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Diagnostic value of combined serum biomarkers for the evaluation of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C infection: A multicenter, noninterventional, observational study [PDF]

, 2018
Background/Aims: The hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is important cause of chronic hepatitis. Liver biopsy is considered the gold standard for assessment of fibrosis but this procedure is an invasive procedure.
Akhan, S., Aydoǧdu, Ö., Baykam, N., Beslen, N., Bostanci, F., Candan, M., Daǧli, Ö., Demirdal, T., Duyar, E., Erdoǧan, S., Gökal, A.A., Güner, R., Gürbüz, Y., Inan, D., Kaya, A., Kaya, S., Kiliç, S., Kinikli, S., Kuruüzüm, Z., Kökoǧlu, Ö.F., Köksal, I., Leblebicioǧlu, H., Namiduru, M., Parlak, M., Sehmen, E., Tabak, F., Tarakçi, H., Turgut, Hüseyin, Ural, O., Yamazhan, T., Yilmaz, G., Yuluǧkural, Z., Önlen, Y., Özdemir, D., Özdener, F.   +34 more
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Targeting fibrosis: mechanisms and clinical trials

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2022
Fibrosis is characterized by the excessive extracellular matrix deposition due to dysregulated wound and connective tissue repair response. Multiple organs can develop fibrosis, including the liver, kidney, heart, and lung.
Manyu Zhao, Liqun Wang, Mengzhu Wang, Shijie Zhou, Ying Lu, H. Cui, A. Racanelli, Ling Zhang, Tinghong Ye, Bisen Ding, Ben Zhang, Jinliang Yang, Yuqin Yao   +12 more
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Guía de Práctica Clínica para el manejo nutricional de personas con Fibrosis Quística (GPC-FQ)

Revista Española de Nutrición Humana y Dietética, 2017
La fibrosis quística (FQ) es una enfermedad multiorgánica, hereditaria, autosómica y recesiva cuyos problemas más frecuentes están relacionados con las alteraciones de los pulmones y del páncreas exocrino.
María Garriga, Adriana Horrisberger, Arantza Ruiz de las Heras de la Hera, Natalia Catalán, Gloria Fernández, Marta Suárez, Nuria Porras, Laura Monje   +7 more
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Not All Children with Cystic Fibrosis Have Abnormal Esophageal Neutralization during Chemical Clearance of Acid Reflux. [PDF]

, 2017
PurposeAcid neutralization during chemical clearance is significantly prolonged in children with cystic fibrosis, compared to symptomatic children without cystic fibrosis.
Di Lorenzo, Carlo, Hayes, Don, Jadcherla, Sudarshan R, Kaul, Ajay, Kopp, Benjamin T, Machado, Rodrigo Strehl, Moore-Clingenpeel, Melissa, Mousa, Hayat, Nemastil, Christopher J, Woodley, Frederick W   +9 more
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Effect of MRI-Guided Fibrosis Ablation vs Conventional Catheter Ablation on Atrial Arrhythmia Recurrence in Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: The DECAAF II Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2022
Importance Ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) remains a challenge. Left atrial fibrosis plays an important role in the pathophysiology of AF and has been associated with poor procedural outcomes.
N. Marrouche, O. Wazni, C. McGann, Tom H. Greene, J. Dean, L. Dagher, E. Kholmovski, M. Mansour, F. Marchlinski, David A. Wilber, G. Hindricks, C. Mahnkopf, Darryl Wells, P. Jais, P. Sanders, J. Brachmann, Jeroen J. Bax, Leonie Morrison-de Boer, T. Deneke, H. Calkins, C. Sohns, N. Akoum   +21 more
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Micro-RNA family that modulates fibrosis and uses thereof [PDF]

, 2017
The present invention relates to the identification of a microRNA family, designated miR-29a-c, that is a key regulator of fibrosis in cardiac tissue. The inventors show that members of the miR-29 family are down-regulated in the heart tissue in response
Olson, Eric N., van Rooij, Eva
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Worldwide rates of diagnosis and effective treatment for cystic fibrosis.

Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 2022
BACKGROUND Time has seen management for Cystic Fibrosis (CF) advance drastically, most recently in the development of the disease-modifying triple combination therapy ivacaftor/tezacaftor/elexacaftor.
Jonathan Guo, A. Garratt, A. Hill
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Malignancies in patients with cystic fibrosis: a case series

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Previous reports have shown an increased number of colorectal cancers in patients with cystic fibrosis. We assessed the database of our cystic fibrosis center to identify patients with all kinds of cancer retrospectively. All patients visiting
Dorothea Appelt, Teresa Fuchs, Gratiana Steinkamp, Helmut Ellemunter   +3 more
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How do adults with cystic fibrosis cope following a diagnosis of diabetes? [PDF]

, 2008
The official published version of the article can be obtained from the link below.Aim. This paper is a report of a study examining the experience of adults with cystic fibrosis in adapting to the diagnosis of diabetes, a second chronic illness ...
Collins, S, Reynolds, F
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Wound healing, fibroblast heterogeneity, and fibrosis.

Cell Stem Cell, 2022
Fibroblasts are highly dynamic cells that play a central role in tissue repair and fibrosis. However, the mechanisms by which they contribute to both physiologic and pathologic states of extracellular matrix deposition and remodeling are just starting to
Heather E. Talbott, Shamik Mascharak, M. Griffin, D. Wan, M. Longaker   +4 more
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