1 patient suffered from a bile leakage. Mortality was 0%. We conclude that clinically symptomatic can be safely resected. In a right sided localisation a has the best parenchyma sparing effect, in left sided locations a segmentectomy or bisegmentectomy can be performed with little...
Bile acids and alcohol metabolites are implicated in the disease and both appear to target acidic Ca2+ stores. Inappropriate mobilization of these stores is thought to result in intracellular activation of trypsin which in turn causes cell damage [33]. Dysfunctional acidic Ca2+ stores may also ...
These cells are known to perform most of the liver's functions in carbohydrate, fat, bile acid, and protein metabolism [15]. 2.1. Parenchymal Cells in Vitamin A Turnover Hepatocytes do not store much hepatic vitamin A since they only contain ~1.7% hepatic retinoids [17]. Despite this low...