RBCK1 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis and growth by stabilizing RNF31
RNF31 (HOIP), RBCK1 (HOIL-1L), and SHARPIN are subunits of the linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex. Their function and specific molecular mechanisms in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have not been reported previously.
Xijun Chen +5 more
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Drug Hepatotoxicity: Environmental Factors [PDF]
Drug-induced liver injury presents as various forms of acute and chronic liver disease. There is wide geographic variation in the most commonly implicated agents.
Chalasani, Naga P., Stine, Jonathan G.
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Fluctuations of estimated glomerular filtration rate outside kidney disease improving global outcomes diagnostic criteria for acute kidney injury in end-stage liver disease outpatients and outcome postliver transplantation [PDF]
Background. Renal dysfunction in end-stage liver disease (ESLD) results fromsystemic conditions that affect both liver and kidney with activation of vasoconstrictor systems.
Berloco, Pasquale Bartolomeo +12 more
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Management and Treatment of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B: Towards Personalized Medicine
The currently available antiviral treatments (Peg-Interferon-α and Nucleos(t)ide Analogues, NA) for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) achieve a functional cure (serum HBsAg and HDV-DNA clearance) of HBV infection in a limited number of patients.
Piero Colombatto +3 more
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Liver transplantation for viral hepatitis in 2015 [PDF]
Liver transplantation (LT) is a life-saving treatment for patients with end-stage liver disease and for patients with liver cell cancer related to liver disease.
Bortoluzzi, Ilaria +8 more
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MIF contributes to Trypanosoma brucei associated immunopathogenicity development [PDF]
African trypanosomiasis is a chronic debilitating disease affecting the health and economic well-being of many people in developing countries. The pathogenicity associated with this disease involves a persistent inflammatory response, whereby M1-type ...
Beschin, Alain +11 more
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Chronic liver disease is a uncommon manifestation in the children and many of them presents with oesophageal varices. The aim of this study was to observe the association between severity of chronic liver diseases determined by Child- Pugh score with ...
Rubaiyat Alam +4 more
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Liver transplantation for alcoholic cirrhosis: Long term follow-up and impact of disease recurrence [PDF]
Background. Alcoholic liver disease has emerged as a leading indication for hepatic transplantation, although it is a controversial use of resources. We aimed to examine all aspects of liver transplantation associated with alcohol abuse.
Andrea M. DiMartini +71 more
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Pediatric non alcoholic fatty liver disease: old and new concepts on development, progression, metabolic insight and potential treatment targets [PDF]
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading cause of chronic liver disease in children. NAFLD has emerged to be extremely prevalent, and predicted by obesity and male gender.
Giorgio V +3 more
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Aim Cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality rates are high in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD). The objective of this study was to analyze the risk factors and differences between lean MAFLD and overweight
Ruya Zhu +9 more
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