Hepatic inflammatory responses in liver fibrosis

L Hammerich, F Tacke - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Chronic liver diseases such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or viral hepatitis are
characterized by persistent inflammation and subsequent liver fibrosis. Liver fibrosis critically …

Macrophage polarization and its role in liver disease

C Wang, C Ma, L Gong, Y Guo, K Fu, Y Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages are important immune cells in innate immunity, and have remarkable
heterogeneity and polarization. Under pathological conditions, in addition to the resident …

AASLD Practice Guidance on the clinical assessment and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

ME Rinella, BA Neuschwander-Tetri, MS Siddiqui… - Hepatology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Abbreviations: AASLD, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases; AI, artificial
intelligence; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; AUROC …

Cellular mechanotransduction in health and diseases: from molecular mechanism to therapeutic targets

X Di, X Gao, L Peng, J Ai, X Jin, S Qi, H Li… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Cellular mechanotransduction, a critical regulator of numerous biological processes, is the
conversion from mechanical signals to biochemical signals regarding cell activities and …

An integrated view of anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic targets for the treatment of NASH

F Tacke, T Puengel, R Loomba, SL Friedman - Journal of Hepatology, 2023 - Elsevier
Successful development of treatments for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and its
progressive form, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), has been challenging. Because …

Immunology of human fibrosis

M Bhattacharya, P Ramachandran - Nature Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Fibrosis, defined by the excess deposition of structural and matricellular proteins in the
extracellular space, underlies tissue dysfunction in multiple chronic diseases. Approved …

Ligand-tethered lipid nanoparticles for targeted RNA delivery to treat liver fibrosis

X Han, N Gong, L Xue, MM Billingsley… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Lipid nanoparticle-mediated RNA delivery holds great potential to treat various liver
diseases. However, targeted delivery of RNA therapeutics to activated liver-resident …

Clinical applications of stem cell-derived exosomes

F Tan, X Li, Z Wang, J Li, K Shahzad… - Signal Transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Although stem cell-based therapy has demonstrated considerable potential to manage
certain diseases more successfully than conventional surgery, it nevertheless comes with …

Noncancerous disease-targeting AIEgens

Y Duo, G Luo, W Zhang, R Wang, GG Xiao… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Noncancerous diseases include a wide plethora of medical conditions beyond cancer and
are a major cause of mortality around the world. Despite progresses in clinical research …

Accumulation of polystyrene microplastics induces liver fibrosis by activating cGAS/STING pathway

R Shen, K Yang, X Cheng, C Guo, X Xing, H Sun… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The environmental pollution from microplastics has caused concern from the whole society
due to its harm to organisms. However, the effect of microplastics on liver damage and …