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Y Shinji

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PubMed1982

Hypertrophic and hypoactive smooth endoplasmic reticulum in hepatocytes uremic patients. A morphometric and biochemical study.

Morphometric analysis of the hepatic endoplasmic reticulum and assays of drug-metabolizing enzymes in microsomes prepared from needle biopsy specimens were performed with samples from uremic patients on chronic hemodialysis and normal controls. The smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER) morphometrically increased in the uremic patients, whereas the cytochrome P-450 content and the activity of p-nitroanisole O-demethylase per mg microsomal protein decreased in the uremic patients. This condition of SER corresponds to that of the so-called hypoactive hypertrophic smooth endoplasmic reticulum, which could suggest lower activity of hepatic microsomal drug oxidation in uremic patients. On the other hand, the P-450 content and the activity of p-nitroanisole O-demethylase per g liver were not significantly different between the uremic and the normal subjects. This seems to indicate that the capacity of drug oxidation is retained in whole livers of uremic patients. However, since some patients in this study showed markedly low activity of p-nitroanisole O-demethylase per mg microsomal protein and per g liver, lipophilic drugs metabolized in the liver as well as hydrophilic ones eliminated by the kidney should be carefully administered to uremic patients.

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PubMed1982

Laparoscopic findings of the liver in the diagnosis of primary biliary cirrhosis: "reddish patch", a laparoscopic feature in the asymptomatic stage.

The laparoscopic findings of the livers of 12 patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), including six asymptomatic and six symptomatic cases, were investigated. On the liver surface of asymptomatic PBC, we found a laparoscopic appearance, consisting of reddish patches of irregular shape, ranging from 0.5 to 3 cm in diameter, and not evenly distributed. Five of six cases of asymptomatic PBC had reddish patches in our series. From serial laparoscopic observations, the patches were found to lose some of their reddish tone and to develop protuberances with vaguely outlined white markings in each reddish areas. The protuberances and white markings are characteristic appearances of the liver surface in more advanced PBC cases. The transition of reddish patches to protuberances with white markings coincided with progression among histopathological stages in PBC classified by Scheuer. A histometrical examination showed that areas with reddish patches had less advanced changes of intrahepatic bile ducts. As a result, we propose that laparoscopic findings of the liver have a value in the diagnosis of PBC and "reddish patch" is considered a laparoscopic feature which has no been described in asymptomatic PBC.

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