is non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease a spectrum, or are steatosis and non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis distinct conditions?

Y Yilmaz - Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background Non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is currently conceptualised as a
clinical spectrum that results from a 'multiple‐hit'process which begins with simple steatosis …

Wnt, Notch, and TGF-β pathways impinge on hedgehog signaling complexity: an open window on cancer

M Pelullo, S Zema, F Nardozza, S Checquolo… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Constitutive activation of the Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway is associated with increased
risk of developing several malignancies. The biological and pathogenic importance of Hh …

Targeting mitochondrial dysfunction can restore antiviral activity of exhausted HBV-specific CD8 T cells in chronic hepatitis B

P Fisicaro, V Barili, B Montanini, G Acerbi, M Ferracin… - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-specific CD8 T cells are functionally exhausted in chronic hepatitis B
infection, and this condition can be corrected only partially through the modulation of …

Role of Sonic Hedgehog in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

AL Bolaños, CM Milla, JC Lira… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and lethal disease of unknown etiology
and uncertain pathogenic mechanisms. Recent studies indicate that the pathogenesis of the …

[HTML][HTML] Crosstalk between TGF-β and hedgehog signaling in cancer

D Javelaud, MJ Pierrat, A Mauviel - FEBS letters, 2012 - Elsevier
Hedgehog (HH) and TGF-β signals control various aspects of embryonic development and
cancer progression. While their canonical signal transduction cascades have been well …

Hedgehog pathway inhibitors promote adaptive immune responses in basal cell carcinoma

A Otsuka, J Dreier, PF Cheng, M Nägeli… - Clinical Cancer …, 2015 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: Basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) are tumors ignored by immune
surveillance. Activated Hedgehog (Hh) signaling within primary cilia is a key driver in the …

Inhibition of Hedgehog signaling reprograms the dysfunctional immune microenvironment in breast cancer

A Hanna, BJ Metge, SK Bailey, D Chen… - …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Host responses to tumor cells include tumor suppressing or promoting mechanisms. We
sought to detail the effect of Hedgehog (Hh) pathway inhibition on the composition of the …

Hedgehog pathway inhibitors against tumor microenvironment

S Gampala, JY Yang - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Targeting the hedgehog (HH) pathway to treat aggressive cancers of the brain, breast,
pancreas, and prostate has been ongoing for decades. Gli gene amplifications have been …

The emerging roles of Hedgehog signaling in tumor immune microenvironment

J Wang, B Cui, X Li, X Zhao, T Huang, X Ding - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway is pervasively involved in human malignancies,
making it an effective target for cancer treatment for decades. In addition to its direct role in …

Decoding the role of DNA methylation in allergic diseases: from pathogenesis to therapy

R Han, D Zhu, J Sha, B Zhao, P Jin, C Meng - Cell & Bioscience, 2024 - Springer
Allergic diseases, characterized by a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations and
symptoms, encompass a significant category of IgE-mediated atopic disorders, including …