Incidence of Severe Hepatotoxicity Related to Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients by Emily L. Heil, Mary L. Townsend, Kenneth Shipp, Amy Clarke, Melissa D. Johnson

“…Hepatotoxicity is a concern in HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfected patients due to their underlying liver disease. …”
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Canadian Laboratory Standards for Sexually Transmitted Infections: Best Practice Guidelines by Max A Chernesky, David Patrick

“…Sexually transmitted or associated syndromes such as cervicitis, enteric infections, epididymitis, genital ulcers, sexually related hepatitis, ophthalmia neonatorum, pelvic inflammatory disease, prostatitis and vulvovaginitis present a challenge for the physician to identify the microbial cause, treat the patient and manage contacts. …”
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FLAIR Hyperintense Vessel Sign of Both MCAs with Severe Heart Failure by Donghee Kim, Seung-Yul Lee, Kwon-Duk Seo

“…In this patient, underlying chronic cerebral hypoperfusion and additionally decreased systemic perfusion seemed to provoke ischemic hepatitis and contribute to the development of FHVs.…”
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The First Successful Transcatheter Closure of an Inferior Sinus Venosus Defect with Anomalous Drainage of the Right Lower Pulmonary Vein Using Bare and Covered Stents: A Single-Cas... by Kritvikrom Durongpisitkul, Paweena Chungsomprasong, Porntip Panjasamanvong, Somrach Thamtorawat

“…Careful patient selection and intensive assessment of pulmonary and hepatic vein anatomy before and during the procedure were necessary to achieve a successful outcome.…”
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In Vitro Antibacterial Activity and Mode of Action of Piper betle Extracts against Soft Rot Disease-Causing Bacteria by Punyisa Charirak, Rapeepun Prajantasan, Kantapon Premprayoon, Nikom Srikacha, Khakhanang Ratananikom

“…Dried leaves of P. betle were extracted with water, ethanol, and hexane solvents and evaluated for their antibacterial activity. …”
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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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A True Aneurysm of the Zygomatic Orbital Artery: First Case Report in the Literature by Valentina Molinaro, Elisa Pagliasso, Gianfranco Varetto, Claudio Castagno, Lorenzo Gibello, Pietro Rispoli

“…Blood tests were negative for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C (HCV), and hepatitis B (HBV) markers. Aneurysmectomy under local anesthesia was performed. …”
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A comparative analysis of the antioxidant potential of watermelon (citrullus lanatus (thunb.)) mesocarp extract fractions evaluated by the DPPH method by Kusuma Ikhwan Yuda, Yunas Afrah, Febrina Dina, Csupor Dezső, Perdana Muhammad Iqbal, Pratiwi Hening

“…The crude extract was fractionated into water, ethyl acetate, and n-hexane fractions, and their antioxidant activity was evaluated using the DPPH method. …”
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AM3, an Oral BRM: Protective Agent against Iatrogenic Bone-Marrow and Liver Damage in Breast Cancer Patients under Conventional Adjuvant Radiochemotherapy by Vicente G Villarrubia, Paula Marquez, Jose Cobo, Guillermo J Sada

“…Besides these hematological effects, AM3 palliated subclinical hepatic toxicity due to combined radio-chemotherapy. …”
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Advances in intrahepatic and extrahepatic vascular dysregulations in cirrhotic portal hypertension by Yanqiu Li, Bingbing Zhu, Ke Shi, Yu Lu, Xuanwei Zeng, Yongqi Li, Qun Zhang, Ying Feng, Xianbo Wang

“…Additionally, therapeutic strategies targeting these vascular mechanisms are diverse, including improvement of sinusoidal microcirculation, therapies targeting hepatic stellate cells activation, and pharmacological modulation of systemic vascular tone. …”
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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 Taxonomic Revision of the Orb Weaver Genus Acacesia (Araneae: Araneidae) by Susan Glueck

“…A. cornigera Petrunkevitch and A. hamata (Hentz). Three of these are new species: A. villalobosi and A. yacuiensis, fom southern Brazil, and A. benigna from Bolivia and Peru.…”
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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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Elution Adsorption Dynamics of Organic Substances on Carbon Adsorbents by N.S. Polyakov, A.V. Larin, M.L. Goubkina

“…Breakthrough curves of CF 3 Cl on carbon black and of cyclo-hexane on active charcoal have been measured under elution adsorption dynamic conditions. …”
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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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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

“…Background: The associations between Chinese visceral adiposity index (CVAI) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or hepatic fibrosis in Westerners are not obvious. Furthermore, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is the new nomenclature of NAFLD, with significantly different diagnostic criteria. …”
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Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activity of Microalgae <I>Dunaliella salina</I> and <I>Botryococcus braunii</I> by Ali Ridlo, Delianis Pringgenies, Ribka Anindita Br Perangin-angin, Dafit Ariyanto

“…. • The n-hexane extracts exhibited the highest antioxidant activity, whereas saponins were most abundant in the methanol extracts. …”
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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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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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