Baseline ultrasound and clinical correlates in children with cystic fibrosis. [PDF]
Objective: To investigate the relationship between abdominal ultrasound (US) findings and demographic, historical and clinical features in children with CF.
Alonso, Estella M. +18 more
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Urologic Bacteriome: The Hero or the Villain in Prostate Cancer Onset, Progression, and Treatment?
ABSTRACT Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer in men worldwide and the fifth leading cause of cancer‐related mortality, presenting urgent unmet clinical needs in diagnosis and treatment. The recognition of the microbiome as a key factor in human health has prompted numerous studies, revealing an exciting new approach to ...
Lara R. S. Fonseca +6 more
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Clinical efficasy of L-arginine and ursodeoxycholic acid in the complex treatment of rosacea
Under clinical observation were 77 patients suffered from different clinical forms of acne rosacea that using L-arginin and Ursodeoxycholic acid had treated All patients have functional and organic disturbances of hepatobiliary system before treatment ...
M. K. Baltabaev +2 more
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A frequent variant in the human bile salt export pump gene ABCB11 is associated with hepatitis C virus infection, but not liver stiffness in a German population [PDF]
Background: The human ATP-binding cassette, subfamily B, member 11 (ABCB11) gene encodes the bile salt export pump, which is exclusively expressed at the canalicular membrane of hepatocytes.
Grünhage, Frank +6 more
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Neuroprotective effects of ursodeoxycholic acid in Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease
In Parkinson's disease (PD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD), various shared pathological mechanisms exist. UDCA has been shown to exert neuroprotective effects in preclinical and clinical studies. Such effects include the mitigation of neuroinflammation as well as rescue effects on mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, impaired autophagy, and ...
Ashley En Yi Chong +3 more
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Quality of life in patients with biliary tract diseases taking UDCAcontaining drug
Background. When bile is oversaturated with cholesterol, the dynamic equilibrium between proand antinucleating factors is disturbed, which leads to precipitation of cholesterol crystals and their aggregation into microlites.
A. M. Lukmanova +2 more
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Optimizing treatment of atopic dermatitis in infants using ursodeoxycholic acid
The paper studied the rational for including of ursodeoxycholic acid suspension in complex therapy of atopic dermatitis for infants. The indication of ursodeoxycholic acid suspension for 25 infants with atopic dermatitis resulted in positive clinical ...
O.G. Shadrin, G.A. Gaiduchik
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Cyp2c70 is responsible for the species difference in bile acid metabolism between mice and humans [PDF]
Bile acids are synthesized from cholesterol in the liver and subjected to multiple metabolic biotransformations in hepatocytes, including oxidation by cytochromes P450 (CYPs) and conjugation with taurine, glycine, glucuronic acid, and sulfate.
Botham +45 more
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Uric Acid in Metabolic Dysfunction‐Associated Steatotic Liver Disease
MASLD is the most prevalent chronic liver disease worldwide, yet effective pharmacological treatments remain limited. Hyperuricemia is now recognized as a key driver of hepatic steatosis, inflammation, and fibrosis, with elevated serum uric acid levels independently predicting hepatocellular carcinoma and liver‐related mortality.
Rong Wang +5 more
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Current Cell/Organoid and Animal Models for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease with limited therapeutic options and a marked risk of progression to biliary fibrosis, cirrhosis, and malignancy. Progress in PSC research has been hindered by the lack of models that faithfully recapitulate the complex biliary microenvironment and disease heterogeneity ...
Qigu Yao +4 more
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