Publications

Plasticity between type 2 innate lymphoid cell subsets and amphiregulin expression regulates epithelial repair in biliary atresia.

Russi AE, Shivakumar P, Luo Z, Bezerra JA, 2023 Oct Hepatology 4 78 1035-1049

Customized Postoperative Therapy Improves Bile Drainage in Biliary Atresia: A Single Center Preliminary Report.

Pandurangi S, Kim S, Asai A, Bondoc A, Balistreri W, Campbell K, Miethke A, Peters A, Rogers M, Taylor A, Attia SL, Gibbons T, Mullapudi B, Sheridan R, Tiao G, Bezerra JA, 2023 Aug J Pediatr Surg 8 58 1483-1488

Serum Bile Acids as a New Prognostic Biomarker in Biliary Atresia Following Kasai Portoenterostomy.

Harpavat S, Hawthorne K, Setchell KDR, Narvaez Rivas M, Henn L, Beil CA, Karpen SJ, Ng VL, Alonso EM, Bezerra JA, Guthery SL, Horslen S, Loomes KM, McKiernan P, Magee JC, Merion RM, Molleston JP, Rosenthal P, Thompson RJ, Wang KS, Sokol RJ, Shneider BL, 2022 Sep Hepatology

Serum Biomarkers Correlated with Liver Stiffness Assessed in a Multi-center Study of Pediatric Cholestatic Liver Disease.

Leung DH, Devaraj S, Goodrich NP, Chen X, Rajapakshe D, Ye W, Andreev V, Minard CG, Guffey D, Molleston JP, Bass LM, Karpen SJ, Kamath BM, Wang KS, Sundaram SS, Rosenthal P, McKiernan P, Loomes KM, Jensen MK, Horslen S, Bezerra JA, Magee JC, Merion RM, Sokol RJ, Shneider BL, 2022 Sep Hepatology

The Liver Biopsy in Neonatal Cholestasis: Just a Cherry on Top?

Russi AE, Pandurangi S, Bezerra JA, 2022 Mar Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken) 3 19 111-113

Use of funded multicenter prospective longitudinal databases to inform clinical trials in rare diseases-Examination of cholestatic liver disease in Alagille syndrome.

Shneider BL, Kamath BM, Magee JC, Goodrich NP, Loomes KM, Ye W, Spino C, Alonso EM, Molleston JP, Bezerra JA, Wang KS, Karpen SJ, Horslen SP, Guthery SL, Rosenthal P, Squires RH, Sokol RJ, 2022 Aug Hepatol Commun 8 6 1910-1921

Serum Proteomics Uncovers Biomarkers of Clinical Portal Hypertension in Children With Biliary Atresia.

Osborn J, Mourya R, Thanekar U, Su W, Fei L, Shivakumar P, Bezerra JA, 2022 05 Hepatol Commun 5 6 995-1004

Maternal regulation of biliary disease in neonates via gut microbial metabolites.

Jee JJ, Yang L, Shivakumar P, Xu PP, Mourya R, Thanekar U, Yu P, Zhu Y, Pan Y, Wang H, Duan X, Ye Y, Wang B, Jin Z, Liu Y, Cao Z, Watanabe-Chailland M, Romick-Rosendale LE, Wagner M, Fei L, Luo Z, Ollberding NJ, Tang ST, Bezerra JA, 2022 01 Nat Commun 1 13 18

Biliary organoids uncover delayed epithelial development and barrier function in biliary atresia.

Amarachintha SP, Mourya R, Ayabe H, Yang L, Luo Z, Li X, Thanekar U, Shivakumar P, Bezerra JA, 2022 01 Hepatology 1 75 89-103

High Mobility Group Box 1 Release by Cholangiocytes Governs Biliary Atresia Pathogenesis and Correlates With Increases in Afflicted Infants.

Mohanty SK, Donnelly B, Temple H, Ortiz-Perez A, Mowery S, Lobeck I, Dupree P, Poling HM, McNeal M, Mourya R, Jenkins T, Bansal R, Bezerra J, Tiao G, 2021 Aug Hepatology 2 74 864-878

The 2020 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology for the Discovery of Hepatitis C Virus: A Triumph of Curiosity and Persistence.

