liver fibrosis

Are bone marrow mononuclear cells effective in reducing hepatic lesions?

harminka — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:17:57 -0500

Liver fibrosis occurs in the setting of chronic injury caused by different etiologies constituting a serious worldwide public health problem. In addition to schistosomiasis, hepatopathies due to alcohol, viral hepatitis, drugs, metabolic and autoimmune diseases, and congenital abnormalities are important causes of liver fibrosis.

Can Taurine be potent antioxidant drug in future?

harminka — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:59:53 -0500

Taurine is a potent antioxidant with hepatoprotective effects. Organelle based changes in hepatocytes after taurine treatment in experimental liver fibrosis were searched systematically and organelle injury scores decreased were found to decrease significantly. Moreover, ultrastructural and histopathological scores in both groups were in strong correlation.

Serum fibrosis markers correlate with liver fibrosis stage in patients with hepatitis C

harminka — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:20:00 -0600

A prospective study of patients with advanced chronic hepatitis C (CHC) revealed that a 3-variable model of serum fibrosis markers, including serum HA, TIMP-1 and platelet count, could identify cirrhosis with better accuracy than other published models.

Noninvasive ways to assess liver disease

harminka — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:25:12 -0600

Two new studies examine non-invasive ways to determine liver fibrosis and cirrhosis. An enhanced version of the Original European Liver Fibrosis panel was found to have good diagnostic accuracy for fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

MRI techniques evolving towards better assessment of liver fibrosis

harminka — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:03:39 -0600

MRI imagery is emerging as a non-invasive way to determine the existence and extent of hepatic fibrosis. It could eventually help the development of pharmacologic strategies to combat the condition.

Coagulation protein tPA wears new hat

harminka — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:33:14 -0600

Permanent kidney failure due to any cause is almost always accompanied by significant scarring, a disease state termed renal fibrosis. Protein accumulation in the kidney is responsible for fibrosis, including the deposition of the protein collagen by specialized cells named fibroblasts.

MRI predicts liver fibrosis

harminka — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:16:17 -0500

Moderate to severe chronic liver disease can be predicted with the use of diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI), according to a recent study conducted by researchers at New York University Medical Center in New York, NY.

Liver fibrosis will be treated by potential target

harminka — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:08:44 -0500

The outcome of hepatitis is either self recovery or its development into liver fibrosis or, further, liver cirrhosis. Liver fibrosis is the early pathological process of cirrhosis, which is considered a reversible, wound-healing response.

CAD Increases Accuracy of Diagnosing Liver Fibrosis

harminka — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:09:40 -0500

Magnetic resonance CAD is useful in diagnosing fibrosis of the liver, according to a recent study conducted by radiologists at Gifu University School of Medicine in Gifu, Japan.

A new index for measuring liver fibrosis

harminka — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:51:12 -0600