BACKGROUND
Diabetes mellitus is frequently seen in hepatitis C patients and is often treated with antidiabetic agents that increase serum insulin levels. Because insulin is a growth-promoting… (More)
BACKGROUND AND AIM
Kupffer cell (KC) function and CD14 expression contributes to pathogenesis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). However, these relationships remain unclear. We investigated the… (More)
BACKGROUND
This study compared the liver histology of patients with NASH and patients with ASH.
METHODS
Subjects consisted of 79 patients (41 in the NASH group and 38 in the ASH group). We… (More)
BACKGROUND/AIMS
In the present study we administered nateglinide to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) patients with type 2 diabetes who had failed to respond adequately to diet and exercise… (More)
Hepatology research : the official journal of the…
2002
T-cell hyporesponsiveness may lead to chronicity of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We evaluated whether interferon (IFN)-gamma injection can bring a Th1-dominant environment to patients with… (More)
BACKGROUND/AIMS
In the present study, we examined the usefulness of serum hepatic fibrosis markers for the diagnosis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
METHODOLOGY
The subjects were 16… (More)
Hepatology research : the official journal of the…
2010
BACKGROUND AND AIM
There has so far been no questionnaire report on patients who were treated with peginterferon plus ribavirin (PEG IFN+RBV) therapy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the… (More)
The prognosis of patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) has not been clearly defined. The aim of this study was to define the prognostic factors of AIH in a population with long-term follow-up in… (More)
UNLABELLED
Some patients receiving pegylated interferon and ribavirin treatment for chronic hepatitis C are forced to discontinue the treatment due to psychiatric disorders. We performed a… (More)