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 …

[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. …

EGR1 transcription factor is a multifaceted regulator of matrix production in tendons and other connective tissues

E Havis, D Duprez - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
… Fibroblast deregulation leads to fibrosis, assessed by … laboratories as a rapidly and transiently
activated gene in various … TNMD mRNA expression levels are strongly correlated with the …

Circulating thrombospondin-2 as a novel fibrosis biomarker of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in type 2 diabetes

CH Lee, WK Seto, DTW Lui, CHY Fong, HY Wan… - Diabetes …, 2021 - Am Diabetes Assoc
… All participants received vibration-controlled transient … influence on transforming growth
factor-β activity (11,33). … -1, transforming growth factor beta and connective tissue growth factor at …

… , sleep duration and smoking status with elastographic parameters of liver steatosis and fibrosis; controlled attenuation parameter and liver stiffness measurements

I Mikolasevic, V Domislovic… - … journal of clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… the blockade of transforming growth factor β expression and of its downstream inductor
connective tissue growth factor. Third, caffeine can inhibit hepatic stellate cells and subsequently …