Objective The SARS-CoV-2-infected disease (COVID-19) outbreak is a major threat to
human beings. Previous studies mainly focused on Wuhan and typical symptoms. We …

Severe viral hepatitis with high mortality is the most common cause of liver failure in China.
Treatment of severe viral hepatitis by hemoperfusion was initially adopted in the late 1970s …

Impaired intestinal barrier function plays a critical role in alcohol-induced hepatic injury, and
the subsequent excessive absorbed endotoxin and bacterial translocation activate the …

Background Plasma exchange (PE)-centered artificial liver support system reduced the high
mortality rate of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF). But the …

Metabolic cardiomyopathy (MC) is characterized by intracellular lipid accumulation and
utilizing fatty acids as a foremost energy source, thereby leading to excess oxidative stress …

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a common cirrhotic ascites complication which
exacerbates the patient's condition. SBP is caused by gram-negative bacilli and, to a lesser …

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to play a critical role in cancer biology
and are frequently aberrantly expressed. Despite their important role in pathology, little is …

BACKGROUND Athetis lepigone, a noctuid moth feeding on more than 30 different crops
worldwide, has evolved a sophisticated, sensitive, and specific chemosensory system to …

Background Liver cirrhosis is the fatal consequence of chronic hepatitis, making early
diagnosis of liver cirrhosis critical. Liver biopsy is still the standard diagnostic method for …

AIM: To investigate the microbiological characteristics and drug resistance in liver cirrhosis
patients with spontaneous peritonitis. METHODS: We analyzed the data of patients with liver …