fibrosis/obesity

This article reviews the significance of nutritional status in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), and sheds light on the reasons behind the intense focus placed on perpetual weight gain and increased caloric intake by CF patients and their providers. The manuscript explores the potential mechanisms

A patient underwent end-to-side jejunoileostomy for morbid obesity, and 3 years later an end-to-end jejunoileostomy with ileotransversostomy was performed. Nine years later she presented with night blindness, severe diarrhea and mild jaundice and was found to have malabsorption with vitamin A and K

Telomere length can be considered as a biological marker for cell proliferation and aging. Obesity is associated with adipocyte hypertrophy and proliferation as well as with shorter telomeres in adipose tissue. As adipose tissue is a mixture of different cell types and the cellular composition of

Histologic findings in liver biopsy specimens obtained from 88 patients before and one and two years after end-to-end jejunoileal bypass are compared. In addition to the expected fatty changes, mild changes of centrilobular, pericellular fibrosis were present in the initial biopsies in 8.6%; a year

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the usefulness of a non-invasive clinical score to predict liver fibrosis in the steatosis associated with morbid obesity. METHODS We included 88 patients, who underwent bariatric surgery in the Sanitary Area of León, Spain, and who showed a liver biopsy with steatosis greater

Life-threatening intractable uterine bleeding is difficult to treat when concurrent medical complications contraindicate invasive surgery. We present a case of heavy uterine bleeding in a postmenopausal woman that was complicated by liver cirrhosis and morbid obesity. The bleeding was successfully

The statistical association between endurance exercise capacity and cardiovascular disease suggests that impaired aerobic metabolism underlies the cardiovascular disease risk in men and women. To explore this connection, we applied divergent artificial selection in rats to develop low-capacity

BACKGROUND Infants with cystic fibrosis may fail to thrive despite recommended caloric intake because of electrolyte disurbances caused by salt depletion resulting in hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis or pseudo-Bartter's syndrome. In most patients reported symptoms began in infancy, but it may be an

We examined the role of inflammation in the development of renal interstitial fibrosis in Zucker obese rats, which rapidly present kidney lesions in the absence of hypertension and hyperglycemia. Type I and III collagens were quantified using a polarized light and computer-assisted image analyzer.

A new complication following jejuno-ileal bypass for gross obesity is described. The patient suffered from hypoglycaemic attacks which were associated with total depletion of liver glycogen together with a progressive micronodular cirrhosis. Increased dietary protein and calorie content relieved her

BACKGROUND Progressive aging- and inflammation-associated fibrosis effectively remodels the extracellular matrix (ECM) to increase prostate tissue stiffness and reduce urethral flexibility, resulting in urinary flow obstruction and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). In the current study, we sought

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of exercise training (ET) on vascular fibrosis in aging model rats with diet-induced obesity. METHODS Twenty-four male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 3 groups: Aging control (A-C), A-C with high fat diet (AHF), AHF with ET (AHF +

Incidence and prevalence of abdominal obesity (AO) are growing exponentially. Subjects with AO are at higher risk of developing heart failure. The purpose of the study was to investigate early changes in cardiac and arterial structure and function and extracellular matrix biomarkers in normotensive

To determine whether bariatric surgery is effective for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in adolescence, we compared the efficacy of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) with that of lifestyle intervention (nonsurgical weight loss [NSWL]) for NASH reversal in obese