Publications by authors named "Aya A Abbas"

Acetaminophen (APAP) is known to cause a breach of the blood-bile barrier in mice that, via a mechanism called futile bile acid (BA) cycling, increases BA concentrations in hepatocytes above cytotoxic thresholds. Here, we compared this mechanism in mice and rats, because both species differ massively in their susceptibility to APAP and compared the results to available human data. Dose and time-dependent APAP experiments were performed in male C57BL6/N mice and Wistar rats.

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N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is the only approved drug for the treatment of acetaminophen (APAP) intoxication. A limitation of NAC is the short therapeutic time-window as it is only effective within approximately eight hours after APAP ingestion, which is critical since patients seek medical attention often after the onset of symptoms approximately 24 h after overdose. Recently, a so far unknown mechanism was identified by which APAP causes an increase of intracellular bile acid concentrations in hepatocytes to concentrations that exceed cytotoxic thresholds.

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Bile duct ligation (BDL) is an experimental procedure that mimics obstructive cholestatic disease. One of the early consequences of BDL in rodents is the appearance of so-called bile infarcts that correspond to Charcot-Gombault necrosis in human cholestasis. The mechanisms causing bile infarcts and their pathophysiological relevance are unclear.

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