Liver transplantation is an effective method for treating end-stage liver disease. However, 10-20 % of liver transplantation patients develop biliary injury, the main cause of which is ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), which consists of oxidative stress injury in the early stage and inflammatory injury in the advanced stage. Biliary injury seriously affects patient outcomes and even leads to mortality, and there are few effective treatments for IRI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Biliary complications, especially non-anastomotic stricture (NAS), are the main complications after liver transplantation. Insufficient sampling and no recognized animal models obstruct the investigation. Thus, the mechanisms and alterations that occur during endoscopic treatment (ET) of NAS remain unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFeline calicivirus (FCV) is an important pathogen of cats that has two genogroups (GI and GII). To investigate the prevalence and molecular characteristics of FCVs in southwestern China, 162 nasal swab samples were collected from cats in animal shelters and pet hospitals. In total, 38 of the clinical samples (23.
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September 2021
Feline coronavirus (FCoV) is the causative agent of feline infectious peritonitis and diarrhoea in kittens worldwide. In this study, a total of 173 feline diarrhoeal faecal and ascetic samples were collected from 15 catteries and six veterinary hospitals in southwest China from 2017 to 2020. FCoV was detected in 80.
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