The research found that heavy drinkers with either diabetes, high blood pressure or a high waist circumference are as much as 2.4 times more likely to develop advanced liver disease.

Despite new medication, cystic fibrosis often leads to permanent lung damage. Working with an international team, researchers ...

Despite new medication, cystic fibrosis often leads to permanent lung damage. Working with an international team, researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have discovered that the ...

As noted above, stellate cell activation is the central event in hepatic fibrosis. Activation consists of 2 major phases: (1) initiation (also called apreinflammatory stage) and (2) perpetuation ...

Researchers from the University of Illinois have identified a key process coordinating liver maturation and polyploidization, ...

The morbidity and mortality of hepatic fibrosis caused by various etiologies are high worldwide, and the trend is increasing annually. At present, there is no effective method to cure hepatic fibrosis ...

all of which can lead to liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma, which in turn may prompt the need for liver transplant. The interleukin (IL)-20 is a subfamily part of the IL-10 ...

Amyloid deposition can occur in various organs, including the heart, kidney, liver, and nervous system. Cardiac involvement has been predominantly noted in amyloid light chain (AL) amyloidosis (also ...

Request permissions for this article. Department of Neurology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial HospitalSun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 510120 China Brain Research Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial HospitalSun ...

In this study, we have unravelled a novel mechanism of TAM-initiated fibrosis and the myofibroblast transition in facilitating PDAC metastasis. The interleukin (IL)-33–ST2–CXCL3–CXCR2 signalling ...