Validation of FIB‐4 and comparison with other simple noninvasive indices for predicting liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in hepatitis B virus‐infected patients

BK Kim, DY Kim, JY Park, SH Ahn, CY Chon… - Liver …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Backgrounds: To optimize management and predict long‐term clinical courses in patients
with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), noninvasive tests to determine the degree of hepatic fibrosis …

A liver stiffness measurement-based, noninvasive prediction model for high-risk esophageal varices in B-viral liver cirrhosis

BK Kim, KH Han, JY Park, SH Ahn, JK Kim… - Official journal of the …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Periodic endoscopic screening for esophageal varices (EVs) and prophylactic
treatment for high-risk EVs ((HEVs);(1) medium/large EVs and (2) small EVs with red sign …

Transplantation with autologous bone marrow‐derived mesenchymal stem cells for alcoholic cirrhosis: Phase 2 trial

KT Suk, JH Yoon, MY Kim, CW Kim, JK Kim, H Park… - Hepatology, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Bone marrow‐derived mesenchymal stem cell (BM‐MSC) transplantation has been suggested
as an effective therapy for liver cirrhosis. The efficacy and safety of autologous BM‐MSC …

Primary liver carcinoma of intermediate (hepatocyte–cholangiocyte) phenotype

H Kim, C Park, KH Han, J Choi, YB Kim, JK Kim… - Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Recent evidence of hepatic progenitor cells with the bipotential to
differentiate into hepatocytes and cholangiocytes gives rise to the suggestion that primary …

[HTML][HTML] Revision and update on clinical practice guideline for liver cirrhosis

…, JH Sohn, MY Kim, YB Kim, JG Kim… - The Korean journal of …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
1Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon;
2Department of Internal Medicine and Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering Center, Yonsei …

Persistent hepatitis B viral replication affects recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after curative resection

BK Kim, JY Park, DY Kim, JK Kim, KS Kim… - Liver …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Elevated serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA increases the development of
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Rather than instantaneous DNA level, the duration of …

[PDF][PDF] Suppression of innate immunity (natural killer cell/interferon‐γ) in the advanced stages of liver fibrosis in mice

…, YG Suh, JS Byun, SY Park, E Choi, JK Kim… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Activation of innate immunity (natural killer [NK] cell/interferon‐γ [IFN‐γ]) has been shown to
play an important role in antiviral and antitumor defenses as well as antifibrogenesis. …

Pilot clinical trial of localized concurrent chemoradiation therapy for locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein thrombosis

KH Han, J Seong, JK Kim, SH Ahn, DY Lee, CY Chon - Cancer, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND. Patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with portal vein
thrombosis (PVT) have a particularly grave prognosis. In the current study, an attempt was …

Autologous bone marrow infusion activates the progenitor cell compartment in patients with advanced liver cirrhosis

…, HO Kim, KS Kim, SH Ahn, DY Kim… - Cell …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Several clinical trials of bone marrow cell infusion in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) have
shown clinical improvement, despite conflicting results from animal models. We investigated …

MDM2 and p53 polymorphisms are associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus …

YJ Yoon, HY Chang, SH Ahn, JK Kim, YK Park… - …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
A single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the promoter region of MDM2 , SNP 309, is
associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus …