Mouse Models of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: Head-to-Head Comparison of Dietary Models and Impact on Inflammation and Animal Welfare by Andreas Kroh, Vanina Ivanova, Hannah Drescher, Julia Andruszkow, Thomas Longerich, Jochen Nolting, Roman Eickhoff, D. Heise, Karl P. Rheinwalt, Ulf P. Neumann, Florian T. Ulmer

“…Furthermore, the progression of inflammation and liver fibrosis was associated with a decreased proportion of CD3+ NK1.1+ cells. …”
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Deficiency in Galectin-3 Promotes Hepatic Injury in CDAA Diet-Induced Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Kazuhiro Nomoto, Takeshi Nishida, Yuko Nakanishi, Makoto Fujimoto, Ichiro Takasaki, Yoshiaki Tabuchi, Koichi Tsuneyama

“…Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a severe form of NAFLD in which inflammation and fibrosis in the liver are noted, may eventually progress to end-stage liver disease. …”
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Challenges in Diagnosing Intrahepatic Cholangiolithiasis in a 39-Year-Old Patient by A. K. Guseva, O. N. Sergeyeva, T. P. Nekrasova, O. T. Imaraliev, A. V. Okhlobystin, Y. N. Shirokova, A. S. Ostrovskaya, M. S. Zharkova, A. S. Cherenda, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a chronic progressive liver disease characterized by destructive inflammation and fibrosis in the bile ducts, leading to biliary strictures, secondary biliary cirrhosis, portal hypertension and liver failure. …”
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AM966, an Antagonist of Lysophosphatidic Acid Receptor 1, Increases Lung Microvascular Endothelial Permeability through Activation of Rho Signaling Pathway and Phosphorylation of V... by Junting Cai, Jianxin Wei, Shuang Li, Tomeka Suber, Jing Zhao

“…Knockdown of LPA receptor 1 (LPA1) has been shown to mitigate lung injury and pulmonary fibrosis. AM966, an LPA1 antagonist exhibiting an antifibrotic property, has been considered to be a future antifibrotic medicine. …”
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Biliary Atresia Treatment: Can Shear Wave Elastography Predict Kasai Procedure Outcomes? by Sekarsari Damayanti, Gema Ramadhan Muhammad, Rinaldhy Kshetra, Prihartono Joedo

“…Previous research highlights the potential of shear wave elastography for assessing liver fibrosis and the subsequent necessity for liver transplantation following Kasai procedure. …”
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Differential Proliferative Characteristics of Alveolar Fibroblasts in Interstitial Lung Diseases: Regulative Role of IL-1 and PGE2 by Elizabeth Fireman, Shlomo Ben Efraim, Joel Greif, Hava Peretz, Shmuel Kivity, Marcel Topilsky, Yosef Rodrig, A. Yellin, Ron N. Apte

“…Fibroblasts (Fb) from patients with sarcoidosis (SA) and hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) exhibited a lower proliferative capacity compared with Fb obtained from control (CO) and diffuse interstitial fibrosis patients (DIF). Proliferation of Fb from SA or lip patients was suppressed by autologous LPS-stimulated alveolar macrophages (AM) supernatants but not by those from CO patients. …”
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Neoplasia mucinosa del apéndice cecal by Yinett Hernández León, Julio Jesús Jimenez Galainena, Osyari Ipsan Muñoz, Liuba Luisa Arteche Hidalgo, Lina Isabel Rodríguez Hernández

“…En el examen histopatológico se observó que al apéndice cecal pertenecen 10 x 8 x 5 cm con lesión tumoral en la base y parte del cuerpo; al corte se observó salida de material viscoso, mucoide, amarillento, áreas quísticas de menos de 1 cm, vasos congestivos, presencia de glándulas mucosas con células que muestran escasa atipia y una invasión expansiva que afecta la capa muscularis mucosae con pérdida focal y fibrosis ligera de la submucosa. Se diagnosticó neoplasia mucinosa de apéndice cecal de bajo grado, con resolución y evolución satisfactoria del paciente. …”
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A case report: interstitial pneumonia following treatment of gastric cancer with sintilimab in combination with S-1 by Pei Zhu, Qingming Sun, Sheng Xu, Wanhui Dong

“…BackgroundInterstitial pneumonia is a group of pathologies affecting the pulmonary interstitium, characterized by interstitial fibrosis and extensive alveolar consolidation. This disease can extend to the surrounding blood vessels and pulmonary interstitium, sometimes affecting the entire lung, resulting in functional limitations, including restrictive ventilatory defect, impaired gas exchange, and hypoxemia. …”
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Conjunctival scarring in trachoma is associated with the HLA-C ligand of KIR and is exacerbated by heterozygosity at KIR2DL2/KIR2DL3. by Chrissy H Roberts, Sandra Molina, Pateh Makalo, Hassan Joof, Emma M Harding-Esch, Sarah E Burr, David C W Mabey, Robin L Bailey, Matthew J Burton, Martin J Holland

“…Infections of the conjunctiva cause the blinding disease trachoma, an immuno-pathological disease that is characterised by chronic conjunctival inflammation and fibrosis. The polymorphic Killer-cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptors (KIR) are found on Natural Killer cells and have co-evolved with the Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) class I system. …”
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Development of Predictive Models for Progression from Diabetic Kidney Disease to End-Stage Renal Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Hu H, Mu X, Zhao S, Yang M, Zhou H

