Daily Archives: October 18, 2015

Statins Are Associated With a Decreased Risk of Decompensation and Death in Veterans With Hepatitis C–Related Compensated Cirrhosis

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Arpan Mohanty, Janet Tate, Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao

Statins decrease portal pressure in patients with cirrhosis and increase survival times of patients who have bled from varices. However, statins can be hepatotoxic. It is important to determine whether long-term statin use will be beneficial or detrime… Continue reading →

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Statins Are Associated With a Decreased Risk of Decompensation and Death in Veterans With Hepatitis C–Related Compensated Cirrhosis

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Arpan Mohanty, Janet Tate, Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao

Statins decrease portal pressure in patients with cirrhosis and increase survival times of patients who have bled from varices. However, statins can be hepatotoxic. It is important to determine whether long-term statin use will be beneficial or detrime… Continue reading →

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Hepatic Arterial Infusion of Low-Density Lipoprotein Docosahexaenoic Acid Nanoparticles Selectively Disrupts Redox Balance in Hepatoma Cells and Reduces Growth of Orthotopic Liver Tumors in Rats

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Xiaodong Wen, Lacy Reynolds, Rohit S. Mulik, Soo Young Kim, Tim Van Treuren, Liem H. Nguyen, Hao Zhu, Ian R. Corbin

Dietary intake of the natural omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) has been implicated in protecting patients with viral hepatitis B or C from developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Little is known about the effects of DHA on established s… Continue reading →

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Hepatic Arterial Infusion of Low-Density Lipoprotein Docosahexaenoic Acid Nanoparticles Selectively Disrupts Redox Balance in Hepatoma Cells and Reduces Growth of Orthotopic Liver Tumors in Rats

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Xiaodong Wen, Lacy Reynolds, Rohit S. Mulik, Soo Young Kim, Tim Van Treuren, Liem H. Nguyen, Hao Zhu, Ian R. Corbin

Dietary intake of the natural omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) has been implicated in protecting patients with viral hepatitis B or C from developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Little is known about the effects of DHA on established s… Continue reading →

Posted in News | Comments Off on Hepatic Arterial Infusion of Low-Density Lipoprotein Docosahexaenoic Acid Nanoparticles Selectively Disrupts Redox Balance in Hepatoma Cells and Reduces Growth of Orthotopic Liver Tumors in Rats