Recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of primary biliary cholangitis |
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Authors: | Ying-Qiu Huang |
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Affiliation: | Ying-Qiu Huang, Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Benxi Steel and Iron (Group) Co., LTD, Fifth Clinical College of China Medical University, Benxi 117000, Liaoning Province, China |
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Abstract: | Primary biliary cholangitis(PBC), formerly referred toas primary biliary cirrhosis, is an infrequent progressive intrahepatic cholestatic autoimmune illness that can evolve into hepatic fibrosis, hepatic cirrhosis, hepatic failure, and, in some cases, hepatocellular carcinoma. The disease itself is characterized by T-lymphocytemediated chronic non-suppurative destructive cholangitis and elevated serum levels of extremely specific antimitochondrial autoantibodies(AMAs). In this article, we will not only review epidemiology, risk factors, natural history, predictive scores, radiologic approaches(e.g., acoustic radiation force impulse imaging, vibration controlled transient elastography, and magnetic resonance elastography), clinical features, serological characteristics covering biochemical markers, immunoglobulins, infections markers, biomarkers, predictive fibrosis marker, specific antibodies(including AMAs such as AMA-M2), anti-nuclear autoantibodies [such as anti-multiple nuclear dot autoantibodies(anti-sp100, PML, NDP52, anti-sp140), anti-rim-like/membranous anti-nuclear autoantibodies(anti-gp210, anti-p62), anti-centromere autoantibodies, and some of the novel autoantibodies], histopathological characteristics of PBC, diagnostic advances, and antidiastole of PBC. Furthermore, this review emphasizes the recent advances in research of PBC in terms of therapies, including ursodeoxycholic acid, budesonide, methotrexate, obeticholic acid, cyclosporine A, fibrates such as bezafibrate and fenofibrate, rituximab, mesenchymal stem cells transplant, and hepatic transplant. Currently, hepatic transplant remains the only optimal choice with acknowledged treatment efficiency for end-stage PBC patients. |
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Keywords: | Autoimmune liver diseases Primary biliary cholangitis Primary biliary cirrhosis Diagnosis Therapy |
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