Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration of varices: focusing on the portal hemodynamics and the recent techniques.

abstract：:An ultrasound (US) examination is a common noninvasive technique widely applied for diagnosis of a variety of diseases. Based on the rapid development of US equipment, many US images have been accumulated and are now available and ready for the preparation of a database for the development of computer-aided US diagnos...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Nishida N,Yamakawa M,Shiina T,Kudo M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The life cycle of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is tightly associated with host lipoprotein metabolic pathways. Apolipoprotein is present on the outer surface of lipoprotein particles and plays an important role in lipoprotein metabolism. We aimed to elucidate the influence of chronic HCV infection on serum apolip...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Seki N,Sugita T,Aida Y,Itagaki M,Ishiguro H,Sutoh S,Abe H,Tsubota A,Matsushima M,Aizawa Y

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunomodulatory cell therapy as a complement to standard pharmacotherapy represents a novel approach to solid organ allograft acceptance. This methodology may allow for a reduced dose of immunosuppressive drug to be administered and thus attenuate the severe side effects associated with long-term immunosuppression su...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Benseler V,Obermajer N,Johnson CL,Soeder Y,Dahlke MD,Popp FC

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:Severe alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is a life-threatening liver disease with a potential of 30-40 % mortality at 1 month. While steroids remain to be a first line therapy, they provide only about 50 % survival benefit. The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of glucocorticoids plus S-adenosylme...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Tkachenko P,Maevskaya M,Pavlov A,Komkova I,Pavlov C,Ivashkin V

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Case reports and small case series have reported a high rate of complications associated with chest tube placement for hepatic hydrothorax. We describe the in-hospital and 3-month outcomes of patients who have had this procedure. METHODS:A retrospective medical record review was performed of all patients admit...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Orman ES,Lok AS

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis due to hepatitis B virus reactivation after cytotoxic or immunosuppressive therapy is a serious cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality. With the characterization of the underlying pathogenesis, much progress in the management of this important clinical problem has been made in the past 2 decades. By ...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Lau GK

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lamivudine treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is associated with frequent resistance and loss of clinical benefit. We present outcomes of lamivudine-refractory Japanese patients treated with entecavir for 3 years. METHODS:Eighty-two patients refractory to lamivudine therapy received entecavir 0.5 or 1 mg d...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Karino Y,Toyota J,Kumada H,Katano Y,Izumi N,Kobashi H,Sata M,Moriyama M,Imazeki F,Kage M,Ishikawa H,Masaki N,Seriu T,Omata M

更新日期：2010-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The bone marrow contains stem cells that have the potential to differentiate into a variety of organ-specific mature cells, including the liver and the pancreas. Recently, the origin of hepatic progenitors and hepatocytes was identified to be the bone marrow. However, evidence that describes which cells, among all bon...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Bae SH,Choi JY,Yoon SK,Oh IH,Yoon KH,Park ST,Kim GD,Oh SH,Petersen BE

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Along with the obesity epidemic, the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has increased exponentially. The histological disease spectrum of NAFLD ranges from bland fatty liver (hepatic steatosis), to the concomitant presence of inflammation and ballooning which defines nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (N...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Eslam M,George J

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Status 1A patients are prioritized over end-stage liver disease (ESLD) for liver transplantation (LT). ESLD patients with high MELD may have higher waitlist mortality than Status 1A patients, and may require LT more urgently. METHODS:Using United Network for Organ Sharing registry data, we retrospe...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Ahn J,Bhuket T,Mosadeghi S,Frenette C,Liu B,Wong RJ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:There is an increased awareness of de novo hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (DNH) in hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-negative recipients receiving hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb)-positive liver organ. Whether hepatitis B surface antibody (HBsAb) has positive result on preventing the occurrence...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Yang Y,Huang A,Zhao Y

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and aims The aims of this study were to evaluate a preventive effect on collateral venous circulation of long-term administration of propranolol in intrahepatic portal hypertensive rats. Methods Eighty-six Sprague-Dawley rats were allocated to two models of hepatic fibrosis, bile duct-ligated (BDL) induced ...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Fizanne L,Régenet N,Wang J,Oberti F,Moal F,Roux J,Gallois Y,Michalak S,Calès P

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cholecystectomy is routinely performed at most transplant centers during living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). This study was performed to evaluate the feasibility of liver graft procurement with donor gallbladder preservation in LDLT. METHODS:Eighty-nine LDLTs (from June 2006 to Dec 2012) were retrospe...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Dong JH,Ye S,Duan WD,Ji WB,Liang YR

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The relationship between chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and fatty liver in patients remains unclear. Although high-fat diets-induced hepatic steatosis was proved to reduce HBV replication in transgenic mice, the interplay between HBV and fatty liver in immunocompetent mouse model is yet to be eluci...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Hu D,Wang H,Wang H,Wang Y,Wan X,Yan W,Luo X,Ning Q

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the sequence variations in the enhancer II (EnhII)/basal core promotor (BCP)/precore (PC) and X genes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in Thai patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by conducting a cross-sectional case-control study. METHODS:As much as 60 patients with HCC and 60 patients without H...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Tangkijvanich P,Sa-Nguanmoo P,Mahachai V,Theamboonlers A,Poovorawan Y

