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2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tu Vinh Luong ◽  
Sameh Abou-Beih ◽  
Jennifer Watkins ◽  
Emmanuel Tsochatzis ◽  
Massimo Pinzani ◽  
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AbstractThe literature on the contribution of elastic fibre deposition to alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) is limited. We studied: (1) 180 liver biopsies from ARLD patients; (2) 20 ARLD explant livers; (3) 213 liver biopsies with non-ARLD injury. Elastic fibres were assessed in terms of their distribution around hepatocytes [pericellular elastosis (PCE)] and within bridging fibrous septa (septal elastosis) and scored using a semiquantitative system. We also investigated the composition of the elastic fibres (oxytalan, elaunin and mature elastic fibres) in 20 cases. PCE was associated with steatohepatitis in ARLD patients and with ARLD when compared to non-ARLD cases (p < 0.001). Oxytalan fibres were identified in PCE in ARLD biopsies and broken dense perisinusoidal mature elastic fibres in explanted livers. Septal elastosis increased from intermediate to advanced fibrosis stage. Early septal elastosis contained oxytalan fibres, whereas septal elastosis at more advanced stages contained mainly mature elastic fibres. PCE is a typical feature of steatohepatitis in ARLD and includes oxytalan fibres. Septal elastosis is a gradual process with a transition from oxytalan to mature elastic fibres usually present in explanted livers. There may be different dynamics in the assembly and reabsorption of pericellular and septal elastic fibres, and a potential role for stratification of patients with advanced stage ARLD.


2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 453-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sculean ◽  
N. Donos ◽  
E. Reich ◽  
T. Karring ◽  
M. Brecx

1991 ◽  
Vol 82 (6) ◽  
pp. 520-522
Author(s):  
K. Karyofilis ◽  
R. L. Friede
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1988 ◽  
Vol 179 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romeu Rodrigues de Souza ◽  
Claudio A. Ferraz de Carvalho ◽  
I. Watanabe

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