Objectives: We aimed to analyze waiting list and liver transplantation trends for autoimmune liver disease in Argentina.Methods: We designed a population-based analysis of waitlisted or liver transplanted patients for ...

The abnormal deposition of triglycerides in the liver is known as fatty liver. While the transformationof fatty liver may occur owing to a number of factors, it is often associated either with metabolic risk factors of the ...

The liver is a vital organ that is responsible for a wide range of functions, most of which are essential for survival. The multitude of functions the liver performs makes it vulnerable to a wide range of diseases. ...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is currently the most common form of chronic liver disease worldwide. A subset of these individuals develops hepatocyte damage, inflammation and fibrosis, a syndrome referral as ...

The development of liver surgery and the need toovercome the shortage of cadaveric grafts havestimulated the creativity of surgeons in describingdifferent options for using segmental liver grafts.Reduced size liver ...

Lipid droplets (LDs) are widespread intracellular organelles formed by a triglyceride, cholesteryl ester and retinyl ester core surrounded by a monolayer of phospholipids and free (unesterified) cholesterol. LDs number and ...

Pregnancy and fetal development are periods of rapid growth and cell differentiation when mother and offspring are vulnerable to changes. Adverse events during development can be linked to an increased risk for developing ...

Blood glucose is the primary cellular substrate and in vivo must be tightly maintained. The liver plays a key role in glucose homeostasis increasing or decreasing glucose output and uptake during fasting and feeding. ...

Metabolites present in liver provide important clues regarding the physiological state of an organism. The aim of this work was to evaluate a protocol for high-throughput NMR-based analysis of polar and non-polar metabolites ...