Immunopathology of chronic hepatitis B infection: role of innate and adaptive immune response in disease progression

A Khanam, JV Chua, S Kottilil - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
More than 250 million people are living with chronic hepatitis B despite the availability of
highly effective vaccines and oral antivirals. Although innate and adaptive immune cells play …

[HTML][HTML] Acute-on-chronic liver failure: pathophysiological mechanisms and management

A Khanam, S Kottilil - Frontiers in medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a multifaceted condition with poor treatment options
and high short-term mortality. ACLF can develop in patients with or without liver cirrhosis …

[HTML][HTML] Crosstalk network among multiple inflammatory mediators in liver fibrosis

HJ Zhangdi, SB Su, F Wang, ZY Liang… - World journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Liver fibrosis is the common pathological basis of all chronic liver diseases, and is the
necessary stage for the progression of chronic liver disease to cirrhosis. As one of …

Treg/Th17 cell balance in patients with hepatitis B virus‐related acute‐on‐chronic liver failure at different disease stages

NH Tan, B Chen, J Peng, S Du - BioMed Research International, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background. T‐helper 17 (Th17) and CD4+ CD25+ T‐regulatory (Treg) cells play important
roles in the pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus‐related acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (HBV …

One-month assessment of Th-cell axis related inflammatory cytokines, IL-17 and IL-22 and their role in alcohol-associated liver disease

M Sagaram, J Frimodig, D Jayanty, H Hu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Changes in the expression of cyto-and chemokines due to alcohol-associated
liver disease (ALD) have been reported to be both protective and pathogenic. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Abnormal innate immunity in acute-on-chronic liver failure: immunotargets for therapeutics

A Khanam, S Kottilil - Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a severe life-threatening condition with high risk of
multiorgan failure, sepsis, and mortality. ACLF activates a multifaceted interplay of both …

The value of NLR versus MLR in the short-term prognostic assessment of HBV-related acute-on-chronic liver failure

N Wang, S He, Y Zheng, L Wang - International Immunopharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Systemic inflammation is associated with the development and progression of
hepatitis B-associated acute-on-chronic liver failure (HBV-ACLF). The neutrophil-to …

HBV promotes the recruitment of IL‐17 secreting T cells via chemokines CCL22 and CCL17

K Zhang, Y Liu, X Yang, H Sun, X Shu… - Liver …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Little is known about the mechanisms of IL‐17 secreting T
cells accumulation in HBV‐transfected livers. Here, we investigated the role of the …

[HTML][HTML] Association between serum IL-6, IL-10, IL-12, and IL-23 levels and severity of liver cirrhosis

I Rey - Medical Archives, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Liver cirrhosis contributes to high liver-related mortality globally. Systemic
inflammation mediated by immune cells contributes to the progression of liver cirrhosis …

Serum Interleukins as Potential Prognostic Biomarkers in HBV‐Related Acute‐on‐Chronic Liver Failure

L Zhang, J Hu, C Gou, H Jin, C Zhang… - Mediators of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis B virus‐related acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (HBV‐ACLF) is relatively common in
China and has complex pathogenesis, difficult clinical treatment, and poor prognosis …