Detection of HDV-RNA by PCR in serum of patients with chronic HDV infection.

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:We assessed mitochondrial morphology by electron microscopy and the prevalence of a mitochondrial gene deletion in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), alcohol-related liver disease and non-fatty liver diseases. Respiratory chain function using a cytoplasmic hybrid (cybrid) assay was furt...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Caldwell SH,Swerdlow RH,Khan EM,Iezzoni JC,Hespenheide EE,Parks JK,Parker WD Jr

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Data on acute exacerbation and reactivation of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection following chemotherapy are very limited. We sought to characterize the episodes of acute exacerbation and viral reactivation of HCV infection in cancer patients. METHODS:The medical records of HCV-infected patien...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Mahale P,Kontoyiannis DP,Chemaly RF,Jiang Y,Hwang JP,Davila M,Torres HA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a multifactorial condition and the most common liver disease worldwide, affecting more than one-third of the population. So far there have been no reports on mendelian inheritance in families with NAFLD. METHODS:We performed whole-exome or targeted next-ge...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Youssefian L,Vahidnezhad H,Saeidian AH,Pajouhanfar S,Sotoudeh S,Mansouri P,Amirkashani D,Zeinali S,Levine MA,Peris K,Colombo R,Uitto J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the presence of autonomic neuropathy in patients with non-alcoholic chronic liver disease and its relationships with the severity of liver damage. METHODS:Thirty non-alcoholic patients with chronic liver disease and 26 healthy control subjects were studied. The silicone imprint technique was used to qua...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Oliver MI,Miralles R,Rubíes-Prat J,Navarro X,Espadaler JM,Solá R,Andreu M

更新日期：1997-06-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Evidence that the geno/subtype of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is predictive of the response to interferon-alpha therapy suggests that typing methods are clinically useful. In the present study, HCV isolates obtained from 74 patients with chronic hepatitis C were used to evaluate three genotyping and two ser...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Lee JH,Roth WK,Zeuzem S

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Nephropathy associated with alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency is assumed to be an unusual entity. We describe the case of a 23-year-old woman with severe alpha1-antitrypsin (PiZ homozygosity) deficiency who developed hepatic cirrhosis in childhood, and glomerulonephritis and nephrotic syndrome in adult life...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Elzouki AN,Lindgren S,Nilsson S,Veress B,Eriksson S

更新日期：1997-06-01 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 & AIMS:miR-224 is up-regulated in human HCCs as compared to both paired peri-tumoral cirrhotic tissues and cirrhotic livers without HCC. Here, we have cloned the miR-224 regulatory region and characterized its transcriptional regulation by the NFκB-dependent inflammatory pathways. METHODS:Mature miRNA expre...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Scisciani C,Vossio S,Guerrieri F,Schinzari V,De Iaco R,D'Onorio de Meo P,Cervello M,Montalto G,Pollicino T,Raimondo G,Levrero M,Pediconi N

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic liver diseases are a serious health problem worldwide. The current gold standard to assess structural liver damage is through a liver biopsy which has several disadvantages. A non-invasive, simple and non-expensive test to diagnose liver pathology would be highly desirable. Protein glycosylation has drawn the ...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Blomme B,Van Steenkiste C,Callewaert N,Van Vlierberghe H

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:TMC435 is an investigational, once-daily, oral NS3/4A protease inhibitor currently in phase III development for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Phase I and II studies in patients infected with HCV genotype 1 have demonstrated that TMC435 is generally well tolerated, has a pharmacok...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Moreno C,Berg T,Tanwandee T,Thongsawat S,Van Vlierberghe H,Zeuzem S,Lenz O,Peeters M,Sekar V,De Smedt G

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Chronic graft hepatitis occurs in 20-30% adults after liver transplantation but the prevalence and causes in children are not known. In adults, hepatitis C virus infection is prevalent prior to transplantation and recurrent infection is a frequent cause of graft dysfunction. The significance of the rece...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Davison SM,Skidmore SJ,Collingham KE,Irving WL,Hubscher SG,Kelly DA

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The hepatocyte receptor for asialoglycoproteins internalizes galactosyl terminating macromolecules which can be used as hepatotropic drug carriers. Since this receptor is also expressed on the cells of well differentiated human hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs), we studied whether conjugation of doxorubi...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Fiume L,Bolondi L,Busi C,Chieco P,Kratz F,Lanza M,Mattioli A,Di Stefano G

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatological adverse events (AEs) are an existing concern during hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and peginterferon/ribavirin treatment. HCV infection leads to dermatological and muco-cutaneous manifestations including small-vessel vasculitis as part of the mixed cryoglobulinemic syndrome. Peginterferon/ribavirin t...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Cacoub P,Bourlière M,Lübbe J,Dupin N,Buggisch P,Dusheiko G,Hézode C,Picard O,Pujol R,Segaert S,Thio B,Roujeau JC

