Stiffness is associated with hepatic stellate cell heterogeneity during liver fibrosis

E Kostallari, B Wei, D Sicard, J Li… - … and Liver …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
liver stiffness correlate with HSC heterogeneity in a hepatic … as tumor growth factor β (TGF-β)
and platelet-derived growth factor (… In line with these data, transient FHL2 overexpression in …

Serum biomarkers correlated with liver stiffness assessed in a multicenter study of pediatric cholestatic liver disease

DH Leung, S Devaraj, NP Goodrich, X Chen… - Hepatology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
… ) 1, connective tissue growth factor [CTGF], … transient elastography (TE; FibroScan) is a
noninvasive, painless alternative to liver biopsy that utilizes shear wave velocity to measure liver

… carbohydrate high fat diet causes arterial hypertension and histological changes in the aortic wall in aged rats: The involvement of connective tissue growth factors …

SV Logvinov, NV Naryzhnaya, BK Kurbatov… - Experimental …, 2021 - Elsevier
… the relationship between age, connective tissue growth factors… -1 levels were determined
one week after the onset of diet. … transient. An increase in systolic blood pressure has a positive …

Physiological ranges of matrix rigidity modulate primary mouse hepatocyte function in part through hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha

SS Desai, JC Tung, VX Zhou, JP Grenert, Y Malato… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… of liver fibrosis in humans has been shown to correlate well … Transient and shear-wave
elastography, expressing stiffness … Transforming growth factor-beta and substrate stiffness

[HTML][HTML] Changes in serum transforming growth factor-β1 levels in chronic hepatitis C patients under antiviral therapy

I Kotsiri, E Hadziyannis, A Georgiou… - … Publication of the …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… associated with the severity of liver stiffness estimated by transient elastography. … Liver
stiffness measurements by TE were expressed in kilopascals (kPa) and were evaluated in relation

[HTML][HTML] Coffee intake is associated with a lower liver stiffness in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, hepatitis C, and hepatitis B

A Hodge, S Lim, E Goh, O Wong, P Marsh, V Knight… - Nutrients, 2017 - mdpi.com
… intake and liver stiffness assessed by transient elastography in … We did not have access to
liver histology to correlate with … growth factor (PDGF)-β and connective tissue growth factor (…

[HTML][HTML] Non-invasive biomarkers of liver inflammation and cell death in response to alcohol detoxification

MG Neuman, J Mueller, S Mueller - Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were measured in 114 … (CAP) in all patients using
transient elastography (FibroScan, … -nodular cirrhosis) that surrounded by connective tissue. …

Association of adipokines with hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients on long‐term nucleoside analogue

LY Mak, CH Lee, KS Cheung, DKH Wong… - Liver …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… (NA) with accurate transient elastography measurement, we … causal relationship between
adipokines and CHB-related liver … and protein expression of connective tissue growth factor,50 …

Modeling and measuring extracellular matrix alterations in fibrosis: challenges and perspectives for antifibrotic drug discovery

P Sivakumar, C Kitson, G Jarai - Connective tissue research, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
… to tissue homeostasis. Upon injury, components of the ECM transiently activate growth
factors and … growth factor beta1 - an intimate relationship. Eur J Cell Biol 2008;87(8–9):601–615. …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D and liver fibrosis: Molecular mechanisms and clinical studies

W Udomsinprasert, J Jittikoon - Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy, 2019 - Elsevier
… protein including connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) during … were negatively correlated
with the degree of liver fibrosis, … also associated with liver stiffness in transient elastography. …