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Extrahepatic Surgery in Cirrhosis Significantly Increases Portal Pressure in Preclinical Animal Models

Frontiers in Physiology, 2021
Background: Liver cirrhosis is a relevant comorbidity with increasing prevalence. Postoperative decompensation and development of complications in patients with cirrhosis remains a frequent clinical problem.
Johannes Chang, Jonathan Meinke, Moritz Geck, Marc Hebest, Nina Böhling, Ramona Dolscheid-Pommerich, Birgit Stoffel-Wagner, Glen Kristiansen, Marcus Overhaus, Leon O. Peyman, Sabine Klein, Frank E. Uschner, Maximilian J. Brol, Tim O. Vilz, Philipp Lingohr, Jörg C. Kalff, Christian Jansen, Christian P. Strassburg, Sven Wehner, Jonel Trebicka, Jonel Trebicka, Michael Praktiknjo   +21 more
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Hepatitis B viral load and risk for liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in The Gambia, West Africa. [PDF]

, 2010
The main objectives of this study were to define the occurrence and levels of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in asymptomatic HBV carriers, cirrhosis patients and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cases from The Gambia, and to evaluate the risk for cirrhosis or
Whittle, H, T. Welzel, S. Rowland-Jones, Kuniholm, MH, P. Hainaut, G. D. Kirk, McConkey, S, A. J. Hall, Mendy, ME, Kaye, S, S. Kaye, M. H. Kuniholm, Kirk, GD, Hainaut, P, J. J. Goedert, M. E. Mendy, Welzel, T, Hall, AJ, S. McConkey, O. A. Lesi, H. Whittle, Goedert, JJ, Rowland-Jones, S, Lesi, OA   +23 more
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CIRRHOSIS WITH PIGMENTATION. [PDF]

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1901
The cases of cirrhosis of the liver with pigmentation of the skin or tissues, or of both together, constitute a small but most interesting group. There has been a great deal of speculation as to the etiology of these cases. The purpose of this paper is to present as briefly as possible the history of this form of cirrhosis, the clinical symptoms and ...
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Serum Liver Fibrosis Markers for Predicting the Presence of Gastroesophageal Varices in Liver Cirrhosis: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2015
Background and Aims. A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the role of hyaluronic acid (HA), laminin (LN), amino-terminal propeptide of type III procollagen (PIIINP), and collagen IV (CIV) in predicting the presence of ...
Xingshun Qi, Hongyu Li, Jiang Chen, Chunlian Xia, Ying Peng, Junna Dai, Yue Hou, Han Deng, Jing Li, Xiaozhong Guo   +9 more
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Cell Death and Liver Disease

Gut and Liver, 2020
Cell death is now reclassified into several types based on the mechanisms and morphologic phenotype. Understanding of such classifications offers insights into the pathogenesis of liver disease, as well as diagnostic or therapeutic implications ...
Satoka Aizawa, Gurmehr Brar, Hidekazu Tsukamoto   +2 more
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Ornipressin in the treatment of functional renal failure in decompensated liver cirrhosis [PDF]

, 1991
In 11 patients with decompensated cirrhosis and deteriorating renal function, the effect of the vasoconstrictor substance 8-ornithin vasopressin (ornipressin; POR 8; Sandoz, Basel, Switzerland) on renal function, hemodynamic parameters, and humoral ...
Reither, H., Druml, W., Schneeweiss, B., Lenz, K., Hörtnagl, H., Schmid, R., Grimm, G., Laggner, A., Gerbes, Alexander L.   +8 more
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Advantages of the new loop diuretic torasemide over furosemide in patients with cirrhosis and ascites [PDF]

, 1993
Torasemide is a new loop diuretic with a longer half-life and longer action than furosemide in healthy subjects. In order to evaluate the pharmacodynamic effects, single oral doses of furosemide (80 mg) and torasemide (20 mg), which were equipotent in ...
Paumgartner, Gustav, Falkner, Christine, Jüngst, Dieter, Bertheau-Reitha, Ute, Gerbes, Alexander L.   +4 more
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Intrarenal Resistance Index as a Prognostic Parameter in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis Compared with Other Hepatic Scoring Systems [PDF]

, 2012
Background and Aims: Patients with advanced liver cirrhosis who develop renal dysfunction have a poor prognosis. Elevated intrarenal resistance indices (RIs) due to renal vascular constriction have been described before in cirrhotic patients.
Kaiser, C., M. Götzberger, C. Kaiser, J. Singer, V. Gülberg, Gülberg, Veit, Singer, J., Götzberger, M.   +7 more
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Liver transplantation in primary biliary cirrhosis: Risk assessment and 11-year follow-up [PDF]

, 2000
Background/Aims: Liver transplantation (LTx) is the only established treatment in patients with end-stage primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Although short-term survival after LTx in this group of patients is usually good, few data exist on the long-term ...
Paumgartner, Gustav, Pape, G. R., Rau, Horst, Pape, Gerd R., Rau, H., Paumgartner, G., Gerbes, Alexander L., Schildberg, F. W., Rust, C., Beuers, Ulrich, Haller, M., Krämling, H., Schildberg, Friedrich Wilhelm, Haller, Matthias, Gerbes, A. L., Krämling, Hans-Jörg, Beuers, U., Rust, Christian   +17 more
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Hepatic stellate cell stearoyl co-A desaturase activates leukotriene B4 receptor 2 - β-catenin cascade to promote liver tumorigenesis

Nature Communications, 2023
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the 3rd most deadly malignancy. Activated hepatic stellate cells (aHSC) give rise to cancer-associated fibroblasts in HCC and are considered a potential therapeutic target.
Sonal Sinha, Satoka Aizawa, Yasuhiro Nakano, Alexander Rialdi, Hye Yeon Choi, Rajan Shrestha, Stephanie Q. Pan, Yibu Chen, Meng Li, Audrey Kapelanski-Lamoureux, Gregory Yochum, Linda Sher, Satdarshan Paul Monga, Anthoula Lazaris, Keigo Machida, Michael Karin, Ernesto Guccione, Hidekazu Tsukamoto   +17 more
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