2023
Human vascularized bile duct-on-a chip: a multi-cellular micro-physiological system for studying cholestatic liver disease
Du Y, de Jong I, Gupta K, Waisbourd-Zinman O, Har-Zahav A, Soroka C, Boyer J, Llewellyn J, Liu C, Naji A, Polacheck W, Wells R. Human vascularized bile duct-on-a chip: a multi-cellular micro-physiological system for studying cholestatic liver disease. Biofabrication 2023, 16: 015004. PMID: 37820623, PMCID: PMC10587873, DOI: 10.1088/1758-5090/ad0261.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCholestatic liver diseasePrimary sclerosing cholangitisLiver diseaseBile ductBile duct tissuesDuct tissuePeripheral blood mononuclear cellsEndothelial cellsBlood mononuclear cellsNormal bile duct tissuesHuman vascular endothelial cellsVascular endothelial cellsPSC patientsSclerosing cholangitisIL-17ATh17 cellsMononuclear cellsVascular channelsBiliary organoidsCholangiocyte organoidsBlood vesselsCholangiocytesDiseaseFlow of bloodTight junctions
2020
Adaptive Regulation of Hepatocyte Transporters in Cholestasis
Boyer J. Adaptive Regulation of Hepatocyte Transporters in Cholestasis. 2020, 378-389. DOI: 10.1002/9781119436812.ch31.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSignal transduction pathwaysAdaptive responseOrganic solute transporterSecretory polarityTranscription factorsTransduction pathwaysMolecular adaptationsSolute transportersCytoskeleton structureIntracellular vesiclesTarget genesMembrane transportersCellular eventsJunctional proteinsNuclear receptorsCanalicular domainCholestatic phenotypeTransportersTight junctionsVital functionsRegulationAdaptive regulationImportant ligandsEnzymatic reactionsBile salt synthesis
1989
Hepatic immunohistochemical localization of the tight junction protein ZO-1 in rat models of cholestasis.
Anderson J, Glade J, Stevenson B, Boyer J, Mooseker M. Hepatic immunohistochemical localization of the tight junction protein ZO-1 in rat models of cholestasis. American Journal Of Pathology 1989, 134: 1055-62. PMID: 2719075, PMCID: PMC1879891.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZO-1 proteinZO-1Tight junctionsConsecutive daily subcutaneous injectionsFrozen sectionsReflux of bileDaily subcutaneous injectionsBile duct obstructionCommon bile ductMale Sprague-DawleyHepatocyte tight junctionsBile duct ligation resultsTight junction protein ZO-1Cholestatic modelsDuct obstructionBile ductSubcutaneous injectionCholestatic liverRat modelEthinyl estradiolSprague-DawleyProtein ZO-1Immunoperoxidase stainingZO-1 stainingImmunohistochemical localization
1987
Manganese-bilirubin cholestasis. Further studies in pathogenesis.
Witzleben C, Boyer J, Ng O. Manganese-bilirubin cholestasis. Further studies in pathogenesis. Laboratory Investigation 1987, 56: 151-4. PMID: 3807313.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1984
Pardaxin increases solute permeability of gills and rectal gland in the dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias)
Primor N, Zadunaisky J, Murdaugh H, Boyer J, Forrest J. Pardaxin increases solute permeability of gills and rectal gland in the dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias). Comparative Biochemistry And Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology 1984, 78: 483-490. PMID: 6149101, DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(84)90119-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research