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Hepatic Portal Venous System Drainage Anatomy
1) Most of the blood from abdominal organs goes into the
Hepatic Portal Venous ... goes into the hepatic ... is delivered to hepatocytes ... capillaries of hepatic ... IVC using the hepatic
Pathogenesis of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Various factors, including inflammation, hyperinsulinemia or insulin resistance, and altered lipid homeostasis,
develop in fatty hepatocytes ... #GI #IM #NASH #NAFLD
Histologic Features and Prevalence of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). NASH is a potentially progressive type of nonalcoholic
liver disease (NAFLD ... specimens: ballooned hepatocytes ... Epidemiology #NASH #NAFLD
Liver Chemistry Tests - AST, ALT, Alkaline Phosphatase and Bilirubin Metabolism
AST and ALT:
 • AST: liver
Synthesis: in hepatocyte ... accumulation in hepatocyte ... from albumin upon hepatocyte ... conjugation in hepatocyte ... reuptake into hepatocyte
NAFLD / NASH Progression Timeline
Healthy Liver → NAFLD/NASH → 0.25-3.2%/year → Cirrhotic NASH → 0.3-2.6%/year →
NAFLD / NASH Progression ... Healthy Liver → NAFLD ... /year → HCC • NAFLD ... Polymorphisms, Age #NAFLD
Pathology - Hepatocyte Pigments

Lipofuschin (H&E) 

Alpha-I-antitrypsin globules (PAS-D) 

Mallory's hyaline / Mallory Denk Bodies 

Giant Mitochondria
Pathology - Hepatocyte ... bilirubinostasis (H&E) #Hepatocyte
Elevated Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Mild (<100-500): 
 • NAFLD
 • Cirrhosis
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100-500): • NAFLD ... liver) • Non-hepatic
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Antitrypsin • Other: NAFLD ... Vasculature • Hepatic ... Congestion/CHF • Hepatic
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease algorithm.
 
For those patients with NAFLD or liver disease of unknown aetiology,
patients with NAFLD ... calculation of a FIB4 or NAFLD ... hepatocellular carcinoma; NAFLD ... disease; NFS, NAFLD ... FattyLiver #Disease #NAFLD
The Mechanism of Small Interfering RNA (siRNA) Therapy. Synthetic double-stranded RNA containing an ALAS1-specific sequence is
exclusively on hepatocytes ... Within the hepatocyte