Von Willebrand factor in plasma and in liver tissue after partial hepatectomy in the rat.

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Genetic variants of patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing 3 (PNPLA3) and diabetes are associated with liver disease severity, in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection. We aimed at exploring their interaction in determining hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver fibrosis. METHODS:The...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Huang CF,Dai CY,Yeh ML,Huang CI,Tai CM,Hsieh MH,Liang PC,Lin YH,Hsieh MY,Yang HL,Huang JF,Lin ZY,Chen SC,Yu ML,Chuang WL

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Alcoholic hepatitis is an acute life- and health-threatening disease that may be increasingly frequent. However, accurate and representative data on time trends in its incidence and prognosis are not available. This study aims to provide nationwide population-based estimates of alcoholic hepatitis inc...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Sandahl TD,Jepsen P,Thomsen KL,Vilstrup H

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:We evaluated the test performance profile (TPP) of blood tests of liver fibrosis. METHODS:Three hundred and fifty-six patients with C chronic hepatitis were included in two centers. Metavir staging of liver specimens by two independent pathologists and the following tests were evaluated: Fibrotest (FT)...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Halfon P,Bacq Y,De Muret A,Penaranda G,Bourliere M,Ouzan D,Tran A,Botta D,Renou C,Bréchot MC,Degott C,Paradis V

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome in association with the 'lupus' anticoagulant are described. This anticoagulant was looked for in our patients with an otherwise idiopathic hepatic venous thrombosis because of the presence of a pronounced thrombocytopenia, a prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time or a...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Van Steenbergen W,Beyls J,Vermylen J,Fevery J,Marchal G,Desmet V,De Groote J

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:IgM antibodies to hepatitis C virus have been found in a variable proportion of patients with chronic hepatitis C. We have evaluated whether IgM anti-core antibodies correlate with viraemia or hepatic injury in chronic hepatitis C. METHODS:Serum from 106 patients with chronic hepatitis C with varying s...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Martinelli AL,Brown D,Braun HB,Michel G,Dusheiko GM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Reactive oxygen species, proinflammatory cytokines, glutathione depletion and nitric oxide have all been implicated in the pathogenesis of fulminant hepatic failure. The aim of the present study was to examine the respective roles of these factors in the pathogenesis of thioacetamide-induced fulminant h...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Bruck R,Aeed H,Shirin H,Matas Z,Zaidel L,Avni Y,Halpern Z

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histological fibrosis stage is one of the most important prognostic factors in compensated and decompensated alcohol-related liver disease (ALD). Morphological assessment of fibrosis is useful for patient stratification, enabling individualised management, and for evaluation of treatment effects in clinical studies. I...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Lackner C,Tiniakos D

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Emricasan, an oral pan-caspase inhibitor, decreased portal pressure in experimental cirrhosis and in an open-label study in patients with cirrhosis and severe portal hypertension, defined as a hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) ≥12 mmHg. We aimed to confirm these results in a placebo-controlled s...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Garcia-Tsao G,Bosch J,Kayali Z,Harrison SA,Abdelmalek MF,Lawitz E,Satapathy SK,Ghabril M,Shiffman ML,Younes ZH,Thuluvath PJ,Berzigotti A,Albillos A,Robinson JM,Hagerty DT,Chan JL,Sanyal AJ,IDN-6556-14 Investigators(‡).

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-6 has a variety of biological effects, mainly on the immune system. The regulation of this signal at both the site of production and the site of action is necessary to maintain the organism's homeostasis. In the microenvironment of the hepatic sinusoids, Kupffer cells as resident macrophages are the most p...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Hoffmann R,Henninger HP,Schulze-Specking A,Decker K

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:While combination of peginterferon-alpha (PEG-IFN) and ribavirin (RBV) therapy is the current standard of care for chronic hepatitis C (CHC), only 44-51% of genotype-1 patients achieve a sustained virological response (SVR), and both agents produce treatment-limiting toxicities. In the hepatitis C virus...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Marcellin P,Horsmans Y,Nevens F,Grange JD,Bronowicki JP,Vetter D,Purdy S,Garg V,Bengtsson L,McNair L,Alam J

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To study whether the host's immune response determines viral clearance in chronic hepatitis C, virological markers and antigen-specific T cell reactions were analysed in 30 chronic HCV carriers followed up during interferon-alpha therapy, 11 untreated anti-HCV positive individuals and 10 healthy control...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Löhr HF,Gerken G,Roth M,Weyer S,Schlaak JF,Meyer zum Büschenfelde KH

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The integrated results of a worldwide clinical research program studying interferon-alpha 2a (IFN-alpha 2a) (Roferon-A, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C in 1831 patients are reviewed in this paper. According to a multivariate analysis of the data available from thi...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Ryff JC

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Therapeutic options for patients failing hepatitis C retreatment are limited. EPIC(3) included a prospective trial assessing long-term peginterferon alfa-2b (PegIFNα-2b) maintenance therapy in patients with METAVIR fibrosis scores (MFS) of F2 or F3 who previously failed hepatitis C retreatment. METHO...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Poynard T,Bruix J,Schiff ER,Diago M,Berg T,Moreno-Otero R,Lyra AC,Carrilho F,Griffel LH,Boparai N,Jiang R,Burroughs M,Brass CA,Albrecht JK

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Chronic liver disease is characterized by fibrosis that may progress to cirrhosis. Nucleotide oligomerization domain 2 (Nod2), a member of the Nod-like receptor (NLR) family of intracellular immune receptors, plays an important role in the defense against bacterial infection through binding to the lig...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Wang L,Hartmann P,Haimerl M,Bathena SP,Sjöwall C,Almer S,Alnouti Y,Hofmann AF,Schnabl B

