Patients who develop chronic fibrotic liver disease, caused by viral or metabolic aetiologies,
are at a high risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Even after complete HCC …

Cyanobacterial blooms, which refer to the massive growth of harmful cyanobacteria, have
altered the global freshwater ecosystems during the past decades. China has the largest …

Background: Liver cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide.
The primary causes of liver cancer include hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) …

The widespread distribution of cyanobacteria in the aquatic environment is increasing the
risk of water pollution caused by cyanotoxins, which poses a serious threat to human health …

Increasing evidence indicates that exposure to microcystin-LR (MC-LR) can cause kidney
damage. However, the association between MC-LR exposure and chronic kidney disease …

Abstract Microcystin-leucine-arginine (MC-LR), a cyclic potentially carcinogenic hepatotoxin,
occurs frequently in aquatic habitats worldwide and seriously threatens ecosystem and …

Microcystins (MCs) are the most common cyanobacteria toxins in eutrophic water, which
have strong hepatotoxicity. In the past decade, epidemiological and toxicological studies on …

Background Cyanobacterial blooms occur with increasing frequency in freshwater
ecosystems, posing a hazard to human and environmental health. Exposure of human to …

Cyanotoxins have gained global public interest due to their potential to bioaccumulate in
food, which threatens human health. Bloom formation is usually enhanced under …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a group of chronic interstitial pulmonary diseases
characterized by myofibroblast proliferation and extracellular matrix deposition with limited …