Data from two preclinical studies, one involving a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease 1 and the other a mouse model of pancreatitis, 2 support the therapeutic effects of administrations of ...

In studies in mice, researchers report they have found that bilirubin, a bile pigment most commonly known for yellowing the skin of people with jaundice, may play an unexpected role in protecting ...

Bilirubin is the end product of heme catabolism and originates primarily from the breakdown of erythrocyte hemoglobin in the reticuloendothelial system. A smaller, yet significant, proportion is ...

While high bilirubin levels can indicate several health issues, low bilirubin levels usually aren’t anything to worry about. In some cases, it could be a side effect of a medication you take or having ...

When red blood cells die, they leave behind bilirubin, a yellow-orange pigment in the blood. The liver filters bilirubin from the bloodstream to be removed in your stool. If too much is in your system ...

Bilirubin is a yellowish substance created by the breakdown of red blood cells. Detecting it in your urine can be a sign of a health problem, such as liver or gallbladder disease. The detection of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Kim and colleagues analyzed data from 22,084 Korean adults who underwent annual checkups at least four times at ...

IN the development of new methods for detecting bilirubin in urine technical simplicity has generally been sacrificed for increased sensitivity and specificity. As a consequence many clinicians, for ...

Baseline characteristics of the population are shown in Table 1. During a median follow-up period of 7.7 years (Q1–Q3 7.4–8.0 years), T2D developed in a total of 210 individuals (6.2%) (from 1997 to ...

Patients with Type 1 diabetes are unable to produce enough insulin naturally. One treatment for Type 1 diabetes is pancreatic islet transplantation, in which groups of cells from a donor pancreas are ...