Experimental and Clinical Hepatology

Section 1 Liver Injury.- 1 Changes of the energy metabolism in liver tissue after experimental common bile duct obstruction.- 2 Enzymatic detoxification of endogenous toxins in vitro and in vivo.- 3 On the position of the determination of bile acids in serum (fasting=FBA and after a standardized test meal=PPBA) in the laboratory diagnosis of liver diseases.- 4 On the recognition of hepatotoxic side effects of cyclosporin A (CyA) after liver transplantation (LTX).- 5 Plasma renin activity and renal function in liver cirrhosis before and after liver transplantation.- 6 The role of Tc-99m-IDA-scintiscanning in neonatal jaundice and after surgical treatment of biliary atresia.- Section 2 Chronic Active Hepatitis.- 7 Hepatitis B versus dioxin (TCDD) in the pathogenesis of excess primary liver cell carcinoma in Viet Nam.- 8 Assessment of infectivity in hepatitis B virus infected individuals by detection of HBV and core antigen in serum.- 9 Decreased detoxification capacity of the liver in chronic active hepatitis (observations in 224 patients).- 10 Prognosis of chronic active hepatitis: 10 years follow-up study in 144 patients.- 11 Prognosis of patients with liver cirrhosis and history of variceal bleeding after spleno-renal and mesocaval shunt using two different selection criteria for shunt operation.- 12 On the prognosis of liver cirrhosis.- Section 3 Portal Circulation.- 13 Effect of nitroglycerin on portal hypertension.- 14 The effect of glyceryl trinitrate on the intravascular oesophageal variceal pressure in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension.- 15 Is the beta blocking agent metipranolol able to reduce the frequency of recurrences after endoscopic sclerosis because of bleeding esophageal varices?.- 16 Portal drainage for small-bowel grafts: A requirement for successful small-bowel transplantation?.- 17 The effect of portacaval shunt on the 14C02-exhalation from (methyl-14C)-labelled drugs.- 18 Portal hypertension and hemorrhage from esophago-gastric varices—a contraindication for pregnancy?.- Section 4 Isolated Hepatocytes.- 19 Complementation of enzyme deficient mutant rats by auxiliary transplantation of intact hepatocytes: Continuous monitoring of hepatocyte integrety by scintigraphy.- 20 Transfer of hepatocytes and cyclosporin A therapy - induction of specific tolerance?.- 21 Functional assessment of hepatocytes after syngeneic transplantation into rat spleen.- 22 The immunogenicity of isolated liver cells: Comparison of complete liver cell suspensions (LCS) versus liver parenchymal cell suspensions (LPS) in two different allogeneic inbred rat strain combinations.- 23 Membrane expression of autoantigens on mechanically and enzymatically isolated hepatocytes.- 24 Inhibition of collagen biosynthesis in cultured mesenchymal cells of human liver by malotilate: Treatment of patients with chronic active liver diseases, first results.- 25 Lack of hormonal response in liver cells from rats with extrahepatic cholestasis.- 26 Regulation of the glucose/glucose-6-phosphate cycle in cultured hepatocytes by insulin and glucagon.- 27 Primary cultures of rat hepatocytes as a model for the study of metabolite dependent induction of liponeogenic enzymes.- 28 Increase in the anti-infectious capacities of Kupffer cells by in vitro treatment with endotoxin.- 29 The role of Kupffer cells, endothelial cells, and hepatocytes in uridine catabolism of rat liver.- Section 5 Liver Perfusion.- 30 Perfusion of the isolated rat liver—technique and application in pharmacology.- 31 Drug-derived 14C02 formation—a method to determine themetabolic capacity of the isolated perfused rat liver.- 32 Isolated liver perfusion in the rat - in vivo model.- 33 Inhibition of urea and glutamine release and of ammonia uptake in the perfused rat liver by stimulation of sympathetic hepatic nerves.- 34 Zonation of carbohydrate metabolizing enzymes in liver of diabetic rats.- 35 Inhibition of glucagon-stimulated glucose release in the perfused rat liver by stimulation of the parasympathetic hepatic nerves.- 36 Inhibition of ketogenesis by stimulation of the hepatic sympathetic nerves in the perfused rat liver.- 37 Extracorporeal perfusion with baboon liver in acute hepatic failure.- 38 On pathophysiology of preservation damage in liver transplantation.