M olecular defects in the mitochondrial genome responsible for a broad clinical spectrum of maternally inherited neuromuscular mitochondrial disorders have been documented extensively. 2 Mitochondrial dysfunction causes cellular degeneration, particularly in nerve and muscle cells that have a high demand for energy. The role of the mitochondria in apoptotic pathways, and the identification of t...

Diploid and triploid rainbow trout weighing approximately 3g were either fed for five weeks, or feed deprived for one week, followed by refeeding. During feed deprivation gastrointestinal somatic index decreased in diploids, but not triploids, and during refeeding, carcass growth rate recovered more quickly in triploids. Although not affected by ploidy, liver ghr2 and igfbp2b expression increas...

Natural selection endows animals with the abilities to store lipid when food is abundant and to synthesize lipid when it is limited. However, the relevant adaptive strategy of lipid metabolism has not been clearly elucidated in fish. This study examined the systemic metabolic strategies of Nile tilapia to maintain lipid homeostasis when fed with low- or high-fat diets. Three diets with differen...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Most patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan also have liver cirrhosis. Therefore, reliable information about liver function is essential before undertaking liver resection. Occasionally preoperative estimates and intraoperative findings are disparate. This study used rats with liver fibrosis and a new tactile sensor to determine whether quantification of liver hardne...

SOURCE AND DESCRIPTION OF CLONE: A 1.65 kb ECORI cDNA insert corresponding to the full length hepatic lipase (HL) sequence isolated from a rat liver cDNA library (I). CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION: Chromosome 15q21 by somatic cell and in situ hybridization (2).

The regulation of metallothionein (MT) biosynthesis in rainbow-trout liver was studied after a single intraperitoneal injection of oestradiol-17 beta. Sampling was performed after 2, 7, 14, 21, 28 and 35 days. Following induction of vitellogenin synthesis in the liver, liver somatic index (LSI) rose from 1.25 to 2.00 in 14 days. Associated with the increase in LSI was an elevation of hepatic vi...

background hepatic fibrosis is an inclusion indicator for treatment and a major independent predictor of treatment response in patients with chronic hepatitis c. liver biopsy, considered as the “gold standard” for evaluating liver fibrosis, has carried some drawbacks. currently used noninvasive predictors of fibrosis are considered less accurate than liver biopsy. objectives our aim was to asse...

M olecular defects in the mitochondrial genome responsible for a broad clinical spectrum of maternally inherited neuromuscular mitochondrial disorders have been documented extensively. 2 Mitochondrial dysfunction causes cellular degeneration, particularly in nerve and muscle cells that have a high demand for energy. The role of the mitochondria in apoptotic pathways, and the identification of t...