Sex hormones and risk of liver tumor

L Giannitrapani, M Soresi, E La Spada… - Annals of the New …, 2006‏ - Wiley Online Library
The liver is morphologically and functionally modulated by sex hormones. Long‐term use of
oral contraceptives (OCs) and anabolic androgenic steroids (AASs) can induce both benign …

Liver regeneration

LG Koniaris, IH McKillop, SI Schwartz… - Journal of the …, 2003‏ - journals.lww.com
The extraordinary ability of the liver to regenerate after injury or resection has long
fascinated physicians, scientists, and lay persons. The earliest allusion to the liver's …

Liver disease in cystic fibrosis: a prospective study on incidence, risk factors, and outcome

C Colombo, PM Battezzati, A Crosignani, A Morabito… - Hepatology, 2002‏ - Elsevier
Incidence of liver disease (LD) associated with cystic fibrosis (CF) and its clinical
characterization still is unsettled. We have assessed prospectively the incidence and risk …

Systemic therapy of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: how hopeful should we be?

AX Zhu - The oncologist, 2006‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract Learning Objectives After completing this course, the reader will be able to:
Describe the epidemiologic trend of HCC. Discuss the inherent difficulty and challenge of …

[PDF][PDF] The therapeutic potential of human umbilical mesenchymal stem cells from Wharton's jelly in the treatment of rat liver fibrosis

PC Tsai, TW Fu, YMA Chen, TL Ko, TH Chen… - Liver …, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the effect of human umbilical mesenchymal stem cells (HUMSCs) from
Wharton's jelly on carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)–induced liver fibrosis in rats. Rats were …

Mechanisms of hepatic regeneration following portal vein embolization and partial hepatectomy: a review

Y Yokoyama, M Nagino, Y Nimura - World journal of surgery, 2007‏ - Springer
Background Portal vein embolization (PVE) improves outcome following major hepatectomy,
and basic studies have presented evidence related to the mechanisms responsible for …

Sex hormones and liver cancer

N De Maria, M Manno, E Villa - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2002‏ - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancy in the world and it
usually occurs in individuals with chronic liver disease. The neoplasm is predominant in the …

Estrogens stimulate proliferation of intrahepatic biliary epithelium in rats

D Alvaro, G Alpini, P Onori, L Perego, GS Baroni… - Gastroenterology, 2000‏ - Elsevier
Background & Aims: We investigated the expression of estrogen receptor (ER) α and β
subtypes in cholangiocytes of normal and bile duct–ligated (BDL) rats and evaluated the …

Liver regeneration and surgical outcome in donors of right-lobe liver grafts

EA Pomfret, JJ Pomposelli, FD Gordon, N Erbay… - …, 2003‏ - journals.lww.com
Materials and Methods. Fifty-one donors who provided right-lobe grafts underwent
volumetric spiral computed tomography scans preoperatively and postoperatively at time …

Estrogens and the pathophysiology of the biliary tree

D Alvaro, MG Mancino, P Onori… - World journal of …, 2006‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The scientific framework concerning estrogen effects on different tissues has expanded
enormously during the last decades, when estrogen receptor (ER) subtypes were identified …