Biliary Atresia is a devastating pediatric cholangiopathy affecting the bile ducts of the liver. In
this review, we describe recent progress in the understanding of liver development with a …

Biliary atresia is a rare disease but remains the most common indication for pediatric liver
transplantation as there are no effective medical therapies to slow progression after …

Abstract Background and Aims Biliary atresia is a severe inflammatory and fibrosing
cholangiopathy of neonates of unknown etiology. The onset of cholestasis at birth implies a …

Objectives: Matrix metallopeptidase-7 (MMP-7) and osteopontin (OPN) are important
components in the pathophysiology of fibrosis in biliary atresia (BA). There has been much …

Background & aims We have previously reported on the potential pathogenic role of
neutrophils in biliary atresia (BA). Herein, we aimed to delineate the role of CD177+ …

Maternal seeding of the microbiome in neonates promotes a long-lasting biological footprint,
but how it impacts disease susceptibility in early life remains unknown. We hypothesized …

Purpose We aimed to assess the dynamic changing trend of serum matrix metalloproteinase-
7 (MMP-7) in biliary atresia (BA) patients from diagnosis to LTx to further elucidate its clinical …

Endogenous nitric oxide is important for living beings; hence, accurate and non-invasive
detection of nitric oxide (NO) in situ is of significance. Benzothiadiazole-core chromophores …

TWEAK/FN14 promotes profibrogenic pathway activation in Prom... : Hepatology TWEAK/FN14
promotes profibrogenic pathway activation in Prominin-1-expressing hepatic progenitor …

Aims Infants with biliary atresia (BA) are treated with Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE) surgery,
but many BA patients need subsequent salvage liver transplants. The aim of this study is to …