Hepatogenous diabetes: Is it time to separate it from type 2 diabetes?

E Orsi, V Grancini, S Menini, A Aghemo… - Liver …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
By definition, hepatogenous diabetes is directly caused by loss of liver function, implying that
it develops after cirrhosis onset. Therefore, it should be distinguished from type 2 diabetes …

[PDF][PDF] Glucose abnormalities in patients with hepatitis C virus infection: epidemiology and pathogenesis

A Lecube, C Hernández, J Genescà, R Simó - Diabetes care, 2006 - academia.edu
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of chronic liver disease, affecting 3% of
the world's population (1, 2). The disease is characterized by silent onset in most infected …

Tumor necrosis factor–α–induced insulin resistance may mediate the hepatitis C virus–diabetes association

H Knobler, T Zhornicky, A Sandler… - Official journal of the …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Among patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), 13–33% develop type 2
diabetes mellitus (DM). The mechanism for this remains unclear. Because tumor necrosis …

Generating hypotheses by discovering implicit associations in the literature: a case report of a search for new potential therapeutic uses for thalidomide

M Weeber, R Vos, H Klein… - Journal of the …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
The availability of scientific bibliographies through online databases provides a rich source
of information for scientists to support their research. However, the risk of this pervasive …

Liver disease and diabetes: association, pathophysiology, and management

H Ahmadieh, ST Azar - Diabetes research and clinical practice, 2014 - Elsevier
Diabetes is associated with a spectrum of liver diseases including nonalcoholic liver
disease, steatohepatitis, and liver cirrhosis with their increased complications and mortality …

Neutrophils as a specific target for melatonin and kynuramines: effects on cytokine release

SO Silva, MR Rodrigues, VF Ximenes… - Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
A growing body of evidence suggests that the pineal hormone, melatonin, has
immunomodulatory properties, although very little is known about its effect on leukocytes …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of cytokine gene polymorphism on histological activity index, viral load and response to treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 3

Z Abbas, T Moatter, A Hussainy… - World Journal of …, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: To investigate the association between cytokine gene polymorphism and disease
status in chronic hepatitis C genotype 3 by liver biopsy, ALT, HCV RNA levels and response …

Hepatoprotective effect of silyamarin in individuals chronically exposed to hydrogen sulfide; modulating influence of TNF-α cytokine genetic polymorphism

A Mandegary, A Saeedi, A Eftekhari… - DARU Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Background and the purpose of the study Silymarin, a standardized extract of the milk thistle
(Silybum marianum), is believed to exert some of its hepatoprotective effects though …

Interferon-gamma is associated with hepatic dysfunction in fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma

AM Attallah, M El-Far, F Zahran, GE Shiha… - … of Immunoassay and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The relation between interferon–gamma (IFN-γ) levels and the severity of liver diseases
through fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not been fully clarified …

High concentrations of the melatonin metabolite, N1‐acetyl‐N 2‐formyl‐5‐methoxykynuramine, in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with meningitis: a possible …

S de Oliveira Silva, VF Ximenes… - Journal of pineal …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We evaluated the presence of the melatonin metabolite N1‐acetyl‐N2‐formyl‐5‐
methoxykynuramine (AFMK), in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with viral meningitis (n …