Hyaluronic acid, an accurate serum marker for severe hepatic fibrosis in patients with non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease

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1988 • 19,163 citations

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2002 • 5,091 citations

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1999 • 3,605 citations

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1992 • 1,787 citations

Independent predictors of liver fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

1999 • 1,610 citations

Noninvasive diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis or cirrhosis

1997 • 365 citations

Endothelial cells are a site of uptake and degradation of hyaluronic acid in the liver

1983 • 286 citations

Increased Serum Levels of Hyaluronate in Liver Disease

1985 • 251 citations

Diagnostic accuracy of hyaluronan and type III procollagen amino-terminal peptide serum assays as markers of liver fibrosis in chronic viral hepatitis C evaluated by ROC curve analysis

1996 • 242 citations

Measurement of serum hyaluronic acid in patients with chronic hepatitis C and its relationship to liver histology

2000 • 234 citations

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1999 • 213 citations

Binding of hyaluronate and chondroitin sulphate to liver endothelial cells

1986 • 159 citations

Serum Hyaluronate Reflects Hepatic Fibrogenesis in Alcoholic Liver Disease and Is Useful As A Marker of Fibrosis

1996 • 146 citations

Raised serum hyaluronate levels in scleroderma: an effect of growth factor induced activation of connective tissue cells?

1985 • 126 citations

Serum hyaluronate reflects hepatic sinusoidal capillarization

1993 • 108 citations

Hyaluronate in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid: a new marker in sarcoidosis reflecting pulmonary disease.

1985 • 108 citations

Relationship between procollagen III aminoterminal propeptide and hyaluronan serum levels and histological fibrosis in primary biliary cirrhosis and chronic viral hepatitis C

1994 • 94 citations

Serum hyaluronan - a non-invasive test for diagnosing liver cirrhosis

2000 • 77 citations

Evaluation of hyaluronic acid binding ability of hepatic sinusoidal endothelial cells in rats with liver cirrhosis

1996 • 76 citations

Hyaluronic acid synthesis and secretion by rat liver fat storing cells (perisinusoidal lipocytes) in culture

1988 • 67 citations

Clinical significance of serum hyaluronan in patients with chronic viral liver disease

1996 • 66 citations

Circulating Hyaluronate

1987 • 61 citations

Transforming growth factors (TGFα and TGFβH) stimulate chondroitin sulfate and hyaluronate synthesis in cultured rat liver fat storing cells

1989 • 60 citations

Serum hyaluronan as a marker of liver fibrosis.

1995 • 48 citations

Characterization and purification of the hyaluronan-receptor on liver endothelial cells

1991 • 36 citations

Circulating hyaluronate: Concentration in different vascular beds in man

1986 • 34 citations

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1988 • 30 citations