Liver fluke induces cholangiocarcinoma

PLoS Med. 2007 Jul;4(7):e201. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040201.

Abstract

The authors discuss the molecular pathogenesis of opisthorchiasis and associated cholangiocarcinogenesis, particularly nitrative and oxidative DNA damage and the clinical manifestations of cholangiocarcinoma.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / parasitology*
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / pathology
  • Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic*
  • Cholangiocarcinoma / epidemiology
  • Cholangiocarcinoma / parasitology*
  • Cholangiocarcinoma / pathology
  • Fasciola hepatica*
  • Fascioliasis / parasitology*
  • Fascioliasis / transmission
  • Fishes / parasitology
  • Humans
  • Models, Biological
  • Thailand / epidemiology