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Management of Autoimmune Liver Diseases after Liver Transplantation

Transplantology, 2021
Autoimmune liver diseases are characterized by immune-mediated inflammation and eventual destruction of the hepatocytes and the biliary epithelial cells. They can progress to irreversible liver damage requiring liver transplantation.
Romelia Barba Bernal, Esli Medina-Morales, Daniela Goyes, Vilas Patwardhan, Alan Bonder   +4 more
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Autotaxin: A Potential biomarker for primary biliary cholangitis

Heliyon
Background: In some patients especially those AMA negative, the diagnosis may be a challenge requiring liver biopsy. This study determined whether autotaxin, a secreted lysophospholipase D encoded by the exonucleotide pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase 2 ...
Yifei Yang, Bingqian Liu, Bo Zang, Qixuan Liu, Chenyang Zhao, Yuan Yao, Bin Liu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long-term endoscopic management for primary recurrent pyogenic cholangitis

Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2014
Background: Primary recurrent pyogenic cholangitis (RPC) is characterized by relentless suppurative cholangitis in those with a suspected parasitic injury of the biliary tree.
James L. Buxbaum, Christianne J. Lane, Karen C. Bagatelos, James W. Ostroff   +3 more
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A Common Variant in CLDN14 is Associated with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Bone Mineral Density. [PDF]

, 2016
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), a chronic autoimmune liver disease, has been associated with increased incidence of osteoporosis. Intriguingly, two PBC susceptibility loci identified through genome-wide association studies are also involved in bone ...
Bian, Zhaolian, Chen, Haoyan, Gershwin, M Eric, Jiang, Xiang, Li, Enling, Li, Zhiqiang, Lian, Min, Liao, Wilson, Ma, Xiong, Miao, Qi, Seldin, Michael F, Shi, Yongyong, Tang, Ruqi, Wang, Qixia, Wang, Zhaoyue, Wei, Yiran, Yang, Fan, Yang, Yue, Zhang, Haiyan   +18 more
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Rheumatologic Manifestations of Patients With Type B Insulin Resistance

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objectives of this study were to identify laboratory and clinical features associated with type B insulin resistance (TBIR), a rare condition caused by autoantibodies that inhibit the insulin receptor, most frequently occurring in the setting of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and to increase awareness of this rare, life‐threatening ...
S. Amara Ogbonnaya, Sandra G. Williams, Raphael A. Kirou, Marissa Lightbourne, Rebecca J. Brown   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pharmacotherapy for primary biliary cholangitis: an assessment of medication candidacy and rates of treatment

BMC Gastroenterology
Background Ursodeoxycholic acid is the preferred first-line therapy for primary biliary cholangitis. Alternative therapies, such as obeticholic acid, are recommended for patients who cannot tolerate ursodeoxycholic acid or who have an inadequate response
Nicholas MacDonald, Rebecca Loh, Jonathan M. Fenkel, David A. Sass, Dina Halegoua-DeMarzio   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of hepatic transplantation in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis [PDF]

, 1993
Controlled trials to assess the therapeutic benefit of orthotopic hepatic transplantation (OHTx) for primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) cannot be justified in view of improvement of patient survival after this operation since 1981.
Abu-Elmagd, KM, Demetris, AJ, Dickson, ER, Fung, JJ, Krom, RAF, Langworthy, AL, Malinchoc, M, Murtaugh, PA, Starzl, TE, Van Thiel, DH   +9 more
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Liver involvement in pediatric celiac disease [PDF]

, 2015
Celiac disease (CD) is an intestinal inflammatory disease that manifests in genetically susceptible individuals when exposed to dietary gluten. It is a common chronic disorder, with a prevalence of 1% in Europe and North America.
Anania, Caterina, Chiesa, Claudio, De Castro, Giovanna, De Luca, Ester, Pacifico, Lucia   +4 more
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Bioengineered 3D hPSC‐Cholangiocyte Ducts With Physiological Signals for Biliary Disease Modeling

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Tian and colleagues generated a bioengineered bile duct from human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)‐derived intrahepatic cholangiocytes within a high‐throughput, 384‐well platform to systematically examine the influence of biliary physiological signals including fluid flow, stromal cells and bile acids, and models intrahepatic biliary disease progression ...
Britney Tian, Mina Ogawa, Manami Kondo, Gabrielle Langeveld, Ling Jun Huan, Feng Zhang, Andrew Hollinger, Sara Deir, Christine Bear, Boyang Zhang, Shinichiro Ogawa   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

CAQ Corner: Basic concepts of transplant immunology

, 2022
Liver Transplantation, EarlyView.
Amanda Cheung, Josh Levitsky
wiley   +1 more source