Ghany MG, Lok ASF, Dienstag JL, Feinstone SM, Hoofnagle JH, Jake Liang T, Seeff LB, Cohen DE, Bezerra JA, Chung RT, 2021 11 Hepatology 5 74 2813-2823

Presentation and Outcomes of Infants With Idiopathic Cholestasis: A Multicenter Prospective Study.

Hertel PM, Hawthorne K, Kim S, Finegold MJ, Shneider BL, Squires JE, Gupta NA, Bull LN, Murray KF, Kerkar N, Ng VL, Molleston JP, Bezerra JA, Loomes KM, Taylor SA, Schwarz KB, Turmelle YP, Rosenthal P, Magee JC, Sokol RJ, 2021 10 J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 4 73 478-484

A single-cell view of biliary atresia.

Russi AE, Bezerra JA, 2021 04 Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 4 18 219-220

Autoimmune Hepatitis: Predictors of Native Liver Survival in Children and Adolescents.

Porta G, de Carvalho E, Santos JL, Gama J, Bezerra JA, 2021 02 J Pediatr 229 95-101.e3

Natural Course of Pediatric Portal Hypertension.

Kassam AF, Goddard GR, Johnston ME, Cortez AR, Trout AT, Jenkins TM, Miethke AG, Campbell KM, Bezerra JA, Balistreri WF, Nathan JD, Alonso MH, Tiao GM, Bondoc AJ, 2020 Sep Hepatol Commun 9 4 1346-1352

Nonfasted Liver Stiffness Correlates with Liver Disease Parameters and Portal Hypertension in Pediatric Cholestatic Liver Disease.

Shneider BL, Goodrich NP, Ye W, Sawyers C, Molleston JP, Merion RM, Leung DH, Karpen SJ, Kamath BM, Cavallo L, Wang K, Teckman JH, Squires JE, Sundaram SS, Rosenthal P, Romero R, Murray KF, Loomes KM, Jensen MK, Bezerra JA, Bass LM, Sokol RJ, Magee JC, 2020 Nov Hepatol Commun 11 4 1694-1707

Modeling Outcomes in Children With Biliary Atresia With Native Liver After 2 Years of Age.

Venkat V, Ng VL, Magee JC, Ye W, Hawthorne K, Harpavat S, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Wang KS, Soufi N, Bass LM, Alonso EM, Bezerra JA, Jensen MK, Kamath BM, Loomes KM, Mack CL, Rosenthal P, Shneider BL, Squires RH, Sokol RJ, Karpen SJ, 2020 Dec Hepatol Commun 12 4 1824-1834

Clinical Best Practice Advice for Hepatology and Liver Transplant Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: AASLD Expert Panel Consensus Statement.

Fix OK, Hameed B, Fontana RJ, Kwok RM, McGuire BM, Mulligan DC, Pratt DS, Russo MW, Schilsky ML, Verna EC, Loomba R, Cohen DE, Bezerra JA, Reddy KR, Chung RT, 2020 07 Hepatology 1 72 287-304

Regulation of bile duct epithelial injury by hepatic CD71+ erythroid cells.

Yang L, Shivakumar P, Kinder J, Way SS, Donnelly B, Mourya R, Luo Z, Bezerra JA, 2020 06 JCI Insight 11 5

Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Preschool and School Aged Children With Biliary Atresia and Their Native Liver.

Squires JE, Ng VL, Hawthorne K, Henn LL, Sorensen LG, Fredericks EM, Alonso EM, Murray KF, Loomes KM, Karpen SJ, Cavallo LA, Molleston JP, Bezerra JA, Rosenthal P, Squires RH, Wang KS, Schwarz KB, Arnon R, Magee JC, Sokol RJ, 2020 01 J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1 70 79-86

Identification of Polycystic Kidney Disease 1 Like 1 Gene Variants in Children With Biliary Atresia Splenic Malformation Syndrome.

Berauer JP, Mezina AI, Okou DT, Sabo A, Muzny DM, Gibbs RA, Hegde MR, Chopra P, Cutler DJ, Perlmutter DH, Bull LN, Thompson RJ, Loomes KM, Spinner NB, Rajagopalan R, Guthery SL, Moore B, Yandell M, Harpavat S, Magee JC, Kamath BM, Molleston JP, Bezerra JA, Murray KF, Alonso EM, Rosenthal P, Squires RH, Wang KS, Finegold MJ, Russo P, Sherker AH, Sokol RJ, Karpen SJ, 2019 09 Hepatology 3 70 899-910

Prospective Assessment of Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography for Discriminating Biliary Atresia from other Causes of Neonatal Cholestasis.

