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ADPLD Articles: Liver Cysts Only

Somatic second-hit mutations leads to polycystic liver disease

We discuss the knowledge regarding the role of somatic second-hit mutations in the development of Polycystic Liver Disease; the most relevant findings have been highlighted.

Somatostatin analog therapy for severe polycystic liver disease: results after 2 years.

PRKCSH/80K-H, the protein mutated in polycystic liver disease, protects polycystin-2/TRPP2 against HERP-mediated degradation.

Secondary and tertiary structure modeling reveals effects of novel mutations in polycystic liver disease genes PRKCSH and SEC63.

Isolated polycystic liver disease.

PRKCSH genetic mutation was not found in Taiwanese patients with polycystic liver disease.

Conclusion:PRKCSH gene is not a major genetic cause of PCLD in Taiwan

Treatment of polycystic liver disease with resection-fenestration and a new classification.

Isolated polycystic liver disease--a rare entity: report of a case.

Surgical management of polycystic liver disease.

Autosomal dominant polycystic liver disease in a family without polycystic kidney disease associated with a novel missense protein kinase C substrate 80K-H mutation.

Clinical profile of autosomal dominant polycystic liver disease.

Identification of a Locus for Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Liver Disease

Estrogen Severe PLD

Only 8% of people with PLD will go on to develop severe PLD. At the Mayo following the first ten cases they had performed for a PLD liver resection, a follow up visit for this patient was the very first time Mayo doctors discovered that PLD was activated by hormones.

A woman with severe PLD wanted to wear a waisted dress for her wedding. She had a repeat MRI following her pregnancy birth. Her liver had grown. Researchers have long discovered that liver cysts have estrogen receptors within their cell walls.

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". . .estrogen can promote liver cyst growth via multiple mechanisms."

Article ". . .risk of having massive polycystic liver disease is related to female gender, pregnancy, and exposure to exogenous sources of female steroid hormones such as contraceptive steroids or use of female hormone replacement therapy by postmenopausal women."

76% of individuals with ADPLD have the second hit present. For PLD individuals the second hit is active and plays an important role in liver cyst growth. It is for this reason that among the items to be avoided include exposure to hormone disruptors such as bleach, pesticides, herbicides, chemicals xenoestrogens.

Article "1 year of estrogen use in postmenopausal ADPKD patients selectively increases total liver volume by 7%, whereas total kidney volume remains unaffected."

Article "Female sex,estrogen use and multiple pregnancies are risk factors polycystic liver growth."

Many doctors when they see a woman in her 30's with severe PLD recommend she seek alternatives to pregnancy as the hormones of pregnancy can promote PLD liver growth.

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