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Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Carrying Sphingolipid Cargo for the Diagnosis and Dynamic Risk Profiling of Alcoholic Hepatitis
Sehrawat T, Arab J, Liu M, Amrollahi P, Wan M, Fan J, Nakao Y, Pose E, Navarro‐Corcuera A, Dasgupta D, Liao C, He L, Mauer A, Avitabile E, Ventura‐Cots M, Bataller R, Sanyal A, Chalasani N, Heimbach J, Watt K, Gores G, Gines P, Kamath P, Simonetto D, Hu T, Shah V, Malhi H. Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Carrying Sphingolipid Cargo for the Diagnosis and Dynamic Risk Profiling of Alcoholic Hepatitis. Hepatology 2021, 73: 571-585. PMID: 32246544, PMCID: PMC7541595, DOI: 10.1002/hep.31256.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage liver diseaseAlcohol-associated cirrhosisAlcoholic hepatitisAH subjectsHealthy controlsHeavy drinkersLiver diseaseEtiology of ESLDEV concentrationEnd-stage liver disease (MELD) scoreExtracellular vesiclesRisk profilingPathogenesis of AHLiver Disease scoreCholestatic liver diseaseNonalcoholic steatohepatitisRisk stratificationClinical criteriaPrognostic performanceDisease scoreDiagnostic biomarkersDisease controlEV countsDiseaseDrinkersThe knowns and unknowns of treatment for alcoholic hepatitis
Sehrawat T, Liu M, Shah V. The knowns and unknowns of treatment for alcoholic hepatitis. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology 2020, 5: 494-506. PMID: 32277902, PMCID: PMC7238289, DOI: 10.1016/s2468-1253(19)30326-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcoholic hepatitisLiver diseaseSevere alcoholic hepatitisInflammatory liver diseaseChronic liver diseaseOngoing clinical trialsEffective medical treatmentMedical therapyHigh morbidityClinical trialsHepatitisPreclinical studiesNew therapiesRapid onsetMedical treatmentMyriad complicationsEffective therapeuticsModest effectivenessAlcohol dependencySeries paperPatientsTherapyDiseaseTreatmentLong termSuper enhancer regulation of cytokine-induced chemokine production in alcoholic hepatitis
Liu M, Cao S, He L, Gao J, Arab J, Cui H, Xuan W, Gao Y, Sehrawat T, Hamdan F, Ventura-Cots M, Argemi J, Pomerantz W, Johnsen S, Lee J, Gao F, Ordog T, Mathurin P, Revzin A, Bataller R, Yan H, Shah V. Super enhancer regulation of cytokine-induced chemokine production in alcoholic hepatitis. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 4560. PMID: 34315876, PMCID: PMC8316465, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24843-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsChemokinesCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalEndothelial CellsEnhancer Elements, GeneticEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression RegulationHepatitis, AlcoholicHistonesHumansLipopolysaccharidesLiverMice, Inbred C57BLNeutrophilsNF-kappa BPromoter Regions, GeneticRNA-SeqSignal TransductionTranscription FactorsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsAlcoholic hepatitisLiver sinusoidal endothelial cellsChemokine expressionNeutrophil infiltrationLiver neutrophil infiltrationTNFα/NF-κB signalingNF-κB signalingHuman liver explantsElevated chemokine expressionSinusoidal endothelial cellsCXCL expressionChemokine productionCXCL chemokinesCytokine pathwaysCytokines TNFαInflammatory signalingMurine modelLiver explantsTherapeutic potentialPharmacologic inhibitionExtraterminal (BET) proteinsBET inhibitionHuman liverEndothelial cellsAH treatmentHepatic stellate cell activation promotes alcohol-induced steatohepatitis through Igfbp3 and SerpinA12
Arab J, Cabrera D, Sehrawat T, Jalan-Sakrikar N, Verma V, Simonetto D, Cao S, Yaqoob U, Leon J, Freire M, Vargas J, De Assuncao T, Kwon J, Guo Y, Kostallari E, Cai Q, Kisseleva T, Oh Y, Arrese M, Huebert R, Shah V. Hepatic stellate cell activation promotes alcohol-induced steatohepatitis through Igfbp3 and SerpinA12. Journal Of Hepatology 2020, 73: 149-160. PMID: 32087348, PMCID: PMC7305991, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2020.02.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatic stellate cellsAlcohol-induced steatohepatitisNeuropilin-1HSC activationStellate cellsWild-type HSCsLower hepatic triglyceride contentAlcohol-related liver diseaseHepatic stellate cell activationMarkers of steatosisNRP-1 knockdownParenchymal cell injuryDevelopment of steatohepatitisHepatic triglyceride contentEthanol-induced steatosisStellate cell activationAlcoholic hepatitisLipid droplet formationAlcohol feedingLiver diseaseAlcohol damageLess fibrosisLiver fibrosisRegulation of IGFBP3Less inflammation
2022
THU033 Improving NIAAA criteria for the diagnosis of alcoholic hepatitis, role of systemic inflammation
Pose E, Avitabile E, Díaz A, Montironi C, Perez M, Gratacós-Gines J, Evole H, Sehrawat T, Malhi H, Olivas P, Hernandez-Gea V, Shah V, Kamath P, Ginès P. THU033 Improving NIAAA criteria for the diagnosis of alcoholic hepatitis, role of systemic inflammation. Journal Of Hepatology 2022, 77: s136-s137. DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(22)00653-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
462 – Circulating Extracellular Vesicles and Sphingolipids Cargo are Highly Accurate Novel Biomarkers for Diagnosis of Alcoholic Hepatitis
Sehrawat T, Arab J, Simonetto D, Sanyal A, Chalasani N, Gores G, Kamath P, Shah V, Malhi H. 462 – Circulating Extracellular Vesicles and Sphingolipids Cargo are Highly Accurate Novel Biomarkers for Diagnosis of Alcoholic Hepatitis. Gastroenterology 2019, 156: s-98. DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(19)37035-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research