Interactions between the functioning of the heart and the liver have been described, with
heart diseases affecting the liver, liver diseases affecting the heart, and conditions that …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a major cause of chronic liver disease in the
Western population. We investigated the association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease …

The lack of information concerning individual variation in drug-metabolizing enzymes is one
of the most important obstacles for designing personalized medicine approaches for …

Liver fibrosis is an outcome of chronic hepatic injury, which can eventually result in cirrhosis,
liver failure, and even liver cancer. The activation of hepatic stellate cell (HSC) is a …

Objective This study investigated the effect of maternal obesity on aged-male offspring liver
phenotype and hepatic expression of a programmed miRNA. Methods A mouse model …

Plant-derived microRNAs have recently been reported to function in human blood and
tissues. Controversy was immediately raised due to possible contamination and the lack of …

Liver cirrhosis is the common endpoint of many hepatic diseases and represents a relevant
risk for liver failure and hepatocellular carcinoma. The progress of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis …

Abstract microRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs, approximately 21–25
nucleotides in length. Recently, some researchers have demonstrated that plasma miRNAs …

There are several types of liver injury, including alcohol‑induced liver injury, drug‑induced
liver injury, infectious liver injury, cirrhosis, liver ischemia/reperfusion injury and liver failure …

Liver fibrosis occurs during wound healing after repeated liver injury and is characterized by
extensive extracellular matrix deposition. We previously identified hyaluronan synthase 2 …