Purinergic P2Y2 receptors promote hepatocyte resistance to hypoxia.

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：BACKGROUND/AIM:Steatosis is commonly present in chronic hepatitis C. Our aim was to evaluate host- and disease-specific factors associated with its occurrence. METHODS:Histologic findings in 60 patients were correlated with body mass index, human leukocyte antigens, and other conventional parameters. Comparisons were ...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Czaja AJ,Carpenter HA,Santrach PJ,Moore SB

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxyethyl starch (HES) has gained wide clinical acceptance as a colloidal plasma substitute. We were able to study the liver biopsies of two patients with renal failure who developed ascites after repeated infusions of HES. All types of liver cells displayed massive accumulation of HES with the morphologic resembla...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Dienes HP,Gerharz CD,Wagner R,Weber M,John HD

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether regulation of interferon-alpha gene expression could be involved in liver tumor biology and the role, if any, of hepatitis B virus in the regulation of tumor cytokine gene expression. Gene expression was investigated at the transcriptional level using 'in situ' hybridization of cytokine message...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： d'Arville CN,Nouri-Aria KT,Johnson P,Williams R

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Hepatitis B virus can cause serious problems in individuals undergoing organ transplantation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the hepatic events among HBs-Ag positive recipients and HBs-Ag negative recipients who received products from hepatitis B virus carriers. METHODS:A total of 151 patients r...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Ustün C,Idilman R,Gürman G,Ozcan M,Akyol G,Akan H,Ilhan O,Beksaç M,Uysal A,Konuk N,Karayalçin S,Poyraz A,Van Thiel D,Koç H

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Liver stiffness (LS) as measured by transient elastography [Fibroscan] offers a novel non-invasive approach to assess liver cirrhosis. Since Fibroscan seems to be unreliable in patients with congestive heart failure, it remains to be determined whether hemodynamic changes affect LS irrespective of fib...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Millonig G,Friedrich S,Adolf S,Fonouni H,Golriz M,Mehrabi A,Stiefel P,Pöschl G,Büchler MW,Seitz HK,Mueller S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver disease is common in patients with cystic fibrosis, but the pathogenesis is poorly understood. The chronic colonization of bacteria in the lower airways leads to repeated treatments with antibiotics, especially aminoglycosides in high dosages. To investigate the possible role of aminoglycoside treatment in the n...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Lindblad A,Hultcrantz R,Strandvik B

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An HBV strain isolated from a patient lacking conventional serological markers of HBV infection was characterized. The complete nucleotide sequence was determined following PCR amplification. Only 22 nucleotide substitutions were found relative to the reported sequence of the ayw subtype. Five of these point mutations...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Kremsdorf D,Garreau F,Duclos H,Thiers V,Schellekens H,Petit MA,Bréchot C

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptomatic hepatic involvement is a rare complication of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and most commonly consists of fibrosis or cirrhosis. We describe a 33-year-old woman in whom multiple hepatic arteriovenous malformations led to high output cardiac failure and liver failure due to biliary necrosis with ref...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Bauer T,Britton P,Lomas D,Wight DG,Friend PJ,Alexander GJ

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Given an appreciable risk of adverse-effects, current therapies for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection pose a dilemma to patients. We explored, via simulation modelling, patient-important benefits of attaining a sustained viral response (SVR). METHODS:We created the HCV Individualised Treatmen...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Innes H,Goldberg D,Dusheiko G,Hayes P,Mills PR,Dillon JF,Aspinall E,Barclay ST,Hutchinson SJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are three main types of interferon, now designated alpha, beta and gamma. Human interferons-alpha exist as many subtypes, probably more than 26. These are chemically quite closely related, but each has a unique chemical composition and biological properties. Preparations of interferon-alpha derived from stimulat...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Finter NB

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Osteopenia is a common complication in some chronic cholestatic liver diseases. Our aims were to determine the prevalence and severity of bone disease in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis; and identify risk factors to predict the presence and progression of osteopenia. METHODS:Eighty-one pat...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Angulo P,Therneau TM,Jorgensen A,DeSotel CK,Egan KS,Dickson ER,Hay JE,Lindor KD

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructural changes were observed in 23 consecutive patients who died from fulminant hepatic failure due to hepatitis B virus (4 cases), sporadic non-A, non-B (7), or paracetamol (acetaminophen) overdose (12) and in 3 patients with subacute hepatic necrosis of unknown cause. The findings are described in detail in...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： McCaul TF,Fagan EA,Tovey G,Portmann B,Williams R,Zuckerman AJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The MAGE, GAGE and BAGE genes encode tumor antigens recognized by autologous cytotoxic T lymphocytes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possibility of using these genes as molecular markers and as the targets of specific immunotherapy for human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS:The expres...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Kobayashi Y,Higashi T,Nouso K,Nakatsukasa H,Ishizaki M,Kaneyoshi T,Toshikuni N,Kariyama K,Nakayama E,Tsuji T

