Microenvironment and tumor cells: two targets for new molecular therapies of hepatocellular carcinoma. [PDF]
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is one of the most frequent human cancer and is characterized by a high mortality rate. The aggressiveness appears strictly related to the liver pathological background on which cancer develops.
Amicone, Laura, Marchetti, Alessandra
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LIGHT Amplification by NF-κB Contributes to TLR3 Signaling Pathway-Induced Acute Hepatitis
LIGHT is a member of the TNF superfamily and a proinflammatory cytokine involved in liver pathogenesis. Many liver diseases involve activation of Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3), which is activated by double-stranded RNA (dsRNA).
Dongming Lai +5 more
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Effect of antiandrogen flutamide on measures of hepatic regeneration in rats [PDF]
Male rat liver undergoes a process of demasculinization during hepatic regeneration following partial hepatectomy. The possibility that antiandrogens might potentiate this demasculinization process and in so doing augment the hepatic regenerative ...
A Francavilla +36 more
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Advances in the concomitant chronic liver disease and colorectal cancer liver metastasis [PDF]
Liver metastasis is a key factor contributing to the poor prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), and chronic liver diseases promote the occurrence and development of CRC liver metastasis (CRLM) through various mechanisms such as altering the
YANG Yue, ZHAO Lei
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4-aminopyridyl-based lead compounds targeting CYP51 prevent spontaneous parasite relapse in a chronic model and improve cardiac pathology in an acute model of Trypanosoma cruzi infection. [PDF]
BackgroundChagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is the leading cause of heart failure in Latin America. The clinical treatment of Chagas disease is limited to two 60 year-old drugs, nifurtimox and benznidazole, that have variable ...
Calvet, Claudia Magalhaes +14 more
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Drug induced liver injury is a common cause of acute liver failure (ALF). While most of these cases are due to dose dependent hepa-totoxicity with acetaminophen, idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is responsible for about 15% cases of ALF ...
Sunil Taneja +6 more
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Calling a stage-based treatment model for chronic liver diseases in China mainland
China is regarded as the “leader in liver diseases” because that one-fifth of the population was affected by some forms of liver diseases in this developing country.
Xueqin Liu, Jian Xu
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Severe drug-induced liver injury associated with prolonged use of Linezolid [PDF]
This study aims to describe a patient developing concomitant severe liver failure and lactic acidosis after long-term treatment with linezolid. A 55-year-old Caucasian woman developed concomitant severe liver failure and lactic acidosis after a treatment
Benoit, Dominique +7 more
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Dose-related liver injury of Geniposide associated with the alteration in bile acid synthesis and transportation. [PDF]
Fructus Gardenia (FG), containing the major active constituent Geniposide, is widely used in China for medicinal purposes. Currently, clinical reports of FG toxicity have not been published, however, animal studies have shown FG or Geniposide can cause ...
Feng, Xiaoyi +17 more
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In vivo delivery of transcription factors with multifunctional oligonucleotides. [PDF]
Therapeutics based on transcription factors have the potential to revolutionize medicine but have had limited clinical success as a consequence of delivery problems. The delivery of transcription factors is challenging because it requires the development
Aran, Kiana +9 more
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