Elevated serum heat shock protein 70 and liver stiffness reflect hepatic dysfunction and severity in postoperative biliary atresia

S Honsawek, W Udomsinprasert… - Pediatric Surgery …, 2017 - Springer
Background Biliary atresia (BA) is a severe chronic liver disease characterized by
progressive obstructive cholangiopathy of biliary tract. Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) is …

High serum matrix metalloproteinase-3 and liver stiffness in postoperative biliary atresia

S Honsawek, K Praianantathavorn… - Pediatric surgery …, 2011 - Springer
Background Biliary atresia (BA) is a neonatal liver disorder characterized by chronic
inflammation and obliteration of extrahepatic bile ducts. The purpose of the study was to …

[HTML][HTML] Elevation of serum urokinase plasminogen activator receptor and liver stiffness in postoperative biliary atresia

W Udomsinprasert, S Honsawek… - World Journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM To investigate serum urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) and liver
stiffness in biliary atresia (BA) and examine the correlation of circulating uPAR, liver …

Elevation of serum galectin-3 and liver stiffness measured by transient elastography in biliary atresia

S Honsawek, V Chongsrisawat… - European Journal of …, 2011 - thieme-connect.com
Background and aim: Biliary atresia (BA) is an intractable neonatal liver disease
characterized by progressive fibrosclerotic obliteration of the extrahepatic biliary tree. The …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of HSP90 as potential biomarker of biliary atresia using two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry

R Dong, P Deng, Y Huang, C Shen, P Xue, S Zheng - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Biliary atresia (BA) is a devastating cholestatic liver disease targeting infants. Current
diagnosis depends on surgical exploration of the biliary tree. The aim of the present study …

Are stable postoperative biliary atresia patients really stable?

H Kobayashi, K Horikoshi, A Yamataka… - Pediatric surgery …, 2001 - Springer
Transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF β-1) is an important mediator of liver-cell
proliferation and replication that is implicated in hepatic fibrosis (HF). Hepatic stellate cells …

[HTML][HTML] Increased osteopontin and liver stiffness measurement by transient elastography in biliary atresia

S Honsawek, M Chayanupatkul… - World Journal of …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: To analyze plasma osteopontin levels and liver stiffness using transient elastography in
postoperative biliary atresia (BA) children compared with healthy controls. METHODS: Thirty …

Correlation of connective tissue growth factor with liver stiffness measured by transient elastography in biliary atresia

S Honsawek, W Udomsinprasert… - Hepatology …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Biliary atresia (BA) is a neonatal liver disease defined as chronic progressive fibrotic
obliteration of extrahepatic bile ducts. The objective of this study was to determine the …

Transient elastography is useful in diagnosing biliary atresia and predicting prognosis after hepatoportoenterostomy

JF Wu, CS Lee, WH Lin, YM Jeng, HL Chen, YH Ni… - Hepatology, 2018 - journals.lww.com
We investigated the utility of transient elastography (TE) for diagnosing biliary atresia (BA) in
cholestatic infants and predicting the outcome of BA. Forty‐eight cholestatic infants (9‐87 …

Long-term follow-up of biliary atresia using liver transient elastography

F Yeung, ACH Fung, PHY Chung, YY Chu… - Pediatric Surgery …, 2022 - Springer
Objective Liver transient elastography (TE) using FibroScan® has gained popularity as a
non-invasive technique to assess hepatic fibrosis by measuring liver stiffness. This study …