friend and I are trying to find a closed form for the sum

$\sum_{k\ge 0}A(n,k)k^t,$

in which the notation $A(n,k)$ is for the Eulerian number. (An alternating notation is $\left<n\atop k\right>$ if you're more familiar with the book Concrete Mathematics) It's different from the Eulerian polynomial $A_n(t)=\sum_{k\ge 0}A(n,k)t^k$, which do have a lot of studies.

We've tried using generating functions with $Li_{-t}(z)=\sum_{k\ge 0}k^tz^k$, but only to find a more complex form. Can we really have a closed form for it?