“…Among 85 patients with biopsy-proven diabetic DKD, the combined prognostic model integrating KFRE, interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (IFTA), SII and BMI demonstrated enhanced predictive ability at 5 years. …”
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Reversal of Early Diabetic Nephropathy by Islet Transplantation under the Kidney Capsule in a Rat Model by Yunqiang He, Ziqiang Xu, Mingshi Zhou, Minmin Wu, Xuehai Chen, Silu Wang, Kaiyan Qiu, Yong Cai, Hongxing Fu, Bicheng Chen, Mengtao Zhou

“…Immunohistochemical staining and western blotting were performed to assess renal fibrosis levels. Results. The early DN features were reversed and the glomerular filtration barrier and basement membrane structures were improved at 4 weeks after islet transplantation. …”
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MODERN APPROACHES TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF NONISCHEMIC (ARTERIAL) PRIAPISM by S. K. Yarovoi, R. A. Khromov, O. V. Dzhalilov

“…Despite  the  possibility  of an independent cessation of pathological erection with arterial priapism, due to the risk of developing cavernous fibrosis, expectant management is appropriate only in children with undisputed posttraumatic etiology of the disease. …”
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Association between prognostic nutritional index and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease mortality in American adults with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by Yuqing Lei, Shaohong Tao, Yubo Yang, Fang Xie, Weining Xie

“…Subgroup analyses confirmed robust associations, particularly in race, education, BMI, and fibrosis. Time-dependent ROC analysis highlighted the strong predictive performance of PNI across various time points.ConclusionPNI played a significant role as an effective predictor of prognosis in individuals diagnosed with NAFLD.…”
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Time Course of the Development of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in the Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty Rat by Yi-Sun Song, Cheng-Hu Fang, Byung-Im So, Jun-Young Park, Yonggu Lee, Jeong Hun Shin, Dae Won Jun, Hyuck Kim, Kyung-Soo Kim

“…As a results hepatic micro- and macrovesicular steatosis and hepatocyte ballooning were evident in the OLETF rats at 22–38 weeks of age but disappeared after 42 weeks; no fibrosis or collagen deposition was observed. Gene expression involved in de novo lipogenesis followed a pattern similar to that of the histological changes. …”
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Liver transplantation in glycogen storage disease type III: A case‐series by Simon Gay, Adrien Bigot, Louis d'Alteroche, Fanny Dujardin, Gaëlle Fromont‐Hankard, Nathalie Tressel, Ephrem Salame, François Maillot

“…This condition presents with severe hepatic symptoms in childhood, mostly hepatomegaly, hypoglycemia in half of patients, while muscular complications may predominate in adulthood. Hepatic fibrosis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are common complications in older patients. …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transplantation following Partial Hepatectomy: A New Concept to Promote Liver Regeneration—Systematic Review of the Literature Focused on Experimental Studie... by Ioannis G. Papanikolaou, Charalambos Katselis, Konstantinos Apostolou, Themistoklis Feretis, Maria Lymperi, Manousos M. Konstadoulakis, Apostolos E. Papalois, George C. Zografos

“…The keywords that were used in various combinations were as follows: “Mesenchymal stem cells”, “transplantation”, “stem cells”, “adipose tissue derived stem cells”, “bone marrow-derived stem cells”, “partial hepatectomy”, “acute liver failure”, “chronic liver failure”, “liver fibrosis”, “liver cirrhosis”, “rats”, “mice”, and “liver regeneration”. …”
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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Tear Samples of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis by Anikó Rentka, Jolán Hársfalvi, András Berta, Krisztina Köröskényi, Zoltán Szekanecz, Gabriella Szücs, Peter Szodoray, Ádám Kemény-Beke

“…Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune disease, characterized by widespread small vessel vasculopathy, immune dysregulation with production of autoantibodies, and progressive fibrosis. Changes in levels of proangiogenic cytokines had already been determined largely in serum. …”
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Cytokines in Liver Cirrhosis (Their Importance in Assessing Activity and Decompensation) by G. K. Mirodzhov, S. D. Pulatova

“…The diagnosis of the underlying disease was established according to the clinical recommendations of the Russian Society for the Study of the Liver and the Russian Gastroenterological Association for the diagnosis and treatment of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis and their complications (2021); decompensated liver cirrhosis was established according to the 1996 Child — Pugh classification. …”
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Silica Nanoparticles Loaded With Selenium Quantum Dots Reduce Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Alleviating Ferroptosis and Mitochondrial Dysfunction by Li T, Yang B, Liu X, Shi D, Wang Z, Chen Y, Shen C

“…These effects collectively resulted in reduced myocardial loss, inflammation, and fibrosis following IR injury. Compared to PSN alone, Se@PSN showed superior therapeutic efficacy against IR injury.Conclusion: Se@PSN exhibit great potential in reducing ferroptosis and protecting mitochondrial function, making them a promising therapeutic approach for the treatment of myocardial IR injury. …”
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Both Fibrolamellar and Classical Components: An Unusual Morphological Pattern by Diana Castro-Villabón, Luis E. Barrera-Herrera, Paula A. Rodríguez-Urrego, Rachel Hudacko, Alonso Vera, Johanna Álvarez, Rafael Andrade, Rocío López

“…Histologically, it shows large cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm, large vesicular nuclei, prominent nucleoli, and lamellar type fibrosis. In contrast, classical hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is typically present in elderly male patients with cirrhosis. …”
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