Bile Ducts

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A matched case-control study of preoperative biliary drainage in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma: routine drainage is not justified. 
  • A new classification of biliary obstructive disorders. 
  • Abnormal clearance of immune complexes from the circulation of patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis. 
  • Adenosine triphosphate activates ion permeabilities in biliary epithelial cells. 
  • Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer to nonparenchymal cells in normal and injured liver. 
  • Anomalous biliary ducts associated with duodenal atresia. 
  • Bacterial biofilm within diseased pancreatic and biliary tracts. 
  • Bile ducts and portal and central veins are major producers of tumor necrosis factor alpha in regenerating rat liver. 
  • Bile ductules and stromal cells express hedgehog ligands and/or hedgehog target genes in primary biliary cirrhosis. 
  • Biliary flora and antimicrobial concentrations after Kasai's operation. 
  • Biliary reconstructive techniques and associated anatomic variants in adult living donor liver transplantations: The adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation cohort study experience. 
  • Chitosan-DNA nanoparticles delivered by intrabiliary infusion enhance liver-targeted gene delivery. 
  • Chitosan-g-PEG/DNA complexes deliver gene to the rat liver via intrabiliary and intraportal infusions. 
  • Clinical features and mechanisms of major laparoscopic biliary injury. 
  • Clinical presentations and outcomes of bile duct loss caused by drugs and herbal and dietary supplements. 
  • Complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 
  • Correction: A prospective analysis of 1518 laparoscopic cholecystectomies. 
  • Current management of biliary strictures. 
  • De-novo cholangiocarcinoma in the setting of recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis following liver transplant. 
  • Defining criteria for selective operative management of pancreatic cystic lesions: does size really matter? 
  • Diagnostic criteria for degenerative, inflammatory, proliferative nonneoplastic and neoplastic liver lesions in medaka (Oryzias latipes): consensus of a National Toxicology Program Pathology Working Group. 
  • Endoscopic sphincterotomy for stones by experts is safe, even in younger patients with normal ducts. 
  • Fibropolycystic liver disease: CT and MR imaging findings. 
  • Gadoxetate disodium-enhanced magnetic resonance cholangiography for the noninvasive detection of an active bile duct leak after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 
  • Hedgehog activity, epithelial-mesenchymal transitions, and biliary dysmorphogenesis in biliary atresia. 
  • Hedgehog controls hepatic stellate cell fate by regulating metabolism. 
  • Hedgehog-mediated mesenchymal-epithelial interactions modulate hepatic response to bile duct ligation. 
  • Hepatitis G virus does not cause significant liver disease after liver transplantation. 
  • Injury to aberrant bile ducts during cholecystectomy: a common cause of diagnostic error and treatment delay. 
  • Interventional radiology in the management of bile duct injuries. 
  • Intraoperative use of a 2-mm choledochoscope for the exploration of small bile ducts and the pancreatic duct. 
  • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in young patients with sickle hemoglobinopathies. 
  • Liver cell-derived microparticles activate hedgehog signaling and alter gene expression in hepatic endothelial cells. 
  • Liver transplantation. 
  • Localization and characterization of secretin binding sites expressed by rat bile duct epithelium. 
  • Localization of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator in human bile duct epithelial cells. 
  • MR cholangiopancreatography: efficacy of three-dimensional turbo spin-echo technique. 
  • MR cholangiopancreatography: efficacy of three-dimensional turbo spin-echo technique. 
  • MR imaging of normal extrahepatic bile ducts. 
  • Management of major biliary complications after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 
  • Mechanisms of major biliary injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 
  • Mucolipidosis II (I-cell disease) presenting as neonatal cholestasis. 
  • N/2 ghosting artifacts: elimination at 3.0-T MR cholangiography with SPACE pulse sequence. 
  • Paracrine modulation of cholangiocyte serotonin synthesis orchestrates biliary remodeling in adults. 
  • Percutaneous transhepatic choledochocholedochostomy in the management of the postoperative patient. 
  • Pleiotrophin regulates the ductular reaction by controlling the migration of cells in liver progenitor niches. 
  • Predictors of successful clinical and laboratory outcomes in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. 
  • Preoperative chemoradiation for patients with pancreatic cancer: toxicity of endobiliary stents. 
  • Preoperative imaging for resectable periampullary cancer: clinicopathologic implications of reported radiographic findings. 
  • Primary sensory neurons: a common final pathway for inflammation in experimental pancreatitis in rats. 
  • Regulation of biliary secretion through apical purinergic receptors in cultured rat cholangiocytes. 
  • Regulation of membrane chloride currents in rat bile duct epithelial cells. 
  • Repair-related activation of hedgehog signaling promotes cholangiocyte chemokine production. 
  • Role for hedgehog pathway in regulating growth and function of invariant NKT cells. 
  • Schistosome-induced cholangiocyte proliferation and osteopontin secretion correlate with fibrosis and portal hypertension in human and murine schistosomiasis mansoni. 
  • Selective biliary secretion of basal and glucagon-inhibited neutral sterol after triparanol administration. 
  • Tetracycline-induced bile duct paucity and prolonged cholestasis. 
  • The learning curve for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The Southern Surgeons Club. 
  • The role of ERCP in benign diseases of the biliary tract. 
  • The role of ERCP in diagnosis and management of accessory bile duct leaks after cholecystectomy. 
  • Update on preservation of liver grafts. 
  • Use of the ThinPrep method in bile duct brushings: analysis of morphologic parameters associated with malignancy and determination of interobserver reliability. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Choi, Steven Sok, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Gastroenterology
  • Jowell, Paul Simon, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Gastroenterology
  • McCall, Shannon Jones, Associate Professor of Pathology, Pathology
  • Stinnett, Sandra Sue, Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics