Advances in immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

B Sangro, P Sarobe, S Hervás-Stubbs… - Nature reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a prevalent disease with a progression that is modulated
by the immune system. Systemic therapy is used in the advanced stage and until 2017 …

Hepatic stellate cells in physiology and pathology

DR Kamm, KS McCommis - The Journal of physiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) comprise a minor cell population in the liver but serve
numerous critical functions in the normal liver and in response to injury. HSCs are primarily …

Mechanisms of liver fibrosis and its role in liver cancer

D Dhar, J Baglieri, T Kisseleva… - … Biology and Medicine, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Hepatic fibrogenesis is a pathophysiological outcome of chronic liver injury hallmarked by
excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix proteins. Fibrosis is a dynamic process that …

The role of fibrosis and liver-associated fibroblasts in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma

J Baglieri, DA Brenner, T Kisseleva - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most aggressive types of cancer and lacks
effective therapeutic approaches. Most HCC develops in the setting of chronic liver injury …

The immune niche of the liver

ML Cheng, D Nakib, CT Perciani… - Clinical …, 2021 - portlandpress.com
The liver is an essential organ that is critical for the removal of toxins, the production of
proteins, and the maintenance of metabolic homeostasis. Behind each liver functional unit …

Immune surveillance by the liver

CN Jenne, P Kubes - Nature immunology, 2013 - nature.com
Receiving both portal vein blood and arterial blood, the liver is an important and critical
component in the defense against blood-borne infection. To accomplish this role, the liver …

Hepatic stellate cells and hepatocarcinogenesis

AE Barry, R Baldeosingh, R Lamm, K Patel… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are a significant component of the hepatocellular carcinoma
(HCC) tumor microenvironment (TME). Activated HSCs transform into myofibroblast-like …

The immunological basis of liver allograft rejection

V Ronca, G Wootton, C Milani, O Cain - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Liver allograft rejection remains a significant cause of morbidity and graft failure in liver
transplant recipients. Rejection is caused by the recognition of non-self donor alloantigens …

Advances in radiotherapy and immunity in hepatocellular carcinoma

Y Yang, L Xiong, M Li, P Jiang, J Wang, C Li - Journal of Translational …, 2023 - Springer
Primary liver cancer is one of the most common malignant tumours worldwide; it caused
approximately 830,000 deaths in 2020. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most …

Antigen-presenting cell function in the tolerogenic liver environment

AW Thomson, PA Knolle - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2010 - nature.com
The demands that are imposed on the liver as a result of its function as a metabolic organ
that extracts nutrients and clears gut-derived microbial products from the blood are met by a …