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List of works by Joachim C. Mertens

A common polymorphism in the ABCB11 gene is associated with advanced fibrosis in hepatitis C but not in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

scientific article published in April 2011

A hedgehog survival pathway in 'undead' lipotoxic hepatocytes.

scientific article published on 26 May 2012

Alterations of Smad signaling in human breast carcinoma are associated with poor outcome: a tissue microarray study.

scientific article published on January 2002

Autoimmune liver serology before and after successful treatment of chronic hepatitis C by direct acting antiviral agents

scientific article published on 30 April 2019

Bcl-2 degradation is an additional pro-apoptotic effect of polo-like kinase inhibition in cholangiocarcinoma cells

scientific article published on June 2017

Bile acid retention and activation of endogenous hepatic farnesoid-X-receptor in the pathogenesis of fatty liver disease in ob/ob-mice ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

Cell Interactions in Biliary Diseases: Clues from Pathophysiology and Repair Mechanisms to Foster Early Assessment

scientific article published on 14 August 2019

Cholangiocarcinoma 2020: the next horizon in mechanisms and management

scientific article published on 30 June 2020

Clinical diagnosis and management of perihilar cholangiocarcinoma

scientific article published on 01 March 2014

Combined effect of 25-OH vitamin D plasma levels and genetic Vitamin DReceptor (NR 1I1) variants on fibrosis progression rate in HCV patients

scientific article published on 08 December 2011

Complement factor C5 deficiency significantly delays the progression of biliary fibrosis in bile duct-ligated mice

scientific article published on 18 January 2012

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of histologically proven liver hemangiomas.

scientific article published in May 2007

Current and novel therapeutic opportunities for systemic therapy in biliary cancer

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

Direct antiviral agent treatment of chronic hepatitis C results in rapid regression of transient elastography and fibrosis markers fibrosis-4 score and aspartate aminotransferase-platelet ratio index.

scientific article published on 28 September 2016

Elderly age is not a negative predictive factor for virological response to therapy with pegylated interferon-α and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C virus patients

scientific article published on 29 August 2013

Elevated oxysterol levels in human and mouse livers reflect nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

scientific article published on 21 May 2019

Excellent outcome of direct antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis C in Switzerland.

scientific article published on 29 January 2018

Expert consensus document: Cholangiocarcinoma: current knowledge and future perspectives consensus statement from the European Network for the Study of Cholangiocarcinoma (ENS-CCA).

scientific article published on 20 April 2016

Geoepidemiology of Primary Biliary Cholangitis: Lessons from Switzerland.

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Inhibition of fibroblast activation protein and dipeptidylpeptidase 4 increases cartilage invasion by rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts

scientific article published in May 2010

Lessons from a transplant patient with diarrhea, cryptosporidial infection, and possible mycophenolate mofetil-associated colitis

scientific article published on 27 May 2011

Liver Allograft Failure After Nivolumab Treatment-A Case Report With Systematic Literature Research

scientific article published on 20 July 2018

Multikinase inhibitor sorafenib transiently promotes necrosis after radiofrequency ablation in rat liver but activates growth signals.

scientific article published on 17 May 2011

Myofibroblast-derived PDGF-BB promotes Hedgehog survival signaling in cholangiocarcinoma cells

scientific article

NASH limits anti-tumour surveillance in immunotherapy-treated HCC

scientific article published on 24 March 2021

Non-canonical Hedgehog signaling contributes to chemotaxis in cholangiocarcinoma

scientific article published on 14 November 2013

Nonampullary Duodenal Adenomas Rarely Recur after Complete Endoscopic Resection: A Swiss Experience Including a Literature Review

scientific article published on 31 August 2017

Orbital Pseudotumor as a Rare Extrahepatic Manifestation of Hepatitis C Infection.

scientific article published on January 2016

Platelet-derived growth factor primes cancer-associated fibroblasts for apoptosis.

scientific article

Platelet-derived growth factor-D enables liver myofibroblasts to promote tumor lymphangiogenesis in cholangiocarcinoma

scientific article published on 14 December 2018

Polo-like kinase 2 is a mediator of hedgehog survival signaling in cholangiocarcinoma.

scientific article published on 06 August 2013

Polo-like kinase 3 is associated with improved overall survival in cholangiocarcinoma.

scientific article

Radiofrequency ablation suppresses distant tumour growth in a novel rat model of multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma.

scientific article published on February 2014

Safe and successful resection of difficult GI lesions using a novel single-step full-thickness resection device (FTRD(®)).

scientific article

Stent-over-sponge (SOS): a novel technique complementing endosponge therapy for foregut leaks and perforations.

scientific article published on 27 October 2017

Targeting PDGFR-β in Cholangiocarcinoma

scientific article

Targeting senescent cholangiocytes and activated fibroblasts with B-cell lymphoma-extra large inhibitors ameliorates fibrosis in multidrug resistance 2 gene knockout (Mdr2-/- ) mice.

scientific article published on 12 August 2017

Targeting tumor stroma: exploiting apoptotic priming

scientific article published in December 2012

The EBI2-oxysterol axis promotes the development of intestinal lymphoid structures and colitis

scientific article published on 11 February 2019

The role of bile acid retention and a common polymorphism in the ABCB11 gene as host factors affecting antiviral treatment response in chronic hepatitis C.

scientific article published on 15 August 2010

The tumour microenvironment and immune milieu of cholangiocarcinoma

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

The vitamin D receptor gene bAt (CCA) haplotype impairs the response to pegylated-interferon/ribavirin-based therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients

scientific article

Therapeutic effects of deleting cancer-associated fibroblasts in cholangiocarcinoma

scientific article published on 5 December 2012

Ulcerative Colitis with and without Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Two Different Diseases?

scientific article published in April 2016

Unusual cause of biliary colic in a Swiss farmer

scientific article published on 04 October 2010

[Answers to questions on rheumatoid arthritis from Practice No. 23]

scientific article published on 01 December 2008

[Diagnosis and therapy of rheumatoid arthritis]

scientific article published on 01 November 2008

[The systolic heart sound]

scientific article published on 01 December 2008

[Treatment of chronic hepatitis B and C - update 2010]

scientific article published on 01 August 2010

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