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Effect of chronic alcohol intake on hepatic fibrosis and granulomas in murine schistosomiasis mansoni.

In consideration of the vast prevalence of schistosomiasis and heavy alcohol consumption in many parts of the world, the possibility of an interaction between these two conditions inducing liver disease was studied in mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni. Alcohol consumption significantly reduced by 25% the mean granuloma diameter and by about 60% the extent of fibrous tissue deposition determined chemically as hydroxyproline. DNA, as an expression of the inflammatory and cellular components of the granulomatous reaction in the infected animals, was also significantly reduced by alcohol consumption. These results indicate the need for epidemiological studies in the clinical manifestations and course of schistosomiasis in human alcoholics.[1]

References

  1. Effect of chronic alcohol intake on hepatic fibrosis and granulomas in murine schistosomiasis mansoni. Orrego, H., Israel, Y., Crossley, I.R., Mahmoud, A.A., Peters, P.A., Varghese, G., Wanless, I.R. Hepatology (1981) [Pubmed]
 
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