Associations between Chinese Visceral Adiposity Index and the Risk of Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Liver Fibrosis: A Large Cross-sectional Study by Hui Liu, Mingming Deng, Gang Luo, Jie Chen

“…The odds ratios (95% CI) of hepatic fibrosis risk were 1.23 [0.67, 2.30], 2.44 [1.39, 4.43], 7.46 [4.36, 13.30] for the quartiles 2, 3, and 4 compared to the lowest quartile (P<0.001). …”
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Characteristics of NAFLD Based on Hypopituitarism by Kazuhisa Kodama, Atsuhiro Ichihara, Yasufumi Seki, Yuichi Ikarashi, Takaomi Sagawa, Tomomi Kogiso, Maiko Taniai, Katsutoshi Tokushige

“…Conclusion. The hepatic fibrosis grade rapidly progressed in the cranial surgery cases of NAFLD patients with hypopituitarism, possibly in association with BMI, diabetes mellitus, and leptin. …”
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In Vitro and in Vivo Hypolipidemic Effects of Protein-Polysaccharide Complexes from Three Species of Edible Fungi by GAO Chen, LI Wen, CHEN Wanchao, WU Di, ZHANG Zhong, LIU Peng, XIA Yongjun, YANG Yan

“…In the high-dose group, the hepatic lipid content of mice with hyperlipidemia was reduced from (30.59 ± 0.38)% to (13.74 ± 1.57)%, (9.68 ± 0.73)%, and (7.15 ± 0.39)%, respectively, by the complexes from A. bisporus, S. rugosa and M. esculenta, and the inhibition rates of hepatic lipid droplets by these complexes were (55.09 ± 5.12)%, (68.34 ± 2.37)% and (76.64 ± 1.28)%, respectively. …”
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Curative Effect of AD-MSCs against Cisplatin-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Rats is Potentiated by Azilsartan: Targeting Oxidative Stress, MAPK, and Apoptosis Signaling Pathways by Amany Abdlrehim Bekhit, Olivia N. Beshay, Michael A. Fawzy, Sara Mohamed Naguib Abdel-Hafez, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Farid S. Ataya, Moustafa Fathy

“…Cell homing of labeled AD-MSCs to the liver tissues was investigated. Hepatic expression of JNK1/2, ERK1/2, p38, Bax, Bcl-2, and cleaved caspase-3 proteins was investigated by western blot analysis. …”
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Associations between Phase Angle Values Obtained by Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in an Overweight Population by Guangya Chen, Yi Lv, Wei Ni, Qingxin Shi, Xingliang Xiang, Sen Li, Chengwu Song, Mingzhong Xiao, Shuna Jin

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Evaluation of Cottonseed Meal as an Alternative to Fish Meal in Diet for Juvenile Asian Red-Tailed Catfish Hemibagrus wyckioides by Biwei Li, Linhai Su, Yan Sun, Han Huang, Junming Deng, Zhiyong Cao

“…The plasma immunoglobulin M content and hepatic glutathione reductase activity initially increased but then decreased with the raising dietary CSM levels; the highest values were found in the C17.2 group. …”
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CD300E+ macrophages facilitate liver regeneration after splenectomy in decompensated cirrhotic patients by Tao Yang, Yuan Zhang, Chujun Duan, Hui Liu, Dong Wang, Qingshan Liang, Xiao Chen, Jingchang Ma, Kun Cheng, Yong Chen, Ran Zhuang, Jikai Yin

“…This study characterized the hepatic immune microenvironment in patients with cirrhosis following splenectomy. …”
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Toll-Like Receptor-1 and Receptor-2 and Beta-Defensin in Postcholecystectomy Bile Duct Injury by Alejandra Guillermina Miranda-Díaz, José Manuel Hermosillo-Sandoval, Martha Arisbeth Villanueva-Pérez, Luis Miguel Román-Pintos, Trinidad García-Iglesias, Adolfo Daniel Rodríguez-Carrizalez, Ernesto Germán Cardona-Muñoz

“…Postcholecystectomy bile duct injuries (BDI) produce hepatic cholestasis and cause infection of the biliary tract. …”
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Pathophysiology of high fat diet induced obesity: impact of probiotic banana juice on obesity associated complications and hepatosteatosis by Prabhakar Yellanur Konda, Vijayakumar Poondla, Krishna Kumar Jaiswal, Sreenivasulu Dasari, Reddemma Uyyala, Venkata Prasad Surtineni, Janardhan Yadav Egi, Anthony Johnson Antony Masilamani, Lakshmi Bestha, Sreenath Konanki, Muthukumaran Muthulingam, Lakshman Kumar Lingamgunta, Bindu Prasuna Aloor, Sridevi Tirumalaraju, Ankanna Sade, Venkata Ratnam Kamsala, Sreeharsha Nagaraja, Ranjani Ramakrishnan, Vijayakumar Natesan

“…Reduction (p < 0.05) in insulin resistance (5.20 ± 0.03), lipid profile (TC 120 ± 0.05; TG 160 ± 0.24; HDL 38 ± 0.03), liver lipid peroxidation (0.7 ± 0.01), hepatic enzyme markers (AST 82 ± 0.06; ALT 78 ± 0.34; ALP 42 ± 0.22), and hepatic steatosis by increasing liver antioxidant potential (CAT 1.4 ± 0.30; GSH 1.04 ± 0.04; SOD 0.82 ± 0.22) with normal hepatic triglycerides (15 ± 0.02) and glycogen (0.022 ± 0.15) contents and also showed normal liver size, less accumulation of lipid droplets with only a few congestion. …”
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Biphasic Modulation of NOS Expression, Protein and Nitrite Products by Hydroxocobalamin Underlies Its Protective Effect in Endotoxemic Shock: Downstream Regulation of COX-2, IL-1β,... by André L. F. Sampaio, Jesmond Dalli, Vincenzo Brancaleone, Fulvio D'Acquisto, Mauro Perretti, Carmen Wheatley

