PMID: 8609813Dec 1, 1995Paper

Changes in laminin content in livers of patients with alcoholic liver disease

Liver
M TsutsumiA Takada

Abstract

An increase in serum laminin levels has been reported in patients with liver disease; however, the mechanisms for this increase have not yet been clarified. In the present study, the laminin content of liver biopsy specimens obtained from patients with alcoholic liver disease and non-alcoholic liver disease was determined with a one-step sandwich enzyme-immunoassay system, using monoclonal antibodies for human placental laminin. Hepatic laminin content was significantly higher in patients with liver disease than in normal controls. In alcoholic liver disease, the content in patients with mild fibrosis was lower than in patients with advanced types of alcoholic liver disease. In non-alcoholic liver disease, the hepatic laminin content tended to increase in parallel with the progression of fibrosis. The laminin content in alcoholic liver disease was significantly higher than in the corresponding type of non-alcoholic liver disease. The ratio of laminin to total collagen content was highest in alcoholic liver disease showing mild fibrosis and decreased in parallel with the progression of fibrosis. In contrast, the ratio was low in all types of nonalcoholic liver disease. The ratio in patients with alcoholic liver disease was signi...Continue Reading

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