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The pattern of biochemical liver abnormalities was mainly hepatocellular (defined as predominant increase of AST and/or ALT in comparison with AP and/or bilirubins) in 11 cases; cholestatic (defined as predominant increase in AP and/or bilirubins compared with AST and/or ALT) in 3 and mixed (evidence of both cholestatic and hepatocellular damage) in 8 cases.
In order to explain this discrepancy, it is noteworthy to mention that unrelated to its anti-glucocorticoid activity, RU486 also has antioxidant properties that have been suggested to play a role in the inhibition of cell growth caused by this compound [ 7 ] . Such an effect and/or other anti-glucocorticoid-independent influences by RU 486 appears to prevail in relation to the overall impact of this compound on cell proliferation, and may indeed suggest, at a first glance, a protective effect against the risk of hepatocellular cancer.
CIS, carcinoma in situ ; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; IGF2, insulin-like growth factor 2; LOH, loss of heterozygosity; M6P/IGF2R, mannose 6-phosphate/insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; TGFβ, transforming growth factor beta; UTR, untranslated region.
[ 6 ] demonstrated that in patients chronically infected with hepatitis B and/or hepatitis C viruses, the M6P/IGF2R is mutated not only in hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs), but also in the phenotypically normal hepatocytes adjacent to these tumors.
[ 53 ] We propose that drugs that are known to cause hepatocellular injury and also to be thyroid hormone antagonists should be absolutely contraindicated in mefloquine users; such drugs include amiodarone, benzodiazepines, calcium channel blockers and phenytoin.
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