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Super 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 treatment
2023
Loss of CEACAM1 in endothelial cells causes hepatic fibrosis
Muturi H, Ghadieh H, Abdolahipour R, Stankus H, Belew G, Liu J, Jahromi M, Lee A, Singer B, Angeli-Pahim I, Sehrawat T, Malhi H, Verhulst S, van Grunsven L, Zarrinpar A, Duarte S, Najjar S. Loss of CEACAM1 in endothelial cells causes hepatic fibrosis. Metabolism 2023, 144: 155562. PMID: 37088122, PMCID: PMC10330196, DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2023.155562.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFl/Hepatic fibrosisEndothelial lossVisceral obesityImmunohistochemical analysisWild-type HSCsEndothelial cellsHepatic fibrosis stageLiver tissue biopsiesHepatic stellate cellsNF-κB signalingLiver endothelial cellsNF-κB targetsLiver transplantAdult patientsBariatric surgerySystemic inflammationInflammatory infiltrationLiver biopsyNASH pathogenesisInsulin resistanceFibrosis stageInsulin sensitivityHepatic fibrogenesisMale mice