| Literature DB >> 2744331 |
J Yanagisawa1, M Nagai, Y Hirano, T Fujii, F Nakayama.
Abstract
The existence of tissue-bound lithocholate in liver tissue was first suggested by Nair et al. (Lipids 1988;12:922-929). Since lithocholate is well known to be cholestatic, we investigated whether tissue-bound lithocholate, if present, can be correlated to liver dysfunction in obstructive jaundice. Tissue-bound lithocholate in liver tissues of 7 patients with obstructive jaundice was analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-selected ion monitoring. We found no accumulation of lithocholate, including tissue-bound form, indicating that the role of lithocholate in inducing hepatic dysfunction in obstructive jaundice is minimal, if any.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2744331 DOI: 10.1007/bf02774190
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gastroenterol Jpn ISSN: 0435-1339