D‐penicillamine prevents the development of hepatitis in long‐evans cinnamon rats with abnormal copper metabolism

Yuji Togashi, Yu Li, Jong‐Hon Kang, Noritoshi Takeichi, Yasunori Fujioka, Kazuo Nagashima, Hiroshi Kobayashi – 1 January 1992 – The Long‐Evans Cinnamon rat is a mutant strain that contracts hereditary hepatitis and, eventually, spontaneous hepatocellular carcinoma. Because we found a corresponding gross copper accumulation in the liver of the rats, we examined whether the development of hepatitis in our rat system could be prevented by administration of D‐penicillamine.

Sclerotherapy vs. esophageal transection vs. distal splenorenal shunt for the clinical management of esophageal varices in patients with child class A and B liver function: A prospective randomized trial

Seigo Kitano, Yasunori Iso, Makoto Hashizume, Hirohiko Yamaga, Nobuhiro Koyanagi, Hiroya Wada, Tetsuya Iwanaga, Masayuki Ohta, Keizo Sugimachi – 1 January 1992 – Ninety‐six patients with good liver function (Child class A or B) and esophageal varices were randomly assigned to one of three groups given different treatments: endoscopic injection sclerotherapy (n = 32), esophageal transection (n = 32) or distal splenorenal shunt (n = 32).

Effects of Ca2+ agonists on cytosolic Ca2+ in isolated hepatocytes and on bile secretion in the isolated perfused rat liver

Michael H. Nathanson, Anil Gautam, Rafael Bruck, Carlos M. Isales, James L. Boyer – 1 January 1992 – The effects of increases in cytosolic Ca2+ on hepatocyte bile secretion are unknown. A number of agents that alter levels of cytosolic Ca2+ in the hepatocyte also produce hepatic vasoconstriction and activate protein kinase C, which complicates interpretations of their effects on bile secretion.

Viability and primary culture of rat hepatocytes after hypothermic preservation: The superiority of the leibovitz medium over the university of wisconsin solution for cold storage

Marie‐gwenaëlle Poullain, Alain Fautrel, Claire Guyomard, Christophe Chesne, Luc Grislain, André Guillouzo – 1 January 1992 – Hepatocytes isolated from adult rat livers were hypothermically preserved for 24 or 48 hr before being plated under conventional culture conditions. They were stored either in the Leibovitz medium, a cell culture medium with and without polyethylene glycol (PEG), a compound known to suppress ischemia‐induced cell swelling, or in the University of Wisconsin solution, the most effective solution for cold organ preservation.

Hepatocyte growth factor

George K. Michalopoulos, Reza Zarnegar – 1 January 1992 – The two papers in this issue of HEPATOLOGY (1, 2) dealing with hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) underscore the increasing importance of this novel growth factor in relation to hepatic growth biology. The emerging literature has already established HGF as a growth factor with potential importance not only for the liver but for other tissues such as the kidney, placenta, brain, lung, pancreas and hemopoietic tissues.

Demonstration of hepatitis B virus DNA by polymerase chain reaction in the serum and the liver after spontaneous or therapeutically induced HBeAg to anti‐HBe or HBsAg to Anti‐HBs seroconversion in patients with chronic hepatitis B

Marie‐Anne Loriot, Patrick Marcellin, Eric Bismuth, Michèle Martinot‐Peignoux, Nathalie Boyer, Claude Degott, Serge Erlinger, Jean‐Pierre Benhamou – 1 January 1992 – The objective was to determine the proportion of patients with chronic hepatitis B in whom hepatitis B virus DNA is demonstrated by polymerase chain reaction after HBeAg to anti‐HBe or HBsAg to anti‐HBs spontaneous or therapeutically induced seroconversion.

Treatment of severe alcoholic hepatitis by infusion of insulin and glucagon: A multicenter sequential trial

Jean‐Claude Trinchet, Beverley Balkau, Renée E. Poupon, François Heintzmann, Patrice Callard, Cécile Gotheil, Jean‐Didier Grange, Denis Vetter, Arnaud Pauwels, Hélène Labadie, Olivier Chazouilleres, Philippe Mavier, Hervé Desmorat, Jean‐Pierre Zarski, Jean‐Claude Barbare, Jean‐françois Chambre, E. Alexandre Pariente, Dominique Roulot, Michel Beaugrand – 1 January 1992 – Severe alcoholic hepatitis is still a therapeutic challenge. It has been recently advocated that a 3‐wk infusion with insulin and glucagon reduces its short‐term mortality rate.

Improved detection of hepatitis c virus antibodies in high‐risk populations

John G. McHutchison, John L. Person, Sugantha Govindarajan, Boontar Valinluck, Tessie Gore, Steven R. Lee, Mitchell Nelles, Alan Polito, David Chien, Robert DiNello, Stella Quan, George Kuo, Allan G. Redeker – 1 January 1992 – Sera from 483 patients at high (group 1, n = 313) and lower (group 2, n = 170) risk for exposure to hepatitis C were tested for antibodies to hepatitis C using first‐generation (c100‐3) and second‐generation enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assays and four‐antigen recombinant immunoblot assay.

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