Rifaximin versus Nonabsorbable Disaccharides for the Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy: A Meta-Analysis by Dong Wu, Shu-Mei Wu, Jie Lu, Ying-Qun Zhou, Ling Xu, Chuan-Yong Guo

“…Many studies have found that the antibiotic rifaximin is effective for the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy. However, there is no uniform view on the efficacy and safety of rifaximin. …”
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Advances in liver organoids: replicating hepatic complexity for toxicity assessment and disease modeling by Weidong Shao, Hui Xu, Kanghua Zeng, Mingzhou Ye, Renjun Pei, Kai Wang

“…The liver organoids also serve as ideal platforms for studying liver diseases such as hepatitis, liver fibrosis, viral liver diseases, and monogenic diseases. …”
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Targeted Versus Universal Vaccination against Hepatitis B: A Paradigm Shift by John M Conly, S Shafran

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Hepatitis C, Insulin Resistance and Fatty Liver: Bad Things Come in Threes by Ayman A Abdo, Samuel S Lee

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A Cytokine That Is Involved in Immune Responses in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Patients by Noor R. Abady, Zeana Shakir Al-Al Hindi

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Patients Chronically Infected with Hepatitis C Virus by Colin P White, Gerilynn Hirsch, Sunil Patel, Fatin Adams, Kevork M Peltekian

“…The extent of use of CAM in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected patients was determined, and the demographic and clinical data between users and nonusers of CAM was compared.…”
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Identification of Novel Clinical Factors Associated with Hepatic Fat Accumulation in Extreme Obesity by Glenn S. Gerhard, Peter Benotti, G. Craig Wood, Xin Chu, George Argyropoulos, Anthony Petrick, William E. Strodel, Jon D. Gabrielsen, Anna Ibele, Christopher D. Still, Christopher Kingsley, Johanna DiStefano

“…A limited set of clinical factors can be used to model hepatic fat accumulation with moderate accuracy and may provide potential mechanistic insights in the setting of extreme obesity.…”
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The Transmission Dynamics of Hepatitis B Virus via the Fractional-Order Epidemiological Model by Tahir Khan, Zi-Shan Qian, Roman Ullah, Basem Al Alwan, Gul Zaman, Qasem M. Al-Mdallal, Youssef El Khatib, Khaled Kheder

“…We investigate and analyze the dynamics of hepatitis B with various infection phases and multiple routes of transmission. …”
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Molecular Mechanisms of Phthalate-Induced Hepatic Injury and Amelioration by Plant-Based Principles by Lalit Kumar Singh, Rashmi Pandey, Nikhat Jamal Siddiqi, Bechan Sharma

“…The physicochemical properties of phthalates indicate their lipophilicity, environmental persistence, and bioaccumulation potential, influencing their absorption, distribution, and hepatic biotransformation. The prolonged exposure to phthalates adversely influences the biological redox system by altering the levels of the enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants, molecular signaling pathways, and causing hepatic pathogenesis. …”
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Hepatoprotective Role of 4-Octyl Itaconate in Concanavalin A-Induced Autoimmune Hepatitis by Wenchang Yang, Yaxin Wang, Peng Zhang, Tao Wang, Chengguo Li, Xin Tong, Xiangyu Zeng, Yuping Yin, Kaixiong Tao, Ruidong Li

“…However, its function in autoimmune hepatitis- (AIH-) associated hepatic injury has not been investigated. …”
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Hepatic Cholesterol-25-Hydroxylase Overexpression Improves Systemic Insulin Sensitivity in Mice by Britta Noebauer, Alexander Jais, Jelena Todoric, Klaus Gossens, Hedwig Sutterlüty-Fall, Elisa Einwallner

“…Our data suggest that low hepatic Ch25h levels could be considered a risk marker for unhealthy obesity.…”
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Isoniazid and Rifampicin Produce Hepatic Fibrosis through an Oxidative Stress-Dependent Mechanism by Ayan Biswas, Suman Santra, Debasree Bishnu, Gopal Krishna Dhali, Abhijit Chowdhury, Amal Santra

“…Background & Aims. Chronic hepatitis (CH) has emerged as a distinct outcome of drug-induced liver injury (DILI). …”
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Serological Evidence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in an Indigenous North American Population by GY Minuk, A Sun, DF Sun, J Uhanova, LE Nicolle, B Larke, A Giulivi

“…BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections are thought to be uncommon in North America. …”
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Pathological Features of Mitochondrial Ultrastructure Predict Susceptibility to Post-TIPS Hepatic Encephalopathy by Hong-bin Li, Zhen-dong Yue, Hong-wei Zhao, Lei Wang, Zhen-hua Fan, Fu-liang He, Xiao-qun Dong, Fu-quan Liu

“…Background. Post-TIPS hepatic encephalopathy (PSE) is a complex process involving numerous risk factors; the root cause is unclear, but an elevation of blood ammonia due to portosystemic shunt and metabolic disorders in hepatocytes has been proposed as an important risk factor. …”
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Ursodeoxycholic acid for the treatment of hepatic sarcoid: A pre-post pilot study by Ethan Weinberg, Aimee Stonelake, Kelly Borges, Emily Toal, Sevda Aghayeva, Milton Rossman, Colin Ligon, K. Rajender Reddy

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Ciliated Hepatic Foregut Cyst: Two Case Reports in Children and Review of the Literature by Maliheh Khoddami, Maryam Kazemi Aghdam, Azadeh Alvandimanesh

“…Ciliated hepatic foregut cyst (CHFC) is a rare lesion which originates from detached hepatic diverticulum or from detachment and migration of buds from the esophageal and bronchial regions of the foregut which subsequently get entrapped by the liver during the early embryonic development of the foregut. …”
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Association of anti-phospholipid antibodies and hepatitis B virus infection in Najaf Governorate by Ameer Mohammed Kadhim, Hawraa Ameer Mubark, Dhefaf Hameed Al-Mudhafar, Zainab Hayder Abdulmajeed

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Amanita bisporigera-Induced Hepatic Failure: A Fatal Case of Mushroom Ingestion by Anthony Nici, Sang Kim

“…If not aggressively treated, fulminant hepatic failure may develop within several days of ingestion. …”
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Aberrant Hepatic Methionine Metabolism and Gene Methylation in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Alcoholic Steatohepatitis by Charles H. Halsted, Valentina Medici

“…The present paper describes the effects of ethanol on the hepatic methionine cycle, followed by evidence for the central role of reduced SAM in the pathogenesis of ASH according to clinical data and experiments in ethanol-fed animals and in cell models. …”
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Surveillance Following Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Loss: An Issue Requiring Attention by Shuai-Wen Huang, Hong Long, Jia-Quan Huang

“…Due to the lack of agents that directly target covalently closed circular DNA and integrated HBV DNA in hepatocytes, achieving a complete cure for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) remains challenging. The latest guidelines recommend (hepatitis B surface antigen) HBsAg loss as the ideal treatment target for improving liver function, histopathology, and long-term prognosis. …”
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