Dillman JR, DiPaola FW, Smith SJ, Barth RA, Asai A, Lam S, Campbell KM, Bezerra JA, Tiao GM, Trout AT, 2019 09 J Pediatr 212 60-65.e3

A Phase I/IIa Trial of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Following Portoenterostomy in Biliary Atresia.

Mack CL, Spino C, Alonso EM, Bezerra JA, Moore J, Goodhue C, Ng VL, Karpen SJ, Venkat V, Loomes KM, Wang K, Sherker AH, Magee JC, Sokol RJ, 2019 04 J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 4 68 495-501

Regulation of epithelial injury and bile duct obstruction by NLRP3, IL-1R1 in experimental biliary atresia.

Yang L, Mizuochi T, Shivakumar P, Mourya R, Luo Z, Gutta S, Bezerra JA, 2018 Nov J Hepatol 5 69 1136-1144

Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Young Children with Biliary Atresia and Native Liver: Results from the ChiLDReN Study.

Ng VL, Sorensen LG, Alonso EM, Fredericks EM, Ye W, Moore J, Karpen SJ, Shneider BL, Molleston JP, Bezerra JA, Murray KF, Loomes KM, Rosenthal P, Squires RH, Wang K, Arnon R, Schwarz KB, Turmelle YP, Haber BH, Sherker AH, Magee JC, Sokol RJ, 2018 05 J Pediatr 196 139-147.e3

Gene-disease associations identify a connectome with shared molecular pathways in human cholangiopathies.

Luo Z, Jegga AG, Bezerra JA, 2018 02 Hepatology 2 67 676-689

Large-scale proteomics identifies MMP-7 as a sentinel of epithelial injury and of biliary atresia.

Lertudomphonwanit C, Mourya R, Fei L, Zhang Y, Gutta S, Yang L, Bove KE, Shivakumar P, Bezerra JA, 2017 Nov Sci Transl Med 417 9

Paracrine signals regulate human liver organoid maturation from induced pluripotent stem cells.

Asai A, Aihara E, Watson C, Mourya R, Mizuochi T, Shivakumar P, Phelan K, Mayhew C, Helmrath M, Takebe T, Wells J, Bezerra JA, 2017 03 Development 6 144 1056-1064

Preferential TNFa signaling via TNFR2 regulates epithelial injury and duct obstruction in experimental biliary atresia.

Shivakumar P, Mizuochi T, Mourya R, Gutta S, Yang L, Luo Z, Bezerra JA, 2017 03 JCI Insight 5 2 e88747

Cxcr2 signaling and the microbiome suppress inflammation, bile duct injury, and the phenotype of experimental biliary atresia.

Jee J, Mourya R, Shivakumar P, Fei L, Wagner M, Bezerra JA, 2017 PLoS One 8 12 e0182089

Initial assessment of the infant with neonatal cholestasis-Is this biliary atresia?

Shneider BL, Moore J, Kerkar N, Magee JC, Ye W, Karpen SJ, Kamath BM, Molleston JP, Bezerra JA, Murray KF, Loomes KM, Whitington PF, Rosenthal P, Squires RH, Guthery SL, Arnon R, Schwarz KB, Turmelle YP, Sherker AH, Sokol RJ, 2017 PLoS One 5 12 e0176275

MDR3 mutation analysis: A step closer to precision medicine.

Bezerra JA, 2016 May Hepatology 5 63 1421-3

Total Serum Bilirubin within 3 Months of Hepatoportoenterostomy Predicts Short-Term Outcomes in Biliary Atresia.

Shneider BL, Magee JC, Karpen SJ, Rand EB, Narkewicz MR, Bass LM, Schwarz K, Whitington PF, Bezerra JA, Kerkar N, Haber B, Rosenthal P, Turmelle YP, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Ng VL, Wang KS, Romero R, Squires RH, Arnon R, Sherker AH, Moore J, Ye W, Sokol RJ, 2016 Mar J Pediatr 170 211-7.e1-2

Increased frequency of double and triple heterozygous gene variants in children with intrahepatic cholestasis.

Goldschmidt ML, Mourya R, Connor J, Dexheimer P, Karns R, Miethke A, Sheridan R, Zhang K, Bezerra JA, 2016 Apr Hepatol Res 4 46 306-11

Biliary atresia and other cholestatic childhood diseases: Advances and future challenges.