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Sepsis is an acute systemic inflammatory response to infection associated with high patient mortality (28-40%). We hypothesized that interleukin (IL)-30, a novel cytokine protecting mice against liver injury resulting from inflammation, would generate a protective effect against systemic inflammation ...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Yan J,Mitra A,Hu J,Cutrera JJ,Xia X,Doetschman T,Gagea M,Mishra L,Li S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Anatomic resection (AR) of the tumor-bearing portal territory has been reported to be associated with a decreased recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, because of the heterogeneity of the study populations, its oncologic advantage remains controversial. The objective of the present st...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Shindoh J,Makuuchi M,Matsuyama Y,Mise Y,Arita J,Sakamoto Y,Hasegawa K,Kokudo N

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the major cause of nonA-nonB hepatitis worldwide. Although this virus cannot be cultivated in vitro, several of its key features have been elucidated in the past few years. The viral genome is a positive-sense, single-stranded, 9.6 kb long RNA molecule. The viral genome is...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： De Francesco R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Diabetes occurring as a direct consequence of loss of liver function is usually characterized by non-diabetic fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels and should regress after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). This observational, longitudinal study investigated the relatio...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Grancini V,Trombetta M,Lunati ME,Boselli ML,Gatti S,Donato MF,Palmieri E,Resi V,Pugliese G,Bonadonna RC,Orsi E

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin or 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is known to regulate several key aspects of liver biology and these functions include hepatic blood flow, innervation and wound healing. Given the importance of these functions it is surprising that relatively little time has been dedicated to studying the precise function and m...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Ruddell RG,Mann DA,Ramm GA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uridine 5'-diphosphate-glucose dolichyl-phosphate glucosyltransferase and bile acid glucosyltransferase were quantitatively determined in subcellular fractions obtained by differential centrifugation of human liver homogenate. Both enzymes were exclusively enriched in the microsomal fraction with a recovery of total e...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Gartung C,Matern S,Matern H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Recently, a novel DNA virus was isolated from the serum of a patient with post-transfusion non-A-G hepatitis and named TT virus. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics of TT virus infection in patients with sporadic acute hepatitis of unknown etiology. METHOD...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Parquet MC,Yatsuhashi H,Koga M,Inoue O,Matsumoto T,Hamada R,Igarashi A,Yano M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reversibility and time course of the adaptive changes in hepatic bile salt transport related to modifications of the bile salt enterohepatic circulation and bile salt pool size have not been previously studied. For this reason a model of reversible interruption of entero-hepatic circulation was characterized in un...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Accatino L,Hono J,Koenig C,Pizarro M,Rodriguez L

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Urgency-based allocation that relies on the MELD score prioritizes patients at the highest risk of waitlist mortality. However, identifying patients at greatest risk for short-term post-transplant mortality is needed in order to optimize the potential gains in overall survival obtained through improve...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Bittermann T,Makar G,Goldberg DS

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To relate severity of intoxication with allyl alcohol and acetaminophen to modulated hepatic gene expression of liver functions and regeneration. METHODS:Rats fasted for 12 h received acetaminophen 3.5 or 5.6 g per kg body weight, or allyl alcohol 100 or 125 microl by gastric tube, doses producing no a...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

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

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The natural history of chronic hepatitis C (HCV) is not completely understood. This study was aimed to evaluate the long-term outcome of the disease over a prolonged period of time and to identify factors associated with progression. METHODS:One hundred and sixteen patients with non-cirrhotic chronic n...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Forns X,Ampurdanès S,Sanchez-Tapias JM,Guilera M,Sans M,Sánchez-Fueyo A,Quintó L,Joya P,Bruguera M,Rodés J

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently antibodies to hepatitis C virus were detected in sera of chronic active hepatitis patients, with anti-smooth muscle autoantibodies or with anti-liver/kidney microsomal type 1 autoantibodies. As the latter were used to differentiate autoimmune chronic active hepatitis from chronic non-A, non-B virus hepatitis,...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Abuaf N,Lunel F,Giral P,Borotto E,Laperche S,Poupon R,Opolon P,Huraux JM,Homberg JC

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Although the growth suppressing Hippo pathway has been implicated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) pathogenesis, it is unknown at which stage of hepatocarcinogenesis its dysregulation occurs. We investigated in rat and human preneoplastic lesions whether overexpression of the transcriptional co-activ...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Perra A,Kowalik MA,Ghiso E,Ledda-Columbano GM,Di Tommaso L,Angioni MM,Raschioni C,Testore E,Roncalli M,Giordano S,Columbano A

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individuals who reach the antibody threshold level of 10IU/l against the surface protein of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) after completion of a series of hepatitis B vaccination are considered to be long-term protected against a clinically manifest HBV infection. CASE REPORT:Here we describe an acute hepatiti...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Boot HJ,van der Waaij LA,Schirm J,Kallenberg CG,van Steenbergen J,Wolters B

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prolylhydroxylase inhibitor HOE 077 which has proven to be liver-selective in animals was tested in general pharmacological and toxicological studies for unwanted effects and safety. The results of these studies permit clinical development. A single-dose study in healthy volunteers was performed which showed that ...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Horn W

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although bacterial infections are frequent in patients with liver cirrhosis, only isolated cases of bacterial meningitis have been reported. METHODS:We have reviewed a series of 16 cases of bacterial meningitis in patients with cirrhosis, diagnosed in a single hospital over a 30-year period. RESULTS:Thirte...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Pauwels A,Pinès E,Abboura M,Chiche I,Lévy VG

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00