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Yang Z, Qiu B, Cheng D, Zhao N, Liu Y, Li M, Liu Q. Virulent Staphylococcus aureus Colonizes Pediatric Nares by Resisting Killing of Human Antimicrobial Peptides. Int J Med Microbiol 2022; 312:151550. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2022.151550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 01/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Study on the Effect of Combination of Prednisone and Vitamin D in the Treatment of Primary Nephrotic Syndrome in Children. JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING 2021; 2021:7932721. [PMID: 34676063 PMCID: PMC8526256 DOI: 10.1155/2021/7932721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 08/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Objective To study the effect of prednisone combined with vitamin D in the treatment of primary nephrotic syndrome in children. Method 73 cases of primary nephrotic syndrome admitted to the nephrology department of our hospital were randomly selected and retrospectively analyzed. 36 cases were treated with prednisone as the control group, and 37 cases were treated with prednisone combined with vitamin D as the observation group. The efficacy was compared after 3 months of continuous treatment. Result After 3 months of treatment, the blood calcium of the observation group was higher than that of the control group, PTH was lower than that of the control group, and 25-(OH)2D3 and 1,25-(OH)2D3 were higher than those of the control group (P < 0.05). After 1, 2, and 3 months of treatment in the observation group, Scr and 24-h urine protein quantification were lower than those in the control group and eGFR was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05). CD4+ and CD4+/CD8+ were lower in the observation group than in the control group after 3 months of treatment (P < 0.05). The serum sTfR and TGF-β1 levels were lower in the observation group than in the control group after 3 months of treatment (P < 0.05). The total effective rate of the observation group was 83.78% after 3 months of combined treatment with prednisone and vitamin D, which was significantly higher than the total effective rate of the control group of 61.11% (P < 0.05). The incidence of nausea and vomiting, heartburn, headache, dry cough, hypercalcemia, and constipation during treatment in the observation group was not statistically different from that in the control group (P > 0.05). Conclusion Combined treatment of primary nephrotic syndrome in children with prednisone and vitamin D can more significantly improve the level of clinical indicators, improve renal function and immune function, and obtain more satisfactory efficacy, without significantly affecting the safety of treatment.
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Gao E, Hercun J, Heller T, Vilarinho S. Undiagnosed liver diseases. Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol 2021; 6:28. [PMID: 33824932 DOI: 10.21037/tgh.2020.04.04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The landscape of chronic liver disease has drastically changed over the past 20 years, largely due to advances in antiviral therapy and the rise of metabolic syndrome and associated non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Despite advances in the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of liver diseases, the burden of chronic liver disease is increasing worldwide. The first step to addressing any disease is accurate diagnosis. Here, we discuss liver diseases that remain undiagnosed, either because they are difficult to diagnose or due to hepatic manifestations of an unrecognized systemic disease. Additionally, their underlying etiology may remain unknown or they represent previously uncharacterized and therefore novel liver diseases. Our goal is to provide a framework for approaching undiagnosed liver diseases which elude standard hepatic diagnostic work-up and whose patterns of disease are often overlooked.
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- Emily Gao
- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Translational Hepatology Section, National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Translational Hepatology Section, National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.,Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Yamagami R, Inui H, Jo T, Kawata M, Taketomi S, Kono K, Kawaguchi K, Sameshima S, Kage T, Matsui H, Fushimi K, Yasunaga H, Tanaka S. Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is associated with lower proportions of surgical site infection compared with total knee arthroplasty: A retrospective nationwide database study. Knee 2021; 28:124-130. [PMID: 33359944 DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2020.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to clarify the association between types of knee arthroplasty (KA) (total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or unicompatmental knee arthroplasty (UKA)) and surgical site infection (SSI) with adjustment for various factors, using a Japanese national database. METHODS Data on 181,608 patients who underwent unilateral primary KA for osteoarthritis from 2010 to 2017 were obtained from the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination database. SSI was identified based on International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision codes. Deep SSI (i.e. periprosthetic joint infection (PJI)) was identified as SSI treated with surgical procedures. Multivariable logistic regression analyses for SSI and PJI were performed, in which dependent variables included types of KA, patient backgrounds (sex, age, body mass index (BMI), smoking status, comorbidities), and seasonality. RESULTS Eight percent of analyzed patients underwent UKA, while 92% underwent TKA. The proportions of SSI and PJI after UKA were 0.9% and 0.3%, respectively, both of which were lower than those after TKA (1.9% and 0.6%) (P < 0.001). Multivariable analyses showed lower proportions of SSI for UKA (adjusted odds ratio, 0.47; 95% confidence interval, 0.37-0.60; P < 0.001) and PJI (adjusted odds ratio, 0.47; 95% confidence interval, 0.34-0.65; P < 0.001) than TKA. Other factors associated with both SSI and PJI included male sex, BMI >30 kg/m2, renal dysfunction and summer season. CONCLUSION UKA was associated with lower proportions of SSI and PJI than TKA. Surgeons should carefully consider the indication of UKA before performing TKA, especially in patients with knee unicompartmental osteoarthritis who are at a high risk for SSI or PJI.
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- Ryota Yamagami
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Health Services Research, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Economics, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Informatics and Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Economics, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Xu D, Wang Y, Zhou K, Wu J, Zhang Z, Zhang J, Yu Z, Liu L, Liu X, Li B, Zheng J. Development and Validation of a Novel 8 Immune Gene Prognostic Signature Based on the Immune Expression Profile for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Onco Targets Ther 2020; 13:8125-8140. [PMID: 32884295 PMCID: PMC7439501 DOI: 10.2147/ott.s263047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background The immune microenvironment plays a vital role in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study explored novel immune-related biomarkers to predict the prognosis of patients with HCC. Methods RNA-Seq data were downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Univariate Cox regression was used to identify prognosis-related genes; the Lasso method was used to construct the prognosis risk model. Validation was performed on the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) cohort, and the C-index was calculated to evaluate its overall predictive performance. Western blots were conducted to evaluate the expression of genes. Results There were 320 immune-related genes, 40 of which were significantly related to prognosis. Eight immune gene signatures (CKLF, IL12A, CCL20, PRELID1, GLMN, ACVR2A, CD7, and FYN) were established by Lasso Cox regression analysis. This immune signature performed well in different cohorts and can be an independent risk factor for prognosis. In addition, the overall predictive performance of this model was higher than the other models reported previously. Conclusion The predictive immune model will enable patients with HCC to be more accurately managed in immunotherapy.
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- Dafeng Xu
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan 570311, People's Republic of China
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- Geriatrics Center, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan 570311, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan 570311, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan 570311, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan 570311, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan 570311, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan 570311, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan 570311, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan 570311, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan 570311, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan 570311, People's Republic of China
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Han FF, Fan H, Ren LL, Wang HG, Wang C, Ma X, Liu LH, He Q, Guo CL. Profiling the pattern of human TRB/IGH-CDR3 repertoire in liver transplantation patients via high-throughput sequencing analysis. Scand J Immunol 2020; 92:e12912. [PMID: 32458431 DOI: 10.1111/sji.12912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 03/29/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Immune processes in liver transplantation remain poorly understood. Acute allograft rejection in liver transplantation is a kind of T cell-mediated inflammatory disease accompanied by inflammatory cell infiltration. However, the effect of acute allograft rejection on the immunological characteristics of TCRs in peripheral blood mononuclear cell is unknown. In this study, we characterized the pattern of the human T cell receptor beta chain (TRB) and immunoglobulin heavy chain (IGH) complementarity-determining region 3 (CDR3) repertoires via high-throughput sequencing in 11 acute allograft rejection (AG) cases, 23 patients with stable allograft liver function (ST) who had liver transplantation performed and 20 healthy controls (HC). The diversity of TRB-CDR3 was significantly reduced in the AG group compared with the ST group and healthy controls (HC). The CDR3 and N-addition length distribution were not significantly different between the AG and ST groups. However, N-addition length distribution was significantly changed compared to HC. It seemed that AG used more short N-additions and healthy people used more long N-additions in TRB-CDR3 repertoire. Our findings suggested that the TRB-CDR3 region of AG had distinctive V gene use compared with that of HC. The characteristics of ST seemed to be in between those of AG and HC although the difference is not significant. Cluster analysis showed that the TRB repertoire could not effectively distinguish AG from ST. This research might give to a better understanding of the immune process of liver transplantation.
