Therapeutic targeting of hepatic macrophages for the treatment of liver diseases

D van der Heide, R Weiskirchen, R Bansal - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Hepatic macrophages play a central role in maintaining homeostasis in the liver, as well as
in the initiation and progression of liver diseases. Hepatic macrophages are mainly derived …

Hepatic macrophages in liver injury

Z Shan, C Ju - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Ample evidence suggests that hepatic macrophages play key roles in the injury and repair
mechanisms during liver disease progression. There are two major populations of hepatic …

Pathogenetic mechanisms of T cell dysfunction in chronic HBV infection and related therapeutic approaches

P Fisicaro, V Barili, M Rossi, I Montali, A Vecchi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
A great effort of research has been devoted in the last few years to developing new anti-HBV
therapies of finite duration that also provide effective sustained control of virus replication …

Liver injury and the macrophage issue: molecular and mechanistic facts and their clinical relevance

S Roohani, F Tacke - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The liver is an essential immunological organ due to its gatekeeper position to bypassing
antigens from the intestinal blood flow and microbial products from the intestinal …

Functional compensation precedes recovery of tissue mass following acute liver injury

CM Walesky, KE Kolb, CL Winston, J Henderson… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The liver plays a central role in metabolism, protein synthesis and detoxification. It
possesses unique regenerative capacity upon injury. While many factors regulating cellular …

MicroRNA: role in macrophage polarization and the pathogenesis of the liver fibrosis

W Yu, S Wang, Y Wang, H Chen, H Nie, L Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages, as central components of innate immunity, feature significant heterogeneity.
Numerus studies have revealed the pivotal roles of macrophages in the pathogenesis of …

The role and mechanisms of macrophage polarization and hepatocyte pyroptosis in acute liver failure

D Xie, S Ouyang - Frontiers in immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Acute liver failure (ALF) is a severe liver disease caused by disruptions in the body's
immune microenvironment. In the early stages of ALF, Kupffer cells (KCs) become depleted …

Synergistic detoxification efficiency and mechanism of triclocarban degradation by a bacterial consortium in the liver-gut-microbiota axis of zebrafish (Danio rerio)

M Sang, S Liu, H Yan, B Zhang, S Chen, B Wu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Triclocarban (TCC), an emerging organic contaminant, poses a potential threat to human
health with long-term exposure. Here, Rhodococcus rhodochrous BX2 and Pseudomonas …

The role of hepatic macrophages in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

JY Cha, DH Kim, KH Chun - Laboratory animal research, 2018 - Springer
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is becoming common chronic liver disease because of
the increasing global prevalence of obesity and consequently Nonalcoholic fatty liver …

Crosstalk between autophagy and innate immunity: a pivotal role in hepatic fibrosis

L Chen, D Kong, S Xia, F Wang, Z Li, F Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Liver fibrosis is a repair process of chronic liver injuries induced by toxic substances,
pathogens, and inflammation, which exhibits a feature such as deposition of the extracellular …