更新日期：2010-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although clinical and experimental studies have demonstrated a correlation between obstructive jaundice and the development of sepsis, the mechanism has not been fully elucidated. PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of biliary obstruction on bacterial translocation as a possible s...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Abdeldayem H,Ghoneim E,Refaei AA,Abou-Gabal A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a country such as Japan with the average age of patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with antivirals sometimes well above 60 years, the standard combination therapy is not well tolerated. In this randomized, prospective, controlled trial, we investigated the efficacy of 24-week peginterferon α monotherapy for ...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Iwasaki Y,Shiratori Y,Hige S,Nishiguchi S,Takagi H,Onji M,Yoshida H,Izumi N,Kohgo Y,Yamamoto K,Sato N,Shibuya A,Saito H,Sata M,Suzuki K,Kaneko S,Moriyama M,Omata M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Coagulopathic bleeding risk prediction is challenging in decompensated cirrhosis (DC) by conventional assays. Viscoelastic tests (VETs) are likely to be more useful for assessing coagulation status in these patients. We investigated whether the VET (Sonoclot) parameters with fibrinogen could predict...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Bihari C,Patil A,Shasthry SM,Baweja S,Kumar G,Sarin SK

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a leading cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality worldwide. ALD encompasses a spectrum of disorders including asymptomatic steatosis, steatohepatitis, fibrosis, cirrhosis and its related complications, and the acute-on-chronic state of alcoholic hepatitis. While multidisciplina...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Arsene D,Farooq O,Bataller R

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) comprises a spectrum of increasingly harmful conditions ranging from nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) to liver fibrosis and end-stage cirrhosis. NAFLD is the currently most common form of chronic liver disease in both adults and ch...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Reimer KC,Wree A,Roderburg C,Tacke F

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sorafenib significantly improves survival in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This phase IV study assessed sorafenib efficacy/safety in Taiwanese patients with advanced HCC and Child-Pugh A status. METHODS:All patients received 400 mg sorafenib BID. Safety, efficacy, sorafenib pharmaco...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Lin SM,Lu SN,Chen PT,Jeng LB,Chen SC,Hu CT,Yang SS,Le Berre MA,Liu X,Mitchell DY,Prins K,Grevel J,Peña CA,Meinhardt G

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 170 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). A characteristic of this virus is a high tendency toward chronic infection. Several factors affect the viral outcome after infection. Among them, HCV-specific CD4 T cells are thought to play a crucial role in controlling viremia. Cumulat...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Sugimoto K,Shiraki K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS and RNS) are produced by metabolism of normal cells. However, in liver diseases, redox is increased thereby damaging the hepatic tissue; the capability of ethanol to increase both ROS/RNS and peroxidation of lipids, DNA, and proteins was demonstrated in a variety of systems, c...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Muriel P

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early prediction of lamivudine (LAM) response by individualized monitoring of serum HBV DNA like roadmap concept, and investigation of the outcome after LAM discontinuation in renal transplant recipients (RTRs) with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). METHODS:We conducted a study on 19 RTRs with HBV infection receiv...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Hu TH,Tsai MC,Chen YT,Chien YS,Hung CH,Chen TC,Tseng PL,Chang KC,Yen YH

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated whether the combined presence and evolution of hepatitis B virus (HBV) mutant strains in the hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-positive status can predict clinical outcomes after HBeAg seroconversion. METHODS:One hundred and eighty-six patients with spontaneous HBeAg seroconversion were enrolled in...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Chen CH,Lee CM,Wang JH,Hu TH,Hung CH,Changchien CS,Lu SN

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:Gut microbiota has been associated with liver cirrhosis and, possibly, hepatic encephalopathy. However, only a few studies have examined the link between mucosa-associated microbiota (MAM) and minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE). Our aim was to investigate this relationship. METHODS:Twenty-four pat...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Haraguchi M,Miuma S,Masumoto H,Ichikawa T,Kanda Y,Sasaki R,Fukushima M,Miyaaki H,Taura N,Nakao K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Relationships between circulating microRNA-122 (miR-122) and histological features of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are unclear. METHODS:The impact of serum miR-122 levels for histological features and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was investigated in 305 Japanese patients with histologi...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Akuta N,Kawamura Y,Suzuki F,Saitoh S,Arase Y,Kunimoto H,Sorin Y,Fujiyama S,Sezaki H,Hosaka T,Kobayashi M,Suzuki Y,Kobayashi M,Ikeda K,Kumada H

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Portal hypertension develops as a result of increased intrahepatic vascular resistance often caused by chronic liver disease that leads to structural distortion by fibrosis, microvascular thrombosis, dysfunction of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs), and hepatic stellate cell (HSC) activation. While the basic ...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： McConnell M,Iwakiri Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Despite improvements in immunosuppressive therapy, acute cellular rejection (ACR) remains an important cause of graft loss in patients undergoing liver transplantation. Recently, associations between cytokine gene polymorphisms in recipients and the occurrence of ACR have been reported. However, most studies di...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Kamei H,Masuda S,Nakamura T,Ishigami M,Fujimoto Y,Ogura Y,Oike F,Takada Y,Hamajima N

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:In Japan, there is a growing population of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who failed a direct-acting antiviral (DAA)-based regimen. In this Phase 3 study, we evaluated sofosbuvir-velpatasvir plus ribavirin in Japanese patients with genotype 1 or 2 HCV infection who previously...

journal_title：Hepatology international

authors： Izumi N,Takehara T,Chayama K,Yatsuhashi H,Takaguchi K,Ide T,Kurosaki M,Ueno Y,Toyoda H,Kakizaki S,Tanaka Y,Kawakami Y,Enomoto H,Ikeda F,Jiang D,De-Oertel S,McNabb BL,Camus G,Stamm LM,Brainard DM,McHutchison JG,M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00