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Serum Liver Fibrosis Markers for Predicting the Presence of Gastroesophageal Varices in Liver Cirrhosis: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

open access: yesGastroenterology 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   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Characteristics Variation of Hepatic Progenitors after TGF-β1-Induced Transition and EGF-Induced Reversion

open access: yesStem Cells International, 2016
Profibrogenesis cytokine, transforming growth factor- (TGF-) β1, induces hepatic progenitors experiencing epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) to matrix synthesis cells, even tumor initiating cells.
Ping Wang   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Albumin-bilirubin score for predicting the in-hospital mortality of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in liver cirrhosis: A retrospective study

open access: yesThe Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2016
Background/Aims: The albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) score is a new model for assessing the severity of liver dysfunction. In the present study, we aimed to retrospectively compare the performance of ALBI with Child-Pugh and the model for end-stage liver ...
Deli Zou   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Correlation of Serum Cardiac Markers with Acute Decompensating Events in Liver Cirrhosis

open access: yesGastroenterology Research and Practice, 2020
Background and Aim. Liver cirrhosis is often accompanied by insidious cardiac dysfunction. This retrospective cross-sectional study is aimed at exploring the correlation between serum cardiac markers and decompensating events in liver cirrhosis. Methods.
Miaomiao Li   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

HFE-Related Hemochromatosis in a Chinese Patient: The First Reported Case

open access: yesFrontiers in Genetics, 2020
HFE-related Hemochromatosis is the most common genetic iron overload disease in European populations, particularly of Nordic or Celtic ancestry.
Wei Zhang   +28 more
doaj   +1 more source

Autologous Bone Marrow Infusion Activates the Progenitor Cell Compartment in Patients with Advanced Liver Cirrhosis

open access: yesCell Transplantation, 2010
Several clinical trials of bone marrow cell infusion in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) have shown clinical improvement, despite conflicting results from animal models.
Ja Kyung Kim   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experimental Cirrhosis of the Liver [PDF]

open access: yesThe American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1904
The reparative process which follows the wide spread necrosis of the dog's liver caused by the injection of hæmagglutinative serum constitutes a chronic interstitial hepatitis of definite and constant character. This is not only a new type of experimental hepatic lesion, but is more definitely a cirrhosis than is any other experimental lesion hitherto ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Noninvasively Assessed Portal Hypertension Grade Predicts Post-Hepatectomy Liver Failure in Patients With HepatocellCarcinoma: A Multicenter Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Oncology, 2022
PurposeTo determine the predictive value of portal hypertension (PH) for the development of post-hepatectomy liver failure (PHLF) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Patients and methodsThis study enrolled a total of 659 patients with HCC ...
Jitao Wang   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Real‐World Longitudinal Data on the Impact of Hydroxychloroquine Blood Level Monitoring on Lupus Outcomes: Results of a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a cornerstone therapy in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but the weight‐based dosing does not account for clinical factors that can introduce individual variability in drug metabolism and clearance. We leveraged longitudinal data from a prospective SLE cohort to identify clinical factors that predict ...
Jay J. Patel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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