Elevated serum levels of Wisteria floribunda agglutinin‐positive human Mac‐2 binding protein predict the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis C patients

Kazumi Yamasaki, Masakuni Tateyama, Seigo Abiru, Atsumasa Komori, Shinya Nagaoka, Akira Saeki, Satoru Hashimoto, Ryu Sasaki, Shigemune Bekki, Yuki Kugiyama, Yuri Miyazoe, Atsushi Kuno, Masaaki Korenaga, Akira Togayachi, Makoto Ocho, Masashi Mizokami, Hisashi Narimatsu, Hiroshi Yatsuhashi – 12 July 2014 – The Wisteria floribunda agglutinin‐positive human Mac‐2‐binding protein (WFA+‐M2BP) was recently shown to be a liver fibrosis glycobiomarker with a unique fibrosis‐related glycoalteration.

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Charlotte R. Grant, Rodrigo Liberal, Yun Ma, Simon C. Robson, Giorgina Mieli‐Vergani, Diego Vergani, Maria Serena Longhi – 12 July 2014

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Hsiu‐Hsi Chen, Yen‐Po Yeh, Chao‐Sheng Lao, Tsung‐Hiu Hu, Amy Ming‐Fang Yen, Wendy Yi‐Ying Wu – 12 July 2014

Portal myofibroblasts promote vascular remodeling underlying cirrhosis formation through the release of microparticles

Sara Lemoinne, Axelle Cadoret, Pierre‐Emmanuel Rautou, Haquima El Mourabit, Vlad Ratziu, Christophe Corpechot, Colette Rey, Nelly Bosselut, Véronique Barbu, Dominique Wendum, Gérard Feldmann, Chantal Boulanger, Corneliu Henegar, Chantal Housset, Dominique Thabut – 12 July 2014 – Liver fibrosis expanding from portal tracts and vascular remodeling are determinant factors in the progression of liver diseases to cirrhosis. In the present study, we examined the potential contribution of portal myofibroblasts (PMFs) to the vascular changes leading to cirrhosis.

Liver injury from herbals and dietary supplements in the U.S. Drug‐Induced Liver Injury Network

Victor J. Navarro, Huiman Barnhart, Herbert L. Bonkovsky, Timothy Davern, Robert J. Fontana, Lafaine Grant, K. Rajender Reddy, Leonard B. Seeff, Jose Serrano, Averell H. Sherker, Andrew Stolz, Jayant Talwalkar, Maricruz Vega, Raj Vuppalanchi – 12 July 2014 – The Drug‐Induced Liver Injury Network (DILIN) studies hepatotoxicity caused by conventional medications as well as herbals and dietary supplements (HDS).

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