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Diagnosis of alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency by DNA analysis of children with liver disease

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2001
Background - Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency is a genetic disorder which is transmitted in a co-dominant, autosomal form. Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency affects mainly the lungs and the liver leading, in the latter case, to neonatal cholestasis, chronic ...
De TOMMASO Adriana Maria Alves, ROSSI Cláudio Lúcio, ESCANHOELA Cecília Amélia Fazzio, SERRA Heliane Guerra, BERTUZZO Carmen Sílvia, HESSEL Gabriel   +5 more
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Comparative evaluation of serum alpha-1antitrypsin levels in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma and in subjects with tobacco habit without carcinoma

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2019
Aim/Objectives: To evaluate serum levels of Alpha-1 antitrypsin in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma and compare them with that of healthy subjects with and without tobacco habits. Materials and Method: The sample of 83 subjects was divided into
Upasana S Ahuja, Nidhi Puri, Anjana Bagewadi, Vaishali Keluskar, Anshuman Ahuja, Harkanwal P Singh   +5 more
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Multimodal MRI and multiomics reveal high‐risk neurophenotype in brain‐gut circuits as therapeutic target for Crohn's disease

Interdisciplinary Medicine, EarlyView.
Through a translational framework combining prospective dual‐center clinical cohorts with dextran sulfate sodium‐induced colitis models, this work integrated advanced neuroimaging, multi‐omics and neuromodulation interventions to redefine the high‐risk neurophenotype as a sustained pathogenic driver rather than a mere phenomenon, proposing brain‐gut ...
Xuehua Li, Ruonan Zhang, Xiaodi Shen, Shaochun Lin, Chuhuai Wang, Weikai Zheng, Weimiao Kong, Zihao Lin, Rongchang Li, Caiguang Liu, Xin Cao, Li Huang, Weitao He, Jinjiang Lin, Haijie Wang, Zhoulei Li, Marietta Iacucci, Subrata Ghosh, Zhenpeng Peng, Canhui Sun, Minhu Chen, Guang Yang, Yejun Wang, Ren Mao, Shi‐Ting Feng   +24 more
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Gross Intrahepatic Mass Formation Predicts the Primary Site of Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma Based on Molecular Pathologic Studies

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Purpose Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (eCCA) are clinically and genetically distinct. However, the classification of perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (phCCA) with an intrahepatic tumor mass remains unclear.
Yuki Masuda, Naoto Kubota, Ryo Takemura, Yasuhito Arai, Yuta Abe, Osamu Itano, Minoru Esaki, Tatsuhiro Shibata, Yuko Kitagawa, Hidenori Ojima   +9 more
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Alpha 1 antitrypsin to treat lung disease in alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency: recent developments and clinical implications

International Journal of COPD, 2018
Kenneth R Chapman,1 Joanna Chorostowska-Wynimko,2 A Rembert Koczulla,3 Ilaria Ferrarotti,4 Noel G McElvaney5 1Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2Department of Genetics and Clinical Immunology, National Institute of ...
Chapman KR, Chorostowska-Wynimko J, Koczulla AR, Ferrarotti I, McElvaney NG   +4 more
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Late Onset Telomere Biology Disorder Presenting With Pancytopenia, Immune Dysregulation, Interstitial Lung Disease and Alopecia

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
Bo A. Wan, Hamish Nicolson, Heather A. Leitch, Ryan J. Stubbins, Luke Y. C. Chen, Timothy Murray, Amy Trottier, Anthony Gador   +7 more
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Preliminary evidence of improved liver biomarkers in adolescents with obesity and suspected metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease treated with semaglutide: A case series

JPGN Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) affects 30%–40% of youth with obesity and lacks approved pharmacologic therapies. In this single‐center retrospective case series at a tertiary care safety‐net children's hospital, we evaluated five adolescents (mean age: 17.0 years; 100% Hispanic; 60% male; mean body mass index:
Rachel Schenker, Katya Fomenko, Fotini T. Mitsinikos, Alaina P. Vidmar   +3 more
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Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and Pi*S and Pi*Z SERPINA1 variants are associated with asthma exacerbations

Pulmonology
Introduction and objectives Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. Asthma patients may experience potentially life-threatening episodic flare-ups, known as exacerbations, which may significantly contribute to the asthma burden. The Pi*S
Elena Martín-González, José M. Hernández-Pérez, José A. Pérez Pérez, Javier Pérez-García, Esther Herrera-Luis, Ruperto González-Pérez, Orelvis González-González, Elena Mederos-Luis, Inmaculada Sánchez-Machín, Paloma Poza-Guedes, Olaia Sardón, Paula Corcuera, María J. Cruz, Francisco J. González-Barcala, Carlos Martínez-Rivera, Joaquim Mullol, Xavier Muñoz, José M. Olaguibel, Vicente Plaza, Santiago Quirce, Antonio Valero, Joaquín Sastre, Javier Korta-Murua, Victoria del Pozo, Fabián Lorenzo-Díaz, Jesús Villar, María Pino-Yanes, Mario A. González-Carracedo   +27 more
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Alpha 1 “Hereditary Emphysema” Experience: A Patient–Physician Perspective

Pulmonary Therapy, 2020
This article is co-authored by a patient living with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and her treating physician. The commentary article describes the patient’s experience of the diagnosis and treatment process.
Katie Moyer, Kamyar Afshar
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Hepatopulmonary syndrome as presentation of pediatric metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatohepatitis

JPGN Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Childhood obesity is rising and leading to serious co‐morbidities, among which is metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) predisposing individuals to cirrhosis. We describe a young 11‐year‐old Hispanic male who presented with hepatopulmonary syndrome secondary to cirrhotic portal hypertension from metabolic dysfunction‐
Shruti Sakhuja, Stacey S. Beer, Kalyani R. Patel, Alexiss M. Williams, Nhu Thao Galvan, John A. Goss, Krupa R. Mysore   +6 more
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