World journal of hepatology
World J Hepatol
· ISSN (print) 1948-5182
· 9 papers in corpus
lab-animal
2025
BACKGROUND: Syngeneic orthotopic tumor models offer an optimal functional tumor-immune interface for hepatocellular carcinoma research. Yet, unpredictable growth kinetics and spontaneous regression pose major obstacles. Efficient induction …
2024
Oxidative stress disturbs the balance between the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the detoxification biological process. It plays an important role in the development and progression of many chronic diseases. Upon exposure t…
case-report
2024
BACKGROUND: Primary abdominal pregnancy is an extremely rare form of ectopic pregnancy. Ectopic pregnancies that occur in the liver and diaphragm are even rarer, limited case reports are available in the literature. CASE SUMMARY: A woman o…
review
2023
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease continues to be one of the major health challenges facing the world, with estimates of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) prevalence in over 25 percent of the world's population. NASH represents a spectrum…
observational
2022
BACKGROUND: Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) has an increased risk of hepatocellular cancer (HCC) both due to genetic risks and iron overload as iron overload can be carcinogenic; HH impacts the increasing risk of HCC, not only through the d…
case-report
2019
BACKGROUND: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) can alleviate complications of portal hypertension such as ascites and variceal bleeding by decreasing the portosystemic gradient. In limited clinical situations, parallel TI…
review
2014
This practical atlas aims to help liver and non liver pathologists to recognize benign hepatocellular nodules on resected specimen. Macroscopic and microscopic views together with immunohistochemical stains illustrate typical and atypical a…
case-report
2012
Resection of liver metastases from gynaecological tumours is uncommon. Endometrial stromal sarcomas (ESS) are low incidence gynecological tumours which can originate in previous sites of endometriosis or following metaplasia of the pelvic p…
observational
2010
AIM: To study complement activation in 46 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and ascites but no spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) and 10 healthy controls. METHODS: Complement activation was determined by the measurement of soluble mem…