Correlation between interleukin-6 expression in post-mortem core liver biopsy and degree of liver injury in patients with fatal COVID-19.

Excessive release of interleukin-6 (IL-6) during the progression of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) induces cytokine storms, resulting in multi-organ damages including liver injury, similar in nature with mechanism of viral hepatitis. Systemic IL-6 has been associated with the incidence of liver injury among COVID-19 patients; however, studies on IL-6 expression in the liver tissue are completely lacking. The aim of this study was to measure the IL-6 expression in the liver tissues and to determine its correlation with the degree of liver injury in fatal COVID-19 patients.

An Indonesian female with peritoneal tuberculosis mimicking ovarium carcinoma: A rare case.

Introduction: Peritoneal tuberculosis is rare when patients with abdominal pain need to be considered for tuberculosis testing.

Case Presentation: An Indonesian female, 19 years old, complained of abdominal pain and enlargement. Laboratory examination is abnormal, including thrombocytosis of 687,000/uL and Ca-125 of 3483 U/mL.

Effects of some pesticides on the vital organs of juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

Gill, trunk kidney, spleen, and liver of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) were examined after exposure to different sublethal concentrations of carbosulfan (25, 50 and 200 μgL(-1)), propineb (3, 6 and 24 mgL(-1)), and benomyl (2, 5 and 20 mgL(-1)) for 14 days. Lesions were observed in gill, trunk kidney, spleen, and liver of rainbow trout exposed to either concentration of pesticides. The most important lesions were determined in the highest concentrations of pesticides.