A Case of Malignant Biliary Obstruction with Severe Obesity Successfully Treated by Endoscopic Ultrasonography-Guided Biliary Drainage by Takashi Obana, Shuuji Yamasaki

“…Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) from the left hepatic biliary tree also failed. Although a second PTBD attempt from the right hepatic lobe was accomplished, biliary tract bleeding followed, and the catheter was dislodged. …”
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Mechanisms of liver disease in patients infected with HIV by Matthew B Kaspar, Richard K Sterling

“…Most disease states use multiple mechanisms to cause hepatic injury and fibrosis.…”
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Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Liver Complicated by Lung Necrosis and Pleural Empyema: A Case Report by Klaus Steinbrück, Marcelo Enne, Reinaldo Fernandes, Jose M. Martinho, Lúcio F. Pacheco-Moreira

“…Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver (IPTL) is a rare condition, but an important differential diagnosis of hepatic space-occupying lesions. It may regress spontaneously and mimic other liver tumors. …”
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Newly identified single-nucleotide polymorphism associated with the transition from nonalcoholic fatty liver disease to liver fibrosis: results from a nested case-control study in... by Yitong Ling, Yu Xuan Yang, Yan Chun Chen, Jing Hao Wang, Dong Ge Feng, Shi Jian Xiang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Jun Lyu, Sha Sha Li

“…For our in vitro investigations, we employed the LX-2 human hepatic stellate cell line. Our procedures included cultivating these cells, employing SAMM50-rs2073080 plasmid techniques to enhance the expression of recently discovered SNPs, and conducting biochemical assays. …”
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Curcumin and α/β-Adrenergic Antagonists Cotreatment Reverse Liver Cirrhosis in Hamsters: Participation of Nrf-2 and NF-κB by José Roberto Macías-Pérez, Bruno Jesús Vázquez-López, Martin Humberto Muñoz-Ortega, Liseth Rubí Aldaba-Muruato, Sandra Luz Martínez-Hernández, Esperanza Sánchez-Alemán, Javier Ventura-Juárez

“…Liver cirrhosis is the result of an uncontrolled fibrogenetic process, due to the activation and subsequent differentiation into myofibroblasts of the hepatic stellate cells (HSC). It is known that HSC express adrenoreceptors (AR), and the use of AR antagonists protects experimental animals from cirrhosis. …”
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Transarterial Chemoembolization of Metastatic Liver Lesions in Patients with Colorectal Cancer by O. Yu. Stukalova, G. P. Gens, Z. Kh. Shugushev, V. V. Maslov, A. G. Chepurnoy

“…The research basis included data for 10 patients, who had undergone chemoembolization of the hepatic arteries using Biosphere microspheres 50– 100 µm — 25 mg and doxorubicin 50 mg.Results. …”
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Congenital Hypothyroidism: An Unusual Combination of Biochemical Abnormalities by Ruchi Mantri, S. B. Bavdekar, Sushma U. Save

“…The combination of indirect hyperbilirubinemia and raised levels of hepatic transaminases has not been reported in babies with CHT. …”
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Refractory Thrombocytopenia Responds to Octreotide Treatment in a Case of Evans Syndrome with Gastric Neuroendocrine Tumor by Kocfa Chung-Delgado, Alejandro Revilla-Montag, Sonia Guillén-Bravo, Hugo Ríos-Díaz, José C. Alva-Muñoz

“…Weeks later, the hepatic metastasis is discarded by a negative octreotide-body scan, and the octreotide treatment was interrupted. …”
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Pulmonary Thromboembolism Complicating Amebic Liver Abscess: First Reported Case in the United States—Case Report and Literature Review by Devon McKenzie, Michael Gale, Sunny Patel, Grazyna Kaluta

“…He had a positive serum Entamoeba histolytica antibody with CT scan findings of a hepatic abscess with thrombosis of the hepatic vein and inferior vena cava and numerous bilateral pulmonary emboli. …”
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Inhibited peroxidase activity of peroxiredoxin 1 by palmitic acid exacerbates nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in male mice by Wen Yin, Heng Xu, Zhonghao Bai, Yue Wu, Yan Zhang, Rui Liu, Zhangzhao Wang, Bei Zhang, Jing Shen, Hao Zhang, Xin Chen, Danting Ma, Xiaofeng Shi, Lihui Yan, Chang Zhang, Hualiang Jiang, Kaixian Chen, Dean Guo, Wenyan Niu, Huiyong Yin, Weiping J. Zhang, Cheng Luo, Xiangyang Xie

