Comprehensive characterization of hepatocyte-derived extracellular vesicles identifies direct miRNA-based regulation of hepatic stellate cells and DAMP-based hepatic macrophage IL-1β and IL-17 upregulation in alcoholic hepatitis mice
Eguchi A, Yan R, Pan S, Wu R, Kim J, Chen Y, Ansong C, Smith R, Tempaku M, Ohno-Machado L, Takei Y, Feldstein A, Tsukamoto H. Comprehensive characterization of hepatocyte-derived extracellular vesicles identifies direct miRNA-based regulation of hepatic stellate cells and DAMP-based hepatic macrophage IL-1β and IL-17 upregulation in alcoholic hepatitis mice. Journal Of Molecular Medicine 2020, 98: 1021-1034. PMID: 32556367, PMCID: PMC7810220, DOI: 10.1007/s00109-020-01926-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatic stellate cellsAlcoholic liver diseaseAlcoholic hepatitisAH miceIL-1βHepatic macrophagesStellate cellsExtracellular vesiclesPrimary hepatic stellate cellsIL-17 upregulationIL-17 productionUpregulated IL-1βHepatocyte-derived extracellular vesiclesNovel murine modelTLR9-dependent mannerMacrophage IL-1βHepatitis miceIL-17Liver diseaseControl miceCytokine productionLiver pathologyLiver fibrogenesisMurine modelΑ-SMA