Long‐term quality of life of donors after living donor liver transplantation

Yasutsugu Takada, Yoshimi Suzukamo, Fumitaka Oike, Hiroto Egawa, Satoshi Morita, Shunichi Fukuhara, Shinji Uemoto, Koichi Tanaka – 20 July 2012 – The aims of this study were to investigate the long‐term effects of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) on the health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) of donors with the Short Form 36 health survey and to determine the risk factors for poor outcomes. Between June 1990 and June 2004, LDLT was performed 1000 times at Kyoto University Hospital.

TIE2‐expressing monocytes as a diagnostic marker for hepatocellular carcinoma correlates with angiogenesis

Tokuhiro Matsubara, Tatsuya Kanto, Shoko Kuroda, Sachiyo Yoshio, Koyo Higashitani, Naruyasu Kakita, Masanori Miyazaki, Mitsuru Sakakibara, Naoki Hiramatsu, Akinori Kasahara, Yoshito Tomimaru, Akira Tomokuni, Hiroaki Nagano, Norio Hayashi, Tetsuo Takehara – 19 July 2012 – Angiogenesis is a critical step in the development and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Myeloid lineage cells, such as macrophages and monocytes, have been reported to regulate angiogenesis in mouse tumor models.

Glycogen synthase kinase 3‐mediated voltage‐dependent anion channel phosphorylation controls outer mitochondrial membrane permeability during lipid accumulation

Cecile Martel, Maya Allouche, Davide Degli Esposti, Elena Fanelli, Céline Boursier, Céline Henry, Joel Chopineau, Giuseppe Calamita, Guido Kroemer, Antoinette Lemoine, Catherine Brenner – 19 July 2012 – Nonalcoholic steatosis is a liver pathology characterized by fat accumulation and severe metabolic alterations involving early mitochondrial impairment and late hepatocyte cell death. However, mitochondrial dysfunction mechanisms remain elusive.

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