Phenotypes of α1-antitrypsin in liver diseases

"study of α1-antitrypsin phenotypes frequencies in patients with primary antibody deficiency "

primary antibody deficiencies are the most frequent primary immunodeficiency disorders. bronchiectasis as a feature of these disorders may be developed due to some factors such α-1-antitrypsin deficiency. in order to determine the prevalence of two common α-1-antitrypsin deficiency alleles (pi*z and pi*s) in iranian patients with antibody deficiency, this study was performed. the prevalence of ...

Flecainide and elevated liver enzymes in α1-antitrypsin deficiency

deficiency David J.A. Jenkins, MD, PhD, FRCP, Michael Freeman, MD, FRCPC, Iqwal Mangat, MD, FRCPC, Koruba Srichaikul, MD, MSc, Viranda H. Jayalath, MSc, Dorothea Faulkner, RD, PhD, John L. Sievenpiper, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Cyril W.C. Kendall, PhD, Alexander Romaschin, PhD, Young-In Kim, MD, FRCPC, Paul Dorian, MD, FRCPC, FHRS From the Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universi...

Serum alpha 1 antitrypsin in liver diseases.

Alpha-1-antitrypsin phenotypes in adult liver disease patients

Alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) is an important serine protease inhibitor in humans. Hereditary alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) affects lungs and liver. Liver disease caused by AATD in paediatric patients has been previously well documented. However, the association of liver disease with alpha-1-antitrypsin gene polymorphisms in adults is less clear. Therefore, we aimed to study AAT polymorphis...

α1-Antitrypsin deficiency: count me in please!

Respiratory medicine is facing formidable challenges in the 21st century. Indeed, most respiratory medical research is becoming interconnected, translational and transnational, all embedded within so-called “planetary health” [1]. However, renewing estimates and trends from classical, descriptive epidemiology, including how many patients of a given condition are around, and how many are expecte...