Full-text (PDF) | Human red cell AQP1 is the first functionally defined member of the aquaporin family of membrane water channels. Here we describe an atomic model of AQP1 at 3.8A resolution from electron crystallographic data. Multiple highly conserved amino-acid residues stabilize the novel fold...
Hepatocellular ballooning is a key feature required for the diagnosis of NASH and a component of currently used histological grading and staging systems of NAFLD.he rearrangement of the intermediate filament cytoskeleton can be demonstrated by the loss of keratin 8/18 immunostaining of the cytoplasm, and may thus be evaluated in the future as a marker for the more objective detection of hepatocellular ballooning in NASH.
The hepatobiliary scan is done in order to check if there is any obstruction in the bile ducts of the liver. This scan is also done to check if there is any obstruction or inflammation of the gall bladder. There may even be a situation where bile leaks into the intestines when it is not needed for digestion.