Search Results - "LOGUERCIO, CARMELA"
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Silybin and the liver: From basic research to clinical practice
Published in World journal of gastroenterology : WJG (14-05-2011)“…Herbal products are increasingly used, mainly in chronic liver disease. Extracts of milk thistle, Silymarin and silybin, are the most prescribed natural…”
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Non alcoholic fatty liver: epidemiology and natural history
Published in Reviews on recent clinical trials (26-01-2015)“…Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), defined as the presence of a significant amount of lipid accumulation in the liver (at least in 5% of hepatocytes),…”
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Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress in human carcinogenesis
Published in International journal of cancer (01-12-2007)“…A wide array of chronic inflammatory conditions predispose susceptible cells to neoplastic transformation. In general, the longer the inflammation persists,…”
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Silybin, a component of sylimarin, exerts anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrogenic effects on human hepatic stellate cells
Published in Journal of hepatology (01-06-2009)“…Background/Aims Hepatic fibrogenesis, a consequence of chronic liver tissue damage, is characterized by activation of the hepatic stellate cells (HSC). Silybin…”
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Epidemiology and Natural History of Alcoholic Liver Disease
Published in Reviews on recent clinical trials (01-09-2016)“…Alcohol represents the oldest substance of abuse known, existed at least as early as the Neolithic period. In the present era, almost half of the world's…”
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Eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection:Which regimen first?
Published in World journal of gastroenterology : WJG (21-01-2014)“…Helicobacter pylori(H.pylori)is a well-known human pathogen that plays an essential role in the pathogenesis of chronic gastritis,peptic ulcer disease,and…”
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Focus on emerging drugs for the treatment of patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Published in World journal of gastroenterology : WJG (07-12-2014)“…Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD)has become the most common liver disorder in Western countries and is increasingly being recognized in developing…”
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Beneficial Effects of a Probiotic VSL#3 on Parameters of Liver Dysfunction in Chronic Liver Diseases
Published in Journal of clinical gastroenterology (01-07-2005)“…OBJECTIVES:To evaluate whether chronic therapy with probiotics affects plasma levels of cytokines and oxidative/nitrosative stress parameters, as well as liver…”
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Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation of Dietary Intake in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
Published in Nutrients (28-09-2017)“…There are very few reports about the intake of nutrients for the development or progression of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The aim of this study was…”
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Alcoholic Hepatitis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment
Published in Reviews on recent clinical trials (01-09-2016)“…Alcohol represents the oldest substance of abuse known and Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. The ALD…”
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Symbiotic formulation in experimentally induced liver fibrosis in rats: intestinal microbiota as a key point to treat liver damage?
Published in Liver international (01-05-2013)“…Aim Evidence indicates that intestinal microbiota may participate in both the induction and the progression of liver damage. The aim of our research was the…”
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Alcoholic Liver Disease and Hepatitis C Chronic Infection
Published in Reviews on recent clinical trials (01-09-2016)“…Alcoholic and virus C hepatitis currently represent the main causes of chronic liver disease worldwide. Every year many people die and are subjected to complex…”
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Gut-liver axis: a new point of attack to treat chronic liver damage?
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in an area of southern Italy: main clinical, histological, and pathophysiological aspects
Published in Journal of hepatology (01-11-2001)“…Background/Aims : Studies on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) have included chronic liver damage attributed to various causes. Our investigation was…”
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Telaprevir may induce adverse cutaneous reactions by a T cell immune-mediated mechanism
Published in Annals of hepatology (01-05-2015)“…AbstractThe HCV protease inhibitor telaprevir associated with peginterferon-alpha and ribavirin, was widely used in the recent past as standard treatment in…”
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Targeting gut-liver axis for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: translational and clinical evidence
Published in Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine (01-01-2016)“…Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is widely emerging as the most prevalent liver disorder and is associated with increased risk of liver-related and…”
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Hepatic encephalopathy 2018: A clinical practice guideline by the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF)
Published in Digestive and liver disease (01-02-2019)“…Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a common, worrisome and sometimes difficult to manage complication of end-stage liver disease. HE is often recurrent, requiring…”
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Oxidative stress in viral and alcoholic hepatitis
Published in Free radical biology & medicine (2003)“…Liver damage ranges from acute hepatitis to hepatocellular carcinoma, through apoptosis, necrosis, inflammation, immune response, fibrosis, ischemia, altered…”
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Silybin combined with phosphatidylcholine and vitamin E in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A randomized controlled trial
Published in Free radical biology & medicine (01-05-2012)“…The only currently recommended treatment for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is lifestyle modification. Preliminary studies of silybin showed…”
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Direct evidence of oxidative damage in acute and chronic phases of experimental colitis in rats
Published in Digestive diseases and sciences (01-06-1996)“…During inflammatory colitis in man and experimental animals, the production of free radicals increases. This study evaluated the histological pattern and…”
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