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Current Challenges and Controversies in Drug-Induced Liver Injury
Current key challenges and controversies encountered in the identification of potentially hepatotoxic drugs and the assessment of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) are covered in this article.
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Mitochondrial Involvement in Drug-Induced Liver Injury
Mitochondrial dysfunction is a major mechanism of liver injury. A parent drug or its reactive metabolite can trigger outer mitochondrial membrane permeabilization or rupture due to mitochondrial permeability t...
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Drug-Induced Microvesicular Steatosis and Steatohepatitis
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Human Epoxide Hydrolase is the Target of Germander Autoantibodies on the Surface of Human Hepatocytes: Enzymatic Implications
Western countries observed an increased interest for the use of herbal medicines because of their supposed safety in contrast to chemical drugs. Wild germander (Teuchrium chamaedrys L) was traditionally used as a...
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Hepatotoxicity of Antitubercular Treatments
The standard antitubercular regimen currently includes a combination of 3 antitubercular agents: isoniazid, rifampicin (rifampin) and pyrazinamide. Administration of a fourth agent, ethambutol, is recommended ...
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Most cases of medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency escape detection in France
DNA from 414 French blood donors from the Paris area was assessed for the A985G mutation responsible for most cases of autosomal recessive medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency. The mutant gene...
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Acute hepatitis induced by HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, lovastatin
The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, lovastatin, is known to induce asymptomatic liver dysfunction in a few patients. We report the case of an adult who suffered from clinical hepatitis three months after the onse...
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Pancreatic Cholera (W.D.H.A. syndrome)
Results of light- and electron-microscopic studies of a primary pancreatic tumor and of metastasis in a new case of Pancreatic Cholera (P.C.) are reported. The primary tumor, but not the metastases, contained unu...