Background In biliary atresia mechanisms of progressive liver injury leading to need of liver
transplantation after successful portoenterostomy remain unknown. A better understanding …

Biliary atresia (BA) is the most common cholestatic liver disorder requiring liver
transplantation in children. Hepatic fibrosis is not only a universal and prominent feature of …

Successful portoenterostomy (SPE) improves the short‐term outcome of patients with biliary
atresia (BA) by relieving cholestasis and extending survival with native liver. Despite SPE …

Background: Biliary atresia is the most common indication for childhood liver transplantation.
The effects of successful portoenterostomy (PE) on native liver histology remain unclear …

Background Pathogenesis of progressive liver fibrosis in biliary atresia after successful
portoenterostomy remains unclear. We related hepatic expression of transforming growth …

Objectives: Biliary atresia (BA), a congenital idiopathic obliterative cholangiopathy, rapidly
leads to liver cirrhosis and liver failure if untreated. A timely Kasai portoenterostomy (KP) …

The molecular mechanisms underlying progressive liver fibrosis following surgical treatment
of biliary atresia (BA) remain unclear. Our aim was to address hepatic gene and protein …

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: In biliary atresia (BA), a derangement in the biliary system
remains, despite portoenterostomy performance. Many factors can influence the disease …

Abstract Introduction and Objectives Biliary atresia (BA) is characterized by rapid
progression of fibrosis with no definite causes. Histopathological findings have been …

Extrahepatic biliary atresia is a severe neonatal liver disease resulting from a sclerosing
cholangiopathy of unknown etiology. Although biliary obstruction may be surgically …