Verkade HJ, Bezerra JA, Davenport M, Schreiber RA, Mieli-Vergani G, Hulscher JB, Sokol RJ, Kelly DA, Ure B, Whitington PF, Samyn M, Petersen C, 2016 09 J Hepatol 3 65 631-42

Effect of diet on intestinal sucrose (su) lactase (la), and maltase (ma) activity in pigs.

Flores C, Bezerra J, Goda T, Bustamante S, Pongratz G, Koldovsky O. 2016 Am J Clin Nutr 124 43

Pathogenesis of biliary atresia: defining biology to understand clinical phenotypes.

Asai A, Miethke A, Bezerra JA, 2015 Jun Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 6 12 342-52

Reply: To PMID 24493287.

Mourya R, Bessho K, Shivakumar P, Bezerra JA, 2015 Feb Hepatology 2 61 732-3

Natural killer cells promote long-term hepatobiliary inflammation in a low-dose rotavirus model of experimental biliary atresia.

Squires JE, Shivakumar P, Mourya R, Bessho K, Walters S, Bezerra JA, 2015 PLoS One 5 10 e0127191

Medical status of 219 children with biliary atresia surviving long-term with their native livers: results from a north american multicenter consortium.

Ng VL, Haber BH, Magee JC, Miethke A, Murray KF, Michail S, Karpen SJ, Kerkar N, Molleston JP, Romero R, Rosenthal P, Schwarz KB, Shneider BL, Turmelle YP, Alonso EM, Sherker AH, Sokol RJ 2014 Sep J. Pediatr. 3 165 539-546.e2

Use of corticosteroids after hepatoportoenterostomy for bile drainage in infants with biliary atresia: the START randomized clinical trial.

Bezerra JA, Spino C, Magee JC, Shneider BL, Rosenthal P, Wang KS, Erlichman J, Haber B, Hertel PM, Karpen SJ, Kerkar N, Loomes KM, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Romero R, Schwarz KB, Shepherd R, Suchy FJ, Turmelle YP, Whitington PF, Moore J, Sherker AH, Robuck PR, Sokol RJ, 2014 May JAMA 17 311 1750-9

Gene expression signature for biliary atresia and a role for interleukin-8 in pathogenesis of experimental disease.

Bessho K, Mourya R, Shivakumar P, Walters S, Magee JC, Rao M, Jegga AG, Bezerra JA, 2014 Jul Hepatology 1 60 211-23

Biliary repair and carcinogenesis are mediated by IL-33-dependent cholangiocyte proliferation.

Li J, Razumilava N, Gores GJ, Walters S, Mizuochi T, Mourya R, Bessho K, Wang YH, Glaser SS, Shivakumar P, Bezerra JA, 2014 Jul J Clin Invest 7 124 3241-51

Replication of a GWAS signal in a Caucasian population implicates ADD3 in susceptibility to biliary atresia.

Tsai EA, Grochowski CM, Loomes KM, Bessho K, Hakonarson H, Bezerra JA, Russo PA, Haber BA, Spinner NB, Devoto M, 2014 Feb Hum Genet 2 133 235-43

Perforin and granzymes work in synergy to mediate cholangiocyte injury in experimental biliary atresia.

Shivakumar P, Mourya R, Bezerra JA, 2014 Feb J Hepatol 2 60 370-6

Total serum bilirubin predicts fat-soluble vitamin deficiency better than serum bile acids in infants with biliary atresia.

Venkat VL, Shneider BL, Magee JC, Turmelle Y, Arnon R, Bezerra JA, Hertel PM, Karpen SJ, Kerkar N, Loomes KM, Molleston J, Murray KF, Ng VL, Raghunathan T, Rosenthal P, Schwartz K, Sherker AH, Sokol RJ, Teckman J, Wang K, Whitington PF, Heubi JE, 2014 Dec J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 6 59 702-7

Integrative genomics identifies candidate microRNAs for pathogenesis of experimental biliary atresia.

Bessho K, Shanmukhappa K, Sheridan R, Shivakumar P, Mourya R, Walters S, Kaimal V, Dilbone E, Jegga AG, Bezerra JA, 2013 Oct BMC Syst Biol 7 104

Identification of intramural epithelial networks linked to peribiliary glands that express progenitor cell markers and proliferate after injury in mice.

