DIVISION OF DIGESTIVE DISEASES SERUM AND TISSUE BANK

该子项目是利用 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。列出的机构是 中心，不一定是研究者的机构。 本研究的目的是收集和保存肝病患者的血液和肝脏组织样本，用于未来的研究。 未来使用这些样本进行研究的目的将是开发诊断慢性肝病及其并发症的新方法，开发疾病严重程度的新标志物，并识别与急性和慢性肝病相关的新病毒。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The purpose of this study is to collect and preserve samples of blood and liver tissue from patients with liver disease to be used in future research studies. The purpose of future studies using these samples will be to develop new methods for diagnosing chronic liver diseases and their complications, to develop new markers for disease severity, and to identify new viruses associated with acute and chronic liver diseases.