High coffee intake is associated with lower grade nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: the role of peripheral antioxidant activity

Background & aims. Some phytochemicals present in coffee have a potential antioxidant role which seems to protect the human body against cardiovascular diseases, liver disease and malignancies. Nonalcoholic f...

Intestinal mucosal proliferation, apoptosis and oxidative stress in patients with liver cirrhosis

[b]Background[/b]. Intestinal mucosal barrier dysfunction in liver cirrhosis and its implicated mechanisms is of great clinical importance because it is associated with the development of serious complications from diver...

Maternal separation on the ethanol-preferring adult rat liver structure

Background and rationale for the study. We designed to test whether there is interaction of maternal separation (MS) on the ethanol-preferring rats liver structure. The UCh rat pups were separated daily from their mother...

Endoscopic Therapy is Effective for Recurrent Anastomotic Biliary Strictures after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Introduction. Orthotopic liver transplantation anastomotic biliary strictures (OLT ABS) are managed with endoscopic biliary stent therapy but the recurrence rate is substantial. Our aims were to retrospectively determine...

Effect of ezetimibe in HCV viral load after liver transplantation