Diseases of the Liver and the Bile Ducts

List of Principal Authors. Preface. <strong>Section I: Morphology,</strong> <strong>Histopathology and Oncology.</strong> <strong>1.</strong> Proliferation and Ductal Morphogenesis of Bile Duct Epithelial Cells; A.E. Sirica, et al. <strong>2.</strong> Bile Duct Histopathology in Liver Diseases; V.J. Desmet, et al. <strong>3.</strong> Stem Cell Biology and Bile Ducts; S.S. Thorgeirsson. <strong>4.</strong> Cholangiocarcinoma - Clinical Aspects; K. Okuda. <strong>Section II: Physiology and</strong> <strong>Molecular Biology of Bile Formation and Cholestatic Liver Diseases.</strong> <strong>5.</strong> Cholangiocyte physiology - Role in Bile Formation; J.G. Fitz. <strong>6.</strong> Cholangiocyte Dysfunction, Role in Cholestasis; M. Strazzabosco, et al. <strong>7.</strong> Dysregulation of Cholangiocyte Apoptosis by Cytokines; T. Patel. <strong>8.</strong> MDR3 Deficiency and Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis; E. Jacquemin, et al. <strong>9.</strong> Clinical Spectrum of Liver Disease in CFTR Deficiency and Cystic Fibrosis; C. Colombo. <strong>10.</strong> Cholestasis in Systemic Infection; M. Trauner, et al. <strong>Section III:</strong> <strong>Cholestatic Liver Disesases - Autoimmunity.</strong> <strong>11.</strong> Aetiopathogenesis and Clinical Spectrum of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis; R.W. Chapman. <strong>12.</strong> Pathogenesis and Clinical Spectrum of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis; U. Beuers, G. Paumgartner. <strong>13.</strong> Immunopathogenesis of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: Contemporary Issues; L. Dubel, et al. <strong>14.</strong> Structural Features of Bile Ducts in Cholestatic Liver Diseases; A.M. Jezequel, et al. <strong>Section IV: Cholestatic Liver</strong> <strong>Diseases - Drugs, Toxins, Fibrosis and Gallstones.</strong> <strong>15.</strong> Drug and Toxin Induced Vanishing Bile Duct Disorders; A.P. Geubel, C. Sempoux. <strong>16.</strong> Fibrosis and Bile Duct Injury; S.L. Friedman. <strong>17.</strong> The Pathogenesis of Gallstone Disease; Z. Mare&ccaron;ek, et al. <strong>Section V: From</strong> <strong>Genetics to Endoscopy.</strong> <strong>18.</strong> Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis; P.L.M. Jansen, M. M&uuml;ller. <strong>19.</strong> Magnetic Resonance Cholangiography in Diseases of the Bile Ducts; N. Holzknecht, M. Reiser. <strong>20.</strong> Endoscopic Ultrasonography of the Biliary System; T. R&ouml;sch. <strong>21.</strong> Serological Tests in Cholestatic Liver Disorders: PSC, PBC, and Autoimmune Cholangiopathy; C.P. Strassburg, M.P. Manns. <strong>Section VI: Chronic Cholestatic Liver Diseases.</strong> <strong>22.</strong> The Treatment of PBC and other Vanishing Bile Duct Syndromes; J. Heathcote. <strong>23.</strong> Management of Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Medical, Interventional; A. Stiehl, et al. <strong>24.</strong> Therapeutic Approaches to Complications of Cholestasis; U. Leuschner. <strong>25.</strong> Liver Transplantation in Patients with Chronic Cholestatic Liver Diseases &endash; Approaches to Detection of Rejection and its Treatment; M. Hertl, et al. <strong>Section VII: Bile Duct Disorders and Gallstone Disease.</strong> <strong>26.</strong> Biliary Complications after Liver Transplantation: Diagnosis and Management; J. &Scaron;pi&ccaron;&aacute;k. <strong>28.</strong> Treatment of Gallstone Disease; S.M. Strasberg. Index.