Introduction: Liver plays a pivotal role in glucose and lipid homeostasis. This study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of L. acanthodes hydro-alcoholic extract administration on the liver functional and histological parameters in hyperglycemic rats. Methods: Twenty-four male Wistar rats were randomly allocated into four groups control, hyperglycemic (STZ), hyperglycemic + insulin (STZ...

HNF1B maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) (previously named MODY5) is a syndrome due to heterozygous molecular anomalies of the hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)1B that may associate diabetes, morphological and functional abnormalities of the kidneys and of the pancreas, liver test anomalies, and genital tract malformations (1,2). MODY5 is due to HNF1B point mutations in half the cases, a...

Objectives: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of typhidot test against gold standard blood culture in children with enteric fever.Materials and Methods: This Cross-sectional validation study was conducted on 111 having age range 2-16 years documented fever equal or greater than 380C for 1 week more were included.All patients evaluated by clinical signs & symptoms laboratory investigation...

A usual activity performed to ensure quality is software testing. Although important, testing is an expensive activity. For that reason, test teams should be able to estimate the required effort to perform their test activities on the schedule and to request more resources or negotiate deadlines when necessary. This is even more important when regarding regression testing, where the execution o...

Leprosy is a chronic progressive granulomatous disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Hepatic involvement is seen in early stages of the disease. Administration of the hepatotoxic drugs like Rifampicin and Dapsone may further deteriorate the liver function. The present study was undertaken to evaluate hepatic status by studying the various liver function tests in leprosy patients and compared ...

The liver plays a vital role in glucose homeostasis, the synthesis of bile acids and the detoxification of foreign substances. Liver culture systems are widely used to test adverse effects of drugs and environmental toxicants. The two most prevalent liver culture systems are hepatocyte monolayers (HMs) and collagen sandwiches (CS). Despite their wide use, comprehensive transcriptional programs ...

Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) is a major determinant of the metabolism of many drugs, including important anticancer drugs, with sometimes profound impact on therapeutic efficacy and toxic side effects. To study in vivo CYP3A(4) functions, we have generated and characterized transgenic mice with functional expression of human CYP3A4 cDNA in the liver. Two transgenic lines displayed substantial, ...

Liver functional tests due to inflammatory process which induced by cholecystitis might changed and some clinicians suggested that these changes might help us to stone prediction in common bile ducts and decrease hazards of performing ERCP and other invasive procedures. Present study was performed for assessment of role of liver functional test in diagnosis of common bile duct stone in patients...

BACKGROUND The risk of postoperative liver dysfunction (PLD) in patients with injured livers, such as in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is still not negligible. Phenacetin metabolism test can reflect hepatic functional reserve in patients with chronic hepatic damage. The aim of this study was to assess the ability of phenacetin metabolism test to predict PLD in patients with HCC receiving part...