O nce clinical suspicion has been established for primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), the " serologic hallmark " of the ...

Liver core biopsy revealed moderate centrilobular cholestasis with intrahepatocytic and intracanalicular bile deposits, as well as a loss of true interlobular bile ducts in 70-80% of portal tracts ...

An intact interlobular bile duct is present near the right margin of the section. Figure 7 Large Interlobular Bile Ducts in Case 17 — Same Section as Shown in Figure 6 (Hematoxylin and Eosin ...

The portal tracts, which include branches of the hepatic artery, portal vein, and interlobular bile duct within a fibrous matrix, are assessed for the presence of chronic inflammation and for ...

The acquired or perinatal form of biliary atresia is a Th1 fibro-inflammatory disease affecting both the extrahepatic and intrahepatic bile ducts. Osteopontin (OPN) is a Th1 cytokine implicated in ...

Immunohistochemistry for cytokeratin-7 (CK7) in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related chronic hepatitis. Hepatic progenitor cells, interlobular bile ducts and ductules, and intermediate hepatocytes were ...

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) can originate from the large bile duct group (segment bile ducts and area bile ducts), small bile duct group (septal bile ducts and interlobular bile ducts ...

Bile ducts act as the liver's waste disposal system, and malfunctioning bile ducts are behind a third of adult and 70 per cent of children's liver transplantations, with no alternative treatments.

Defective small interlobular bile ducts characterize CHF. On the other hand, CD is characterized by defective large intrahepatic bile ducts, and CS is the combination of CHF and CD. 14 ASC, ...