Biliary atresia: will blocking inflammation tame the disease?
Biliary atresia: will blocking inflammation tame the disease?
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DOI:
10.1146/annurev-med-042909-093734
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发表时间:
2011
影响因子:
10.5
通讯作者:
Bezerra JA
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作者:
Bessho K;Bezerra JA
Biliary atresia is the most common cholangiopathy of childhood. With complete obstruction of segments or the entire length of extrahepatic bile ducts, the timely pursuit of hepatoportoenterostomy is the best strategy to restore bile drainage. However, even with prompt surgical intervention, ongoing injury of intrahepatic bile ducts and progressive cholangiopathy lead to end-stage cirrhosis. The pace of disease progression is not uniform; it may relate to clinical forms of disease and/or staging of liver pathology at diagnosis. Although the etiology of disease is not yet defined, several biological processes have been linked to pathogenic mechanisms of bile duct injury. Among them, there is increasing evidence that the immune system targets the duct epithelium and disrupts bile flow. In this review, we discuss how careful clinical phenotyping, staging of disease, and pre-clinical research give insight into response to ongoing trials and rational design of new therapies to block progression of disease.
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