… Biliary atresia (BA) is a neonatal liver disorder … metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) in postoperative
BA patients and the association of MMP-3 with clinical outcome and liver stiffness score. …

… with ALF according to the Acute Liver Failure Study Group criteria were … liver stiffness (LS)
with FibroScan, standard laboratory parameters, and serum levels of matrix metalloproteinase …

… the liver is associated with specific rigidities, as determined through ultrasound based transient
elastography. Liver stiffness … An illustration of matrix metalloproteinase 2 and 9 and tissue …

… The use of the non-invasive liver stiffness measurement as the determinant of fibrosis in
this study necessitated selection of a threshold for significant fibrosis. Whilst appropriate …

… from the same livers was used to quantify fibrosis. We observed that liver stiffness increased
… We suggest that increased liver stiffness may play an important role in initiating the early …

… the mechanisms of how ECM stiffness is regulated during the development of liver fibrosis
and the molecules involved in ECM stiffness as a potential therapeutic target for liver fibrosis. …

… (MMPs) are involved in many distinct processes in the liver. Matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) …
that a high serum concentration of MMP-3 can be related to the degree of liver fibrosis. …

… of shear waves to estimate liver stiffness. There are ultrasound (… 3 inhibits a disintegrin and
metalloproteinase 17 (ADAM17) and its essential role in the liver was confirmed in a Timp-3 …

… , matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs). In a healthy liver,
… However, during liver injury, quiescent HSCs undergo phenotypic transformation into highly …

… -3 in postoperative BA patients and the association between galectin-3, clinical outcome and
liver stiffness … investigate serum galectin-3 concentrations, liver stiffness scores, and clinical …