Cholestasis

It’s been over a year since I started writing this column about my family’s experience with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), and it’s been…

A novel mutation in the ATP8B1 gene was the likely cause of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) type 1 in two siblings in India…

ACER3, an enzyme involved in the metabolism of fat-like signaling molecules known as ceramides, plays a detrimental role in cholestasis-related liver damage — and,…

Preventive treatment with cilnidipine and bexarotene significantly reduced markers of inflammation, liver damage, and oxidative stress, a type of cellular damage, in a rat model…

An experimental oral therapy by Rectify Pharmaceuticals called RTY-694 reduced markers of slowed bile flow and inflammation in a mouse model of progressive…

Exposure to high levels of fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, the most commonly studied air pollutant, and reduced time in the sunlight in the three…

A study of three children with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3 (PFIC3) in China revealed that different disease-causing mutations in the ABCB4 gene,…

An artificial intelligence (AI) model can accurately discriminate between cholestasis patients with and without moderate to severe disease-associated cognitive impairment based on 13 possible…

Patients, caregivers, and supporters will head to Washington later this month to advocate for policies to improve life for people living with fatty liver…

I’ve often wondered how and when we’ll tell our daughter Eva that she has progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), a rare liver disease. Most…