Cirrhosis with ascites: A heterogeneous population
M. Bernardi, F. Trevisani, Asghar Rastegar – 1 January 1987
Glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans induce gap junction expression and restore transcription of tissue‐specific mRNAs in primary liver cultures
Michiyasu Fujita, David C. Spray, Haing Choi, Juan C. Saez, Tohru Watanabe, Larry C. Rosenberg, Elliott L. Hertzberg, Lola M. Reid – 1 January 1987 – Normal rat hepatocytes maintained on tissue culture plastic and in serum‐supplemented medium lose their gap junctions within 12 hr and expression of their tissue‐specific functions within 24 to 72 hr. The gap junctions are lost via internalization and degradation, and the differentiated functions due to loss of synthesis and to rapid degradation of tissue‐specific mRNAs.
Enterocyte protein processing and synthesis
David H. Alpers – 1 January 1987
Masthead
1 January 1987
Predictive value of random sample urine bile acids corrected by creatinine in liver disease
Vlado Simko, Shoukry Michael, Robert E. Kelley – 1 January 1987 – Bile acids, in a random sample of urine, discriminated normal controls from liver disease, with a probability similar to fasting plasma bile acids (p < 0.01 and p < 0.001, depending on the analytical technique). A high degree of correlation between urinary and plasma bile acids (up to r = 0.93) was achieved only when the urine flow was corrected by using a urinary bile acids/creatinine ratio but not with urinary bile acids as simple volume concentration.
What should hepatologists know about membrane fluidity?
R. Adron Harris, Francis R. Simon – 1 January 1987
Alcohol and disease. Edited by N. Tygstrup and R. Olson. 290 pp. Stockholm, Sweden: Almavist and Wiksell International Publishers, 1985. $50.00
Charles L. Mendenhall, Harold O. Conn – 1 January 1987
Receptor‐mediated uptake in the liver. Edited by H. Greten et al. 223 pp. New York: Springer‐Verlag, 1986. $39.00
Thomas D. Boyer – 1 January 1987
The pAS vector system and its application to heterologous gene expression in escherichia coli
Allan R. Shatzman, Martin Rosenberg – 1 January 1987 – There are numerous proteins of biological interest which cannot be obtained from natural sources in quantities sufficient for detailed biochemical and physical analysis. The limited bioavailability of these molecules has made it impossible to consider their potential utilization as either pharmacological agents and/or targets. One solution to this problem has been the development of recombinant vector systems which are designed to achieve efficient expression of cloned genes in a variety of biological systems.
Hepadnaviruses and retroviruses share genome homology and features of replication
William S. Robinson, Roger H. Miller, Patricia L. Marion – 1 January 1987 – The hepadnavirus (1–3) family includes hepatitis B virus (HBV), woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) (4), ground squirrel hepatitis virus (GSHV) (5) and duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) (6). These viruses share unique ultrastructural, molecular and biological features. HBV has great medical importance in many parts of the world. More important numerically than acute hepatitis B in high prevalence geographic regions is the liver disease associated with chronic infection.