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Simple Summary Cholestasis refers to a medical condition in which the liver is not capable of secreting bile. The consequent accumulation of toxic bile components in the liver leads to liver failure.
Qinghong Li +2 more
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Evaluation of Plasma Lipid Levels in Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy
Objective: To investigate the total cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL, VLDL, and HDL levels of pregnant women diagnosed with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy and to examine the association with disease severity.
Şevki Çelen +2 more
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BACKGROUND Functioning farnesoid X receptor (FXR; encoded by NR1H4) is key to normal bile acid homeostasis. Biallelic mutations in NR1H4 are reported in a few children with intrahepatic cholestasis.
P. Czubkowski +9 more
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A metastatic disease causes jaundice is not uncommon and usually related to direct tumor invasion to the biliary tree or massive intrahepatic metastasis.
Essa A. Adawi
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A homozygous R148W mutation in Semaphorin 7A causes progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis
Semaphorin 7A (SEMA7A) is a membrane‐bound protein that involves axon growth and other biological processes. SEMA7A mutations are associated with vertebral fracture and Kallmann syndrome.
Qiong-Jing Pan +22 more
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Idiopathic Intrahepatic Cholestasis as an Unusual Presentation of Hodgkin’s Disease
Intrahepatic cholestasis in the form of paraneoplastic phenomena is an uncommon presentation of Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL). Herein we report the diagnosis of mixed type HL-related idiopathic intrahepatic cholestasis in a 73-year-old man presenting with ...
Hande Atalay +6 more
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A child with debilitating pruritus
We describe a case of two-year-old boy presenting with debilitating pruritus, patchy alopecia and jaundice since the age of 6 months. On evaluation he had intrahepatic cholestasis with persistently raised serum alkaline phosphatase, normal Gamma glutamyl
Nikhil Sonthalia +7 more
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Recent advances in the exploration of the bile salt export pump (BSEP/ABCB11) function [PDF]
ntroduction: The bile salt export pump (BSEP/ABCB11), residing in the apical membrane of hepatocyte, mediates the secretion of bile salts into the bile.
Homolya, László +1 more
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Histamine stimulates the proliferation of small and large cholangiocytes by activation of both IP3/Ca2+ and cAMP-dependent signaling mechanisms [PDF]
Although large cholangiocytes exert their functions by activation of cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP), Ca(2+)-dependent signaling regulates the function of small cholangiocytes. Histamine interacts with four receptors, H1-H4HRs.
Fanyin Meng +15 more
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INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS OF PREGNANCY [PDF]
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy is one of the primary disorders of the liver that adversely affects maternal well-being and fetal outcome. Early identification of this condition, careful interdisciplinary monitoring, and prompt delivery at fetal maturity can improve outcomes in the mother and child.
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