DiPaola F, Shivakumar P, Pfister J, Walters S, Sabla G, Bezerra JA, 2013 Oct Hepatology 4 58 1486-1496

Extrahepatic anomalies in infants with biliary atresia: results of a large prospective North American multicenter study.

Schwarz KB, Haber BH, Rosenthal P, Mack CL, Moore J, Bove K, Bezerra JA, Karpen SJ, Kerkar N, Shneider BL, Turmelle YP, Whitington PF, Molleston JP, Murray KF, Ng VL, Romero R, Wang KS, Sokol RJ, Magee JC, 2013 Nov Hepatology 5 58 1724-31

Efficacy of fat-soluble vitamin supplementation in infants with biliary atresia.

Shneider BL, Magee JC, Bezerra JA, Haber B, Karpen SJ, Raghunathan T, Rosenthal P, Schwarz K, Suchy FJ, Kerkar N, Turmelle Y, Whitington PF, Robuck PR, Sokol RJ, 2012 Sep Pediatrics 3 130 e607-14

The beneficial impact of revision of Kasai portoenterostomy for biliary atresia: an institutional study.

Bondoc AJ, Taylor JA, Alonso MH, Nathan JD, Wang Y, Balistreri WF, Bezerra JA, Ryckman FC, Tiao GM, 2012 Mar Ann Surg 3 255 570-6

Conditional removal of SV40T from transformed primary human hepatocytes recovers selective CYP gene expression.

Liu C, Bezerra JA. 2012 J Surg Cl Res 2 15-32

Dendritic cells regulate natural killer cell activation and epithelial injury in experimental biliary atresia.

Saxena V, Shivakumar P, Sabla G, Mourya R, Chougnet C, Bezerra JA, 2011 Sep Sci Transl Med 102 3 102ra94

Th2 signals induce epithelial injury in mice and are compatible with the biliary atresia phenotype.

Li J, Bessho K, Shivakumar P, Mourya R, Mohanty SK, Dos Santos JL, Miura IK, Porta G, Bezerra JA, 2011 Nov J Clin Invest 11 121 4244-56

Lampe1: an ENU-germline mutation causing spontaneous hepatosteatosis identified through targeted exon-enrichment and next-generation sequencing.

Sheridan R, Lampe K, Shanmukhappa SK, Putnam P, Keddache M, Divanovic S, Bezerra J, Hoebe K, 2011 PLoS One 7 6 e21979

Analysis of gene mutations in children with cholestasis of undefined etiology.

Matte U, Mourya R, Miethke A, Liu C, Kauffmann G, Moyer K, Zhang K, Bezerra JA, 2010 Oct J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 4 51 488-493

Staging of biliary atresia at diagnosis by molecular profiling of the liver.

Moyer K, Kaimal V, Pacheco C, Mourya R, Xu H, Shivakumar P, Chakraborty R, Rao M, Magee JC, Bove K, Aronow BJ, Jegga AG, Bezerra JA, 2010 May Genome Med 5 2 33

Macrophages are targeted by rotavirus in experimental biliary atresia and induce neutrophil chemotaxis by Mip2/Cxcl2.

Mohanty SK, Ivantes CA, Mourya R, Pacheco C, Bezerra JA, 2010 Apr Pediatr Res 4 67 345-51

Plasmin-mediated proteolysis is required for hepatocyte growth factor activation during liver repair.

Shanmukhappa K, Matte U, Degen JL, Bezerra JA, 2009 May J Biol Chem 19 284 12917-23

Neonatal NK cells target the mouse duct epithelium via Nkg2d and drive tissue-specific injury in experimental biliary atresia.

Shivakumar P, Sabla GE, Whitington P, Chougnet CA, Bezerra JA, 2009 Aug J Clin Invest 8 119 2281-90

Temporal-spatial activation of apoptosis and epithelial injury in murine experimental biliary atresia.

Erickson N, Mohanty SK, Shivakumar P, Sabla G, Chakraborty R, Bezerra JA, 2008 May Hepatology 5 47 1567-77

Growth failure and outcomes in infants with biliary atresia: a report from the Biliary Atresia Research Consortium.

