Mechanisms of hepatic stellate cell activation

T Tsuchida, SL Friedman - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2017 - nature.com
Hepatic fibrosis is a dynamic process characterized by the net accumulation of extracellular
matrix resulting from chronic liver injury of any aetiology, including viral infection, alcoholic …

Hepatic stellate cells as key target in liver fibrosis

T Higashi, SL Friedman, Y Hoshida - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Progressive liver fibrosis, induced by chronic viral and metabolic disorders, leads to more
than one million deaths annually via development of cirrhosis, although no antifibrotic …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-organ proteomic landscape of COVID-19 autopsies

X Nie, L Qian, R Sun, B Huang, X Dong, Q Xiao… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The molecular pathology of multi-organ injuries in COVID-19 patients remains unclear,
preventing effective therapeutics development. Here, we report a proteomic analysis of 144 …

[HTML][HTML] Liver fibrosis and hepatic stellate cells: Etiology, pathological hallmarks and therapeutic targets

CY Zhang, WG Yuan, P He, JH Lei… - World journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Liver fibrosis is a reversible wound-healing process aimed at maintaining organ integrity,
and presents as the critical pre-stage of liver cirrhosis, which will eventually progress to …

[HTML][HTML] Macrophage MerTK promotes liver fibrosis in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

B Cai, P Dongiovanni, KE Corey, X Wang… - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is emerging as a leading cause of chronic liver
disease. However, therapeutic options are limited by incomplete understanding of the …

Relevance of SIRT1-NF-κB axis as therapeutic target to ameliorate inflammation in liver disease

E de Gregorio, A Colell, A Morales, M Marí - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Inflammation is an adaptive response in pursuit of homeostasis reestablishment triggered by
harmful conditions or stimuli, such as an infection or tissue damage. Liver diseases cause …

Natural products as a source for antifibrosis therapy

DQ Chen, YL Feng, G Cao, YY Zhao - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2018 - cell.com
Although fibrosis is a final pathological feature of many chronic diseases, few interventions
are available that specifically target the pathogenesis of fibrosis. Natural products are …

The impact of acute or chronic alcohol intake on the NF-κB signaling pathway in alcohol-related liver disease

AJ Nowak, B Relja - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ethanol misuse is frequently associated with a multitude of profound medical conditions,
contributing to health-, individual-and social-related damage. A particularly dangerous threat …

Single-cell transcriptomic dissection of the cellular and molecular events underlying the triclosan-induced liver fibrosis in mice

YM Bai, F Yang, P Luo, LL Xie, JH Chen… - Military Medical …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Triclosan [5-chloro-2-(2, 4-dichlorophenoxy) phenol, TCS], a common
antimicrobial additive in many personal care and health care products, is frequently detected …

Macrophage AXL receptor tyrosine kinase inflames the heart after reperfused myocardial infarction

M DeBerge, K Glinton, M Subramanian… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Tyro3, AXL, and MerTK (TAM) receptors are activated in macrophages in response to tissue
injury and as such have been proposed as therapeutic targets to promote inflammation …