Model of Liver Fibrosis Induction by Thioacetamide in Rats for Regenerative Therapy Studies by Nathaly Enciso, José Amiel, Fredy Fabián-Domínguez, Jhon Pando, Nancy Rojas, Carlos Cisneros-Huamaní, Ernesto Nava, Javier Enciso

“…Hepatic fibrosis is caused by chronic injury due to toxic, infectious, or metabolic causes, and it may progress to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. …”
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Elevated Serum Levels of the Antiapoptotic Protein Decoy-Receptor 3 Are Associated with Advanced Liver Disease by Giorgos Bamias, Michalis Gizis, Ioanna Delladetsima, Eyfrosyni Laoudi, Spyros I. Siakavellas, Ioannis Koutsounas, Garyfallia Kaltsa, John Vlachogiannakos, Irene Vafiadis-Zouboulis, George L. Daikos, George V. Papatheodoridis, Spiros D. Ladas

“…Serum DcR3 (sDcR3) levels during the chronic hepatitis/cirrhosis/hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) sequence have not been explored. …”
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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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Matrine relieved DHAV-1-induced hepatocyte excessive interferon and pyroptosis by activating mitophagy by Weiran Wang, Xiang Fu, Bolin Gu, Mengxin Hu, Jiaguo Liu

“…Duck hepatitis A virus type 1 (DHAV-1) is a significant pathogen affecting ducklings, capable of causing rapid mortality and adversely impacting the development of the duck industry. …”
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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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Simeprevir and Sofosbuvir Combination Treatment in a Patient with HCV Cirrhosis and HbS Beta 0-Thalassemia: Efficacy and Safety despite Baseline Hyperbilirubinemia by Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Melanie Deutsch, Athanasios Georgalas, Helias Poulakidas, Lazaros Karnesis

“…The majority of these patients were taking concurrent ribavirin presenting elevated unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia due to hemolysis. However, cases of hepatic failure with elevated bilirubin level have also been reported in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. …”
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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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Investigation of the dose and structure effects of lipid oxidation products aldehydes on the generation of heterocyclic amines: A case study of 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo [4,... by Mantong Zhao, Zhongyuan Liu, Mengyin Zha, Ying Sun, Haohao Shi, Xueying Zhang, Chuan Li, Guanghua Xia

“…During pan-frying, massive aldehydes were generated in a time-dependent manner with acrolein, propanal, hexanal, 4-hydroxy-nonenal (HNE), and 2,4-decadienal (DDE) as the abundant species. …”
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Diphenhydramine as a Cause of Drug-Induced Liver Injury by Yunseok Namn, Yecheskel Schneider, Isabelle H. Cui, Arun Jesudian

“…Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is the most common cause of acute liver failure in the Unites States and accounts for 10% of acute hepatitis cases. We report the only known case of diphenhydramine-induced acute liver injury in the absence of concomitant medications. …”
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Histomorphologic liver abnormalities in a group of alcoholic patients by Libán Álvarez Cáceres, Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola, Merlyn Arce Núñez.

“…<strong><br />Conclusion</strong>: there were a high proportion of patients with impaired liver aminotransferases and severe histological diagnoses, especially those of chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis.…”
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Improvement of Oxidative Stability and Microbial Shelf Life of Vanilla Cake by Coconut Oil Meal and Sesame Oil Meal Phenolic Extracts by Chathuri M. Senanayake, C. Harshani Algama, Ruwani L. Wimalasekara, W. N. M. T. D. N. Weerakoon, Nimanthi Jayathilaka, Kapila N. Seneviratne

“…BHT- and SME-added cakes maintained hexanal levels below 2 mg/kg, while control cake with no added antioxidants exceeded this level by day 14. …”
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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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Sebaran Lesi Skabiosis Pada Kambing Di Desa Nampar Tabang, Kabupaten Manggarai Timur by Yohana Maria Febrizki Bollyn, Hendrikus Demon Tukan, Puspita Cahya Achmadi

“…Tungau menggali terowongan di dalam lapisan atas kulit, menyebabkan gatal-gatal, kerusakan kulit, dan ketidaknyamanan pada hewan yang terinfeksi. Skabies dengan cepat menyebar di antara hewan yang tinggal dalam kelompok atau kandang yang sama. …”
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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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Short-Term Activation of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors α and γ Induces Tissue-Specific Effects on Lipid Metabolism and Fatty Acid Composition in Male Wistar Rats by Elin Strand, Vegard Lysne, Mari Lausund Grinna, Pavol Bohov, Asbjørn Svardal, Ottar Nygård, Rolf K. Berge, Bodil Bjørndal

“…Thus, the aim was to compare the metabolic response in hepatic, adipose, and cardiac tissues after treatment with specific PPAR agonists. …”
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Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis by Magnetic Resonance Elastography in Patients with Rheumatic Disease on Long-Term Methotrexate Treatment by Arindam Nandy Roy, Anjani Kumar Darapureddy, Yarram Ashok Kumar

“…Background: Long-term methotrexate (MTX) use is associated with hepatic fibrosis in patients with rheumatic diseases. …”
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Development and Evaluation of an ICU Nurse Training Program on Oral Mucosal Pressure Injury Prevention and Management Using the ADDIE Model by Jia T, Lan Y, Pang J, Ma M, Ding Z, Wang Y, Jiang E

“…Tiantian Jia,1 Yunxia Lan,2 Jing Pang,2 Mengdan Ma,1 Zhe Ding,3 Yongting Wang,1 Enshe Jiang4 1Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit, The Affiliated Chest Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450008, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Nursing, The Affiliated Chest Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450008, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Rehabilitation, The Affiliated Chest Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450008, People’s Republic of China; 4Institute of Nursing and Health, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Enshe Jiang, Institute of Nursing and Health, Henan University, No. 1 Jinming Road, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, People’s Republic of China, Email esjiang@gmail.com Yongting Wang, Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit, the Affiliated Chest Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Weiwu Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450008, People’s Republic of China, Email 2313992171@qq.comPurpose: To construct a training course program for ICU nurses to care for oral mucosal membrane pressure injury (MMPI) and evaluate its implementation effects based on the ADDIE model.Patients and Methods: A research team was established to construct the training course program in January 2024. …”
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