Direct evidence for the intact hepatocyte theory in patients with liver cirrhosis.
Direct evidence for the intact hepatocyte theory in patients with liver cirrhosis.
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肝硬化患者完整肝细胞理论的直接证据。
DOI:
10.1016/0016-5085(92)90775-t
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发表时间:
1992
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影响因子:
29.4
通讯作者:
Y. Idezuki
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作者:
S. Kawasaki;H. Imamura;Y. Bandai;K. Sanjo;Y. Idezuki
An attempt was made to compare various morphometric parameters, including total hepatocyte number, with the in vivo clearances of aminopyrine and antipyrine in 26 cirrhotic and 14 noncirrhotic patients to evaluate the intact hepatocyte theory. Morphometric analysis was performed with a newly developed method using a computer-aided color image analyzer. Aminopyrine clearance was significantly correlated with liver volume (r= 0.434;P< 0.05), parenchymal cell volume (r= 0.574;P< 0.001), and most strongly with total hepatocyte number (r= 0.614;P< 0.001) in all patients. Significant correlations were also observed between these three parameters and antipyrine clearance (r= 0.367,P< 0.05;r= 0.663,P< 0.001; andr= 0.807,P< 0.001, respectively). The mean aminopyrine clearance per individual hepatocyte showed no significant difference between cirrhotic and noncirrhotic patients (3.52 ± 1.60 × 10-10mL/min vs. 3.65 ± 1.50 × 10-10mL/min, respectively;P> 0.10). Similar results were obtained for antipyrine clearance per hepatocyte (7.35 ± 2.27 × 10-10mL/min for cirrhotics vs. 6.16 ± 1.07 × 10-10mL/min for noncirrhotics;P> 0.10). Thus, the intrinsic clearances of drugs per individual hepatocyte, as originally proposed in the intact cell hypothesis, were directly evaluated for the first time, lending strong support to the intact hepatocyte theory.