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Alcoholic liver cirrhosis, more than a simple hepatic disease – A brief review of the risk factors associated with alcohol abuse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Liver cirrhosis is a significant public health problem, being an important cause of mortality and morbidity, responsible for approximately 1.8% of the total number of deaths in Europe.
Andrada, Dumitru   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

IDH Mutation Subgroup Status Associates with Intratumor Heterogeneity and the Tumor Microenvironment in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

open access: yesAdvanced Science, 2021
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is highly heterogeneous. Here, the authors perform exome sequencing and bulk RNA sequencing on 73 tumor regions from 14 ICC patients to portray the multi‐faceted intratumor heterogeneity (ITH) landscape of ICC.
Xiao Xiang   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pipeline for precise insoluble matrisome coverage in tissue extracellular matrices

open access: yesFrontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is assembled by hundreds of proteins orchestrating tissue patterning and surrounding cell fates via the mechanical–biochemical feedback loop.
Wei Chen   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma: the complex interface between inflammation, fibrosis, and the immune response. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide and confers a poor prognosis. Beyond standard systemic therapy with multikinase inhibitors, recent studies demonstrate the potential for robust and durable responses ...
Fong, Lawrence   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Spontaneous porto-systemic shunts in liver cirrhosis: Clinical and therapeutical aspects

open access: yesWorld Journal of Gastroenterology, 2020
Spontaneous porto-systemic shunts (SPSS) are frequent in liver cirrhosis and their prevalence increases as liver function deteriorates, probably as a consequence of worsening portal hypertension, but without achieving an effective protection against ...
S. Nardelli   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Inhibitory effects of HNF4α on migration/maltransformation of hepatic progenitors: HNF4α-overexpressing hepatic progenitors for liver repopulation

open access: yesStem Cell Research & Therapy, 2017
Background Although they are expandable in vitro, hepatic progenitors are immature cells and share many immunomarkers with hepatocellular carcinoma, raising potential concerns regarding maltransformation after transplantation. This study investigated the
Ping Wang   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mesenchymal stem cells protect against acetaminophen hepatotoxicity by secreting regenerative cytokine hepatocyte growth factor

open access: yesStem Cell Research & Therapy, 2022
Background Acetaminophen (APAP) overdose is a major cause of the morbidity of acute liver failure. The current clinically approved treatment for APAP poisoning, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), has a limited therapeutic window, and prolonged treatment with NAC ...
Ping Wang   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Telomere shortening as genetic risk factor of liver cirrhosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Cirrhosis is the main complication of chronic liver disease, leads to progressive liver function impairment and is the main risk factor for the development of liver cancer.
Carulli, Lucia
core   +1 more source

A validation study of the CirCom comorbidity score in an English cirrhosis population using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Purpose: The CirCom score has been developed from Danish data as a specific measure of comorbidity for cirrhosis to predict all-cause mortality. We compared its performance with the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) in an English cirrhosis population ...
Crooks, Colin J.   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

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

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