Covid‐19 and Liver Injury: Role of Inflammatory Endotheliopathy, Platelet Dysfunction, and Thrombosis
McConnell MJ, Kondo R, Kawaguchi N, Iwakiri Y. Covid‐19 and Liver Injury: Role of Inflammatory Endotheliopathy, Platelet Dysfunction, and Thrombosis. Hepatology Communications 2022, 6: 255-269. PMID: 34658172, PMCID: PMC8652692, DOI: 10.1002/hep4.1843.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiver injurySARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptomsAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Alcohol-related liver diseaseSARS-CoV-2 infectionRespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Chronic liver failureLiver-related complicationsDirect viral infectionElevated aspartate aminotransferaseSyndrome coronavirus 2COVID-19Pathophysiologic explanationLiver failureLiver diseasePlatelet dysfunctionVascular inflammationInflammatory environmentHepatic effectsAlanine aminotransferaseViral infectionAspartate aminotransferaseHepatic fociLiver injury in COVID-19 and IL-6 trans-signaling-induced endotheliopathy
McConnell MJ, Kawaguchi N, Kondo R, Sonzogni A, Licini L, Valle C, Bonaffini PA, Sironi S, Alessio MG, Previtali G, Seghezzi M, Zhang X, Lee A, Pine AB, Chun HJ, Zhang X, Fernandez-Hernando C, Qing H, Wang A, Price C, Sun Z, Utsumi T, Hwa J, Strazzabosco M, Iwakiri Y. Liver injury in COVID-19 and IL-6 trans-signaling-induced endotheliopathy. Journal Of Hepatology 2021, 75: 647-658. PMID: 33991637, PMCID: PMC8285256, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.04.050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiver sinusoidal endothelial cellsLiver injuryInterleukin-6Sinusoidal endothelial cellsAlanine aminotransferaseLiver histologyD-dimerCOVID-19Primary human liver sinusoidal endothelial cellsSARS-CoV-2 infectionHuman liver sinusoidal endothelial cellsEndothelial cellsSoluble glycoprotein 130IL-6 levelsSmall-interfering RNA knockdownJAK inhibitor ruxolitinibFactor VIII activityProinflammatory factorsInflammatory signalsLarge cohortInhibitor ruxolitinibVWF antigenEndotheliopathyPatientsInjury