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Non-invasive evaluation of liver stiffness after splenectomy in rabbits with CCl(4)-induced liver fibrosis

AIM: To investigate the diagnostic performance of liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by elastography point quantification (ElastPQ) in animal models and determine the longitudinal changes in liver stiffness by ElastPQ after splenectomy at different stages of fibrosis. METHODS: Liver stiffness was mea...

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Autores principales: Wang, Ming-Jun, Ling, Wen-Wu, Wang, Hong, Meng, Ling-Wei, Cai, He, Peng, Bing
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Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5155176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28028365
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v22.i46.10166
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author Wang, Ming-Jun
Ling, Wen-Wu
Wang, Hong
Meng, Ling-Wei
Cai, He
Peng, Bing
author_facet Wang, Ming-Jun
Ling, Wen-Wu
Wang, Hong
Meng, Ling-Wei
Cai, He
Peng, Bing
author_sort Wang, Ming-Jun
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description AIM: To investigate the diagnostic performance of liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by elastography point quantification (ElastPQ) in animal models and determine the longitudinal changes in liver stiffness by ElastPQ after splenectomy at different stages of fibrosis. METHODS: Liver stiffness was measured in sixty-eight rabbits with CCl(4)-induced liver fibrosis at different stages and eight healthy control rabbits by ElastPQ. Liver biopsies and blood samples were obtained at scheduled time points to assess liver function and degree of fibrosis. Thirty-one rabbits with complete data that underwent splenectomy at different stages of liver fibrosis were then included for dynamic monitoring of changes in liver stiffness by ElastPQ and liver function according to blood tests. RESULTS: LSM by ElastPQ was significantly correlated with histologic fibrosis stage (r = 0.85, P < 0.001). The optimal cutoff values by ElastPQ were 11.27, 14.89, and 18.21 kPa for predicting minimal fibrosis, moderate fibrosis, and cirrhosis, respectively. Longitudinal monitoring of the changes in liver stiffness by ElastPQ showed that early splenectomy (especially F1) may delay liver fibrosis progression. CONCLUSION: ElastPQ is an available, convenient, objective and non-invasive technique for assessing liver stiffness in rabbits with CCl(4)-induced liver fibrosis. In addition, liver stiffness measurements using ElastPQ can dynamically monitor the changes in liver stiffness in rabbit models, and in patients, after splenectomy.
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spelling pubmed-51551762016-12-27 Non-invasive evaluation of liver stiffness after splenectomy in rabbits with CCl(4)-induced liver fibrosis Wang, Ming-Jun Ling, Wen-Wu Wang, Hong Meng, Ling-Wei Cai, He Peng, Bing World J Gastroenterol Basic Study AIM: To investigate the diagnostic performance of liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by elastography point quantification (ElastPQ) in animal models and determine the longitudinal changes in liver stiffness by ElastPQ after splenectomy at different stages of fibrosis. METHODS: Liver stiffness was measured in sixty-eight rabbits with CCl(4)-induced liver fibrosis at different stages and eight healthy control rabbits by ElastPQ. Liver biopsies and blood samples were obtained at scheduled time points to assess liver function and degree of fibrosis. Thirty-one rabbits with complete data that underwent splenectomy at different stages of liver fibrosis were then included for dynamic monitoring of changes in liver stiffness by ElastPQ and liver function according to blood tests. RESULTS: LSM by ElastPQ was significantly correlated with histologic fibrosis stage (r = 0.85, P < 0.001). The optimal cutoff values by ElastPQ were 11.27, 14.89, and 18.21 kPa for predicting minimal fibrosis, moderate fibrosis, and cirrhosis, respectively. Longitudinal monitoring of the changes in liver stiffness by ElastPQ showed that early splenectomy (especially F1) may delay liver fibrosis progression. CONCLUSION: ElastPQ is an available, convenient, objective and non-invasive technique for assessing liver stiffness in rabbits with CCl(4)-induced liver fibrosis. In addition, liver stiffness measurements using ElastPQ can dynamically monitor the changes in liver stiffness in rabbit models, and in patients, after splenectomy. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2016-12-14 2016-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5155176/ /pubmed/28028365 http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v22.i46.10166 Text en ©The Author(s) 2016. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial.
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Wang, Ming-Jun
Ling, Wen-Wu
Wang, Hong
Meng, Ling-Wei
Cai, He
Peng, Bing
Non-invasive evaluation of liver stiffness after splenectomy in rabbits with CCl(4)-induced liver fibrosis
title Non-invasive evaluation of liver stiffness after splenectomy in rabbits with CCl(4)-induced liver fibrosis
title_full Non-invasive evaluation of liver stiffness after splenectomy in rabbits with CCl(4)-induced liver fibrosis
title_fullStr Non-invasive evaluation of liver stiffness after splenectomy in rabbits with CCl(4)-induced liver fibrosis
title_full_unstemmed Non-invasive evaluation of liver stiffness after splenectomy in rabbits with CCl(4)-induced liver fibrosis
title_short Non-invasive evaluation of liver stiffness after splenectomy in rabbits with CCl(4)-induced liver fibrosis
title_sort non-invasive evaluation of liver stiffness after splenectomy in rabbits with ccl(4)-induced liver fibrosis
topic Basic Study
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5155176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28028365
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v22.i46.10166
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