Objective: To evaluate a new 2-step technique for obtaining adequate but short-term
parenchymal hypertrophy in oncologic patients requiring extended right hepatic resection …

Multifocal hyperplasia of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC hyperplasia) is a precursor of
hereditary gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) in patients with germline mutations of c …

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) remains a lethal malignancy despite much
progress concerning its molecular characterization. PDA tumours harbour four signature …

BACKGROUND Doxorubicin exhibits high efficacy in malignant glioma cell cultures.
Nonetheless, as a standard formulation, doxorubicin has not been used clinically, due to …

Citrate is one of the major substrates for intracellular metabolism. The extracellular level of
citrate is stable in blood but varies locally, with slightly increased levels in brain and high …

Predicting the clinical outcome of cancer patients based on the expression of marker genes
in their tumors has received increasing interest in the past decade. Accurate predictors of …

Background:‛ Sclerosing cholangitis in critically ill patients'(SC-CIP) is a cholestatic liver
disease of unknown etiology and represents the most prevalent form of secondary …

OBJECTIVES Sclerosing cholangitis in critically ill patients (SC-CIP) is a newly described
entity of severe biliary disease with progression to liver cirrhosis. The mechanisms leading …

Purpose: An accelerated rate of glucose metabolism mediated by overexpression of key
regulatory glycolytic enzymes and glucose transporters is among the most characteristic …

Summary Haem-oxygenase-1 (HO-1) has been shown to exert anti-inflammatory, anti-
apoptotic and anti-proliferative effects. We investigated HO-1 expression in patients with …