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIM:Alcohol consumption increases intestinal permeability and causes damage to hepatocytes, leading to the release of pathogen- and damage-associated molecular pattern molecules (PAMPs and DAMPs), stimulating hepatic macrophages and activating NF-κB. The resultant inflammation exacerbates alcoholic liver d...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Wang M,Shen G,Xu L,Liu X,Brown JM,Feng D,Ross RA,Gao B,Liangpunsakul S,Ju C

更新日期：2017-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic value of portal hemodynamics, measured by pulsed echo-Doppler, was prospectively evaluated, together with clinical, biochemical and endoscopic parameters, in a series of 50 consecutive patients with compensated cirrhosis. After a mean follow-up of 6 years, 25 patients had died, all from complications of...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Zoli M,Iervese T,Merkel C,Bianchi G,Magalotti D,Marchesini G,Gatta A,Pisi E

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Pregnant women with acute viral hepatitis (VH) and those with pregnancy associated acute liver disease (PAALD) including acute fatty liver disease of pregnancy, hemolysis elevated liver enzyme and low platelet syndrome present with similar clinical features and liver tests abnormalities. Accurate differ...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Devarbhavi H,Kremers WK,Dierkhising R,Padmanabhan L

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured plasma abnormal prothrombin (des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin; DCP) levels in normal subjects and in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and other various diseases using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay developed by Motohara et al. (Pediatr Res 1985; 19: 354-357). Fifty-eight percent of 52 patients wi...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Okuda H,Obata H,Nakanishi T,Furukawa R,Hashimoto E

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The kinetics of omeprazole and its primary metabolites 5'-hydroxyomeprazole and omeprazole sulfone were studied in healthy volunteers to evaluate omeprazole as a probe drug for the S-mephenytoin hydroxylase (CYP2C19) polymorphism. The plasma metabolic ratio obtained from the concentrations of omeprazole...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Rost KL,Brockmöller J,Esdorn F,Roots I

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The number of perisinusoidal myofibroblasts has been shown to be increased in hepatocellular carcinoma, as compared to cirrhosis. This increase might suggest a cooperative relationship between tumour cells and myofibroblasts. To assess this relationship, we undertook: (a) an immunohistochemical study to...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Nhieu JT,Brochériou I,Préaux AM,Mallat A,Cherqui D,Zafrani ES,Mavier P

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of HCV transmission by blood and blood products has been greatly reduced since the early 1980's. Selection of non-remunerated donors, donor selection to prevent HIV transmission, initial surrogate testing in some regions, and introduction of anti-HCV testing have all contributed to this. ALT surrogate testing...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： van der Poel CL

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The finer branches of the biliary tree play an important role in biliary regeneration. They are consistently escorted by microvessels. Defects in the vascularization of these structures could impair bile duct regeneration. Therefore, we investigated the pattern of the escorting microvessels during the d...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： van den Heuvel MC,Gouw AS,Boot M,Slooff MJ,Poppema S,de Jong KP

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of a single bolus of somatostatin on oesophageal variceal pressure has been studied in 7 patients with cirrhosis and 5 patients with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension using a non-invasive variceal pressure gauge. Both groups of patients demonstrated similar reductions in variceal pressure with all subjects ...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Clements D,Rhodes JM,Elias E

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alterations of hepatobiliary transport that occur in cholestasis can be divided into primary defects, such as mutations of transporter genes or acquired dysfunctions of transport systems that cause defective canalicular or cholangiocellular secretion, and secondary defects, which result from biliary obstruction. T...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Kullak-Ublick GA,Beuers U,Paumgartner G

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Weak hepatitis C virus (HCV) specific immunity in peripheral blood has been shown to be partially controlled by regulatory T cells (Treg). However, little is known about Treg present in livers of HCV-infected patients, their association with clinical parameters, and immunopathology resulting in diseas...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Claassen MA,de Knegt RJ,Tilanus HW,Janssen HL,Boonstra A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To evaluate demographic characteristics, liver histology and virological features of hepatitis C virus (HCV) carriers with normal alanine transaminase (ALT) levels. METHODS:A nationwide prospective study was started in 1997. Four Italian centres have participated in this study. RESULTS:Eight hundred a...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Puoti C,Castellacci R,Montagnese F,Zaltron S,Stornaiuolo G,Bergami N,Bellis L,Precone DF,Corvisieri P,Puoti M,Minola E,Gaeta GB

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data derived from population, case-control, and cohort studies conducted in several Euro-Mediterranean and African countries disclose impressive similarities in the age and modes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission and in the prevalence, duration, and outcome of the four phases of the natural history of chronic in...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Hadziyannis SJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has developed strategies to evade immune responses. However, the mechanisms involved remain unclear. The NLRP3 inflammasome plays crucial roles in antiviral host defense and its downstream factor IL-1β has been shown to inhibit HBV infection in vivo. This study aims to assess w...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Yu X,Lan P,Hou X,Han Q,Lu N,Li T,Jiao C,Zhang J,Zhang C,Tian Z

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AIMS:In hepatitis C there is controversy over the linearity of the rate of progression and the significance of gender, mode of infection and viral factors. METHODS:2313 untreated patients with a reliable estimated duration of infection and liver fibrosis were included. Fibrosis progression was calculated us...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Poynard T,Ratziu V,Charlotte F,Goodman Z,McHutchison J,Albrecht J

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In order to study the short-term effect of moderate and severe reduction of liver function by acetaminophen poisoning of different severity on gene expression for liver-specific functions, rats were given 3.75 and 7.5 g per kg body weight acetaminophen intragastrically. The lower dose is associated with low mortali...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Tygstrup N,Jensen SA,Krog B,Dalhoff K

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00