DeRusso PA, Ye W, Shepherd R, Haber BA, Shneider BL, Whitington PF, Schwarz KB, Bezerra JA, Rosenthal P, Karpen S, Squires RH, Magee JC, Robuck PR, Sokol RJ, 2007 Nov Hepatology 5 46 1632-8

Effector role of neonatal hepatic CD8+ lymphocytes in epithelial injury and autoimmunity in experimental biliary atresia.

Shivakumar P, Sabla G, Mohanty S, McNeal M, Ward R, Stringer K, Caldwell C, Chougnet C, Bezerra JA, 2007 Jul Gastroenterology 1 133 268-77

Novel resequencing chip customized to diagnose mutations in patients with inherited syndromes of intrahepatic cholestasis.

Liu C, Aronow BJ, Jegga AG, Wang N, Miethke A, Mourya R, Bezerra JA, 2007 Jan Gastroenterology 1 132 119-26

High prevalence of alpha-1-antitrypsin heterozygosity in children with chronic liver disease.

Campbell KM, Arya G, Ryckman FC, Alonso M, Tiao G, Balistreri WF, Bezerra JA, 2007 Jan J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1 44 99-103

Effect of rotavirus strain on the murine model of biliary atresia.

Allen SR, Jafri M, Donnelly B, McNeal M, Witte D, Bezerra J, Ward R, Tiao GM, 2007 Feb J Virol 4 81 1671-9

Screening and outcomes in biliary atresia: summary of a National Institutes of Health workshop.

Sokol RJ, Shepherd RW, Superina R, Bezerra JA, Robuck P, Hoofnagle JH, 2007 Aug Hepatology 2 46 566-81

Pancreas recovery following cerulein-induced pancreatitis is impaired in plasminogen-deficient mice.

Lugea A, Nan L, French SW, Bezerra JA, Gukovskaya AS, Pandol SJ, 2006 Sep Gastroenterology 3 131 885-99

Urokinase-type plasminogen activator supports liver repair independent of its cellular receptor.

Shanmukhappa K, Sabla GE, Degen JL, Bezerra JA, 2006 Nov BMC Gastroenterol 6 40

Genetic modifiers of cholestatic liver disease: an evolving field.

Bezerra J, Shneider BL, 2006 Jan J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1 42 7-8

A multicenter study of the outcome of biliary atresia in the United States, 1997 to 2000.

Shneider BL, Brown MB, Haber B, Whitington PF, Schwarz K, Squires R, Bezerra J, Shepherd R, Rosenthal P, Hoofnagle JH, Sokol RJ, 2006 Apr J Pediatr 4 148 467-474

Loss of interleukin-12 modifies the pro-inflammatory response but does not prevent duct obstruction in experimental biliary atresia.

Mohanty SK, Shivakumar P, Sabla G, Bezerra JA, 2006 Apr BMC Gastroenterol 6 14

Hepatic to pancreatic switch defines a role for hemostatic factors in cellular plasticity in mice.

Shanmukhappa K, Mourya R, Sabla GE, Degen JL, Bezerra JA, 2005 Jul Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 29 102 10182-7

Intrahepatic cholestasis: summary of an American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases single-topic conference.

Balistreri WF, Bezerra JA, Jansen P, Karpen SJ, Shneider BL, Suchy FJ, 2005 Jul Hepatology 1 42 222-35

Liver transplantation in children younger than 1 year--the Cincinnati experience.

Tiao GM, Alonso M, Bezerra J, Yazigi N, Heubi J, Balistreri W, Bucuvalas J, Ryckman F, 2005 Jan J Pediatr Surg 1 40 268-73

Analysis of the biliary transcriptome in experimental biliary atresia.

Carvalho E, Liu C, Shivakumar P, Sabla G, Aronow B, Bezerra JA, 2005 Aug Gastroenterology 2 129 713-7

Hepatic gene expression profile and clinical phenotypes: Letter to the editor.

Bezerra JA, Sokol RJ. 2005 Hepatology 41 403-405

Biliary atresia and Th1 function: linking lymphocytes and bile ducts: commentary on the article by Mack et al. on page 79.

Shivakumar P, Bezerra JA, 2004 Jul Pediatr Res 1 56 9-10

Transcriptional reprogramming in murine liver defines the physiologic consequences of biliary obstruction.

Campbell KM, Sabla GE, Bezerra JA, 2004 Jan J Hepatol 1 40 14-23

Obstruction of extrahepatic bile ducts by lymphocytes is regulated by IFN-gamma in experimental biliary atresia.

