introduction: bone marrow transplantation is a good therapeutic modality for beta thalassemia. liver complications are one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality following bmt. determination of the factors of liver injury leads to earlier  diagnosis after bmt and improves prognosis. method: we studied 113 major beta thalassemic patients who have been transplanted from 1990- 2000 in bone...

Radiation therapy (RT) has been emerging as one of the palliative treatments for locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, hepatic toxicity is a major obstacle in radiotherapy for HCC. The purpose of this study is to identify proteins indicating radiation-induced hepatic toxicity in cirrhotic rats, which can be used as possible biomarkers. Liver cirrhosis was induced in Wistar r...

Acetaminophen overdose causes toxicity in liver and extrahepatic tissues. Although it is well established that cytochrome P450 enzymes play a critical role in the metabolic activation of acetaminophen, it is not yet clear whether acetaminophen toxicity in extrahepatic tissues is a consequence of hepatic biotransformation. The aim of this study was to determine whether extrahepatic acetaminophen...

During the preclinical, early clinical, late-stage clinical, and postmarketing phases of the pharmaceutical discovery and development process, one important aspect of drug safety assessment involves monitoring for possible drug-induced hepatic injury. Hepatic injuries vary in nature from direct, intrinsic effects that are observed in most recipients and more than one species to rare idiosyncrat...

Objective(s): Iron is an essential element for living organisms. Iron overload can have detrimental effects on health. This study pertains to the protective role of berberine against ferrous sulfate-induced hepatic and renal functional disorders and histological damages in rats.Materials and Methods: The rats were divided into four groups (n=7): Sham, Ber (10 mg/kg/day for 14 days, by gavage), ...

Hepatic disease is usual in large animals. Increases in serum hepatic enzymes and total bile acid concentration may indicate hepatic dysfunction, insult, disease, or failure. While liver disease is particularlyusual in foals, progression to liver failure isn't.Diseases that frequently result in hepatic failure in horses include Theiler's disease, Tyzzer's disease, pyrrolizidine alkaloid toxicos...

AIMS AND BACKGROUND The advantage of administering chemotherapy by hepatic arterial infusion is the achievement of high drug concentrations in the liver. Oxaliplatin, irinotecan and 5-flourouracil are active agents in advanced gastric cancer. Therefore a retrospective analysis was performed to investigate the effects of these drugs administered by hepatic arterial infusion in heavily pretreated...