BACKGROUND The normothermic machine perfusion pump(NMPP)could shape the future of transplantation.Providing ex-vivo optimization,NMPP attenuates ischemic insult while replenishing energy.An understanding of machine pe...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFC2407405);the Joint Research Fund Major Project of Gansu Province (23JRRA1488);the Medical Innovation and Development Project of Lanzhou University (lzuyxcx-2022-157).
Fibrosis resulting from pathological repair secondary to recurrent or persistent tissue damage often leads to organ failure and mortality.Biliary fibrosis is a crucial but easily neglected pathological feature in hepa...
Post-coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)cholangiopathy(PCC)is a rare but lifethreatening complication of COVID-19 infection.PCC typically presents when patients recovering from the contagion and manifests as cholestasi...
BACKGROUND The coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic has had a profound impact on global health,primarily characterized by severe respiratory illness.However,emerging evidence suggests that COVID-19 can also lead...
Since its emergence in 2019,it has become apparent that coronavirus 2019(COVID-19)infection can result in multi systemic involvement.In addition to pulmonary symptoms,hepatobiliary involvement has been widely reported...
The biliary system consists of intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts lined by biliary epithelial cells(cholangiocytes).Bile ducts and cholangiocytes are affected by a variety of disorders called cholangiopathies,wh...
BACKGROUND The recent and still ongoing pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)entailed various long-term complications,including post-infectious cholangiopathy.AIM To identi...
BACKGROUND The global coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic has caused more than 5 million deaths.Multiorganic involvement is well described,including liver disease.In patients with critical COVID-19,a new entity...
BACKGROUND Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography is a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure that involves inserting a needle into the biliary tree,followed by the immediate insertion of a catheter.Endoscopic ultras...