Shivakumar P, Campbell KM, Sabla GE, Miethke A, Tiao G, McNeal MM, Ward RL, Bezerra JA, 2004 Aug J Clin Invest 3 114 322-9

Coordinate expression of regulatory genes differentiates embryonic and perinatal forms of biliary atresia.

Zhang DY, Sabla G, Shivakumar P, Tiao G, Sokol RJ, Mack C, Shneider BL, Aronow B, Bezerra JA, 2004 Apr Hepatology 4 39 954-62

Plasminogen directs the pleiotropic effects of uPA in liver injury and repair.

Currier AR, Sabla G, Locaputo S, Melin-Aldana H, Degen JL, Bezerra JA, 2003 Mar Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 3 284 G508-15

Gene expression profiling in biliary atresia – author reply

Bezerra JA, Aronow BA 2003 Lancet 361 971-972

Genetic induction of proinflammatory immunity in children with biliary atresia.

Bezerra JA, Tiao G, Ryckman FC, Alonso M, Sabla GE, Shneider B, Sokol RJ, Aronow BJ, 2002 Nov Lancet 9346 360 1653-9

Novel genes and functional relationships in the adult mouse gastrointestinal tract identified by microarray analysis.

Bates MD, Erwin CR, Sanford LP, Wiginton D, Bezerra JA, Schatzman LC, Jegga AG, Ley-Ebert C, Williams SS, Steinbrecher KA, Warner BW, Cohen MB, Aronow BJ, 2002 May Gastroenterology 5 122 1467-82

Independent and overlapping transcriptional activation during liver development and regeneration in mice.

Kelley-Loughnane N, Sabla GE, Ley-Ebert C, Aronow BJ, Bezerra JA, 2002 Mar Hepatology 3 35 525-34

Plasminogen activators direct reorganization of the liver lobule after acute injury.

Bezerra JA, Currier AR, Melin-Aldana H, Sabla G, Bugge TH, Kombrinck KW, Degen JL, 2001 Mar Am J Pathol 3 158 921-9

Plasminogen deficiency leads to impaired lobular reorganization and matrix accumulation after chronic liver injury.

Pohl JF, Melin-Aldana H, Sabla G, Degen JL, Bezerra JA, 2001 Dec Am J Pathol 6 159 2179-86

Plasminogen deficiency results in poor clearance of non-fibrin matrix and persistent activation of hepatic stellate cells after an acute injury.

Ng VL, Sabla GE, Melin-Aldana H, Kelley-Loughnane N, Degen JL, Bezerra JA, 2001 Dec J Hepatol 6 35 781-9

Genetic manipulation of fibrinogen and fibrinolysis in mice.

Degen JL, Drew AF, Palumbo JS, Kombrinck KW, Bezerra JA, Danton MJ, Holmbäck K, Suh TT, 2001 Ann N Y Acad Sci 936 276-90

Long-term outcome after partial external biliary diversion for intractable pruritus in patients with intrahepatic cholestasis.

Ng VL, Ryckman FC, Porta G, Miura IK, de Carvalho E, Servidoni MF, Bezerra JA, Balistreri WF, 2000 Feb J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2 30 152-6

Insights. Pylephlebitis.

Pohl JF, Murarka P, Farrell MK, Bezerra J, 1999 Oct J Pediatr 4 135 529

Plasminogen deficiency leads to impaired remodeling after a toxic injury to the liver.

Bezerra JA, Bugge TH, Melin-Aldana H, Sabla G, Kombrinck KW, Witte DP, Degen JL, 1999 Dec Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 26 96 15143-8

Intrahepatic cholestasis: order out of chaos.

Bezerra JA, Balistreri WF, 1999 Dec Gastroenterology 6 117 1496-8

Zonal regulation of gene expression during liver regeneration of urokinase transgenic mice.

Locaputo S, Carrick TL, Bezerra JA, 1999 Apr Hepatology 4 29 1106-13

Image of the month. What is the etiology of these ulcers?

Rudolph JA, Bezerra J, Alonso M, 1999 Apr Gastroenterology 4 116 788, 1018

Biological effects of targeted inactivation of hepatocyte growth factor-like protein in mice.

Bezerra JA, Carrick TL, Degen JL, Witte D, Degen SJ, 1998 Mar J Clin Invest 5 101 1175-83

Molecular and enzymatic analyses of lysosomal acid lipase in cholesteryl ester storage disease.

