Antimitochondrial antibodies: from bench to bedside

F Colapietro, A Lleo, E Generali - Clinical Reviews in Allergy & …, 2022 - Springer
Anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMA) are directed against the E2 subunits of the 2-oxo acid
dehydrogenase complexes (PDC-E2) and are the typical biomarkers of primary biliary …

Current and potential treatments for primary biliary cholangitis

RA Shah, KV Kowdley - The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2020 - thelancet.com
Up to 40% of patients with primary biliary cholangitis have an incomplete response to first-
line treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid. Obeticholic acid was approved by the US Food …

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 …

Clinical management of primary biliary cholangitis—strategies and evolving trends

L Gao, L Wang, E Woo, XS He, GX Yang… - Clinical reviews in …, 2020 - Springer
PBC is a chronic progressive autoimmune disorder involving the destruction of intrahepatic
small bile ducts, cholestasis, fibrosis, and ultimately cirrhosis if left untreated. It is largely …

Mechanism-based target therapy in primary biliary cholangitis: opportunities before liver cirrhosis?

Y Yang, XS He, M Rojas, PSC Leung… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is an immune-mediated liver disease characterized by
cholestasis, biliary injuries, liver fibrosis, and chronic non-suppurative cholangitis. The …

Dual B-cell targeting therapy ameliorates autoimmune cholangitis

W Zhang, T Shao, PSC Leung, K Tsuneyama… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective The ability to regulate B cell development has long been recognized to have
therapeutic potential in a variety of autoimmune diseases. However, despite the presence of …

High neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio indicates a worse response to ursodeoxycholic acid in primary biliary cholangitis: a retrospective cohort study

H Zhu, M Zheng, H He, H Lei, W Tai, J Yang - BMC gastroenterology, 2023 - Springer
Background Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease
characterized by inflammation of the interlobular bile ducts. Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) is …

Incomplete response to ursodeoxycholic acid in primary biliary cholangitis: criteria, epidemiology, and possible mechanisms

LX Huang, ZL Wang, R Jin, HS Chen… - Expert Review of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction As a common autoimmune disease with the characteristic of early complication,
primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) leads to an increasing number of mortalities among people …

Bile acids impair vaccine response in children with biliary atresia

J Liu, Y Fei, T Zhou, H Ji, J Wu, X Gu, Y Luo… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background Vaccination is the best way to protect children under 5 years from death or
disability. Children with biliary atresia (BA), which is the most common pediatric cholestatic …

Levels of serum IgG subclasses in patients with liver disease: A retrospective study

W Zheng, F Jiang, J Shan, Y Wang… - Experimental and …, 2021 - spandidos-publications.com
Viral and alcoholic liver disease, drug induced liver disease (DILD), primary biliary cirrhosis
(PBC) and autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) are among the most common liver diseases …