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Shyr-Ming Sheen-Chen
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Epigenetic histone methylation regulates transforming growth factor β-1 expression following bile duct ligation in rats
Multiple mechanisms contribute to the liver fibrosis following cholestasis. Recent research has focused on the role of transforming growth factor β-1 (TGF-β1) in the progression of fibrosis. The aim of our stu...
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Pulsed Radiofrequency Reduced Complete Freund’s Adjuvant-induced Mechanical Hyperalgesia via the Spinal c-Jun N-terminal Kinase Pathway
Pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) treatment involves the pulsed application of a radiofrequency electric field to a nerve. The technology offers pain relief for patients suffering from chronic pain who do not respon...
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Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in the Management of Post-thyroidectomy Tracheomalacia
Post-thyroidectomy tracheomalacia is a rare but complicated problem. It has often been treated with tracheostomy or prolonged endotracheal intubation. However, noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) ...
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Open AccessSonoporation-mediated gene transfer into adult rat dorsal root ganglion cells
Gene transfer into many cell types has been successfully used to develop alternative and adjunct approaches to conventional medical treatment. However, effective transfection of postmitotic neurons remains a c...
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Z-LLY-FMK Attenuates Intestinal Apoptosis After Bile Duct Ligation in Rats
Apoptosis is an important process in a wide variety of different biological systems. In addition to caspases, recently, calpains, another family of proteases, have been found to be involved in apoptosis of man...
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Combination of Adult Intussusception and Intestinal Malrotation: An Unusual Presentation
Intussusception is familiar to pediatric surgeons but is rarely encountered by general surgeons. Adult intussusception is uncommon, accounting for less than 5% of intestinal obstructions, half of which are ass...
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Z-LLY-FMK Can Attenuate Hepatocyte Apoptosis After Bile Duct Ligation in Rat
Background Cholestasis leading to retention and accumulation of toxic hydrophobic bile salts within hepatocytes may cause hepatocyte toxicity by inducing apoptosis. Calpains have been fou...
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Abdominal Carcinomatosis Attributed to Metastatic Breast Carcinoma
A 41-year-old female suffered from epigastralgia and intermittent constipation for 10 months, and abdominal fullness and intermittent pain for 6 months, before seeking help. Double contrast barium study of the...
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Extremely Elevated CA19-9 in Acute Cholangitis
A 68-year-old women was admitted with the chief complaints of epigastralgia with radiation to the back and jaundice. Fever and chills were also noted. The laboratory data showed alkaline phosphatase, 245 U/L (...
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Skin Necrosis After Intravenous Calcium Chloride Administration as a Complication of Parathyroidectomy for Secondary Hyperparathyroidism: Report of Four Cases
Intravenous (i.v.) calcium chloride is usually given to treat symptomatic hypocalcemia; however, the extravasation of calcium solution may cause soft tissue and skin necrosis. After parathyroidectomy and autot...
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The Effect of Insulin-like Growth Factor-I on Hepatocyte Apoptosis After Bile Duct Ligation in Rat
Obstructive jaundice may promote bacterial overgrowth and altered intestinal barrier function, with resultant increased translocation of endotoxin to the liver, amd thus may potentiate the phenomenon of hepato...
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Obstructive Jaundice Alters LFA-1α Expression in Rat Small Intestine
Translocation of bacteria and endotoxtin has long been documented in obstructive jaundice, and altered intestinal barrier function is considered to be one of the important mechanisms for this phenomenon. The r...
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Circulating Soluble Fas in Patients with Breast Cancer
It has been suggested that circulating soluble Fas (sFas) contributes to tumor progression. However, little is known about the role of sFas in breast cancer. This study was designed with the aim of elucidating...
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Effect of Bile Acid Replacement on Endotoxin-induced Tumor Necrosis Factor-a Production in Obstructive Jaundice
There is a high incidence of perioperative morbidity and mortality in patients with obstructive jaundice due to sepsis. Tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) is considered a crucial mediator in inducing and processi...
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Progesterone Receptor in Patients with Hepatolithiasis
Altered gallbladder motility by progesterone has been recognized as an important factor in the development of gallstones. There are two types of hepatolithiasis, that occurs de novo in the intrahepatic ducts with...
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Treatment of Complicated Hepatolithiasis with Intrahepatic Biliary Stricture by Ductal Dilatation and Stenting: Long-term Results
A group of 190 cases of hepatolithiasis with postoperative residual stones located proximal to the stricture sites were managed with the aim of complete clearance of stones and relief of bile stasis to decrea...
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Serum concentration of tumor necrosis factor in patients with breast cancer
Background: The outcome of breast cancer is usuallydetermined by multiple factors. Serum tumor necrosis factoralpha concentration has been found to be increasedin the circulation of patients with malignancy. T...
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Single and Multiple Pyogenic Liver Abscesses: Clinical Course, Etiology, and Results of Treatment
Klebsiella pneumoniae , Escherichia coli , Streptococcus , Bacteroides , ...
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Anatomic Dissociation between the Intrahepatic Bile Duct and Portal Vein: Risk Factors for Left Hepatectomy
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Treatment of postoperative residual hepatolithiasis after progressive sleeting of associated bile duct strictures through the T-tube tract
Purpose: The authors report their experience with the treatment of intrahepatic bile duct strictures associated with hepatolithiasis.
