This is a useful study in the role of CHI3L1 in Kupffer cells, the macrophages of the liver, showing that CHI3L1 alters glucose regulation in obesity. Specifically, Chi3l1 protects glucose-dependent ...

ALT=alanine aminotransferase. AUROC=area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. LSM=liver stiffness measurement ... n=48 women with PBC and 48 healthy controls) 49 PBC-40, Fatigue Impact ...

Your liver plays a major role in digestion, metabolism, and detoxification (eliminating harmful substances from your body). Liver enzymes help the liver perform these functions by speeding up ...

From a struggling family tea estate to an innovative climate venture, Alt Carbon has raised $12 million in a seed round as it plans to scale its carbon dioxide removal work in the South Asian nation.

In rats with liver damage caused by high doses of acetaminophen, jujube supplementation decreased the liver enzymes alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST). The researchers ...

Liver enzymes are proteins in your liver that speed up chemical reactions. If your liver is damaged, blood tests will show abnormally high levels of these enzymes circulating in your bloodstream.

1 Center of Liver Diseases Division 3, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; 2 Center of Liver Diseases Division 3, Peking University Ditan Teaching Hospital, Beijing, ...

Histological analysis showed a trend towards milder alterations in blood donors who had normal ALT levels (group II). Normal liver or minimum histological alterations was described in 6 (26%) of the ...

eLife Assessment. This important study provides insights into the physiological role of RIPK1 in liver physiology, particularly during short-term fasting. The discovery that RIPK1 deficiency ...

Understand the possible causes of liver pain and learn what to do if you think you have pain near your liver.