Two Cases of Primary Hepatic Neuroendocrine Tumors and a Review of the Current Literature

Neuroendocrine tumors comprise approximately 1-2% of all gastrointestinal tumors, and while the liver is the most common site for metastasis of these tumors, primary hepatic neuroendocrine tumors are very rare entities....

Increase of ribavirin dose improves sustained virological response in HCV-genotype 1 patients with a partial response to peg-interferon and ribavirin

Background and aim. In patients with chronic hepatitis C receiving Peg interferon/ribavirin (PEG-IFN/RBV) who do not achieve ≥ 2log-reduction in HCV-RNA at week 12 (null responders, NR) and in those with ≥ 2log-decrease...

Distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes, risk factors and liver disease in patients from Yucatán, México

Aim: To make a preliminary determination of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype prevalence and possible genotype associations with risk factors and severity of associated liver disease in patients from Yucatan, Mexico. Meth...

LncRNA-Regulated Autophagy and its Potential Role in Drug-Induced Liver Injury

Background and aim. Autophagy and its regulated pathways participate in many important cellular physiology and pathological processes involving protein aggregates, damaged mitochondria, excessive peroxisomes, ribosomes,...

Is it appropriate to study blood ghrelin and obestatin in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) without using protease inhibitors?