[HTML][HTML] Non-invasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis

Y Lurie, M Webb, R Cytter-Kuint… - World journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The evaluation and follow up of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis have been traditionally performed
by liver biopsy. However, during the last 20 years, it has become evident that this “gold …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic HCV infection and inflammation: Clinical impact on hepatic and extra-hepatic manifestations

R Zampino, A Marrone, L Restivo… - World journal of …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The liver has a central role in regulating inflammation by its capacity to secrete a number of
proteins that control both local and systemic inflammatory responses. Chronic inflammation …

Molecular serum markers of liver fibrosis

T Liu, X Wang, MA Karsdal, DJ Leeming… - Biomarker …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Fibrosis is a hallmark histologic event of chronic liver diseases and is characterized by the
excessive accumulation and reorganization of the extracellular matrix (ECM). The gold …

Evodiamine ameliorates liver fibrosis in rats via TGF-β1/Smad signaling pathway

D Yang, L Li, S Qian, L Liu - Journal of natural medicines, 2018 - Springer
Liver fibrosis is considered to be a result of chronic liver pathological changes, and hepatic
stellate cells (HSCs) play an important role during this process. Evodiamine, an indole …

The emerging roles of β-arrestins in fibrotic diseases

Y Gu, W Sun, S Zhang, J Wu, W Wei - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract β-Arrestins and β-arrestin2 are important adaptor proteins and signal transduction
proteins that are mainly involved in the desensitization and internalization of G-protein …

Blueberry attenuates liver fibrosis, protects intestinal epithelial barrier, and maintains gut microbiota homeostasis

Z Yan, F Yang, Z Hong, S Wang… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. Recently, blueberry has been identified as a candidate for the treatment of liver
fibrosis. Given the role of gut‐liver axis in liver fibrosis and the importance of the gut …

[PDF][PDF] Diagnosis of Liver Fibrosis With Wisteria floribunda Agglutinin-Positive Mac-2 Binding Protein (WFA-M2BP) Among Chronic Hepatitis B Patients

DW Jekarl, H Choi, S Lee, JH Kwon… - Annals of …, 2018 - synapse.koreamed.org
Background Wisteria floribunda agglutinin-positive Mac-2 binding protein (WFA-M2BP) is a
protein with altered glycosylation that reacts with lectin, and was recently identified as a …

[HTML][HTML] Biomarkers for liver fibrosis: advances, advantages and disadvantages

A Cequera, MCG de Leon Mendez - Revista de Gastroenterología de …, 2014 - Elsevier
Liver cirrhosis in Mexico is one of the most important causes of death in persons between
the ages of 25 and 50 years. One of the reasons for therapeutic failure is the lack of …

Intermediate stage hepatocellular carcinoma: a summary review

O Elshaarawy, A Gomaa, H Omar… - Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
It is well known that intermediate stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) encompasses the
widest class of patients with this disease. The main characteristic of this special sub-group of …

[HTML][HTML] HBOA ameliorates CCl4-incuded liver fibrosis through inhibiting TGF-β1/Smads, NF-κB and ERK signaling pathways

X Sun, X Huang, X Zhu, L Liu, S Mo, H Wang… - Biomedicine & …, 2019 - Elsevier
An ingredient was isolated from Acanthus ilicifolius and identified as 4-hydroxy-2 (3H)-
benzoxazolone (HBOA). Its protective effects and underlying mechanism on liver fibrosis …