Du H, Sheriff S, Bezerra J, Leonova T, Grabowski GA, 1998 Jun Mol Genet Metab 2 64 126-34

Expansion of transplanted hepatocytes during liver regeneration.

Yazigi NA, Carrick TL, Bucuvalas JC, Schmidt CS, Balistreri WF, Bezerra JA, 1997 Sep Transplantation 6 64 816-20

Effects of protein malnutrition on liver cytochrome P450s

Lee P-C, Struve MF, Bezerra JA, Duncan B 1997 Nutr Res 17 1577-1587

Hepatocyte transplantation: "Only the strong survive.".

Bezerra JA, Balistreri WF, 1996 Nov Hepatology 5 24 1321-3

Use of a single solution for oral rehydration and maintenance therapy of infants with diarrhea and mild to moderate dehydration.

Cohen MB, Mezoff AG, Laney DW, Bezerra JA, Beane BM, Drazner D, Baker R, Moran JR, 1995 May Pediatrics 5 95 639-45

Upregulation of Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin receptor in regenerating rat liver.

Laney DW, Bezerra JA, Kosiba JL, Degen SJ, Cohen MB, 1994 May Am J Physiol 5 Pt 1 266 G899-906

Increased expression of mRNA for hepatocyte growth factor-like protein during liver regeneration and inflammation.

Bezerra JA, Laney DW, Degen SJ, 1994 Aug Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1 203 666-73

Hepatocyte-specific expression of the mouse hepatocyte growth factor-like protein.

Bezerra JA, Witte DP, Aronow BJ, Degen SJ, 1993 Aug Hepatology 2 18 394-9

Are hepatocyte growth factor-like protein and macrophage stimulating protein the same protein?

Bezerra JA, Han S, Danton MJ, Degen SJ, 1993 Apr Protein Sci 4 2 666-8

Treatment of infants with acute diarrhea: what's recommended and what's practiced.

Bezerra JA, Stathos TH, Duncan B, Gaines JA, Udall JN, 1992 Jul Pediatrics 1 Pt 1 90 1-4

A one-month-old infant who had a 'double bubble'.

Bezerra JA, Duncan B, Anderson F, 1992 Apr Hosp Pract (Off Ed) 4 27 255, 257-8

Age-related changes in sucrase and lactase activity in the small intestine of 3- and 10-week-old obese mice (C57BL/6Jobob).

Flores CA, Bezerra J, Bustamante SA, Goda T, MacDonald MP, Kaplan ML, Koldovský O, 1990 Jun J Am Coll Nutr 3 9 255-60

Intestinal permeability to intact lactose in newborns and adults.

Bezerra JA, Thompson SH, Morse M, Koldovský O, Udall JN, 1990 Biol Neonate 6 58 334-42

Assessment of lactose absorption by measurement of urinary galactose.

Grant JD, Bezerra JA, Thompson SH, Lemen RJ, Koldovsky O, Udall JN, 1989 Oct Gastroenterology 4 97 895-9

Effect of diet on intestinal and pancreatic enzyme activities in the pig.

Flores CA, Brannon PM, Bustamante SA, Bezerra J, Butler KT, Goda T, Koldovský O, 1988 J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 6 7 914-21

Chronic effects of an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor (Bay o 1248) on intestinal disaccharidase activity in normal and diabetic mice.

Lee SM, Bustamante S, Flores C, Bezerra J, Goda T, Koldovský O, 1987 Jan J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1 240 132-7

Measurement of the rate of fat-absorption by the C14 triolein breath test.

Flores C, Bezerra J, Wells M, Koldovsky O. 1986 Fed Proc 538 45

Effect of a high-dextrose diet on sucrase and lactase activity in jejunum of obese mice (C57BL/6J obob).

Flores CA, Bezerra J, Goda T, Bustamante S, MacDonald MP, Kaplan M, Koldovský O, 1986 J Am Coll Nutr 6 5 565-75

Postweaning changes of jejunal protein and activity of disaccharidases in obese mice and lean littermates.

Goda T, Bezerra J, Bustamante S, Flores C, Kaplan M, Koldovsky, MacDonald MP 1985 Fed Proc 44 1165

Letter: Acupuncture.

Matsumoto T, Levy B, 1974 Jul JAMA 2 229 140

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