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Open AccessHepatocyte-specific Smad7 deletion accelerates DEN-induced HCC via activation of STAT3 signaling in mice
TGF-β signaling in liver cells has variant roles in the dynamics of liver diseases, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We previously found a correlation of high levels of the important endogenous negati...
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Open AccessCaveolin-1 is required for TGF- β -induced transactivation of the EGF receptor pathway in hepatocytes through the activation of the metalloprotease TACE/ADAM17
Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) plays a dual role in hepatocytes, inducing both pro- and anti-apoptotic responses, whose balance decides cell fate. Survival signals are mediated by the epidermal growth fa...
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Open AccessCaveolin-1 abrogates TGF-β mediated hepatocyte apoptosis
Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β has a dual role in liver, providing cytostatic effects during liver damage and regeneration, as well as carcinogenic functions in malignant transformation and hepatocellular can...
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NeoHepatocytes generated from patients with chronic liver disease can be used for autologous cell transplantation
Liver transplantation is the only definitive treatment for end stage liver disease. Donor organ scarcity raises a growing interest in new therapeutic options. Recently, we have shown that injection of monocyte...
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Outcome of infants born to hepatitis C infected women
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be transmitted vertically from mother to infant, either late in pregnancy or at delivery.
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Hepatitis C infection in an Irish antenatal population
Hepatitis C infection (HCV) has an estimated seroprevalence of 1–2% in women of child-bearing age and vertical transmission rate of 5–15%.
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UVB Irradiation, Mismatch Repair and Cutaneous Melanoma
Msh2 is one of the genes involved in DNA-mismatch repair. Mutations in the coding region of the human gene (hmsh2) have been shown to be directly involved in microsatellite instability in hereditary nonpolypos...
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Irish Society of Gastroenterology
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Messenger RNA fluorescence in situ hybridization technique in tumor tissue sections
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Royal academy of medicine in Ireland section of dermatology
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Q fever in the republic of Ireland: An update
During the years 1975–1978, 28 new cases of Q fever were confirmed by the finding of significant complement fixing antibody titres toC. burneti. Almost half of these (46%) were patients with severe cardiac involv...