BACKGROUND Hepatic hemangioma is a congenital tumor of the mesenchymal tissues of the liver. While typically benign, these tumors can occasionally grow to sufficient size to cause a number of symptoms, including pain, severe hepatic dysfunction, or, rarely, consumptive coagulopathy. In such instances, surgical treatment may be warranted. CASE REPORT We present a case of a symptomatic giant he...

Hepatic microsporidiosis was observed in four species of carangid fishes from the Senegalese coast. Being unable to positively identify the parasitic species, we provisionally placed them in the collective group Microsporidium Balbiani, 1984. The Microsporidium found in Caranx crysos and Caranx senegallus was labeled sp1, that found in Selene dorsalis was called sp2, and that found in Trachurus...

Concentrations of methionine and S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) have been measured in various tissues of rats exposed to 50% nitrous oxide for periods up to 80 min, a time by which there is detectable interference with thymidine synthesis in bone marrow. There were no significant changes of either SAM or methionine in plasma, whole blood or brain. Hepatic SAM was unchanged, but there was a highly ...

Objective(s): Atorvastatin is a cholesterol-lowering agent capable of inhibiting 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase. Recent studies have demonstrated new facets of atorvastatin, such as antioxidant and anti-fibrotic properties. We investigated the effect of atorvastatin on hepatic injury via the measurement of the antioxidant capacity and protein expressio...

Exposure of rats to a standard four-cycle feeding regimen of 0.06% 2acetylaminofluorene (AAF) results in the formation of putatively premalignant hepatic nodules, but the types and magnitude of DNA adducts formed in these nodules has not been previously examined. By using a sensitive "P-adduct assay (R. C. Gupta, Cancer Res., 45: 5656-5662, 1985), we analyzed the DNA adduct lesions in individua...

1. Mice when fed a cholesterol/choline-supplemented diet for 4 weeks developed histologically fatty livers. This lipid overloading was associated with an increase in hepatic concentration of connective tissues. 2. Both histological and biochemical abnormalities regressed on stopping the cholesterol diet for another 4 weeks. With continuing feeding for 24 weeks these abnormalities were sustained...

An isotope dilution model for partitioning leucine uptake by the liver of the lactating dairy cow is constructed and solved in the steady state. If assumptions ae made, model solution permits calculation of the rate of leucine uptake from portal and hepatic arterial blood supply, leucine export into the hepatic vein, leucine oxidation and transamination, and synthesis and degradation of hepatic...

The present study was to study the hepatoprotective effects of phloridzin (PHL) on hepatic fibrosis induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄) in rats, on the basis of this investigation, the possible mechanism of PHL was elucidated. Male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into six groups: control, model, PHL-L, PHL-M, PHL-H and colchine. All rats except control group were intraperitone...

Carbohydrate response element binding protein (ChREBP) is a transcription factor activated by glucose that is highly expressed in liver, pancreatic β-cells, brown and white adipose tissues, and muscle. We reported that hepatic suppression of the Chrebp gene improves hepatic steatosis, glucose intolerance, and obesity in genetically obese mice. Moreover, we have studied the role of ChREBP with s...

acute cholangitis (ac) is commonly observed in general practice with different causes. we report a case of recurrent ac caused by anomaly of the right hepatic artery, as a rare underlying condition.