“…Using three genetic models, we demonstrate that hepatic PRDX1 protects against NASH in male mice. …”
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Emerging Trends and New Developments in Transient Elastography: A Bibliometric and Cocitation Analysis from 1999 to 2017 by Jingjing Gu, Weimian Wang, Ziyuan Zou, Fangze Huang, Chihua Fang, Xun Li, Xiaolong Qi

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Emodin Improves Juvenile Largemouth Bass (<i>Micropterus salmoides</i>) Liver Health Through Nrf2/NF-κB Pathway and Fat Metabolism: Growth Performance, Immune Response and Resistan... by Zhenxin Zhao, Fei Zhao, Tianxun Luo, Zhou Zhou, Xianbo Zhang

“…Subsequently, unlike those in EM-0 group, the fish in the EM-1000 group showed heightened hepatocyte count, induced hepatic lipolysis-associated expression of peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor α (<i>PPARα</i>) and acyl-coenzyme an oxidase (<i>ACO</i>), and reduced the hepatic triglyceride (TG) levels. …”
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Concomitant Pulmonary and Biliary Manifestations of Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Report by Pritee Shrestha, Philip Shara, Babajide Adio

“…Consideration of Ulcerative colitis in patients with unexplained lung and hepatic pathology is crucial, as a failure of timely intervention can lead to multiorgan complications.…”
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Halogenated Anesthetics Determination in Urine by SPME/GC/MS and Urine Levels Relationship Evaluation with Surgical Theatres Contamination by Serena Indelicato, David Bongiorno, Sergio Indelicato, Leopoldo Ceraulo, Ernesto Tranchina, Giuseppe Avellone, Concetta Arcadipane, Filippo Giambartino

“…In this work, a new sensitive analytical method has been developed and evaluated for the determination of the most commonly used gaseous anesthetics, desflurane, sevoflurane, and this latter’s hepatic metabolite hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) in the urine. …”
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Molar Tooth Sign with Deranged Liver Function Tests: An Indian Case with COACH Syndrome by Rama Krishna Sanjeev, Seema Kapoor, Manisha Goyal, Rajiv Kapur, Joseph Gerard Gleeson

“…We report the first genetically proven case of COACH syndrome from the Indian subcontinent in a 6-year-old girl who presented with typical features of Joubert syndrome along with hepatic involvement. Mutation analysis revealed compound heterozygous missense mutation in the known gene TMEM67 (also called MKS3).…”
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Systemic Bartonella henselae Infection in Immunocompetent Adult Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin by Thierry Zenone

“…We report four cases with hepatic and/or splenic involvement, presenting as fever of unknown origin. …”
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Protective Effect of Acacia nilotica (L.) against Acetaminophen-Induced Hepatocellular Damage in Wistar Rats by Narayanan Kannan, Kunnathur Murugesan Sakthivel, Chandrasekaran Guruvayoorappan

“…The present study undoubtedly provides a proof that hepatoprotective action of A. nilotica extract may rely on its effect on reducing the oxidative stress in acetaminophen-induced hepatic damage in rat model.…”
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Nesfatin-1 as a crucial mediator of glucose homeostasis in the reptile, Hemidactylus flaviviridis by Krittika Dotania, Mamta Tripathy, Umesh Rai

“…The glycogenolytic/gluconeogenic role of nesfatin-1 was further confirmed by an increase in media glucose levels along with heightened hepatic pepck and fbp expression and concomitant decline in liver glycogen content in nesfatin-1-treated liver of wall lizard. …”
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Anti-Hyperlipidemic Effect of Zinc complex of Betulinic acid in High Fat Diet- Induced Hyperlipidemia by Mehwish Tayyab, Adnan Jehangir, Farhana Ayub, Nimra Ijaz, Sameer Ahmed`, Attiya Munir

“…On the final day terminal sampling was done and serum lipid profile (TG, TC, LDL, HDL) and hepatic enzymes (ALT) for assessing hepatotoxicity were estimated. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in the Diagnosis of Haemobilia by Ines Casazza, Mara Angela Guglietta, Giuseppe Argento

“…After an ultrasonography exam we detected multiple cysts in the hepatic left lobe: imaging features, laboratory findings, and patient past work experience (woodcutter) suggested a diagnosis of hepatic Echinococcosis. …”
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