Background Biliary atresia (BA) is the most common cause of obstructive jaundice in infants.
Although the Kasai procedure has greatly improved the prognosis, most patients still need …

Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive fibro-obliterative process with a variable degree of
inflammation involving the hepatobiliary system. Its consequences are incalculable for the …

Biliary atresia (BA) is a rapidly progressive and destructive fibrotic disorder of unknown
etiology affecting the extrahepatic biliary tree of neonates. Epidemiological studies suggest …

Biliary atresia, the most common indication for pediatric liver transplantation, is a fibrotic
disease of unknown etiology affecting the extrahepatic bile ducts of newborns. The recently …

Background Young age at portoenterostomy has been linked to improved outcome in biliary
atresia, but pre-existing biological factors may influence the rate of disease progression. In …

Biliary atresia leads to cirrhosis in the vast majority of patients and constitutes the first cause
of paediatric liver transplantation. Animal models allow us to understand the molecular basis …

Objectives: Biliary atresia (BA) is a rapidly progressive form of biliary fibrosis affecting
neonates. We previously reported that primary cilia on the intrahepatic cholangiocytes of …

Purpose. Recently, it has been emphasized that hepatic progenitor/oval cells (HPCs) are
significantly involved in liver fibrogenesis. We evaluated the multipotential population of …

Background Biliary atresia (BA) is difficult to distinguish from other causes of cholestasis. We
evaluated the use of liquid chromatography–mass spectroscopy (LC-MS) and bile acid …

Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive, inflammatory, and fibrosclerosing cholangiopathy in
infants that results in obstruction of both extrahepatic and intrahepatic bile ducts. It is the …