“…During the immune response, pro-inflammatory phase, parenteral hydroxocobalamin (HOCbl) treatment partially inhibits hepatic, but not lung, iNOS mRNA and promotes lung eNOS mRNA, but attenuates the LPS hepatic rise in eNOS mRNA, whilst paradoxically promoting high iNOS/eNOS protein translation, but relatively moderate •NO production. …”
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A Rare Coexistence of Retroperitoneal Pararenal Castleman's Disease with Focal Nodular Hyperplasia by Theodosios Theodosopoulos, Andreas Karakatsanis, Anneza I. Yiallourou, Fotios Nikolakopoulos, Vassiliki Psychogiou, Eleni Karvouni, Dionysios Voros

“…The retroperitoneal tumor had the features of angiofollicular hyperplasia (Castleman's disease), hyaline-vascular type, whereas a diagnosis of focal nodular hyperplasia was made for the hepatic lesion. The patient is well at fourty months followup postoperatively. …”
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A Case of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor with Liver Metastases Demonstrating the Possibility of Enhanced ACTH Production by the SACI Test by Hirozumi Mori, Masashi Tamura, Ryo Ogawa, Yuta Kimata, Sho Endo, Katsutoshi Sekine, Sayuri Kodama, Hiromi Hisazumi Watanabe, Kiyoshi Ookuma, Masahiro Jinzaki

“…We performed the selective arterial calcium injection (SACI) test combined with selective portal and hepatic venous sampling in a 32-year-old female patient with ectopic ACTH-producing pancreatic NET and liver metastases. …”
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A Case of Acute Budd-Chiari Syndrome Complicating Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome Presenting as Acute Abdomen and Responding to Tight Anticoagulant Therapy by Naofumi Chinen, Yasushi Koyama, Shinji Sato, Yasuo Suzuki

“…Abdominal ultrasonography showed occlusion of the left hepatic vein and the middle hepatic vein and her D-dimer level was high. …”
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Prion protein promotes copper toxicity in Wilson disease by Raffaella Petruzzelli, Federico Catalano, Roberta Crispino, Elena V. Polishchuk, Mariantonietta Elia, Antonio Masone, Giada Lavigna, Anna Grasso, Maria Battipaglia, Lucia Vittoria Sepe, Banu Akdogan, Quirin Reinold, Eugenio Del Prete, Diego Carrella, Annalaura Torella, Vincenzo Nigro, Enrico Caruso, Nicole Innocenti, Emiliano Biasini, Ludmila V. Puchkova, Alessia Indrieri, Ekaterina Y. Ilyechova, Pasquale Piccolo, Hans Zischka, Roberto Chiesa, Roman S. Polishchuk

“…Loss of ATP7B stimulates hepatic expression of PrP, which promotes endocytic Cu uptake, leading to toxic Cu overload. …”
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Pengaruh Diet Tinggi Minyak Sawit Terhadap Sel Hepatosit Tikus by Susila Sastri, Husnil Kadri

“…Conclusion: The high palm oil diet in rats shown to cause hepatic steatosis. Keywords: palm oil, PPAR-α, fat vacuole, hepatic steatosis.…”
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Brevibacterium Bacteremia in the Setting of Pyogenic Liver Abscess: A Case Report with Accompanying Literature Review by Sarah Hossain, Afif Hossain, Aldo Barajas-Ochoa, Michael A. Jaker

“…A 71-year-old Pakistani man with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus presenting with worsening mental status, abdominal pain, and oral intake for the past seven days was found to have pyogenic hepatic abscess with unculturable bacteria and subsequently found to have rare Brevibacterium bacteremia.…”
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Bilothorax: A Bitter Complication of Liver Surgery by L. A. C. Hamers, K. Bosscha, M. H. van Leuken, M. A. M. Moviat, C. P. C. de Jager

“…Bilothorax should be considered as a cause of respiratory detoriation in patients with recent biliary or hepatic surgery.…”
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A Rare Cause of Right Upper Quadrant Pain in a 17-Year-Old Female by Nwabundo Nwankwo, Aram Barbaryan, Alaa M. Ali, Aibek E. Mirrakhimov

“…Liver biopsy was done, which was diagnostic for hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma.…”
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Leflunomide induced drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms: A lesser known entity by Deepak Vashisht, Madhab Durga Tripathy, Sunmeet Sandhu, Rohit Kothari, Surbhi Vashisht, Arun Hegde

“…Diffuse morbilliform rash with facial edema and systemic involvement in the form of lymphadenopathy, eosinophilia and hepatic involvement are the commonest clinical presentation. …”
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Intrahepatic Stones: The Percutaneous Approach by Horst Neuhaus

“…Hepatolithiasis can cause recurrent attacks of cholangitis, with a risk of liver abscesses, sepsis or hepatic failure. Immediate biliary decompression can usually be achieved by endoscopic or percutaneous transhepatic drainage. …”
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