Liver stiffness measurement by vibration-controlled transient elastography improves outcome prediction in primary biliary cholangitis

C Corpechot, F Carrat, F Gaouar, F Chau… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by vibration-controlled transient
elastography (VCTE) has been shown to predict outcomes of patients with primary biliary …

Primary biliary cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis: current knowledge of pathogenesis and therapeutics

JW Park, JH Kim, SE Kim, JH Jung, MK Jang, SH Park… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cholangiopathies encompass various biliary diseases affecting the biliary epithelium,
resulting in cholestasis, inflammation, fibrosis, and ultimately liver cirrhosis. Primary biliary …

Male sex is associated with higher rates of liver‐related mortality in primary biliary cholangitis and cirrhosis

BV John, G Aitcheson, KB Schwartz, NS Khakoo… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims The impact of sex on the postcirrhosis progression of primary biliary
cholangitis (PBC) has not been well defined. Prior studies have suggested that men have …

Combination of fibrates with obeticholic acid is able to normalise biochemical liver tests in patients with difficult‐to‐treat primary biliary cholangitis

PA Soret, L Lam, F Carrat, L Smets… - Alimentary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Obeticholic acid (OCA) and fibrates are second‐line therapies for patients with
primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) with an inadequate response to ursodeoxycholic acid …

Phosphatase-like Activity of Porous Nanorods of CeO2 for the Highly Stabilized Dephosphorylation under Interferences

T Yao, Z Tian, Y Zhang, Y Qu - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2018 - ACS Publications
Nanoceria with phosphatase-like behavior shows its great potential for many important
biological applications through a catalytic dephosphorylation process. Herein, we …

Novel therapeutic targets in primary biliary cirrhosis

JK Dyson, GM Hirschfield, DH Adams… - Nature reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic immune-mediated liver disease characterized by
progressive cholestasis, biliary fibrosis and eventually cirrhosis. It results in characteristic …

Increasing prevalence of primary biliary cholangitis and reduced mortality with treatment

M Lu, Y Zhou, IV Haller, RJ Romanelli… - Clinical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background & Aims There are few data from longitudinal studies of trends in primary biliary
cholangitis (PBC) among patients under routine clinical care in the United States. We …

[HTML][HTML] Current understanding of primary biliary cholangitis

A Tanaka - Clinical and molecular hepatology, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) causes chronic and persistent cholestasis in the liver,
eventually resulting in cirrhosis and hepatic failure without appropriate treatment. PBC …

[HTML][HTML] Obeticholic acid improves hepatic bile acid excretion in patients with primary biliary cholangitis

K Kjærgaard, K Frisch, M Sørensen, OL Munk… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Obeticholic acid (OCA) is an agonist of the nuclear bile acid receptor
farnesoid X receptor, which regulates hepatic bile acid metabolism. We tested whether OCA …

Tremelimumab in combination with microwave ablation in patients with refractory biliary tract cancer

C Xie, AG Duffy, D Mabry‐Hrones, B Wood, E Levy… - Hepatology, 2019 - journals.lww.com
We sought to identify factors that are predictive of liver transplantation or death in patients
with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), and to develop and validate a contemporaneous …