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Immunohistochemical Study about the Origin of Bile Ductules Proliferation in Obstructive Liver Disease.
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Original Article Immunohistochemical Study about the Origin of Bile Ductules Proliferation in Obstructive Liver Disease.
Hyun Jung Sung, Byung Chul Ann, Jae Tae Lee, Yoon Seup Kum, Jae Bok Park, Kwan Kyu Park
Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine 2009;43(2):126-132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2009.43.2.126
1Department of Pathology, Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. kkpark@cu.ac.kr
2Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
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BACKGROUND
The relationship between bile duct proliferation and portal fibrosis in obstructive liver diseases remains unclear. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between hepatic stellate cells (HSC), hepatocytes and bile ductule proliferation in obstructive liver disease using immunoreactivity for alpha-SMA (alpha-smooth muscle actin), CK7, and CK19.
METHODS
We used 20 human tissue samples with hepatic fibrosis due to intrahepatic stones and liver cirrhosis. Immunohistochemical staining was performed using the streptavidin-biotin method.
RESULTS
Proliferations of bile ductules at the periphery of the hepatic lobules, and diffuse HSC activation in the perisinusoidal spaces were observed in all cases. Immunoreactivity of the hepatocytes for CK7 and CK19 suggested a possible phenotypic transformation into bile duct epithelium during fibrogenesis. Immunohistochemical-analyses of alpha-SMA expression profiles showed that intralobular HSCs and some hepatocytes underwent early phenotypic changes, and that the accumulation of collagen coincides with that of alpha-SMA-labeled myofibroblasts around portal/septal ductular structures.
CONCLUSIONS
Our results showed the possibility of a phenotypic transformation of hepatocytes into bile ductular epithelium. It is suggested that hepatocytes might play a role in bile ductule proliferation in obstructive liver disease.

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