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Giovanni Di Maira

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Macrophage MerTK promotes profibrogenic cross-talk with hepatic stellate cells via soluble mediators

2022

Background & aims: Activation of Kupffer cells and recruitment of monocytes are key events in fibrogenesis. These cells release soluble mediators which induce the activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), the main fibrogenic cell type within the liver. Mer tyrosine kinase (MerTK) signaling regulates multiple processes in macrophages and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis-related fibrosis. In this study, we explored if MerTK activation in macrophages influences the profibrogenic phenotype of HSCs. Methods: Macrophages were derived from THP-1 cells or differentiated from peripheral blood monocytes towards MerTK+/CD206+/CD163+/CD209- macrophages. Th…

HepatologyCM conditioned medium ECM extracellular matrix Gas-6 Gas-6 growth arrest-specific gene 6 HSC(s) hepatic stellate cells KC(s) Kupffer cell(s) M-CSF macrophage colony-stimulating factor M2c-like macrophages MerTK Myeloid-epithelial-reproductive tyrosine kinase NAFLD non-alcoholic fatty liver disease NASH NASH non-alcoholic steatohepatitis PMA phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate TGFβ1 transforming growth factor-β1 THP-1 TIMP1 tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 VEGF-A vascular endothelial growth factor-A liver fibrosis siRNA small-interfering RNAGas-6; liver fibrosis; M2c-like macrophages; NASH; THP-1GastroenterologyInternal MedicineImmunology and AllergyJHEP Reports
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MERTK rs4374383 polymorphism affects the severity of fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

2015

Background & Aim Homozygosity for a common non-coding rs4374383 G>A polymorphism in MERTK (myeloid-epithelial-reproductive tyrosine kinase) has been associated with the protection against fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis C. The main study objective was to assess whether MERTK AA genotype influences liver fibrosis, and secondarily MERTK expression in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). We also investigated whether MERTK is expressed in human hepatic stellate cells (HSC) and in murine models of fibrogenesis. Methods We considered 533 consecutive patients who underwent liver biopsy for suspected non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) without severe obesity from two …

Liver CirrhosisMale0301 basic medicineMessengerMice0302 clinical medicineNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseFibrosisInbred BALB CCells CulturedMice Inbred BALB CCulturedmedicine.diagnostic_testMedicine (all)Fatty liverNASHMiddle AgedLiver biopsyFemale030211 gastroenterology & hepatologyAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyMERTKCellsBiology03 medical and health sciencesGeneticProto-Oncogene ProteinsInternal medicinemedicineAnimalsHumansFibrosis; MERTK; NASH; Adult; Animals; Cells Cultured; Female; Humans; Liver Cirrhosis; Male; Mice Inbred BALB C; Middle Aged; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; Proto-Oncogene Proteins; RNA Messenger; Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; Polymorphism Genetic; Medicine (all); HepatologyRNA MessengerPolymorphismPolymorphism Geneticc-Mer Tyrosine KinaseHepatologyGAS6Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinasesnafld fibrosis mertkMERTKHepatologymedicine.diseaseFibrosis030104 developmental biologyImmunologyHepatic stellate cellRNASteatohepatitisJournal of Hepatology
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