William G. M. Hardison, Robin G. Weiner, David E. Hatoff, Katsumi Miyai – 1 January 1983 – Biliary obstruction in the rat causes known biochemical and morphological abnormalities. These abnormalities might be caused simply by retention of biliary constituents or might require other factors such as high biliary pressure, interruption of the normal flux of fluid, ions, and other biliary constituents through the hepatocyte and/or changes in intracellular concentrations, binding, and distribution of biliary constituents.

Gary C. Kanel, George Radvanand, Robert L. Peters – 1 January 1983 – To establish whether there is any significant relationship between high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLC) concentrations and biopsy‐documented liver disease, 169 patients had needle biopsies, serum cholesterol, and HDLC evaluated. Twenty‐four patients had serial cholesterol, HDLC, prothrombin, and aminotransferase levels and activities examined. In both men and women, HDLC decreased strikingly and significantly in acute alcoholic hepatitis and in acute viral hepatitis, compared to controls (p < 0.001).

Geoffrey Dusheiko, Ernest Song, Sheila Bowyer, Michael Whitcutt, Gunthild Maier, Anthony Meyers, Mlchael C. Kew – 1 January 1983 – Hepatitis B virus (HBV) markers were measured in 83 immunosuppressed renal transplant patients who were followed for periods of 2 to 15 years. Sixty‐nine patients were negative for HBsAg before transplantation, of whom 14 were positive for anti‐HBs. The remaining 14 patients were HBsAg positive prior to transplantation. Eighteen patients were identified as being HBsAg positive during the follow‐up period.

Marisabel Mourelle, Javier Cordero‐Hernández, Patricia Ponce‐Noyola, Marcos Rojkind – 1 January 1983 – Liver biomatrix contains a group of connective tissue components needed for attachment, survival, and maintenance of liver‐specific functions of adult rat hepatocytes in culture. An acidic extract of liver biomatrix that contains a group of glycoproteins can replace intact biomatrix in promoting attachment and survival of hepatocytes. However, except for albumin synthesis, liver‐specific functions have not been tested.

Charles S. Davidson – 1 January 1983

Robert H. , Fennell Jr, Robert H. Shikes, John M. Vierling – 1 January 1983 – Histopathological features of nonsuppurative destructive cholangitis have been described in primary biliary cirrosis, chronic graft‐vs.‐host disease, and chronic rejection of human liver allografts. To determine whether or not susceptibility to injury of interlobular bile ducts was related to the original hepatobiliary disease requiring transplantation, we compared the histopathology of allografts transplanted into two groups of patients.

Bruce W. Trotman, Michael B. Bongiovanni, Marc J. Kahn, Seldon E. Bernstein – 1 November 1982 – The nb/nb mouse with a hereditary hemolytic anemia is an animal model of hemolysis‐induced gallstone disease. These anemic mice have hepatomegaly and form calcium bilirubinate gallstones. We undertook this study to: (a) examine the histopathology of the liver and gallbladder in nb/nb mice and (b) assess the influence of hemolysis per se on liver and gallbladder histology by transplanting nb/nb bone marrow into another genotype W/Wv.

J. Pinto Correia, L. Bívar, A. M. Bívar – 1 November 1982

Alessandro Trevisan, Fred Gudat, Richard Guggenheim, Gunthild Krey, Ursula Dürmüller, Guido Lüond, Marcel Düggelin, Jonas Landmann, Pietro Tondelli, Leonardo Bianchi – 1 November 1982 – The presence of albumin receptors on the plasma membrane of isolated human hepatocytes was investigated employing albumin‐coupled latex minibeads. Hepatocyte‐latex reaction was visualized by phase contrast and scanning electron microscopy.

Ashok K. Batta, Gerald Salen, Sarah Shefer, G. Steven Tint, Bishambar Dayal – 1 November 1982 – The biliary bile acid conjugation patterns were determined by high‐performance liquid chromatography in five subjects after 6 months of 500 mg per day of free ursodeoxycholic acid feeding. Prior to bile acid therapy, approximately 35% of the biliary bile acids were conjugated with taurine and approximately 65% were glycine conjugated, and ursodeoxycholic acid was either absent or, when present, accounted for less than 5% as the glycine conjugate.