This work was supported by the Anhui Natural Science Foundation (No. 1708085QH183), Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 81302863, 31390433, and 91542000), and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (973 Program, No. 2013CB944902).
γδ T cells display unique developmental, distributional, and functional patterns and can rapidly respond to various insults and contribute to diverse diseases. Different subtypes of γδ T cells are produced in the...
Background: The ^13C urea breath test (^13C-UBT) is the gold standard for detecting Helicobacterpylori infection. H. pylori pathogenesis in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and related diseases remains obscu...
Background: Cirrhosis is a common complication of chronic hepatitis B. It remains unclear if viral and biochemical parameters at baseline affect virological response to entecavir and therefore warrant investigation. ...
Cryoablation is a less prevalent percutaneous ablative therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and current evidence about its usefulness is limited. We report our experience in treating 1595 HCC cases with percu...
This work was supported in part by grants from the National Science and Technology Major Project of China (No. 2012ZX10002003) to Prof. Jinlin Hou; and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 81371603, 31100701), Guangdong Science and Technology Plan Project (No. 2013B051000051 ), and Southern Medical University Zhujiang Hospital Young Talent Project funding (No. 2012003) to Prof.
Objective:The present mini-review updated the progress in methodologies based on using liver biopsy.Data Sources:Articles for study of liver fibrosis,liver biopsy or fibrosis assessment published on high impact peer...
Hepatitis B remains a leading cause of cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and liver transplantation worldwide. Management of chronic hepatitis B during pregnancy is challenging. Transmission of hepatitis B to infants...
Background The etiological spectrum of cirrhosis has changed over the years, but our knowledge of it is limited. The present study aimed to investigate the etiological features of cirrhosis inpatients and their variat...
Background The long-term effectiveness and safety of lamivudine in patients with decompensated hepatitis B virus-related cirrhosis are still not clear. The present study attempted to describe the clinical outcomes of ...
This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Science and Technology Project of Dalian City
Background The heme oxygenase/carbon monoxide (HO/CO) system plays an important role in the development of hepatic fibrosis. The level of the HO/CO can be directly obtained by determining the carboxyhemoglobin (COH...
Background The natural history of the profile and development of the miscellaneous complications. iver cirrhosis in China has not been we complications of liver cirrhosis as we understood. This study aimed to elucidat...