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- Fei-Fei Han
- Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, National Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing, China.,Graduate School of Peking, Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Genetics, National Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing, China.,Graduate School of Peking, Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Characterization of auto-immune hepatitis associated with the use of anti-TNFα agents: An analysis of 389 cases in VigiBase. Autoimmun Rev 2020; 19:102460. [DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2020.102460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Yu S, Ren Q, Yu L, Tan J, Xia ZK. Role of autophagy in Puromycin Aminonucleoside-induced podocyte apoptosis. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2020; 40:273-280. [PMID: 32102592 DOI: 10.1080/10799893.2020.1731536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Objective: The aim of our study is to investigate the relationship between podocyte autophagy and apoptosis induced by Puromycin Aminonucleoside (PAN) and to clarify its mechanism.Methods: Podocytes were cultured in vitro. The apoptosis rates of each group were detected using flow cytometry. The expression of LC3-II protein and changes in distribution were detected through laser scanning confocal microscope, and the western blot protocol was employed for detection of protein expression of LC3-II. The autophagosomes were detected by transmission electron microscopy.Results: In this study, We found that autophagosome increased followed by apoptosis after podocyte injury. Furthermore, we conformed that the activation of autophagy could inhibit the apoptosis to alleviate the injury of podocyte at an early stage.Conclusions: Autophagy occurred earlier before apoptosis and autophagy mediated podocyte apoptosis induced by PAN. These findings indicate that autophagy may become a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of podocyte injury and proteinuria in the future.
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- Shengyou Yu
- Department of Pediatrics, Jinling Hospital, The first school of clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Nanjing, P. R. China.,Department of Pediatrics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Jinling Hospital, The first school of clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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Guillot A, Buch C, Jourdan T. Kupffer Cell and Monocyte-Derived Macrophage Identification by Immunofluorescence on Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) Mouse Liver Sections. Methods Mol Biol 2020; 2164:45-53. [PMID: 32607882 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0704-6_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Kupffer cells are the liver-resident macrophages and represent the first line of defense between the pathogens circulating from the intestines through the portal vein and systemic circulation. Recent works have highlighted the complex heterogeneity of macrophage functions and origins, thus raising awareness on the need for a better characterization of macrophage populations. The immunohistochemistry method here described, allows for a rapid distinction between Kupffer cells and monocyte-derived macrophages present on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded mouse liver samples. This protocol has been optimized for its reproducibility, reliability, and simplicity.
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- Adrien Guillot
- Department of Hepatology/Gastroenterology, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany.
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- Team Pathophysiology of Dyslipidemia, INSERM UMR1231 "Lipids, Nutrition, Cancer" and Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Team Pathophysiology of Dyslipidemia, INSERM UMR1231 "Lipids, Nutrition, Cancer" and Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France.
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High Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development in Fibrotic Liver: Role of the Hippo-YAP/TAZ Signaling Pathway. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20030581. [PMID: 30700007 PMCID: PMC6387126 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20030581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Revised: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Liver cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death globally, accounting for approximately 800,000 deaths annually. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of liver cancer, making up about 80% of cases. Liver fibrosis and its end-stage disease, cirrhosis, are major risk factors for HCC. A fibrotic liver typically shows persistent hepatocyte death and compensatory regeneration, chronic inflammation, and an increase in reactive oxygen species, which collaboratively create a tumor-promoting microenvironment via inducing genetic alterations and chromosomal instability, and activating various oncogenic molecular signaling pathways. In this article, we review recent advances in fields of liver fibrosis and carcinogenesis, and consider several molecular signaling pathways that promote hepato-carcinogenesis under the microenvironment of liver fibrosis. In particular, we pay attention to emerging roles of the Hippo-YAP/TAZ signaling pathway in stromal activation, hepatic fibrosis, and liver cancer.
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