Cholestasis

Alongside our daughter Eva’s diagnosis of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), we learned that our future children would have a 25% chance of having…

An 8-month-old girl with type 2 progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC2) who was seen at a hospital emergency department with extensive skin bruising was suspected…

Pregnant women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) have an increased risk of other pregnancy-related problems, including gestational diabetes and preeclampsia, or sudden high…

Note: This story was updated July 9, 2024, to clarify Livmarli is approved in the U.S. for all PFIC forms, but not recommended for a…

Up to two years of daily treatment with Livmarli (maralixibat) controlled itch and reduced blood levels of bile acids and bilirubin, two markers of…

Two scores calculated from blood biomarkers can accurately discriminate between pregnant women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) and those without, and predict ICP-associated…

Treatment with Livmarli (maralixibat) leads to significant clinical benefits for people with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) across a wide range of disease…

Researchers in China have identified five new mutations in the NR1H4 gene in three boys with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 5 (PFIC5) and…

A reduced dose of soybean fat emulsion seems to be better than the standard dose at preventing parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis in newborns undergoing surgery…

The levels of more than 250 proteins are abnormal in lab-grown liver organoids, or mini-livers, derived from a mouse model of progressive familial intrahepatic…