Inhibition of glutamine synthetase in monocytes from patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure resuscitates their antibacterial and inflammatory capacity

H Korf, J Du Plessis, J Van Pelt, S De Groote… - Gut, 2019 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is associated with dysfunctional circulating
monocytes whereby patients become highly susceptible to bacterial infections. Here, we …

Strategies to overcome HBV-specific T cell exhaustion: checkpoint inhibitors and metabolic re-programming

P Fisicaro, C Boni, V Barili, D Laccabue… - Current opinion in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Checkpoint blockade has limited efficacy in restoring HBV-specific T cell
functions.•Mitochondrial dysregulation is a key metabolic alteration in exhausted CD8 …

Targeting metabolism to reverse T‐cell exhaustion in chronic viral infections

JD Sears, KJ Waldron, J Wei, CH Chang - Immunology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
CD8 T‐cells are an essential component of the adaptive immune response accountable for
the clearance of virus‐infected cells via cytotoxic effector functions. Maintaining a specific …

Monocyte bioenergetics: An immunometabolic perspective in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis

M Sangineto, M Ciarnelli, T Colangelo, A Moola… - Cell Reports …, 2024 - cell.com
Monocytes (Mos) are crucial in the evolution of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic
liver disease (MASLD) to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), and …

Lean NAFLD: a distinct entity shaped by differential metabolic adaptation

F Chen, S Esmaili, GB Rogers, E Bugianesi, S Petta… - Hepatology, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Conclusions This study demonstrates that E. multilocularis can induce T‐cell exhaustion
through inhibitory receptor TIGIT, and that blocking this checkpoint may reverse the …

Nuclear receptors control pro-viral and antiviral metabolic responses to hepatitis C virus infection

G Levy, N Habib, MA Guzzardi, D Kitsberg… - Nature chemical …, 2016 - nature.com
Viruses lack the basic machinery needed to replicate and therefore must hijack the host's
metabolism to propagate. Virus-induced metabolic changes have yet to be systematically …

Oxidative stress attenuates lipid synthesis and increases mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation in hepatoma cells infected with hepatitis C virus

DN Douglas, CH Pu, JT Lewis, R Bhat… - Journal of biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
Cytopathic effects are currently believed to contribute to hepatitis C virus (HCV)-induced
liver injury and are readily observed in Huh7. 5 cells infected with the JFH-1 HCV strain …

[PDF][PDF] IL-15 boosts activated HBV core-specific CD8+ progenitor cells via metabolic rebalancing in persistent HBV infection

J Peña-Asensio, H Calvo-Sánchez, J Miquel… - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
A rebalance between energy supply and demand in HBV-specific-CD8+ activated
progenitor (AP) cells could restore the functionality of proliferative progeny (PP) in e-antigen …

[HTML][HTML] Innate antiviral immunity and immunometabolism in hepatocytes

VM Sularea, JA Sugrue, C O'Farrelly - Current Opinion in Immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Hepatocytes recognise and respond to viral RNA through toll-like receptor 3 and
retinoic acid-inducible gene I-like receptors (RLRs).•Glycolysis inhibits RLR-dependent …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals intrahepatic and peripheral immune characteristics related to disease phases in HBV-infected patients

C Zhang, J Li, Y Cheng, F Meng, JW Song, X Fan… - Gut, 2023 - gut.bmj.com
Objective A comprehensive immune landscape for HBV infection is pivotal to achieve HBV
cure. Design We performed single-cell RNA sequencing of 2 43 000 cells from 46 paired …