Budget Amount *help |
¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
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Research Abstract |
Primary biliary cirrhosis mainly affects middle- and old-aged females, and the interlobular bile ducts are primarily damaged. Estrogen has been speculated to play important roles in the pathogenesis of primary biliary cirrhosis, since biliary epithelial cells are known to express estrogen receptors. In primary biliary cirrhosis, the decreased estrogen effects caused by menopause and also the competitive inhibitory effect of estrogen-related receptors in biliary epithelial cells are associated with the pathogenesis of cholanigopathy.
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