In hepatocytes, bile acids are secreted into bile canaliculi by bile salt export pump (BSEP), cholesterol is secreted by ATP binding cassette subfamily G member 5 (ABCG5) and ABCG8 heterodimer and ...

Patency of the extrahepatic bile ducts had been demonstrated in all the cases by surgical exploration or post-mortem examination. Two control groups were used: 25 consecutive autopsy cases of ...

You may receive chemotherapy before surgery to shrink a bile duct tumor. This is called neoadjuvant therapy. If you receive chemotherapy after surgery to destroy and cancer cells that may remain, it ...

(A) Presence of a significant granulocyte population in the portal tracts with a lymphocytic spill-over and morphology alterations to small and medium bile canaliculi (hematoxylin and eosin stain ...

Bile duct cancer can grow and block your bile duct. A blocked bile duct can make your skin and the white of your eyes turn yellow. This is called jaundice. Jaundice can make you feel unwell. Your ...

Bile duct cancer is also called cholangiocarcinoma. It is a rare type of cancer that starts in the bile ducts. The bile ducts are small tubes that connect the liver and gallbladder to the small bowel.

How did you discover MCBAs? Bile acids were first described chemically in 1849, and Heinrich Wieland was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1927 for comprehensively describing their chemistry. This ...

A specific marker for ICC is currently not available; the diagnosis is established by exclusion of metastatic carcinoma and HCC. This is first achieved by the knowledge of the clinical history and ...

Accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) in liver fibrosis is associated with changes in protein abundance and composition depending upon etiology of the underlying liver disease. Current efforts to ...

This is a medium that is both selective and differential. It tests the ability of organisms to hydrolyze esculin in the presence of bile. It is commonly used to identify members of the genus ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the United Nations General Assembly as a “swamp of antisemitic bile” ...