Vanessa Teaberry Schroder

Journal Article Ann Surg · June 2014 OBJECTIVE: To compare early postoperative outcomes of patients undergoing different types of emergency procedures for bleeding or perforated gastroduodenal ulcers. BACKGROUND: Although definitive acid-reducing procedures are being used less frequently duri ... Full text Link to item Cite

Primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis

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Osteopontin is induced by hedgehog pathway activation and promotes fibrosis progression in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

Journal Article Hepatology · January 2011 UNLABELLED: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a leading cause of cirrhosis. Recently, we showed that NASH-related cirrhosis is associated with Hedgehog (Hh) pathway activation. The gene encoding osteopontin (OPN), a profibrogenic extracellular matrix ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hedgehog signaling antagonist promotes regression of both liver fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in a murine model of primary liver cancer.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2011 OBJECTIVE: Chronic fibrosing liver injury is a major risk factor for hepatocarcinogenesis in humans. Mice with targeted deletion of Mdr2 (the murine ortholog of MDR3) develop chronic fibrosing liver injury. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) emerges spontaneou ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Activation of Rac1 promotes hedgehog-mediated acquisition of the myofibroblastic phenotype in rat and human hepatic stellate cells.

Journal Article Hepatology · July 2010 UNLABELLED: Hepatic accumulation of myofibroblastic hepatic stellate cells (MF-HSCs) is pivotal in the pathogenesis of cirrhosis. Two events are necessary for MF-HSCs to accumulate in damaged livers: transition of resident, quiescent hepatic stellate cells ... Full text Link to item Cite

Accumulation of natural killer T cells in progressive nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Journal Article Hepatology · June 2010 UNLABELLED: Liver inflammation is greater in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) than steatosis, suggesting that immune responses contribute to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) progression. Livers normally contain many natural killer T (NKT) cells ... Full text Link to item Cite

Elevated MAL expression is accompanied by promoter hypomethylation and platinum resistance in epithelial ovarian cancer.

Journal Article Int J Cancer · March 15, 2010 We previously found that the gene encoding the Myelin and Lymphocyte protein, MAL, was among the most highly expressed genes in serous ovarian cancers from short-term survivors (<3 years) relative to those of long-term survivors (>7 years). In the present ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pan-caspase inhibitor VX-166 reduces fibrosis in an animal model of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

Journal Article Hepatology · November 2009 UNLABELLED: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a potentially progressive liver disease that culminates in cirrhosis. Cirrhosis occurs more often in individuals with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) than in those with steatosis (nonalcoholic fat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hedgehog-mediated epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and fibrogenic repair in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Journal Article Gastroenterology · October 2009 BACKGROUND & AIMS: Repair responses define the ultimate outcomes of liver disease. This study evaluated the hypothesis that fibrogenic repair in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is mediated by Hedgehog (Hh) pathway activation and consequent inducti ... Full text Link to item Cite

Similarities and differences in the pathogenesis of alcoholic and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

Journal Article Semin Liver Dis · May 2009 Subpopulations of individuals with alcohol-induced fatty livers and nonalcoholic steatosis develop steatohepatitis. Steatohepatitis is defined histologically: increased numbers of injured and dying hepatocytes distinguish this condition from simple steatos ... Full text Link to item Cite

Regulation of the metastasis suppressor gene MKK4 in ovarian cancer.

Journal Article Gynecol Oncol · May 2007 OBJECTIVES: MKK4 is a metastasis suppressor that is downregulated in some ovarian cancers. We sought to investigate whether promoter methylation, loss of heterozygosity, or changes in phosphorylation are involved in MKK4 dysregulation during ovarian carcin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Characterization of functional and phenotypic changes in anti-Gag vaccine-induced T cell responses and their role in protection after HIV-1 infection.

Journal Article Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · March 22, 2005 Worldwide HIV-1 vaccine efforts are guided by the principle that HIV-specific T cell responses may provide protection from infection or delay overt disease. However, no clear correlates of T cell-mediated immune protection have been identified. Here, we ex ... Full text Link to item Cite