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bile pigment

[′bīl ′pig·mənt]

(biochemistry)

Either of two colored organic compounds found in bile: bilirubin and biliverdin.

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"In addition to having the highest concentration of biliverdin recorded for any animal, these lizards have somehow evolved a resistance to bile pigment toxicity," lead author Zachary Rodriguez from Louisiana State University said in a (https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/lsu-tmo051018.php) statement .

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The presence of bile pigment associated with liver failure was also observed in 2 cases.

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While gemfibrozil and fenofibrate led to 2.3- and 3.0-fold increases in culture media bilirubin concentration, Wy14,643 had the opposite effect since the bile pigment was actually 1.6-fold less abundant than in media from control cells.

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However, it was not until I joined the Bruce Ames laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, in early 1986 that I was presented with the opportunity to work with this golden bile pigment as a postdoctoral scientist.

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Hyperbilirubinemia is caused by an elevation of a bile pigment, called bilirubin, in the blood.

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Liver biopsy is unnecessary in suspected cases of ICP, but would show cholestatic changes such as dilated bile canaliculi, bile pigment in the parenchyma, and minimal inflammation.

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Bilirubin, the bile pigment that yellows the skin of babies born with jaundice, is generally considered a toxic molecule.

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THIS is yellowing of the skin and eyes due to a build up of the bile pigment, bilirubin, in the blood.

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This is because their livers are not working efficiently and yellowing of the skin is caused by a build-up of bile pigment.

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old, she was diagnosed with jaundice, hyperbilirubinemia (an excess of bilirubin, a bile pigment, in the bloodstream), and kernicterus (the presence of a yellow pigment and lesions in the gray matter of the brain).

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In the later stages of cirrhosis, jaundice (yellow skin) may occur, caused by the buildup of bile pigment that is normally passed by the liver into the intestines.