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Cirrhotic livers exhibit endothelial dysfunction that contributes to the increased hepatic vascular resistance. The present study evaluates the role of cyclooxygenase (COX)-derived prostanoids, implicated in the pathogenesis of endothelial dysfunction in other settings, in the pathogenesis of endothelia...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Graupera M,García-Pagán JC,Parés M,Abraldes JG,Roselló J,Bosch J,Rodés J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The factors which predict the long-term outcome in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who are treated with percutaneous laser ablation (PLA) are not well established. METHODS:We prospectively analyzed treatment and survival parameters of 148 cirrhotic patients with nonsurgical hepatocellular carcin...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Pacella CM,Bizzarri G,Francica G,Forlini G,Petrolati A,Valle D,Anelli V,Bianchini A,Nuntis SD,Pacella S,Rossi Z,Osborn J,Stasi R

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The EASL Monothematic Conference on Translational Research in Viral Hepatitis brought together a group of leading scientists and clinicians working on both, basic and clinical aspects of viral hepatitis, thereby building bridges from bench to bedside. This report recapitulates the presentations and discussions at the ...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Boettler T,Moradpour D,Thimme R,Zoulim F

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue stress and cell death result in inflammation even in the absence of pathogens. Such sterile inflammation is dependent on a cytosolic complex of proteins inside immune cells termed the inflammasome. This complex converts two groups of extracellular signals into an inflammatory response via activation of caspase-...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Hoque R,Vodovotz Y,Mehal W

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suramin, a polybasic anion, blocks the activity of the DNA polymerase encoded by the duck hepatitis B virus. The interaction with the virus was studied under conditions in which the property of the drug to bind with proteins was used with plasma obtained from infected ducks with viraemia. Inhibition of DNA polymerase ...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Tsiquaye K,Zuckerman A

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:It is established that cirrhotic patients who respond to beta-blockers by lowering their hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) to < or =12 mmHg or by > or =20% of the baseline values are protected from bleeding. However, it is not known whether the effect remains unchanged over the treatment period....

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Merkel C,Bolognesi M,Berzigotti A,Amodio P,Cavasin L,Casarotto IM,Zoli M,Gatta A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Non alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) has no approved pharmacological therapy. Insulin sensitisers such as thiazolidinediones ameliorate insulin resistance and are a potential therapeutic option. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of thiazolidinediones on histological and ...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Mahady SE,Webster AC,Walker S,Sanyal A,George J

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:We previously showed that Reptin is overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and that in vitro depletion of Reptin with siRNAs led to HCC cell growth arrest and apoptosis. Here, we asked whether in vivo targeting of Reptin in established tumours had a therapeutic effect. METHODS:We used lenti...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Ménard L,Taras D,Grigoletto A,Haurie V,Nicou A,Dugot-Senant N,Costet P,Rousseau B,Rosenbaum J

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The implications of hepatitis B virus (HBV) reinfection after liver transplantation were studied in 29 patients followed for 1.7-15 years. Of 20 patients with HBV infection alone, nine were HBeAg and HBV DNA seronegative and 11 had evidence of HBV replication as measured by HBeAg or HBV DNA seropositivity. Nine patien...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： O'Grady JG,Smith HM,Davies SE,Daniels HM,Donaldson PT,Tan KC,Portmann B,Alexander GJ,Williams R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The aim was to study the reproducibility of magnetic resonance velocity mapping, when measuring portal vein and superior mesenteric artery blood flow, under fasting and post-prandial conditions. Magnetic resonance flow measurements for the portal vein were compared with echo-Doppler measurements in the ...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Lycklama à Nijeholt GJ,Burggraaf K,Wasser MN,Schultze Kool LJ,Schoemaker RC,Cohen AF,de Roos A

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To define the epidemiologic and clinical significance of delta infection in the Naples area, we sought anti-delta antibodies in all cases of HBV-associated liver diseases, hospitalized in our department during 1983 (234 acute hepatitis, 9 of which fulminant; 51 chronic hepatitis; 32 cirrhosis; 19 hepatocarcinomas) and...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Amoroso P,Giorgio A,Fico P,Lettieri G,de Stefano G,Scala V,Pesce G,Pierri P,Pempinello R,Finelli L

更新日期：1986-01-01 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:Tumor shrinkage has been considered a fundamental surrogate efficacy measure for new cancer treatments. However, in patients treated with sorafenib for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), tumor shrinkage rarely accompanies increased survival, thereby questioning the prognostic value of imaging-ba...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Personeni N,Bozzarelli S,Pressiani T,Rimassa L,Tronconi MC,Sclafani F,Carnaghi C,Pedicini V,Giordano L,Santoro A

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to evaluate if the increased rate of apoptosis previously reported in the liver of ethanol-treated rats was accompanied by increased cell renewal. A quantitative analysis of apoptosis was performed in rats fed an ethanol-containing liquid diet for 5 weeks. S-phase cells were demonstrate...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Baroni GS,Marucci L,Benedetti A,Mancini R,Jezequel AM,Orlandi F

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of global epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes, the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasing both in Europe and the United States, becoming one of the most frequent causes of chronic liver disease and predictably, one of the leading causes of liver transplantation both for end-...

journal_title：Journal of hepatology

authors： Pais R,Barritt AS 4th,Calmus Y,Scatton O,Runge T,Lebray P,Poynard T,Ratziu V,Conti F

更新日期：2016-12-01 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